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The aim of this bachelor thesis is to ascertain the value of osteoarthritis, enthesopathies in the upper extremities and humeral asymmetry as markers of activity, and their individual relation towards gender, age and social status. A total of 96 skeletons from the medieval cemetery of St. Jakob’s church in Lund was analysed. The analysis concluded that both men and women seem to have preferred to

The large development of timber activities in Sweden has induced important changes in forest composition. Today they are less old, deciduous trees and snags in Swedish forests. Such changes threaten the survival of certain bird species in Sweden. Today, bird biodiversity restoration plans try to re-establish, in harvested forests, the structural straits that will foster high bird diversity. The

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the notion of symbolization and relate it to that of ritual efficacy. It is demonstrated that terms such as “symbolization” and “symbol” are used rather loosely by prominent anthropologists and therefore require closer scrutiny. The first half of the paper explorers the notion of symbolizing in Geertz and Turner’s respective theories toward the end of erecti

The aim with this study was to by discourse analysis show how shool counselors in elementary school (grade 1-9) communicate in the school environment, regarding students with ADHD. The empirical material in this qualitative study was based on semi-structured interviews with six school counselors. The theoretical approach was departed from a social constructionism framework, and the theoretical con

The purpose of this study was to seek a deeper understanding of processes that leads to inclusion and exclusion of homeless people in the physical public space of Malmö. There has been a lot of research and current news articles about homelessness and exclusion from the public space in different parts of the world. Based on what has been written, security guards and constructions or design that ex

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur sångpedagoger med Rytmikutbildning beskriver a) sina skäl till användning av Rytmik i enskild sångundervisning, b) på vilka sätt de använder sig av Rytmik och c) vilka effekter användningen tros ge. Metoden som använts är en kvalitativ intervjustudie. Fem informanter med examen från Rytmikutbildningen vid Musikhögskolan i Malmö och som nu undervisar i The purpose of this study is to get more knowledge about how singing-teachers with a background in Eurhythmics describes a) their motives for using Eurhytmics in their individual vocal teaching, b) how they use Eurhythmics in the vocal lessons, and c) which effects it may have. The study has been implemented through qualitative interviews. The conclusions drawn from this study is that the meaning

The purpose of our research was to focus on children that were placed in foster care and from their experiences understand how that affected them in their adult life. The method of our choice for the report was a qualitative content analysis. In our report we have used empirical data from four autobiographies written by adults placed in foster care as children. A conclusion was that all adults had

In this study, our aim is to analyse if social workers construct sex and maintain gender differences in their approach to men and women with comorbidity. We define a comorbid person as someone sustained from mental illness in general and who at the same time use substances. We apply a qualitative method with semi- structured interviews where we interview social workers who work with substance use

The purpose with the thesis is to compare reasons to why fire-related spreads occur in apartment buildings and examine the significanse for the extent of property damage. The aim is to provide a basis for judging the risk of property loss and need of improved property safety in case of fire in the apartment buildings. The report has shown that several spreads have occurred through the apartment do

The purpose of this report was to examine if there was an easy way for the rescue services to get knowledge about the possible consequences regarding a fire in an area of densely-built wooden buildings. By following the method proposed in this report rescue services can get an understanding if their capacity to combat a fire in this type of area is sufficient. The method is originated in two pathw

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the characteristics of the employment conditions for a professional athlete appears, relative to the conclusion of the contract, the ongoing employment and the termination of the contract. It has been shown that sport has its own organization, with a high degree of autonomy, with its own legal framework. This does not, however, hinder labor regulati

Med et kritisk syn på vestlige individer, NGO’er samt staters intentioner om at gøre godt i udviklingslandene, belyses det hvordan denne motivation opstår. Endvidere diskuteres hvilke konsekvenser vestligt humanitært arbejde og projekter har i udviklingslandene. Selvpromovering og selvrealisering er en stor del af rollen som volontør. Ligeledes tydeliggøres det at suveræne stater, NGO’er samt elit

Med dagens ökade flexibilitet på arbetsmarknaden skapas ett behov för organisationer att möta denna flexibilitet. Detta kan bland annat uppnås genom tidsbegränsade anställningsformer; alltså allmän visstidsanställning, vikariatsanställning, säsongsanställning, arbetstagare över 67 år samt provanställning. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda hur utvecklingen har sett ut från införandet av lage

Bakgrund Radiologiska undersökningar med fluoroskopi ökar dramatiskt vilket innebär stråldosrisker för personal arbetande med fluoroskopi. Syftet med studien är att belysa hur stråldosen som personalen erhåller på händer och ögon vid fluoroskopi kan reduceras med hjälp av skyddsanordningar. Metoden som använts är en litteraturstudie baserat på åtta vetenskapliga artiklar. Resultatet visar att strå

Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka och försöka göra en sammanfattande bild av hur avrättningsplatser ser ut i Skåne och försöka hitta några återkommande faktorer som skulle kunna avslöja hur den idealiska avrättningsplatsen såg ut. Jag har studerat avrättningsplatsernas bakgrund, vilka lagar som var i bruk och hur lagen benämnde avrättningar. Samt beskrivit hur avrättningar gick till, och “A place where justice was served and death took place, the execution sites in Scania”. This essay discusses execution sites in Scania. The purpose of it is to study the province and find a pattern to the execution sites that will help future research. I am going to base my essay on other scientists written work and older maps from 1812-1820. My hopes were that I would find a pattern in the landsc

Sveriges medlemskap i EU medför att förordningar och direktiv måste implementeras. Sverige har vid flertalet tillfällen mottagit kritik både från EUkommissionen och via en anmälan från TCO, för bristande tillämpning i nationell lagstiftning vad gäller visstidsdirektivet. Kommissonen anser att Sverige inte uppfyller direktivets krav något TCO instämmer i. Svenskt Näringsliv och svenska staten bifal

Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) fungerar som en konstgjord lunga där blodet leds ut ur kroppen, syresätts och åter leds in i kroppen. Det är högteknologisk vård som ställer stora krav på sjuksköterskan och används då andra behandlingar varit effektlösa. Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskors upplevelser av att vårda patienter med ECMO. I studien intervjuades elva sjuksköters