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An atomic force microscope was used to directly examine the physical state of nanometer-sized particles. The critical diameter of indium particles, where evidence of melting at room temperature was observed, was 7.8±1.2 nm. This conclusion is based on a method relying on the manipulation of particles in ambient air and at constant temperature. This method involves a simple set up that permits a co

This thesis is a qualitative case study conducted in the context of the Swedish fashion retailer MQ. Due to the growing importance of sustainability the purpose of this study is to investigate how retailers’ sustainability work on corporate level is translated and communicated in the retail store environment. Further, it does also aim to explore how the physical space can be used to enable, encour

This report describes the development and design of a new concept for a lifting device in Tetra Pak’s R1 filling line. It is important that the problems and challenges with the current design, the Tetra Pak R1 Elevator, is fathomed to get a better understanding of what was aimed to achieve in this thesis and why. The purpose of the Tetra Pak R1 filling line is to automatically fold, fill and seal

This thesis investigates the unique queer male engagement with the podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno and its source material, the erotic novella Belinda Blinked. While gay or bisexual males are never present in the fictional story in the book series, queer male fans are amongst the most outspoken in online communities dedicated to the show. The matter of representation of queer males in media is a curr

Cross-professional teamwork has, according to prior studies, especially within human service organizations, shown to be a recurring theme, seemingly with the aim to provide a holistic approach to clients. Within school social work, such approaches are found to accommodate school pupils' complex problems that often go beyond one singular professional’s knowledge base. Furthermore, social polici

This thesis is an ethnographic exploration of Swedish sauna practices as experienced by international students at Lund University. The research objective is to navigate experiences of belonging and community formation that occur in the sauna, but also highlights how experiences of outsiderness and exclusion come to the fore in this highly sensorial environment. The sauna is analysed as a microcosm

The aim of this study was to examine the experiences and thoughts of health care social workers regarding working according to standardized care processes in child and adolescent mental health care (Barn- och Ungdomspsykiatrin). The research questions concerned what challenges and opportunities standardized care processes bring and how it affect the health care social workers professional role and

Under det senaste decenniet har rättsstatens ställning som ett värde av grundläggande vikt för EU-rätten ifrågasatts genom den politiska utvecklingen i vissa medlemsstater. Särskilt i Polen och Ungern går det att se hur centraladelar av statsmakten har nedmonterats. År 2021 införde EU en villkorlighetsmekanism, som ger EU:s institutioner befogenhet att hålla inne budgetåtaganden till medlemsländerOver the last decade, the status of the rule of law as a foundational value of the EU legal order has been questioned by the political developments in certain EU member states. Particularly Poland and Hungary have seen a rapid dismantling of central state institutions, in a process which has become known as rule of law backsliding. In 2021, the EU legislator introduced a new mechanism to counter t

Today, about one-third of all produced food and drinks are neither eaten nor drunk and turn into food waste. To put this number into perspective, the amount of wasted food would feed three billion people each year. From 2012 to 2018, Swedish grocery stores have more than doubled their amount of food waste, now reaching 100 000 tons per year. This is an outcome of deeply rooted norms of hygiene and

This thesis explores the role of Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) in achieving climate neutrality, with a focus on a comparative study between the European Union (EU) and China. The background also emphasizes the global climate change issues in the past years and the use of ETS as an effective market-based carbon pricing tool for limiting the emission of greenhouse gases. The aim of this research i

Litigation Public Relations (LPR) är en form av strategisk kommunikation som syftar till att vinna allmänhetens åsikt då en rättsprocess aktualiseras. Tanken är att företag genom vinst av allmänhetens dom ska kunna tjäna, mo-raliskt och ekonomisk, på rättsprocessen och eventuell medial uppmärksamhet den väcker. Uppsatsen har som syfte att kartlägga det förfarande som faller in under LPR och hur deLitigation Public Relations (LPR) is a form of strategic communication aimed at winning in the court of public opinion during any legal process. The idea is that by winning in the court of public opinion, a company may be able to gain both morally and financially from the process and its potential media cover-age. The purpose of this essay is to map out the practice that is LPR and how this practi

Children’s participation could seem to be an obvious ingredient in social services child protection investigations. Children’s rights to make their voice and opinion heard and to affect the decisions that involve them is stated in law, conventions and other regulations. Despite this, a lot of previous studies show that children’s rights often are forgotten or non-prioritized in social services. Th

This study is about the extent of how church law (of 1571, 1686 and 2000) in Sweden has affected and still affects the church's welfare administrations such as schools, hospitals and care institutions. Recent studies seem to indicate that the Church of Sweden is aiming to start expanding its organisation to include more social welfare activities to meet increasing demands from the general publ

Talented employees are important for companies, and graduate programs are designed to internal educate talented students to make them a strong resource for the company. A problem is that trainees tend to leave the company after the program. This master thesis investigates how trainees become motivated, during and after the program, to retain within the company and where the perceived expectation g

This is a bachelor essay written as a part of a social studies education. The purpose of this essay was to examine school counselor’s opinions about the alcohol and drug preventive interventions in high school. The study was made through a quantitative method. To collect empirical data, a survey was sent out through e-mail to 70 school counselors in Skåne County, which is in the south of Sweden. T

Antivirals for HPV infection Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are present in more than 99% of all cervical cancers and HPV-16 is one of the predominant types of HPV infections and account almost for 50% of cervical cancer cases. Although two vaccines are available on the market and showed notable promising in HPV prevention, there are still no available antiviral drugs for HPV infections. In this stu

De senaste åren har det förekommit flera uppmärksammade läckor från så kallade visselblåsare, både i Sverige och internationellt. För Sveriges del har läckorna framför allt rört oegentligheter hos myndigheter, oegentligheter som det ligger i allmänhetens intresse att ta del av. Visselblåsare riskerar trots det att hamna i utsatta situationer på grund av sitt handlande. Det är därför intressant att

Miljörätten är en väldigt speciell del i den svenska rätten, och när det gäller miljöstraffrätten och miljöbrott är detta ett väldigt komplext område. Från att tidigare ha varit en uppdelad miljölagstiftning på inte mindre än 16 lagar, till att efter reformationen 1999 samla alla dessa i en ny miljöbalk som från och med då skulle bli den centrala delen i Sveriges arbete mot en hållbar utveckling. Environmental law is a very special part of Swedish law, and in terms of environmental law and environmental crime, this is a very complex area. From having previously been a divided environmental legislation of no less than 16 laws, until after the 1999 reform, all of them gathered in a new environmental bar that would then become the central part of Sweden's work towards sustainable developm

The focus of this bachelor’s thesis is on ethnic Scandinavian women who have converted to Islam, and on which significance the addition of a Muslim identity component will have on the converts’ identity and life. Scandinavian society is characterised by freedom of worship for the individual, who thus has the right to practise any religion. The majority religion in Scandinavia through centuries ha