This master thesis was performed at Architecture and Development Studies at Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University. It is a collaboration with NASA at Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston and Lund University Hospital with the objective of making an operating table for long term missions like Mars explorations. The Zero Gravity Surgical Workstation (0GSW) is an operating table designed to man

The focus of this essay is Swedish bilateral development aid. With the help of organization theory I analyse the development aid strategies and policies of the 1990s, in order to examine how and why they were introduced. I investigate three different types of aid organization, namely structural adjustment programmes, political conditionality tied to aid co-operation, and equality policy as part of

I uppsatsen tittar jag på hur tre språk (svenska, tyska, engelska) har hanterat stavningsreformer, eller planer på en sådan. Jag är intresserad av hur de olika sidorna i en stavningsreform positionerar sig, och om det är samma typ av argument oavsett vilket språk det gäller. Ja det är det. Båda sidor tar till brösttoner.

This study aims to investigate possible correlations between cognitive functions and self perceived psychological wellbeing, possible correlations between cognitive functions and degree of mindfulness and possible correlations between degree of mindfulness and self perceived psychological wellbeing. 18 patients diagnosed with ICD-10 taking part in a transdiagnostical cognitive behavioural group th

Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utifrån ett lönsamhetsperspektiv analysera konceptet ModernaHus och hur det ska möta marknadskraven för flerbostadshus på den svenska marknaden.

In this thesis, it is investigated if it is possible to create a common factor of the work tasks done by an air traffic controller, which then can measure workload. This will lead to the development of a tool to measure workload at small airports. In the research project a questionnaire is created to measure the different tasks an air traffic controller has. The same questionnaire will also measur

The purpose of this thesis is to cast light on the residential area Rosengård in Malmö which during the years between 1965 to 1975 was part of a programme known as "Miljonprogrammet", a project which was supposed to put an end to the housing shortages. The purpose of this thesis is also to investigate the social consequences in Rosengård, which arose as a result of Miljonprogrammet. Rose

This study probed a possible relationship between fantasy proneness and several ways of coping; task oriented, emotion oriented and avoidance oriented, and their connection with mental and physical health. The participants consisted mainly of university students (N = 51) and were given three scales; the Creative Experiences Questionnaire (CEQ; Merckelbach, Horselenberg, & Muris, 2001), the Cop

January 1, 1999, a new sex purchase law was introduced in Sweden, Lag (1998: 408). The law implies that in a sex trade a crime is committed only by the consumer in the sex trade. The majority of consumers in prostitution are men and the suppliers are women. When prostitution is problematized it's usually from the woman's point of view and the perspective of the man is often overlooked. The

Why has neither the EU nor the United States been able to conclude an agreement on free trade with Mercosur? Many factors have affected the negotiation process and its outcome, and one of them is the role of Brazil. The aim of this thesis is to describe and to explain which factors, based on different theoretical concepts that have influenced the Brazilian foreign policy towards the negotiations b

China 's impressive economic growth during the past quarter of a century has triggered the notion of ?the rise of China?, and the idea that it is somehow destined to become a superpower. Observers of this development are divided in their views of how to perceive China. Basically, there are those that are purely positive and see great opportunities in the rise of China, and those that are m

The work has taken into consideration eight novels written by Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin during last 25 years to follow dynamics and evolution of his authorship in time with global changes in Russia.

In January 2007 the Öresund committy changed its statutes to become a more politically oriented lobby organization. This change can be interpreted as one part of a continuously evolving process where the Öresund region is emancipating itself from the national states in a multi-level European environment. By focusing on this latest development the thesis puts forward the importance of political ins

Coercive diplomacy, applied as a strategy, is constituted by diplomatic negotiations combined with threats of, or the actual use of limited military force, as a way of backing the negotiations. The purpose of this paper is to (1) examine if the United States' attempts from January 2001 until October 2006, to persuade North Korea to disarm and reverse its nuclear weapon programmes, was a case

Deliberative democracy theory has been prominent within political science research since the early 1990?s, often applied in studies on postnational democratic constellations, in particular the European Union. Of the main institutions of the union, the European Parliament stands out as somewhat understudied from this point of view, which is why the main aim of this thesis is to study the conditions

This thesis rests on the theory and methodology of discourse theory. By viewing social reality as constituted by discourses, meanings that are taken for granted can be challenged. The events of September 11th 2001 resulted in the American war on terror. This thesis explores the impact of 9/11 and the war on terror on the Russian image of the conflict in Chechnya. Discourse theory is applied to s

Då media spelar en allt större roll i våra vardagliga liv, med förebilder och yrkesval som inspirerar och influerar oss är det viktigt att se hur dessa framställs. Vi har valt att närmare granska två populära serier i tv som båda delar sjukhustema. Dessa är Grey's Anatomy och House, båda amerikanska produktioner med mångmiljonpublik i hemlandet och som just nu visas i svensk tv. Serierna behan

Title: Learning to read music notation on the guitar ? an analysis of various guitar schools on the market with added own examples. Purpose: To analyse currently available teaching materials on the subject of guitar notation on the market. A comparative analysis is made of five chosen books on the topic. Four criteria for the analysis of these five books are stated: 1) Structure and progression of