Efterfrågan efter hushållsarbete har ökat i Europa sedan 1990-talet på grund av minskande välfärdstjänster, ökade krav på prestation på arbetsmarknaden och bättre ekonomiska förutsättningar att betala för hushållsarbete. Dessutom uppfyller det fria flödet av arbetskraft inom EU och EES-området efterfrågan eftersom arbetskraft från fattigare områden blir tillgänglig för hushållen i länder med bättrThe demand for domestic work has increased in Europe since the 1990´s due to decreasing welfare services, increasing demands for performance in the labour market and financial ability to pay for domestic work. In addition, the free flow of labour within the European Union and the EEA-area meets these demands when labour force from the poorer areas become available for households in countries with

The aim of this study was to examine how social workers reason concerning homeless families with children from the term “the child’s best interest” found in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Socialtjänstlagen (Social services act). We wanted to study how social workers reason about placements of homeless families in hotels and hostels. We also wanted to find out how soci

Beskattningstidpunkten för värdepapper en anställd förvärvar på förmånliga villkor och för vilka gäller inskränkningar i förfoganderätten har på senare år varit föremål för diskussion. Förvärven avser värdepapper anställda (ofta högre uppsatta bolagsfunktionärer) erhåller som del i incitamentsprogram. Tidpunkten för beskattning av aktuella värdepapper bestäms av en särskild regel i 10 kap. 11 § 1 The time of taxation for securities an employee acquires on favorable terms and for which there is a restriction in the right of use has in recent years been subject of discussion. The acquisitions regards securities staff (often higher-ranking corporate officers) receive as part of the incentive program. The time of taxation of current assets is determined by a specific rule in Chapter 10. 11 § I

Abstract Author: Marie Andersson Titel: Who is listening to us? A qualitative study with assistant nurses about their work situation from their point of view. Supervisor: Helena Hansson Assessor: Håkan Johansson When I was practice at a nursing home setting, I noticed that the assistant nurses were faced with different types of ethical dilemmas. The problem with these dilemmas was that they wer

Abstract Increasing the share of renewable energy for covering our energy demand is central to the energy policy of the European Union. Despite the acknowledged importance, renewable energy has not yet reached the favoured wide-spread utilisation throughout Europe. Wood pellets, cylindrical sticks of 10 to 30 mm length mainly made from wood processing residues, are a renewable, cost-competitive, l

This thesis is conducted in collaboration with Alfa Laval Lund AB. Alfa Laval is a world leading producer of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling equipment. The products help Alfa Laval’s customers to heat, cool, separate and transfer products such as oil, water, chemicals, beverages, starch and pharmaceuticals in over 100 countries all over the world. The hardening competition together wi

Background - Previous reports have implicated multiple genetic loci associated with AF, but the contributions of genome-wide variation to AF susceptibility have not been quantified. Methods and Results - We assessed the contribution of genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism variation to AF risk (single-nucleotide polymorphism heritability, h2 g) using data from 120 286 unrelated individuals of

Purpose: This study explored whether complement factor 3 (C3) in plasma is associated with incidence of diabetes in a population-based cohort. We also identified genetic variants related to C3 and explored whether C3 and diabetes share common genetic determinants.Methods: C3 was analyzed in plasma from 4368 nondiabetic subjects, 46 to 68 years old, from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study. Incidence o

Heart failure (HF) is the end-stage of all heart disease and arguably constitutes the greatest unmet therapeutic need in cardiovascular medicine today. Classic epidemiological studies have established clinical risk factors for HF, but the cause remains poorly understood in many cases. Biochemical analyses of small case-control series and animal models have described a plethora of molecular charact

Zooplankton have evolved several mechanisms to deal with environmental threats, such as ultraviolet radiation (UVR), and in order to identify strategies inherent to organisms exposed to different UVR environments, we here examine life-history traits of two lineages of Daphnia pulex. The lineages differed in the UVR dose they had received at their place of origin from extremely high UVR stress at h

Background: Whilst tall stature has been related to lower risk of vascular disease, it has been proposed as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation. Little is known about other anthropometric measures and their joint effects on risk of atrial fibrillation. Objectives: We aim to investigate associations and potential joint effects of height, weight, body surface area (BSA) and body mass index (BMI) w

MicroRNAs contribute to the maintenance of optimal cellular functions by fine-tuning protein expression levels. In the pancreatic β-cells, imbalances in the exocytotic machinery components lead to impaired insulin secretion and type 2 diabetes (T2D). We hypothesize that dysregulated miRNA expression exacerbates β-cell dysfunction, and have earlier shown that islets from the diabetic GK-rat model h