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Two Brief Implicit Association Tests (BIAT) were conducted in order to explore the relation between sexual orientation and gender attitudes. It was tested if gay men show a stronger positive implicit preference for males than females, compared to straight men. Concerning negative attitudes, it was hypothesized that gay men show – compared to straight men – a less negative implicit attitude toward
För var dag som går blir vårt samhälle allt mer beroende av teknik och snabb och lättillgänglig information. De flesta av oss söker dagligen efter någon sorts information på internet. Vi gör sökningar på allt som är av intresse för oss för stunden och allt fler inköp görs numera på nätet. Med denna nya, teknikberoende livsstil har det blivit allt viktigare för företag att marknadsföra sina varor oFor each day that passes our society becomes more and more dependent on technology and a fast and easy access to information. Most of us are using internet on a daily basis in search of information. We search for information regarding most things in our lives, from health, lifestyle and food to information regarding travel and work-related issues. With this new, technology-dependent lifestyle it h
The statistics shows that foreign-born women are the group where the lowest percentage of people are employed and the only group where unemployment increases in Sweden. The purpose of this study was to explore how foreign-born women’s experience of supportive and obstructive factors in connection with gainful employment in Sweden. Their experiences of the community's support and help to create
The purpose of this essay is to examine the ideas that are prominent in the Swedish disability policy regarding the stated goal of equal participation in society for all. In order to achieve this, I have chosen to focus on two documents, they are SOU 1982:46 Handlingsprogram i handikappfrågor and Prop. 2016/17:188 Nationellt mål och inriktning för funktionshinderspolitiken. I have examined these t
The 2030 Agenda which was established in 2015 by the United Nation contains 17 goals for a sustainable future. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda reaches out to all levels of society, both nationally, regionally and locally. For a successful implementation, the directive and control of the 2030 Agenda must be clearly communicated and well understood by the implementer. Moreover, recent studies
Denna studie syftar till att ge en historiografisk granskning av den sovjetiska forskningen om Ivan Peresvetov, en moskovitisk politisk skriftställare på 1500-talet. Peresvetovs verk kännetecknas av till synes sekulära föreställningar, något som motiverade jämförelser av honom med samtida europeiska renässanstänkare i den sovjetiska historieforskningen från 1950-talet. Legitimiteten i sådana jämföThe present study aims to give a critical revision of the Soviet historiography on Ivan Peresvetov, a 16th-century Muscovite political writer. The works of Ivan Peresvetov are characterized by ostensibly secular ideas, a circumstance that motivated comparisons of him with contemporary European Renaissance thinkers in the Soviet historiography of the 1950s. The legitimacy of such comparisons has be
För att ett barn ska kunna omhändertas utan dennes eller föräldrarnas samtycke krävs antingen att det föreligger brister i den unges hemmiljö eller i dennes beteende. Dessutom krävs att en prognos görs från förvaltningsrättens sida huruvida dessa brister utgör en påtaglig risk för att den unges hälsa och utveckling skadas. Rekvisitet påtaglig risk ersatte 1990 de tidigare rekvisiten fara respektiIn order to take a child into custody without the consent of the child or its parents it is necessary that there are deficiencies in the child’s home environment or in his or her behaviour. In addition, there also has to be a significant risk that the child’s health and development will be harmed. The term significant risk has been in use since the law was renewed in 1990 when it replaced the old
The purpose of this study was to explore how relatives to addicts experience the relation between their own role, health and wellbeing and the support that they have received. It was based on semi-structured interviews with five persons who have or have had family members who are or were abusers of alcohol or drugs. The study used Antonovsky’s concept of Sense of Coherence as well as the notion of
The purpose of this essay is to analyze the phenomenon of informal payments in Greece and introduce a theoretical model for the physicians’ behavior while including ethical concern in the physicians’ utility maximization problem. The inspiration model of this essay comes from the empirical paper of Thompson and Xavier (2002), which introduces informal payments in physicians’ behavior. According to
