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The conflict mineral crisis has been ongoing in the DRC for nearly two decades, with armed groups and increased military presence have played on the tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold to fund a brutal war across the eastern region of the country. Recent international efforts to tackle such illicit trade in conflict minerals has focused on requiring relevant stakeholders involved in the mineral sourc
There is no answer to the question “Are sustainability challenges solvable within capitalism?” which is not already taking sides in a debate about values, perceptions and motivations. There are several different approaches to sustainability, based on assumed feasibilities and expected agents of change. By disclosing one’s own stand in the debate while being aware and acknowledging other possible a
This study aims to identify important market characteristics that affect international market establishments in the IT consulting industry. A qualitative case study has been conducted at an IT consulting firm, where Osterwalder's Business Model Canvas has been used as a tool to identify and compare market characteristics to existing theory regarding internationalisation in the Knowledge-Intens
Alkoholkonsumtionen i Sverige är högre än på mycket länge. Med nya överenskommelser, som öppnade möjligheter för alkoholbranschen att marknadsföra sina produkter, utsätts konsumenter för ökad påtryckning av önskad kommunikation från företagen. Företagens kommunikation riktar sig gärna till den yngre allmänheten som ofta formar sina uppfattningar och attityder genom inlärning och erfarenheter. Upps
Vi vill karaktärisera fenomenet konceptbutik och undersöka hur den kan fungera som ett verktyg, för att bygga upp sitt varumärke. Konceptbutiker handlar om att ge upplevelser och erbjuda aktiviteter. Genom de fem sinnena kan man involvera kunden och ge den en upplevelse. Det optimala för en konceptbutik är att enbart sälja ett varumärke då dess syfte är att stärka det. Personalen och interiören ha
Den digitala tekniken innebär att det inte längre går att göra någon klar åtskillnad mellan audiovisuella tjänster och telekommunikation. Eftersom materialet endast består av binära tal som skickas över samma typer av ledningar, simultant eller på kundens begäran ställs flera av syftena med den traditionella televisionslagstiftningen på huvud. Televisionslagstiftningen, som den kommer till uttryck
Denna studie undersöker den politiska och allmänna diskurs som konstruerar identiteten landsbygdsbo i Sverige, samt vilka konsekvenser denna diskurs har gällande förväntningar på, och förväntningar hos boende i rurala regioner i Sverige. Studien fokuserar på stängningen av Sollefteå BB i Sollefteå sjukhus, Västernorrlands landsting (numera region), i januari 2017 och den ockupation av sjukhuset soThis study examines the political and popular discourse that constructs the identity of the rural citizen in Sweden, and what consequences this discourse has on expectations on, and expectations of rural citizens in Sweden. The study focuses on the closing of the birthing clinic in Sollefteå hospital, Västernorrland county, in January 2017 and the occupation of the ward that followed thereafter. E
Lipases are the main fat digestive enzymes present in the digestive system of many animals, microorganisms and plants. Probiotic microorganisms that can possibly produce enzymes are of crucial importance since it can have an effect on human health. Two of the main probiotic strains are Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Biffidobacterium longum, in each there was a putative lipase encoded on the DNA and t
Transgender persons experience a disproportionate representation in adverse mental health conditions globally. In Sweden there are tangible efforts to improving mental healthcare overall, but as a minority population, transgender persons still struggle with meeting their mental healthcare needs. While social factors such as stigma and discrimination act as catalysts for this burden, there is an ab
I uppsatsen du har framför dig undersöker jag målsägandens ansvar i förhål-lande till en tilltalads uppsåt eller oaktsamhet avseende målsägandens ofrivil-liga deltagande i en sexuell handling. Vi befinner oss alltså i de två första pa-ragraferna av brottsbalkens sjätte kapitel, 6:1 och 6:1 a BrB. Min undersök-ning kretsar dock inte framförallt kring gällande rätt utan kring hovrätternas tillämpninThis essay investigates whether the law or its practice can be said to impose on the plaintiff a responsibility in relation to the defendant’s intent or negli-gence regarding the plaintiff’s involuntary partaking in a sexual act with the defendant. We are hence located in the first two paragraphs of the sixth chap-ter in the Swedish criminal code, 6:1 and 6:1 a Brottsbalk (1962:700). My essay does
