Psychological skills are crucial for performance in professional sports. The Swedish program “Nationellt godkänd Idrottsutbildning” (NIU) was developed to support talented students with a professional sports career. This study compared NIU athletes to other high school athletes regarding the use of psychological skills. In addition, gender, grade and context (training and competition) were compare

Uppsatsen undersöker samspelet mellan diskurser om manlighet, nationalism och emotioner i en svensk 1800-tals kontext. På vilket sätt emotioner artikulerar manlighet och nationalism

This research emerges from an ongoing debate about the plans of building a new Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway. In 2009 the proposal Lambda won the architectural competition issued by Oslo Municipality, and since then a conflict has accumulated regarding the architectural design, if the building fulfills the normative functions of an art museum, and what role the art museum plays as a knowledge-based

Horisonter med subfossila stubbar och rötter av tall (Pinus sylvestris) är vanliga i stratigra-fier från torvmarker i norra Europa. Dessa är tydliga indikationer på att det under holocen funnits perioder med tillräckligt gynnsamma förhållanden för tallar att växa på mossar. Tall kan endast växa på mossar när ytan är tillräckligt torr, och därför är rester av tallar på mossar goda indikationer på eHorizons rich in subfossil stumps and roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) are frequently found in stratigraphies of northern European peatlands, providing clear evidence of Holocene periods with favourable conditions for bog-pine growth. The pines could only grow when bog-surface wetness was sufficiently low, and the presence of their remains is therefore a good indicator of past climatic condi

Colombia, as many Latin-American countries have designed a series of welfare programs in order to relief poverty, due to the crisis experimented during the 90s. Hence, the present research estimate the impact on earnings of one of the welfare program implemented in Colombia “Empleo en Acción” and see the possible forgone income from participate in the program. Thereby, based on Diff-Diff method th

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis has been to examine whether accounts have been given by the four major Swedish banks - Swedbank, Handelsbanken, Nordea and SEB - in their accounting narratives as a response to negative media attention in the time period 2009 to 2014, and whether those accounts could be seen as an impression management tool. Methodology: We have carried out a qualitative study

This study comprises a three month fieldwork and 25 interviews conducted in Jordan on community based rehabilitation of persons with intellectual disability. The analytic procedure was conducted in an explicit and systematic manner much inspired by Grounded Theory. Interviewing social workers engaged in introducing community based rehabilitation in Jordan the study came to unveil their struggle wi

Sweden is in a period of change in its establishment of a new welfare system. One of the main reasons is the political power shift from social democratic welfare regime to liberal welfare regime. This change involves, among others, a restructuring of the relationship regarding responsibility in the social welfare, between the public, private and non-government sectors. This is due to how different

The aim of this essay is to find out how the people behind the alcohol abuser (relatives of alcoholics) are able to manage their living situation. We chose to interview six relatives to get answers to our questions. We also chose to interview a drug and alcohol therapist, to get a professional perspective. The questions we asked is were: “Can strategies based on the Coping Theory explain how the r

Environmental concepts are nowdays used so often that their meanings can be questioned. It seems as if everyone claims to act in a sustainable way. But what does sustainability really mean? If actors do not share the same understanding of environmental concepts it will be impossible to address the problem in question. Theories exist stating that it is through policy that society defines a problem

Hemodialysis is today the main treatment used for patients with renal impairment, a serious medical condition. Hemodialysis treatment handles a very delicate system which is why it is of the utmost importance that the dialysis machine has got a reliable safety monitoring system that can detect severe complications during treatment. A new such system is currently under development at Gambro, Lund,

In 1996 the European Union adopted the Seveso II Directive. The Directive stated actions to be taken in the process industry in order to prevent and limit the impact of serious chemical accidents. In the Directive it is clearly stated that domino effects shall be considered, but the level of detail required is not specified. Due to that fact and the high degree of complexity linked to domino e

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka om marknaden är effektiv före, efter och sammantaget vid produktannonseringar. Uppsatsen inkluderar nio bolags produktannonseringar och dessa har skett mellan 2007-2014. Metod: För att undersöka om det fanns en abnorm avkastning före, efter och sammantaget vid produktannonseringar har nio bolag studerats. Dessa har alla annonserat konsumenti

Sammanfattning Titel: Grön marknadsföring i sociala medier – en studie om hur sociala medier används av företag för att marknadsföra grönt. Kurs: KSKK01 Service Management Författare: Amanda Johansson och Edvin Shoaibi Handledare: Christian Fuentes Nyckelord: Grön marknadsföring, sociala medier, interaktion, relationsmarknadsföring. Problem: Miljöfrågor blir viktigare och ges mer utrymme i samhä

Over the last decades, the share of income accruing to upper income groups and the overall inequality has increased in many developed countries. This thesis primary objective has been to analyse whether there is a cointegration between Norwegian top income shares and the inverted Pareto-Lorenz coefficient. If a cointegration relationship is found it means that the top income shares could be used a

Most OECD-countries, including Sweden, have during the last decades experienced a declining trend in the labour’s share – the ratio of incomes from employment in relation to the economy’s total income (GDP). This thesis analyses the declining labour’s share of the Swedish transport and communication sector 1920-2000. The transport and communication sector has gone through changes of importance to

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Är ledgångsreumatism på väg att botas? Det finns väldigt många olika sorters virus och bakterier som kan göra oss sjuka. För att undvika detta har vi ett immunförsvar som ska skydda oss. Ibland blir det fel under upplärningen av immunförsvaret och istället för att döda virus eller bakterier går det på den egna kroppen. Om en sjukdom utvecklas på grund av ett fAbstract Rheumatoid arthritis is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation in the joints. The available therapies are just relieving the symptoms, not curing the disease. Therefore there is a need for new better therapies. The pathogenesis is still unknown but by using animal models it was discovered that ROS produced from the NOX2 complex could be beneficial for the dise