The aim of this study was to get an understanding of preschool teacher’s approach when they suspect maltreatment of a child. We wanted to know which factors affects if the preschool teachers report their concern to the social services or not and what routines preschools have for these situations. To do this we held semi structured interviews with six preschool teachers operative in both public and

Nowadays, is becoming increasingly frequent holding events in outdoor environments, involving a large number of people, even though these spaces were not designed from a safe prospective, in the way that safety is defined today. In such events, high density conditions is an ongoing issue, as the evacuation becomes very complex, due to the space design and the interaction among the pedestrians. It

Bakgrund: Att kommunicera och att vårda personcentrerat på en intensivvårdsavdelning ställer höga krav på sjuksköterskan då patienten ofta har begränsade möjligheter att förmedla sig och att ta in information på grund av respiratorbehandling och läkemedel. Syfte: Att beskriva intensivvårdssjuksköterskors erfarenheter av kommunikation med patienter som vårdas på intensivvårdsavdelning. Metod: En kv

With the adoption of MiFID II, a new, less regulated ‘level’ of capital mar-ket, the SME Growth market, is now available for the member states of the European Union. Available for SME Growth markets, there are several regu-latory alleviations for issuers of shares regarding e.g. the supply of infor-mation to the market, compared to issuers on regulated and MTF markets. With this in mind, this thes

Nowadays, many evacuation models exist in the market, and new models are continuously released with new features. How to assess the usability and reliability of model results becomes an issue for both developers and users. Therefore, verification and validation (V&V) protocols were introduced in the assessment process of evacuation models. To conduct V&V of a model, a widely accepted test

The tasks of a social worker often require the abilities of both the understanding of one’s own as well as the client’s emotions. Meanwhile many studies show that men are emotionally restricted and have difficulties handling emotions. The purpose of the study was to explore the emotional history of men who are studying to become social workers and how it might affect their future profession. In do

This study is an initial attempt to investigate the differences and similarities of the stock market volatilities in Scandinavia with respect to their drivers. Using the GARCH-MIDAS (Mixed Data Sampling) framework, this paper evaluates the explanatory value of various variables originating from different areas, covering the period from February 1998 to December 2018. Considered categories include

I det här examensarbetet har en ny förpackningslösning utvecklats och konstruerats för snäckfräsar till Volvo Group Truck Operation Powertrains transmissionsfabrik i Köping. Det fanns ett behov av en ny förpackningslösning då den existerande förpackningen har flertalet problem och brister och börjar bli föråldrad. Produktutvecklingen började med att bekanta sig med den nuvarande förpackningen ochIn this thesis, a new packaging solution has been developed and designed for gear hobs to Volvo Group Truck Operation Powertrain´s transmission plant in Köping. There was a need for a new packaging solution since the existing packaging have a number of problems and deficiencies and begins to be obsolete. The product development began by familiarizing with the current packaging and how it was hand

In November 2018, the Danish government passed a bill that introduced the category ‘severe ghetto’ to the law on non-profit housing. Moreover, the bill prescribes extraordinary policy measures in the targeted areas in order to encourage urban regeneration. The non-profit housing associations in ‘severe ghettos’ are forced to reduce the share of non-profit housing stock to 40% through relabelling,

For millennia, humans have utilized species of sandalwood and agarwood-producing trees as raw materials in ritual offerings, incense, perfumes, and oils. Agarwood remains in high demand, selling for as much as $30,000 to $100,000 USD per kilo. Sandalwood also brings high prices and has high demand on the market. This has led to the listing of several species of these trees with CITES and the IUCN

Humanitarian immigration has with the recent European immigration crisis in 2015-2016 become a hotly debated subject, not least in Finland and Sweden. While there are many discussions being had surrounding this topic, few economic or demographic studies or analyses have been done. This study aims to combine the data, literature and studies done so far on humanitarian immigration in both countries

