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The British people narrowly voted to leave the EU in June 2016, leaving the researchers with the difficult task of predicting an event that has never taken place before. This thesis aims to contribute to the research about Brexit by analyzing, using two different methods, the effects on UK exports to the EU in the scenario of it joining the EEA after leaving the EU. The first approach uses the est

Landscape fragmentation and habitat loss are detrimental to biodiversity, affecting highly specialised species the most. Species distribution models usually require either solid knowledge about the ecological niche of the species or spatial distribution data. Many endangered species have, how- ever, a relatively unexplored ecological niche in combination with a very small area of distribution. A m

The aim of this study was to examine how women who have been in an alcohol addiction describe their experiences of being a woman who has an alcohol addiction and the possible shame and stigma related to it. We used Goffman's theory about stigma, narrative theory, and Judith Butler's theory of gender. The study was to be carried out based on their narrative in the form of autobiographies. O

Användningen av Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale möjliggör undersökning av mening i livet i form av ett tredelat konstrukt. Syftet med föreliggande examensarbete var att undersöka huruvida mening i livet respektive personlighetsfaktorer har samband till livstillfredsställelse. Vidare undersöktes om personlighet har betydelse för relationen mellan mening i livet och livstillfredsställelseThe application of the Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale enables the assessment of meaning in life as a tripartite construct. The aim of this study was to examine how meaning in life and personality factors relate to life satisfaction. A second objective was to investigate whether personality had a significant impact on the relation between meaning in life and life satisfaction. A cross-s

The purpose of this study was to examine social workers' experiences with New Public Management (NPM) in social childcare and their experiences with practicing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child correlated with the effects of New Public Management. The method chosen for this study was qualitative semi-structured interviews with six social workers from two different cities in southern

Denna rättsvetenskapliga uppsats syftar till att undersöka och belysa rättsut-vecklingen avseende den processuella editionens bifallsvillkor i relation till fenomenet fishing expedition. På civilprocessrättens område är parterna huvudaktörer och domstolens funkt-ion är endast att vara en rättskipande instans. Ansvarsuppdelningen grundar sig i en tanke om självbestämmanderätt och personlig integritThe purpose of this study aims to execute and shed light on the legal devel-opment regarding the procedural edition's approval conditions in relation to the fishing expedition phenomenon. In the field of civil procedure law, the parties are the main actors and the court's function is only to be a judicial body. The division of responsibilities is based on the idea of self-determination and

Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) is a problematic plant species that causes a lot of damage on anthropological constructions as well as ecosystems throughout Europe. Several attempts have been made to control this species, such as glyphosates, cutting/mowing, covering with geoweave and digging, so far with varying degrees of success. In recent times different techniques of heat treatment ha

This thesis seeks to investigate how the EU member states react to the occurrence of an internal crisis within the EU. More specifically, how a European identity gets either strengthened or weakened by experiencing challenges. When addressing a European identity, this thesis works with the term of “belonging”, an attachment to something greater when defining the concept of European identity. Throu