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The protection of vulnerable children constitutes a fundamental legal and moral mandate within the Swedish school system. Yet, the specific role of substitute teachers in this process remains an under-researched area. Using Lipsky’s theory of street-level bureaucracy and Svedberg’s role theory concerning professional structures and role conflicts, we analyzed attitudes of unqualified primary schoo
Social work is largely characterised by verbal approaches, while many clients who come into contact with social services may have limited opportunities to express their experiences in words. This highlights the need for alternative and complementary methods, particularly for individuals with traumatic experiences, mental health problems, neurodevelopmental disabilities, or long-term social vulnera
Stress is a growing problem in society and has been for many years. Different ages and different occupations experience different amounts of stress in their day-to-day life. This quantitative study focused on surveying how social work students perceived stress affects their lives on a day-to-day basis. Another focus was to determine whether there are connections between the students' perceived
This study, conducted in collaboration with a industrial steel foundry, investigates how variations in sand properties influence mold stability in the V‑process, a vacuum‑assisted molding technique used in steel casting. A mixed‑method approach was applied, combining analysis of historical data, laboratory permeability testing, personnel interviews, and data-driven permeability modeling to identif
Demographic changes in Sweden, including an increasing number of older people and a shrinking workforce, have created challenges for municipal home care services. To meet rising care needs alongside limited resources and staff shortages, digital home care has been introduced as a potential solution. This study examined how leaders in municipal home care perceived and experienced the implementation
Denna studie undersöker hur samer har framställts i svenska historieläroböcker för gymnasiet under perioden 1970–2025. Syftet är att analysera hur språkbruk, innehåll och perspektiv har förändrats över tid samt att förstå dessa förändringar i relation till skiftande samhälleliga värderingar och politisk kultur. Studien bygger på ett omfattande källmaterial bestående av 52 läroböcker och kombinerar
Strong narrowband interference can significantly degrade the sensitivity of wideband receivers by driving front-end circuitry into nonlinear operation. This thesis presents the design, fabrication, and measurement of a 2 – 4.4 GHz electrically tunable varactor-based bandstop filter that can follow and block such narrowband interference before it causes problems in the receiver. It was developed us
The field of paleodemography focuses on reconstructing demographic patterns from past populations. Typically, sex and age data are collected from the target population and used for these reconstructions. Normally, the data is collected using morphological means of skeletal analysis. Morphological methods of analysis, especially estimation of age in adult individuals, have been scrutinized. Develop
Taylor Swift is one of today’s most beloved songwriters, however, all aspects of her work are not recognised. Swift frequently references queerness, yet this is often overlooked. Previous scholarship focused on Swift and queerness has either centred around Swift’s support for LGBTQ+ causes or the subgroup of Swift’s fans who acknowledges and embraces her expressed queerness, but textual analysis o
The thesis investigates how changes in weekly working hours for full time employees influence the structure of employment - and more precisely the distribution between full-time and part-time positions. Although policy discussions on shorter workweeks often center around productivity and the total employment level, less attention has been paid to how such reforms reshape working time arrangements
Träets inneboende motståndskraft mot svampnedbrytning studerades med hjälp av paste test metoden. Prover av tre olika träslag, rödgran (Picea abies), tall (Pinus sylvestris) och bok (Fagus sylvatica), maldes först till pulver och inokulerades sedan med två typer av rötsvampar, brunrötsvamp (Rhodonia placenta) och vitrötsvamp (Trametes versicolor). För att analysera hur olika modifieringsmetoder kaThe inherent resistance to fungal degradation of wood was studied using the paste test method. Samples of three different types of wood, Norway spruce (Picea abies), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica), were initially ground to a powder followed by being inoculated with two types of rot fungi, brown rot fungus (Rhodonia placenta) and white rot fungus (Trametes versic
This study aimed to examine the significance that a low-threshold meeting place has on everyday life, the well-being, and possible experiences of loneliness of the socially vulnerable people who visit it regularly. We used McMillan & Chavis’s theory about sense of community as a theoretical framework for our study. To gather data for the study, we conducted qualitative interviews with individu
What happens when you take a normal city and try to cram more people into it, without expanding the surface on which it can grow? Maybe you end up with something like Manhattan or Tokyo, with skyscrapers standing side by side and large roads cutting in-between them. Now we try to fit some more people in. Then you might get something similar to Hong Kong, more compact, more layered and with even le
This study focuses on children’s participation in child welfare investigations. Interviews were conducted with four child welfare caseworkers from the social services to understand how they view children’s participation and how they work to support it. The study aims to gain a better understanding of how caseworkers see children being involved, and what factors make it easier or more difficult for
This qualitative study has examined the experiences of work-related stress among Swedish social workers working in human-service organizations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the working conditions of social workers and how these impact their experiences of stress at the workplace. The purpose was also to identify preventative measures for work-related stress. The study uses a qualit
This thesis presents a case study on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in hydrology using two approaches. This topic was chosen since AI is an important tool, and water is a vital resource. The first case is on leakage detection with artificial data, while the second is on precipitation prediction with real data. For leakage detection, a random forest (RF) model and an artificial neu
The aim of this thesis was to investigate how the dimensions, placement and orientation of a combustible material can affect both fire characteristics such as flame height and heat release rate, and material characteristics such as surface lining classification. The extent of the effects was examined using a simplified version of a Single Burning Item (SBI) test. Several experiments were conducted
Detta examensarbete genomfördes i nära samarbete med Donya Tech AB, som utvecklar ett smart graviditetsband som följer fosterrörelser. Syftet med arbetet är att utveckla ett avtagbart elektronikhölje som ska integreras i plagget och skyddar den elektronik som används. Arbetet har utgått från Ulrich och Eppinger´s produktutvecklingsprocess i kombination med Rapid Prototyping, vilket möjliggjorde enThis master thesis project was carried out in close collaboration with Donya Tech AB, who are developing a smart pregnancy band that monitors fetal movements. The aim of the project is to develop a removable electronic housing that will be integrated into the garment and protect its components. The work has been based on Ulrich and Eppinger’s Product Development Process in a combination with Rapid
