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The aim of this study was to elucidate which knowledge professionals who work at social services and sheltered accommodations, consider to be important and which experiences they have gained in their work with girls/women who have been exposed to violence and threats. But we also wanted to examine how professionals work on the basis of available methods and interventions. The study was conducted u

The so called honour culture and honour related violence is a globally debated subject. The honour related debate arose in Sweden in connection to the honour-killing of Fadime Sahindal in 2002. The aim of this study was to research and present the perception and view of honour cultures that different Swedish social workers may have, and, how they work with honour related cases. Furthermore, the

Caregiving is emerging as a global issue, as countries around the world are facing aging populations, including China. The intent of this study is: (1) to explore what needs Chinese urban family caregivers express, and in what way they may differ depending on certain background variables; (2) to explore what support, both formal and informal, is available for them; and (3) what changes to existing

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

With an increased importance of working capital management and supply chain risks, supply chain finance has gained an increasing interest from organizations across the world. A buyer-centric supply chain finance solution can create a ‘win-win’ situation for buyers and suppliers, by allowing buyers to extend payment terms and suppliers to get payments in advance. This allows both buyers and supplie

När High Court of Justice avkunnade dom i målet Bell v Tavistock konstaterade domstolen att barn under 16 års ålder som lider av könsdysfori högst troligen inte kan ge ett giltigt samtycke till pubertetsbromsande hormonbehandling eller könskonträr hormonbehandling. Världen fick då ta del av berättelsen om en ung flicka som genomgått identitetsbekräftande vård och sedan ångrat sitt beslut. Denna upWhen the High Court of Justice ruled in Bell v Tavistock that children under the age of 16 suffering from gender dysphoria most likely could not consent to being treated with puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones, the verdict told the story of a young girl who underwent gender-affirming treatment and later came to regret her decision. This essay studied the decision-making capacity of children an

Förändrat uttryck av den muterade immunförsvars-genen TLR2 kan bidra till ökad resistens mot borrelia – en studie på immunförsvaret hos vilda gnagare Skogssorkar (Myodes glareolus) och andra vilda gnagare utgör de huvudsakliga bärarna av bakterien Borrelia afzelii. Dessa bakterier kan orsaka sjukdomen borrelia och sprids vanligen från gnagare till andra däggdjur via fästingar. Trots att sorkarna

Sweden is aiming to become world-leading in utilizing the possibilities of digitalization and is expanding automated government decisions with the use of algorithms and robots. A project sponsored by the Swedish government was initiated in 2017 to spread “Trelleborgsmodellen”, the model of the first municipality to introduce automated income-support processing, to other municipalities in Sweden. W

Rätten att få använda straffprocessuella tvångsmedel är viktig och nödvändig för de brottsutredande myndigheterna för att uppnå så effektiv brottsbekämpning som möjligt. Exempel på typiska straffprocessuella tvångsmedel är häktning, anhållande samt husrannsakan, alla innebär en integritetskränkning för den som utsätts för de. När det gäller hemliga tvångsmedel är de att anse som mer integritetskräThe right to use pre-trial coercive measures is important and necessary for the investigating authorities in the objective of achieving the most effective law enforcement possible. Examples of typical criminal coercive measures are detention, arrest and raids, all of which violate the privacy of the victim. Examples of secret coercive measures are secret telemonitoring and secret telephone tapping

Life at a music festival can be both a blessing and a curse. It creates a feeling of escaping reality into euphoric happiness and freedom that only music festivals can bring. But one thing can drastically change this mood and make the living at the festival quite miserable – the weather. Rain as well as too high or low temperatures contribute to this negative change of mood. The festival chosen fo