I Sverige utgör en tredjedel av dagens sjukskrivningsantal av människor som lider av psykisk ohälsa. Internetbaserade behandlingar har möjliggjort för effektiv behandling på avstånd, samtidigt som de når ut till fler människor (Andersson, 2014; Vernmark, 2017). iKBT är en sådan behandling där behandlingstagarna behandlar sig själva genom att lära sig om sitt psykiska tillstånd via en e-tjänst. Tro

Business & IT alignment (BIA) är ett komplext ämne som har studerats i över trettio år och handlar om hur IT och verksamheten ska integreras. För att en organisation ska ha möjlighet att prestera på hög nivå är integrering av IT och verksamheten vitalt. The Strategic Alignment Model är en modell utformad på 90-talet för att beskriva vilka komponenter som är viktiga att beakta för att lyckas in

This study is evaluating two methods in order to calculate predicted no effect concentrations (PNECs) used in environmental risk assessment for three chemicals (α-Amylcinnamaldehyde, 1-tridecanol and paracetamol). The methods used are Species Sensitivity Distributions (SSD) and the guideline from European Chemicals Agency (ECHA): “Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment

Drivkrafterna för visionen om Industry 4.0 ökar i och med att marknaden blir mer och mer föränderlig. Industry 4.0 syftar på den fjärde industriella revolutionen. Denna kännetecknas av en hög komplexitet inom informationssystem och hög digital sammankoppling av produkter och processer. Detta i syfte att kunna analysera större mängder data och integrera system för att skapa transparens inom värdeke

Humanitarian Crisis is an alarming problem throughout the world. Bangladesh also is undergoing Rohingya refugee crisis with grave severity and challenges. Over 1 million Rohingya people have been settled over the top of hills, living without inadequate WASH facilities. This study tried to analyse the humanitarian crisis by Pressures-States-Responses framework depicting the factors exacerbating the

This study investigates the causal effect of environmental attitudes on number of children one has. The aim is to contribute to the recent discussion on reducing carbon emissions by having fewer children. Using data from the World Values Survey Association, an instrumental variables approach was used to analyse the research question. Moreover, a factor analysis was conducted in order to create a v

Eco-urbanism is today’s mainstream approach to urban greening and sustainability. This approach, however, remains disconnected from issues of social justice. As a reaction, urban political ecology (UPE) argues for greater engagement with urban activists’ dissensus as a strategy to develop more just sustainable cities. Through a UPE lens, and drawing on green gentrification and right to the city th

Syftet med denna studie är att jämföra kommunikationsstrategier i tre olika församlingar, som verkar i olika kontexter, för att få en startpunkt för att svara på frågan varför medlemmar lämnar Svenska kyrkan i en takt av 1,6% per år. Det är viktigt för församlingarna att bli sedda som en positiv och ansvarstagande organisation som bidrar till det lokala samhället och dess innevånare. Klarar inte fThe purpose of this thesis is to study and compare communication strategies in three different parishes located in three quite different contexts to get a starting point to answering questions concerning the rate of members leaving the Swedish church, 1.6% per year. It is of outmost importance for a parish to be regarded as a positive and responsible organisation contributing to the local communit

Bakgrund: Depression samt ångest tillhör de stora folksjukdomarna som drabbar många i arbetsför ålder. Diagnoserna står för cirka 90 % av sjukskrivningar i Sverige som är orsakade av psykisk ohälsa. Det finns dock kunskapsluckor gällande effektiva interventioner som syftar till arbetsåtergång för individer med psykisk ohälsa. Syfte: Syftet var att ur ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv kartlägga inBackground: Depression and anxiety belongs to the great national diseases, which affect people of working age. The diagnosis accounts for about 90% of sickleaves in Sweden caused by mental illness. There are gaps of knowledge about effective return-to-work interventions for people with mental illness. Aim: The aim of this study was from an occupational therapy perspective, examine return-to-work i