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The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the role of a foster parent and its commission. By interviewing five foster families we have been given answers to our purpose, question formulations and transcribed the interviews. We have examined the foster parents’ experience of the family conception and their relation to the foster child, their motive of becoming a foster home and how they

In the following studie, the purpose was to, with a social constructionist and discourse analytic approach highlight the arguments within the debate regarding the criminalization or legalization of cannabis. This studie also aimed at showing what kind of research is being used to further the cause of the arguments at hand. I Furthermore bring to light the discussions about the rest of the world in

Den här magisteruppsatsen syftar till att – med avstamp i en filmanalys angående menings- och betydelseproduktionen i Darren Aronofskys Black Swan (2010) – diskutera semiotikens relevans och fruktbarhet för den nutida filmvetenskapen. Diskussionen fokuserar på A.J. Greimas analysmodell den semiotiska kvadraten, vilken vidare ligger till grund för analysen av nämnda film. Därutöver diskuteras i upp

According to Swedish law, prostitution is not a crime, but is considered a form of dishonest providing, and may constitute ground for deportation. The Swedish model criminalizes the buyer, and emphasizes the seller as someone being used by others to satisfy their sexual desire. The EU directive requires equal treatment for all union members, which questions the ability to deport people in prostitu

This paper investigates if liquidity (or illiquidity) is a factor influencing returns on the Swedish stock market during the period of January 2001 to December of 2010. The time-series effects of illiquidity as well as differences in the effects of illiquidity across stocks with different characteristics are investigated. In addition, the paper addresses the question of whether sensitivity of stoc

Inledning: I denna uppsats undersöktes glottala och fonationsaerodynamiska värden vid olika röststyrkenivåer, med syfte att öka kunskapen om vad som händer på laryngeal nivå när vi höjer och sänker röststyrkan. En grupp sångare jämfördes med personer som inte fått röstträning för att ta reda på om det finns skillnader mellan grupperna i relation till de glottala parametrarna hastighetskvot och öpp

Silver in the form of nanoparticles has increasingly been used as an antibacterial component in consumer products over the last decade. The most common use of nanosilver is in sports clothing. A study has shown that 10-98% of the silver is washed out after 10 washes, which in itself could question the use of the silver. Generally the marketing from companies producing nanosilver products are vague

This paper investigates the firm and transaction characteristics of PIPE issuers. Whereas previous empirical studies have been focused on the U.S. market, this paper focuses on the characteristics of the European market and also examines the importance of PIPEs as a source of financing and the impact of the institutional settings in key European countries. My findings show that many PIPE issuers a

This essay examines the Twilight fandom and the experience of being a fan. Our main purpose is to show the fandom culture from the fan’s point of view. This ambition stems from the notion that the Twilight fans themselves seldom are addressed and allowed to speak in their own words in regards to what it means to be a Twilight fan and how they pratice their fandom. The mediated discourses tends to

Nuförtiden är det vanligt att det spelas musik på operationssalen under pågående operation. Detta kan ha inflytande på operationssjuksköterskors hälsa, välbefinnande, kommunikationen med operationsteamet och arbetsmiljön. Syfte: Att beskriva operationssjuksköterskors upplevelser av musik på operationssalen under pågående operation. Metod: 10 semistrukturerade intervjuer gjordes och analyserades me

The thesis studies on the inequalities in health as an issue of the subject Health Economics. Inequalities in health is also known as a consequence of the inequalities in socioeconomic status and factors such as income, age, gender, education, employment status, place of residence, and etc. Due to the limitation on time and data, the thesis focuses on the urban individual statistics of China in th

This paper characterizes the impact of the adoption of the euro on Swedish export pattern. Present papers present a new method in order to analyze trade patterns by empirically analyze the effects on trade by estimating the changes via the trade margins. In this paper I also use this method in order to analyze if the export of Swedish products has generated new trade in new goods or increased trad

The purpose of this thesis is to try to establish a mechanism that will enable the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to get access to legal interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The mandate of the Commission is to validate the outer limits line delineated by coastal States. For that, the Commission has to apply provisions of the Convention. The use

A Shot in the Dark - A discourse analysis of the public talk of sex solicitation The aim of this study was to examine the public discourse of people who purchase sexual services in Sweden, and it’s implication on the official strategies to counteract prostitution. The study was conducted through qualitative text analysis of public documents. The analyzed documents were published both before and a

Attention to the role of religious NGOs (RNGOs) in international arenas has grown in the past decade. This study explored the role of values in the policies of RNGOs involved in humanitarian aid. It sought to compare the values of RNGOs with varying levels of involvement with the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) in order to determine if values may be an issue inhibiting cooperat

In my essay I investigate the most commonly used concepts of freedom in political theory. I then argue that freedom as non-dominance and freedom as autonomy, used as political concepts, seem to describe the same relationship.

Authors: Elin Nordin and Ida Gustavsson Title: To defeat the invincible – a salutogenic content analysis of superkids’ upbringing Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze three so called superkids’ upbringing with the assistance from a salutogenesis perspective. We intend to research what factors the children express a

Using data cross-sectional data from the UNDP/PACT Myanmar’s “Outcome/Impact Assessment fro Microfinance Project 2011”, the purpose of this study is to see if women who are members of a microfinance program are more empowered than non-members. The study also attempts to find what factors that are important for women’s empowerment. To create a measurement of empowerment, and index-based approach is

Genomgående ämne för denna uppsats är ansvar för andra. I en näringsverksamhet uppkommer flera situationer där det, för näringsidkarens del, kan bli tal om ansvar för någon annan. Ett sådant ansvar, i denna uppsats kallat ”utsträckt ansvar” eller ”kedjeansvar”, innebär att näringsidkaren kan bli ansvarig för någon annans agerande. Uppsatsen ämnar klarlägga huruvida det föreligger gemensamma grund

Distansavtalslagen (DAL) stadgades för att skydda konsumenter, som innehar den svagare positionen i ett avtalsförhållande på distans med en näringsidkare. Dock föreligger det undantag inom DAL. Undantagen denna uppsats behandlar är undantaget för konsumentens ångerrätt vid avtal om fritidsevenemang, enligt 2 kap. 3 § 4 p. DAL och regleringen gällande undantaget för näringsidkarens fullgörelse vid