The payday lending industry in Michigan grew rapidly in the first decade of the 2000s, providing high-cost loans to borrowers with a damaged credit history and few other financial options. The typical clientele of payday lenders represents a specific socioeconomic demographic, wherein they are most often the ‘working poor’. Certain demographic variables may influence the likelihood that a person w

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the effectiveness of using specific alarms for each hazard versus the effectiveness of using a single alarm for all hazards in multi-hazard facilities. The research was conducted by disseminating online questionnaires containing audio files of different alarms to occupants of multi-hazards facilities and conducting interviews with safety experts working at

The aim of this study was to analyze the experiences of professionals within certain Social services working with people seeking help for an unwanted sexuality. This unwanted sexuality can involve buying sex, experiencing loss of control in sexual context and/or unwanted sexual fantasies. In contrast to other studies in this subject, which often debates the professionals experiences of working the

This study examined how counsellors within Swedish health care experience termination of therapy. The study also examined the bonds which are established between counsellor and patient during the therapy sessions, specifically in which ways these bonds affected the counsellors’ experiences of termination. The study was qualitative and carried out by semi-structured interviews with seven counsellor

Denna uppsats behandlar den fria rörligheten för varor i relation till det svenska alkoholmonopolet. Vidare ligger fokus på Systembolaget och dess framtid om gårdsförsäljning av alkoholdrycker blir tillåtet i Sverige. De bestämmelser som är relevanta i uppsatsens undersökning är artiklarna 34, 36 och 37 FEUF. De frågeställningar som uppsatsen följaktligen syftar till att besvara är för det första This paper deals with the free movement of goods in relation to the Swedish alcohol monopoly. Furthermore, the focus is on Systembolaget and its future if farm sales of alcoholic beverages is allowed in Sweden. The provisions relevant to the essay's examination are Articles 34, 36 and 37 TFEU. The questions that the paper thus aims to answer are firstly how articles 34 and 37 relate to each ot

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Tryckskada är fortfarande ett problem inom den slutna vården. Under 2018 ökade antalet patienter med tryckskador från 13,5 % 2017 till 14,1 % 2018. Inom den perioperativa vården genomgår patienter en operation och är i de flesta fall påverkade av läkemedel och kan därmed inte röra sig och förmedla smärta som orsakas av tryck. En tryckskada orsakas av tryck, skjuv eller friktion

The aim of this study was to investigate the living situation of undocumented migrants in Skåne, Sweden and what gives them the strength to carry on. The method used for the study was a qualitative approach where we carried out the intake of information via semi-constructed interviews. The interviews were coded with a grounded theory inspired approach which means that the theories used in the anal

Activate “today” in ancient city of Dali The old city district of Dali is one of the famous tourist’s destination in Yunnan, China. More than 40 million tourists visit Dali every year to see this “ancient city.” The city continuously develops tourists facilities and its old cityscape. The development of Dali old city is highly focusing on tourism, and the city’s main streets are full of souvenir

This qualitative study explores the ways children of same-sex attracted (SSA) parents engage in everyday political resistance. Poststructuralism, Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and theoretical notions of resistance and politicization of identities are foundations of this work. Narrative methodology was used to analyze eight interviews with adult children of SSA parents along with relevant previo

Sammanfattning För ganska exakt ett år sedan, den 25 maj 2018, började dataskyddsförordningen, Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning (EU) 2016/679 av den 27 april 2016, om skydd för fysiska personer med avseende på behandling av personuppgifter och om det fria flödet av sådana uppgifter och om upphävande av direktiv 95/46/EG (allmän dataskyddsförordning), allmänt känd som GDPR efter engelskansAbstract Approximately one year ago, on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), known as the GDPR, appl

Syftet med uppsatsen var att utifrån en transformativ och kritisk realistisk ansats bidra till kunskap om hur en kan tänka kring makt i psykologiskt behandlingsarbete genom att undersöka unga kvinnliga psykologers tankar kring, och sätt att hantera, makt i sitt arbete med patienter. Data genererades via nio semistrukturerade intervjuer med psykologer med erfarenhet av psykologisk behandling av vuxThe purpose of the study was to, from a transformative and critical realistic approach, generate knowledge about perspectives of power in psychological treatment. This was examined through interviews with young female psychologists and their thoughts on and how to deal with power in their therapeutic work. Data was collected through nine semi-structured interviews with psychologists based on their

Demand for plant products has increased in recent years. To produce a vegetable yogurt with good taste and with the right consistency is problematic without the milk protein casein. Product development of a vegetable yoghurt type product was made. Collaboration with Veg of Lund AB was performed on their currently existing products My Foodie blueberries, raspberry and sea buckthorn with a focus on

The aim of our study was to investigate how young adults describe the availability of support from their close friendships in stressful situations, and how this support affects their well-being in these situations. We gathered our empirical data by conducting qualitative semi-structured interviews with young adults aged 23-27. The empirical material was then analyzed using stress buffer theory and

I denna uppsats undersöks översättningen av de franska dåtidstempusen passé simple och imparfait till svenska med fokus på aspekt och stil. Uppsatsen är en fallstudie av romanen Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier av Patrick Modiano och den svenska översättningen För att du inte ska gå vilse i kvarteret gjord av Anna Säflund-Orstadius. Uppsatsens utgångspunkt är att aspekt i franskan utt

Huvudentreprenörer anlitar idag underentreprenörer i större utsträckning än vad det har gjorts tidigare i bygg- och anläggningsbranschen. Underentreprenörer anlitas för att utföra speciella moment i ett projekt där det krävs spetskompetens samt för att stärka upp med arbetskraft hos huvudentreprenören. Eftersom underentreprenörer är vanligt förekommande i bygg- och anläggningsbranschen så är syftMain contractors today employ subcontractors to a greater extent than previously in the construction industry. Subcontractors are hired to perform special tasks in a project where there is a need for expertise and for strengthening the workforce of the main contractor. Since subcontractors are common in the construction industry, the purpose of this study is to identify crucial factors in a colla

The purpose of this thesis is to study eight municipal social workers views on reasons for religiosity among addicts and if the religious engagement has any effect on their quest for permanent sobriety and recovery. Eight municipal social workers were interviewed through the method of semi-structured interviews. The main conclusions are that the religiosity among addicts is due to deprivation, soc

This thesis proposes a hierarchical clustering algorithm for time series, comprised of a variational autoencoder to compress the series and a Gaussian mixture model to merge them into an appropriate cluster hierarchy. This approach is motivated by the autoencoders good results in dimensionality reduction tasks and by the likelihood framework given by the Gaussian mixture model. In contrast to simi

Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur svensklärare går till väga vid en bedömning av en elevtext, resultatet av den bedömningen, och hur de arbetar med bedömning löpande under ett läsår för att säkra en likvärdig och rättssäker betygsättning. För att ta reda på detta ombads åtta aktiva svensklärare bedöma en elevtext i kursen Svenska 1. Lärarna blev intervjuade efter avslutad bedömning, där The aim of this study was to examine how Swedish teachers assess an individual student paper, the result of that assessment, and how they work with assessment in general during the school year in order to secure equivalent and reliable grading. To accomplish the aim for the study, eight Swedish teachers in upper secondary school were asked to grade a student paper written for the course Svenska 1.

Recent studies have repeatedly emphasized that property crime is a consequence of unemployment as well as income inequality. Reported property crimes and the rate of unemployment have steadily been decreasing in Sweden. In contrast, the inequalities in income have increased considerably. This study therefore aims to determine whether the decrease in reported property crimes partially is caused by