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This master thesis focuses on safe and secure routes to school and the point of departure is the phenomena that parents take their children to school by car instead of using sustainable alternatives as cycling and walking. This behavior creates a number of problems around schools as congestion and lack of traffic safety. Also the roads that are used for traveling to and from school, experience the
New legislation involving emissions from internal combustion engines are pushing the manu-facturers to develop new technology faster than ever before with the amount of greenhouse gases. To meet the standards new concepts need to be developed with lower fuel consumption and emissions. This thesis covers the implementation of a couple of methods to achieve this. These concepts are DEP with fully va
Product Service Systems offer companies the possibility to reduce environmental impacts by diminishing resource consumption, raw material extraction and waste generation. The concept focuses on a system of products, services and supporting networks with the aim of transitioning from selling the benefits of a product rather than the actual product. Naturally, incentives are created for companies to
The aim of this study was to examine the concept of authorization of hospital social workers in Sweden. More specifically with reference to the relationship between hospital social workers and psychologists relative to psychosocial work. The study was based on a document analysis of several different document types from different source categories. Additionally a semi-structured interview with one
In the Netherlands it is very common to separate household waste inside the home. In several Dutch municipalities a financial incentive system has been implemented that is intended to motivate residents to manage and separate household waste more efficiently. The system has shown to give good results when evaluated in terms of the amount of collected household waste. However, no research exists on
Title (in English): Retail and Consumer Perceptions on Paper Packaging for Flour in Indonesia –with Insights on Perceptions of Environmental Sustainability Title (in Swedish): Handelns och konsumenternas uppfattningar om pappersförpackningar för mjöl i Indonesien - med insikter om hur de uppfattar miljömässig hållbarhet Author: Anindyaningrum Chrisant Rystiasih Divison: Packaging Logistics
Behovet av logopedisk kompetens för enspråkiga klienter inom Kriminalvården undersöktes genom intervjuer med personer med koppling till Kriminalvården. Den befintliga nationella forskningen om språkliga svårigheter hos klienter är begränsad och är utifrån författarnas kännedom inte genomförd av logopeder. De 15 personer som deltog i intervjuerna bestod av psykologer, lärare, präst, programledare f
Today there are still single family houses with direct electric heating systems, even though this is an expensive and inefficient way of heating a house. It is common to install an air-to-air heat pump that requires less electricity to produce the same amount of heat as a direct electricity heating system. These heat pumps do not produce any energy for domestic hot water since the water is heated
Denna studie syftar till att utveckla ett analysverktyg för företag som överväger en reshoringstrategi. Trenden att återflytta produktion till ursprungslandet är ny, men växande och ett tomrum av teoretisk vägledning har funnits. Arbetet är av främst kvalitativ karaktär med fallstudier av svenska industriföretag som återflyttat verksamhet. Forskningsdesign kan liknas vid pattern matching (Yin, 201
Då höga bonusar och ersättningar till verkställande direktörer är ett ständigt omdebatterat ämne som upprör många uppkommer ofta frågan om lönen verkligen är satt i relation till arbetsprestation. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur stor andel av variationen i total ersättning till verkställande direktör som kan förklaras av ett antal utvalda variabler av storleks-, prestations- och meritkar
This thesis utilizes content analysis and the method of theory triangulation to explore how leisure dancing is connected to other societal tendencies. Its focus is contemporary leisure dancing in Sweden and its connections to history, capitalism and international tendencies. This is managed by juxtaposing the following themes: First, dancing is an integral part of leisure, ritual and festivities.
The aim of this study was to look on the introduction for newly employed social workers in the social services working with children and youth and social assistance. Quantitative methods have been used to investigate the introduction of our target audience in two different sized municipalities in south Sweden. The focus of our study was to investigate whether there are differences in how the intro
Att behandlas med invasiv respiratorbehandling innebär flera svårigheter för patienter vilket skapar oro och ångest. Därmed är det nödvändigt att intensivvårdssjuk-sköterskor sätter in åtgärder för att behandla problemet. Syftet med studien var att belysa intensivvårdssjuksköterskans strategier för att hantera oro och ångest hos patienter som behandlas med invasiv respiratorbehandling. Intervjuer
Denna studies syfte var att undersöka vilken av faktorerna a) upplevelsen av arbetsorganisationen och b) destruktivt ledarskap som är starkast kopplad till de tre dimensionerna av utbrändhet, vilka är emotionell utmattning, cynism och personlig effektivitet. Vi studerade även om specifika organisationsfaktorer och/eller destruktivt ledarskap individuellt kan predicera de tre dimensionerna av utbräThe intention of this study was to investigate which one of the two variables a) the organization or b) destructive leadership, that can most significant predict burnout and its three dimensions; cynicism, emotional exhaustion and personal efficacy. In this study we also investigated if specific factors in the organization and/or destructive leadership individually can predict the three dimensions
In the State of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico exist abundant natural resource and excellent wind conditions. Currently in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca has an extensive area with wind farm projects due to their excellent wind speed conditions. A large wind energy plant – the Project Mareña Renovables that since their origins started in 2004 with Preneal Company. It was planned to
Bushfire problem is a long-lasting problem which is a big threat and environmental problem in Australia. Planning to control bushfire is very important for Australian Environment. One of the most effective methods to fight bushfire disasters is planning for controlled burns in order to reduce the risk of unwanted bushfire events. Controlled burns management and planning has been always considered
The world of social media is here to stay, and while it offers plenty of opportunities for employers and organizations it is also said to be the biggest challenge for professional com-municators. Through employee advocacy, individuals can communicate the message of their organization to their whole network with merely the click of a button. But what makes the individual want to be an ambassador fo
The aim of this essay is to investigate English language textbooks and the way they adhere to the curriculum and syllabi for English language teaching in Sweden. It will also look at what language ideological elements that these textbooks represent. The background section reviews language ideology in general, while also attempting to present the language ideological attitudes that are currently do
Examensarbetet undersöker möjligheten att låta avbördningskapaciteten – det vill säga sambandet mellan vattennivå och vattenföring – vara vägledande för bedömning av underhållsbehovet i åar och diken. Den potentiella nyttan av en sådan metod bedöms vara hög då den skulle kunna minska frekvensen av omotiverade underhållsinsatser som påverkar vattenmiljön negativt. Arbetet utgår från ett dikningsförThis master thesis project investigates the possibility of using stage–discharge relationships for evaluation of river maintenance demands. In Sweden, the potential benefit of this type of methodology is considered high, in order to prevent unnecessary maintenance activities which are harmful for the aquatic environment. The study is focused on a ditching organization in Höje River in southern Swe
