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Data quantities and their sources have amplified over the years and so has the trend to employ dashboard-based data visualizations into the hands of a wider audience of end-users. By selecting four of the most common data visualization formats and combining these into a dashboard this thesis quantitively explored the relationship between similarity features of dashboard-based data visualizations,

Ekosystemtjänster från sjögräsängar i Östersjön Östersjön bidrar med både ekonomiskt och socialt till länder runt i kring det. Detta tillsammans med viktiga biologiska företeelserna Östersjön producerar kan sammanfattas till ekosystemtjänster. Innanhavet utsätts dessvärre hela tiden för både globala, regionala och lokala påfrestningar. Vilka i sin tur utgör hot mot både biologiska, sociala och ekEcosystem services is a relatively unexplored term in environmental science and in the society as well. The concept can seem rather abstract and difficult to understand to the public but it does not have to be. The term could seemingly help the public to understand why certain ecosystems and natural objects need to be preserved not only for their intrinsic value but also hence economic and social

Debatten om tiggeri i Sverige har under de senaste åren trappats upp och fått stort utrymme i svensk media. Den här uppsatsen har undersökt hur utsatta EU-medborgare framställs i den mediala debatten genom att analysera 24 ledarsidsartiklar från Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen samt Aftonbladet. Analysen bygger på en sammansättning av teorier grundade i Georg Simmels teori om främlinge

Bakgrund: Reumatoid artrit (RA) är en av de vanligaste reumatiska sjukdomarna i Sverige och är vanligast förekommande bland kvinnor. Många personer med RA drabbas av den kroniska tröttheten fatigue, vilket på sistone har uppmärksammats som ett av de mest besvärliga symtomen vid RA. Att det idag inte finns tillräckligt med forskning kring hur RA-relaterad fatigue påverkar vardagen anser författarna

Mellanmänskliga konflikter är en vanlig och naturlig företeelse som kan påverka individer markant. För att minska risken för negativ påverkan, där forskning lyft exempelvis stress, depression och misstro, bedrivs studier för att bättre förstå konfliktens mekanismer och hur hanteringen av dessa kan utvecklas. Den aktuella uppsatsen centrerades kring forskning av Jordan och Lundin (2001) och fokuserInterpersonal conflicts are common and natural phenomena that may affect individuals considerably. To decrease the risk of negative effects, where research has highlighted e.g. stress, depression and distrust, studies are conducted to better understand the mechanisms of conflicts and how the management thereof can be developed. The current essay was centered on research by Jordan and Lundin (2001)

International students’ mobility has received increased appreciation for its role, and impact, in todays knowledge economy. This development has lead to an increase of tourism research aiming to understand student travel motives as such knowledge is paramount to the development of appropriate marketing strategies, services, and promotions. However, due to the increased complexity of mobility, reco

Much has been written about why a woman stays in a relationship with a man who exposes her to violence, while less has been written about what causes the woman to one day pack a bag and actually leave the man. Interviews with six persons, who either has personal experience from intimate partner violence or possesses knowledge of the subject through their profession, has been conducted in order to

Studies have shown social work to be a demanding profession, where workers are at great risk suffering from burnout. Interventions to prevent burnout and build resilience in the upcoming workforce is therefore emphasized. The aim of this study has been to explore how educators view the need for social work students to be prepared for the emotional demands of social work. The study was carried out

The aim of this study was to examine how social work students reason upon their future employer within social work. The analysis was based on three issues; how social work students reason around employments within the public sector, how they reason about employments in privately owned companies as well as which elements is considered significant when social work students chose their future employe

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examine, which of those variables suggested by past research – i.e. consumer attitude, store image, perceived price, packaging and perceived quality - have a significant influence on the customer’s purchase behaviour of organic private labels. Methodology: A quantitative study with a deductive approach and a cross-sectional design was chosen to obtain qua

Syfte: Studien syftar till att undersöka om blankning påverkar aktieavkastning på den svenska börsen. Metod: Data, hämtad från Thomson Reuters Datastream, Nasdaq OMX Nordic samt Finansinspektionen, har sammanställts i Microsoft Excel. Regressioner har sedan körts i EViews med den bearbetade datan. Datan testas som en multipel regressionsmodell med paneldata. Tre kontrollvariabler inkluderas. Te

A common problem in geocoding is that the postal addresses as requested by the user differ from the addresses as described in the database. The online, open source geocoder called Nominatim is one of the most used geocoders nowadays. However, this geocoder lacks the interactivity that most of the online geocoders already offer. The Nominatim geocoder provides no feedback to the user while typing a

Studiens syfte är att primärt att ta reda på vilka behov musiklärare på en gymnasieskola har av fortbildning kring jämställdhet, genus och normkritik i ensembleundervisning. I ett vidare perspektiv syftar också studien till att utgöra grunden för ett normkritiskt fortbildningsmaterial riktat till lärare i ensemble. Bakgrunden till studien bygger på att det svenska samhället år 2014 fortfarande bri

The aim of this study was to examine what school counselors think about their role in their work with bullying among pupils. More specifically the aim was to find out how counselors role in work with bullying look like, how counselors describe bullying from their role and which practical roles they had in their work with bullying. This study was a qualitative study, where six semistructured interv

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om AAI-intervjun är en användbar metod i klinisk verksamhet. För att undersöka detta genomfördes åtta AAI-intervjuer av kvinnor med diagnosen borderline personlighetsstörning eftersom denna grupp är svårbehandlad och resurskrävande. Studien ville också undersöka om personer med denna personlighetsstörning uppvisar ett specifikt anknytningsmönster och ofta The purpose of this study was to investigate if the AAI-interview was a useful method in a clinical setting. To investigate this we interviewed eight women with diagnosis Borderline personality disorder because this is a complex and resource-intensive group of patients. The study also aims to investigate if people with this personality disorder show a specific attachment style and often classifies

In order to systematize and rationalize the quality control process for FDS (Fire Dynamics Simulator) input data a software application for this specific purpose has been developed. In order to study the occurrence of user related errors in FDS input data and the possibility of reducing such errors by using the developed application, a case study on archived FDS input data from actual building pro