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Background: Dementia and other psychogeriatric diseases in elderly patients bring an increased risk of death. Better knowledge of prognosis in elderly patients affected by dementia or mental illness should be of great importance in order to improve care plans and assist in medical decisions. Methods: We have investigated the survival time in 2,112 patients with dementia and other forms of psychoge
Research on development aid has focused on Western powers—the global South's 20th century colonial masters—largely ignoring the practices of donors who are not members of the West-dominated Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC). This article informs about the world of "non-DAC donors," through examining Polish development aid and its s
In this study, a group of Swedish social media users – politically active as well as “unpolitical” users – are interviewed in focus groups as well as individually about their attitudes towards online political participation, providing a deeper, more informed view of how social media participation works. Sweden, with its high levels of voluntary participation and with an avant-garde position in Int
There is a distinction between asking whether a military commander’s act was reasonable and asking whether a military commander acted in the manner in which a reasonable military commander would have acted. The difference is that only the second question compels a person assessing a given state of affairs to engage in empathetic perspective-taking. Accordingly, this chapter argues that the reasona
The present paper makes some preliminary hypotheses about the constraints on prosodic phrasing in spontaneous Swedish speech. Within Optimality Theory, linguistic phenomena such as prosodic phrasing are explained through the interaction of constraints (McCarthy & Prince 1993). One may assume that there are a number of constraints that interact to determine what prosodic form an utterance is as
This essay aims to analyze the depiction of an ideal soldier in order to research whether these depictions perpetuate values and ideals found in the theoretical framework of militarized masculinity and the logic of masculinist protection. The selected material consists of official documents from both the Swedish Armed Forces as well as the United States Armed Forces, which will be analyzed through
Tourism as an economic activity has been on the rise for the last decades. For that reason, it is labeled as a vehicle for development and for generating economic growth. While the sector is benefiting local societies it is also the root of societal and environmental problems. For that reason, local societies are mobilizing against the sector and its further development. The aim of this thesis is
The background for this thesis is that access to sustainable electricity is part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. In Sub- Saharan Africa, approximately 570 million people lacked access to electricity in 2022. To expand access in rural areas, solar home systems and other off-grid solar products offer affordable and accessible solutions. However, as these systems reach
In light of the recent austerity measures affecting cultural policy in several Western countries, this thesis aims to investigate the values mobilised by a cultural festival in Cologne, Germany, to justify its activities to financiers. A qualitative case study approach was adopted, involving interviews with festival representatives and document analysis of funding applications. Drawing on Boltansk
With the ever increasing security and privacy threats on the Internet, it is of critical importance to find a way to alleviate these negative effects to our society. The objective behind this bachelor’s thesis is to survey what kinds of threats exist, which our society is more prone to, and how to help people to use internet in a secure way. A system is then to be developed which will help allevia
Syftet med föreliggande studie är att få fördjupad förståelse för hur ungdomar mentaliserar kring sig själva, andra och sina relationer på sociala medier, i relation till deras reella sammanhang. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med 13 tonåringar som hade fyllt eller skulle fylla 16 år. Intervjuerna analyserades med tematisk analys där nio teman urskildes. Resultaten visar att det inte gårThe aim of this study was to gain an understanding of the manner in which teenagers mentalize themselves, others and their relationships on social media in relation to their real context. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 teenagers the ages 15-16 years. The interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis procedure and nine themes were identified. The result indicates that interact
The overall aim of the thesis is to investigate the knowledge problem in regional public transport planning. The knowledge problem is twofold. How do transport policy arrive at the desirable actions they take and how do they assess the alternatives, and what can we say about the contributions of already implemented transport schemes. Paper 1 explores how policy objectives in regional public transp
A detailed study has been made of the method for labeling plasmin (NOVO Indstri A/S Denmark) with 99mTc in order to prepare a radioactive indicator for early scintigraphic visualization of thrombi and tumors. The best method found for preparing 99mTc-plasmic involved the reduction of 2.5 ml 99mTc-pertechnetate solution with 0.5 ml of 4 mM SnCl2, 2 M NaCl and 70 mM HCl. This mixture was then added
This essay investigates if attitudes to equality work among the administrative managers of Landskrona city can be altered through participating a seminar day on equality, multitude and discrimination. A questionnaire about the equality work in the municipality was sent out the administrative managers before the seminar day, and thereafter followed up by interviews. Through these interviews, leanin
The idea of integration has varied during different periods of time. The purpose with this study was to examine the meaning of integration in a specific “integration project”. How are the ambitions put into practice in a specific project? How is “good” integration defined? How is the education for the participants of the project organized in order to lead to the goal: to earn one’s living. These q
With the Lisbon Treaty in place, the EU has the legal basis to accede to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The aim of the accession is to strengthen the protection of human rights in Europe, and give European citizens the same protection vis-à-vis acts of the Union as they presently enjoy from member states. EU’s accession to the ECHR is welcomed, but as great as it is in theory as c
Syftet med projektet har varit att utveckla Certecklockan till ett bärbart tidshjälpmedel. Certecklockan är ett tidshjälpmedel som mäter tiden i längd, detta för att hjälpa personer med kognitiva funktionshinder att få en bättre tidsuppfattning. I början av projektet hade vi ett antal olika förslag så som armbandsur, något att hänga runt halsen, mobiltelefon mm. Men vi kom till slut fram till att The aim of this project was to develop the Certec Clock into a portable time aid. The Certec Clock measures time in length to help people with cognitive limitations gain a better perception of the concept of time. At the beginning of the project, we came up with a variety of ideas including a wristwatch, a necklace watch and a mobile phone. We reached the conclusion that a handheld computer was th
Countries interact more and more and borders open up, especially in Europe and within the European Union. A more intertwined world raises the question of how more free movements of goods and people –migration and trade – will affect each other. The purpose of this thesis is to establish whether migration and trade are complements or substitutes. Different theories on international trade and factor
