Det nyligen antagna direktivet om tillräckliga minimilöner i Europeiska unionen har resulterat i en oro på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Med tanke på motståndet är det aktuellt att undersöka vilken påverkan direktivet kommer att ha på den svenska lönebildningsmodellen och om det stämmer att kollektivavtalssystemet riskerar att urholkas. Fokus ligger på om direktivet kommer att påverka arbetsmarknadThe recently adopted directive on adequate minimum wages in the European Union has raised voices of concern on the Swedish labour market. With the resistance in mind it is relevant to explore what impact the minimum wage directive will have on the Swedish model of formation of wages and if the model really is at risk of being undermined. The focus of the essay is set to investigate what impact the

Catalytic partial oxidation of methane (CPOM) is an energy-efficient alternative to steam reforming, the currently prevailing method for energy production from natural gas. Hulteberg Chemistry & Engineering AB has developed a catalyst for the partial oxidation of methane into syngas, for use in solid oxide fuel cells. In its current form, the catalyst rapidly deactivates, causing increased mat

Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa ökar och det finns behov av ytterligare rehabiliteringsmetoder för målgruppen. Naturbaserade interventioner (NBI) är en metod som visat sig bidra till positiva hälsoeffekter och har flera gemensamma teoretiska utgångspunkter med arbetsterapi. Aktivitetsvärde är centralt inom arbetsterapi och betydelsefullt för personer med psykisk ohälsa. Emellertid är forskningsområdet beBackground: Mental illness is increasing and there is a need for additional rehabilitation methods for the target group. Nature-based interventions (NBI), which give positive health effects, have several common theoretical starting points with occupational therapy. Occupational value is a core concept in occupational therapy and shown to be significant for people with mental illness. However, rese

Aiding farmers with their tremendous task of sustainably and cost-efficiently feeding the world is of utmost importance. Information technology plays a crucial role in supporting farmers and supplying them with accurate information about their crops. The information gives farmers operative benefits, such as optimized timing of fertilization and plant protection to name a few. Satellite optical i

Age is one of our seven grounds of discrimination and the one that causes the most people to feel discriminated. In addition, it is a basis to which there are numerous of statutory exceptions which, despite the Discrimination Act, allow employers to disadvantage or discriminate people because of their age. The purpose of this essay was to investigate why and when it is permitted to make exceptions

Barn och ungdomar med obesitas riskerar att utveckla depression, ångest, ätstörningar och en låg hälsorelaterad livskvalitet. Dessutom är viktrelaterad mobbning ytterligare en riskfaktor som påverkar den psykisk hälsan. Denna tvärsnittsstudie ämnade således att undersöka förekomst av och samvariation mellan självskattade symtom på depression, ångest och ätstörningar samt påverkad hälsorelaterad liChildren and adolescents with obesity are at risk of developing depression, anxiety, eating disorders and a low health-related quality of life. In addition, weight-related bullying is another risk factor that can influence mental health. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the frequency of and covariation between self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and eating disorders as well as

Bakgrund: När ambulanspersonal ankommer till olycks- eller sjukdomsplats är sjuksköterskans första uppgift att bedöma, åtgärda och behandla patientens luftväg. Luftvägshantering hos patienter med svår luftväg är en komplex uppgift som generellt är svårare i den prehospitala kontexten jämfört med intrahospital miljö. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att utreda, sammanställa och analysera ambulanspers

Ett aktivt jämställdhetsarbete i Sverige är någonting som är ytterst aktuellt i samhället i stort idag, som har varit aktuellt tidigare och som är aktuellt fram till dess att jämställdhet är uppnått. I det samhälleliga jämställdhetsfrämjande arbetet innehar arbetsmarknaden en betydande roll för hur normstrukturen vad gäller exempelvis könsfördelning och därmed även hur maktbalansen könen emellan sSweden's work towards gender equality is current on a social level and will continue to be current until the genders are as it says; equal. The promotion of gender equality work is important to the “standard structure” (normstruktur) which is an underlying source to the distribution in the terms of gender (könsfördelning) which also affects the balance of power between the genders on the labou

Paediatric tumour in brain and spinal cord is the second most common form of cancer in childhood. Previous research has shown inconclusive results regarding the neurocognitive outcomes of patients treated with surgery alone. The purpose of this retrospective, longitudinal study, was to explore the trajectories of neurocognitive functioning for these patients. Participants (N=107) with a paediatric

The purpose of this essay is to investigate the attitudes of Swedish citizens towards the amount of migration. Furthermore, how these attitudes relate to whether the citizen believes that migration makes Sweden a better or worse country to live in. Through a discourse analysis, investigate whether the attitude portrayed by the media matches the statistical results and how these relationships diffe