The area management responsible for the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Nordic region within the Company expressed a desire to identify new business opportunities in the Nordic region. The motive was to use the identified opportunities as an argument for additional resource allocation to the Nordic region. In previous years, the Company has performed a number of projects focused on identifying op
Den tolkande säljaren Personalen på ett företag är varumärkesrepresentanter i egenskap av ansiktet utåt mot kunder- na. Men för att personalen ska kunna göra det krävs det kunskap om företaget och vad det står för. Forskning inom intern varumärkeskommunikation har inte en helhetlig bild av hur olika interna och externa källor påverkar personalens uppfattning om företaget. Studiens syfte är att un
Human trafficking is the third largest illegal source of income, after drugs and weapon. The purpose of this study is to investigate why people fall victims for human trafficking and to study wherein the court of justice discusses the victims social background in their court-‐‑cases. That is to say, the circumstances that is beyond the borders of Sweden. The essay also highlights how aid organiza
Uppsatsen avhandlar den s.k. reglementeringstiden (år 1812-1918) då regleringar infördes för att hindra spridningen av veneriska sjukdomar. Den fokuserar på Stockholm och på hur dessa regleringar drabbade kvinnor under denna tid samt belyser detta ur ett genusperspektiv. Den ger en kort bakgrund till Sverige samt kvinnornas situation under 1800-talet. Sedan avhandlas regleringarna under denna tid The thesis deals with the so-called regulation time (“reglementeringstiden)(in 1812-1918) when regulations were introduced to prevent the spread of venereal diseases. It focuses on Stockholm and how these regulations affected women during this time and highlights this from a gender perspective. It gives a brief background to Sweden and the situation of women in the 19th century. The thesis continu
Sedan 1950-talet har omfattningen av anståndsreglerna i skattelagstiftningen utökats och gjorts mindre och mindre restriktiva. Lagstiftaren har gång på gång uttalat en önskan om att utöka möjligheterna till anstånd för att bättre ta tillvara den enskildes intresse av att inte behöva betala felaktigt påförd skatt och gång på gång har reglerna visat sig tillämpas allt för restriktivt vilket i sin tuSince the 1950s, the scope of the tax regulations regarding postponed payment has been expanded and the regulations made less and less restrictive. The legislature has repeatedly expressed a desire to extend the possibility for the individual to be granted a postponed payment in order better to meet the interest of the tax payer not to have to pay undue taxes. Repeatedly the rules have proved too
The project is to design a small scale lodge on Nsadzi Island in Lake Victoria. It should have the capacity to accommodate about 20 guests overnight, but the possibility for larger events if needed. Since it is crucial to the economical sustainability of the hotel to be able to accommodate a maximum of guests as early as possible, the development should be considered as a planned evolution from in
Emphasis is being placed on how life narratives can be incorporated into caring for the elderly based on the assumption that aged health care should be grounded on narrative perspectives in order to reduce ageist behaviours. The success of this however depends on the willingness of the elderly to share their stories. The aim of this study was to explore the reasons why Swedish elders decline to sh
This paper investigates the recruitment of foreign fighters to the Kurdish armed forces YPG and YPJ, who combat the jihadist Islamic State in Western Kurdistan. The research question addresses the mystery of how people with no ties to the conflict area can be motivated to risk their lives in a distant conflict abroad, when they could just choose not to. David Malet´s theory of the framing of the c
Temperature dynamics for a building heated by hot-water radiators are studied in this work. The emphasis has been put on deducting an equation for calculating radiator temperatures and temperature dynamics out of given datas on the construction of the heating system.
Different models for approximation of radiators are compared and the heating effect as a nonlinear function of the temperature
Surrogate motherhood is a relatively controversial method of assisted reproduction, as it raises ethical questions about the potential risk of exploitation versus the right to self-determination, if it is done with the child’s best in mind and whether or not it is problematic for the family constellation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the approach to altruistic surrogate motherhood in Sw
