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The building and construction sector is responsible for a significant portion of embodied and energy related carbon emissions. Efforts to reduce this are reflected in the need for improved sustainability in the design, construction, and operation of structures such as buildings and bridges. This issue has become more prominent in recent decades due to the ongoing climate crisis. A historical revie

Försäljning av andrahandsprodukter för att underlätta en mer miljövänlig konsumtion Att köpa begagnade produkter är ett bra alternativ för den som vill handla prisvärt och miljövänligt. Men hur arbetar olika aktörer inom andrahandsmarknaden med att nå ut till kunder och hur kan deras erfarenheter hjälpa till att utveckla en butik som strävar efter att kunderna ska handla mer miljövänliga varor? Today’s linear economy with a production and consumption pattern based on a take-make-waste principle puts a large pressure on the planet’s environmental boundaries. To achieve a sustainable development a more resource-efficient and waste-reduced system must be developed. In a so called circular economy, where the aim is to decouple development from the use of scarce and linear inputs, new busines

Uppsatsen behandlar Ombudsmannen mot Etnisk Diskriminering och Diskrimineringsombudsmannens bedömningskriterier vid handläggning av diskrimineringsärenden som berör etnisk diskriminering. Ombudsmännens bedömningar jämförs med Arbetsdomstolens beslut i 17 rättsfall som berör etnisk diskriminering. Syftet är att analysera om det finns en skillnad mellan ombudsmännens bedömningar och ArbetsdomstolensThe essay discusses the Ombudsman against Ethnic Discrimination and Discrimination Ombudsman’s criteria of assessment when processing reported discrimination cases concerning ethnic discrimination. The Ombudsmen’s criteria of assessment are compared with the Swedish Labour Court’s decisions in 17 cases concerning ethnic discrimination. The purpose is to analyse if there is a difference between the

The aim of this study was to examine how secondary school teachers describe their experiences of, and approach to the obligation to report suspicions of child maltreatment according to the Swedish Social Services act, 14 chapter 1 §. More specifically the aim was to examine how teachers describe the mandatory reporting process and their experiences of contact with the social services regarding stu

The deep sea fish C. monstrosa (known as the rat fish) is a common bycatch of shrimp trawling. The rat fish carries on its back a vigorous venom spine. Some of the most toxic organisms on this planet are marine. The active substances differ in the venoms of the toxic organism, but the active substances are in many cases peptides. Natural peptides found in venoms have recently become more common ca

Bekämpning av grovt organiserad brottslighet såsom narkotikahandel tenderar att påkalla polisiära operationer med inslag av provokation, i syfte att anskaffa tillräcklig bevisning. Uppsatsen redogör för problematiken med att provokativa åtgärders legala stöd är svagt samtidigt som provokation är påkallat ur polisiär synvinkel. En legal gråzon är således för handen, vilket resulterar i en hårfin grPolice operations combating organized crime, such as drug trafficking, tend to include elements of provocative measures in order to obtain sufficient evidence. Thus, from a police point of view, provocative measures seem to be needed, although the legal support for such measures is weak. This results in uncertainty regarding in which situations provocative measures constitute a lawful working meth

Uppsatsen syftar till att med stöd i den rättsdogmatiska metoden undersöka det straffrättsliga skyddet av barn som bevittnar våld mellan föräldrar, och vidare om skyddet kan anses vara förenligt med barnkonventionens krav. Vad gäller barnkonventionen fokuserar uppsatsen huvudsakligen på artikel 19, som ålägger staten att skydda barn mot alla former för psykiskt och fysiskt våld. Uppsatsen har ocksThe purpose of this study is to analyze the judicial protection in the Swedish legal system of children who are exposed to domestic violence. Further, the aim is to discuss whether the criminal protection can be considered compatible with the requirements of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Regarding the convention, the thesis mainly focuses on article 19, which states that the Sta

