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This study has examined how the right edge of a discourse topic is signaled through the use of F0, duration, and particles in the two Aslian languages Jahai and Mah Meri. The goals of this study were to contribute to the knowledge of these languages, compare them to the related Kammu language in the search for similarities that could be applied to Austroasiatic as a whole, and to explore what kind

This thesis is a critical discourse analysis of ten articles from three Swedish newspapers about the 2011 revolution in Egypt. The purpose of the study is to see if any postcolonial discourses can be found in the reporting and, if so, how we can understand the consequences of these for the way we think about people’s identities and about the future of Egypt. In the thesis’ analysis three postcolo

Studien syftar dels till att bidra med en djupare förståelse för vårdpersonals upplevelser av arbete med barn som närstående i samband med föräldraför-lust, dels till reflektion kring hur denna förståelse i förlängningen kan få praktiska implikationer vilka kan komma att gynna såväl dessa barn som vårdpersonal. I studien deltog tio personer, åtta kvinnor och två män, anställda inom olika enheter vThe study aims to lend a deeper understanding of the experience of health professionals working with children as related in the context of parental loss, and to reflection on how this understanding of the extension may have practical implications which could benefit both the children and healthcare professionals. In this study, ten people participated, including eight women and two men, employees

This research study has sought the contextual understanding of young adults’ realities and the perpetual use of violence within heterosexual intimate partner relationships in Hanuabada village, Papua New Guinea through an interactive transformative approach. Peer interviewers guided the researcher’s tasks and conducted semi-structured interviews utilizing a photo voice methodology to investigate t

The purpose of this study was to describe nurses experiences regarding the care they provide to pregnant women suffering from malaria. Tape-recorded qualitative interviews were conducted with a total of eight nurses in clinics and health centers. The method of analysis was inspired by Burnard (1991). The analysis resulted in the following main categories: womens knowledge of Malaria and associated

My purpose was to illustrate how fathers themselves viewed their right to paternity leave and how this and fatherhood affected their roles as fathers and their roles as men. In order to obtain these facts I asked myself the following questions: How did the fathers view their possibility of paternity leave? Did they experience any limitations to their right? How did the fathers view their roles as

Our purpose with this essay was to, on basis of the life story of a woman who lived with a drug addict, explore how the life situation in the family turns out. We therefore interviewed professionals with theoretical base in the solution focused treatment, the Minnesota program, the psychodynamic theory and the theory of systems, We also took a closer look at current research within the area. Follo

The aim for this master thesis is to give an overall view of Göinge during the Iron Age 500 BC-1050 AD. Göinge is an area in the Northeast of Scania. Göinge was before a hundred but consists today of two hundreds. The area is not well-investigated compared with South Scania. There are more than 9000 ancient monuments from all time periods within Göinge. Some research has been done earlier but the

This paper addresses the first psychological attachment between parents and children. If problems should arise, support is offered via a special infantsupport department. The aim with this study was to, on an individual level and focusing on the mothers, establish how the mothers experienced the support they have been offered and how this support has influenced their relationship to their child as

The purpose of this paper was to study how gender is represented and passed on in a small number of juvenile books. I wanted to find out what parts girls and boys play in the stories, in what circumstances they figure and which problems they are ascribed. I chose six popular books for the youth, and studied them meticulously. The study is qualitative and I asked the text questions just like you wo

The purpose of this essay was to study how four municipalities have arranged their support to women who are exposed to violence. The purpose was also to study if the legislator's intentions and the National board of health and welfare's recommendations about Socialtjänstlagen 5:11 were fulfilled. The legislator and the National board of health and welfare recommended the welfare offices to

Foreign invested SMEs have recently become increasingly interested in China. The enterprises are in this report categorized as second wave companies since they follow the footsteps of previous pioneers, of which mostly were larger companies. The ambitions of the SMEs are either to sell products on the ever expanding Chinese market or to utilize the potential of low cost production for global marke

This essay is written in collaboration with the Environment Department in Malmö. The essay is a study in how the recycling of waste caused by visitors at major public events works. These events last for a shorter period of time and usually attract large numbers of visitors, thus large amounts of waste are produced during this short period. Previous investigations show that only a few major events

Not much is known about how one-to-one meetings in offender supervision are conducted. Existing research mainly focuses on evidence-based models, how the probation officer should interact with the probationer rather than studying how the probation officer and probationer actually interact. This study was conducted in order to find out what happens during one-to-one supervision meetings and how the

This study aims to examine how the concepts of gender, diagnose, maturation and transsexualism are described and socially constructed on websites. To understand how the concepts we prepared to interpret nine sites using Berger and Luckmann's social constructivist perspective, and by Foucault´s theory about power. The theories focus on that we are living within a society which perpetuates norma

Bytesrätten har utvecklats i samklang med den svenska bostadspolitiken. Under tidigt 1900-tal fanns det en stark liberal inställning till relationen mellan hyresgäster och hyresvärdar. I 1907 års nyttjanderättslag (1907:36), NyttjL, gällde grundläggande avtalsrättsliga principer. Hyresgäster fick enbart säga upp kontrakt om hyresvärden nekade dem överlåtelse av kontraktet utan skälig anledning. I The right to barter a rented apartment has developed in harmony with the Swedish housing policy. During the early twentieth century a strong liberal doctrine dominated the relationship between tenants and landlords. The usufruct law (nyttjanderättslagen) from 1907, was based on contractual principles. Contracts could be for as long as 25 years in the towns and tenants were only allowed to terminat

A unipolar diffusion charger with minimal particle losses in the ultrafine size range has been developed. This charger uses two radioactive α-sources to produce ions which are drawn into the charging region by an alternating electric field. The aerosol flow in the centre of the charging region is surrounded by a particle-free sheath air flow to prevent particle losses. Charged aerosol particles mo

As the formal work of the IWA Task Group on Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater treatment Plants (WWTPs) has come to an end, it is essential to continue to disseminate the intense research in this field that is still carried out. In 2013 and 2014, all authors of the IWA Scientific and Technical Report on benchmarking came together to provide their insights, highlighting areas where k

The spread of invasive, particularily bird-sown and red-fruited, non-native woody species in open calcareous conifer forests in Sweden is discussed and examplified with a survey of pine forests by Åhus in E Scania, southern-most Sweden. The survey area is a pine forest planted ca 100 years ago on calcareous sanddunes within which an area with private homes with gardens was built in the 1960’s to 1