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Objectives: Interstitial lung disease is frequent in SSc (SSc-ILD) and associates with significantly reduced quality of life. Here we aimed to analyse patient pathways, and experiences of patients and healthcare providers (HCPs) in order to identify unmet needs in the management of SSc-ILD patients. Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted in eight European countries looked at HCP
Popular Abstract in Swedish Under 1920-talet och framåt accelererade moderningseringsprocessen på många plan och det svenska samhället kom att allt mer förändras. Följande studie handlar i mycket om hur man på olika sätt kan förhålla sig till den nya tid som kommer. Gertud Lilja var verksam mellan 1924 och 1964. Under 1920-40-talen var hon en känd och diskuterad författare, men med tiden har henneThe aim of this thesis is to present and discuss the author Gertrud Lilja with a special focus on her relationship to modernity from a feminist perspective. In the 1920s Lilja was regarded as an interesting and promising author. Ten years later she was seen as a conservative and popular author who wrote mainly for women. As this is the first published thesis that discusses Gertrud Lilja it focuses
In the mid-twentieth century, Sweden distinguished itself as one of the most organized and participatory democracies in the world, with high levels of voting turnout and party membership. But in the late nineteenth century the situation was much the opposite – Sweden had for Western Europe a low degree of suffrage, and low political participation. To explain the turnaround, this paper explores ext
Negative trends of climate change and biodiversity loss are closely linked with farming practices, and it is therefore essential to re-think how agricultural systems can sequester more carbon, and simultaneously create vital ecosystems. The overall aim of this research is to imagine Swedish farms as carbon sinks rather than sources, and how to re-design the current farm- and food system to also ad
A standard proposition in the migration literature is that emigrants are not drawn randomly from their source population, but rather compose a self-selected group in terms of labour market characteristics. Such self-selection refers to observed characteristics, such as education, or occupation, as well as unobserved characteristics such as cognitive abilities. However, due to data limitations, mos
Archiving the Spaces of Anxiety exhibition in Beijing, China curated by Shuyu ChenArchiving the Spaces of Anxiety takes its form from a transitional path that links Kafka’s unfinished short story The Burrow (1923–1924) and Wu Li’s painting White Cloud and Green Mountain (1668), by looking into a set of intertwining relations between the external space that surrounds us, and the internal space that
This thesis includes one introductory chapter and three independent papers. The first paper adds to the broad literature regarding the effect of alcohol consumption on educational attainment. Given that no consensus exists in the literature regarding this paper adds to the literature by analyzing the effect of alcohol consumption on educational attainment using a life cycle approach. In addition
The existence of systems has been essential in bringing order and providing benefits and security for people throughout the course of history. However there are cases wherein people have difficulties in adopting or conforming to systems. The aim of this study is to understand how systems that intend to be open encounter the paradox of excluding people in the process. The Public Transportation Age
Spice can be seen as an herbal mixture that consists of synthetic cannabinoids, which are designed to provide a marijuana-like high. In Sweden and other countries there have been legal actions to ban the synthetic cannabinoids in Spice, but when a chemical becomes illegal the substances in Spice will be replaced with a new legal one. For that reason can Spice be seen as a drug placed in a so-calle
Detta arbete behandlar och utreder begreppet provocerad uppsägning och dess användning i svensk rätt. Arbetet har begränsats till att endast avhandla den svenska rätten eftersom det inte finns EU-rättsliga bestämmelser som motsvarar det som finns i den svenska anställningsskyddslagen. Eftersom det endast finns mycket begränsad doktrin på området så har begreppet utretts med hjälp av rättsfallstudiThis work discusses and investigates the concept provoked dismissal and its use in Swedish law. The essay has been limited to only discuss the Swedish law since there are no EU rules corresponding to those found in the Swedish Employment Protection Act. Since there is only very limited doctrine on the subject, the concept has been investigated using case studies. The legal cases are taken from the
