Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera fyra europeiska länders ekonomiska utveckling de senaste åren för att se om det finns skillnader beroende på landets val av växelkursregim. Hypotesen är att det finns fördelar för de länder med rörliga växelkurser som enligt Mundell-Flemming-teorin har möjlighet att använda penningpolitik som stabilisator vid finansiella störningar och perioder av sämre ko

Syftet med denna fallstudie var att undersöka hur arbetsmotivationen ser ut hos anställda på ett företag som befinner sig i en avvecklingsprocess. Det studerade företaget var Barsebäck Kraft Aktiebolag. Eventuella samband undersöktes mellan arbetsmotivation och framtidsvisshet samt mellan arbetsmotivation och de demografiska variablerna ålder och antal anställda år på företaget. Genom en surveyund

Calculations on Pm I like ions in a isoelectronical sequence has been made using Multiconfigurational Dirac-Fock (MCDF). Spectra in these heavy atoms are very massive and complicated as so many shells are open and so many transitions are possible. Moving down the ion sequence the electron configuration is going to change due to increasing nuclear charge. The work was focused on finding when a conf

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Vulkanisk aska både näring och kris för miljön. Att stora lavaflöden följer av vulkanutbrott och att lava kan ödelägga hela städer och förstöra miljön över stora arealer är välkänt. Men vid vulkanutbrott produceras även tefra, vulkanisk aska, som kan transporteras med vindar i atmosfären och därmed spridas hundratals kilometer från vulkanen. Där tefran sedan falThe effect of tephra input to terrestrial and lacustrine environments was studied through a literature research, focused on pollen- and diatom analyses. A sediment core from the Faroe Islands, containing the Saksunarvatn ash (10 240 cal.yr. BP), was examined as a complement to the literature study. The core was described and analysed for loss of ignition, magnetic susceptibility and amorphous sili

Sammanfattning Det immaterialrättsliga ersättningssystemet är förmodligen mer aktuellt än någonsin. Ett ökat internationellt fokus och de förändringar som bland annat IPRED-direktivet medfört är en del i detta. Dessutom har den tekniska utvecklingen under en period varit stor, sammantaget innebär detta att frågan om ersättning för immaterialrättsintrång är mycket angelägen. Immateriella rättighetSummary The sanctioning of infringements into intellectual properties is a question of severe relevance. Technical development, globalization and legal standpoints such as the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive has made the topic of this paper a much debated one. The value of intellectual properties can be immense. In fact there are quite a few cases where the most valued assets

Leadership is a well-researched topic. The meaning of leadership has often been brought to magical levels beyond the ordinary sense and some experts suggests that leadership is a phenomenon mostly expressed in best selling books and leadership courses. So how does leadership existence come to expression in a human service-organization and which meaning does the leaders in these organizations assig

Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka diskussionen kring testamentsregister i Sverige. Den deskriptiva delen av arbetet inriktar sig främst på varför Sverige saknar ett nationellt testamentsregister och vilka argument som har framförts för och emot ett sådant. För att ytterligare belysa frågan behandlas rättsläget för testamentsregister i Danmark och Norge som båda har någon form av testamentsrThe aim of this thesis is to discuss if registration of wills in Sweden would be possible. The descriptive part focuses mainly on why Sweden does not have a national register of wills and the arguments put forward for and against such a register. To further highlight the issue the register of wills in Denmark and Norway will be dealt with. Both of these countries have different forms of testamenta

Studiens syfte är att belysa Stephen Kings tidiga författarskap, och däri finna kopplingar mellan verken i fråga om narrativa strukturer och tematiska likheter. Arbetet bottnar i ett strukturalistiskt arbetssätt.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att precisera hävningsgrunderna och hävningens rättsverkningar enligt standardavtalen AB 04 och ABT 06. För att kunna besvara de ställda frågorna utgår arbetet från sådan rättsdogmatisk teori och metod som kan sägas utgöra traditionell rättsvetenskap. För kommersiella entreprenadavtal saknas direkt tillämpliga obligationsrättsliga lagregler. Detta innebär att de förhandThe purpose of this study is to clarify the grounds for termination, and the legal consequences of termination, according to the standard agreement system constituted by AB 04 and ABT 06. The study is based on such theory and method which represents traditional jurisprudence. In Sweden commercial construction contracts are not subject to any specific legislative regulation. For lack of formally ap

IT-användning i småföretag och organisationer skiljer sig från IT-användning i större företag. I småföretag och organisationer finns det unika problem som påverkar införandet av nya IT-lösningar negativt. Studier om småföretag och organisationers användning av IT och vilka problem som uppstår i detta samband är få. I den här uppsatsen har intervjuer från en fallorganisation utgjort grunden för att

The outcome of a common European asylum system (CEAS) is an open question in which the answer will situate itself somewhere between two conflicting frames: the realist with focus on internal security and border controls, and the liberal with focus on human-rights and refugee protection. This thesis analyses how these frames are expressed in the European Commission’s publications in the asylum area

In this essay the subjects of city development and governance are studied in a context of democracy. The empirical cases for this study are two city development projects in the city of Helsingborg, Sweden. The two projects are studied with a focus on governance and democracy. The analysis shows that increased competition between cities have led to a situation where many cities use governance relat

In this essay I will try to find out if there is such a thing as a social status in cemeteries in the medieval ages. My focus will be on S: t Stefan in Lund and S: t Clemens in Helsingborg. To find a social status in the cemeteries can be hard, and that is why I am also comparing grave gods, coffins and the burial traditions. Is it possible to see a social status in these cemeteries? Do grave gods

There is a new accelerating trend of foreign direct investments (FDI) in farmland in developing countries. After recent crises in food and energy, as well as the financial and environmental crises, the demand for farmland has increased significantly. Powerful economic actors lease large areas of farmland outside their own national borders in order to secure access to food, energy and other supplie

The largest Stone Age micro region in Latvia, has been discovered and extensively investigated during the 1960s -1980s in the Lake Lubāns basin. This master thesis discuss the interaction between hunter-gatherers and the environment in the developing stages of the Lake Lubāns. The literature studies have been carried out in attempt to find out whether people adapted to the environment and ecologic

Almost all children and teenagers are active in sports clubs at some time during their lives. Sports clubs have a significant impact during childhood and adolescence, and they play a key developmental role. Participating in a sports club helps a person gain the kind of social capital that has a substantial positive impact on individuals and consequently on society. The very foundation of sports cl

The aim of this thesis is to explain which ideas have been at work when it comes to Malmö municipality’s integration policy. Furthermore I aim to see how their integration ideas are made into real actions taken by the municipality. With theories on the subjects of integration, multiculturalism, recognition, justice and equality I aim to explain the choices of action taken by Malmö municipality. Th

In the past decades, global challenges including food insecurity were viewed almost entirely as a rural phenomenon. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, rapid urbanization in the developing world has jeopardized livelihoods along the urban periphery leading to the gradual relocation of food insecurity closer to the urban areas. Hence, the purpose of this study was to explore hous

The aim of this essay is to study bronze casting during the Scandinavian bronze age through the artefact crucibles. The main question is; how many castings has it been possible to do with the crucibles found at Broåsen Sweden before they had to be discarded? Other investigations of bronze casting have stated that 1-10 castings is the maximum amount of usage for a ceramic crucible, thereby making i

Sexual violence is conducted by armed groups in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a very high extent and with an extreme brutality. Reports from the region often emphasize the victims' experience of the violence from a human rights framework and fail to recognize the context, with its specific social, symbolic, legal and macro-economic attributes. This thesis ar