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The aim of this study was to examine experience of stigma among parents of children with neuropsychiatric disabilities. Since I wanted my study to focus on parents’ experiences, I used a qualitative approach. I based my study on interviews made with six mothers of children with different neuropsychiatric disabilities such as autism, Asperger’s syndrome, ADHD and ADD. Most previous studies on stigm

The Balanced Participation - The Meaning of Children’s Participation in Custody Evaluations [translated title] Children’s participation in terms of matters that truly concerns them has been highlighted in social work and the social services. When it comes to family law, researchers have found the custody and access proceedings being negligent regarding children’s participation and in considering

In modern batch plants, alarm floods overwhelming the operator is a common problem of ever increasing severity. As plant hardware increase in complexity and performance, measures such as downtime and meantime between failures, increase in importance and the need for a well-functioning exception handling routine therefore grows critical. In order to minimize downtime and hence boost production effi

Aim of this thesis is to analyze Dc-Dc converters by using the techniques of Linear Periodic Time varying (LTP) systems to estimate the amount of subharmonics injected in the load. Dc-Dc converters are used to transform a Dc input to a Dc output of different voltage. In this thesis we study in particular the so called "switch mode" converters. In this kind of devices the conversion is ob

This thesis discusses the phenomenon price manipulation, and its legislation. The definition of price manipulation is artificially deflating or inflating the price of a certain financial security. There are a number of ways to manipulate prices, and the consequences are usually tangible. Legislation in this area is relevant in several aspects. The essay highlights the key legal perspective; mainta

There is an international agreement that Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, HACCP, is an established management system for food safety. The HACCP system supplies the food safety with confidence so that it can be effectively managed. It works as a tool to control and prevent hazards rather than to rely on end-product inspection and testing. EU hygiene regulations require that this system

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att analysera hur medias nyhetsgestaltning påverkar den individuella medborgarens uppfattning av det som rapporteras. Vårt syfte är även att, med utgångspunkt i Max månadsbrev, förstå hur det kom att tolkas av allmänheten som en politisk uppmaning, och hur gränsen mellan legitim och illegitim opinionsbildning kan tolkas och förstås i relation till yttrandefrihet och råPurpose: This study aims to analyse how medias news framing affects the public’s perception of what is reported. Our intention is further, with Max’s monthly letter as a basis, to understand how it came to be perceived by the public as a political encouragement, and how the border between legitimate and illegitimate opinion forming can be perceived and understood in relation to the freedom of spee

Skövde Värmeverk AB is a company owned by the municipality of Skövde. The objective of the companyis to produce environmentally friendly electricity and heating for buildings in the municipality.Lövängsverket is one of the company⁳ two main thermal plants. Its chief fuel is woodchips, but oil is usedas an alternative fuel. The objective of this master thesis is to perform an environmental review o

Uppsatsen tar sin utgångspunkt i de ränteavdragsbegränsningar som infördes i inkomstskattelagen 1 januari 2009. Dess instiftande kan betraktas som ett svar på den praxis som utbildats i Regeringsrätten gällande den kategori av transaktioner som ofta kallas ”räntesnurror”. I två avgöranden, RÅ 2001 ref. 79 (Kommunmålet) och RÅ 2007 ref. 85 (Industrivärden), befanns denna transaktionskategori inte sThis essay deals with the new rules regarding restrictions of interest deduction for certain dividends that came into force on the first of January 2009. These new restrictions where brought forth due to certain legislative development in the rulings of the Supreme Administrative Court regarding alleged advanced tax planning based on interest deduction; the law against tax evasion were not applica

The bachelor thesis was to create a GPS tracking system for Svep Design Center AB. The system would consist of two major parts which were linked together through a common database. One part consisted of a cell phone application were the user can transmit their current position and the other part was a web application where the position data is presented on a map outlining the route of the user. Si

This study challenges existing dogma of economists and environmentalists with a finding that sustainable consumption in industrial societies is impossible within standard models of growth because the approaches that are being taken to investments (in new technologies) are linked with and dependent on increased consumption as a requirement of innovation and as part of ideology in societies. Though