This report examines fiber optic cables and their ability to transmit data when exposed to fire conditions. By performing various experiments the study aims to widen the knowledge base in an area that at the moment is scarce in information. Literary studies of standards connected to fiber optic cables and their application in nuclear power plants are studied as well as previous work done in the fi

This study examines the impact of sky-bridges, as an egress component, on total evacuation of a high-rise building by using an evacuation model named Pathfinder. Five scenarios, with different combination of aspects such as height of the building, number of sky-bridges (and the subsequent inter-distance between them), and people allocation have been simulated. The comparison between the results fr

Syftet med studien var att undersöka behandlares upplevelser av hur identiteten påverkas hos vuxna individer som utsatts för sexuella övergrepp, samt hur identiteten hos behandlare påverkas av att arbeta med denna klientgrupp. Åtta behandlare i Sverige och Nederländerna intervjuades utifrån semistrukturerade intervjuer. Tematisk analys användes som metod, utifrån en existentiell hermeneutisk ansatThe purpose of the study was to examine therapists’ experiences of how identity is affected in adult survivors of sexual abuse, and how the identity of therapists is influenced by working with this client group. Eight therapists in Sweden and the Netherlands were interviewed based on semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was used as a method, based on an existential hermeneutical approach.

Sammanfattning En arbetsgivare är enligt lag förbjuden att diskriminera en arbetstagare, praktikant eller arbetssökande med en funktionsnedsättning. Det föreligger en skyldighet för arbetsgivaren att vidta de stöd- och anpassningsåtgärder som anses nödvändiga och rimliga för att de individer med funktionsnedsättning ska hamna i en jämförbar situation med individer utan funktionsnedsättning. Med bSummary The employer is prohibited by law to discriminate an employee, trainee or job applicant with a disability. Further, the employer is obligated to make reasonable adjustments to ensure the employee with disabilities is in a comparable situation with other employees’ without disabilities. By taking the court jurisprudence into account, it shows that the managerial prerogative is considered m

This study investigates the cost-benefit analyses (CBA) performed on the proposed tramway projects in three Swedish municipalities, Malmö, Lund and Helsingborg. The purpose is to determine the feasibility of these analyses and their adherence to economic theory as well as to the guidelines and recommendations provided for CBA by the Swedish Transport Administration. The study shows that the adher

Working with relationships and making use of what we commonly call emotions are common in the health and care professions. The purpose of this paper is to explore knowledge in health and care professions – especially in situations that involve strong feelings. Is there any kind of knowledge that gets lost in the process of fitting health and care work into an evidence-based or time-efficient templ

Det finns olika teorier och empiriska studier som försöker svara på frågan varför det finns färre kvinnor i ledande befattningar. Vi gjorde ett experiment för att ta reda på om människor värderar en persons egenskaper eller könet i sig vid skattning om han eller hon är en god ledare. Vi testade även om det finns en skillnad i hur män och kvinnor uppfattar detta. Tidigare forskning har haft variera

Syftet med undersökningen är att rapportera hur rytmikpedagogik och rörelsebaserad musikundervisning kan bidra till ömsesidig integration bland elever i en multikulturell svensk skola. Jag har genomfört en studie där jag kombinerar en internetbaserad enkät med en fokusgruppsintervju. Femtio musikpedagoger över hela Sverige svarade på enkäten, de flesta vilka arbetar med El Sistema. El Sistema erbjThe purpose of this study is to investigate how eurhythmics and body-based music education could contribute to mutual integration of students in a multicultural Swedish school. I have conducted a study, combining an Internet-based survey with a focus group interview. Fifty music teachers throughout Sweden answered the survey, most of who work at El Sistema. El Sistema offers optional music educati

Rapporten innefattar en detaljerad beskrivning och utvärdering av de existerande tyska och schweiziska nätverk för energieffektivisering. Baserat på resultatet, finns även ett förslag på en modell för energieffektiviseringsnätverk anpassad för Sverige som består av fyra faser: rekryteringsfas, energikartläggningsfas, nätverksfas och uppföljningsfas. Från studien drogs även slutsatsen att de viktig

