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Bakgrund: Olika faktorer utgör en persons förmåga till att utföra aktiviteter, dvs. en persons aktivitetsförmåga. Hästunderstödda insatser (HUI) är en typ av aktivitet och behandlingsform. För bästa effekt bör den utföras av en utbildad ridterapeut. Tidigare forskning har visat att HUI haft positiv inverkan vid rehabilitering för personer med psykiska och fysiska funktionsvariationer. Det finns däBackground: Various factors constitute a person's ability to perform activities, i.e., a person’s occupational performance. Equine assisted therapy (EAT) is a form of activity and can be used as a treatment. For best effect, it should be performed by an educated equestrian therapist. Previous research has shown that EAT have had good effects on different patient groups with physical and psycho

Akademisk självtillit och prestationsmotivation har identifierats som viktiga källor till mer glädje, mindre ångest och förbättrad prestation i akademisk kontext. Syftet med följande studie var att undersöka sambandet mellan akademisk självtillit och prestationsmotivation, samt att undersöka huruvida dessa kunde främjas med hjälp av en PETTLEP-inspirerad simulering i akademiskt sammanhang. I studi

The present thesis is a qualitative study which aims to explore what impact grades have on students in an esthetic upper secondary school. The study uses a student !3 perspective where the central factors are learning, motivation and self-esteem. The background to the study is an interest in what makes an individual genuinely motivated, and the experience that school puts a great focus on grades.

As passive investing has grown in popularity, the number of available passive investment strategies have risen as well. This paper strives to investigate one of these investment strategies, namely fundamental indexation. More specifically, the aim of this study is to investigate if fundamental indices are more mean-variance efficient compared to capitalization-weighted indices. Given that the supe

“You are not a real man” A study about how masculinity and honour violence is described in biographies and youth novels. The aim with this study is to examine and investigate how honour violence is described in youth novels and biographies about honour violence. The evaluated question formulations in this study were how masculinity is expressed in these biographies and youth novels, how honour vi

Introduction: This thesis aims to investigate how a small and young company can implement the management philosophy Lean. The thesis is designed as a literature study with two objectives. The first objective is to identify what Lean is and what its underlying tools, methods and principles are. The first objective is accomplished in the results chapter. The second objective is to investigate how th

This thesis investigates how waste management in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, as a long-term complex socio-technical change process, fits in the multi-level perspective designed by Geels (2002). Due to shrinking quantities of waste that is generated in the Netherlands, the combined heat and power plants ​are experiencing production overcapacity. Therefore, its ​importing waste from the

Since the economic convergence between East and West Germany has come to a halt, the lack of scale and agglomeration effects is assumed to be contributing to this trend of stagnation. This paper studies the development of patterns of these effects in East Germany with an emphasis on the German reunification and economic integration process while accounting for asymmetries between East and West. Ex

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore the phenomenon of brand hostage, with the aim to develop a framework and a definition for a deeper understanding of its modus operandi. Relevance: Over the past two decades, disruptive and successful NGO campaigns have increasingly targeted corporations, which makes the topic a major concern for managers. Nevertheless, both from an academic and prac

Introduction: New technology has allowed for alternative nancing methods to arise. In equity crowdfunding anyone is allowed to invest in unlisted growth companies through an online platform, which gives companies access to previously unavailable capital and allows individuals to take part of the company's journey earlier on. Having a crowd of hundreds or thousands as an owner can bring many be

Flera dammkonstruktioner i Norden utsätts för stora temperaturvariationer mellan sommar och vinter. I norra Sverige kan dammar vara utsatta för temperaturvariationer på upp emot 60–70 °C. Detta resulterar ofta i sprickbildning i betongen vilket medför utmaningar vid både utformning av nya dammar och underhåll av befintliga. Säsongmässiga temperaturvariationer är den dominerande orsaken till spric

To recover from armed conflicts, state authorities need to take on measures that will permit statebuilding to happen. Usually, the first type of measures put into place is the adoption of programmes called Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR). Because they target individuals who are deemed potential threats to the success of the peace process, namely combatants, DDR programmes are s

This paper examines the ambiguous property rights in China and if they affect the private sector development. The indicators for property rights include both broader property rights and intellectual property rights. The property rights theory offers a perspective as a fundamental component of a market economy to enable a growth of private enterprises. The incentives and constraints offered by the

About 25,3 % of the Mozambican population is suffering from undernourishment even though a sufficient amount of food and specifically fruits are produced. Post-harvest losses are estimated to 25 % to 40 % and part of the production is not even harvested due to a short season. A solution has to be found to improve fruit preservation and allow the population to consume what is harvested later. Dryin