Det pågår just nu en omställning från fossila till förnyelsebara energiresurser. Exempel på förnyelsebara resurser är sol-, vind- och vattenkraft. Problemet är att energiproduktionen är beroende av att solen skiner, vinden blåser eller att vattnet flödar. Lösningen kan vara att lagra energin i smältsalter. I det här projektet utvecklades metoder för att internt kunna studera smältsaltskorrosion avMolten salt applications are challenging from a material perspective. This degree project was carried out at Alfa Laval to give them a better understanding of the corrosion of solar salt on the standard heat exchanger material stainless steel 321. Similar tests have previously been performed externally. By developing test methods for in-house corrosion testing time and money can be saved. In thi

Under de senaste årtiondena har Brå publicerat två rapporter som visat att invandrade personer samt personer med utländsk bakgrund är överrepresenterade bland de som registreras för brott. Intresset för denna fråga växer i takt med att invandringen till Sverige ökar. Situationen utnyttjas av nationalistiska och socialkonservativa partier och samhällsklimatet har nu hårdnat till den grad att den ökOver the past decades, The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention has conducted two studies showing that immigrants in Sweden and people with foreign backgrounds are overrepresented amongst crime suspects. As migration to Sweden increases these studies have received more attention. Nationalistic and social conservative parties are taking advantage of the situation, why the political climate

Högre verkningsgrader, stabilitet och minskad toxicitet; så skall framtidens solceller nå verkligheten. Många hoppas att solenergi ska ta över våra energibehov och varje dag närmar vi oss en grönare utvinning av elektricitet. Kommer våra bilar och byggnader täckas av solceller i framtiden? Inte helt omöjligt, om vi kan bemästra det fascinerande materialet perovskit. På EPFL, Ecóle Polytechnique FPerovskite research has quickly gone from non-existent to one of the biggest reseach areas in Photo- voltaics. There are still many questions to be solved regarding the stability, environmental impact, reproducible large area devices, efficiency and module fabrication cost of Perovskite Solar Cells, PSCs, before commercial up-scaling. Scientists all over the world are working towards solutions and

Cell death is an important field of biology that is linked to many other topics in medicine and biology. One of the methods to investigate cell death is through high content screening (HCS) which makes use of robotic microscopy. By this technology, cell death associated organelle membrane permeabilisation and the localisation of certain dyes can be visualised and elucidate a substantial amount of

Hedersrelaterat våld är för svenskt vidkommande inte längre ett främmande begrepp eller fenomen. Inte desto mindre är ämnet politiskt laddat och debatten om hedersrelaterat våld är fortfarande högaktuell. Inte minst på det straffrättsliga området gör sig problematiken gällande och det tycks råda en oklarhet kring vilken betydelse heder bör ha i rättsliga sammanhang. Hedersrelaterat våld är ett kViolence in the name of honour is no longer an unknown concept or phenomenon in the Swedish society. Nevertheless, the issue is subject of an ongoing political debate. The problematic aspects of violence in the name of honour are evident within the criminal justice system and there appears to be inherent uncertainties regarding the role of honour in the legal context. Violence in the name of hon

Popular science summary Ortho Group SEARCH A gene is a unit of heredity of a living species. Genes are transferred from one generation to the next by vertical descent. Two genes are homologous if derived from a common ancestral gene. Homologous genes related by duplication event within the genome are paralogous genes. Copies of the same ancestral gene separated by a speciation event (when a spec

Urine-metanephrines are used in the screening for pheochromocytomas in patients with adrenal incidentalomas, but their potential as markers for mortality in patients with adrenal adenomas has not been studied. A retrospective cohort study was designed to investigate if urine-metanephrines were associated with mortality in patients with adrenal adenomas. Participants where consecutively included be

This thesis comprises three self-contained chapters that explore how individual behavior, incentives, and institutional frameworks shape the allocation of scarce resources, with particular emphasis on healthcare markets. The first chapter examines the impact of intrinsic truth-telling preferences on consumer welfare within a priority pricing mechanism, in which individuals can gain faster access t

Iggesund Paperboard Limited works in an increasingly competitive and cost-focused industry. The production is very customised and besides the different product variants some customers also have special requests, which mean activities that fall out of the normal process. The contribution system does not identify the additional costs that depend on the special customer requests. The purpose with th