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Swedish Development Cooperation emphasizes the need for collaboration among actors on a national level. In that context, the purpose of the thesis is to investigate how Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) may influence the changing role of the state. The thesis is informed by Critical Discourse Analysis. In order to investigate the social constructions of real

The European Union's work on equal opportunities for women and men can be described historically in three eras; equal treatment, positive action and, most recently, the gender perspective. In accordance with the latter, gender mainstreaming is the latest method in dealing with these issues. Its aim is the implementation of the gender perspective in all policy processes and to challenge the mal

The purpose of the essay has been to clarify why and how small companies, whose major resource is knowledge, establish strategic alliances and which opportunities it brings. We have increased our understanding for the concept of strategic alliances through empirical search and through well-known scientist work. The method, which has been used in the essay, is principally qualitative interviews and

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Kunskap om mängden kol som växter tar upp i från atmosfären är i dag en viktig frågeställning inom naturvetenskaplig forskning. Resultaten av sådan forskning kan bl.a. användas vid internationella konventioner som t.ex. Kyoto avtalet. I denna studie har jord prover från semi-arida agro-ekosystem i Sudan statistiskt analyserats för att se om skillnaden i organiskSummary: It is well documented that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is increasing globally. Many scientific studies also show that increased CO2 in the atmosphere may raise the mean global temperature and disturb climates in unforeseen ways. The Kyoto Protocol is a framework aiming for an international collaboration for the reduction of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG), of which CO2 is one of t

This paper aims to analyze how child restraint systems (CRS) in cars should be positioned to protect children at the ages 1 to 5. The study is preformed in co-operation with the Swedish insurance company Folksam. Data from Folksam´s database on car crashes in the years 1999-2004 is being used in this study. Every child in the ages 1 to 5 was searched for in the database, which resulted in 184 obse

This report concerns the unequal sex distribution among pilots. The purpose was to find an explanation to why this is, and come up with suggestions for a change. It has been done by studying literature on female pilots and women in non-traditional occupations, and by applying gender theories to their findings and conclusions. To be able to examine the role of the pilot the report starts by introdu

The discussion of the swedish treatment of offenders often revolves round the two contradictions punishment and care. Modern prison is described to be based on values such as humanity, care and respect, although the main task is to protect the society from criminals by keeping them locked up. This study focused on the role of the prison officer with the purpose of understanding how he sees his pro

This study focuses on young adults with mild mental retardation and how their early adult life is a few years after leaving high school. They have grown up in a society where the view on mentally disabled has undergone big changes. Political decisions regarding handicapped, laws, official principles and social reforms have been dominated by the prinziple of normalization. The purpose has been to

Our purpose was to investigate which readiness, different sectors in a minor city has to meet honour-related problems. We wanted to investigate how they manage honour-related problems and how the co-operation in these cases is between different authorities. Our questions at issue were: Which knowledge's, experiences there are about the culture of honour, which resources has the authorities and

Young women with immigrant background are generally looked upon as victims of patriarchal structures and cultural determinism. The purpose of this bachelor thesis was therefore to have a salutogen perspective. We investigated how young women with a transcultural background are affected by and how they use their experiences from different backgrounds in their creating of identity. We based our es

The purpose of the study is to investigate how the legal parenthood is regulated in the law now in force. I focus on the establishing of paternity and motherhood as well as on how parenthood is regulated in the situation of an artificial insemination. The focus of my investigation is on the best interest of the child in question. I have also put the subject of parenthood in a historical context to

In contemporary research on foster care there is little research on what impact fostering has on relationships between the members of the carer’s biological family, and how family as a whole becomes affected. The questions we intended to look at were the following: (1) How do family members experience changes in the life of their family when they started to foster? (2) What strategies have been us

In recent years, school have taken on the responsibility to, in a higher degree, concentrate on social fostering and preventive measures in order to help children with conduct disorder. This paper deals with the question how the educational system works around children with special needs. The focus lies in mapping out the prevailing strategies and the driving forces behind alternative schooling. T

Faiveley Group is an international company present in 22 countries, and with their headquarters in France. The subsidiary Faiveley Transport Nordic AB, Faiveley, is responsible for the Nordic and Baltic markets and is also the competence centre for the development of the BFC brakes. Faiveley is currently in a changing period and various projects are currently in progress, including hiring outside

This report is a part of the course fire safety evaluation at Lund Univeristy and constitutes an evaluation of the security from a human safety point of view in case of fire at Kvarnbergsskolan on Värmdö. A visit to the school has been made, where the premises were documented and the existing fire protection was studied. Demarcations were done, and then the worst plausible fire scenarios were asse

Background: One-pot multi-step biocatalysis is advantageous over step-by-step synthesis as it reduces the number of process operation units, leading to significant process intensification. Whole-cell biocatalysis with metabolically active cells is especially valuable since all enzymes can be co-expressed in the cell whose metabolism can be exploited for supply of co-substrates and co-factors. Resu

We describe our work-in-progress of developing an educational game in mathematics for 12-14 year olds, by adding social and conversational abilities to an existing “teachable agent” (TA) in the game. The purpose of this extension is to affect cognitive, emotional and social constructs known to promote learning, such as self-efficacy and engagement, as well as enhancing students’ experiences of int