This thesis identifies ten main narratives related to Lithuania in the reporting of five major Swedish newspapers between 2010-2012, and investigates how these narratives have been discursively constructed and why they might have been chosen to serve as a frame of reference for Swedish readers. Through narrative analysis and a theoretical framework including the concepts of ‘narrative’, ‘collectiv

Popular science summary: Is RpS6 activation important for leukemia cell progression? Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is the most common acute blood cancer in adults. It is characterized by a rapid increase of leukemic cells in the bone marrow, compromising the development of new blood cells. Despite improvement in treatments and advancements in supportive care, the overall 5-years survival of AML i

Abstrakt Författare: Edda Sigurbjörg Ingólfsdóttir Titel: Det löser sig Masteruppsats: Socm04/30 hp Handledare: Sara Eldén Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2013 Island var det första landet i världen som delade föräldraledigheten i tre jämna delar och målet med denna individualisering var att ge barn lika tillgång till båda sina föräldrar och att främja jämställdheten både på arbetsmarknad

Kommentarerna till OECD:s modellavtal har tillmätts betydelse i flera länders domstolar vid tolkning av skatteavtal. En uppdatering av kommentarerna görs kontinuerligt av CFA och en fråga som därmed uppstår är vilken version av kommentarerna som en domstol kan beakta. Antingen tillämpas ett statiskt förhållningssätt eller ett ambulatoriskt förhållningssätt till kommentarerna. Med ett statiskt förhThe commentaries to the OECD Model Convention are a significant tool in several countries’ courts when interpreting tax treaty provisions. The commentaries are continuously revised by the CFA and the question that therefore arises is which version of the commentaries can be consulted by courts. Either a static or an ambulatory approach can be used. The static approach means the commentaries existi

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka huruvida hedersproblematiska familjeförhållanden kan vara att likställa med brister i omsorgen i 2 § lag med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga (LVU) samt att undersöka om lagstiftningen har förmågan att tillgodose skyddet av flickor som lever i en hederskontext. Heder är något som bara kan tillkomma män. Det är dock kvinnan i familjen som, så att säga, bäThis bachelor thesis aims to investigate whether honor problematic in family relationships can be the equivalent to inadequacy in care in § 2 teams with the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act (CYPA) and to investigate whether the legislation has the ability to cater to the protection of girls living in an honors context. It´s only men who can have honor. But it´s the woman in the fami

År 2009 ändrades 3 kap. 1 § BrB, vilken är mordparagrafen, på så sätt att straffskalan utvidgades från att endast bestå av fängelse på tio år eller livstid, till att omfatta fängelse på tio till arton år, eller livstid. Detta gjordes för att höja straffnivån samt för att möjliggöra en mer nyanserad straffmätning. Detta var första gången paragrafen ändrades sedan brottsbalkens ikraftträdande. Tank

Det grundläggande syftet med uppsatsen har varit att analysera säljares och köpares inbördes förhållande när en avtalsenlig användning av ett överlåtelseobjekt förhindras av en immateriell rättighet. Syftet har delvis fått tillgodoses på olika sätt, och med utgångspunkt i olika rättskällor, beroende på var de avtalande parterna har sina affärsställen och vilken typ av föremål som köpet har avsett.The basic purpose of this thesis is to analyse the interrelation between buyers and sellers, when an intellectual property right prevents the contractual use of a transfer object. The purpose has been met in partially different ways, and with different sources of law, depending on where the contracting parties have their places of business and what type of object the purchase relates to. The essay

The Swedish Institution of Education has recently been under debate. This is partly due to the matter that Swedish pupils’ performances have dramatically worsened. In an international study conducted through the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), scholastic performance scores have dropped from being substantially above average to being below average compared to the 65 other cou

When analyzing sedimentary sequences, results which are based solely on macroscopic observations, can lead to misleading and incomplete conclusions. Therefore these observations need to be complemented by analyses on a microscopic or atomic scale, such as through biological, chemical or physical methods. This approach is especially necessary when analyzing marine sedimentary cores from the Baltic

Happiness is a relatively new discipline within economics. Traditionally, economists have not paid too much attention to it since they considered that both indicators and theoretical assumptions in which this discipline was based were not neither reliable nor useful for policy recommendations. However, especially in the last decade, there has been extensive research which, if not proved, at least

The purpose with this essay was to study if real-estate agents experience any impact by working with 100 percent commission. The study is based on eleven interviews with real-estate agents from four different real-estate firms in the southern parts of Sweden. The main result of the study is that the real-estate agents experiences economical uncertainty which effects them in a negative way. The maj

This essay examines especially Russia's role in the civil war in Syria that started on 15 March year 2011. My question is: What is Russia's role, in relation to other external actors in the international system, in the civil war in Syria that began in March 2011? External actors` political views, their cooperation with Russia and their interests in Syria have also been processed in this pa

På senare tid har det blivit allt vanligare att myndigheter väljer att implementera Facebook som en del i deras externa kommunikation. Detta ställer krav på att myndigheter anpassar sin kommunikation efter de normer som förespråkas på Facebook. Det förekommer också diskussioner huruvida Polisens närvaro på Facebook bidrar med en samhällsnytta. Vad bidrar en polisiär närvaro på Facebook egentligen It has become more common for authorities to use Facebook as an implemented part of their external communication. This requires that authorities adapt their communication to the standards advocated on Facebook. There are also debates whether a Police presence on Facebook is contributing to public benefits. What does a Police presence really contribute with? The purpose of this study is to analyze

This essay makes an attempt to answer whether the mean Swedish household is vulnerable to changes in economic variables. This is made with a simplified version of housing expenditure relative to the household’s disposable income which creates a quota. First a history review is made which helps clarify the reasons of this quota moving in certain directions. The history lesson also provides importan