Vårt intresse för barnböcker har gett oss en insikt om hur viktigt det är att ta upp ämnen som kan visa en ung människas väg mot en egen identitet i ett samhälle som gärna vill stöpa oss i bestämda former. Utifrån detta perspektiv har vi gjort valet att analysera en barnboksvärld hos en av Sveriges idag mest populära barnboksförfattarinnor, Pija Lindenbaum, som har blivit uppmärksammad för att hon

En av de mest anmärkningsvärda förändringarna i Europas familjerätts-system är framväxten av rättsverkningar kopplat till samboskap. Denna utveckling har även under det senaste årtiondet följts av en snabb förändring av samhällsattityderna gentemot samkönade par vilket har lett till ökat rättsligt erkännande i många av EU:s medlemsländer. Ett område av EU-rätten som potentiellt skulle kunna påverkOne of the most remarkable changes in European family law systems is the development of new institutions that provide a legal status for unmarried couples. Over the last decade, this change has also been accompanied by a rapid evolution of social attitudes towards same-sex couples that has lead to legal recognition in many Member States of the EU. An area of EU law where such developments could ha

Personal computers (PC) have become an indispensable product in modern life. Along with the growing volume of computers, the environmental burden and impact at the end-of-life phase known as e-waste become significant. Considering the material-intensive nature of the production of computers, and the environmental burdens caused by landfills, incinerations and improper recycling activities, persona

Uppsats ämnar beskriva hur arbetsprocessen med stiftelser ser ut i kommuner samt tillsynen av dessa. Detta för att analysera om kommuner sköter sitt åtagande att förvalta stiftelser på ett lagenligt sätt och i kommuninvånarnas intresse. Detta görs genom tre fallstudier på Malmö, Trelleborg och Helsingborgs kommun. Vi har haft som utgångspunkt att analysera den insamlade data med hjälp av agentteor

Det finns inga internationella åtaganden som innebär en skyldighet för Sverige att ge parter i tvistemål tillgång till en prövning av en andra instans. Dock ska parter enligt Europakonventionen om skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och de grundläggande friheterna tillförsäkras en rätt till domstolsprövning och en rättssäker process. En möjlighet till överprövning av den första instansens avgöranEven though the definition of legal certainty is controversial, it may be considered generally accepted that the substantive aspect of legal certainty requires that judicial decisions are substantially right. It is also quite clear that the formal aspect of legal certainty includes a requirement of predictability concerning judicial decision making. Sweden has no enforceable international obliga

The aim of this essay is to examine whether house price appreciation can be understood as a result of low-interest policies. According to the Austrian theory of the business cycle, credit expansion triggered by expansive monetary policies causes disturbances and misallocations within the economy‟s productive structure, which effectively creates periods of booms and busts. This period of boom and b

The purpose of this study was to gain deeper understanding of how family members to people who died from ALS or malign brain tumours experienced the time from when the diagnosis was given to the actual time of decease. The frame of questions during this investigation was: How was the diagnosis given? How did the family members experience the care provided by the hospital’s neurological department?

This thesis comprises a review of the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System (FBP) with the aim to introduce its main structure, function, limitations and operational features to the Swedish wildland fire community. In short, FBP is a system with which simulations can be made to predict the behavior of wildland fires. FBP has many areas of application, among others as a decision support t

This study examined the correlations between a creative organizational climate, work related well-being and coping within two Swedish mid-sized organizations. The study also investigated whether well-being and coping could predict a creative climate and if a creative climate also implied innovation in organizations, measured through the recently created 'Innovationsskalan'. The study wa

This essay is analyzing how robots and other artificially created beings speak in Japanese video games and how this is translated into English. This is done through two investigations. The first investigation aims to find common tendencies in the language use of robots, through an analysis of three separate video games. The conclusion drawn is that artificially created beings speak a polite, gende

The aim for the thesis is to study the impact of architecture on energy use. Methods: The work has been executed through a sensitivity analysis with calculation of energy use as the mathematical model – the architecture has been varied and all others parameters have been held constant. The calculations have been performed in the energy simulation software VIP-Energy. Results: The thesis has result

Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att utifrån uppsatsens teoretiska ramverk undersöka styrelsens roll vid utformning, utförande och uppföljning av strategi med hjälp av en fallstudie. Metod: Uppsatsens ansats är deduktiv och datainsamlingen har skett genom intervjuer med styrelseledamöter och konsulter enligt kvalitativ metod. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Det teoretiska perspektivet utgår från Corporate go

The purpose of this study was to illustrate which conditions people with a service users perspective considers important to leave and avoid reccurence to crime. The study was based on qualitative interviews with five people who earlier have been in jail and today live socialy integrated in the swedish society. The theoretical perspective was based on social psychology with a principally base of so

Abstract Authors: Nina Svärd and Susanne Ekerholm Title: Resilient children (Maskrosbarn) – from weed to flower [Translated title] Supervisor: Christina Erneling Assessor: Anders Lundberg The purpose of our study was to examine children’s resilience when they grow up in a dysfunctional family and how they were able to handle long-term stress. We wanted to compare different group’s ways of describi

In February 2009, ST‐Ericsson was formed as a joint venture bringing Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST‐NXP Wireless together, creating an industry leader in development and design of wireless semiconductor components and platforms. The new company became one of the top players in wireless semiconductors. During the integration, purchasing of indirect material at ST‐Ericsson was outsourced to an out

Bakgrund: Tillgängligheten på text i elektronisk form har exploderat, framförallt med utvecklingen av internet. Även beräkningskpaciteten hos datorer de senaste 20 åren har haft en otrolig utveckling. Detta tillsammans har gjort det möjligt att analysera textmassor på ett mycket enklare sätt. Kairos Future har i ett joint venture tillsammans med IT-konsultföretaget A3J under det senaste året utvec