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Abstract Authors: Nina Niemelä and Christian Persson Title: About the art of being a relative – a qualitative research about being the relative of a person who is abusing drugs Supervisor: Lars Harrysson This study is written as an attempt to shed light on the relatives to people who are abusing drugs or alcohol. We have aimed to explain and research how the relatives are effected by and handle t
Which sources most influence the language spoken in Israel? Is it the same language as the Hebrew of its ancestral heritage? Which periods in history brought about the changes of contemporary lexicon? These are the questions addressed in the current essay, which presents the inspection of nouns appearing in a recent newspaper, and their categorization according to the different periods in the his
Warehouse management is the science of optimizing warehouse activity with the intention of reducing inventory holding costs and increasing material throughput. A warehouse management system (WMS) is an IT system used to support warehouse processes and ensure a smooth ow of material. The main objectives of the WMS are to keep track of inventory levels and distribute tasks to warehouse sta. The syst
Samhällets behov av förnyelsebara energikällor har ökat; i april 2009 antogs Europaparlamentets och rådets direktiv 2009/28/EG om främjande av användningen av energi från förnybara energikällor och om ändring och ett senare upphävande av direktiven 2001/77/EG samt 2003/30/EG. För Sveriges del innebar antagandet att Sverige fick som nationellt övergripande mål att andelen energi från förnybara enerSociety’s need of renewable sources of energy has increased; in April 2009 the European Parliament and Council adopted the directive 2009/28/EG on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC. For Sweden this meant the adoption of a new general objective in which the national goal is to have 49 percent of the
Much attention has been paid to Western democracies? (in particular the United State?s) eagerness to promote (liberal) democracy worldwide. However, less attention has been paid to the domestic democratic condition in these countries. Consequently, this thesis is concerned with the state of democracy in the United States and the basic purpose is to evaluate its (e)quality. As a result, we apply t
During the last years a discussion has emerged around problems with Swedish state boards trying to influence the public opinion and even political bodies through different kind of information efforts. Several observers inside and outside the academy have studied how state boards increasingly use information as an instrument and also how political bodies increasingly have given such instructions to
The aim of this essay is to make clear, whether or not, textile research is visualised in a wider archaeological discussion today. The aim is then to discuss what the archaeological and textile technological research situation in Scandinavia looks like today, and how that relate to what has happened in these two research fields during the years. This essay also has a purpose to find out if there i
There are many children in Sweden today, approximately between 100 000 and 200 000, who have parents or a parent that abuses alcohol or other drugs. In this research paper we have reviewed some of the literature concerning these children and their situation. The purpose of this research paper was to make an interview study of a group activity for children that have parents or a parent, who abuses
Denna studie ämnar att skapa en förståelse för den komplexa relationen mellan journalister och PR-praktiker, genom att undersöka hur journaliststudenter i Skåne uppfattar sina roller som framtida journalister, deras syn på PR, samt journalisti-kens relation till PR. Studien undersöker även vilken roll utbildningen har i skap-andet av journaliststudenternas syn på PR. Studien använder en blandad meThis study aims to create an understanding of the complex relationship between journalists and PR-practitioners, by investigating students of journalism in Skånes perception of their future role as journalists, their perception of PR, and their per-ception of journalisms relation to PR. The study also investigates the roll of the education in the creation of their perception of PR. The study uses
The most central for the population to grow is the fertility rate. When the birth rate is not the most central for an individual the conditions change the population growth. The fertility rate in Sweden is around 1,88 children per woman, although there has been a drastic increase in the population. This increase, which is a combination of the domestic birth rate and an external increase, has given
A critical discourse analysis about the portrayal of honour-related violence in Swedish newspapers In recent years there has been an increase in the number of articles written about honour-related violence in Swedish newspapers. The aim of this essay is to analyze and highlight how two major Swedish newspapers describe the subject of honour-related violence. More specifically the purpose is to in
Den svenska lagstiftningen saknar idag en samvetsklausul som ger hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal en möjlighet att åberopa samvetsfrihet i arbetslivet. En sådan klausul skulle innebära en möjlighet för barnmorskor att kunna välja att inte delta i bland annat abortvård. Yrkesverksamma barnmorskor i Norge har idag denna möjlighet genom den så kallade reservationsrätten. Det råder delade uppfattningar krThe Swedish legislation currently lacks a conscience clause that enhances opportunities for religious professionals to choose which professional obligations to engage in. For example, such clause can consequently allow midwives to not chose to participate in abortion care. This example is currently demonstrated in Norway where midwives are conceded to obtain a right to reserve certain obligations.
Over the past decade, the artworld has seen the emergence of various new art genres such as post-internet art, post-media art, and Internet-aware art to name a few. What these genres insinuate is an era of transition between us and digital media, between our online sphere and our offline sphere. This development affects all agents of the artworld, namely, the gallery system, the art-market and mos
Samlag med syskon är en gärning som sedan hundratals år tillbaka varit kriminaliserat i Sverige. Det är brottsbalkens sjätte kapitel om sexualbrott som reglerar förbudet. Bestämmelsen, som till en början grundades på religiösa skäl, motiveras idag på grundval av socialetiska och arvsgenetiska skäl. Kriminaliseringen och dess motiv har dock under modern tid kommit att ifrågasättas i ljuset av motstSexual intercourse between siblings is something that has been criminalized in Sweden for hundreds of years. It is The Swedish Penal Code’s sixth chapter on sexual offenses that regulate the prohibition. The regulation, which was initially vindicated with religious motives, is today justified based on motives of social-ethical and hereditary character. However, in modern times the criminalization
Importance: Understanding the relationship between patients' clinical characteristics and outcomes is fundamental to medicine. When critically ill patients die after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST), the inability to observe the potential for recovery with continued aggressive care could bias future clinical decisions and research. Objective: To quantify the frequency with which expert
Under miljonprogrammet byggdes en stor andel av de lägenheter som bebos idag. Många av de här byggnaderna är nu över 50 år gamla och behöver renoveras. Sverige har även som mål att vara klimatneutrala 2045. För att klara våra energi och miljömål måste de även tilläggs isoleras och energieffektiviseras. Problemet är att en stor del av de här byggnaderna är hyresrätter med stor andel låginkomsttagarA large portion of the Swedish apartments that are lived in today were built under the million program. Many of these buildings are now over 50 years old and need renovation. Sweden also aims to be climate-neutral by 2045. In order to meet our energy and environmental goals, the buildings must also be made more energy efficient. The problem is that a large part of these buildings are rental proper
This thesis investigates the use of artificial neural networks for classifying Raman spectra of partially degraded cellulose samples by fungal species. A multilayer perceptron configuration of 4 hidden layers and 128 hidden nodes was able to classify a set of 60 samples with an overall prediction accuracy of 0.55. Results show that data resolution is an important factor when optimizing classifier
