With the scientific evidence for extensive anthropogenic climate change continuously growing stronger, the human dimension of its projected impacts is getting more and more attention. The perhaps clearest example of this is the growing interest in human rights aspects of climate change. Within the United Nations, Maldives - a small island developing country in the Indian Ocean and home to 386,000

Aktier i svenska aktiebolag skall i enlighet med nu gällande aktiebolagslagslagstiftning anges ett nominellt belopp vilket speglar det värde aktietecknaren tillskjutit bolaget. Detta system har varit gällande i Sverige sedan införandet av 1895 års aktiebolagslag då kravet på nominella värden på aktier infördes motiverat av i första hand ordningsskäl och praxis. Bruket av aktier med nominella värde

In this thesis an empirical model for optimal production of North Sea oil is implemented for the purpose of evaluation in a contemporary context. The model was presented by Pesaran in 1990 and is one of dynamic optimization where a price-taking producer faces a maximization problem subject to constraints describing production conditions. The model along with some background research is initially p

This master’s thesis in Strategic Communication uses Erving Goffman’s concepts of face and face-work to study interaction patterns in a Public Relations context. The purpose of the master’s thesis is to take a closer look at the role of interpersonal communication in relationship management between an organization and its stakeholders. To be able to do that, the research questions focused on how r

The aim of the study is to examine what kind of help the elderly get, if the elderly get the help they want, how the staff treat them and how much contact they have with others than the home-help staff. Further the study looks on how the well-being of the elderly was affected by the relationship with the home-help staff and contact with other people than the home-help staff. To conduct the study i

This thesis illustrates a method of analysing the risk management of an enterprise in its management system from a systems perspective. The method implies, by means of a model of the value chain of an enterprise, connecting the external and internal demands for risk management with the business processes of the enterprise. This is done with a view of pointing out defects in the internal demands in

Denna uppsats syftar till att bidra i sammankopplingen utav de vetenskapliga fälten Place branding och sociala medier, eftersom vi inte har funnit någon litteratur som tillgodoser denna länk. Detta leder oss in på frågan: Varför är detta område viktigt att studera? Fler och fler företag väljer idag att marknadsföra sig via sociala medier på grund av dess enkelhet, snabbhet och kostnadseffektivitet

After a decade of war in Lebanon, the company Solidere has begun with a plan to rebuild and develop the downtown Beirut. The company wants to renovate and restore the old damaged buildings, and build new modern buildings as much as possible so that Beirut once again becomes "Paris of the Middle East". Large projects are always running and the infrastructure is starting to see fairly bett

Begreppet barnets bästa är en av de fyra grundläggande principerna i Förenta Nationernas konvention den 20 november 1989 om barnets rättigheter, Barnkonventionen. Principen om barnets bästa återspeglas även inom utlänningsrätten och enligt 1 kap. 10 § utlänningslagen (2005:716) skall i fall som rör ett barn särskilt beaktas vad hänsynen till barnets hälsa och utveckling samt barnets bästa i övrigtOne of the four fundamental principles of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of a Child is that of devotion to the best interests of the child. This is written in the UNCRC Article 3 as “In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child sh

The author of this thesis wishes to contribute to transitions towards more sustainable energy systems in Argentina. In order to do so, two objectives are established. The first one refers to increasing the understanding of the transitions taken place at the local level within energy supply systems in Sweden. The second objective is to increase the understanding of the conditions that need to be in

Inledningen av Eurokrisen var dramatisk på många sätt. När Greklands egentliga ekonomiska situation uppdagades blev relationen till övriga euroländer ansträngda. Solidariteten inom Unionen var nu under prövning, något som inte minst reflekterades i media. Europeisk nyhetsrapportering började alltmer fokusera på den korruption som fanns inom landet och hur detta varit en bidragande orsak till krise

The purpose of this essay is to research the Roma People’s present education situation in Sweden. The research is based on a comparison of two reports from the Swedish Education Administration. These two reports focus on the Roma students high absence from school, because this is one if the major reasons why Roma students does not finish primary school. The harassment of the Roma People through t

The European Union is a major global political actor both in fields of trade as well as that of human rights. While the union is engaged in holding their members responsible for human rights abuses and reducing world poverty through aid and beneficial trade, its trade policy is often subject to criticism. Such critique serves as a valuable gate opener to relevant trade policy documents for this es

The report is a risk analysis of the hydrogen production plant at Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant, Sweden. The report also discusses potential hazards from the handling and storage of hydrogen gas. Principles of hydrogen gas detection and sensor technology are presented. A HAZOP-analysis of the plant is carried out, and recommendations of improvements based on the results of the analysis are made. Co

A serie of ten full scale fire scenerios has been analysed in a compartment with and without residentiual sprinkler. The production of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and oxygen was measered in two different heights in the compartment during the tests. (Swedish)

A waterflow measurement device has been developed with which it will be possible to simultaeously study both amount of water applied and its effect temperature, during firefighting in an firetraining house. Major part of the applied water is used to cool the surface of the non-flaming fuel. Short showers with the nozzle does not seem to be as effective as the longer showers, regarding both time to

This report performs a risk analysis of AB Elektrokoppar in Helsingborg with consequence analysis of a few hazards. Theoretical background about risk analysis is given by IEC standards.

The objective of this work was to examine the evacuation process in a smokefilled environment. In a series of six experiments, eight subjects (in each experiment), were instructed to walk through a smoke filled room. The time and the smoke density were measured and the subjects comments were collected. Geometry, lighting and smoke density was varied during the experiments. The smoke was of a non-i

Denna studie undersöker hur känsliga unga tjejer i åldrarna 13 och 15 år på en grundskola i Malmö är för ett subtilt stereotyphot i samband med ett mattetest. Den stereotyp som undersöktes var ”tjej = sämre på matte”. Killarna i de testade klasserna deltog också i undersökningen men det är mestadels tjejernas resultat som diskuteras i uppsatsen. Ett subtilt stereotyphot användes i form av att hälf

This study describes an aggregate relationship between exchange rate risk and foreign direct investments. The relationship is conducted by panel data estimations, with variables derived from the OLI-framework and prior research. Sample data consists of 36 countries for the time series 1991-2009. Estimations are controlled for country specific variations by using fixed effects, regional dummy varia