This bachelor thesis is a case study of a culture project in Scania, Norra Grängesberg gatufesten in Malmö, planned by the municipality. The project aims to create a place where a diversity of culture actors can take part and is promoted as a grassroot festival. The viewpoint of the thesis is planned creativity with following research questions 1.1 How do the actors describe the Norra Grängesberg
With the large amount of surveillance cameras in our public spaces there has been much discussion about their effects on privacy. Axis communications has an algorithm that tries to remedy this by making it hard to see who is in an image but still have it possible for a neural network to detect that there is a person present. This thesis explores how this algorithm needs to be adapted to be implem
In this thesis I explore the conceptual relationships between Parody, the body and space in via the writer Gail Simone’s version of the comic book heroine Wonder Woman. I develop a critical re-imag(e)ination of performativity, space and the body in contemporary mass culture via Gail Simone’s Wonder Woman. As the title suggests the thesis also elaborate on sexuality understood as a phantasmatic scr
While it is fairly certain that people have experienced emotions all throughout history, it is less certain how we understand historical expressions of emotion in a modern context and what value such an understanding could bring to examinations of the link between power and the people. The aim of this master thesis is to gain deeper understanding regarding the relationship between human emotions a
Personer anställda för uthyrning har sedan bemanningsföretag legaliserades behandlats annorlunda jämfört med andra anställda när de sökt arbetslöshetsersättning. Först i och med RÅ 2007 ref 20 klargjordes att uthyrningsanställda som avslutat flera på varandra följande visstidsanställningar hade rätt till arbetslöshetsersättning så länge anställningarna avslutades i enlighet med LAS och gällande koTemporary agency workers has been treated differently from other employees when they applied for unemployment benefits in Sweden ever since temporary-work-agencies where legalized. Only with RÅ 2007 ref 20 it was clarified that employees for hire who have completed a number of successive fixed-term contracts where entitled to unemployment benefits as long as the jobs were completed in accordance w
Title: A changed life by hiv? – A study of three life stories [translated title] The purpose of this study was to, through a theoretical framework consisting of stigma and crisis theories, illustrate and create an understanding of how you can experience life after testing positive for HIV. More specifically its aim was to examine the impact of a HIV-positive test result and how an HIV infection a
This paper is about how symphony orchestras relate to marketing principles such as the Four Ps and other similar theories adapted to better suit the need of the Arts. Arts institutions like symphony orchestras are traditionally not-for-profit organizations, but with state subsidies not growing in size with the growth of costs for symphony orchestras, they must find other ways to fund their organiz
Tvister om vårdnad, boende och umgänge har ökat kraftigt i Sverige under de senaste åren. Detta innebär att allt fler barn årligen involveras i dessa typer av processer. För det enskilda barnet är det viktiga frågor som avgörs och utgången i målet kan få stora och långvariga konsekvenser för såväl barn, som föräldrar. Barn är, liksom vuxna, bärare av ett stort antal mänskliga rättigheter enligt inDisputes concerning custody, residence and contact have increased in Sweden during the last couple of years. This means, that more and more children are involved in these types of processes every year. The questions that are settled have great importance to each child, and the outcome can have major and long-lasting consequences for both children and parents. Children, as well as adults, are posse
Frågan om rätt till heltid på arbetsmarknaden har länge varit omdebatterad. Kraven på rätt till heltid drivs såväl av de fackliga organisationerna som av politiker. Det kan vara svårt att försörja sig på ett deltidsarbete, och ur den aspekten har den deltidsanställde ett berättigat intresse av att kräva ett så högt arbetstidsmått som möjligt. Arbetsgivaren har å andra sidan ett intresse av att anpThe issue about the right to work full time has been debated for long time. The demand for the right to work full time is driven by the trade union movement as well as by politicians. It can be hard to earn a living when you work part-time, and from that aspect the part-time worker has an entitled interest to ask for such a high employment rate as possible. On the other hand the employer has an in