In this essay, I will examine what Origen of Alexandria believed about the resurrection of the body. Origen was condemned as a heretic at the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, one of the main reasons for this was that he was said to deny the physical resurrection of the body. Due to the condemnation of Origen, the work of copying his works was also stopped, with the result that many of Orig
I mål B554-15 från Borås tingsrätt och mål B3118-16 från Hovrätten för Västra Sverige var en i domstolen könad man åtalad för att ha våldtagit en i domstolen könad kvinna. Den tilltalade påstods ha genomfört sexuella handlingar genom att otillbörligt ha utnyttjat att målsäganden befunnit sig i en särskilt utsatt situation. Den tilltalade fälldes för våldtäkt i tingsrätten. I hovrätten friades han In case B554-15 from Borås District Court and case B3118-16 from Court of Appeal for Western Sweden, a gendered man was impeached for having raped a gendered woman. The accused was charged with having performed sexual acts on the complainant, improperly exploiting the fact that she was in a particularly vulnerable situation. The accused was convicted by Borås tingsrätt for having raped the complai
Syftet med denna masteruppsats är att undersöka människors upplevelser av att delta i flyktingmottagandet i Malmö under hösten 2015. Uppsatsen studerar motiveringar till varför volontärer beslutat sig för att hjälpa. Dessa analyseras främst genom Marcel Mauss teori om gåvosystem: volontärarbete, eller att hjälpa, ses som en gåva i uppsatsen. Motiveringarna analyseras också genom Erving Goffmans drThe purpose of this master’s thesis is to explore the experience of people who helped in the refugee reception in the city of Malmö, Sweden, in the fall of 2015. The thesis delves into the reasons and motivations to why volunteers decided to help. These are primarily analysed through Marcel Mauss’ gift-exchange theory where volunteering is seen as a gift; and secondarily by Erving Goffman’s dramat
According to the values of democracy, the governors should be held accountable for their actions and omissions by the governed. However, on a global level there is a deep deficit of democratic accountability. The Inter-Parliamentary Union, (IPU) whose members consist of almost all of the national parliaments in the world, claims to increase accountability within the UN system. This thesis uses the
Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka i vilken utsträckning cyberkrigsföring regleras av den internationella humanitära rätten. Särskild vikt läggs vid hur begreppet ”attack” i Tilläggsprotokoll I till Genèvekonventionerna ska tolkas i förhållande till cyberoperationer (en. cyber operations) som sker inom ramen för internationella väpnade konflikter, och tillämpligheten av de materiella reglerThe aim of this paper is to examine how cyber operations that are undertaken in the context of international armed conflicts are regulated in international humanitarian law. It will focus on the qualification of cyber operations as ‘attacks’ and the applicability of the substantive rules that restrict the conduct of hostilities under the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions. In particul
This study aims to increase the understanding of how an organisation applies crisis communi- cation strategies on social media, how users respond to these crisis communication messages, and what the nature of the interaction between the organisation and users is. Three research questions were developed, which consisted of 1) what crisis communication strategies and tac- tics Boeing uses on Faceboo
Background The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is involved in several diseases and patho- physiological states, such as Alzheimer’s disease and hydrocephalus. Previous studies CSF dynamics in the brain show that the flow of the CSF depends on cardiac pulsation, time of day and respiration. Methods In this thesis, the validity of using real time phase contrast MRI in order to study CSF flow is evaluated
The aim of this paper was to analyse how stakeholders such as municipalities and tourism operators at small-scale destinations strategically work to handle issues regarding carrying capacity in order to protect the social sustainability. The paper examines the world heritage site Cinque Terre in Italy, which has experienced a major change in tourist flows during the last decade. The comprising fiv
