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Brown seaweeds are marine macro algae, which are quite unexplored for their potential uses in food products in Europe. Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta are fast growing brown seaweeds species in European countries, mainly found in Norway and cold waters of the North Atlantic. These species are known to be rich sources of iodine, protein, polyphenols, carbohydrates and micronutrients like

The aim of the study was to investigate school counselors’ discretion and increase the knowledge of how it can approach and challenges it poses. Four school counselors’ were interviewed. To this study, I used semi-structured interviews. Themes such as large or limited discretion, relationship creation and trust emerged in the analysis. The study was empirically grounded and the results emphasized

Det senaste decenniet tenderar antalet barn som har en oroande skolfrånvaro öka enligt flera Svenska organisationer och myndigheter och bland dessa barn finns en stor andel med NPF-problematik. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka konsekvenserna för föräldrar med barn som diagnostiserats med autismspektrumtillstånd (AST) som också har eller haft en problematisk skolfrånvaro under det senaste The past decade, the number of children who have had a worrying school absence seems to increase according to several authorities in Sweden. The aim of this study was to explore the consequences for parents with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who also have or had to have a problematic school absence this past year. The analyze focused on the consequences regarding social re

The comprising reform of the public sector has led to businesses increasingly been identified and considered as organizations. Organizations are characterized by being bound to the current business environment, can be measured with quantitative and qualitative measures against other organizations and controlled strategies against set targets. Research has since the mid 90's studied the New Pub

Indonesia had a taxation reform that was started from 2001 and ended in 2008. The taxation reform transformed both the tax regulation and tax institution. This study evaluates the impact of the taxation reform in Indonesia in 2008 to the tax compliance level of taxpayer, both corporate and personal taxpayer, in Indonesia and what factors that influence Indonesian tax compliance after the taxation

Inclusive innovation is seen as a means to counteract the issue of growing global inequality. Particularly universities and private businesses are engaged with its promotion. However, the concept of inclusive innovation has deficiencies concerning the operationalisation and measurement. In default of extensive primary data, a set of a hundred and two inclusive innovations has been gathered from tw

A protein’s function is directly related to its structure, which is in a water medium where it is affected by hydrogen bonds and the hydrophobic effect. These interactions are in turn dependent on the water molecules’ orientations around the protein. Therefore, it is vital to have correct orientations for the water molecules. Such information can be obtained by neutron crystallography. However, ev

The main goal of this project was to create a table which could be used in different heights and for different purposes. Height adjust- ments would allow the users to be seated in different ergonomic positions. The affordance of being able to use the table for different purposes is valuable for a compact living situation. Reports regarding our constantly changing living situations and the ben

Many of the right-wing populist forces currently on the rise across the world have anti-feminist and anti-genderist agendas and narratives. This thesis investigates such narratives from an ontological security perspective by conducting a frame analysis. To build the theoretical framework, a gendered approach to ontological security theory that considers changing gender relations a trigger of ontol

Den här uppsatsens syfte har varit att förstå hur studenters smartphone inkorporeras i deras vardag med fokus på fritid och studieliv. Vi har utfört djupintervjuer med fem studenter i åldrarna 21-26 för att förstå vilken roll smartphonen har i deras liv och hur den används. Tidigare forskning visar exempel på hur beroende en person kan bli av sin smartphone för att få ihop sitt vardagsliv. Den vis

In connection with the EU, Poland has often given the impression of being a Eurosceptic member state. At the same time, around 87% of the population declare that they are in favor of the membership. The current Polish government, which gained immense support in the September 2015 national parliamentary election, has been criticized by various EU Commissioners for, inter alia, illegal logging in th

Denna fallstudie studerar och analyserar hur Arla bemöter negativa kommentarer på Instagramkontot Arla Sverige. Vi belyser hur Arla förhåller sig till teorier inom Is-sues Management i sin kommunikation på ett av sina Instagramkonton. Vi använder en netnografisk observation samt intervjumetod som insamlingsmetod. Den netnografiska metoden används för att samla in kommentarer från Instagramkontot AThis case study aims to investigate how Arla responds to negative comments posted to their social media in order to gain knowledge of how they take into consideration Issues Management in their social media communication. Through a netnographic observation and two in-depth interviews with Arlas press- and media manager we gather empirical material. The netnographic observation is used to gather co

This study analyzes the relationship between education, antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance in the European ambulatory care. For this purpose, a panel data analysis is conducted on an aggregate level in a sample of 30 countries in the European Economic Area between 2000 and 2014. The main variable of interest is the level of high education, expressed as the proportion of the total pop

The majority of all social work includes two crucial components. The first component relates to the importance of the relationship between the social worker and the client and requires the social worker to possess qualities and abilities that promote a strong working alliance. The second component regards the social worker as the working tool, a view that emphasizes the need for the social worker

Employee engagement has become more of an important issue for nonprofit organizations as they have to maintain an unprofitable social mission with often stringent resources. This study problematizes that most research about employee engagement is from a managerial approach, while research from the “communication constitutes organization” (CCO) perspective recognizes the close link between communic

The aim of this study was to examine if the reform regarding labor immigration that was implemented in 2008, improved the matching efficiency and increased employment. To examine the effect of the reform Difference-in-Difference analysis was used on panel data from 6 regions and 8 occupations during the time 2005-2018. The regions and occupations were divided into control and treatment groups base

The aim of this study has been to explore social workers negotiations and meaning making on heterosexual norms, in order to understand possibilities on how to change these norms within the social services. The study consists of material from two different municipalities which both has participated in a project on heterosexual norms. Both municipalities have had a group of seven people discussing i

Computer programming is historically constructed as a male domain, and the underrepresentation of women and other marginalised minorities is recognised as a global phenomenon in most countries of the world. However, limited attention has been paid to women who choose to enter this field. The lack of intersectional and cross-national analysis on the relationship between gender and technology remain

Commodity activism can be described as a communication-based strategy that reshapes social and political activism into marketable commodities. This study aims to explore how a brand’s strategic communicative usage of commodity activism, and its potential for hypocrisy, influences the prosumers’ interactions in the online brand communities. More specifically, it aims to examine the destructive aspe

The aim for this study is to examine and analyse the two legal systems controlling hockey violence from a legal pluralism point of view and examine why the hockey violence exists. The questions this study aims to answer are; Are the legal norms considered to properly deal with hockey violence? How is the relation between the two legal systems? What do hockey players think of the legal norms and wh