Den äldre siluriska Waukesha Lagerstätte från Wisconsin, USA, är en Konservat-Lagerstätte som uppvisar en diverse samling av exceptionellt välbevarade mjukvävnadsorganismer. Den här studien innefattar förstahandsbeskrivningar och bedömningar av 23 gåtfulla masklika fossila exemplar från Waukesha Lagerstätte, tillsammans med en litteraturstudie. Studien fokuserar på avsättningsmiljön i vilken stratThe lower Silurian Waukesha Lagerstätte of Wisconsin, USA, is a Konservat-Lagerstätte which has yielded a diverse assemblage of exceptionally well-preserved soft-bodied organisms. This study comprises first-hand descriptions and assessments of 23 enigmatic worm-like specimens from the Waukesha Lagerstätte, alongside a literature review. The study focuses on the depositional environment in which th

The aim of this study is to provide a deeper understanding of how digital and emotional storytelling can be used in advertising campaigns in order to build a relationship with recipients. Based upon previous research, theories about advertising, relationship marketing, digital and emotional storytelling, and narrative transportation have been presented. In order to fulfil the aim of this study, fi

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur pensionerade lärare som undervisat på låg- och mellanstadiet upplever och beskriver sin tillvaro. Deltagarnas upplevelser av övergången från arbete till pension, identiteten som pensionär samt möjligheter och svårigheter under pensionärslivet och hantering av dessa undersöks. Metod: Studien är fenomenologisk. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med fPurpose: The purpose of this study is to explore how retired teachers, who had worked in a primary school setting, experience and describe their lives. The study investigates the transition from working to retired life, retiree identity and possibilities and difficulties in the retired life. Method: The study has a phenomenological approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five part

Like many other West African countries, The Gambia faces challenges regarding discrimination based on descent, which relates to the inherited disadvantage of being born into a specific group (RADDHO & IDSN, 2012). This sociological case study has the analytical purpose of discussing the case of social stratification and descent-based discrimination in the Fulani village of Nokuta in The Gambia

Är bensin bättre än biobränslen utifrån ett klimatperspektiv? Det frågade sig forskarna bakom två studier 2008 som skapade stor debatt. Sedan dess har debatten fortsatt och den rör beräkningar över de indirekta effekterna på markanvändning vid biobränsleproduktion. Enligt den ena studien ledde de indirekta effekterna från biobränslet till större utsläpp av växthusgaser jämfört med bensin. IndirektSerious questions have been raised about the environmental impacts of biofuels concerning indirect land use change (ILUC) and this concept may also be applied to other products such as bio-based plastics. The purpose of this study is to identify the uncertainties of including ILUC in life-cycle assessments. This study performed a literature review of journal articles examining ILUC. Including ILUC

This essay aims to, with the support of an extensive corpus study, investigate the use of gotten in British English. Gotten is an alternative past participle of get which occurs mainly in American English, but is British in origin. The main goals of this essay are to investigate if and how this word is used in current British English, as well as how its use may have developed since the late 20th c

For the performance of the Haldex Active Yaw Control, accurate information about vehicle's lateral dynamic is important. It is for practical reasons not possible to measure the vehicle's lateral velocity, wherefore this state has to be estimated. Previous work [1] with an observer based on a single track bicycle model show promising results but with limited accuracy at high lateral acceler

The aim of this study was to search for factors that have provided a significant change in the life of five girls, aged 18 to 24 at the time of the study, who was, or had been, sentenced to institutional care. Social service interventions for children and young people are guided by the Social Services Act (SoL), the Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act (LVU), and the Parental Code (Föräl

With bread in one hand and weapons in the other - Islamic social movements and social work. A case study of Hamas and Jamaat-ud-Dawa. Hamas and Jamaat-ud-Dawa are two examples of Islamic social movements who successfully have been involved in both social work and armed struggle. In this thesis the author examines how the movement’s social work manifests and what kind of basis there might exist fo