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This paper investigates whether the shape of a probability distribution of a given problem has any predictable effect on the shape of the distribution of people's associated irrational choices. Focus is especially on the skewness of distributions. Based on previous research in psychology and behavioral economics, a theory of the causes of skewness of choice distributions is presented. Hypothes

Problembeskrivning: Vid prematur förlossning befinner sig blivande föräldrar i en utsatt och sårbar situation samtidigt som livet står i en förändringsfas. För barnet innebär den prematura förlossningen risk för sjuklighet och dödlighet. Vetskapen kan innebära en påfrestning för föräldrarna under förlossningen. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa föräldrars upplevelser av en prematur vaginal förlossning,

Personer som drabbats av cancer och som erhåller palliativ vård befinner sig i en extremt utsatt situation då döden inte längre går att undvika. Den palliativa vårdens syfte är att söka uppnå bästa möjliga livskvalitet. Patientens delaktighet i sin egen vård är en målsättning för Hälso- och sjukvården. Tidigare forskning har främst fokuserat på begreppet i kurativ vård. Då det gällt palliativ vård

The focus of this thesis is the issues regarding the administration of licensed academic resources in resarch libraries and the role of the research library when trading with these resources. It is explored what possibilities and dangers that comes with the ways that libraries handle academic resources, ways that are closely linked to the market criteria in which external commercial actors in diff

Diagnosis of first paroxysmal events at the children’s ER at a Swedish Regional hospital – including a one year follow up Background First epileptic seizures can be difficult to diagnose properly as there are many differential diagnoses including provoked seizures, febrile seizures, syncope, breath holding spells and psychogenic seizures. Many articles highlight the importance of a diligent medi

On estimating portfolio Value at Risk, the application of traditional univariate VaR models is limited. Under specific circumstance, the VaR estimation could be inadequate. Facing the financial crises and increasing uncertainty in financial markets, effective multivariate VaR models have become crucial. This paper gives an overview of various multivariate VaR models. The main aim is to compare the

Import competition is a concept suggesting that importing a good can cause a country’s domestic industry to face additional competition, thereby potentially harming the real return to factors used in the production of these goods. China’s impressive export growth caused by liberalization of trade policy since the 1980’s may be considered a supply shock of manufactured goods to the world market. In

This master's thesis examines the use of blogs at public libraries to mediate music. With a methodological framework based on genre theory, developed by Sara Kjellberg, seven music blogs run by seven separate Swedish public libraries are studied in detail, within the context of Library 2.0 and Web 2.0. The questions that the study is set to answer are: "How do public libraries use digital

Få frågor är viktigare än hur man kan få utvecklingsländer att övergå från ett stadium av ekonomisk stagnation till ett stadium av ständig tillväxt. Teorin har visat att denna övergång kan inledas med en ökad utbildningsnivå. En avgörande faktor för utbildningstid har visat sig vara demografiska variabler. Därför har vi valt att empiriskt undersöka barnadödlighets effekt på utbildning. Resultatet

Endabarn, äldstabarn, mellanbarn och yngstabarns stereotypa syskonroller och hur dessa påverkar individen är välkända. Men i vilken utsträckning påverkar dessa oss egentligen? Denna studie undersökte huruvida nivån av självkänsla varierar beroende på placeringen i syskonskaran. Studien undersökte också skillnader mellan endabarn och ungdomar med syskon, samt åldersskillnader. I studien besvarade 4

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the concept of the official corporate culture the one promoted from the parent company to its local units, in a company operating in a crisis environment. In particular, we ask to what extent this official culture is challenged by the financial crisis. The study was conducted in an IKEA store in Greece. The financial crisis, which had (and continues to have

There is limited research that investigates the relationship between M&A success and market valuation periods. Furthermore existing research deals primarily with the U.S. market. This paper explores whether acquisitions in Europe occurring during high market valuation periods are fundamentally different than those occurring during low market valuation periods. We find that acquisitions during

Five main components of political risk were extracted from the International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) Rating model, this paper researches the elements: Government Stability, Socioeconomic Conditions, Investment Profile, Internal Conflict and External Conflict. We have chosen four countries to examine: the United Kingdom, Mexico, China and Iran from different economic worlds. We would like to inve

Föreställ er att vi i Sverige skulle legalisera det egna bruket av narkotika. Det skulle bli lagligt att snorta kokain, att skjuta upp heroin eller att röka marijuana. Vad skulle detta innebära för svensk Polis, sett ur ett tvångsmedelsperspektiv? Toleransen i Sverige gentemot droger är väldigt låg. Narkotikafrågan har under en längre tid varit, och är fortfarande, högprioriterad hos regering ochImagine that we, in Sweden, would legalise the personal use of drugs. It would be legal to snort cocaine, to shoot up some heroine or smoke marijuana. What would this mean for the Swedish law enforcement, from a "means of enforcement" point of view? The Swedish tolerance when it comes to drugs is very low. It has for a long time been, and still remains, a top priority for the governmen

Abstract Title: Victims or perpetrators – a qualitative study on professional social worker’s perception of young men’s situation in an honour context. This qualitative study is based on seven semi-structured interviews with professionals who encounter honour related issues in their work. The focus of the interviews and this study is the young men and their situation. Our intention was to see ho

Denna uppsats grundar sig på översättningen av de tre inledande kapitlen i Anatole Broyards Kafka Was the Rage – A Greenwich Village Memoir. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys som utgår ifrån Lennart Hellspong och Per Ledins modell (1997) samt Rune Ingos (2007) teorier om översättning. Här diskuteras även överväganden inför översättningen utifrån Lita Lundquist (2010) och Yvonne Lindqvists (20

In this paper I have investigated the construction of the professional social worker in Swedish journals and newspapers. My empiric material is a collection of major articles published in Sweden between 2002 and 2012. The thirteen articles analyzed in this paper is a selection from 1250 relevant articles found between these years. When analyzing the empirical material I have been working with a di

This study investigates the relationship between health and households’ decisions whether to participate in the stock market or not. We construct a set of health variables and out of these, we choose the most important health factors, such as self-assessed health, mobility limitations and mental health. To test empirically the hypothesis that healthier households are more likely to participate in