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This essay considers whether one can set criminal youth "right". The purpose was partly to illuminate how youths in NFG (Non Fighting Generation) in Halmstad described what use they could get of the membership, and partly to explain for what reasons they would chose a way of life against violence and criminality. I have done qualitative interviews with members of NFG in Halmstad. I start

Saint Olav His Cult The subject of this thesis is Saint Olav (995-1030) and his cult in medieval Scandinavia. He was canonized soon after his death, and he became a popular saint in the Scandinavian countries. With the help of the material and historical evidence of the cult of Saint Olav I here attempt to trace who was the driving force behind its expansion, as well as why the cult was spread wi

Since the Washington consensus in the 1980s, economic liberalization has been seen as a panacea for increasing the economic development and the welfare of a developing country. By reducing trade tariffs and barriers, moving from a socialistic economic system and removing state monopoly on major exports, it is believed that a developing country will increase its income and economic growth while ben

Det Huvudsakliga syftet med denna studie är att klargöra vilka krav som ställs på miljökonsekvensbeskrivningar för landbaserade vindkraftsprojekt samt att undersöka om dessa krav skiljer sig mellan olika länsstyrelser i Sverige. Som Ett led i detta utreds även utmaningar som vindkrafsbranschen och länsstyrelser ställs inför i samband med tillstånd av vindkraft, såsom handläggningstider och vanligtThe main aim of this thesis is to clarify the requirements for environmental impact assessments for onshore wind projects, and to investigate if these requirements differ between county administrative boards in Sweden. As a part of this challenges that the wind power companies and county administrative boards has too face are investigated, such as processing time and frequent complementaries. The

The question ‘What is Vulnerability’ is hard to answer. This thesis deals with this question by investigating narratives of vulnerability amongst staff members at DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture. Drawing on the thoughts, theories and epistemology of understanding vulnerability by Erinn C. Gilson and Judith Butler, this thesis seeks to uncover how vulnerability is narrated amongst staff

The peel test is a widely used method for evaluating adhesion in packaging materials. However, the result from a peel test is affected by more factors than only the adhesion. A method, based on beam theory, for calculating the adhesion considering these factors was used and evaluated. This was done by performing peel tests for different materials and peel angles. To obtain more knowledge about how

CITIES SHOULD BE OPEN AND INCLUSIVE, say municipality officials in Sweden. So why are they not? One answer is norms. Invisible norms are constantly present in our daily lives and affect us by limiting possibilities and narrowing our perspectives and views of each other in ways that can lead to exclusion and discrimination. The norm-critical approach has become a commonly used method to make norms

Relationship marketing is getting more focus from researchers today. The idea of earning the trust and loyalty of customers by engaging in relationships has been put to practice in many retail areas. Retailers and researchers are stressing the importance of establishing relationships with their customers and are in many ways focused on the physical service encounter. Literature often suggests that

Horisonter med subfossila stubbar och rötter av tall (Pinus sylvestris) är vanliga i stratigra-fier från torvmarker i norra Europa. Dessa är tydliga indikationer på att det under holocen funnits perioder med tillräckligt gynnsamma förhållanden för tallar att växa på mossar. Tall kan endast växa på mossar när ytan är tillräckligt torr, och därför är rester av tallar på mossar goda indikationer på eHorizons rich in subfossil stumps and roots of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) are frequently found in stratigraphies of northern European peatlands, providing clear evidence of Holocene periods with favourable conditions for bog-pine growth. The pines could only grow when bog-surface wetness was sufficiently low, and the presence of their remains is therefore a good indicator of past climatic condi

Sverigedemokraterna, radikal högerpopulism, nationalism, folksuveränitet, demokrati, folket, invandring.Our purpose of this essay is to study the Swedish political party Sverigedemokraterna. We will examine the change or development during the last twenty years. During this time, the party has grown massively both in size but also in regards of influence on the political agenda. This leads us to our interest, does the increase in size and influence also means that the party is changing their views,

The aim of this study was to examine how social workers working with the Staircase Model and Housing First can help long-term homeless people with a long history of alcohol and/or drug abuse, their view of the models and how they describe and use their discretion. I used a qualitative method and data was gathered by semi-structured interviews. I interviewed five social workers in four different mu

Vattenmolekylers rörelse: ett mått på små förändringar i hjärnan Visste du att bättre förståelse för nätverket av nervtrådar i hjärnan kan uppnås genom att mäta vattenmolekylernas rörelse? I denna studie användes detta för att undersöka om det finns förändringar i hjärnan hos personer med den autoimmuna sjukdomen SLE. Hur kan vattenmolekylers rörelse användas för att förstå hjärnans uppbyggnad? Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, SLE, is a disease with a large variation of symptoms. Some patients have neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as cognitive dysfunction and epilepsy. The classification of patients into NPSLE, with neuropsychiatric symptoms, and non-NPSLE, without these symptoms, is uncertain. Studying the white matter microstructure of SLE patients and comparing this with healthy controls

Kapaciteten är ett ständigt återkommande problem på den svenska järnvägen och allt fler resenärer har börjat välja tåg som färdmedel, detta medför att kapacitetsproblemet bara kommer öka. Kollektivresandet i Sverige har under det senaste decenniet ökat markant och det är främst resandet på järnväg som ökat. Denna ökning har även påverkat Skåne där pendling till arbete och utbildning idag har bliviCapacity is a constant problem on the Swedish railway. More and more travellers have begun to choose trains as a mean of transport due to the low environmental impact and its convenient way of transport. Public transport in Sweden has increased significantly in the last decade, and it is mainly rail travel that has increased. This increase has also affected Skåne, where commuting to work and educa

This paper examines understandings of gender with an emphasis on masculinities among Bolivian feminist and women´s organizations. The specific aim has been to find out to what extent their understandings of gender include masculinities, and if so, what are their agendas and political positionings in relation to their work with men and boys. Finally, the study has examined what impact the feminist

The rapid changes in internet technology, coupled with Web 2.0 have created new and exciting ways of how we interact, socialize, and express ourselves. These new forms of socializations have been highly facilitated by Social Networking Sites (SNSs). These SNSs work as platforms for all types of information and entertainment experiences, creating a distinct culture of consumption of information and

Cloud based services known as ”Software as a Service” has in the past few years become very popular in the IT industry. Hence it is not surprising that the concept also has reached the security industry and the market for camera surveillance, where the concept ”Video Surveillance as a Service” (VSaaS) has become a buzzword. This is much because of new business opportunities for the vendors and eas

The aim of the study was to examine the effects of sex-disaggregated budgets (SDBs) by looking at Guatemalan cooperatives. The method of the study was semi-structured interviews carried out with Guatemalan cooperative members and staff accessed through the Swedish Cooperative Center (Swedish development non-governmental organization). The main conclusion is that the SDBs have had substantial posit