Flooding is a major risk to the ever increasing urban population, posing a threat to human lives but also causing traffic interruptions, economic losses and pollution. Built up areas are prone to flooding due to the changes of previously pervious surfaces being covered by buildings and impervious pavements, such as asphalt. Furthermore, the resulting increased surface runoff does often not get rou

Following the annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and the conflict that broke out in Eastern Ukraine shortly afterwards, 1.679.000 people became internally displaced in Ukraine. Due to the large scale of the displacement, the legislative gaps and low capacity of institutions, national law and practice are inconsistent with international standards for the protection of internally displaced persons.

This study examines the war-time mobilization in Sweden during World War II by looking at three case studies. The empirical part of the study focus on three specific strategies for food security lead by the Swedish authorities during the war: the transition to plant-based agriculture and consumption, use of "the forest's pantry" and cooperation between urban and rural areas. In the

Varför gör vissa bakterier oss sjuka men inte andra? Hur kommer det sig att vissa bakterier lyckas överleva och infektera särskilda delar av kroppen men väldigt sällan andra? Bakterier och människor har evolverat länge tillsammans och har därmed lyckats utveckla specifika angrepps och försvarsmekanismer mot varandra. Det är känt sedan tidigare att några bakterier uttrycker proteiner med förmågan Bacteria and humans have co-evolved since their common existence. They have thereby developed very specific defence and target mechanisms against one another. Understanding the complex biomolecular processes behind these interactions can be of great use for developing treatments against bacterial diseases. The aim of this thesis project was to verify, and introduce a model for understanding, the i

Behovet av beröring finns hos de flesta individer och är grundläggande i omvårdnadsarbetet. En cancerbehandling innebär en stor fysisk och psykologisk påfrestning för den som drabbats. Taktil massage är en mjukmassage som ingår under komplementär alternativ medicin (KAM) och används inom många områden inom sjukvården som ett komplement tillsammans med traditionell medicinsk behandling med gott res

Uppsatsens syftar till att undersöka det mångfacetterade begreppet topos. Topos fyller sin funktion genom att synliggöra vilka grundläggande tankemönster, värderingar och normer talare appellerar till. För att förstå topos har fem inlägg ur debatt om ekologisk odling analyserats. Resultatet visar att en till ekologisk odling positivt inställd avsändare värdesätter kvalitet och hälsa hos det som ärThe purpose of this paper is to examine the elemental patterns, values and norms appealed to in debate as to whether an organic production is preferred or not. To accomplish the purpose of the study, five posts have been analyzed, using topos (argumentative approaches and forms of argument) analytically. The results shows, that while those who sympathize organic farming value health of all living

Fokus i uppsatsen ligger på att förklara och analysera under vilka förhållanden bristande arbetsprestation kan utgöra saklig grund för uppsägning. För att kunna göra detta krävs det en bedömning av arbetsprestationens bristfällighet. Avgörande för uppsägningens giltighet i detta fall är också om arbetsgivaren uppfyllt sina skyldigheter att försöka förbättra arbetstagarens prestation innan uppsägniThe main focus of the essay is on explaining and analysing what circumstances in which insufficient workload can result in just cause for dismissal. In order to do this the insufficiency of the workload has to be examined. Another crucial thing for the validity of the dismissal is if the responsibilities of the employer, in order to try to improve the workload of the employee, are fulfilled before

LGBTQ issues have been mainstreamed in media and academic literature, especially in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, where homosexuality has been said to be criminalized through the commonly known “sodomy laws”. This has fueled an international social movement, led by Western human rights organizations, with cultural, political and economic goals seeking to advance LGBTQ rights globally.

Governments are exploring new ways to tackle the gender pay gap. Consequently a new generation of equal pay legislation has emerged through policy innovations. Yet Great Britain implemented relatively weak equal pay legislation in 2017. Through inductive process tracing of the legislation process this study investigates whether the composition of the parliamentary constituents, civil society actor

Why are certain categories of people more likely than others to regard climate change as ‘fake news’? This thesis aims to replicate and expand on two earlier articles from McCright and Dunlap (2011) and Krange et al. (2019) who show that conservative white men are more likely to be climate change deniers in the US and Norway, respectively. This phenomenon is called the cool dude-effect. Theories a

Recently, the consumer interest and revenue from domestic aide robots have been rapidly increasing. A report from 2018 estimates that the global revenue from this sector will rise from $6.4 billion to nearly $23 billion by 2022, an increase by 250%. This thesis covers a concept development process defining a multi-purpose, autonomous household robot. The focus user group is consumers, and it is ai

I samband med den nya samtyckeslagstiftningen uppstod diskussioner kring åklagarens bevisbörda. Syftet med uppsatsen är att klargöra om bevisbördan påverkats av den nya lagstiftningen. Straffbestämmelsen om våldtäkt i sin nya lydelse innebär att gränsen mellan en straffri och straffbar gärning går vid om deltagandet i den sexuella handlingen är frivilligt. Ett frivilligt deltagande ska ha kommit tIn connection with the new Swedish consent legislation, discussions arose around the prosecutor's burden of proof. The purpose of this paper is to clarify whether the burden of proof is affected by the new legislation. The punishment clause on rape in its new wording means that the boundary between a non-punishable and a criminal act goes on if participation in the sexual act is voluntary. Vol

Sedan kvinnor först fick antas till polisutbildningen på samma villkor som män har fler kvinnor blivit poliser i Sverige. Det har gått 62 år sedan dess men det råder än idag inte en jämn könsfördelning inom myndigheten. Endast 33% av alla svenska poliser var kvinnor i augusti 2018 (se bilaga 2). Syftet med denna kandidatuppsats är att undersöka kvinnliga polisers upplevelse av att arbeta i ett man