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The acknowledgement that mankind has a limited amount of resources in energy and a growing demand, joined with the awareness of the environmental impact of an only fuel-based electricity production have led to the expansion and democratization of renewable and green energies. The wind electricity production nowadays exists under various forms, differing one from another by their size, their mechan

Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att genom semistrukturerade intervjuer synliggöra elever på resursskola och deras upplevelser av problemsituationer och bemötande i en skolmiljö. Åtta elever i åldrarna 10-16 år vid två olika resursskolor i Skåne intervjuades för ändamålet. Tematisk analys användes för identifiering av teman i intervjumaterialet. Resultaten visade att problemsituationer och

The main purpose of this study was to identify aspects of municipal risk and vulnerability analyses that are of importance to the perceived usability at a regional level. The first part of the study aimed to encode the content of municipal risk and vulnerability analyses from the counties of Scania and Stockholm. The results were then correlated against rankings of the analyses established by the

Obesity is an increasing problem that brings suffering to the individual and complicates life not only daytime, but also during the night. There is a correlation between being overweight and sleep apnea. This paper aims toward creating models using risk factors, to help the evaluating physician determine whether or not the patient has an increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS).

In this paper, we investigate conventional mutual funds’ and socially responsible investment (SRI) funds’ compositions of high and low valuation multiple stocks as well as potential differences in portfolio management between the two types of funds. Previous research has to a large extent focused on risk-adjusted stock returns and has not been able to be conclusive on whether SRI funds under- or o

With climate change gathering pace and increasingly foreboding predictions of the effects it will bring, the question of how to achieve a fast-paced transition towards a sustainable society is gaining increased awareness and importance. One debate centers on agency, and whether primarily public authorities can govern such a transition successfully. Theory on transitions suggests that they are ofte

This essay investigates how we can re-think central perspectives in Alf Hornborg´s writing. Hornborg (2011) argues that we culturally have “an unembodied image of technology”, which leaves our machines “exempt from moral critique”. Still, there are no ideas on embodiment to be found in Hornborg´s own writing on technology. This leaves the reader with the necessity to situate the very thoughts of H