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Objective: In order to put the class schema of popular sociologist Guy Standing to empirical test, we sought out to define this schema in a large survey database of 15.937 respondents of Swedish people called SLOSH, provided by the Stress Research Institute of Stockholm University. We named the schema standian class. We wanted to investigate the specific theory presented by Standing that the preca

Gender complementarity is an indigenous model of gender relations that values the female position and her tasks by tradition the same way as that of the man. The idea is that the man and woman complement each other as opposite parts of the cosmos. In Bolivia, with 65% of its population and the president being indigenous, the concept is widely used. This thesis will investigate the impact the gende

The purpose of this paper is to examine five interpretations of a type of medieval construction called “clay lined pit” which has been encountered on several locations in southern Scandinavia, and whether the interpretations can still be considered plausible in light of new findings. Initially the construction type is explained and the interpretations are introduced. Three locales, where clay line

Sammanfattning Examensarbete i nationaleknomi vid Lunds universitet, kandidatuppsats, HT 2015 Seminariedatum: 2016.01.26 Författare: Henrik Bäckström Handeledare: Dag Rydorff Titel: Tjänar man på att investera sitt studielån? En undersökning av investeringsmöjligheter med lån från tre studiemedelssystem sedan 1981. Nyckelord: CSN, investering med belånat kapital, passiv placeringsstrategi.

As the demand for decreased use of energy increases, new ways of using energy sources are investigated. One of these ways is to be able to use low temperature heat sources, which can be done with a rankine or organic rankine cycle. In a rankine cycle there is a working fluid which is pressurized, evaporated, expanded and then condensed again, and the energy released during the expansion can drive

Bakgrund: Normer är förbundna med sociala värden och ligger till grund för samhällsgruppens attityd gentemot ett godtyckligt beteende inom en viss kontext. I dagens samhälle råder det en tydlig heteronormativitet, vilken tillika genomsyrar mödrahälso- förlossnings och eftervården. Syfte: Att belysa kvinnliga samkönade pars upplevelser av mödrahälso-, förlossnings- och eftervården. Metod: Kvalitati

Author: Caroline Olsson Title: ÄBIC in practice – A qualitative study of the introduction of the working model named “The needs of the elderly in the centre”, developed by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden [translated title] Supervisor: Anders Östnäs Assessor: Dolf Tops The National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden has developed a new working model named ÄBIC which is to be

Finansmarknaden intar en central roll i ett väl fungerande samhälle och banken intar en central roll för en väl fungerande finansmarknad. Bankverksamhetens olika karaktärsdrag bidrar till att det finansiella ekosystemet fungerar vilket innebär att den finansiella stabiliteten på finansmarknaden främjas. Samhällsutvecklingen är ofrånkomligen inriktad mot en globalisering. Detta i kombination med deFinancial markets have a central role in a well-working society and a bank has a central role on a well-functioned financial market. The characteristic of a bank’s business contributes to the financial ecosystem and promotes stability on the financial market. The society is undeniably becoming more and more globalised. This, combined with a constant technical development, has continuously led to t

Sedan 1990-talet har Sverige dels genom nationell politik och dels genom lagar och förordningar reglerat hur arbetet med jämlikhet ska främjas i myndigheter. Syftet med den här uppsatsen har varit att undersöka hur det interna jämlikhetsarbetet i form av jämställdhet och etnisk mångfald fungerar i en utvald myndighet som i sitt externa arbete har fokus på dessa frågor. Uppsatsen bygger på en analy

The aim of this thesis is to examine how Turkey’s “proto-transition” regarding the Kurdish issue is gendered in the light of the narratives of a particular set of victims, the wives of the disappeared. The conflict between the Turkish military and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK) has been ongoing for more than three decades. During 1980s and 1990s, enforced disappea

Militära metoder kan förbättra metoden för förmågebedömning i samhället Ett av syftena med förmågebedömningar inom krisberedskapssystemet, som består av kommuner, landsting, länsstyrelse och centrala myndigheter, är att de ska utgöra ett bra beslutsstöd. Är det möjligt att fatta bra beslut enbart utifrån de resurser som finns tillgängliga i exempelvis en kommun för att hantera kriser? Kanske finnsThe methods for assessing capability in the Swedish emergency management system are mainly based on resources. It is however questionable whether a method should be based only on available resources. The aim of the thesis was to examine if the old MSB method used to assess capability within the Swedish emergency management system can be improved by studying methods for capability assessment in the

The aim of this study was to examine how professionals on residential care for unaccompanied children worked with the youths needs. Due to the increase of refugees coming to Sweden and specially unaccompanied children it has become one of our present time most important political questions. In order to examine how the professionals are working with the unaccompanied children’s needs we believed th

In Colombia, indigenous leaders and organizations claim that among the problems that indigenous youth face in relation to their participation in conventional higher education there is the potential loss of their indigenous identity and their acculturation (Muñoz 2007; ONIC, et al. 2004; Green et al. 2004). In the light of these claims, this thesis explores how indigenous students experience their

Den här studien undersökte effekter av en stresshanteringsintervention, som genomfördes med åtta elever på en svensk gymnasieskola under hösten 2015. Hypoteserna inför projektet var att interventionen som varade under åtta veckor skulle ha en positiv effekt på användandet av adaptiva copingstrategier samt reducera upplevd stressnivå och öka självskattad hälsa. De utfallsmått som användes var PerceThis study examined the effects of a stress management intervention that was carried out with eight Swedish high school students (Swedish gymnasium) during the fall semester of 2015. The hypotheses were that the eight week intervention would have a positive impact on the usage of adaptive coping strategies, reduce perceived stress for the participants and increase self-estimated overall health. Th

Studien undersökte hur delad närvaro med en vuxen kring en berättelse påverkade barns perspektivtagande. 3-4-åringars ögonrörelser studerades medan de såg på en false belief (FB)-film. I filmen får protagonisten en FB då hens flygplan flyttas medan hen inte är närvarande. Studien undersökte om barn som delat närvaro med en vuxen under filmvisningen (tillsammansittande) i högre utsträckning svaradeThis study investigated how jointly attending to a story with an adult influenced children’s ability to take another person’s perspective. Eye movements of children 3-4 years old were studied while they watched a false belief (FB)-movie. In the movie an airplane moves when the protagonist is absent, hence the protagonist gets a FB. Differences between children who watched the movie jointly attendi

The aim of the study is to see which factors are the most significant for the ability to reproduce the sequence of events during a rescue operation. The study shows that there are indications that the factors of stress, debriefing and operation complexity have an impact on how much of an event a person remembers. The study also shows that the team leader and rescue leader seem to overestimate how

Based on my fieldwork, this thesis is an ethnography of an inclusive church in Fortaleza, Brazil. Inclusive churches define themselves as churches that welcome LGBT subjects both as adepts and in the church ranks. While most of the inclusive churches existing in Brazil today were created in the country, this ethnographic work focuses on a unique exception the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) in

Att attrahera och behålla personal beskrivs som ett betydelsefullt arbete för dagens organisationer. Faktorer som har visat sig be-tydande är lärande och utveckling. Den genomförda studien syfte var att undersöka och analysera hur möjligheterna till kompetensutveckling ansågs påverka arbetstillfredsställelsen och viljan att stanna inom organisationen. För att besvara syftet genomfördes en kvalitat

According to the 2009 report by National Board of Health and Welfare’s, 20 % of employees who works with treatment at homes for treatment or living lacked appropriate education to undertake their job role. In the light of this we decided to examine the recruitment criterias used at homes for treatment or living and also which role the social worker has at these institutions. We have taken a qualit