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20th century massification of higher education and research in academia is said to have produced structurally stratified higher education systems in many countries. Most manifestly, the research mission of universities appears to be divisive. Authors have claimed that the Swedish system, while formally unified, has developed into a binary state, and statistics seem to support this conclusion. This

Att bli förälder är en stor livsomställning och föräldrars upplevelse av första tiden efter att barnet fötts påverkas bland annat av den information och förberedelse de får under graviditeten. Depression efter förlossningen drabbar cirka 10 % av alla föräldrar, något som även kan påverka anknytningen till barnet och därigenom barnets hälsa och utveckling. Tidigare forskning har visat att nyblivna Parents often feel inadequately prepared for challenges of early parenthood. This thesis aimed to develop an evidence-based programme for antenatal preparation for early parenthood and to test its feasibility. The Medical Research Council’s framework for development and evaluation of complex interventions was used to design the three studies.Interviews were conducted with first-time parents; 18 mo

We argue that the neoliberal tradition and new public management reforms of the public sector effectively erode the core (liberal) democratic values of the rule of law and transparency. The tension between public law and managerially-influenced governmental policy is in practice resolved by the emergence of what we call “shadow management” in public administration, whereby managerial decisions tha

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are central to modern healthcare, yet their practical impact on clinical workflows remains complex. This thesis explores the advantages and limitations physicians experience when using EHR systems in daily hospital work. Guided by the Systems Engineering Initiative for Patient Safety (SEIPS) framework, the study takes a socio-technical approach, focusing on h

This paper analyses the evolution of material living standards in three Swedish, before 1658 Danish, towns (Malmö, Ystad and Falkenberg) of varying size from the late 1500s to the advent of industrialization in the 1860s. We use population registers and church books, but above all a new dataset of 1381 probate inventories for the time periods 1570–1599, 1670–1720, the 1780s, and the 1860s. Based o

A self-assembling ABA triblock copolymer complexed with lithium bis(trifluorometliylsulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) salt showed ion conductivities (sigma) approaching 10(-5) S/cm at 20 degreesC. The block copolymer had endblocks of polyethylene (PE) and midblocks of poly(ethylene oxide-co-propylene oxide) (PEOPO) and formed physical networks with PEOPO chains interconnected by crystalline PE domains. Ther

Phospholipid vesicles and supported bilayers have emerged as a promising platform for the development of biorecognition devices. To expand the capabilities of such biochips, it becomes desirable to direct and control the assembly of lipid structures into more sophisticated architectures. As one step toward this goal, we demonstrate the photoregulated desorption of a new class of polymer from lipid

Abstract Aim: The Redesigning Daily Occupations programme (ReDO) is a Swedish work rehabilitation programme for women on sick leave due to stress-related disorders. The aim of the study was to investigate the participants' perceptions of taking part in the work rehabilitation programme. Methods: Seven of the 38 women who completed ReDO were interviewed during and after the programme. The interview

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka den sociala omgivningens betydelse för människor som går i psykoterapi. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sex personer som hade gått i psykoterapi för mindre än ett år sedan. Intervjumaterialet analyserades genom Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) och detta resulterade i fem huvudteman: Välja ansikte utåt, Öppenhetens pris, Vara nära The aim of the present study is to deepen the understanding of how people, who undergo psychotherapy, perceive the importance of their social environment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six individuals who have undergone psychotherapy within the last year. The transcripts were analyzed with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), which resulted in five main themes: Choose f

This research shows that multiple factors are important when a person is trying to quit an alcohol or drug addiction. Factors that have shown to be important in the decision of breaking up with the addiction and to become alcohol or drug-free are both internal and external. The purpose of the research was to identify which factors that were most valuable to the interviewed persons in terms of quit

This thesis examines the occupational mobility of a sample of immigrants who arrived in Sweden between 1971 and 1985. The data includes information on pre-immigration occupation and on up to four occupations in Sweden. The empirical analysis supports a U-shaped pattern of occupational mobility from home country to host country which is in line with the theory of imperfect transferability of skills

