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Swedish nurses report high levels of burnout and report their psychosocial work environment to be inadequate. Psychosocial factors as well as individual coping strategies appear to be related to burnout. The aim of the current study is to examine the association between psychosocial factors, individual unfavorable coping strategies and burnout among Swedish hospital nurses. Present study used a cr
The convenience that bagged lettuce offers has often coupled with consequence of rapid quality deterioration, especially at home after the consumers open the package. In this study, the quality of bagged lettuce during storage in different packaging and fridge conditions was evaluated. The aim was to understand the problems that consumers encounter while storing bagged salad in the household fridg
Lekmannadomare har en viktig roll i såväl det svenska som norska rättsväsendet. I båda länderna har användandet av lekmannadomare en lång historisk bakgrund. Lekmannadomares roll har skiftat över tiden i båda länderna. I nutid finns stora likheter mellan nämndemannasystemen i Sverige och Norge. Det finns dock skillnader som är värda att belysa och analysera. Den här uppsatsen syftar till att Lay judges have an important role in both the Swedish and Norwegian legal system. The use of lay judges has a long historical background in Scandinavia. Nowadays, the role of lay judges in Sweden and Norway are very similar. However, there are some differences that are worth highlighting and analyzing. This essay aims to clarify how the role of lay judges have developed in both countries from a hi
Pandemin COVID-19 har givit upphov till nya juridiska spörsmål, inte minst arbetsrättsliga. Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera arbetstagares integritetsskydd inom den privata sektorn av arbetsmarknaden i relation till frågan om huruvida arbetsgivaren kan kräva att anställda vaccinerar sig mot COVID-19. I enlighet med fast rättspraxis från Arbetsdomstolen kan arbetsgivare, med stöd av arbeThe COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to new legal issues, many of which are related to labour law. The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the protection of the privacy of the employees in the private sector of the labour market, in relation to the question whether an employer can order employees to undergo vaccination against COVID-19. In pursuance of established case-law from the Labour Court
Folkbiblioteken i Sverige har ett lagstadgat uppdrag att bidra till en stärkt demokrati genom kunskapsförmedling och fri åsiktsbildning. Uppdraget med att bidra till den fria åsiktsbildningen tolkas ofta som att biblioteken ska förhålla sig opartiska till sina användare och sina samlingar. Nya förhållanden i informationsklimatet har skapat nya utmaningar för den fria åsiktsbildningen, såsom desinfPublic libraries in Sweden have a statutory task to contribute to a strengthened democracy through the dissemination of knowledge and the free formation of opinion. The latter is often understood as libraries being impartial to their users and collections. New conditions in the information climate have brought new challenges for the free formation of opinion, such as disinformation and polarizatio
Purpose: In 2019 Varian EthosTM linear accelerator (Varian Medical Systems, CA, USA) with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) was installed at Herlev Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, enabling online adaptive radiotherapy (oART) e.g for bladder cancer patients with a large margin reduction. The AI utilizes so called influencers for initial delineation of the targets and organs at risks (OAR) usin
Uppmaningen till att leva hållbart genomsyrar samhället, fast en övergång till hållbara liv är långt ifrån verklighet. Genom att förstå hur individer ser på hållbara liv i relation till välmående kan potentiellt hjälpa människor i övergången till mer hållbara liv. Den här studien var förregistrerad till undersöka valensen av individers syn på en hållbar livsstil, och hur denna synen relaterar tillThe call for living sustainably can be seen in many places throughout society, although a transition towards sustainable lifestyles is far from a reality. Understanding how people view sustainable living in relation to well-being can potentially help individuals in the transition to live more sustainably. This study was pre-registered to examine the valence of how people view sustainable lifestyle
Bakgrund: Fysisk aktivitet har beprövad positiv effekt för personer med stressrelaterad ohälsa men är inte välstuderat inom Aktivitetsvetenskap. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva vilka typer av fysisk aktivitet personer med stressrelaterad ohälsa ägnar sig åt, i vilken omfattning de utförs samt beskriva vilka aktivitetsvärde personer med stressrelaterad ohälsa upplever i samband med fysisk aktivitet.Background: Physical activity has positive effects for people with stress related illness, but is not well studied within occupational therapy and occupational science. Aim: The aim was to describe to what extent people with stress related illness engage in physical activity, which types of physical activity they perform and their perceived occupational value when performing physical activity. Met
