There are many signs indicating a climate change, which will affect us globally as well as locally. One of the most obvious effects in Scandinavia is the threatening sea level rise. The sea level rise will affect huge parts of Sweden’s coastal areas. Especially vulnerable is the Falsterbo peninsula in southwest of Scania, Sweden. The low surroundings already today suffer from short term coastal fl

The purpose was to explore how the staff at women’s shelters handle potential conflicts as part of their overall mandate as well as in their practical day to day work. This qualitative study was based on interviews carried out with staff members at women’s shelters. The people interviewed were chosen for geographical reasons -they were staff members working in shelters in Scania- and partly for re

Background: Intra- and interfractional variations in anatomy can cause unplanned substantial alterations of the dose distribution of the target in proton therapy. Motion management methods might be used in order to minimize anatomical variations. In the proton therapy of lung cancer, a potential motion management technique is the use of the voluntary breath-hold approach. The aim of this study was

The aim of this study was to examine if social workers use any strategies when communicating to young involuntary clients. Our study was based on six interviews with social workers who work with young adults in social services. We wanted to find out what kind of strategies or methods social workers use in their contact with resistant clients and what difficulties they experience when communicatin

study about the common conceptions regarding prostitution in Sweden The aim of this study was to explore the conception of prostitution in Sweden of today. In the study three different levels were examined: government level, organizational level (organizations helping people out of prostitution) and individual level. The subject was examined in three different ways: documents, a participant obser

I takt med en allt mer globaliserad värld har det blivit viktigare för länder att bygga upp ett starkt varumärke. Sveriges regering arbetar strategiskt med att främja Sverigebilden utomlands via en mängd olika kanaler och genom Nämnden för Sverigefrämjande i utlandet. En gemensam varumärkesplattform har tagits fram för Sverigekommunikationen som innehåller information om Sveriges kärnvärden. Vidar

Sverige är idag ett sekulärt och individualistiskt samhälle. Detta ställer höga krav på hur religiösa organisationer kommunicerar. Med ett socialkonstruktionistiskt synsätt undersöker vi hur Svenska kyrkans anställda anser att organisationen bör kommunicera för att legitimera sin roll i samhället. Vi undersöker även hur detta yttrar sig i Svenska kyrkans kommunikationskanaler. Detta har vi gjort mToday, Sweden is a secular and individualistic society. Communication is therefore a great challenge for religious organizations. With a social constructionist approach, we examine how employees of the Swedish church believe that the organization should communicate to legitimize their role in the Swedish society. We also examine different communication channels to see how the Swedish church commun

By using the method of framing analysis this bachelor’s thesis investigates how the debate of Scottish independence is framed by leaders representing the four largest political parties in Scotland. The material consists of speeches the politicians have held in the year of 2013, all speeches addressing the 2014 referendum and the issue of Scottish independence. By deconstructing the arguments commu

The Palestinian territories are a rare case of competing currencies and a dollarized economy. Mainly three currencies are used in parallel; the Jordanian Dinar, the Israeli Shekel and the US-Dollar. Through interviews with representatives from different organisations and institutions, this essay intends to shed light on one important node in this monetary setting, namely the currency used for wage

In developing countries less than 50 percent of the population has access to formal financial services. Lack of financial access results in sustained income disparities and lower economic growth. Mobile banking is transforming the financial landscape by providing basic financial services through regular mobile phones. M-PESA and M-Shwari are mobile banking services in Kenya, supplied by the teleco

The aim of the study wasto examine and analyze the interviewed pre-sentence investigator´s statements about the process of making a pre-sentence investigation report.The study is qualitative in the form of a vignette featured to the five interviewed pre-sentence investigators.Two of the pre-sentence investigators are working with young people and the remaining three investigatorsareworking withadu

I mitt biografiska projekt "Änkans unge", ställde jag mig frågan hur andra författare lyckats skildra närvaron av en försvunnen far. Jag valde tre frågeställningar som har betydelse i mitt eget projekt och jämförde med de valda författarnas framställan av dessa frågor i de utvalda böckerna. De tre frågeställningarna är: Hur skildras den fallande status som blev följden av den försvunne f

Abstract The aspiration of this essay was to search for explanations why children who are victims of sexual abuse don´t tell someone immediately about their horrifying experiences. Commonly, their way of dealing with the trauma is instead silence for many years until they decide to reveal the abuse. I have read four autobiographies written by people who were themselves, when they were children, vi

The purpose with this study was to examine organizations and governments work and approach in maintaining relationships between children and their incarcerated parent. Today there is little understanding of these children’s experiences and there is not much research about the organizations and governments working with these questions. This study is based on interviews with prison officers and staf

Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att ge förståelse om och djupare insikt i option framing-dynamiken och dess existens, genom att undersöka hur effekten av option framing påverkas av antalet presenterade tillbehör, könet på respondenten och tillbehörens betydelse. Metod: Studien baseras på en kvantitativ experimentundersökning med cyklar som studieobjekt och avser att genom hypotesprövning ge svar på p

I denna uppsats undersöks undertextning av matlagningsprogram. Undertextning är på många sätt en begränsad form av översättning, och uppsatsen undersöker hur begränsningarna påverkar innehållet i matlagningsprogram, samt om det går att utläsa några normer i undertextningen av dessa. Materialet består av transkriberat engelskt tal och svenska undertexter från tre olika brittiska matlagningsprogram

Då utvecklingen av digital kommunikation bland annat leder till mindre öga-mot-öga-kontakt (F2F), var studiens syfte att undersöka om olika nivåer av F2F-kontakt korrelerar med den interpersonella tilliten mellan chef och anställd. En enkätundersökning med 60 yrkesverksamma deltagare genomfördes, och resultaten visade inga signifikanta samband mellan F2F och tillit, något som i viss mån skiljer siSince less face-to-face contact (F2F) is one of the implications of digital communication development, this study was designed to examine if different levels of F2F-contact correlates with interpersonal trust between employees and their manager. A survey with 60 participants was conducted, and the results showed no significant relationship between F2F and trust, to some extent making it stand out