This study aims to contribute one piece to the puzzle on why industry plants in the U.S. choose to comply with environmental laws under seemingly low incentives i.e., few inspections and low fines. This study investigates private enforcement, specifically citizen suits, as a possible determinant of plants' compliance behavior. Empirically, the study focuses on compliance with the Clean Water

Abstract Title: Threats and violence at day centres - A qualitative study of staffs’ experiences of their responsibility to report violence and threats from people with developmental disorders (Translated title) Supervisor: Lupita Svensson Assessor: Anna Rypi Threats and violence from people with developmental disorders towards staff are common (Lundström 2006). Nevertheless, the number of incid

Uppsatsen undersöker hur graviditet gestaltas i samtida svensk prosa, genom närstudie av romanerna Hysteros (2013) av Helena Granström, Förvandling (2005) av Eva Adolfsson och Värddjuret (1995) av Marie Hermanson. Aspekter av graviditetstematiken som ägnas särskilt fokus är kroppslighet, främmandeskap, bruk och underminerande av traditionellt könade dikotomier, subjektivitetsproblematik och identiThis thesis investigates how pregnancy is mediated in contemporary swedish prose, through a close reading of the novels Hysteros (2013) by Helena Granström, Förvandling (2005) by Eva Adolfsson and Värddjuret (1995) by Marie Hermanson. Aspects of the theme of pregnancy that are especially emphasized are corporeality, alienation, the use and deconstruction of traditionally gendered dichotomies, prob

Authors: Sofie Christensen och Josefine Hentzel Title: Cooperation and division of responsibilities between social services and clinics for maintenance treatment. A qualitative study of the professionals' experiences. Supervisor: Dolf Tops Assessor: Hans-Edvard Roos The purpose of this study was to investigate how the staff of the social services adult unit and clinics for maintenance treatme

I de nya växande branscherna finns det en förändrad syn på relationen mellan arbete och fritid, förändrad syn på arbetsmiljön och det sociala på arbetsplatsen. Syfte med denna studie var att genom en kvalitativ metod undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar den upplevda arbetsmotivationen. Studien genomfördes på en mellanstor spelstudio i södra delen av Sverige. Datainsamling skedde genom såväl en obIn the new emerging industries there is a changed view of the relationship between work and life outside work, changed view of the work environment. The aim of this study was to use a qualitative approach to examine the factors that affect the work motivation. The study was conducted at a medium-sized game studio in the south of Sweden, using data obtained from both an observational study and semi

Images of togetherness - theories, ideals and practice The aim of this thesis was to examine images of togetherness and its practical roots in civil society. More specifically its aim was to find out how practitioners from the civil society themselves perceive and define the concept of togetherness and how they strive to create togetherness in their field of work. Also, its aim was to examine dif

The aim of this study was to examine and analyze the ongoing Swedish debate on the evidence- based practice (EBP), and thereby be able to present an idea of why the debate arose and continues. We used perspective analysis to analyze debate articles published in two of Swedens leading journals within the subject of social work, Socionomen and Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift. The articles where publish

Studiens syfte är att visa på en breddad syn på begreppet läromedel samt att ge en bild av vilka typer av läromedel lärare på gymnasieskolor i Skåne arbetar med i kurserna ljudproduktion 1 och 2 och musikproduktion 1 och 2. Undersökningen genomfördes med en webbaserad enkät innehållande både öppna och slutna frågor vilket har resulterat i data med både kvalitativ och kvantitativ karaktär. EnkätsvaThe main objective of this study is to find out what kinds of teaching material educators in upper secondary school in southern Sweden use when teaching the subjects “Ljudproduktion 1 och 2” and “Musikproduktion 1 och 2”, both in the field of music production. Along with investigating educator’s ways of selecting material, the work also aims to provide knowledge about general attitude and opinion

Abstract Author:Erica Johansson Title: The Madonna‐figure and the latte‐father –A qualitative content analysis of the most read blogs in Sweden using a gender perspective [Translated title] Supervisor: Gabriella Scaramuzzino Assessor: Carina Tigervall The purpose behind this paper was to do a content analysis of six of the most read blogs in Sweden and how they portrait men, women and gender. T