As groups previously engaged in armed conflict enter peace negotiations, they risk losing support and legitimacy with the people they represent. The Kurdish peace process in Turkey between 2013-2015 however enabled the Kurdish movement to reach unprecedented levels of support and influence. In this thesis, a frame analysis of the Kurdish movement’s strategic communication during this period is con

After the Rwandan genocide ended in 1994, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have continuously posed an existential threat to Rwanda. This paper examines how this external threat has been perceived by the Rwandan government and subsequently responded to through military development measures. In addition, the objective is to evaluate

Reports of sexual abuse committed by United Nations peacekeepers has sparked much attention and research in recent years. Scholars, journalists and the general population have made efforts to try and understand this phenomena and its apparent continuation. The aim of this paper is to examine and identify the possible factors, stemming from the relationship between Troop Contributing Countries and

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Remifentanil har fått allt större plats i anestesiologisk kontext sedan dess introduktion under 90-talet. Det har genom åren noterats att patienter som får remifentanilinfusion har ökad postoperativ smärta jämfört med traditionell opioidtillförsel (upprepade enstaka doser) av preparat med längre halveringstid. Ökad postoperativ opioidkonsumtion kan ses som en indikator för förhö

This paper examines the self-published materials of three different Arctic institutions (the Arctic Council, the Law of the Sea Convention, and the Inuit Circumpolar Council) related to deep-sea mining in order to get an understanding of how these institutions approach conflict prevention within the context of the interest conflict that is present in the Arctic. By applying environmental diplomacy

Based on the geopolitical situation in Europe and the European Union's (EU) initiative for further cooperation with its eastern neighborhood, this thesis analyzes the strategic interests behind the bilateral development aid allocation of the EU member states. The purpose is to, with a focus on aid directed to the Eastern Partnership states, provide the academic foreign aid field with a regiona

This thesis aims to discuss how histories of violent conflict can be addressed in a manner that enables societies to move on from legacies of war, a process herein referred to as reconciliation. By analyzing a historical museum exhibition situated in Serbia that takes on the decade of the 1990’s in (post-)Yugoslavia, the question of how memory agents construct narrations of the past for the purpos

Following the Swedish NATO accession in 2024, this thesis aims to portray views of the shift in defense policy from within the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). By conducting a qualitative research study comprising six interviews with senior officers from the Swedish Air Force, Navy, and Army, the aspiration has been to investigate to what extent the institutional changes of the Swedish NATO membership

Bakgrund: Forskning har visat på vinster för patienter som urtränas från ventilator med protokoll, då vårdtiden i ventilator minskar markant vid användning av protokoll. Detta till trots är det mindre än hälften av intensivvårdsavdelningarna i Sverige som använder sig av protokoll vid urträning ur ventilator. Syfte: Belysa barriärer för användning av standardiserade urträningsprotokoll för patient

This thesis sought to investigate how ISOs shaped their strategic narratives, linked to their reactions and actions against Russia, since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In addition, it also intends to shine light on how international sport activities can be used as a soft power tool in international politics. Using a combination of a case study and qualitative content analysis, it is revealed ho

Bakgrund: Första fallen av COVID-19 kom i december 2019 i Kina. I mars 2020 blev COVID-19 klassat som pandemi. Pandemin satte stor press på sjukvården världen över, men framför allt på intensivvården och intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna som tog emot ett större antal patienter än normalt. Syfte: Att belysa intensivvårdssjuksköterskors upplevelser av att arbeta under COVID-19 pandemin ur ett globalt peBackground: The first cases of COVID-19 emerged in China in December 2019. In March 2020 COVID-19 became a pandemic. The pandemic put a big strain on healthcare all over the world but especially intensive care units and the critical care nurses who had to take care of an unusually large number of patients. Aim: To highlight critical care nurses' experiences of working during the COVID-19 pande

Title: When Brands Meet: A Case Study on Public Figures' Representation in Marketing Date: 2024-05-30 Course: FEKH29 - Bachelor's Thesis in Marketing - 15 Credits Authors: Casper Kull, Gustav Langley, Joel Sörensen Supervisor: Peter Svensson Keywords: Persona Marketing, Public Figures, Personal Brand, Controlled Media, Uncontrolled Media. Research question: How are human characteristics as

Denna kandidatuppsats undersöker spelarnas perspektiv i live service-spel, med fokus på World of Warcraft: Dragonflight och modellen Game-as-a-Service (GaaS). Genom en kvalitativ onlineundersökning genomförd bland ett avsiktligt urval av deltagare i onlineforum samlades och analyserades spelarnas uppfattningar om olika spelaspekter, vilket visade en preferens för spelfunktioner och -innehåll som gThis bachelor's thesis investigates the perspectives of players in live service games, focusing on World of Warcraft: Dragonflight and the Game-as-a-Service (GaaS) model. Through a qualitative online survey conducted among purposively selected participants of online communities, players' perceptions of various game aspects were collected and analyzed, revealing a preference for features th

Bakgrund: Anestesisjuksköterskan ska bedriva en säker vård där ett personcentrerat förhållningssätt ska ligga till grund för patientmötet. Inom sjukvården är perifer venkatetersättning och intravenös kanylering bland de mest förekommande procedurerna. Dessutom förekommer stickprocedurer vid flertal andra interventioner som till exempel fosterdiagnostik och olika typer av vävnadsprover. Upp tilBackground: The anaesthesia nurse must provide safe care with a person-centred approach as the foundation for encounters. Peripheral venous catheterization and intravenous cannulation are among the most common procedures in healthcare. Additionally, needle procedures occur in various other interventions such as fetal diagnostics and tissue sampling. Up to 30% of adult patients expirience som fo

This bachelor’s thesis explores assimilation of low-code technologies post-adoption within organisations. Through a qualitative approach involving nine semi-structured interviews, which were analysed thematically and discussed with resource-based theory, two distinct uses of low-code technologies are identified: as a technical facilitator for fast and cost-effective software development, and as a

The Kaunisvaara mining district, located in Norrbotten in northern Sweden, hosts several iron ore deposits, of which Tapuli and Sahavaara are the most economically important. The bedrock in the region has been subjected to several major deformation phases, which has created a complex structural pattern on a regional and local scale. Previous structural geological studies of the Tapuli deposit have

The aim of this thesis is primarily to explore differences and similarities in the understanding of ontology between two contemporary theologians: Catherine Keller and Richard Kearney. Secondarily, the thesis also investigates the wider implications of their understanding of ontology in contemporary systematic theology. Initially, as a part of the method, I describe how the debate on ontology is r

This thesis presents the development of a binary classifier, which classifies homes as occupied or not. This was done using two different types of neural networks; standard feedforward networks and LSTM-networks. The input to these networks was sensor data collected from devices created by Minut AB. Data from previously used automatic alarm feature was used as ground truth. A major part of the pro

Generative AI has been a topic of much discussion within society at large. Museums as cultural institutions have not been exempted from this discussion and its effects. Several institutions within North America and Europe having already developed and introduced AI to its functions, Swedish museums however seem to remain behind in this development. This paper thus aims to study how AI has been used

Abstrakt Bakgrund Forskning från olika delar av världen visar att kvinnors val av födelseplats påverkas av en mängd faktorer, inklusive sociodemografiska faktorer, kulturella preferenser och tillgänglighet till vårdresurser. World Health Organization betonar kvinnors rätt till stöd, säker förlossning och möjligheten att välja födelseplats. Idag finns inte den möjligheten för alla svenska kvinno