Sökresultat

Authors: Johanna Lantz and Josefine Karlsson Title: In the shade of the happy student life: A qualitative study of mental illness among students from the perspective of counselors in student health centers Supervisor: Anders Olsson Mental illness is a recognized and controversial public health problem both nation-ally and internationally and a highly relevant topic in social work. A large group o

The increased competition for talented employees is a new challenge for todays organizations to reach success and as a response to this challenge the term Talent Management was developed during the 1990s. Due to the relatively new concept there is still no generally accepted definition and the purpose of this study is to contribute with knowledge about what defines Talent Management and how it has

The existence of systems has been essential in bringing order and providing benefits and security for people throughout the course of history. However there are cases wherein people have difficulties in adopting or conforming to systems. The aim of this study is to understand how systems that intend to be open encounter the paradox of excluding people in the process. The Public Transportation Age

The aim of this study was to examine experience of stigma among parents of children with neuropsychiatric disabilities. Since I wanted my study to focus on parents’ experiences, I used a qualitative approach. I based my study on interviews made with six mothers of children with different neuropsychiatric disabilities such as autism, Asperger’s syndrome, ADHD and ADD. Most previous studies on stigm

The Balanced Participation - The Meaning of Children’s Participation in Custody Evaluations [translated title] Children’s participation in terms of matters that truly concerns them has been highlighted in social work and the social services. When it comes to family law, researchers have found the custody and access proceedings being negligent regarding children’s participation and in considering

In modern batch plants, alarm floods overwhelming the operator is a common problem of ever increasing severity. As plant hardware increase in complexity and performance, measures such as downtime and meantime between failures, increase in importance and the need for a well-functioning exception handling routine therefore grows critical. In order to minimize downtime and hence boost production effi

Aim of this thesis is to analyze Dc-Dc converters by using the techniques of Linear Periodic Time varying (LTP) systems to estimate the amount of subharmonics injected in the load. Dc-Dc converters are used to transform a Dc input to a Dc output of different voltage. In this thesis we study in particular the so called "switch mode" converters. In this kind of devices the conversion is ob

This thesis discusses the phenomenon price manipulation, and its legislation. The definition of price manipulation is artificially deflating or inflating the price of a certain financial security. There are a number of ways to manipulate prices, and the consequences are usually tangible. Legislation in this area is relevant in several aspects. The essay highlights the key legal perspective; mainta

There is an international agreement that Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, HACCP, is an established management system for food safety. The HACCP system supplies the food safety with confidence so that it can be effectively managed. It works as a tool to control and prevent hazards rather than to rely on end-product inspection and testing. EU hygiene regulations require that this system

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att analysera hur medias nyhetsgestaltning påverkar den individuella medborgarens uppfattning av det som rapporteras. Vårt syfte är även att, med utgångspunkt i Max månadsbrev, förstå hur det kom att tolkas av allmänheten som en politisk uppmaning, och hur gränsen mellan legitim och illegitim opinionsbildning kan tolkas och förstås i relation till yttrandefrihet och råPurpose: This study aims to analyse how medias news framing affects the public’s perception of what is reported. Our intention is further, with Max’s monthly letter as a basis, to understand how it came to be perceived by the public as a political encouragement, and how the border between legitimate and illegitimate opinion forming can be perceived and understood in relation to the freedom of spee

Skövde Värmeverk AB is a company owned by the municipality of Skövde. The objective of the companyis to produce environmentally friendly electricity and heating for buildings in the municipality.Lövängsverket is one of the company⁳ two main thermal plants. Its chief fuel is woodchips, but oil is usedas an alternative fuel. The objective of this master thesis is to perform an environmental review o

An LSS resident has been built, a resident with users that suffers from mental disabilities, a passive house by Karnfastigheter. In this project the technology of the passive house concept has been applied on a new area. An evaluation of the passive house Prisman 7 will show if the building works as projected. The energy values are taken from the building when it is in operational condition. The c