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“As long as it does not hurt anybody” - The treatment of sexual behaviors of people with dementia in dementia care facilities The aim of this study was to examine how sexual behaviors in dementia accommodations are treated by medical staff. We were interested in seeing what attitude the staff had to sexual behaviors in dementia care facilities, how they talked about sexuality, and if some sexual
The aim of this essay was to study how posters on the internet forum Flashback discuss social assistance and social assistance recipients. Research show that there is a tendency in today’s society to interpret the reasons for receiving social assistance as having individualistic causes. This is in spite of the fact that studies show that the individuals’ ability to provide for oneself often have s
Det finns önskemål från kommunens sida att öka det kommunala engagemanget hos medborgare i allmänhet och hos yngre medborgare i synnerhet. Detta kan vara allt från att engagera sig i upprättandet av en staty, till att anmäla en nedbrunnen grillplats. Datakonsultföretaget Abou AB har i samråd med vissa kommuner kommit fram till att en mobil applikation kan vara en möjlig kanal när det kommer till aProblem There is a desire by the municipalities to increase local involvement of citizens in general and of young citizens in particular. Computer consultancy firm Abou AB, in consultation with some of the municipalities, has concluded that a mobile application can be a possible channel when it comes to increasing the municipal engagement. Examples may be ranging from engagement in the question o
Title: Returns on Assets and Returns on Stocks: Based on Swedish Market. Authors:Tatiana Studyanikova and Eirini Sarantopoulou. Advisor:Hossein Asgharian. Key Words: Returns on assets (ROA), returns on stocks (ROS), variation, principal component analysis, firm-specific level. Purpose: Examine whether common factors of returns on stocks and returns on assets explain most of the variation in return
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) are stars located in the Galactic halo travelling with extremely high speeds. They are produced when a binary approches the supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the Galactic Center (GC) and gets tidally broken up. In this process one of the stars is ejected with high velocity. The angle between the velocity of the incoming binary and the velocity of the ejected HVS is alm
Desalination can be a cost-effective way to produce fresh water and possibly electricity. The Gaza Strip has had a complex hydro-political situation for many years. Gaza is bordered by the Mediterranean in the west, by Israel in the north and east and by Egypt in the south. Water and electricity consumption in the Gaza Strip is expected to increase in the future due to the increasing population.
The use of passive house technique has been used in a new wood framed building in Sweden. Besides the positive effect of reduced energy need, highly insulated wooden houses often have a higher risk of moisture and mould problems. The reason is that critical positions is more exposed to higher relative humidity compared to ordinary houses with thinner insulation. To investigate if an external wall
Popular Abstract in Swedish Sedering vid respiratorbehandling inom intensivvård ? praxis av sedering och patienters minnen, påfrestande upplevelser och psykologiska problem Akut svårt sjuka patienter i behov av respiratorbehandling på en intensivvårds-avdelning (IVA) utsätts för akut stress och diverse obehag från sjukdomen och/eller skadan, behandlingen, andningstuben och IVA-miljön. MinnesstörnThe overall aim of this thesis was to describe and determine intensive care sedation in adult mechanically ventilated patients with the emphasis on patients? memory, stressful experiences and psychological distress. The results are based on a nationwide postal survey (Paper I) including 89 Swedish intensive care units (ICUs) followed by a prospective cohort study (Papers II?IV) conducted over 18 m
The focus of this thesis is the debate regarding gasoline taxes in Sweden which is an example of a polarised sustainability debate. The aim is to get an in-depth understanding of the antagonisms of the debate by looking into how the pro and contra sides create and maintain cultural legitimacy and societal resonance through discursive struggles. Moreover, this thesis explores the framing struggles
För att undersöka hur bins ögon och struktur ser ut behöver man först göra förberedningar så att bihuvudet man undersöker ser snyggt ut. För att åstadkomma detta kan man i princip säga att de enda kunskaperna som krävs är att veta hur man klipper papper, klistrar och limmar fast föremål på önskat ställe som i detta fall är på toppen av en liten nål. Flertalet bihuvuden (94 st)har alltså fästs på nThe complexity and importance of the eyes of a rather simple organism, the bee, is apparent when looking at the adaptation to their environment. The so called compound eyes consists of multiple facets, each having their own point of view and combined results in a larger image. For being able to study the magnificent eyes on a bee's head, there have been in recent studies an increase by X-ray t
