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The aim of this study is to investigate how a final report from the official reports of the Swedish government (SOU) present newly arrived women's incorporation to the Swedish labour market and to which extent the report put the responsibility of their incorporation on the newly arrived women or on the society. I have been analysing the final report SOU 2012:69 which is an investigation that a

Syfte: Att undersöka i vilken utsträckning personaloptioner används i IT-företag i Sverige, samt att utforska bakomliggande anledningar till varför företag väljer att använda eller att inte använda sig av personaloptioner. Metod: Studien har en abduktiv ansats och har genomförts med en tvärsnittsdesign. Materialet samlades in med hjälp av en web-baserad enkät samt semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Purpose: To investigate to what extent employee stock options are used in IT-companies in Sweden, and to examine the reasons behind the decision to use or not to use these in a company. Methodology: The study was made with an abductive research strategy using a cross-sectional design. The material was collected through an online survey and semi-structured interviews. Theoretical perspectives: Ag

This study investigates how the Chinese transition from a planned economy towards an emerging market economy has affected the income gap between men and women in urban China. Before the market reform, non-market mechanisms allocated labour and wages. Under governmental manifests for equality former strong cultural preference for men were attempted to be eliminated. However, with liberalization of

Situated in a polarized debate on prostitution and sex work, this thesis sets out to explore the characteristics of the Sex Workers Rights Movement in a contemporary Danish context. The thesis builds on respectively a critical theoretical and a social constructivist epistemology. It identifies two main opposing approaches to prostitution and sex work in respectably an “anti-prostitution-” and a “p

Turkish migration to Germany which started in the 1960s as ‘guestworker’ migration soon matured to a permanent settlement. Today, Turkish labour diaspora is the largest migrant group in Germany and Europe. The daughters and sons of the first generation Turkish migrants have a different understanding of ‘home’ compared to their parents. Their upbringing in Germany and transnational links to Turkey

This project (Enzymatic degradation of arabinoxylan and phytic acid as a method to increase yield and bioavailability of nutrients in liquid oat base) evaluates the degradation of phytic acid, of the insoluble fraction from Oatly’s existing production process, with the aim of increasing available nutrients such as minerals and proteins. Previous studies have shown that phytic acid from this fracti

ABSTRAKT Författare: Ida Liljenberg Titel: ”Det är två olika världar” – En intervjustudie om hur poliser upplever sin grundutbildning i relation till yrkeslivet. Kandidatuppsats: SOCK01,15hp Handledare: Agneta Mallén Sociologiska institutionen, vårterminen 2013 Bakgrund/problemdiskussion: Polisverksamhetens regulativa krav genererar arbetsuppgifter som sätter stora krav på den enskilda yrkesutöva

Denna uppsats behandlar hur vida användare anser studentportaler har dem funktioner som Collins(2002) anser portaler bör innehålla och hur detta påverkar struktur, kommunikation och informationshantering. Jag ska med denna uppsats få fram hur användarna ser på struktur, kommunikation och informationshantering men jag vill även se ifall det finns något annat som en studentportal kan bidra med och v

This thesis analysis if company registration plays a significant role when obtaining credit from formal financial institutions in China. It then goes on to explore if obtained credit for the same companies results in higher total profits. The growth of the private sector in China is a unique marvel, the sector has long been discriminated against by the Chinese government and the rapid development

This paper is trying to examine whether or not manipulation exists in political speeches by investigating the last speech given by the Egyptian ex-president, Mubarak, during the revolution of January 25th, 2011. The study is conducted, mainly, by applying Critical Discourse Analysis theory to the text under examination with the aim of pointing out manipulative features. By adopting Critical Discou

Last year’s demographical changes and times of internationalization and also individualization have led to changes in the way welfare services are delivered. More specifically there have been changes made within social care and health care. The new times that have led to privatization has also increased the amount of service providers. Within elderly care, this is not an exception. Waves of New Pu

Skälen för att bedriva kapitalförvaltning genom utländsk juridisk person kan vara många. Det allra vanligaste skälet måste ändå vara skatterättsligt, då utländska skatteregler i många fall är mer gynnsamma än de svenska. Det uppstår emellertid en rad skatterättsliga problem med förfarandet. I uppsatsen analyseras bestämmelserna om fast driftställe i såväl svensk intern skatterätt som den rätt som The reasons for conducting asset management through a foreign legal entity can be many. The most common reason however have to be fiscal, due to the fact that foreign tax rules in many cases are more favorable than the Swedish tax law. This procedure, however, arises a number of fiscal problems. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the regulations of a permanent establishment, in Swedish domes

This thesis is centered on the issue of how does the health care system reform change urban citizens’ healthcare utilization in China. The new health care reform, against the background of building “a Harmonious Society”, aims to provide a universal health care for the whole population and makes citizens’ access to health care easier. Based on both quantitative and qualitative data, the study sets

The purpose of this study was to find out if gambling addicts experience turning points in their process to recover from their addiction. A qualitative approach with life chart method and semi structured interview was used. Fuchs Ebaugh theory about role exit and turning points was theoretical basis. The result is that every gambling addict in this study experienced one or several turning points d

In the use of articial neural networks (ANN) for real-life applications there is a need for determining the importance of each input variable for the decisions of the articial neural network. By comparing more complex ANN:s with the simple perceptron, a basic method to determine some form of importance is found. This is tested on three dierent datasets of which one is based on a real life dataset

This thesis investigates the issue of bill of lading fraud and discusses the impact of electronic bills of lading. The thesis will focus on English common law and international conventions under which the issue of bill of lading frauds will be analysed. In the analytical chapters, the thesis will make a detailed descriptive investigating as to the different kind of bill of lading fraud. Further it

Södra Cell har under en 10 årig period successivt byt ut sina gamla ventillägesregulatorer till ”smarta” lägesställare TZID från ABB. Men efter införandet så har reglerprestandan sjunkit på vissa delar av fabriken, samt medfört att vissa regulatorer ofta måste bytas ut. Detta har Södra påpekat för ABB, men enligt ABB så är det bara Södra Cell som har problem med TZID. Södras fabrik är beroende av