Hispanic immigration strongly impacts Florida's economic and demographic identity, whose population is projected to become the third largest in the US by 2020. The results from dozens of standard OLS multiple regressions suggest that foreign-born males typically "americanize" within 15 years of arrival in Florida: in accord with Barry Chiswick's broader, years-since-migration var

The drug discovery process has changed dramatically during the last decade. The development of technologies such as combinatorial chemistry has introduced methods to synthesize massive numbers of new diverse compounds. This, combined with High-Throughput Screening techniques HTS, makes it possible in vast numbers to examine the potency in vitro of new compounds. This kind of approach is highly suc

To communicate reliably over noisy wireline or wireless channels, algorithms that add redundancy are used to help reconstruct the transmitted sequence at the receivers. Such error control coding algorithms are today used in all digital communication systems. Optimum decoding algorithms such as the Viterbi and BCJR have very good performances but often too high complexity. Therefore, less complex s

Abstract Development and security have historically fashioned distinct discourses. More recently, they have been inevitably linked both in discourse and policy, having as a consequence the so-called development–security nexus. The goal of this paper is to examine the construction of notions and the establishment and consolidation of the discourses that the main theories that shape the field of

This essay investigates the impact of income inequality on economic growth in developed countries. The link is primarily investigated through the possible influence of income inequality on the four growth channels savings, human capital, population growth and labor force productivity. A theoretical model, based on an extended version of the Romer model, is presented, where a higher degree of incom

Drama at work - How social workers cope with compulsory care cases due to neglect The purpose of this study was to examine how social workers cope with compulsory care cases due to neglect. This essay aims to highlight the difficult, and often emotionally hard, process of making a legitimate decision. I´ve chose power as my main perspective in order to examine my purpose. My methodology was quali

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur personalen och rektorn på en så kallad resursskola ser på den kompetens som krävs för att göra ett bra jobb som specialpedagog och hur den relaterar till den formella utbildningen och andra sätt att införskaffa/ha den nödvändiga kompetensen. Uppsatsen går igenom bakgrunden till specialpedagogik i Sverige, olika perspektiv på begreppet kompetens och analyse

Denna magisteruppsats bygger på en översättning av en text från hjälporganisationen ActionAid. Texten behandlar kvinnliga jordbrukares situation och hur denna kan förbättras. Uppsatsen består av en inledande textanalys där några av textens utmärkande drag tas upp. Därefter följer en genomgång av förutsättningarna för översättningen och valen av översättningsstrategier. Sist kommer en översättnings

The objective of this study was to compare practitioners’ perspectives of the therapeutic relationship established face to face and online in order to add a broader understanding of the therapeutic relationship and whether a new context did highlight new aspects of therapy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine psychotherapists in Greece: five of them worked face to face and four onl

This master thesis investigates the subjective scope of the arbitration agreement and whether a non-signatory group company can be bound by an arbitration agreement entered into by another group company within the same group. The investigation is based on a typical situation in which the non-signatory group company acts in conjunction with the signatory group company prior to, during and after exe

It is hoped that this study would point out the underlying causes of criminality of teen agers. This study is mainly based on the views and appreciation of four social workers involved in the study of these causes. It displays the findings of previous studies of these causes, comparing them with the social workers' findings. It also compares the social workers findings with reference to the im

ABSTRACT Author: Anna Axelsson Title: If you are successful you will be happy – a qualitative study of eating disorders and identity. [translated title] Supervisor: Associate Professor Håkan Johansson Assessor: Associate Professor Håkan Jönsson The purpose of this study was to examine how people who have suffered from an eating disorder construct their identity. More specifically its aim was to

Deltagarna i studien bestod av 183 personer (31 kvinnor, 152 män) misstänka för stalkningsbrott som blev bedömda med riskbedömningsinstrumentet Stalking Assessment Management (SAM). Syftet var att analysera deras resultat efter könsskillnader i fråga om stalkningsbeteende, riskfaktorer hos förövaren och sårbarhetsfaktorer hos offret. Av totalt 30 riskfaktorerna i SAM var det fem stycken som skiljd

Author: Viktoria Hansson Title: Empowerment, Participation and Influence in Practice: a Minor Field Study of the Empowerment Process from the Perspective of Women Supervisors: Jan Magnusson (Sweden) and Dr. K. Hemalatha (India) This bachelor essay is a result of a minor field study for two months the spring 2011. The aim with my study was to explore a deeper understanding of empowerment as a tool

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utföra kostnadseffektivitetsanalys på livsstilsinterventioner enligt modellen från livsstilsmottagningen på Vårdcentralen Ramlösa och bedöma om det är en lämplig satsning för andra vårdcentraler, samt att belysa den problematik som kan uppstå vid utvärderingar av denna typ. Uppsatsen baseras på den livsstilsmottagning som upprättats på Vårdcentralen Ramlösa, vilken

Abstract Author: Marina Linder Title: The media portrayal of the social services – a study of two Swedish tabloid magazines Supervisor: Lars Harrysson The objective of this study was to explore how media creates a picture by using the social services in Sweden as an example. The method being used is qualitive content analysis on 23 articles from two major national tabloid newspapers. The material

Daphne Arbouz, Spaces of in-between, ‘hybridity’ self-identification and agency of change in personal narratives of non-belonging, Master’s thesis 30p. Lund University, 2011. Narratives of non-belonging and identity formations surrounding the concept of ‘hybridity’ in autobiographic material are discussed and interpreted. Conflicting views existing between ethnocentrically and multi-pluralistica