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The public library as a cultural centre - a discourse analytical study of how the library as a cultural centre emerges in official plans for cultural and library development. This master’s thesis aims to identify, analyze and discuss how notions of the public library as a cultural centre appear in cultural and library policy documents from regional and municipal levels. The method and theory used

Uppsatsens syfte var att utreda huruvida kriminalisering av narkotikabruk var att betrakta som godtagbart ur ett strikt rättsteoretiskt perspektiv. Den svenska narkotikastraffrätten har vuxit fram över lång tid, men har under det senaste halvseklet kommit att innehålla strängare straff och vidgat omfång. Länge ansågs kriminalisering av bruk inte vara önskvärt, något som dock skedde i slutet av 19

This thesis asks the question “How do government-initiated local referendums affect citizens’ perceptions of democracy?”. In the theoretical discussion, direct democratic theory is found to be inadequate in studying the effects of government-initiated referendums. Since the referendums are government-initiated, that negates the important aspect of bypassing elites. The referendum democracy concept

ABSTRACT Author: Emelie Olsson Title: "It gets a bit twice, voluntarily and yet not voluntarily"- Social workers approach to support, control / coercion and repression in financial assistance and substance abuse Supervisor: Weddig Runquist Assessor: Mats Hilte The purpose of this study has been to examine and analyze the exercise of authority social workers in the social services for sub

Studiens syfte var att psykometriskt undersöka ett testverktyg för mätning av matematiskt problemlösningsförmåga. För detta syfte fick 273 elever i åk 2 göra det läsplattebaserade testet Klurisen vid två tillfällen och en svensk version av Iowa Test of Basic Skills, deltest Mathematical Problem Solving, benämnt IOWA, vid ett tillfälle. Studien fann att Klurisens deltest, A- och B-del hade otillräc

Syfte: Undersöka hur stor andel av de aktierekommendationer som utfärdas för svenska aktiebolag som visar sig vara goda råd, ett år efter publiceringsdatum. Vidare analyseras ifall det råder någon specifik skillnad mellan köp- och säljrekommendationer. Metod: Kvantitativ studie med deduktiv ansats. Insamlade aktierekommendationer analyseras för att beräkna en eventuell abnormal avkastning. Result

Larvae from the non-biting midge family Chironomidae have previously been demonstrated to be sensitive to environmental pollution in aquatic environments. Exposure to different contaminants has resulted in an increasing occurrence of deformities of the mouthparts in the larvae. Common pollutions which induce mouthpart deformitys are metals (such as Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu, Hg, Cr, Ni), pesticides and some

The aim of this study was to examine how home care workers are reasoning about and using their discretion in their work with elder people with alcohol problems. The two concepts responsibility and respect was used to understand the difficulty and dilemmas they encounter in their work with elderly with alcohol problems. The study was based on semi-structured interviews, combined with two vignettes,

The aim of this study is to create an understanding of how caregivers at nursing homes in both the public and the private sector working conditions manifests itself from an organization theory perspective. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyze how the caregivers in elder care experience their working conditions and if the experiences differ depending on whether they work in the public o

As the society gets more and more dependent on electrical energy, it is highly desirable to ensurepower supply at all times. In case of events of natural disasters, simple technical faults or human mistakes, any power system or a large part of it can suffer a blackout. An electrical shutdown is a crisis situation where recovery should happen as quickly as possible. During the restoration after the

The logistic regression model is frequently used in epidemiologic studies, yielding odds ratio or relative risk interpretations. Inspired by the theory of linear normal models, the logistic regression model has been extended to allow for correlated responses by introducing random effects. However, the model does not inherit the interpretational features of the normal model. In this paper, the auth

The emotional aspects of the care-giving relationship in home-care services are studied, starting from the home-care recipients' and the home-care workers' perception of the emotional climate. Their experiences of the care-giving relationship and the influence from different aspects of the care-giving situation and social processes in the work organisation are explored. Two hundred and twenty-two

A denuder/filter system constructed for solvent-free personal exposure measurements was evaluated for separation of vapour and particulate 4,4'-methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (4,4'-MDI) generated from heated PUR-foam. The two different phases were collected in the denuder and on the filter, respectively, by chemosorption on a polydimethylsiloxane (SE-30)-dibutylamine (DBA) stationary phase. Both r

This article addresses the predominant degradation modes and life prediction of a plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coating (TBC). The studied TBC system consists of an air-plasm a-sprayed bond coat and an air-plasma-sprayed, yttria partially stabilized zirconia top layer on a conventional Hastelloy X substrate. Thermal shock tests of air-sprayed TBC and pre-oxidized TBC specimens were conducted unde