The development of product standards and their widespread adoption can play a vital role in facilitating transactions and enhancing trade, both domestically and internationally. This paper aims to examine whether mutual recognition of product standards could facilitate international trade of organic products. The measure of mutual standards used in this thesis is a number of organic equivalency ar

This study is based on interviews with people who have been in contact with psychiatric care and are, or have been in recovery from mental illness. The aim was to investigate how the interviewees describe their recovery and which factors that matter in recovery. The previous research this study builds upon show that a key aspect of recovery comes from reclaiming power of self and finding or, refin

Disaster response is most effective, if a high level of preparedness is in place before natural hazards strike. As many low-income countries are under-financed when it comes to Disaster Risk Reduction, it is lower-cost interventions such as Community-Based Preparedness Trainings that they often rely on to provide strategies to reduce the vulnerability of communities. These trainings are widely use

This paper presents an evaluation of the Swedish pension system, using performance measures that accounts for higher moments of the distribution. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between the classical Sharpe ratio and more sophisticated measures, while specifically focusing on the outcome of the default fund in the system. These additional measure consists of the ASSR which acco

he Swedish government’s export strategy (2015) calls for Swedish SMEs to export more, particularly beyond the EU Internal Market. Swedish public organisations engaging in export-promoting activities are thus to increase export aid to SMEs, using SMEs’ needs as compass. Yet many, if not most, SMEs will never export. In a survey (N=174) to high-growth SMEs, this study examines exportoriented SMEs’ o

The general aim of the research is to explore the formation, maintenance, and use of social networks or social capital, which young migrants of Serbian origin living in Malmö have at their disposal. The research is circumscribed to second-generation Serbian immigrants (i.e. ‘young migrants of Serbian origin’) in Malmö, who were born or have lived here since childhood, with both parents of Serbian

The aim of this qualitative study is to investigate social services managers' expectations and experiences of social services consultants. This study focuses on managers for children and young people in social services. The method used in the survey was semistructured interviews with six managers, who has had at least one consultant in their working group. To analyze our results, we have used

Skydd av samhällsviktiga funktioner är en viktig del av riskhanteringsarbetet för samhället, och skyddet kan till exempel bestå av en god operativ förmåga, som minskar konsekvenserna av en kris. Men hur påverkas intresset hos en privat aktör att investera i operativ förmåga om någon annan ändå betalar notan? Och om aktören på förhand får information om hur stora konsekvenserna kommer bli, kommer bProtection of critical infrastructure is an important part of risk management for society. This protection could consist of investments in emergency management capability, which can act as a reduction of the consequences from an event. Estimations of the current emergency management capability level is called capability assessments. As for now, there is a skewed incentive structure for the respons

This study is written with an aim to explain and analyse how Social Welfare in Sweden works with their methodology in regards of home visiting as an examination, or investigation, with focus on economical relief. This is conducted from a perspective that comprehend leverage, power, help, aid and implemented control. Home visiting is a work method that is used by many municipalities and is describe

During the fall 2015, it was 114 000 people who applied for asylum in Sweden and the integration became a frequently discussed topic. The school is an area where there's high potential for the newly arrived students to create a network and to be integrated in the society. However, that's maybe not the case as the researDches say that the schools get more and more segregated. This study exa

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to test a potential means of measuring strategic thinking ability (Cognitive Process Profiling) in individuals through a multi-method approach. First, we identify what strategic thinking is in theory by analysing the current literature and then identify the most prominent competencies that enable individuals to think strategically. Following this literature r

Galaktisk arkeologi kallas det forskningsfältet inom astronomin som undersöker Vintergatans historia i termer av stjärnors kemi, ålder, utveckling, och inte minst deras kinematik. Vintergatan började som ett band av dimma över natthimlen innan människan förstod att det var våran egen Galax, som vi själva satt inuti. Sedan dess har vi försökt förstå allt vi kan om Vintergatan. Galaktisk arkeologi äThe purpose of Galactic archaeology is determining the history of the Milky Way (MW) Galaxy. To do this one uses observational data from stellar populations in terms of properties such as kinematics, chemistry, ages, and evolution. In this context a population means stars with similar characteristics and the most notable population is “the Solar Neighbourhood” (SN). Stars orbit with a ‘guiding rad

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of school counsellors in the work of helping children diagnosed with ADHD to feel good mentally and socially in the school environment. The study investigates how school counsellors work individually with these children and also together with other collaborators and organisations to help these children develop and overcome their difficulties. The sa

This study examines three large and influential civil society organizations (CSOs) in Ukraine, and their attitudes towards citizens as an active stakeholder in the ongoing reform process in Ukraine. The study further investigates the potential benefits for the CSOs to employ principles of ‘public participation’ (Creighton 2005) in their reform efforts. This investigation is informed by an extensiv

Fermentering av äpple - På gott och ont Fermentation, eller jäsning, av mat och dryck har varit känt under tusentals år. Fördelarna med fermenterade livsmedel är bl. a. att de blir mer lättsmälta, innehåller fler syntetiserade näringsämnen, minskar eller tar bort sjukdomsalstrande bakterier (patogener) samt ökar den probiotiska floran i tarmen. Under fermenteringen kan det skapas etanol - den mes

This paper will examine the Swedish Foreign Aid policy, particularly those values it was based on. It will attempt to discover how the narrative of foreign aid was affected after the accession to the European Union and how the European values were reflected in national foreign aid policy. Since the 1950’s, the Official Development Assistance (ODA), usually referred to as foreign aid is one of the

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women and there are different types of breast cancers. Although the survival among breast cancer patients has improved the last decade, there is still a large group of patients with a bad prognosis. In recent years, a new set of immunotherapies called immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the regulatory receptors in T-cell activation and activity

Neuronal “self-cleaning” is associated with the side effects caused by Parkinson’s Disease treatment The treatment of Parkinson’s Disease produces side effects that can reduce the life quality of the patients greatly. Using mice that simulate Parkinson’s Disease, we have studied some of the mechanisms at the basis of these disorders. Parkinson’s Disease is a frequent disorder where neurons that

Denna uppsats visar utifrån narrativ berättelseanalys på samverkan mellan myndigheten Kriminalvårdens struktur, tjänstemäns emotioner och praktiska arbete. Resultatet är till viss del motsägelsefullt genom att myndighetens formella regelverk ser ut att understödja god emotionell energi från arbete och interaktion, samtidigt som upplevelse av eget inflytande kan utläsas som en viktig faktor i för p