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The aim of this study was to examine what factors ex-offenders consider has facilitate and prevent their turning points for leaving a criminal life. In addition, the purpose was also to investigate how ex-offenders experienced prison as a factor for re-entry in society. From those two perspectives of view we also wanted to ascertain if prison or factors that are non-legal are the most successful f

Prisutvecklingen på bostäder i Sverige har under lång tid varit en framgångssaga för säljare. Med låga räntor, stor efterfrågan och begränsat utbud har priserna stigit. Sedan hösten 2017 har en oro utvecklats på bostadsmarknaden. Priserna sjunker, efterfrågan minskar och byggföretag får svårare att sälja sina nyproducerade bostäder, vilket i förlängningen kan leda till minskad bostadsproduktion. DThe price development of housing in Sweden has long been a success story for sellers. With low interest rates, high demand and limited supply the prices have risen. Since the fall of 2017, the market uncertainty has grown. Prices are falling, demand decreases, and housing developers get harder to sell their newly produced homes, which in the long run can lead to reduced housing production. The pot

A criminal lifestyle from within The aim of this study was to create an understanding of earlier offenders. Specifically the aim has been to examine the life of offenders from their childhood to today on how they see themselves on their earlier criminal life. The selection of people who participated in the study was people who previously had a criminal lifestyle. We have taken a qualitative appro

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur unga kvinnor, eller tjejer som jag valt att kalla dem, som studerar på gymnasiets estetiska program upplever sin vardag inom musiken. Musikbranschen är en ojämställd värld och syftet med denna studie är att identifiera skillnader och orättvisor för att musiklärare ska få större möjligheter att arbeta jämställt. Detta jämställdhetsarbete kan bidra till attThe aim of this study is to investigate how young females, or girls as I have choosen to call them, who study at the aesthetic program of high school, experience their everyday lives. The music industry is not equal and the purpose of this study is to identify the differences and injustice, in order to give the music teachers possibilities to work with equality. The work with equality can contribu

In the later Middle Ages there was a vivid activity of preaching at the Abbey of Vadstena. Apart from the ordinary Sunday preaching at High Mass, or in connection to it, there were a number of feasts due to the saints. At heart of the medieval pastoral theology was The Way of Salvation and the conundrum was how to make people understand how to correct their living in order to get into Heaven as qu

Syfte med uppsatsen är att jämföra kvantitativt förvaltade aktiefonder med traditionellt förvaltade aktiefonder under en 10-årsperiod, 2007–2017, samt under exceptionella chocker i form av upp- eller nedgång från 5 % i MSCI World Index. Jämförelsen gjordes med hjälp av riskjusterad avkastning i form av Sortino-kvot, Sharpe-kvot, informationskvot samt genom en regression. Endast en Sortino-maximeraThe purpose of this thesis is to compare quantitative management of stock-funds versus traditional management as a fundamental strategy, for a period of 10-years between 2007- 2017. Our essay has a special focus towards extreme market-conditions, which we defined as deviations of 5% in the MSCI World Index. Our analysis was made through the comparison of risk-adjusted measures as Sortino ratio, Sh

Ramvattendirektivet (RDV) är ett omfattande regelverk som syftar till att skydda grundvatten, kustvatten och inlandsytvatten, såsom sjöar och åar, i den Europeiska Unionen. Direktivet utgår från vattenmiljöns faktiska tillstånd och innefattar bl.a. regler och miljömål gällande kemisk, ekologisk och kvantitativ status för de olika vattenförekomsterna. För svenskt vidkommande är ett av de största hiThe Water Framework directive (WFD) is a comprehensive acquis which aim to protect groundwater, coastal water and inland surface water, such as lakes and rivers, in the European Union. The directive relates to the current state of the aquatic ecosystems and contains regulations and environmental objectives regarding the chemical, ecological and quantitative status in the different bodies of water.

The purpose with this paper is to put forward the complexity with employees’ identification with an organizations brand and the organization overall. We wish to examine the effects of internal employer branding, both through mainstream perspectives as well as through normative control. We hope to contribute with empirical support and deepen the knowledge for the impact that the brand has for the e

The purpose of this study was to examine and understand how members of a non-profit organization for gambling addiction describe and view problems concerning support and treatment for gambling addiction. The study was based on in-depth interviews with six representatives from non-profit organizations for gambling addiction. The empirical material was analyzed based on social constructivism. As a c

When we discovered that children's literature is actively used in social work as a therapeutic tool for children whom have been exposed to domestic violence, we chose to analyse what these books were mediating to children. The aim of our study was to reveal how domestic violence is constructed in children's literature. Therefore, our focus has been the constructions of violence, constructi

The objective of this dissertation, "Dress for Success" - A survey of the femininity creations linked to power dressing in the fashion magazine Vogue, is to analyze and compare John T Molloy ́s manual about power dressing to how the concept is represented in 3 different editorials in the fashion magazine Vogue. The analytical method that has been used are a semiotic analysis and intermed

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om svenska företag resultatmanipulerar åren innan konkurs. Dessutom syftar denna studie till att undersöka om mängden resultatmanipulering åren innan konkurs korrelerar med hur kapitalintensiva företagen är och med företagens storlek. Metod: Studien har använt den modifierade Jones-modellen för att mäta mängden resultatmanipulering bland 738 svenskaPurpose: The purpose of this study is to examine if Swedish companies perform earnings management four years prior to filing for bankruptcy. This study also aims to examine whether the amount of earnings management before bankruptcy correlates with how capital intense the companies are and the size of the companies. Methodology: The modified Jones model has been used to measure the amount of earn

This study aims to describe and analyze the interaction between one section of the Swedish Red Cross and the Swedish state in forms of a municipality, in order to show how motivation within an interaction can be upheld and consumed. The study problematizes the cross-sectoral interaction of collaborative governance. The study is analyzed through Emerson, Nabatchi and Baloghs (2012) integrative fram

This work is dealing with airplane control.

The work is based on the JACC conference from 1970, where the time domain specifications on the step response of the normal acceleration n^z (perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the airplane) and its derivative are given, so that all step responses shall entirely lie within the specifications with a probability of at least 85%.

The main focus of this Master Thesis is the development and evaluation of an actuation system that controls a variable compressor for the automotive industry. This variation allows the compressor to produce different boost pressures on demand. Before the development process could start a theoretical analysis of the different forces acting on the system were conducted. These analyses consisted of a

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka rollen av dynamiska kapabiliteter i ett litet företag under osäkerhet orsakat av en ekonomisk chock. Metod: Uppsatsen följer en abduktiv ansats med inslag av både kvalitativ och kvantitativa primärdata. Forskningsdesignen grundar sig i en enfallsstudie. Primärdata har samlats in med semistrukturerade intervjuer och enkätundersökning internt på fallfPurpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of dynamic capabilities, in a small- size company, during uncertainty caused by an economic shock. Methodology: The study follows an abductive reasoning with both qualitative and quantitative elements. The research design is a case-study of a single company. Primary data was collected with semi-structured interviews and a self-completi

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur historiebruk förekommer i amerikansk lokal och nationell massmedia kring Ken Burns och Lynn Novicks dokumentär The War. Frågorna är: vilka historiebruk förekommer i amerikansk massmedia i medieskrivningen kring dokumentären The War på det nationella planet och vilka funktioner fyller de? Vilka skillnader finns i förekomsten av historiebruk mellan olika