Bakgrund: I en tid med hårdnande konkurrens, där utbudet ofta är större än efterfrågan, tvingas organisationer till effektivisering. Därav har vikten av att implementera ett starkt varumärke ökat, via denna kan kunden upplysas om produkt, kvalitet samt funktion. Efter den svenska skolreformen infördes, vilket innebar att skolväsendet öppnade upp sina portar för konkurrens, har betydelsen av varumä

Unhealthy workplaces can be seen as one of the leading issues regarding society’s high costs for ill health in Sweden. However research has shown that the personnel’s well-being has grown to be of bigger interest during the last few decades. The reason for this is that a connection has been made between the personnel’s well-being and the effectiveness of the organisation. Furthermore the responsib

Diseases and hunger is a cause of high infant and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Harsh environments in early life have been shown to leave the survivors permanently affected causing worse adult health and lower human capital. This environmental impact on health determined in early life can stretch over generations, e.g. through lower parental capabilities and socioeconomic status. In this

Examensarbetet undersöker problematiken i Sverige med impregneringsmedlet kreosot som finns träsliprar, utifrån användning, konsekvenser, avveckling och kostnader. Informationsinsamlingen har genomförts med litteraturstudier och intervjuer med presoner som har kunskap om ämnet. Det är viktigt att identifera hur giftigt kreosot är i anläggningen samt hur mycket det finns i Sverige. Det krävs att al

Sweden has approximately 20 200 kilometers of gravel roads, annually maintained at a great cost for society and entrepreneurs. Nowadays stakeholders agree on efficient ways on practicing the maintaining activities; however the knowledge has not yet been assembled. It is therefore in the interest of the entrepreneurs to gather valuable information from experts in order to distinguish the most profi

In 2012 the Swedish government decided that Sweden’s first high speed rail shall be constructed. The railway is titled Ostlänken and forms a part of a potential high speed rail network. It also sets the technical standard for the new network, and therefore the possibility to improve technical solutions should be evaluated. The Swedish power supply system currently in use differs from the internati

The kind of electoral system in use in a democracy affects voters possibilities regarding the number of parties/candidates any individual is allowed to support and if there is an opportunity to vote against parties/candidates that he or she does not want to see in power. In this study 235 Swedes were participated in a survey about how they experienced three different electoral systems regarding hoThe purpose of this study was to examine the relation between technostress, performance based self-esteem (PBS) and burnout among employees, further if technostress beyond PBS could act as a predictor for burnout. The participants in the study were white collar workers from a Swedish manufacturing industry who on a daily basis were using computer and information technology in their work. These com

Grit, the “passion and perseverance for long-term goals” (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews & Kelly, 2007, p. 1087) is strongly related to success in goal attainment even under challenging circumstances. The current thesis investigated how grit relates to three aspects of well-being: psychological well-being (PWB), life satisfaction, and harmony in life. This relationship is approached through the

I simulate the collision of satellite galaxies with the Milky Way and observe the effects that this has on the orbits of the globular cluster populations within both the Milky Way and the satellite galaxies. This is done in order to investigate whether some of the Milky Way's globular clusters could have been donated from satellite galaxies which have been tidally stripped, since it is believe

Barn med mild till svår hörselnedsättning och cochleaimplantat (CI) eller hörapparat (HA) uppvisar ofta nedsatt eller försenad utveckling inom språkliga områden. För korrekt och effektiv intervention är det viktigt att kartlägga vilka språkliga förmågor som är nedsatta samt vilka samband som finns mellan dessa. I föreliggande studie granskas taltydlighet, meningsförståelse (testad med Test for Rec

De mänskliga rättigheterna yrkar på universella rättigheter för alla världens människor. Dessa rättigheter bör överordna kulturella variationer som i sin tur bör ignoreras till förmån för de mänskliga rättigheterna. Således är appliceringen av de mänskliga rättigheterna inte så enkel som det till synes verkar då verkligheten skiljer sig från teoretiska antagande. Finns det universella handlingar s

Denna uppsats är en redaktionskritisk analys av den relation mellan Jesus och Johannes döparen som Matteus skapar i sin framställning av Jesu dop. Som en redaktionskritisk analys bygger den vidare på tidigare forskning av Günther Bornkamm, John P. Meier och Walter Wink. Den redaktionskritiska ger vid handen att denna relation inte är ett lokalt fenomen begränsat till Matt 3:13-17, utan att relatio

Popular science The carbon balance of the forest ecosystems is determined by the uptake and release of carbon. Forests take up carbon dioxide (CO2) by photosynthesis and release by respiration. One part of the assimilated carbon is respired back to the atmosphere by vegetation. The other part is respired by soil microbes which decompose organic material in soil. The microbial respiration is contro

Uppsatsen diskuterar utifrån feministisk och postkolonial teori hur det rasifierade moderskapet gestaltas i de två diktsviterna Brytningen och Vistvit.

The stimulus for this essay was given by the fact that life expectancy in certain countries started to increase long before the development of modern medicine. Having as a principal axis the so called „urban penalty‟, the analysis was limited in two port cities; Glasgow and Malmö. Data on crude, age-specific and disease-specific mortality were used over the period 1800-1914 in order to identify th

Huvudsyftet med studien var att undersöka om kreativitet påverkas av en vanlig miljöaspekt, irrelevant bakgrundsljud. Kreativitetstestet, “TCT-DP”, användes för att betrakta kreativitet från ett brett och gestaltorienterat perspektiv. Deltagarna var 83 studenter som testades under två olika förhållanden, med och utan bakgrundsljud. Resultatet från ett t-test för oberoende grupper visade att experiThe main focus of the study was to investigate the relationship between irrelevant background sound and creativity. A creativity test which intends to measure creativity in a gestalt-oriented and broad way, “TCT-DP”, was used. The participants, 83 students, were tested under two different conditions, one with and one without bakground sound. The results from using a t-test for independent samples

Unprecedented global challenges demand all-encompassing modification of societal realms to ensure life support functions and human development. In the absence of adequate responses to climate change at a global level and the need for place-based adaptation, local governments are gaining increasing attention to govern and implement solution options to foster sustainability transitions. In this cont

The basis of this study lies in implementing Information systems (IS) and the related issue of user resistance. An IS-implementation can be a challenging process and there are numerous pitfalls. One of these pitfalls is the emergence of user resistance, and previous research indicates the management of user resistance can be affected by contextual factors of the IS-implementation. The purpose of t

Senare forskning kring fysisk aktivitet och träning visar en klar bild av dess positiva effekter på såväl kropp som sinne. Trots detta är en stor del av befolkningen fast i en stillasittande vardag. Denna studie har undersökt faktorer som ligger bakom ens motivation att träna. Denna uppsats har med hjälp av Expectancy-Value-teorin undersökt vilka träningsrelaterade mål som urvalet värderar högt ocRecent research on physical activity and exercise reveals a clear picture of its positive effects on both body and mind. Despite this, a large part of the population is stuck in a sedentary lifestyle. This study has examined factors behind one’s motivation to exercise. By using the Expectancy-Value Theory we’ve examined which exercise-related goals people value most, and to what degree they think