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Accessibility throughout society has been gaining interest on both international and national levels in order to meet the transportation needs of, for example, older people as pedestrians. The overall aim of this thesis is to examine the implementation process in municipal planning, and effects of measures taken, to achieve barrier-free outdoor environments the year round. Older peoples’ perceptio

Popular Abstract in Swedish Vid internationell handel med varor utgår olika skatter och avgifter; dessutom kan varorna vara föremål för import- och exportbegränsningar. Genom frihandelsavtal kan dock bestämmas att vissa varor får importeras och exporteras tullfritt. De bestämmelser som således gäller för olika varor sammanfattas för skilda varuslag i tulltaxan. Varuklassificeringen har därför storIn international commerce, various taxes and charges are levied on commodities; besides, goods may be subject to import and export restrictions. However, free-trade agreements may stipulate that some goods can be imported and exported free of charge. The regulations pertaining to different types of merchandise are reflected in the customs tariff of a state or customs union. The application of many

The relationship between obesity and alterations in adipose tissue metabolism and lipid transport was studied in fourteen obese subjects before and after a weight reduction of 4-22 kg. Blood glucose and plasma insulin patterns after peroral glucose intake improved significantly, and plasma glucagon levels decreased markedly after treatment. Plasma triglyceride and total cholesterol levels were not

This study analysed demand for 12 metals in global climate mitigation scenarios up to 2060 and quantified the impacts on demand of different assumptions on improvements and technological mix. Annual and cumulative demands were compared with reserves and current mining rates. The study results showed that reserves are sufficient to support the total level of solar power, wind power and electric mot

The characterisation of fast phenomena at the microscopic scale is required for the understanding of catastrophic responses of materials to loads and shocks, the processing of materials by optical or mechanical means, the processes involved in many key technologies such as additive manufacturing and microfluidics, and the mixing of fuels in combustion. Such processes are usually stochastic in natu

As versatile compounds forming host-guest complexes with a wide variety of hydrophobic molecules, cyclodextrins are widespread candidates to confer functionalities to surfaces, particularly for drug delivery applications in the field of biomaterials, and for analytic or preparative purposes in separative sciences. We report here on Layer-by-Layer coatings used to decorate surfaces with β-cyclodext

Migrating cells under various force fields in microfluidic devices has been used as a tool to study the cell properties. Cells respond to the same force field in different ways depending on their properties, resulting in different migration velocities and trajectories which are obtained by cell tracking. The cells that are to be tracked are typically labelled with fluorescent dyes to enhance the c

This study investigates, from the social workers' point of view, how child poverty affects the normal development of children and young people, what strategies vulnerable children and young people use to deal with economic hardship in their everyday lives, and how the child's perspective and child poverty are understood and considered in the social work with children, young people, and fam

The interpellation debate on Turkey's invasion of Afrin has been mentioned and circulated in the Swedish parliamentary debate. It is debated and discussed why the Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has not yet condemned the invasion, although Turkey's actions clearly show that the attack on the city has mainly hit Kurdish goals and groups in the city. The purpose of this study is to critica

Syftet med studien var att utforska hur personer med psykisk ohälsa beskriver betydelsen av att blogga om personliga erfarenheter. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fem personer som lever med psykisk ohälsa och skriver en blogg om det. Materialet analyserades utifrån tolkande fenomenologisk analys (IPA). Analysen av intervjuerna resulterade i fyra huvudteman som skildrar bloggens betydeThe aim of this study was to explore the meaning of blogging about lived experience as described by people living with mental illness. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five people and the content was analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. This resulted in four main themes depicting what blogging meant to the participants in terms of well-being and self-image: The bl

Nowadays, many digital platforms, such as searching engines, social networks and multiple applications serving the needs of private individuals, provide their users with free access to its resources and functions. Such generosity, together with the fact that these companies are highly capitalised, leads to the question: is there any consideration paid by the users, which the platform can subsequen

We are daily moving in different landscapes for various reasons; sometimes we are looking for specific activities and sometimes just to move from one place to another. Common for this is the affect the landscape can have on us and how it gives us different experiences. In this essay I seek answers to what is important for people when they visit the nature for recreational purposes. What factors do

In our everyday life we live distant from the origin of life itself - nature. Dramatic landscape and fascinating views touch us in a way that few other things manage to do. It is something that make us recognize our powerlessness and the feeling of awe towards the nature. Experiencing striking nature is a way to create a deeper understanding of our own world and at the same time enrich our lives w

Mot bakgrund av brottsutvecklingen mot rättsväsendet de senaste åren har begreppet otillåten påverkan fått en mer framträdande roll. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och utreda om problematiseringen kring begreppet otillåten påverkan samt ge förslag hur gällande rätt bör se ut. Begreppet otillåten påverkan är i sig inte ett brott i straffrättslig mening men omfattar ett flertal påverkansfThe concept unlawful influence has been given a more prominent role as a result of the recent development of crime against the judicial system. The purpose with this thesis is to analyse the concept unlawful influence and propose a suggestion on what the applicable law should be in this area. The concept itself is not a criminalized act and it covers several types of influences. However it is undi

Soft power and public diplomacy compose the new reality shaping the dynamics of contemporary international relations. Strategic narratives represent an essential means for political actors to extend their influence, gain the public opinion’s support for their actions and fulfill their foreign policy goals. The thesis focused on the Chinese Party state’s construction of strategic narratives targete

This study aims to investigate whether the Internet can be a useful tool in organisations in developing countries that are working for empowerment, democratisation and an increased global justice. I have elucidated the opportunities involved and the prerequisites for it to happen. The ability for groups to interact at great distances and at a rapid speed raises interesting questions about collecti

Large drop towers let you experience a couple of seconds of nearly free fall before stopping gracefully in magnetic brakes or bouncing a number of times on compressed air, as in the Turbo Drop tower considered in this work, where many complementary representations are used. An accelerometer taken along on the ride captured the forces experienced by the body, and a pressure sensor provided a simult

We discuss instrumentalism as a component of the social changes that accompanied the second industrial revolution, following particularly the case of Germany. These changes constituted a departure from the Enlightenment tradition of natural philosophers towards a new approach to knowledge. We claim that instrumentalism cannot be separated from the disciplining of science that produced the sciences

The critical discourse analysis demonstrates that when we say something, we do something as well. By using the critical discourse analysis on the office of the Chancellor of Justice investigation against Roma, this paper shows how the communicative event affects Roma’s social practice in the EU-countries. Roma is a marginalized group with a major impact on the EU-countries, which has lead the EU-c

In Africa there are approximately 91,5 million women and girls who have been subject to the traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Mothers subject their daughters to FGM/C as an act of love as society regards this to be the process a girl becomes a woman; furthermore a non-circumcised woman is deemed as unfit for marriage. This perception stems from deeply rooted social