The temperament factor of surgency has a biological basis, however it can also be influenced by the external environment. Sweden is an interesting environment to study gender differences in surgency since it is an individualistic society characterized as fostering gender equality. The study explored gender differences in surgency in 62 children (36 boys, 26 girls) at the age of 9 years old (M= 9 y

Kina har en fast valutakurs gentemot andra valutor. Från 1980-talet och framåt har man haft en ekonomisk politik med en stark export- och investeringsledd tillväxt. Kina har under senare år haft stora bytesbalansöverskott mot framför allt USA men också mot EU och Japan. Bytesbalansöverskottet har gjort att Kinas valutareserv har ökat kraftigt. USA har kritiserat Kina för att hålla valutan undervä

This thesis investigates the Danish public service station DR and the national structure of the media. As the democratic process has increasingly moved from the national level to the EU and as Danes rely on television as the main source of information on European political matters, it is only reasonable to expect the national public service station, DR, to fulfil that role, nonetheless previous st

Anknytningens påverkan på implicita emotionella åsikter gentemot vårdnadsgivare studerades genom ett experiment som innehöll en affektiv priming uppgift liknande den välkända lexikala beslutsuppgiften ”lexical decision task” (LDT). Reaktionstiden i millisekunder för varje prime och mål ord kombination registrerades och användes som indikator för den associativa styrkan mellan de två. Två anknytninThe influence of attachment quality and style on implicit emotional opinions towards caregivers was measured using an affective priming task very similar to a lexical decision task. The reaction time in milliseconds for each prime and target word combination was recorded and used and indication of associative strength between the two. Two attachment tests was administered, the ASQ-Sw questionnaire

In this paper I have examined four police’s views on ethics in relation to their everyday work as civil servants. The theoretical framework is discourse theory, i.e. an understanding of reality structured through discourse, as formulated by Laclau and Mouffe, as well as an understanding of Othering and Racialization as structuring for society on both a national and international level. I have also

Abstract In an era of globalization and “modernization”, there has been ample focus on developing and post-colonial countries in emerging into what is known as modern nation-states. Amid the high agenda of international organizations in promoting “good governance”, democratic principles and forming state-building models, there has been certain pressure on post-colonial countries, often including

The cutting-down on the medical care has a large affect on the prenatal care in Sweden. This creates a critical situation for both women in postpartum and the midwifes. The thesis aims to get a better understanding of women’s experience’s from and expectations on the prenatal care and nursing centers. The empirical material contains interviews with five women with experiences from the institutions

Ideell sektor uppfattas genomgå en kris i form av bl.a. medlemsförluster. Folkrörelserna har utvecklats i takt med modernitetens institutioner och offentlig sektor men kontakterna med näringslivet har ökat de senaste åren. Det har blivit vanligare att ideella organisationer använder sig av konsulttjänster. Syftet med uppsatsen är att belysa om krisen i ideell sektor kan förstås som en legitimitet

This investigation aims at estimating the effect of a regulation over operating hours of hagwon on private tutoring expenditures in Korea. The average treatment effect is measured with a difference-in-differences (DD) estimator using data from the survey of private education expenditure, conducted by the Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). By exploiting the fact that all education offices have placed a res

Power is everywhere and even egalitarian movements which are fighting against hierarchy are reproducing inequality among their members in formal or informal ways. Here, I will tell the story of the challenge of elitism in one of our recent feminist campaigns in Iran through interviews with four campaigners and through an analysis of members’ published texts and their critiques. In the One Million

Koloniseringens effekter, har det skett en reversal of fortunes i Latinamerika? Hur har det uppstått och hur har det påverkat kontinenten idag. Man kan inte förneka en omvälvning av lycka. Data antyder att historiskt urbaniserade länder har det sämre ställt idag medan icke-urbaniserade länder har det relativt bättre idag. Denna omvälvning kan förklaras med hjälp av kontinentens koloniala historia

In today´s society, it is obvious to travel in a convenient and simple way around the world. Unfortunately the development of the compatibility for the railway between nations is behind in the EU. This is a problem that has been observed in Europe and every year, much money is spent to secure cross-border transports. TEN-T EA is an organization that was founded for the EU member states to apply fo

Interest in biofuel use is growing in aviation, due to its potential for lower GHG lifecycle emissions and as a possible price competitive alternative to fossil fuels in the long-term (ATAG, 2012). While the use of biofuels in aviation is a new phenomenon, compared to the automotive industry, several actors from the industry and governments have been involved in various initiatives to research, te

Learning from demonstration represents a powerful type of learning and a promising alternative to programming robots. However, even after years of research in the field the current level of robot imitation skills can be compared to a 2-year old child. Most of the presented works up to now have been exact imitation of trajectories without any particular understanding about the rudimentary goals of t

Denna uppsats undersöker den typ av översättning som appliceras inom dubbning och omdubbning av filmer. Materialet som ligger till grund för uppsatsen har hämtats från den animerade filmen Alice i Underlandet från 1951. Det engelskspråkiga originalet, den första svenska dubbningen från 1951 och den svenska omdubbningen från 1998 har transkriberats och jämförts med varandra. Uppsatsen undersöker hu

The focus of this essay is the famous (or infamous) expression “An eye for an eye”, lex talionis, which is found in each of the biblical legal corpora in the Tanakh. A series of different interpretations are examined and systematized in categories in order to see how the expression, as it is used in the Tanakh, has been interpreted in antiquity as well as in modern times. The result is that there

Pro-poor public spending is an important tool used for promoting development and poverty reduction. Yet, it has been hard to find evidence that public spending actually translates into desired outcomes. Public financial management (PFM) systems have been pointed out as one vital factor affecting public spending efficiency, but this has yet not been confirmed in any empirical research. By using new

Men are more interested in a researcher career than women, and awareness about the gender imbalance within the Academia increases men's interest (Tellhed, 2013). This study aimed to examine what causes the increase in men's interest and impairments in women's interest towards a researcher career. Two hundred and eight (99 males, 109 females) students received information about the Acad