Entrepreneurship has historically played a major role on the growth of economies. Its impact on countries’ economic and employment growth has been theoretically as well as empirically studied. The literature indicates a clear positive relation of entrepreneurship to those macro figures. Nevertheless, new evidence discusses that more entrepreneurs do not always signify a quick growth rate. In the d
Klimatklivet is an investment subsidy, to support measures that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Even though Klimatklivet has contributed to climate investments that is estimated to have reduced Sweden’s emissions by 1.3 million tons of greenhouse gases, the investment subsidy has had to endure criticism. Klimatklivet has been accused of not being a cost-effective policy. The objective of t
Migration to wintering grounds is a process that a large proportion of songbirds perform every year. It has been suggested that there are differences in the migration performance between adults and juveniles due to the experience the former have over the latter, after having flown this journey before. The aim of this study was to analyse age differences regarding activity, energy deposits and depa
The government saw the negative effects of increased alcohol consumption in Sweden and Welfare gave the mandate to further develop an idea to counter the trend. The idea was presented and a decision was taken. When Ängelholms municipality was able to take advantage of opportunities on the basis of these decisions was launched Projekt Insikt. Decisions were taken on municipal management and the thr
This study shows that several beneficial aspects of climate adaptation in Swedish municipalities can be linked to the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. In doing so, the study also exhibits that the sustainable development goals could serve as a good tool to aid in maximizing social, environmental and economic benefits when planning and executing climate adaptation measures. A claim th
The purpose of this study was to examine what social workers include in the term "parenting ability". More specifically the purpose was to investigate how social workers view the parenting ability among parents with an intellectual disability. Furthermore the aim was to examine what difficulties social workers come across in their work with families where one of the parents are intellect
The digitalisation of adolescents’ everyday lives has created new contexts in which intimate partner violence can occur. Digital intimate partner violence includes controlling, monitoring, and harassing behaviours carried out through digital tools such as social media, messaging applications, and location-sharing services. These behaviours are often normalised among young people, which makes the v
Det är mycket fokus på hållbarhet och målet att uppnå Agenda 2030 inom byggbranschen. Studien ska därför undersöka hur och om detta går att uppnå med hjälp av kravställning vid upphandling enligt LOU. Går det att använda upphandlingar som ett verktyg och hur gör upphandlarna detta? Finns det några utmaningar för de mindre kommunerna och kommunala fastighetsbolagen? Uppsatsens syfte är att undersökThere is a strong focus on sustainability and goal of achieving Agenda 2030 within the construction industry. The study will therefore investigate how and if this can be achieved through the use of requirements in public procurement under the Public Procurement Act (LOU). Can procurement be used as a tool, and how do procurement officers approach this? Are there challenges for smaller municipaliti
Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is increasingly utilized across various practical domains, requiring continual development and optimization of supporting technologies. An essential aspect of this progress is the efficient testing of WPT Systems. This thesis explores optimization of the testing process using Machine Learning(ML) and data analysis, applied on historical data represented by test outcom
Individuals with a growth mindset tend to accomplish more by putting increased effort into learning and development, compared to individuals with a fixed mindset. As uncertainty increases, organizations that promote continuous learning adapt faster than competitors. If an entire organization adopts a growth mindset, employees will be more motivated to learn. Growth mindset has, therefore, received
Problem Previous research suggests that it ought to be more challenging for social enterprise to manage its stakeholder relationships. It is assumed that a social enterprise in general both have a larger amount of stakeholders compared to regular enterprises, and that there is a larger divergence in values and interest among the stakeholders. Another layer of complexity is added if the social ente
Quantum entanglement is a fundamental resource for various quantum information applications including quantum computing, cryptography, and teleportation. However, detecting entanglement in practice can be challenging due to noisy measurements and limited control over the systems being studied. Steering, which is a distinct nonlocal property between entanglement and bell nonlocality (the strongest
