Ett resultat av den Europeiska unionens utvidgning är att migration från unionens fattigare länder blivit ett vanligt fenomen. Den här studien undersöker euroskepticism och euroskeptiska oppositionspartier i Sverige, med fokus på Vänsterpartiet och Sverigedemokraterna och de idéer som ligger till grund för deras föreskrivna politik i frågan. För att kunna analysera respektive partis idéer har vi g

Post-harvest losses in the himalayan regions of Nepal and Bhutan are high, and current drying methods are in need of improvement. This report improves on a previously developed solar dryer design and evaluates thermal storage solutions for the ’SolarFood: Reducing post-harvest losses through improved solar drying’ project. This report uses experimental measurements to compare different dryer confi

Growing concerns about quality of life and health encourage people to adapt to healthy lifestyles and avoid the consumption of foods rich in fat, sugar, and salt. For this reason, sales of foods containing non-energy sweeteners have increased drastically in recent years. Consumers drawn to the food on the shelves that says "zero sugar" because we consider it a good alternative. Reducing

This thesis examines what have been the main drivers of inflation in Sweden in recent years. This is done through the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with marginal cost which serves as the theoretical background to explain inflationary behavior. An extension to the New Keynesian Phillips Curve with marginal cost is made by adding four suggested inflation drivers apparent in recent years. The contribu

The purpose of the contemporary lay judge system is to represent society in court and provide insight as well as influence over the nation’s legal process, while still adhering to the legal guidelines of professional judges. However, against the backdrop of globalization of societies and the resulting political polarization, the question is whether the current lay judge system provides an adequate

This thesis investigates how queer people perceive queer representations in popular media (film and TV) produced in recent years and how such representations affect queer people’s identity and self-perception, as well as how they mirror and reproduce heteronormative understandings of queerness. A cultural comparison between Czechia and Sweden in perceptions of heteronormativity and queer represent

Effectively coping with climate emotions has untapped potential to galvanize sustainability transformations. This thesis investigates how individuals cope effectively with climate change, and how to upscale coping for sustainability. First, I used a systematic literature review to define effective coping: coping that ensures emotional wellbeing and climate engagement, encompassing meaning- focused

An experiment to study mirror symmetry in the mass A = 60 region was performed at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in 2020. The fusion-evaporation reaction 40Ca + 24Mg → 64Ge* at a beam energy of 106 MeV was used to populate excited states in 62Ge. The experimental setup used was made up of various detector systems, including Gammasphere for γ-ray detection, Microball in combination with two

This thesis aims to address the rising energy costs by using IoT technology and reinforcement learning. We use historical sensor data to fit a deep reinforcement learning model that is capable of optimizing the control of a heating system in a way that minimizes energy costs, while maintaining a comfortable indoor temperature. This model-free approach uses neural networks to simulate the thermodyn

Previous scholarship has viewed the productive activities of fans—otherwise known as fan labor—as a means to successfully permeate an otherwise cluttered social media environment. The following study challenges as well as problematizes these existing assumptions by exploring: (i) fan perceptions of the ‘work’ they perform; and (ii) the distinct forms the performed ‘work’ assume, specifically in re

This research examines the volatility of the Swedish krona in regards to the Euro and US-dollar exchange rate, using both daily and monthly data ranging from the beginning of 2000 until 2022. Using this time span allows us to update previous literature on exchange rate volatility, and also incorporates recent economic events such as the great financial crisis of 2008, the 2020 covid-pandemic and t

This thesis analyses the state aid given to European airlines during the Covid-19 pandemic and looks into Ryanair’s arguments that member states discriminated between airlines, targeting their own national carriers with aid while forsaking budget airlines and non-national airlines. Two research questions were posed, investigating how member states applied the Temporary Framework for state aid set

The four fundamental freedoms granted to residents in the Community have become the pillars for fairness between economic operators and persons within the internal market. The aim of the freedoms is to prohibit any restriction or discrimination toward residents of another Member State and endorse equal treatment. Subsequently, tax laws of Member States have been scrutinised before the Court of Jus

The emergence of blockchain technology enables entrepreneurs to raise capital in an innovative way, by addressing a crowd of online investors without the need for an intermediary. This phenomenon is known as token sales, and it may have the potential to revolutionize entrepreneurial finance. However, information asymmetry is particularly severe in this context, and the need for entrepreneurs to se

Under 1900-talets andra del växte USA till en supermakt och så småningom, efter Sovjetunionens fall, hegemon inom den internationella politiken. När USA attackerades elfte september 2001 och vid den efterföljande invasionen av Afghanistan, anses ofta det amerikanska inflytandet och makten varit som allra störst. När man tjugo år senare 2021 drog sig ut ur Afghanistan menar många istället att den b

Society faces multiple and interconnected crises that require transformation. Education has long been theorized as key to transformation, yet an important driver of transformation, imagination, is marginalised within pedagogical approaches to sustainability. This thesis examines Beyond the Fossil Era (BFE), a pedagogy that invites learners to become co-creators of a speculative museum looking back

From empirical material collected through semi-structured interviews, this master’s thesis is conducting a critical discourse analysis, investigating to what extent discoursive structures entails discriminatory treatments of academically skilled refugees in the integration process of entering the Danish and Swedish labor market. Academically skilled refugees and relevant caseworkers from both Denm

Author: Shadi Taha Title: Standardization between opportunity and challenge - A qualitative study about professionals' experiences of the Individual's needs in the center (IBIC). Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort & Norma Montesino The aim of this study was to examine and analyze social workers' views and experiences on the working model (IBIC) and how they use t

En kvasi-experimentell studie med mixed design användes för att utforska effekten av en endags utbildningsintervention i Acceptance- and Commitment Therapy (ACT) för personal inom barnpsykiatrisk slutenvård. Variablerna som undersöktes var psykologisk flexibilitet, symtom på generell psykisk ohälsa, självmedkänsla och antal sjukdagar. Vidare undersökte studien hur effekten utvecklades över tid förA quasi-experimental study with mixed design was used to explore the effect of a one-day educational intervention in Acceptance- and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for personnel in psychiatric inpatient childcare. The measured variables were psychological flexibility, symptoms of general psychological distress, self-compassion and number of sick-leave days. Furthermore, the study explored how the possib

The aim of this study was to shed light on the cooperation between biological parents, foster parents and the social services regarding when a child is placed according to LVU, Lag (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga, by examining how participation and cooperation is presented in decisions made by JO (Justitieombudsmannen). This cooperation between these three parties is called th