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Arkiv används ofta som en källa inom olika forskningsprojekt. I den här uppsatsen är det istället arkivet i sig som är studieobjekt. Utifrån mediearkeologisk teori undersöks Biblioteksstyrelsens arkiv i Åmål. Uppsatsens teoretiska utgångspunkter är att arkiv befinner sig i en samhällelig kontext och återspeglar det minne det lagrar. Uppsatsen är en kvalitativ studie och arkivet har undersökts på fArchives are often used as a source in various research projects. In this essay, it is instead the archive that is a study object. Based on media archaeological theory, the Library Board's archive in Åmål is examined. The theoretical basis of the essay is that archives are in a social context and reflect the memory it stores. It is a qualitative study and the archive has been investigated on s

Kartong kan framställas för att få fram olika egenskaper. En kartongförpackning har någon gång i tiden vikts fram av en bit kartong. Men hur viker man utan att få oönskade skador och veck, och hur påverkas detta av materialets egenskaper?Paperboard is frequently used as a base material in packages. There is folding involved in the conversion process, where a package is formed from a paperboard sheet. However, because direct folding causes undesirable effects such as wrinkles, it must first be creased. The creasing procedure consists of intentionally damaging the material, creating an indentation on the piece, after which the mater

Background: Ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt is a catheter which circulate flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the lateral ventricle to the abdomen and it is the most commonly used shunt in modern neurosurgery. Complications of VP shunts are very common and often require emergency services. For the perioperative nurse this means that theVP shunt reoperation is one of the most often performed em

Over the last decades Sweden’s archival institutions have taken a turn towards becoming open and modern cultural institutions with outreach work. This is especially noted in the City of Malmoe where Malmoe City Archives has undergone a heavy renewal and has among other things been relocated from the prosperous Western Harbour in the outskirts of the city to the more diverse inner city in Möllevång

Med 1944 års djurskyddslag införs de första djurförsöksbestämmelserna i svensk rätt. Debatten om djurförsökens reglering hade då under lång tid varit föremål för ett flertal motioner i den svenska riksdagen, utan att resultera i någon lagstiftning. Genom att försöka kontextualisera bestämmelserna söker jag svar på frågan vilka faktorer i den rättsliga utvecklingen som kan bidragit till tidpunkten The scientific use of animals is a complex question, in itself and in law. In this essay the rules regarding animal experimentation are studied through the lens of the legislator’s arguments as well as the historical context in which these rules first came about. Thus, this essay situate the Animal Protection Act of 1944 in its historical context, as well as analyzing the arguments on the use of a

De Jure Belli ac Pacis Libris Tres, av Hugo Grotius, och den westfaliska freden, i 1600-talets Europa, har ofta betonats av forskare som födelseplatsen för den moderna folkrätten. Denna studie har ämnat granska validiteten i dessa påståenden genom en rättshistorisk undersökning av omständigheterna kring texterna och en komparativ utredning dem emellan. Arbetets huvudsakliga syfte har varit att utfDe Jure Belli ac Pacis Libris Tres, by Hugo Grotius, and the Peace of Westphalia, in 17th century Europe, has often been highlighted as the birthplace of modern public international law. This study aims to review the validity of such statements through research of the legal history concerning the topic and through a comparative examination of the two works. The main purpose of the study have been

The purpose of this study was to find out which type of informant the Social Media Influencer embodies when consumers voluntarily switch brands after the endorsement of a brand by a Social Media Influencer. To answer the research question, this thesis utilised a quantitative questionnaire which was created with the help of a qualitative pre-study to assess the relevance of dimensions proposed in t

This paper studies the bitcoin lending market and the factors explaining loans defaults. No financial intermediation implies that investors are faced directly with the credit risk. This increases information asymmetry at the cost of the lenders, so bitcoin lending platforms try to reduce this negative effect by providing information about the borrowers and their loan requests. Credit grade and int

There is an ongoing discussion in information retrieval research regarding the merits of subject indexing with controlled vocabularies as opposed to relying on free-text descriptions. Earlier research has compared subject headings with other metadata, such as document titles or tables of contents, to determine the relative value of subject headings as subject access points in an information search

This thesis focuses on the librarian’s professional identity and how this is formed. The purpose of this study is, more specifically, to discover how the professional identity of the research librarians is constructed, and which professional identity positions are avaliable during Book a librarian-meetings at Lund university. By doing this I want to establish an understanding for what Book a libra

This study examines if commodity indices can be used to predict stock index returns on the Nordic financial markets. With a forecast period between 2000 and 2016, the study is conducted with an Ordinary Least Squares method to predict both in-sample and out-of- sample. The results indicate that the Baltic Dry Index and the London Metal Exchange Index are the best predictors of monthly stock return

In 2016, a much-noted museum debate took place in Swedish media in which some critics accused the government of politicizing its public museums and using them as propaganda tools by detail managing them. These are serious accusations which motivate a thorough review of the relation between cultural politics and museums. With the aim of investigating politicization of public museums, Malmö Museum

Med förklaringsbörda avses det förhållandet att den tilltalade underlåter att lämna en förklaring till en viss omständighet och att detta får en för denne oförmånlig bevisverkan. Den laga grunden för att ålägga den tilltalade en förklaringsbörda återfinns dels i RB 35 kap. 1 §, enligt vilken domstolen har att fritt bevisvärdera allt som förekommit i målet, dels i 35 kap. 4 §, enligt vilken domstolThe burden of explanation refers to the situation where the accused omits to explain a given circumstance, which as a result affects the evidentiary effect unfavorably. The legal basis for imposing a burden of explanation on the accused is found in Chapter 35, Section 1 and 4 of the Swedish Code for Judicial Procedure. Section 1 states that the court is free to evaluate everything that has occurre

Plutocracy is a subject that has not traditionally attracted the interest of scholars in the disciplines of International Relations and Political Science. This is unfortunate, as the number and importance of affluent private individuals in global affairs has steadily increased in recent decades. Since most existing academic research on contemporary plutocrats focuses on philanthropists and other ‘

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om marknadsrisken för de fyra svenska storbankerna har minskat i och med ökad kapitaltäckning. Finansiell teori implicerar att höjd kapitaltäckning bör resultera i minskad risk i aktiepriset. Marknadsrisken analyseras genom att undersöka historisk volatilitet, betavärde och Credit Default Swap spread (CDS-spread) för respektive banks marknadsnoterade aktie.The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the market risk for the four largest banks in Sweden has decreased with increased capital requirements. Financial theory dictates that increased capital requirements decrease risk in the stock price. The market risk was investigated by analysing historical volatility, betas and credit default swap spread (CDS-Spread) for each bank’s publicly traded

Den här studien undersöker om friskolereformen påverkat svenska elevers kunskapsnivå. Friskolereformen infördes 1992 och innebar att kommunala skolor blev tvungna konkurrera med friskolor om eleverna. Detta har föranlett en diskussion kring om den ökade konkurrensen gett upphov till betygsinflation när skolor försöker framhäva sig genom att visa upp goda studieresultat. Antalet friskolor, och ande

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the research on open access and institutional repositories between the years 2002-2016. 2002 was seen as a natural starting point because of the Budapest Open Access Initiative and represents a pivotal point in the history of open access. Further, the paper aims to analyze the positioning of institutional repositories within open acc

Modern healthcare strive for efficiency by implementing fast-track programmes to optimize postoperative recovery. When forming new health care interventions, it is important to consider the patient perspective. Breast cancer patients in Sweden are treated according to a standardized care plan to optimize postoperative recovery. Previous studies indicate that women of different age groups experienc