To feel good is something most of us strive for in life. Research has shown that it is possible to increase subjective well-being by use of different self-help techniques from the field of positive psychology. The aim of this study was to investigate if it is possible to decrease depressive symptoms and increase the subjective well-being in a group of district nurses by applying a self-help techni

Uppsatsen undersöker hur och varför användandet och den lexikala betydelsen av ordet kring förändrats mellan 1965 och 2008. Den tar avstamp i semantikens teorier om ords betydelser, särskilt den kognitiva lingvistiken med dess tillämpning av våra mentala bilder av omvärlden, inklusive prepositioners betydelse. Teorierna har verktyg för att utforska ords flertydighet, och urskilja de olika betydels

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka Svenska kyrkans kyrkomötes syn på religionsfrihet i samband med den förnyade debatten kring förändrade relationer mellan kyrka och stat åren 1995-1999. Religionsfriheten är en central mänsklig rättighet och i debatten kring förändrade relationer mellan kyrka och stat har det anförts att full religionsfrihet först kan bli verklighet när kyrkan skiljts från

Förändring inom serviceorganisationer har blivit allt viktigare eftersom organisationerna bara blir fler och fler och konkurrensen om de medvetna kunderna ökar.Det har skapats en mentalitet kring att förändring och innovation är ett måste för att nå framgång och inte hamna i skuggan av drivande entreprenörer och pionjärer. Det har blivit en nödvändighet att följa samhällets trender för att vara me

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om, och i så fall hur, det är möjligt för organisationer att med hjälp av storytelling uppnå målkongruens. Vi ämnar bidra med nya infallsvinklar om intern storytelling som organisationer kan ha nytta av i skapandet av effektiva och framgångsrika verksamheter. Vi arbetade utifrån följande frågeställningar: - Hur och varför används storytelling inom organisa

This research presents a case study of the tourism development in China in Yunnan & Zhejiang Provinces. Yunnan is a typical western under-developed province famous for the minorities’ culture and tourism resources, especially natural subtropical and tropical landscape. While Zhejiang is a well-developed province with less tourism resources but popular tourism destination along the east coast C

Family policy and its role in increasing female employment is a concern for national governments as well as supranational organisations such as the EU. The purpose of this thesis is to examine recent developments in family policy in Sweden and the UK, such as the introduction of a home care allowance in Sweden and proposals for flexible parental leave in the UK, to see whether there is policy conv

Problem/Bakgrund: Många minderåriga förvärvsarbetar vid sidan av studier vid grundskola och gymnasium. Lagstiftaren tillåter i Sverige idag 13-16-åringar att arbeta bara i liten utsträckning emedan gruppen som fyllt 16 (samt uppfyllt skolplikten) men ännu inte 18 år omges av betydligt lösare regleringar. I praktiken är målsman den enda som kan förbjuda gymnasieeleven att skaffa sig ett extrajobb.

The thesis investigates whether moving average technical trading rules can be applied profitably to ETFs of a wide range of commodities and indices, as well as directly to these underlying assets. It concludes that moving average strategies are not profitable in general, yet there are a few which can achieve excess profits for certain assets. The results were statistically tested using the bootstr

According to traditional economic theory an environment with free competition is seen as the only environment where optimal allocation of resources and thus a maximizing of consumer welfare and economic growth can be achieved. Successful enforcement of Competition law is considered vital for the achievement of its objectives. Throughout the history of the EU the enforcement of Competition law has

The European Court of Justice has established many fundamental principles with its case law, but one of the most important was created in the Cassis de Dijon case, where an open-ended list of mandatory requirements was first introduced, opening up new possibilities for Member States to justify measures that hinder the free movement of goods. One question has however not been answered, and that i

On 25 May 1993, the United Nation Security Council took the extraordinary and unprecedented step to establish the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as means for restoration and maintenance of international peace and security. This was a major event for the all those who are concerned about serious breaches of international humanitarian law and the introduction of law

The duty of utmost good faith in the marine insurance contract law and the duty of good faith in the general contract law are quite similar in nature. Former recognises that the parties must make true representation and must disclose all material information while latter recognises the duty of representation only and does not at all recognise the duty of disclosure. The parties in the marine insu

Abstract: Using the vector error correction model, the relationship between trade and poverty is examined in this thesis. We have run eight models for two measures of poverty and mean per capita expenditure for six groups of expenditure in Iran from 1984 to 2005. The independent variables used in the models are: non-oil GDP, inflation, export share of GDP and import Share of GDP. Also, we have use

The main purpose of this study is to observe and consequently describe and provide a perspective on the meeting and interaction between the hospital clown and younger children, their parents and respectively older children, hospitalized for a limited period: How does the clown interact with the child and how does the child (and the parents) interact and engage with the clown? In addition, I have

The present study is a comparative analysis of the effects of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) through the i2010 eGovernment Action Plan on two categories of EU member states: leaders and laggers, the latter of which has been divided into two categories. It examines the development of eGovernment within the categories mentioned above based on the EU‟s annual eGovernment benchmark reports. Fur

This study sets out to examine how different kinds of organisations work with sustainability issues. It compares one private and one public actor, which are regarded as forerunners in sustainability work, namely Tetra Pak and the municipality of Malmö. Interviews with informants within the organisations form the basis for the analysis. The study uses theories regarding differences between public a

The aim of this study is to further the understanding of why dual citizenship continues to reappear in Dutch debates while dual citizenship has remained rather uncontested in Sweden for the last decade. Differences in the in which terms dual citizenship is discussed and the way dual citizenship is perceived is put forward as a possible explanation for this difference between the countries. Using L

This thesis answers the question what causes the increased level of authority of international organizations in general and in the Council of the Baltic Sea States in particular. This is a qualitative research with wide angle view on the case study of the Council of the Baltic Sea States. The analysis of the case is done by relying mainly on primary sources, such as official documentation of the C