The aim of this study was to investigate patients' experiences of involuntary hospitalization and clients' involuntary treatment of alcohol and drug addiction. Three persons were interviewed by qualitative semi-structured interviews and two internet blogs were analyzed by text analysis. The theory of Goffman's total institution was used for analyzing, as well as the concepts of paterna

La Petite Ceinture is a mysterious abandoned rail line at the heart of Paris. Once a major connector between the different train stations of the French capital, it now quietly rests hidden, as one of Paris’ long forgotten green corridors. In 2006, a joint collaboration between the elected representatives and the train company tried to come up with a plan to open it up for the public to enjoy. Th

Honor: a delicate subject without terminology - School counselors’ constructions of honor related violence About 10-15 % of the pupils in Swedish schools are estimated to be living under honor related norms in collectivistic environments. The aim of this study was to explore school counselors’ reasoning when working with students who are limited or otherwise affected due to honor related norms. T

Denna studie ämnade att studera vilka faktorer som främst motiverar universitetsstudenter på en framtida arbetsplats. Undersökningen utgick från en kvantitativ metod, där en fysisk pappersenkät användes för insamling av data. Enkäten var uppbyggd utifrån att dels undersöka arbetsmotivation i form av ekonomiska faktorer, men även arbetsegenskaper. I studien mättes åtta ekonomiska faktorer och fyra The aim of this study was to examine which factors motivate university students at a future workplace. By using a quantitative research method, data was collected through a paper survey, where the research tool consisted of a self-assessment questionnaire. The survey was constructed on the basis of investigating work motivation from two perspectives, following economic factors and work characteris

I Sverige har mängden solel ökat och mängden installerade solcellspaneler likaså. Den här uppsatsens syfte är att analysera kunskapsläget kopplat till hanteringen och den framtida återvinningen av de uttjänta solcellspaneler som installerades i Sverige mellan år 2009 och år 2018. Detta sker både genom att ta reda på vilka mängder solcellspaneler det rör sig om, och genom att undersöka de olika aktIn Sweden, the amount of solar power has increased and so has the amount of installed solar panels. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of knowledge about the handling and future recycling of the obsolete solar panels, originally installed between 2009 and 2018. This is done both by finding out the amounts of installed solar panels and by investigating the roles and attitudes

Co-dependency is a controversial concept and a social problem affecting a large group of parents whose children are addicts. The purpose of this study was to investigate how parents with co-dependents experience and describe their situation in relation to their child with substance abuse problems, and how they experience and describe the help and support of Swedish society. Material and method: To

The aim of this study is to examine the accounts in how social workers, who work with adolescents in service user positions, reasons regarding young user influence. Considering that the Children’s Rights Convention was implemented into Swedish law in 2020, and the expressed the importance of working with user-influence from Socialstyrelsen, this subject has increasingly become relevant to investig

Fluorescerande protein för att mäta aktivitet i celler För undersökning av proteiner i celler är det viktigt att rätt metod används och att den fungerar för det protein man är intresserad av. Ibland kan det finnas metoder som existerar från tidigare undersökningar. I detta arbete används cyan fluorescerande protein (CFP) för att mäta aktiviteten av transkription faktorn Spx i enskilda celler. För

The aim of this study is to explore and understand how feminism or something that resembles feminism could be portrayed visually and verbally. In order to shed light on this question, an advertising image by the clothing company Monki promulgated in 2016, is analyzed through a set of different theories, and compared to an art piece by the conceptual artist Barbara Kruger. The study demonstrates, w

Today’s sports glasses are great for rather extreme sports like biking, skiing and running often in tough weather conditions. They protect against wind, rain, blinding sun in the snow but also insects and dirt. But what about those people who perform casual sports such as gym, jogging, and yoga? I made a survey to find out the main reasons why people don’t use their own glasses while perform

District cooling is increasing in the society and in many areas two separate infrastructural systems are used for heating and cooling. It’s an expensive and inefficient solution, by utilizing the heat in the return pipe of a district cooling system, one system could be used to supply customers with both heat and cold. By conducting a case study, this master thesis intends to investigate the potent

The aim of this study was to investigate how suicide prevention is socially constructed in the news media discourse of Swedish newspapers. A total of 14 articles published in Swedish newspapers concerning suicide prevention were analyzed. The method used for this study was a qualitative text analysis. This study has a social constructivist approach and the theoretical framework is composed of fram

Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technology has experienced phenomenal success in the application of wireless charging of smartphones. With the Qi Specification becoming the dominant standard, wireless charging's convenience goes beyond cable-free charging to facilitate interoperability between chargers and devices from different vendors. For wireless charging to operate correctly, the power tr

A modern automotive vehicle is a complex technical system, containing many electronic, mechanical, and software parts. Typically, a high-end vehicle contains 70 or more electronic control units (ECUs) on average. These are controlling a large number of distributed functions, of which many are safety-critical, and adding complexity, which is surpassing 100 million lines of code. Furthermore, the co

Fire and grazing, a disaster or opportunity? Due to climate change, disturbances such as forest fires are expected to see an increase in frequency in the 21st century. Fires can increase species diversity since it can create habitats for early successional species. At least if it does not happen too often. Imagine living in a house that burns down every year, it would not be a very nice place to

Skogsbränder – mångfaldens röda riddare? Skogsbränder är ett återkommande och viktigt fenomen i naturen som har påverkat de flesta ekosystem i både tid och rum. Många organismer har anpassat sig till detta, vilket kan ses i olika anpassningar och det är allmänt vedertaget att bränder har spelat en evolutionärt avgörande roll hos många arter. I boreala ekosystem som utgör större delen av Skandinav

Human alpha-lactalbumin made lethal to tumor cells (HAMLET) is a complex formed by human alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that displays tumoricidal activity but does not kill healthy, differentiated cells. As the sequence of alpha-lactalbumin is conserved among mammals, lactalbumins from other species are expected to form oleic acid complexes with similar activity. This study investigated the tumo

The aim of the study was to explore how masculinity is problematized by young men to create a better understanding for how specific masculinity ideal and norms may affect men’s tendency to seek help for, and cope with, emotional problems. The method chosen for this study was a qualitative analysis of two different YouTube-videos with masculinity as a subject. To analyse my result, I used Connell’s

Induced Cell Aging by Radiation Aging is a natural phenomenon that affects almost all living organisms and brings with it an array of disease. In humans, aging is in part due to shortening of one’s telomeres. Telomeres are sequences of DNA at the end of our chromosomes that do not code for any genetic information. Thus, they can serve as protection, non-coding DNA taking damage that would otherwi

The aim of the thesis is to contribute to an increased understanding on how the expression of the so-called anti-gender movement is articulated in the media debate concerning The Swedish Gender Equality Agency. The aim is also to understand how the criticism directed at the Swedish Equality Authority in Sweden is placed in a larger contemporary context of antigender mobilizations. This will be don