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While calls to reduce air travel have emerged in many high-income countries, Nepal, with only one international airport, is still striving to improve its air connectivity. In 2015, the government resumed its 1995 plan to build a second international airport near Nijgadh, a town in the southern plains. The project has since come under scrutiny from conservationists after plans emerged for extensive
A Switched Reluctance Machine (SRM) is evaluated in terms of torque quality and speed ripple for a particular pump application. The aim is to give BorgWarner insight into the control methodology and possible applications for a Switched Reluctance Machine. The SRM is also compared to their current BLDC machine, used as an oil pump in their torque transfer applications. The evaluation and implementa
The purpose of this study was to get a better understanding of how social workers at family centres perceive psychosocial support for new mothers and how social workers can contribute to a healthy transition to parenthood. To fulfil the purpose semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with four social workers working at family centres in different municipalities in Sweden. Bowlby’s att
This study examines if the shortage of specialist nurses is caused by low wages. The economic return of education for specialist nurses in Region Skåne has been regressed by estimates of the wage premiums. By using wage data from Region Skåne, an extended version of the Mincer equation has been performed. The results show that the wage premium for a specialist nurse is 12.3 percent. The results pr
I uppsatsen studeras auktoritet i en jämförande semiotisk analys av fotografier av den amerikanska ursprungsbefolkningen mellan tidigt 1900-tal och 1930-talet. Analysen görs utifrån teorierna postkolonialism och representation. Studien tar även upp ackulturation och genom att studera fotografier av den amerikanska ursprungsbefolkningen försöker skribenten ta reda på hur förändringen till följd av
Denna uppsats har som huvudsakliga frågeställning att besvara frågan om hur svensk historia gestaltas och brukas i populära memes på internationella forum, och varför den gestaltas och brukas på dessa sätt. Uppsatsen kommer fram till att den mest förekommande aspekten av svensk historia är vikingatiden, följt av 1900-talets utrikespolitik, stormaktstiden och kontemporär svensk kulturhistoria. Denn
In the construction of large stone buildings, there have always been many craftsmen involved. The traces from these workers are mostly just the buildings itself but in some cases, like for the stonemasons, some other traces can be seen, such as the Mason's marks. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate where the Mason's marks in the crypt of the Lund Cathedral are and if it is possibl
The aim of this study was to examine how three focus groups of migrants in Sweden, with Swedish as a second language, which is in long-term unemployment, experience the group's and the community's significance for linguistic and individual development. With a goal-oriented selection, we contacted the respondents through the Labor Market Department (Arbetsmarknadsavdelningen) in Malmö Stad.
The aim of this essay is to investigate to which extent the child's voice is heard in custody judgments, based upon the fact that the child's best interest is required by Swedish law to be fundamental in the assessments concerning children. This has become more relevant since the 1:st of January in 2020 when the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child became Swedish law. We ha
This comparative document analysis looks at the governmentality of the Finnish labor market policies (LMP’s). This study compares Sipilä’s and Marin’s government programs to see if there are differences. The focus is on depicting neoliberalization and power relations in the policies while investigating the framing of unemployment. The theoretical framework consists of the theory of neoliberal turn
Communication and conflict are inevitable in working groups and is the foundation of how working groups cooperate. This study explored how communication and conflict can be perceived by individuals in a smaller work group at a support home for children ages 14–20. Aim: The aim was to create an understanding of how communication and conflicts were described by staff at a support home for children a
Fires in underground parking garages in the recent years are believed to have increased in severity and poses a safety problem for Swedish fire and rescue services. Among the suspected reasons for the increased severity is an increase in time before an internal operation is initiated by the fire and rescue services. With several tactical decisions available during an operation, it is often uncerta
This text serves as a fresh approach to the study of Roman influence on the Scandinavian region. This is achieved through the medium of various bronze statuettes, both from the Roman Empire itself as well as in the form of locally-produced anthropomorphic figures. The study concentrates on four specific regions of Europe; Italy, southern Britain, Denmark, and southern Sweden. All of these areas ma
The aim of this study was to explore care managers view on loneliness among elderly and to examine what interventions they proposed. Ten qualitative interviews were conducted with care managers from nine municipalities in the region of Skåne. The empirical material that has been collected was analyzed through Håkan Jönsons (2010) perspective analysis and Roine Johanssons (2007) theory of street-le
Authors: Angela Östlund and Cassandra Lindbladh Granberg Title: ”And the issues are numerous...” A study of the portrayal of social worker’s work environment in media: A qualitative content analysis of six podcast episodes. Supervisor: Ulrika Levander Assessor: Hans Knutagård This study follows a qualitative analysis procedure to investigate how social workers’, who works at the social services,
All Swedish municipalities have planning tools such as a municipal action plan and a risk- and vulnerability assessment, which are governing documents on how to prepare, prevent and respond to accidents and crisis. However, there are no established methods for measuring community resilience in Sweden. Therefore, it could potentially be beneficial for Swedish municipalities to use a method for meas
After the major populist events such as Trump and Brexit, the media politicians turned their attention to the socio-economic and political division between big cities and small countryside communities. Rural areas where right-wing populist parties have found a large part of their support have besome “left-behind places", described as forgotten and misunderstood. The question of why these popu
Child sexual abuse is a global public health problem. In Sweden, the social services have the ultimate responsibility to support and protect these children. This study examines social workers' experiences of the challenges and dilemmas that arise in their daily work with children who have been sexually abused. The method used was of a qualitative nature and the respondents were chosen by purpo
Sweden has a significant rental sector with about a third of the total number of households rented out. The intention of the rental market should be that it is accessible to all people in society, regardless of nationality or income. The general mediation of rental apartments today is through a queuing system, which in Stockholm shows that a queuing time can be up to half one's life. The alter
