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This thesis investigates the unique queer male engagement with the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno and its source material, the erotic novella Belinda Blinked. While gay or bisexual males are never present in the fictional story in the book series, queer male fans are amongst the most outspoken in online communities dedicated to the show. The matter of representation of queer males in media is a curr

“The voice of unheard: Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion” is a master thesis focusing on the case study of Chai Khana, an independent media platform located in the South Caucasus and covering the gender-related stories from the region, and how it represents the voices of gender oppression and marginalisation. Through adopting a methods triang

This study aims to shed light on the personal understanding of domestic violence among elderly women. The study is based on women's personal experiences, but also on the statements of professionals who have met abused women in their work. To our aid we constructed a question; how do elderly women explain their understanding of domestic violence? The method chosen for this study was qualitative

The aim of this thesis was to investigate primary care counselors’ actions, reasoning, and available resources they utilize when meeting patients affected by domestic violence. The overall goal was also to explore different factors and patterns that arose related to the work and to assess how prepared counselors are in handling situations related to domestic violence. A qualitative methodology inv

Abstract Introduction: A great decline of wild pollinators has been observed, the decline is believed to be a result of many stressors, whereas pesticide usage being one of them. Wild pollinator insects are significantly important to maintain and preserve food production and biodiversity. Background: Pesticides are used to protect and enhance crop yield, by targeting insect and fungi pests. Imid

This paper aims to investigate the topic of education and economic growth in 38 OECD member states in eight five-year periods between 1975–2015. The main focus is to study the relationship of two aspects of education, quantity and quality, to see if there is a relationship to growth. As a quantitative measure, education is measured as the school enrollment rates on a primary- and secondary level.

In a future where smart mobility is increasingly common, it is not possible to rely only on the instruments for governance that have been used throughout the ages. Therefore, we need to map and investigate what opportunities exist for governance of smart mobility. The following essay therefore intends to investigate which governance instruments are used in Lund municipality for transport governanc

Large digital platforms impact the entire internal market of the EU. In particular, three challenges characterise their relationship with businesses and end-users, “access to data”, “imbalanced bargaining power”, and “degrading data privacy”, where the common denominator is personal data. This thesis investigates to what extent these challenges are regulated in the GDPR, Article 102 TFEU and the D

Titel: Kunden har faktiskt inte alltid rätt- En kvalitativ studie av klagomålshantering utifrån makt, ansvar och intern kommunikation Författare: Fanny Westergren och Elina Zagar Lindstad Handledare: Malin Zillinger Syfte: Syftet för detta arbete är att undersöka hur konsumentnära personal inom branschen för försäljning av skönhetsprodukter i fysisk butik upplever klagomålshanteringen inom organis

Improving the quality of education is imperative for economic development, and educating teachers has been seen as one of the main ways to increase educational quality. Yet, there is conflicting evidence about the importance or effectiveness of teacher’s education to improve student outcomes. This text makes use of the TALIS-PISA link from the OECD to disaggregate teachers’ education into the diff

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in hypersexual tendencies when comparing women with ADHD who are taking medication for their ADHD with women with ADHD who are not taking any medication. Knowledge of how a condition like ADHD can affect sexuality is of relevance to social work since this is a target group for a lot of organizations employing social workers

Sverige har ett allt mer växande renoveringsbehov. Detta till följd av att man inte har renoverat tillräckligt i kombination med att en stor del av det svenska byggnadsbeståndet uppfördes under miljonprogrammet och rekordåren. Denna utmaning kommer samtidigt som hållbarhet står högt på agendan. Renoveringar påverkar alla tre stora hållbarhetsdimensioner, ekologisk, ekonomisk och social hållbarhet.The growing need for renovations is one of the key challenges within the Swedish multifamily rental stock. Sustainable development is essential and renovations affect all three major categories of sustainability, the social, economic and ecological factors. All buildings need to be remodeled sooner or later – the question is only when and how. With this in mind it is important to understand how re

Till följd av en alltmer globaliserad värld och strävan efter flexibilitet, har den svenska arbetsmarknaden börjat präglas alltmer av osäkra anställningsvillkor där bemanningsföretag spelar en avgörande roll. Syftet med denna studie är att analysera bemanningsbranschen genom konsultchefers syn på bemanningskonsulters arbetssituation, samt diskutera på vilket sätt bemanningsbranschen riskerar att b

Our interest to perform this study surfaced after watching an investigative documentary (SVT 2022) about a vision-impaired woman having her right to assistance withdrawn for the reason that, according to the court, she did not experience “significant difficulties in her daily life”. The reason for the withdrawal was that she no longer meet the set requirement according to the requisite specified i

Online gambling as a field has created a variety of legal challenges in the EU. One of the challenges is the application of VAT on online gambling services. The topics which have been concerning EU Member States in relation to VAT and online gambling are the scope of electronically supplied services in relation to online gambling, the taxable amount of online gambling, and the correct implementati

The advancement of future generations of wireless communication and radar sensing warrants the need for mm-wave digitally controlled oscillators (DCOs) with high-frequency trade-offs in consideration. The purpose of this project is to investigate DCO topologies inspired from scientific literature. The DCO is an electronic component that takes a digital code as input to tune the output operation fr

This thesis explores the provision of memorable digital cultural experiences (MDCEs) for young audiences, thereby addressing the existing gap in the literature concerning the experience economy, digitalization in the cultural sector, and memorability of experiences. Based on qualitative in-depth interviews, the research explores cultural consumption trends, uncovers factors contributing to the mem

Sialic acids are prominent on the cell surfaces of mammalian cells and partake in modulating cellular mechanisms. N-acetyl neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) is one of the most prominent sialic acids on mammalian cells. Bacterial pathogens can acquire Neu5Ac from the environment and display them on their cell surfaces, in a process known as molecular mimicry, thus evading the immune system. Many pathogens a

The “Fundamental Review of the Trading Book” calculates the capital requirements using Expected Shortfall (ES) backtests since Value at risk (VaR) neglects losses in the tail. Additionally, real estate investments have increased significantly, which warrants an exploration of the asset class. This study applies eight different univariate GARCH models to six distinct property indices; Global, Asia

Denna studie har syftet att vägleda det svenska företaget Clemondo AB i att minska på avfall och annat slösande i deras produktion. Detta fullföljs genom att fastställa vart avfall och slösande uppkommer, samt genom att ge förslag på förbättringar, vilket presenteras i form av Key Performance Indices (KPIs) och i minskade produktionskostnader. Citation chaining används för att hämta befintlig littThis study aims to assist Swedish company Clemondo AB in reducing waste in production, where the goal is to determine where waste appears as well as make suggestions for potential improvements, which are presented as Key Performance Indices (KPIs) and minimized manufacturing costs. Citation chaining is used to retrieve extant literature, while other productions and process-related information are