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Jamaica has struggled to curb the number of road crash fatalities, having had on average 25 fatalities per month between 2010 and 2014, while many more persons have been injured. The causes of crashes are multidimensional, however this study focused on understanding one aspect of reducing crashes - safe road design. The aim of this study was to determine the relationships between road design chara

In this thesis methods for finding state space representation parameters for low inductance DC-motors are found and evaluated. Theory previously tested in simulations is verified experimentally and improved upon for both linear behaviour when the motor is controlled with a DC-source as well as nonlinear behaviour when controlled with pulse width modulation (PWM). For the linear behaviour a linear

Ohälsosamma matvanor har visat sig påverka skolprestationer och bidra till läs- och skrivsvå- righeter hos barn och ungdomar. Det bidrar också till en rad olika folksjukdomar som visas först i vuxen ålder. Med hjälp av sin kompetens i folkhälsa kan skolsköterskan ge elever kun- skaper om levnadsvanor och faktorer som främjar en god hälsa. Syftet med studien var att be- skriva skolsköterskans arbet

Socialstyrelsen har tagit fram kvalitetsindikatorer som belyser viktiga delar av den palliativa vården. Syftet med studien var att undersöka kvaliteten på den palliativa vården utifrån Socialstyrelsens kvalitetsindikatorer för god palliativ vård för äldre personer i särskilt boende och hemsjukvård i Skåne 2016, samt undersöka om det finns skillnader av kvaliteten på särskilt boende jämfört med per

The situation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is nowadays a global issue affecting an important number of children all over the world. Nevertheless, the special needs and vulnerabilities of this group of children have not yet been effectively assessed. In fact, unaccompanied minors constitute the most vulnerable group among all asylum seekers and face human rights’ violations continuously

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka sjuksköterskornas erfarenhet av ensamhet hos äldre inom primärvården (vårdcentral). Studien är en empirisk studie där en kvalitativ innehållsanalys har tillämpats. Elva registrerade sjuksköterskor / distriktssköterskor rekryterades och intervjuades. Resultaten visar att sjuksköterskorna identifierade ensamhet genom subjektiva och intuitiva tolkningar. Sjuk

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Sedan i juni 2016 har distriktssköterskor och barnsjuksköterskor som arbetar inom barnhälsovården behörighet att självständigt ordinera kompletterande vaccinationer som ingår i det allmänna vaccinationsprogrammet. Syfte: Att belysa BVC-sjuksköterskors perspektiv av utmaningar gällande vaccinationer av barn från olika kulturer inom barnhälsovården. Metod: En kvalitativ design me

Ge dig ut på äventyr och utforska nya oceaner hemma i din egen soffa. Med hjälp av mätningar av havets fysikaliska egenskaper beskriver detta arbete hur man kan visualisera realistiska hav i realtids applikationer.Rendering and simulating an ocean as realistic as possible is a desirable effect to many outdoor scenes of movies and video games. The difficulties with simulating a plausible ocean arise from the complex behavior and scaling of the ocean waves. The length of the waves may vary from being just a few millimeters up to several kilo meters long and the waves can for instance break and line up with th

Det finns åtta dämmen och tre aktiva vattenkraftverk i Kävlingeån, som är ett av Skånes största samt fiskrikaste vattendrag. Då dämmena segmenterar ån skapar detta miljöproblem; organismer förhindras migration för bland annat fortplantning och födosök. Arter såsom öring och den akut hotade ålen lever i Kävlingeån och är beroende av framkomliga vandringsvägar samt lekplatser. Syftet med denna studiKävlinge River is one of the largest, and most heavily fish-populated, watercourses in Scania. Eight dams and three active hydroelectric plants are located here, which cause environmental problems; organisms are prevented migration, reproduction and feeding being the biggest issues. Trout and eel, which depend on river accessibility and spawning areas, inhabits the river. This study aims to create

Författare: Sanna Andersson Titel: Det mänskliga arvet - En undersökning av det kulturella och symboliska kapitalets påverkan på individer inom högskola och universitet Kandidatuppsats: SOCK04, 15 hp Handledare: Axel Fredholm Sociologiska institutionen, höstterminen 2016 I tidigare forskning om klass och klassresor framkommer det att personer utan tillträde inom det akademiska fältet i stor utsträ

Zebrafish larvae action sequences were analysed in order to compare and profile several different drugs for therapeutic purposes in neurological diseases. Healthy and neurological disease induced larvae were treated with different drugs and drug dosages and their movement recorded into action sequences. Action sequences were categorized into eight different turn types and organised in swim bouts.

Usually, high acquisition premia are considered to be a proxy for aggressive management style, extremely risk-taking behavior and poor managerial decision making and ultimately failure. In the case of China, it is questionable if this assumption can hold true. In general, cross border M&A failure rate is high and did not vary significantly over time. A study by KPMG found that only 17% of cros

The aim of this study is to examine the interrelationship between contemporary French luxury fashion and political struggles by examining the garments with explicit political statements from the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2015 Chanel runway, the ready-to-wear spring/summer 2017 Dior runway and the menswear fall/winter 2017 Balenciaga runway analysis as to discern the possible reasons and effects

Mangroveskogens ekosystem är ett tropiskt kustsamhälle bebott av organismer anpassade till den stressfulla miljön i tidvattenszonen. Mangroveskogen har på senare år blivit erkänd för de viktiga ekosystemtjänsterna den erbjuder. Trotts detta hotas den av mänskliga aktiviteter, och en tredjedel av världens naturliga mangroveskog uppskattas redan ha gått förlorad. Ansträngningar har gjorts för att beThe mangrove ecosystem is a tropical coastal community inhabited by organisms adapted to the stressful environment of the tidal zone. Mangrove ecosystems has in recent years been noted for the important ecosystem services they offer. Still, they are threatened by anthropogenic activities and it has been estimated that a third of the world’s natural mangrove cover has already been lost. Efforts hav

There is limited research conducted into the field of male victims of intimate partner abuse. Although, recent Swedish studies show that male victimization from female offender may be equally prevalent as female victimization of partner abuse. Previous international examples suggest that male victims may be less likely to acknowledge themselves as “victims” and therefore less likely to take legal

In this thesis a system for tracking the fingers of a user using sound waves is developed. The proposed solution is to attach a small speaker to each finger and then have a number of microphones placed ad hoc around a computer monitor listening to the speakers. The system should then be able to track the positions of the fingers so that the coordinates can be mapped to the computer monitor and be

Unemployment, underemployment and stressful working conditions in today’s Greece comprise common phenomena whose consequences are not only evident in the socioeconomic sphere but also in the individual psychological sphere. The present investigation combines mixed methods focusing on the psychological impact of unemployment and underemployment on individual mental health, and on the role of attach

Indonesia has implemented national policies and legislations to encourage biofuel production as means to achieve energy security and self-sufficiency and to reduce reliance of fossil fuel reserves. However, there is still no clear road-map for the socio-technological transition. While acknowledging economic impediments, this case study investigates social and political obstacles to bioethanol prod

The memory is by far one of the brain’s most important and fundamental functions, but perhaps also one of the most unreliable. In order for information to be retained in memory, the brain performs, in a few milliseconds, an outstandingly complex process that is also very sensitive to external disturbances. With the information technology available today, it is easy to be distracted by redundant in