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Professionellas reflektioner om ungdomar med ADHD och sambandet till kriminalitet

This study aimed to highlight ADHD in adolescents (12-18 years) and the connection to crime on the basis of the professional discourse perspective. I have also chosen to investigate the value of a possible diagnosis, but also the importance of social factors when it comes to development of criminal behaviour among young people. The interviews have been semi structured and the interviews that have

Sustainability Trends And their Relevance to THULE

The concept of sustainability has been put forward since 1987 and from that point of time research regarding it has emerged and evolved since its appearance. Definitions of sustainability vary from person to person due to the context used, and big amount of companies have started to realize its importance and begun with searching their ways till achieving a sustainable development in today‘s tough

Distribution of spare parts at Gambro - solving the problem with fluctuating demand

Purpose - A general purpose of this thesis can be defined as to examine and evaluate the possibilities to solve the problem with fluctuating demand on spare parts from the local sales subsidiaries in the three big markets in Europe. A secondary, more specific, purpose of this thesis is to investigate what the possibilities are to implement direct distribution of spare parts to these countri

Rosengårds rosor kommer att blomma – en kvalitativ studie om ungdomar i ett segregerat bostadsområde och deras tankar kring området, omvärlden och framtiden

Abstract Authors: Belma Dzafic, Lejla Huseinovic Title:”The flowers of Rosengård will bloom – a qualitative study about young people in a segregated residential area and their thoughts about the area, the surrounding and the future” Supervisor: Charlotta Zettervall The purpose of this study was to examine how young people in the age of 16 – 17 in Rosengård think about their future, their reside

”Det är ju smart att göra det, det är ju strategiskt för att överleva.” - en studie kring fenomenet utvärdering.

Today evaluation is a popular phenomenon within the public sector, but is the instrumental use of the results the only purpose it fills? This case study aims to investigate the use of evaluation in practical social work in municipals with focus on supportive contacts without documentation requirements based on a new institutional perspective. What purposes for evaluation can be identified, what in

The Role of Negative eWOM in a High Involvement Decision Context

The main purpose of this thesis is to uncover the relationship that exists between the formation of purchase intentions and the factors that influence the process of intent formation; a specific focus will be given to the discovery of the impact of negative eWOM within a consumer’s pre purchase decision context. The thesis uses an inductive and qualitative design. The authors propose and apply two

Experiences of the Role of Government in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives in the private sector. Recommendations to the Indian state of Gujarat

Interpretations of the term Corporate Social Responsibility are many, but academics have achieved approximate consensus about what it consists of. An issue that started off as an interest- and motive-based activity for businesses is becoming more commonplace and has increased in importance over time. Governments have a role to play in ensuring that corporations behave according to the rules and no

Impact of Harvest Date and Cutting Length of Grass Ley and Whole-Crop Cereals on Methane Yield and Economic Viability as Feedstock for Biogas Vehicle Fuel Production

Grass ley and whole-crop cereals used for biogas production are often finely chopped for subsequent ensiling and anaerobic digestion. Chopping can impact not only ensiling stability, digestibility and risk of process hick-ups in the digester but also harvesting capacity and fuel consumption. Based on field experiment data, the aim of this study was to investigate how three different nominal cuttin

The cultural citizenship values of political comedy engagement

The freedom to express oneself as a citizen is paramount to contemporary democracy. However, this freedom is often questioned in relation to humour and the offence it might cause, especially in cases where humour is referred to as an excuse, as a defence to avoid criticism (Smith 2009). This article uses the concept of cultural citizenship (cf. Hermes 2005) to conceptualise citizen rights and resp

Precision medicine in Type 2 Diabetes

The Precision Medicine Initiative defines precision medicine as "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person." This approach will facilitate more accurate treatment and prevention strategies in contrast to a one-size-fits-all approach, in which disease treatment and prevention strategi

From occupational therapy to environmental gerontology

Based on reflections on childhood experiences, my autobiography starts out from completing professional training as an occupational therapist. After academic studies in gerontology, I pursued PhD education in public health, with a specific interest in housing and health issues related to aging and disability. My early scientific work was concentrated to methodology development based on the notion

Time shift between net and gross CO2 uptake and growth derived from tree rings in pine and spruce

Key message: A 6–9 month backward time shift of the carbon uptake gave the highest correlation between annual biomass increment and carbon uptake in this old even aged forest. Abstract: Plants’ carbon uptake and allocation to different biomass compartments is an important process for both wood production and climate mitigation. Measurements of the net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange between ecos