Skyfallsproblematik och anpassning på lokal nivå Det finns klimatverktyg som är menade att hjälpa svenska kommuner i klimatanpassningsarbetet gällande skyfallsproblematik, men dessa används inte i särskilt stor utsträckning. Dessutom verkar själva erfarenheten av skyfall vara en förutsättning för att frågan om anpassning ska bli politiskt prioriterad i kommunen. Studien urskiljer 16 olika verkExtreme short time precipitation, heavy rains, is one of the climate extremes expected to occur more frequently and become more intense in a warmer climate. Heavy rains already affect several Swedish municipalities and damages due to excess runoff water can be substantial, especially where adapting measures has yet to be taken. It is argued that there is a need for tools and support, to help and p
To increase productivity in the rail industry, the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) has decided to increase the percentage of projects procured as turnkey projects. Two recent projects, a railway switch exchange and a track replacement has been contracted as turnkey projects and the purpose of this project is to conduct an experience feedback of them. The goal is to find and enlight
Denna uppsats är en kritisk studie av svenska domstolars rättstillämpning vid vuxnas sexköp av barn och hur Sverige förhåller sig till de folkrättsliga förpliktelser som man åtagit sig genom Barnkonventionens undertecknande 1990. Syftet är att se om barnet verkligen får det skydd som lagstiftaren utlovat, vilket görs genom att undersöka omfattningen av barnprostitution i Sverige och rättsväsendetsThis essay is a critical study of the application of law regarding adults purchasing sex from children and whether Sweden is fulfilling its international legal obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The aim is to determine if the child actually gets the protection promised by the legislator. This will be done through investigating child prostitution in Sweden and the judicial
Kön och könsskillnader har kanske aldrig varit så omdebatterade som nu. Det finns dock ett ställe där könet inte ska få spela någon roll. Vid rättstillämpningen i våra domstolar. Där gäller istället principen om allas likhet inför lagen. Syftet med denna uppsats är att applicera den principen på tillämpningen av 3 § lag (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga (LVU) och specifikt rekviGender is a heavily discussed topic in today’s debate. However, there is one place where it should not be given importance, in our courts, due to the principle of equality before the law. The purpose of this essay is to apply that principle on the Swedish courts’ application of the 3 § of the care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act, (LVU). 3 § LVU mentions three grounds for when a young per
Denna uppsats behandlar värderingen av erkännanden som bevis i grova brottmål. Inom svensk rätt råder fri bevisprövning vilket innebär att rätten ska pröva all inkommen bevisning i målet och värdera denna utifrån valfri metod. Detta innebär fortsättningsvis att det inte finns några regler som kan utesluta att endast ett erkännande ligger till grund för bedömningen. Bevisvärderingen av erkännanden This essay aims to investigate how a confession is used as evaluation of evidence in serious crimes. Courts in Sweden practices the principle of free evaluation of evidence which means that the court shall examine all evidence in the case by optional method. The consequence of this is further on that there are no rules controlling how to evaluate a confession as evidence – a confession can therefo
The purpose of this study was to examine how the foster parent's need of support is provided. The study was built upon a qualitative method with interviews with ten foster parents. More specifically, its aim was too find out how the foster parents themselves looked upon how their need of support, and from whom the support was provided. According to the law, it is the social services obligation
Title: A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the risk parameter LGD based on the Basel II Framework Seminar date: 27 January 2007 Course: Financial Economy, Master Thesis, 10 poäng (15 ECTS) Author: Helén Dybing Advisor: Hans Byström Key words: LGD, LTV, Risk, Basel II, Estimation model Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to get a deeper understanding of the risk parameter LGD and try to i
In this essay I have tried to come close to a probable answer to the following question: Is there a risk that the trust between the Swedish public and the Swedish medical services staff, including the doctors, will be severely damaged if euthanasia is legalized in Sweden. In order to try to answer that question, and some other relevant questions that has corresponding interest in the context that
