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Offshore wind power is increasing globally and as well as in Sweden where there are plans to expand the use of this renewable energy. It requires a careful planning with many aspects to consider when to decide where to place the park and when it is going to be construct. One important aspect to consider is the effects of fishes, especially the important commercially and endangered cod. To decide t
This thesis investigates how manufacturing of asphalt containing recycled materials can be conducted when the purpose is to use the recycled material in another road construction. The study show that manufacturing of asphalt containing recycled materials then can be conducted in three ways, through hot, less hot and cold manufacturing processes. The possible use of the final products is dependent
Title – “Sustainable Sustainability, how do we do it? A study in consumer behavior and the path towards a sustainable society” Seminar date – 2015-05-26 Course – FEKN90 Master Thesis in Science and Business Administration, 30 ECTS. Authors – Niklas Dahlberg and Jonathan Jansson Supervisor – Matts Kärreman Key Words – Sustainability, consumer behavior, consumer decision making, demand creation for
Denna studie syftar till att undersöka om räntan har någon påverkan på de svenska hushållens sparande. Hypotesen är att räntan inte har någon direkt effekt på sparandet men att den genom bostadspriser påverkar sparandet. Med data främst från Konjunkturinstitutets Konjunkturbarometer, som låter hushållen själva definiera och uppge sitt sparande, kan kortsiktiga förändringar i sparandet jämföras med
In our paper, we analyse Credit Default Swaps (CDSs) for 67 European non-financial companies between December 2004 and December 2014, focusing on the five-year maturity corporate CDS spreads. The period of analysis is divided into three sub-periods; before the financial crisis, during the global financial crisis and the European sovereign debt crisis. The CreditGrades model is used to estimate CDS
I denna studie har vi intervjuat tre kvinnor som levt under riskfyllda förhållanden i form av missbruk i större delar av sitt liv. Syftet med vår uppsats var att undersöka vilka erfarenheter anhöriga till missbrukare har av självhjälpsgrupper av typen ACA (vuxna barn till alkoholister och från andra dysfunktionella familjer) och dess stöd och hjälp. Vi formulerade tre frågeställningar där vi villeIn this study, we interviewed three women who have lived in hazardous conditions such as abuse in the greater part of their lives. The aim of this study was to examine what experiences relatives of abusers have of self-help groups such as ACOA (Adult Children Of Alcoholics and of other dysfunctional families) and its support and help. Due to our purpose we asked ourselves three questions: 1. how d
This report is a fire safety assessment of Bråhögshallen, a multi-sport facility located in Staffanstorp in the south of Sweden. The building consists of one larger and one smaller sports hall, a bowling alley and other smaller facilities used for a variety of different sports. Bråhögshallen was built in 1969, and the regulations regarding fire safety has since changed. The assessments in this rep
Authors: Rebecka Norberg and Lovisa Stiverius Title: Young people's attitude towards Spice [Translated title] Supervisor:Torbjörn Hjort Assessor:Weddig Runquist The aim of this study was to examine what students in the final grade of high school in Helsingborg attitudes were towards the legal high, Spice. We also wanted to study the use of the drug and if there were any differences in both u
När man jobbar med stora pogrammeringsprojekt är ett av de stora problemen att skriva koden så den går att underhålla. Skriver man kod som är lätt att underhålla är det också enklare att göra tillägg, ändringar och åtgärda problem. I detta projekt har två stora, liknande projekt undersökts för hitta likheter i koden. Om likheterna kan sammanföras till en generisk lösning kommer koden att vara lätWhen working with large programming projects, one of the major problems is to write the code so it can be maintained. If you write code that is easy to maintain it is also easier to extend, change and fix bugs in the code. In this project two large, similar projects were investigated to find similarities in the code. If the similarities could be brought together in a generic solution, the code wo
The aim of this study was to examine the experiences regarding the work with EU-migrants among social workers in the nonprofit sector, whom comes in contact with the phenomenon. Furthermore, we wanted to highlight the work challenges in relation to EU-migrants, but also in relation to cooperation with other affiliates. In the study we used semi-structured interviews, i.e. a qualitative approach. F
The aim of the study was to examine parents’ experiences of personal assistance of their child's personal assistance in the home. The focus set on the relationship to the assistant. The material has been gathered through semi-structured interviews and the sample group consisted of four parents. The approach is ethno methodological. Furthermore, the concepts of backstage and frontstage from Gof
The aim of this study was to examine how people with mental illness, their families and social workers talk about the contact between client and social workers to gain a deeper understanding of how relationships are created. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with six people who represent the people mentioned above. The interviews were then processed and analyzed with criti
The current account within the EU has been balanced on an aggregate level; nevertheless divergences among the members have increased since the introduction of the common currency. This thesis aims to explain the intra-EU current account imbalances (in the period 1993-2013) through the convergence and competitiveness hypothesis. We distinguish between balances towards the EU and the rest of the wor
This is a study thesis about the current cultural life in the town of Lund, Sweden. The people living in Lund are often described as a highly cultural active people. Meanwhile, in 2009 Lund filed to become the European Capital of Culture in 2014, lost the desirable title against Umeå. Afterwards there has been criticism on the investments in the project. Lund as the European Capital of Culture s
The overall purpose of this thesis is to study what the general understanding of human trafficking for sexual purposes is, and at the same time increase the awareness regarding the subject. It is important to highlight this subject matter, since Sweden is striving for equality within its society (Bucken-Knapp, Karlsson & Persson-Strömbäck, 2010: 182) and the thesis becomes of interest when stu
The aim of this study was to examine what factors that affect social workers, at the social services in Sweden, assessments regarding support for clients having problems with drug abuse. More specifically the aim was to find out how the social workers own perceptions regarding clients who use narcotics affect their assessments in relation to their depth of discretion and the clients motivation for
This master‘s thesis deals with pre-purchase information seeking practices of online shoppers. Previous research regarding pre-purchase behavior mostly focuses on cognitive and social aspects and is limited to the picture of a rational and socially influenced consumer. The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding of online shoppers and their pre-purchase behavior and to get a more holist
Rancorous debates about the rape legislation occur periodically in Swedish media. The purpose of this study is to highlight laws argumentation about the women’s statement in rape verdicts from a gender perspective. Furthermore, the study examines how laws argumentation is divided about the women’s story in guilty and exculpatory verdicts, and why she is less trustworthy than the man in the exculpa
