The aim of this study was to examine what kind of experience and knowledge counselors in psychiatric units have about issues of loneliness among their patients. This study also examines how counselors work to help socially isolated individuals with severe mental health problems to increase their participation in society. Six qualitative interviews have been conducted with counselors in psychiatri

In the summer of 2014, a violent conflagration erupted in the isolated Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Whilst the fighting was between Hamas and Israel, Palestinian civilians paid the price. The stark disparity in deaths triggered a debate in the West about Israeli tactics, and the media was accused of ‘bias’ by both Israelis and Palestinians. What this controversy reveals is that the argument is abo

I dagens samhälle ser vi diskussioner rörande klimatfrågor och jämställdhet både på samhälls- och individnivå. Dessa diskussioner engagerar och kan påverka allt ifrån stora aktörer till enskilda individer. Denna uppsats intresserar sig för hur dessa diskussioner samverkar när ett företag väger in båda frågorna vid marknadsföringsstrategier. Uppsatsen är en kvalitativ textanalys vars syfte är att u

This thesis aims to contribute to the discussion on the role of authority in servant leadership, by answering the following research question: How do pastors perceive their servant leadership and how does this relate to authority? The methodology of this study is based on a qualitative study, following an interpretive approach. The empirical material of this study consists of 10 interviews. All in

Since the 1950s the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) has experienced several changes in land use policy. In the early 1990s the NCA’s policy was changed for the last time and the area became considered an experimental multiple land use system. This has resulted in conflict between the government and conservationist groups, who argued that allowing people to reside within the protected area will

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to describe sustainability reporting practices in Brazilian corporations listed on B3. Methodology: The investigation for thesis was based on a content analysis. Sustainability information was defined according to the GRI standards provided by the Global Reporting Initiative and measured through the number of pages, words, tables, figures and diagrams. Theore

In this study, the relationship between the returns of stock indices for renewable energy, oil & gas and technology is analysed in a European context with the use of a DCC GARCH model. Results show that conditional correlations peaked during four years following the 2008 financial crisis but has since then reverted to pre-crisis levels. Hedge ratios imply that renewable energy stocks can be sh

Detta examensarbete undersöker hur ett visuellt designverktyg för byggande av användargränssnitt till iOS, Android, och webben kan konstrueras. Även fast det finns en hel del verktyg för att designa och bygga mobil- och webbappar, så finns det i nuläget inga visuella designverktyg för att bygga en gemensam app för alla tre plattformar. Utöver detta, så undersöker arbetet potentiella lösningar till This thesis investigates how a visual design tool for building cross-platform application interfaces for iOS, Android, and web can be constructed. While there are plenty of tools for building and designing mobile and web apps, there are currently no visual design tools for building cross-platform apps for all three platforms. Beyond this, the thesis explores potential solutions for problems relat

This paper contributes to sustainability transitions studies in delivering stronger focus and relevance on culture and discursive features to apprehend social resistances towards transition agendas, and the unprecedented emergence of the challenging antagonism of the ‘end of the world’ versus ‘the end of the month’ revealed by the case study of the Yellow Vests crisis in France since November 2018

The literary heroic ideal changed with the Great War, as the Victorian hero ideal was no longer plausible in a post-war world. The new ideal was pacifist and non-heroic but not everyone who had been through the Great War agreed that there was no heroicism. This essay discusses the development of the heroic ideal in the mid twentieth century in relation to the two brothers Boromir and Faramir in J.

Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Influencers - en resa tur och retur Seminariedatum: 2019-06-04 Ämne/kurs: FEKH29 Företagsekonomi: Examensarbete i marknadsföring på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Patrice Behrad, Ricci Chan-Udom, Anja Petrovic Handledare: Oskar Christensson Fem nyckelord: Influencers, flygvanor, klimatångest, parasociala relationer, konsumentkulturteori Syfte: SyftAbstract Title: Influencers - a round-trip journey Seminar date: 2019-06-04 Course: FEKH29 Business administration: Degree Project in Marketing, Undergraduate Level, 15 ECTS Authors: Patrice Behrad, Ricci Chan-Udom, Anja Petrovic Advisor: Oskar Christensson Key words: Influencers, flight habits, climate anxiety, parasocial relationships, consumption culture theory Purpose: The purpose of the study

This essay is concerned with three authors' projection of self and their personal trademarks within various digital platforms. The authors' posts on social media are examined on the basis of how they relate to the authors' trademarks. Viveca Sten and Katarina Wennstam’s websites and Denise Rudberg’s podcast participation are analysed based on how these platforms present a projection of

Cosmopolitan theory has long argued that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected. Through borderless phenomena such as climate change, and through globalizing processes such as cross-border mobility and the global market, we are becoming increasingly aware of their social and political impact as global news and debates fill our social media channels. To this end, cosmopolitan theory argu

To allow further device scalability within the data storage industry there needs to be continued research of new technologies. One promising technology is the Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM), based on magnetoresistive elements, which is non-volatile; consume low power and have fast read and write operations. To make the technology scalable, the bit (the smallest element in the MRAM) needs to

Single use medical devices have been the widespread practice for clinical work for many years. However, the negative environmental impacts of using disposable products have also attracted attention worldwide. To choose a disposable or reusable medical device should not only encompass economic and clinical safety aspects but also environmental impact. This study has compared environmental impact be

Controlled water activity in an enzymatic reaction can influence enzyme activity and productivity. A small layer of water around an enzyme gives it a required flexibility to catalyze reactions at a higher rate in contrast with the one that is dry (Adlercreutz, Dicko, Larsson, & Månsson, 2017). The hypothesis of this research project is that the product yield and productivity of acidolysis and

Medias framställningar om hemlösa och hemlöshet påverkar övriga samhällsmedborgares föreställningar om hemlösa och hemlöshet och i sin tur hur hemlösa bemöts och behandlas. Normerade samhällsgrupper dikterar genom media hemlösas livsvillkor och sociala roller. En konsekvens av detta är att hemlösa stigmatiseras. Denna uppsats utforskar genom kvalitativa metoder medias framställningar av hemlösa oc

Self-driving vehicles is a highly anticipated technology for increasing the safety and efficiency of automotive transportation systems by removing the risk of human errors. Volvo Car Corporation is determined to produce vehicles of full autonomy and highest safety within the near future. To achieve this goal, Volvo Cars is in parallel with the development of autonomous vehicles setting up a sophis

Knowledge about the gas-phase close to an active catalyst is essential in order to understand the properties of the catalytic reaction process. By the use of planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF), the gas-phase can be visualized with high spatial and temporal resolution without affecting the catalyst. In this work, catalytic CO oxidation over a Pd(100) catalyst is investigated using laser-induc

Derivative models often come in the form of stochastic differential equations. From these equations a partial differential equation (PDE) can be derived. By discretizing the PDE the numerical solution is obtained on a form where the value of the derivative can be seen as a probabilistic weighting of future values. These probabilities can be used to simulate trajectories of the under- lying assets.