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Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka föräldrars upplevelse av att förlora ett barn i cancer, med särskilt fokus på hur föräldrarnas sociala relationer och egna äktenskap påverkas i ett längre perspektiv. Studien har en hermeneutisk vetenskapsteoretisk ansats och genomfördes i form av semistrukturerade djupintervjuer med sju efterlevande mammor. Intervjusvaren kategoriserades sedan efter tematisk inThe study aims to examine parents’ experience of losing a child to cancer, with a particular focus on how parents' social relationships and their own marriages are affected in the longer term. The study is a hermeneutic approach and is implemented in the form of semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with seven surviving mothers. Interview responses were categorized by thematic content

In order to stay ahead of competition, pursuing radical innovation is highly important for companies with mature technology. The front end is the first phase of developing radical innovation. The front end is characterised by high uncertainty and a different working process compared to that of incremental innovation. Large mature product companies with mature technology pursuing radical innovation

The purpose of this research is to gain an increased understanding of employees’ experienced uncertainty and their coping strategies in the face of downsizing. We discovered that employees in an uncertain situation develop and pursue varying coping strategies. This is caused by different perceptions of uncertainty, depending on the individual sense-making and multiple factors of influence. This th

Central America in general and Costa Rica in particular have been facing with increasing number of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Experts have recently (2013) recommended spatial analysis of the relevant data for better understanding of the situation. This study was performed to evaluate geographical distribution of CKD mortality in Costa Rica through spatial analysis of CKD mortality data. The s

När ett barn i en familj drabbas av en kronisk sjukdom är det inte bara barnet som blir drabbat utan hela familjen påverkas av det nya sättet att förhålla sig till livet. Syftet med litteraturstudien var att få kunskap om hur föräldrar till barn med kronisk sjukdom upplever sin psykiska hälsa. Sex kvantitativa och fyra kvalitativa studier från länder i Afrika, Asien, Europa och Nordamerika analyse

In the last decades, the role of warehouses has increased due to wider product range, emphasis on shorter lead times and constant changes in customer demand. The increased demands forces companies to improve their warehousing operations for better service level and decreased costs. Different technology solutions like WMS and RFID are currently available for supporting this improvement. However, th

Den här uppsatsen undersöker huruvida kapitalstockens storlek har någon påverkan på ett lands arbetslöshetsnivå och om det med hjälp av kapitalstockens inverkan går att förklara den låga arbetslöshet som rådde under efterkrigstiden, ”den gyllene eran” som vi definierar som 1950-1975. Den gyllene eran ställs mot perioden 1870-2008 för att se om det finns några skillnader. Studien inkluderar de fyra

Syftet med föreliggande litteraturstudie var att beskriva upplevelsen av manliga sjuksköterskors yrkesroll. Litteraturstudien utfördes med en induktiv ansats där forskning och litteratur på området sammanställdes. En sökning av relevanta studier gjordes i fyra olika databaser och resulterade i tio studier som valdes till resultatet. Resultatet sammanställdes genom en integrerad analys där tre huvu

Healthcare is under pressure and a development towards a more integrated and efficient healthcare requires better communication and collaboration across boundaries. This thesis is about facilitation of change process in the healthcare context with learnings from an authentic project, carried out with the clinic for reconstructive plastic surgery at the Karolinska University Hospital. The methodolo

Inom vården har man haft problem med att anpassa sig till de tekniska framstegen som tagits. Möjligheten att komma ikapp denna utveckling och effektivisera de befintliga IT-verktygen finns fortfarande, men då måste man förstå hur bristerna och begränsningarna uttrycker sig. Kliniska beslutstödssystem, CDSS är verktyg som används dagligen inom vården för att stötta och hjälpa användare att ta mer i

This thesis focuses on how environmental information concerning food issues is situated and communicated on Swedish environmental blogs. Social media as a form of communication is a current society phenomenon and the Internet is a dominating source of information. A total of 11 Swedish environmental blogs were studied. Five of them function as main objects of information and the six remaining func

This paper’s purpose is to investigate the discourse in the Swedish media about sexism in the gaming world. A social issue that is highlighted is the constitution of gender in relation to online games. The goal is to gain knowledge about how women are represented in news articles. Producers of news articles seem to take gender constructions for granted. Through Norman Fairclough critical discourse

Engaging with stakeholders became more important for companies and brands throughout the years, especially through the rise of Social Media. TV shows do not only need to survive and convince offline through their compelling narrative – they need to transform their passive spectators into active participants in order to increase their reach, their economic success and to strengthen their fanbase. D

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a membrane protein group of central importance in the immune system. It is divided into two main classes, class I and class II. The MHCs are highly polymorphic which is believed to be indication of trans-species polymorphism (TSP). There is TSP when an allele is maintained in two species through a speciation event. The songbirds that I study here belon

The price volatility is an important property to monitor in financial trading. A volatile period implies threats of large losses, but at the same time opportunities of higher gains. This makes accurate volatility prediction models an important part of an algorithmic trading system. This thesis work investigates the extreme value dependence between the Foreign Exchange rate volatility and the rate

En inventering har genomförts av perfluorerade ämnen som misstänkts ha släppts ut på en brandövningsplats i Lambohov, Linköpings kommun. Inventeringen har genomförts i samarbete med miljökontoret på Linköpings kommun. Målet var att klargöra om denna brandövningsplats utgör en fara för människor och miljö med störst vikt vid den kemiska föroreningen PFOS, perfluoroktansulfonat. PFOS användes under A survey on a fire drill site in the municipality of Linköping, has been made in cooperation with the environmental office at the municipality of Linköping. The goal with the survey was to clarify if the fire drill site is a risk to humans and the environment with emphasis on PFOS, perfluorooctane sulfonate. PFOS was used during the second half of the 20th century at fire drill sites as additive i

Antalet människor i världen med tillgång till elektroniska produkter som datorer och smartphones ökar kraftigt. I takt med att antalet produkter går upp så ökar även deras prestanda. Men är det bara att fortsätta bygga mindre och bättre komponenter för alltid? I den här artikeln beskrivs ett bekymmer som uppstår då elektroniska komponenter blir mindre, och några resultat från ett arbete som utförtWith the constant downscaling of transistors, silicon as a production material is falling out of favour because of increasing power consumption when the size of devices becomes smaller. Compound materials from group III-V in the table of elements are promising candidates to replace silicon. The aim of this work was to study current-voltage characteristics of a MOS capacitor made of the III-V compo