Barn och unga i åldrarna 15-20 år är den åldersgrupp i det svenska samhället som begår flest brott i förhållande till gruppens andel av befolkningen. Forskningen visar att ungdomsbrottsligheten har legat på en stabil nivå och till och med minskat de senaste åren. Trots den till synes positiva statistik där kriminaliteten bland unga tycks minska så ser vi en samhällsutveckling där brottsligheten krChildren and young adults between the ages of 15-20 are the age group that commits the most crimes in relation to their proportion of the population in Sweden. Studies have shown that youth crime rates have remained stable or even decreased in recent years. Despite this positive trend, there is a growing concern that criminal activity is becoming increasingly prevalent among younger age groups. In

Arbetsgivaren har rätt att leda och fördela arbetet för sin verksamhet. Arbetstagaren har samtidigt en skyldighet att utföra arbete för sin arbetsgivare som arbetstagaren sedan betalas tillbaka i form av lön. Arbetsgivaren får däremot inte beordra arbetstagaren att utföra vilket arbete som helst eller omplacera en arbetstagare utanför ramen för anställningen om inte det finns godkända skäl för detThe employer has the right to direct and distribute the work for his own business. At the same time the employee has an obligation to carry out work for his employer in exchange for payment in the form of salary. On the other hand the employer may not order the employee to carry out all forms of labor or decide where the employee shall carry out the work. The essay clarifies what the employer’s wo

Syftet med studien är att undersöka fyra HR-konsulters erfa-renheter och upplevelser av att arbeta med kompetensbase-rad rekrytering i Malmö stad, vilket utförts genom en kvali-tativ studie i form av fyra enskilda semistrukturerade inter-vjuer. Dessa fyra intervjupersoner har utifrån erfarenheter och upplevelser definierat begreppet kompetensbaserad re-krytering, beskrivit upplevelsen av införande

When we first encounter past traumatic experiences in ourselves, we are left with a conundrum; how are we to move forward in our everyday lives and thrive, rather than just cope and survive? By participating in the Belly2Belly ritual, providing analytical reflections and a detailed account from an auto-reflexive perspective, I attempt in this thesis to show, through the Belly2Belly ritual, how par

The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze school counselors' understanding of the phenomenon of hemmasittare and their work with these students. To accomplish this study we had a qualitative approach and conducted six semistructured interviews with school counselors who worked in Swedish compulsory schools. One of the participants was found by a snowball selection and the rest of th

The aim of this study was to examine how people with disabilities are described in Swedish newspapers and how these descriptions relate to the theory of stereotypes and stereotyping. Two research questions were answered: 1) How are people with disabilities described in Swedish newspapers? And 2) how do these descriptions contribute to upholding or challenging stereotypes about people with disabili

This paper examines the impact of the Paris agreement on firms on the Swedish stock market. Additionally, the firms were also categorized into sustainable and unsustainable firms by their Environmental Pillar Score (which is part of the ESG score) in order to investigate performance differences between the two groups. On top of that, a comparison between sustainable firms with the market index OMX

The purpose of this study is to distinguish and understand the challenges of working within Swedens' National Board of Institutional Cares juvenile institutions and how the treatment assistants handle these challenges. Treatment assistants who work at SiS (Statens institutionsstyrelse) juvenile institutions are their shifts locked in with juveniles who have a wide range of norm-breaking behavi

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur individers uppfattning om brott, offerskap och skuld påverkas av framingseffekter och kognitiva bias. Uppsatsen syftade till att utvärdera dessa effekter med avstamp i teorier om idealiska offer, victim blaming och just world theory. Studiens två hypoteser var följaktligen att (1) en positiv framing samt ett mindre idealt offer av brottsscenariot skulleThis study has the purpose to investigate how individuals’ perception of crime, victimhood and guilt is influenced by framing effects and cognitive bias. The paper set out to evaluate these effects through the theories of ideal victims, victim blaming and just world theory. The study's two hypotheses were therefore that (1) a positive framing and a less ideal victim of the crime scenario would

Livsmedelssäkerhetens möjligheter Under årtusenden har människan hittat nya sätt att säkert äta sin mat på. Redan under stenåldern bemästrade människan konsten att tillaga kött. Att tillaga kött genom att hetta upp den över en låga visade sig leda till att risken att bli sjuk minskade kraftigt. Självklart visste inte stenåldersmänniskorna varför det var så, men idag vet vi att det beror på att tiThe purpose of this study was to investigate how food safety measures have developed over the last two decades; how the resent 2020 pandemic affected food safety- and control; how effective the current methods are; and what potential new methods might exist in the coming decade. This study was executed as a combined literary study, where current scientific studies and reports where analysed, and a