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Att bedöma trovärdigheten i en muntlig utsaga är en svår uppgift. Att bedöma trovärdigheten i en åberopad sexuell läggning är en ännu svårare uppgift. Migrationsdomstolarna är trots detta satta i en position där de är tvungna att behärska dessa utmaningar. I asylrättsliga ärenden där sexuell läggning åberopas som flyktinggrund är domstolen nämligen tvungen att ta ställning till hur sannolikt det äTo assess the credibility of information given in an oral statement is a challenging subject. To assess the credibility of someone’s claimed sexual orientation is even more demanding. Nonetheless, migration courts are put in a position where they are required to master these challenges. For an asylum application to be successful claimants must show that their fear of persecution is based on a conv

The purpose of this study is to explore how authentic online brands are created when the actual brand building process can lead to an inauthentic product. Relevance for theory and practice: Authenticity in personal online branding is something of an abstract concept that has been seldom examined on this level. By combining the corporate branding, personal branding and authenticity literature the i

This paper aims to illuminate the strategies of international and national drug control. As globalization affects the global drug problem and the possibilities of controlling the same, an effective drug control at the international level is highly important. The Swedish drug policy is considered good through international standards but it is based on restrictive policies aiming towards a drug free

In recent years criticism of the electricity market has been emerging. Some claim that for Sweden, the deregulation of the power market in 1996 (and consequently Sweden’s involvement in Nord Pool) has been a driving factor of rising electricity prices and a non-efficient market for electricity. Some critique is aimed at the small number of large producers of electricity, possibly making the market

Min undersökning går ut på att undersöka vilken påverkan symfonisk spelmusik kan ha på ungdomars musiksmak. Under en sonderande undersökning upptäckte jag att onlinespelet World of Warcraft var vanligt förekommande bland unga spelare och eftersom detta spel har symfonisk musik baserar jag min undersökning på World of Warcraft. Sex kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer utförs med ungdomar som är aktiva The meaning of game music? - A qualitative interview study of World of Warcrafts soundtrack and its effect on adolescent's musical taste The purpose of this study is to investigate which effect symphonic music in games has on the musical taste of adolescents. During the preparatory research I noticed that the online-game World of Warcraft was common amongst many young players and since this ga

The aim of the study was to examine how substance abuse influences social relationships to families, friends and others. Five ex addicts in a treatment centre were interviewed. We used thematic interviews with themes that we regarded as relevant for our study. In the analysis we applied the theoretical concept of symbolic interactionism. Theories of emotions also helped us to explain feelings that

Creativity often erupts as individuals reshape tradition in the light of changing historical circumstances. This presentation focuses on creativity within urban gardening projects as an answer to worries about ecological crisis. It builds on ethnographic research during 2017-2018 among urban gardeners in the Malmö-Lund area, Sweden. The interlocutors, especially project coordinators, expressed a s

Limited studies have focused on developing prognostic models with trans-omics biomarkers for early-stage lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). We performed integrative analysis of clinical information, DNA methylation, and gene expression data using 825 early-stage LUAD patients from 5 cohorts. Ranger algorithm was used to screen prognosis-associated biomarkers, which were confirmed with a validation phase.

Sound symbolism emerged as a prevalent component in the origin and development of language. However, as previous studies have either been lacking in scope or in phonetic granularity, the present study investigates the phonetic and semantic features involved from a bottom-up perspective. By analyzing the phonemes of 344 near-universal concepts in 245 language families, we establish 125 sound-meanin

The evaluation of satellite precipitation products (SPPs) at regional and local scales is essential in improving satellite-based algorithms and sensors, as well as in providing valuable guidance when choosing alternative precipitation data for the local community. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) has made significant contributions to the development of various SPPs since its launch i

Recent evidence has shown that D-amino acids are present in animals and humans in high concentrations and fulfill specific biological functions. In the central nervous system, two D-amino acids, D-serine and D-aspartate, occur in considerable concentrations. D-Serine is synthesized and metabolized endogenously and the same might account for D-aspartate. D-Serine has been studied most extensively a

Our society is moving towards renewable resources, where biomass, rich incarbohydrates, is producing chemicals and fuel. However, there are severallimitations when it comes to valorisation of the carbohydrates from renewablebiomass. One major hurdle is the over-functional nature of carbohydrates, making them difficult to process by conventional chemistry. Carbohydrate activeenzymes can help overco

The biogeography of speciation and what can be learned about the past mode of speciation from current biogeography of sister species are recurrent problems in evolution. We used a trait- and individual-based, eco-evolutionary model to simulate adaptive radiations and recorded the geographical overlap of species during and after evolutionary branching (speciation). We compared the spatial overlap a

Background. Comparisons of different stakeholders' ratings of the quality of older people care can help to drive quality improvement. Aim. The aim was to compare staff, older care recipients' and their relatives' quality of care ratings. Design. Cross-sectional questionnaire surveys in 2003 and 2004, using a repeated measures design on an organizational level. Methods. Nursing staff, care recip

Vitellogenin (VTG) is a well known protein biomarker for exposure to environmental estrogens and possible endocrine disruption in fish. VTG is very dominant in plasma after the onset of vitellogenesis and the protein is heavily phosphorylated. This enables indirect quantification through measurement of alkali-labile protein bound phosphate (ALP) as an alternative to the more expensive enzyme linke

The dogroses (Rosa Sect. Caninae) are characterized by a unique meiosis - the canina meiosis - that results in restricted recombination. In the present study, we investigate population differentiation and morphometric diversity within six taxa, of Nordic dogroses, with the help of automated image analysis of leaflet shape and manually-measured reproductive characters. The total morphometric divers

Popular Abstract in English The ability to make aromatic cleft compounds is of importance in the field of molecular recognition where many interactions of the guest with the receptor are based on interactions involving aromatic receptor moieties leading to π-π and cation-π interactions, as well as hydrophobic interactions commonly seen. One attractive framework for aromatic cleft compounds is TrögThe centenarian Tröger’s base (TB) was envisaged as scaffold for the construction of tubular-shaped cleft molecules due to its the remarkable structural properties. This endeavor started with the synthesis of the three possible diastereomers of a linear symmetrically fused tris-TB analogue, the anti-anti, the syn-syn, and the syn-anti. All three diastereomers showed unprecedented stability to acid

The present study examined the rheological blood velocity profile in the conduit femoral artery during rhythmic muscle contractions at different muscle forces. Eight healthy volunteers performed one-legged, dynamic knee-extensor exercise at work rates of 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 W at 60 contractions per minute. The time and space-averaged, amplitude-weighted mean ( V-mean) and maximum (V-max) blood f

Social phobia is an anxiety disorder that is accessible to two forms of treatment yielding scientifically validated results: drugs and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Graded exposure to feared social situations is fundamental to obtain an improvement of the anxious symptoms. Traditionally, exposure therapies are done either in vivo or by imagining the situations. In vivo exposure is sometimes diff

This thesis explores the ritual dimensions of the mortuary practices in the late Mesolithic cemeteries at Skateholm in Southern Sweden and Vedbæk-Bøgebakken in Eastern Denmark. With a combination of methods and theories that all focus on the ritual practices as action, a new approach to burials in archaeology is proposed. Special attention is given to the treatment of the body after death, which i