Det svenska energisystemet är under ständig utveckling. Länge har vatten- och kärnkraft varit grundstenarna i energiproduktionen, där kärnkraft utgjort den så kallade baslasten och vattenkraften reglerkraften. Då allt mer väderberoende vindkraftverk byggs förändras förutsättningarna för det svenska energisystemet, där en stor del av elproduktionen blir allt mer oförutsägbar på grund av variationerThe energy system in Sweden is currently under a great transformation, where the part of weather dependent energy sources, so called intermittent sources, like solar and wind power will get greater share in the total production of electricity while the production from stable energy sources like nuclear power is decreasing. For a long time, the nuclear power have been operating at baseload and the

Sammanfattning Jordens befolkning förväntas öka de kommande årtiondena. Detta kan skapa osäkerhet kring livsmedelsförsörjning och kräver en mer produktiv livsmedelssektor samt metoder för att bedöma tillgång på livsmedel i förhållande till efterfrågan. Utvecklandet av lågkostnadsmetoder för övervakning av grödor kan stödja en hållbar intensifiering av jordbruket och tillhandahålla användbar inforAbstract The population of earth is projected to increase the coming decades. This can pose problems of food security and demands a more productive food sector as well as methods of assessing food productivity in relation to demand. Crop monitoring with remote sensing can guide precision farming used for sustainable intensification of agriculture, as well as contribute to yield forecasting models

In May 2019, Ikea group in Poland posted an article in the intranet regarding LGBT-movement, encouraging the employees to support the LGBT+ community by participating in the celebration the company was about to host. A religious employee, with the pseudonym Tomasz K., chose to show his disapproval by posting a comment to the article. He cited the bible which stated what destiny awaits homosexual p

Separatist movements are gaining ground around Europe. From south to north regional separatist movements are raising their voices. The goals of each unique movement vary, from calls for increased autonomy to demands for full independence. In Italy’s autonomous province South Tyrol the question of separatism is something that engages all of the ethnical South Tyrolean parties. The parties included

A large and growing body of literature has investigated the national parliaments and their involvement in the activities of the Union. However, the literature does not fully cover all the national parliaments of new Member States which joined the EU after the largest enlargement of the Union in 2004. As well, little is known about the national parliaments of Baltic Member States. This paper aims t

This thesis addresses the role of the corporate purpose in strategic financial communication from the perspective of investor relations professionals (IRPs) with particular reference to their sensemaking process. Strategic financial communication increasingly includes intangible assets that contribute to the value of the company. At the same time, more and more companies are publishing corpora

Visualisering är ett viktigt verktyg för förståelsen av olika fenomen inom mekaniken. Vid datormodellering med finita elementmetoden utförs flera steg som med hjälp av visualisering kan underlätta förståelse och inlärning. CALFEM är ett finita elementverktyg utvecklat vid LTH, med fokus på utbildning. För att verifiera att en finita elementmodell är korrekt utformad är det viktigt att kunna visualVisualizing results is an important part of Finite Element (FE) modeling. Many tools exist for visualizing these results, they are often part of complete software packages for FE analysis. These packages often rely on the user being familiar with FE analysis, making them unsuitable for use in teaching the FE Method. CALFEM (Computer Aided Learning of the Finite Element Method) is an FE toolbox de

Uppsatsen utforskar komplexiteten i bedömningen av om ett barn ska beredas vård med stöd av LVU ur ett bevisvärderingsperspektiv, med fokus på bedömningen av rekvisitet "påtaglig risk för hälsa och utveckling". I och med att domstolen ställs inför uppgiften att bedöma en potentiell framtida risk för barnet blir en korrekt riskanalys central. Detta betyder att domstolen behöver omvandla vThis paper aims to delve into the intricacies of assessing whether or not a child should be placed under care according to LVU from an evidence evaluation perspective, with a focus on the criteria "significant risk to health or development". As the court is tasked with evaluating potential future risks for children, an accurate risk assessment is paramount. This means that the court need