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This thesis investigates the process of innovation in environmental technology and the role that government interventions can play in fostering this innovation, using a cross-sectoral perspective based on three Nordic sectors - mobile phones, pulp and paper, and buildings. Using an analytical framework based on innovation and environmental policy and their interactions with three preconditions for
This essay is about children who have psychological and social problems. An increase part of children and young people in Sweden describe this kind of difficulties. These problems are at the same time a concern for the school as well as the social welfare. The purpose in this essay is to explore if children with psychological and social problems have the same legal rights to education as other chi
Denna uppsats undersöker hur Malmös högstadieskolor arbetar mot homofobi och heteronormativitet. Uppsatsen utgår från ett queerteoretiskt perspektiv och materialet består av två enkäter bland lärare och skolledare på sammanlagt tretton skolor. Resultaten tyder bl a på att kränkningar pga sexuell läggning och kön är vanliga på skolorna samt att lärarna nästan helt saknar utbildning och kompetensutv
Continuous improvement is not a new idea in business. Six Sigma, Lean Production and the PDCA cycle are some of the approaches companies can take to conduct continuous improvement of their operations. However, when a buyer is engaged with a supplier via a service provision contract, their combined effort to work towards continuous improvement is made more complex. This research adds to the underst
Tourism is recognized as one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Tourism activities entail economic, social and environmental benefits as well as adverse impacts. ?The Asian Highway Network? crisscrossing 32 countries in Asia has been promoted as a tourism-related and transport infrastructure. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has provid
This master thesis was performed at Architecture and Development Studies at Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University. It is a collaboration with NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston and Lund University Hospital with the objective of making an operating table for long term missions like Mars explorations. The Zero Gravity Surgical Workstation (0GSW) is an operating table designed to man
The focus of this essay is Swedish bilateral development aid. With the help of organization theory I analyse the development aid strategies and policies of the 1990s, in order to examine how and why they were introduced. I investigate three different types of aid organization, namely structural adjustment programmes, political conditionality tied to aid co-operation, and equality policy as part of
I uppsatsen tittar jag på hur tre språk (svenska, tyska, engelska) har hanterat stavningsreformer, eller planer på en sådan. Jag är intresserad av hur de olika sidorna i en stavningsreform positionerar sig, och om det är samma typ av argument oavsett vilket språk det gäller. Ja det är det. Båda sidor tar till brösttoner.
This study aims to investigate possible correlations between cognitive functions and self perceived psychological wellbeing, possible correlations between cognitive functions and degree of mindfulness and possible correlations between degree of mindfulness and self perceived psychological wellbeing. 18 patients diagnosed with ICD-10 taking part in a transdiagnostical cognitive behavioural group th
Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utifrån ett lönsamhetsperspektiv analysera konceptet ModernaHus och hur det ska möta marknadskraven för flerbostadshus på den svenska marknaden.
In this thesis, it is investigated if it is possible to create a common factor of the work tasks done by an air traffic controller, which then can measure workload. This will lead to the development of a tool to measure workload at small airports. In the research project a questionnaire is created to measure the different tasks an air traffic controller has. The same questionnaire will also measur
The purpose of this thesis is to cast light on the residential area Rosengård in Malmö which during the years between 1965 to 1975 was part of a programme known as "Miljonprogrammet", a project which was supposed to put an end to the housing shortages. The purpose of this thesis is also to investigate the social consequences in Rosengård, which arose as a result of Miljonprogrammet. Rose
This study probed a possible relationship between fantasy proneness and several ways of coping; task oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance oriented, and their connection with mental and physical health. The participants consisted mainly of university students (N = 51) and were given three scales; the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris, 2001), the Cop
January 1, 1999, a new sex purchase law was introduced in Sweden, Lag (1998: 408). The law implies that in a sex trade a crime is committed only by the consumer in the sex trade. The majority of consumers in prostitution are men and the suppliers are women. When prostitution is problematized it's usually from the woman's point of view and the perspective of the man is often overlooked. The
Why has neither the EU nor the United States been able to conclude an agreement on free trade with Mercosur? Many factors have affected the negotiation process and its outcome, and one of them is the role of Brazil. The aim of this thesis is to describe and to explain which factors, based on different theoretical concepts that have influenced the Brazilian foreign policy towards the negotiations b
China 's impressive economic growth during the past quarter of a century has triggered the notion of ?the rise of China?, and the idea that it is somehow destined to become a superpower. Observers of this development are divided in their views of how to perceive China. Basically, there are those that are purely positive and see great opportunities in the rise of China, and those that are m
The work has taken into consideration eight novels written by Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin during last 25 years to follow dynamics and evolution of his authorship in time with global changes in Russia.
In January 2007 the Öresund committy changed its statutes to become a more politically oriented lobby organization. This change can be interpreted as one part of a continuously evolving process where the Öresund region is emancipating itself from the national states in a multi-level European environment. By focusing on this latest development the thesis puts forward the importance of political ins
