Nowadays concrete structures are often designed with a complex geometry, which demands finite element analysis. A well known problem in relation to finite element analysis is restraining forces, which may be strongly overestimated in linear analyses of concrete structures. Restraint forces are internal forces that are created when a structure is prevented from movement. Restraint forces can for ex

Robustness of structural systems is as yet not explicitly defined nor is there a clearly defined method for incorporating robustness in design/construction. Robustness can be simply defined as the ability of a structural system to survive unforeseen/extraordinary exposures or circumstances that would otherwise cause it to fail. The structure must have enough residual capacity during and after the

Denna kandidatuppsats bär titeln Zlatan Ibrahimović - Hjälte eller buse? – En analys av en mediebild, och är författad av Maria Rosén vid Institutionen för Kommunikation och Medier på Lunds universitet höstterminen 2012. Uppsatsen består av en kvalitativ textanalys av nyhetsartiklar och krönikor, ur två svenska dagstidningar och en svensk kvällstidning, från tre tidpunkter i Zlatan Ibrahimovićs ka

This report contains a study of the deflections of prefabricated reinforced concrete slabs in an effort to obtain acceptable span lengths. The objective of the report is to investigate the parameters that affect deflections and to determine whether it is possible to increase the standard span of these slabs without changing structural properties such as depth, width or the quality of concrete and

The social structure has led us to only see women as the sex we should protect in the society. A general assumption is that men are aggressive and more sexually drift than women, which has made him insignificant in the context of sexual violence. Feminist studies on male rape have therefore become an academic undertheorized issue where other problem formulations and aspects instead have been highl

This thesis aims to examine how the EC law regarding asylum and refugees, or more precisely how the notion of “safe countries” and the definition of “refugee” in the Asylum Procedures Directive and the Qualification Directive, affect the Roma minority in Europe. The theoretical framework is based on two theories: One theory is Etienne Balibar’s discussion concerning the European project and how it

Crime is not only a legal area, but can also be seen as a way of life for some people. The criminal lifestyle is one of Sweden today’s biggest social problem involving a lot of people, both those who execute the crime and those exposed to it. The most common time to start a criminal career is during adolescence. Only a small percentage of this group continues life of criminal actions but calculate

This report contains a study of the effects of a special connection in the side of hollow core concrete elements. The connection is today used when the joists are supposed to contribute to the global stability. The study is based on the question of how the connections influence the deformation and the loadbearing capacity of the hollow core concrete elements. This study is made for the two smalles

A substantial part of the population on the African continent suffers massive human rights crimes. Torture, murder, enslavement and systematic rape of civilians occur on a daily basis in several African countries. The international trade of natural resources from Africa, such as diamonds and other minerals, finances violence and immense human rights violations. The purpose of this study is to exa

Climate change has adverse impact on people’s lives and millions are forced away from their habitual residence because of it. Most experts agree that our standard of living is to blame for such environmental consequences. If not stronger measures are introduced; the situation will deteriorate. The purpose of this essay is to explore if existing legal instruments can be used to protect environmenta

This essay explores and analyses the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1960 which address sexual violence in conflicts. This essays analyze is of the use of language in the resolution and the concepts used in the resolution. This essay will analyze the way women and men are portrayed and how the resolution uses the terms victim and perpetrator. The goal is to see how the language in the

There are benefits of weight optimized structures in many engineering fields. In civil engineering it can for instance be associated with cheaper structural parts and easier transportation. In this study a genetic optimization algorithm for weight minimization of steel trusses has been developed in MATLAB. Constraints regarding material strength and buckling stability are taken from “Eurocode 3: D

The controversy between development studies and postcolonial studies is characterized by a mutually critical approach towards the other field, a disinterest in response and consequently a lack of interaction. The ambivalence that emerges from this non-interactive debate underlines that as long as these academic fields stay separated nothing constructive will appear. From initially analyzing the re

Syfte med min uppsats är att undersöka huruvida det finns några indikationer på en möjlig maktförskjutning av staters ansvar för de mänskliga rättigheterna till att handla om företagen ansvar för dem, i Global Combact princip 1 och 2. För detta syfte har jag formulerat frågeställningen: Finns det i princip 1 och 2 i Global Compact indikatorer på att en maktförskjutning kan ske från stater till för

Rapporten inleds med en litteraturstudie i vilken kunskap och fakta om ämnena robusthet och progressiv kollaps inhämtas och redovisas. Med utgångspunkt från denna studie används sedan en matematisk metod, baserad på brottsannolikhetsberäkningar, föreslagen av P.H. Kirkegaard och J.D Sørensen [19] för att utvärdera robustheten hos två byggnaders takkonstruktion. De två byggnaderna som utvärderas är

Den här uppsatsen har som syfte att undersöka förvaltarskapets anordnande och belysa verkningarna av ett sådant anordnande. I uppsatsen utreds vilka grunderna för anordnande av förvaltarskap är och hur dessa tolkas enligt gällande rätt. Vidare analyseras hur den praktiska tillämpningen av föräldrabalkens relevanta bestämmelser ser ut samt huruvida tillämpningen är ändamålsenlig i förhållande till The purpose of this essay is to examine the arrangement of adult guardian-ship for people with impaired decision-making capacity, and to illustrate the effects of such an arrangement. The essay presents the conditions for the arrangement of adult guardianship and how the conditions are interpreted. It further analyzes the application in Swedish courts of the relevant provisions and whether the app

In Africa there are approximately 91,5 million women and girls who have been subject to the traditional practice of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Mothers subject their daughters to FGM/C as an act of love as society regards this to be the process a girl becomes a woman; furthermore a non-circumcised woman is deemed as unfit for marriage. This perception stems from deeply rooted social

This essay investigates whether or not a governmental directive from 2012 con-cerning the use of citizenship in achieving better integration and a more dynamic Sweden, can be said to express Jürgen Habermas ideas of ‘constitutional patriot-ism’. The essay also scrutinizes how and if the directive’s ambition is achievable through the methods and means described therein, more specifically, the para-

Prenatal diagnosis is a medical tool that has been utilised in Sweden since the 1960s to help expecting mothers find out the health status of the fetus. In 2006, the Swedish government introduced a new law, stipulating a pregnant woman’s right to receive general information about prenatal diagnosis. A woman’s autonomy is the government’s main concern, and poses the question of how disability is pe