Multi-Criteria Evaluation Analysis (MCEA) is a decision making method employed to solve optimization problems that require the evaluation of a set of criteria to build an optimal decision. Where MCEA is integrated with GIS, optimization problems with spatial aspects, such as finding the best location of a facility across an area, could be solved. MCEA is implemented through different criteria dec

This essay examines the extent to which notions concerning masculinities manifest themselves in the Swedish Government Official Report SOU 2014:6 Män och Jämställdhet, by analyzing how the concept of masculinity is constructed throughout the discourse presented by the document. Restricted to chapter 3, 4 and 11 of the publication; all of which is primarily focused on the question at issue, this es

I inköpsfunktionen för indirekt material och tjänster finns, för fallstudieföretagen, en kategori som ofta benämns Professionella tjänster eller dylikt. I denna övergripande kategori är konsult- och bemanningstjänster ofta underkategorier. Gränsdragningen mellan konsulttjänsterna och bemanningstjänster har dock visat sig otydliga och problematiken verkar främst finnas för konsult- och bemanningstjIn the purchasing funktion of indirect materials and services there is, for the case study companies, a category often referred to as Professional Services. In this overall category consultancy and temporary labour services are subcategories. Drawing the line between consultancy and temporary labour services has been proved unclear and the problems seem to mainly concern IT services. A proposal on

Med utgångspunkt i den monogaminorm som är så gott som allrådande i det moderna samhället är syftet med denna undersökning att ta reda på hur intimitet skapas i relationer som går bortom denna norm. Sex personer som har erfarenhet av icke-monogama relationer intervjuas för att synliggöra hur överenskommelser, förväntningar och gränsdragningar bidrar till skapande av närhet och intimitet. Dessa ber

The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program “Oportunidades” has proven to be effective in improving access to education and health services for the poor in Mexico; however, the studies of the program’s impact on the work incentives of its rural indigenous participants are practically inexistent. For this reason, by applying a propensity score matching methodology, this research analyses the impact

Grit, the “passion and perseverance for long-term goals” (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews & Kelly, 2007, p. 1087) is strongly related to success in goal attainment even under challenging circumstances. The current thesis investigated how grit relates to three aspects of well-being: psychological well-being (PWB), life satisfaction, and harmony in life. This relationship is approached through the

The building sector is one that can be accounted for numerous impacts on the environment, both by extremely high consumption of resources, and by emitting green house gases to the atmosphere on a large scale. Retrofitting existing buildings tackles energetic and emission related issues and one way to go about such projects is through the process of high-performance building certification, within w

This thesis aims to examine the European Union’s policy regarding immigration to the EU from third part states. The main purpose is to highlight the reformations that have taken place since the late 50’s. Through an critical discourse analysis as a method, the thesis concludes that EU’s present-day restrictive migration policy has had substantial influence on how we interpret the concept of immi

Precision agriculture requires detailed information regarding the crop status variability within a field. Remote sensing provides an efficient way to obtain such information through observing biophysical parameters, such as canopy nitrogen content, leaf coverage, and plant biomass. However, individual remote sensing sensors often fail to provide information which meets the spatial and temporal res

Detta examensarbete bygger på en översättning från engelska av en statsvetenskaplig text, Ungovernability, av den tyske statsvetaren Claus Offe. Den inledande delen av arbetet är en textanalys av källtexten som utgår från textmodellen i Lennart Hellspongs och Per Ledins Vägar genom texten: handbok i brukstextanalys (1997). Analysen följs av en översättningskommentar som fokuserar på problem vid öv

The aim of the study was to examine the effects of sex-disaggregated budgets (SDBs) by looking at Guatemalan cooperatives. The method of the study was semi-structured interviews carried out with Guatemalan cooperative members and staff accessed through the Swedish Cooperative Center (Swedish development non-governmental organization). The main conclusion is that the SDBs have had substantial posit

Abstract Authors: Johan Nilsson and Emma Johnsson Title: Självbestämmandets villkor - en uppstats om personalens förhållningssätt på gruppboenden inom LSS Supervisor: Lars Harrysson The aim of this study was to examine how staff members within the work area of group homes for disabled grownups conduct themselves in relation to their clients’ rights to self-determination. The base of the study was

The essay is concerning soft skills and especially soft skills within the field service engineer role. The authors are identifying the term soft skills and which soft skills that are desirable for a field service engineer working for Tetra Pak. The authors are suggesting how to develop these desirable soft skills in a training environment. The methodology used in this essay is qualitative interv

I denna uppsats jämförs den svenska och den engelska arvsrätten, med inriktning på bröstarvingars rätt att ärva. Syftet med uppsatsen är dels att redogöra hur båda systemen ser ut, dels att utreda vilka likheter och skillnader som finns mellan systemen. Även nutida diskussioner om laglott och testamentationsfrihet tas upp för att utreda om det kommer ske en eventuell förändring i det engelska elle

This paper has two ambitions that both stem from the question: can government conveyance of a virtuous lifestyle be justified? The first ambition is to examine if the government should promote the majority opinion of a virtuous life to its people – and does this from two different perspectives: a classic liberal perspective – from which there was no unified answer – and a communitarian perspective

Principen om jura novit curia är en allmänt vedertagen princip i svensk rätt. Principen innebär att domstolarna självständigt bestämmer vilka rättsregler som ska tillämpas i varje enskilt fall. I detta ingår ett ansvar för domstolarna att utreda innehållet i gällande rätt. Det förhåller sig dock annorlunda när det är fråga om tillämpning av utländska rättsordningar. Domstolen kan då delegera en deThe Latin legal maxim iura novit curia is applied in Swedish law. The maxim expresses the principle that the court alone is responsible for determining which law applies to a particular case, and how it is applied. Consequently, the court is responsible for researching the content of the law. This, however, is not the case when foreign law is applicable in Swedish courts. In these cases, Swedish c

This essay examines the European Union’s construction of a European identity. It aims to answer the questions of how the idea of a European identity manifests in EU politics and how this identity can lead to exclusion of certain groups. The questions are answered through the help of theories on citizenship and identity using models of European identity as points of comparison. The analysis conclud

Studien analyserar intermediala aspekter i David Mitchells roman Cloud Atlas (2004) med bakgrund av Lars Elleströms mediebegrepp och Werner Wolfs intrakompositionella intermedialitetsbegrepp. Frågeställningen är: Hur kommer den intrakompositionella intermedialiteten till uttryck och hur är den meningsskapande samt ger kohesion till den fragmentariska romanen Cloud Atlas? Intermediala imitationer

Förändring har idag blivit en naturlig del av både det organisatoriska och det privata livet. Samtidigt har vi rört oss från ett kollektivistiskt samhälle mot ett mer individanpassat, vilket i sin tur ställer nya krav på organisationer och deras medarbetare. Genom kvalitativa intervjuer har vi gjort en studie som undersöker hur medarbetare skapar mening i förändringsrelaterad kommunikation i syfteChange has become a natural part of our organizational as well as our private life. At the same time, the society has become less collectivistic and more individualistic, which has put new demands on organizations. The study is based on qualitative interviews and investigates how employees make sense of change related communication. The study aims to understand how employees’ sense making efforts