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The Erasmus exchange is a recent phenomena that has seen a steady growth in participation, and it seems that it is just a matter of time before it will be a fundamental part of students’ life. The participation of young Europeans to such exchange gives them the possibility to experiment a new, more direct way of living Europe. My thesis wants to analyse how study exchanges are shaping the percepti

This report is the result of a fire safety evaluation of the hospital in Trelleborg. The evaluation was limited to ward 22 on the third floor in building 22. Ward 22 holds patients that have had strokes or other neurological injuries. This ward is considered the most critical part of the building, because it is in the top patient floor in the building and because some of the patients are not able

Det finns ingen internationellt accepterad definition av terrorism. I korthet definieras terrorism i svensk rätt som vissa typer av brott som allvarligt kan skada en stat eller mellanstatlig organisation och som begås med intention att injaga allvarlig fruktan, otillbörligen tvinga eller allvarligt destabilisera eller förstöra. Uppsatsen behandlar Lag (2002:444) om straff för finansiering av särskThere is no internationally accepted definition of terrorism. In short, the Swedish legislation defines terrorism as certain types of crimes that could severely harm the state or an international organisation and which is committed with a certain intention to intimidate, compel, destabilise or demolish. This essay analyses two of the laws that the Swedish counter-terrorism legislation consists of.

The aim of this qualitative study has been to analyze how young adults with Yugoslavian background form and sustain relations across national borders. The study covers second-generation migrants (hereby titled as young adults with Yugoslavian background) who are born in Sweden, with Yugoslavian born parents that came to Sweden as refugees between the years of 1990-1998. Ten semi-structured intervi

Among all cancer types, liver cancer has the second highest mortality rate. HCC is the most common liver cancer and patients usually have a very poor prognosis. The standard-of-care drug Sorafenib extends the life expectancy with just two to three months, making the development of new drugs for the treatment of HCC an important area of research. Here, the pharmaceutical candidates SfA1 and SfA2 w

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate China’s role in global higher education. It did so through focusing the investigative lens on global student mobility. The thesis followed a mixedmethods case study design, using interviews with Nordic students about their motivations to illuminate some of the features of Chinese higher education in a global context. A framework drawing concepts from t

Den 2 juli 2014 infördes lagändringar om bygglovsbefriade åtgärder i syfte att förenkla plan- och bygglovsprocessen, minska bostadsbristen och att fastighetsägare skulle få mer handlingsutrymme utan att krav ställs från myndigheter. I samband med lagändringarna infördes regler om bygglovsbefriade komplementbostadshus i 9 kap. 4 a § PBL. En byggnad som får utgöra maximalt 25 kvadratmeter och som skThe Swedish Government has recently initiated additional permit-free buildings with the aim to simplify the Planning and Building act, reduce the housing shortage and increase a property owner’s proprietorship. According to the amendment it is possible to construct a complementary home with the size of 25 square meters in close proximity to an existing house. This building is known as an Attefall

Denna uppsats intresserar sig för yrkesgruppen budget- och skuldrådgivare som är en liten och relativt ny yrkesgrupp i Sverige. Sveriges kommuner är skyldiga att tillhandahålla budget- och skuldrådgivning men möjligheten till stöd och rådgivning varierar mellan kommunerna och budget- och skuldrådgivarna arbetar under olika förutsättningar. Detta beror på att det är upp till varje kommun att själv

I den här uppsatsen testas Fama-Frenchs trefaktormodell och ”Capital Asset Pricing Model” för att jämföra vilken av modellerna som bäst förklarar avkastningen på OMX-Stockholmsbörsen. Aktiedata från ett urval av Large cap och Small cap aktier analyseras under åren 2010-2015. Hur väl modellerna fungerar avgörs med en regressionsanalys, där riskpremierna RMRF, SMB och HML studeras. RMRF blev genomgå

The following is a fire-safety-risk-assessment with the purpose of evaluating the safety of the shopping center Punkt in Västerås, Sweden. The risk assessment is an assignment in the course Brandteknisk Riskvärdering given at Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Lunds University, Sweden. Punkt is a shopping center on floor 3 and 3.5 of a 9-story building. The assessment will focus on the possibility of safely

Stora invandringsflöden till Sverige under många år har gjort Sverige till ett av de länder som har störst andel invandrare per yta. En av de viktigaste frågorna är huruvida invandrare kommer in på arbetsmarknaden och vad det i så fall har för följder på svenskföddas arbetsmarknadsutfall. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur invandringen påverkar den svenska arbetsmarknaden då det gälle

Amphibian populations are declining globally due to several abiotic factors such as climate, pH, water permanence and biotic factors including predation by exotic species, competition and the spread of diseases. Habitat destruction caused by humans is also an important factor. Several species of amphibian have been declining in Sweden, and in most cases explained by habitat destruction and isolati

Sedan 1970-talet har antalet kokböcker ökat markant på den svenska bokmarknaden. Undersökningen tittar närmare på hur kokboken förändrats i fråga om utgivning, inriktning och uttryck under perioden 1976-2015. Detta innefattar också en strävan efter att söka förstå vad som kan ha föranlett den kraftiga expansionen. Utifrån ett textsociologiskt perspektiv har en kvantitativ undersökning utförts baseSince the 1970s, the number of cookbooks has increased significantly in the Swedish book market. The thesis looks at how the cookbook has changed in terms of publishing, focus and expression during the period 1976-2015. This also includes an endeavor to understand what might have caused the huge expansion. Based on a text sociological perspective, a quantitative survey has been conducted based on

This study tests the efficiency of the Swedish and the Dutch stock markets by analyzing the performance of two dividend strategies – dividend capturing and dividend timing. To test these strategies and what factors influence them, the researchers collect a sample of 95 different firms, about half from each country and a total of over 8 000 dividend observation. A cross sectional regression is run

Syftet med vår uppsats har varit att undersöka språkintroelevers upplevelse av hur schemalagda programöverskridande aktiviteter påverkar inklusion samt hur detta tar sig uttryck. Bakgrunden till studien är den ökade globalisering vi står inför och den ökade rörligheten över nationsgränserna, som för många aldrig varit lättare men för andra innebär att riskera livet. Under 2015 fick Migrationsverke

Nowadays, there is a tendency towards higher dynamics in markets and increasing competition especially in engineering and high tech industries. Firms today need to invent new products, acquire unique business models and thereby continuously exceed customer expectations as well as outperform competition. In contrast to the previous innovative approach that relied solely on internal capabilities, ma

This thesis concerns the Swedish housing market, which is under constant debate. Prices keep increasing and many believe that this trend will consist due to low interest rates, high demand and lack of attractive building land. This tendency, resulting in a housing shortage, is particularly evident in the metropolitan areas. Earlier research states that the well-known Tobin’s q theory has a short

Syftet i den här uppsatsen är att diskutera om det finns historiska trender som tyder på att digitaliseringen kommer skapa teknologisk arbetslöshet i framtiden. Således är därför frågeställningen huruvida dagens teknologi, digitaliseringen, skapar teknologisk arbetslöshet. För att kunna besvara uppsatsens frågeställning används en kvantitativ metod där sekundärdata på länders olika branscher samt

In low- and lower middle income countries, female education is known to be one of the crucial elements for generating economic growth. However, a weakness in the established literature is the tendency to focus on either gender equality or human capital accumulation through female education as the driving force behind growth. Thus, this study seeks to contribute to existing research in the area by