The automobiles of today are getting more fuel efficient in order to meet future emission standards. It is also important to have more fuel efficient engines than the competitors. The consequence is that engine development is intensified and more ideas needs to be tested thoroughly. One of the ideas at Volvo cars is a tumble flap. The tumble flap is controlled to close a predefined part of the int

Uppsatsen hade syftet att presentera kvalitetssäkringsbrister som eventuellt uppstod vid användandet av agila arbetsmetoder i utvecklingsprojekt. För att identifiera vad som ansågs vitalt för kvalitetssäkring inom agila utvecklingsprojekt utfördes en litteraturstudie som således ledde till framtagandet av en rad centrala beståndsdelar. Utifrån de identifierade centrala beståndsdelarna arbetade vi

Skolan är ett hett ämne i dagens debatt och problem som har lyfts fram på senare år är att svenska ungdomar lär sig för lite i skolan och att många hoppar av eller går ut gymnasiet med ofullständiga betyg. Uppsatsförfattaren arbetar själv som lärare på en folkhögskola och möter där framförallt unga vuxna som går där av ovan nämnda skäl. Kanske kan deras berättelser säga oss något om både skolans u

IT-branschen är i ständig förändring och agila systemutvecklingsmetoder är det som i allra högsta grad har populariserats, varav Scrum praktiseras av mer än hälften av de som anammar agila metoder. Rollen projektledare suddas ut och produktägaren är personen med störst mandat. Produktägarrollen innebär ansvaret till flera av de traditionella rollernas ansvar kombinerat. Tidigare forskning visar at

By employing a critical discourse analysis, this study will examine the media debate on freedom of speech in the light of the terrorist attack in Copenhagen. The empirical material used for this purpose consists of 82 newsarticles, which were selected from the Nordic news archive Mediearkivet (Retriever Research). Furthermore, using Jürgen Habermas’s theory of communicative actions, this study exa

Syfte: Uppsatsen ser till vilken påverkan Instagram har på konsumenters resekonsumtion. Syftet med arbetet är att analysera och skapa en djupare insikt i hur studenters resekonsumtion påverkas av de bilder som publiceras på Instagram och hur dessa i sådant fall kommer till uttryck. Vi studerar också i vilket steg i beslutsprocessen som Instagram påverkar resekonsumtionen mest. Metod: Uppsatsen äPurpose: This paper deals with the impact Instagram has on consumers travel consumption. The aim of this paper is to analyse and create a deeper insight into how students travel consumption are affected by the pictures published on Instagram and how they are expressed. We also examine in which step of the buyer decision process Instagram affects travel consumption the most. Method: This study use

The purpose of this study is to gain a higher level of understanding of how children act and handle a violent home environment, using social workers experiences of working with children growing up in a violent home. The focus of the study is that violence is performed by the father against the mother. The study was based on a qualitative method; I preformed semi-structured interviews with five soc

Den ökade individualiseringen i samhället har bidragit till att den sociala rörligheten ökar. Individen är inte lika bunden som tidigare vid familj, kollegor, grannar, arbete samt sin relation till omvärlden. Med hänsyn till detta anser flera sociologer (Beck, Bauman & Giddens) att individen associerar personligt ansvar med sitt öde i det moderna samhället. På detta sätt skapar individen riskh

Sweden has been a "stand-alone" case since 1992 when the krona was set on a free float. The primary aim of this thesis is to compare the economic development of Sweden during 1985-2014 to the core EMU countries of Germany and France and the periphery countries of Italy and Spain. Eleven main economic indicators have been studied for each of the five countries which have been studied. The

Diabetes mellitus is a result of various metabolic disorders causing continues hyperglycemia, which increases the risk for heart diseases, stroke, kidney failure and blindness. This disease is seen in a large section of world’s population and rapidly increasing worldwide. (1) The epigenetic marks can be transmitted by eukaryotic cell division (Mitosis) and also between generations of a species (

The aim of this study was to examine how a foreign direct business investment by a Japanese garment company in Bangladesh can affect women’s economic empowerment. The study also aimed to bring understanding on factors that need to be fulfilled in order to obtain economic empowerment and how it affect women’s life situation. This paper is based on a case study with sixteen interviewed women worki

Att ängs – och betesmarker ger ett öppet landskap och är trevliga att ströva i är ett av skälen till att bevara dessa marker. Att ängs- och betesmarker är nödvändiga för en stor mängd växter och djur är kanske ännu viktigare. Markerna är trots allt bland de artrikaste landytorna vi har idag. På en äng kan det finnas upp till 50 olika växtarter på bara 1 kvadratmeter och man jämför ibland dessa marMeadows and pastures are one of the most species-rich habitats in Europe and Sweden. These ecosystems are dependent on ongoing care to keep their biological and cultural values alive. Farmers who manages meadows and pastures under certain conditions receive financial compensation from the EU. The politically formulated objectives of nature conservation, cultural heritage and biodiversity will, acc

Staten äger ett stort antal fastigheter som förvaltas av dels statliga förvaltningsmyndigheter och av dels statligt ägda bolag. Den här rapporten syftar till att utreda innebörden av de regler som de statliga förvaltningsmyndigheterna har att förhålla sig till vid avyttring av fast egendom men den syftar även till att redogöra för den praxis som har utvecklats inom myndigheterna vad gäller försäljThe government holds a large property portfolio, which is managed by governmental administrative authorities and governmental companies. This report aims to investigate the meaning of the rules that the governmental administrative authorities have to follow when they are selling properties, and it also aims to describe the practice that has been developed within the authorities. The report is ba

Management systems need to be able to stay viable in a changing environment and not become counterproductive because the surroundings have changed. The purpose of this study is to create a concept that can act as a foundation for future management systems. This concept should try to help close the gap between how the management systems are intended to be used, versus how they are actually used in

This study examines the effects of psychological contract breach among Swedish nurses in the public healthcare sector. To gather insight on how nurses themselves experience that they are affected by psychological contract breach, this study takes a phenomenological approach with emphasis on meaning constitution. The sample includes a total of N=12 professional nurses from five different organizati

Affirmative action, a notion characterized by both potential as well as predicament, is one of the most controversial concepts of equality law. This thesis examines the legal standpoint of affirmative action, its nature as well as its requirements and limitations within the international human rights sphere. The analysis reveals affirmative action as a variable obligation of States to combat discr

Authors: Linn Andersson and Malin Olsson Title: “We want to place a child in such a normal family as possible”- A qualitative study of social workers experiences of same-sex foster care parents. [Translated title] Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Gabriella Scaramuzzino In contemporary swedish society there are many different ways of “making” family beyond the so-called nuclear family, suc

In this time of global health interventions, preventing borderless diseases, such as Ebola, is a question of implementing global health policies in different cultural contexts. Although these interventions are mediated by international organs, the healthcare workers on the ground are actually those who implement policies. From this starting point, this thesis investigates the extent to which Swedi