Abstract Through qualitative method, this essay intends to study which expectations exist for school counselors in the school organization, accordning to the new school law (2010:800), which puts demands on all schools to have access to a counselor. The study consists of 24 survey answers from educators, as well as interviews with a special education teacher and a principal. Half of the survey res

Klassificerning av biologiska och icke-biologiska partiklar är av avgörande betydelse inom många forskningsområden och inom industrin, inbegripet biologi, medicin och så kalladtissue engineering. Gemensamma parametrar i inmärknings-fri separationutgörs vanligen av storleken, formen och de mekaniska egenskaperna hos partiklarna. Anordningar baserade på deterministisk sidoförskjutning (DLD) har upp

The upcoming ESA space astrometry mission Gaia, planned to be launched in early 2012, has been designed to scan the whole sky (flux limited, corresponding to magnitude 20 in the Gaia passband) during a five-year observational phase. It will measure the astrometric parameters (positions, parallaxes and proper motions) of more than one billion stars, complemented by multi-epoch spectrometric and rad

Artikelserien Hatet och politiken som publicerades i Dagens Nyheter under våren 2012 beskrivs som vårens stora kulturdebatt. Maria Sveland inledde debatten som kom att handla om relationen mellan antifeminism och främlingsfientlighet. Det övergripande syften i studien Enkelhetens politik – populist eller politiskt korrekt? En analys av den polariserade jämställdhetsdebatten är att genom debattarti

The authors Jeremy Carrette and Richard King argues that spirituality has become a subject of commodification (i.e. transformed into a commodity) as a consequence of the growing impact of Neoliberalism in the Western world since the 1980´s. These new forms of spirituality substitute traditional religion in secular societies and often operate with a hidden economic agenda. McDonaldization is a soci

Alexander Schmemann (1921-1983) is considered by many as one of the twentieth century's most significant theologians. His main contribution to theological research, or at least the one most talked about, is his argument about liturgy in relation to theology and the church. Schmemann said that the task of liturgical theology is to clarify the theological meaning of the church's worship. Thi

Inom hälso- och sjukvården är forskning rörande teamarbete en relativt ny företeelse. Flera studier påvisar motsättningar mellan professionerna inom operationsteamet i stora delar av världen. Nationella studier inom området saknas. Syftet med studien var att undersöka det perioperativa samarbetet inom operationsteamet. Metoden genomfördes med kvantitativ ansats genom strukturerade icke-deltagande

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) describes an inverted U-shaped relationship between per capita income and environmental degradation. In this paper this relationship will be analysed by using per capita GDP as proxy for per capita income, and per capita carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide as representatives for environmental degradation. Using cross-country time series data for ten global coun

Roma people have since their first stay in Sweden endured discrimination and violations due other people’s intolerance of their values, way of living and culture. Some of the most common concepts used to describe the Roma people are as a threat or a problem, as incompetent or incapable and as un-Swedish. These concepts were found in both studies of the Roma people and official governmental investi

Denna studie undersöker en specifik del av marknadsföringsprocessen. Segmentering avser arbetet med att urskilja och identifiera mindre och distinkta enheter från en bred marknad, och är en förutsättning för ett arbete med riktad kommunikation. Utifrån en socialkonstruktivistisk förståelse för identitet och sexualitet kombinerar studien queerteoretiska uppfattningar med marknadsföringsteori i syftThis study examines a specific part of the marketing process. Segmentation refers to the efforts of distinguishing and identifying smaller and separate entities from a broad market, an essential part of targeted marketing communications. A social constructivist understanding of identity and sexuality underlies this study. The study combines queer theoretical views and marketing theory in order to

Zanzibar, as a part of a developing country in East Africa, struggles with a bad municipal solid waste management system. This master thesis is an attempt to analyse the current waste situation on Zanzibar and the environmental and social effects of four dumpsites in order to give recommendations on how to improve the waste management system. The thesis was made as a Minor Field Study funded by SI

Mot bakgrund av direktiv 1999/70/EG som genomför ramavtalet om visstidsarbete slutet mellan ETUC, UNICE och CEEP har det ifrågasatts om lag (1982:80) om anställningsskydd lever upp till direktivets krav avseende införande av hinder mot att tidsbegränsade anställningsformer missbrukas. Ramavtalet mellan de sociala parterna inriktar sig speciellt på missbruk som uppstår ur användningen av på varandrFollowing the entry into force of Council Directive 1999/70/EC concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP it has been questioned whether the Swedish Employment Protection Act is in accordance with the directive concerning the introduction of measures to prevent abuse of fixed-term employment contracts. The framework agreement between the social partners

During the last twenty years there's been a growing amount of exhibitions that in different ways challenge peoples feelings and ideas. It can be exhibitions that show other interpretations of a phenomenon than the once we're used to see or subjects that can be found sensitive or provoking to some people. I've found an explanation to why museums show this type of exhibitions in the ne

The aim of this thesis is to study and analyze from an archivists point of view how the function of the municipal archives relates to the aspects of the professional position and, work situation and education of those who work in archives, and to the laws and regulations. Our discussion is framed by the notions of democracy and transparency and their significance for archival practices in a munici

Despite the enthusiasm that greeted democratization in Africa and Nigeria in particular, it has turned out that expectation has run contrary with the reality. The wave of democratization in Africa has turned out to be wave of conflict, violence and war. This paper examines the dynamics of fraudulent elections in African most populous nations,Nigeria; a land with great potentials but lacking the fr

This study explores Malmö's definition of social sustainability. Social sustainability still lacks a universal definition, creating a wide margin of interpretation and free space to act or not to act. The concept has grown as a topic on the political agenda and the City of Malmö has in recent years launched major projects to influence the social sustainability in a positive direction. Among ot

The purpose of this study was to examine the subjective experience of schizophrenia. Four people, two of them diagnosed with schizophrenia and two relatives, were interviewed. The themes selected were development of the disease, recovery, belief in the future, the role of families and siblings, stigmatization and the relationship between violent crimes and mental illness. The development and exper