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The purpose of the thesis is to study, through the narratives of women subjected to violence, how men’s violence against women in intimate relationships is accounted for, and how such accounts vary with the type of social relation and context she is in. The specific context in focus here is the legal system, with the police as the first link in the legal chain. The empirical material consists of
As the competition has escalated within the tourism industry, it has become more crucial for the destination marketing organizations to create a positive and outstanding image in tourists’ minds. Yet, the increasing popularity of user-generated contents, and social interactions between various agents on digital platforms have added a different dimension to the destination image formation.Therefore
Papineau's diagnosis of the "intuition of distinctness" IS THE MYSTERY AN ILLUSION? PAPINEAU ON THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Pär Sundström Department of Philosophy and Linguistics, Umeå University Par.Sundstrom@philos.umu.se ABSTRACT: A number of philosophers have recently argued that (i) consciousness properties are identical with some set of physical or functional properties and that (ii) we can
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As a foster parent, within the Swedish foster care system, you are granted support and have access to interventions such as educational programs and counselling. Considering this, past research still suggests that a substantial number of foster carers express how these types of interventions can lack a sense of meaningfulness and/or be inadequate. With our research we’ve ventured to better underst
The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate how the professionals' linked to LARO-clinics experience the possibility of designing an individually adapted treatment. We conducted five semi-structured interviews with various professions from different LARO-clinics in Skåne. For our analysis, we have applied Lipsky’s theory of Street-level bureaucracy and discretion. We have also used An
En marknadsföringsguide till Inbound Marketing En kvantitativ enkätstudie om konsumenters självrapporterade upplevelser av marknadsföringsstrategier i relation till högengagemangsprodukter online. Det primära syftet med studien var att undersöka hur marknadsföringskonceptet Inbound Marketing påverkar det digitala konsumentbeteendet i relation till högengagemangsprodukter. För att besvara studiensA marketing guide to Inbound Marketing A quantitative survey of consumers' self-reported experiences of marketing strategies in relation to high-engagement products online. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate how the concept of Inbound marketing affects Digital Consumer Behavior in relation to high-engagement products. To answer the purpose of the study, a research question w
The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of change in hospital social counselors counseling with patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, based on the topics “use of digital tools” and “the use of infection control equipment and infection control in general”. Furthermore, the study seeks to understand how the change in work methods caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the perceiv
Tune up – A qualitative interview study about choir music and integration [Translated title] This essay concerns the use of choral music in relation to integration. The purpose of the study has been to investigate which aspects of choral singing are emphasized as important in the integration process, with a special focus on music and community. The study is based on semi-structured interviews wit
Under vårterminen 2020 inträffade coronapandemin (Covid-19) vars effekter blev omfattande världen över. Lärare var en av de yrkesgrupper som behövde hitta nya vägar, inte minst ensemblelärare stod inför flera utmaningar. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur ensemblelärare i afroamerikansk tradition på gymnasie- och folkhögskolenivå, hanterade och upplevde övergången från närundervisning till diDuring spring of 2020 the corona pandemic (Covid -19) affected everyday life for people all over the world. Teachers had to find new ways to reach out to the students, ensemble teachers included. The purpose of this study is to look into how ensemble teachers within pop, rock and jazz genres handled and experienced the transition to distance education. The concept “the core of the ensemble subject
The purpose of this study was to explore the social concept of Safe Spaces from the point of view of LGBTQ+ peoples’ own opinions, critique and experiences. The method used was qualitative text analysis on 23 debate articles selected from Swedish media. These were analysed by way of applying Queer Theory, drawing mainly on Judith Butler, and the Theory of Freedom of Speech, drawing mainly on John
The primary aim of this study was to examine how employees at HVB-homes define and use relationship-based praxis in their daily work with youths, and how organizational context and individual ability enable or impede such work. Applying a qualitative method, where individual and nuanced experiences of the topic is a primary focus, a goal oriented snowball sampling was made in order to get in conta
An overriding aim of this study is to examine adolescents experiences of drug use, with a focus on high school students at Akademi Båstad Gymnasium in Båstad municipality. More precisely the purpose is to examine the students drug use, and the underlying causes for this, and to examine their norms and attitudes regarding drug use. A web-based survey was sent out to the seniors of the particular hi
The automatic unlocking of the car, also referred to as passive entry, is a feature which simplifies the process of getting into the car. A current and future problem with the passive entry is that it needs to unlock fast enough so that the user does not need to pull the handle more than once. In this thesis it was investigated if machine learning can be used in the passive entry process to improv
Swedish social services and healthcare systems have been bound by law since 2010 to collaborate when a client requires multiple interventions. This is called a Coordinated Individual Plan (CIP) to prevent clients from being overlooked by healthcare and social services. There has since been published several official reports that highlight the shortcomings of CIP. Our aim of this study was to exami
Bakgrund: Fibromyalgi är en omdiskuterad kronisk sjukdom med kardinalsymtomen smärta och fatigue. Symtomen påverkar vardagen och resulterar i att personerna med fibromyalgi behöver genomföra förändringar i sitt aktivitetsmönster. Syfte: Att kartlägga arbetsterapeutiska interventioner, dess innehåll, effekt och upplevda erfarenheten hos deltagarna, som syftar till att underlätta resiliens och ökaBackground: Fibromyalgia is a controversial chronic disease with the cardinal symptoms of pain and fatigue. These symptoms affect everyday life and result in people with fibromyalgia needing to make changes in their activity patterns. Aim: To chart occupational therapy interventions, their content, effect and perceived experience of the participants, which aim to facilitate resilience and increa
This thesis investigated the potential of using reactive power compensation to solve overvoltage issues caused by high amounts of distributed generation, such as rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems, in the low voltage grid. High voltages are caused by increasing distributed generation as the Swedish power grid shifts from centralised to decentralised power production. The aim was to manage overvol
Progressing urbanisation puts strong pressure on existing infrastructure, forcing new projects to provide for society’s increased demand. Owing to modern state-of-the-art knowledge and imposed regulations, publicly driven initiatives are mandatory to use Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technologies for project realisation. The thesis examines High Sp
Title: The Unpacking of Female Managerial Life in Contemporary Organizations Authors: Annemijn Janien Bakker and Jana Marcie Wäller Supervisor: Stefan Sveningsson, Professor of Business Administration; Lund University School of Economics and Management, Sweden Date: 26th of May 2025 Purpose: The purpose of this research is to critically examine how leadership is constructed, experienced, and navig
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Iron deficiency has been suggested as a potential mechanism for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) development due to involvement in neurotransmitter synthesis and transporter expression. As iron deficiency is particularly common in women of reproductive age, often due to heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), we aimed to explore the relationship between iron deficienc
Within the Swedish school and the public library communities it is generally held as a truth that reading of fiction develops the empathic ability of the reader. This opinion is also expressed in political guiding documents for the school system and cultural sector. This paper's main hypothesis is that there is no assembled theoretic ground for the statement that reading of fiction develops th
