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This study analyzes the relationship between education, antibiotic consumption and antibiotic resistance in the European ambulatory care. For this purpose, a panel data analysis is conducted on an aggregate level in a sample of 30 countries in the European Economic Area between 2000 and 2014. The main variable of interest is the level of high education, expressed as the proportion of the total pop

The majority of all social work includes two crucial components. The first component relates to the importance of the relationship between the social worker and the client and requires the social worker to possess qualities and abilities that promote a strong working alliance. The second component regards the social worker as the working tool, a view that emphasizes the need for the social worker

Employee engagement has become more of an important issue for nonprofit organizations as they have to maintain an unprofitable social mission with often stringent resources. This study problematizes that most research about employee engagement is from a managerial approach, while research from the “communication constitutes organization” (CCO) perspective recognizes the close link between communic

The aim of this study was to examine if the reform regarding labor immigration that was implemented in 2008, improved the matching efficiency and increased employment. To examine the effect of the reform Difference-in-Difference analysis was used on panel data from 6 regions and 8 occupations during the time 2005-2018. The regions and occupations were divided into control and treatment groups base

The aim of this study has been to explore social workers negotiations and meaning making on heterosexual norms, in order to understand possibilities on how to change these norms within the social services. The study consists of material from two different municipalities which both has participated in a project on heterosexual norms. Both municipalities have had a group of seven people discussing i

Computer programming is historically constructed as a male domain, and the underrepresentation of women and other marginalised minorities is recognised as a global phenomenon in most countries of the world. However, limited attention has been paid to women who choose to enter this field. The lack of intersectional and cross-national analysis on the relationship between gender and technology remain

Commodity activism can be described as a communication-based strategy that reshapes social and political activism into marketable commodities. This study aims to explore how a brand’s strategic communicative usage of commodity activism, and its potential for hypocrisy, influences the prosumers’ interactions in the online brand communities. More specifically, it aims to examine the destructive aspe

The aim for this study is to examine and analyse the two legal systems controlling hockey violence from a legal pluralism point of view and examine why the hockey violence exists. The questions this study aims to answer are; Are the legal norms considered to properly deal with hockey violence? How is the relation between the two legal systems? What do hockey players think of the legal norms and wh

In this thesis, a new Angle-of-Arrival (AoA) technique is used to determine the direction of a target in an outdoor environment using Radio Frequency (RF) signals. This technique estimates the AoA based on the difference between the Received Signal Strength Indicators (RSSI) from two/four directive antennas. This thesis work includes a mathematical model for this new technique, simulations that ma

The aim of this study was to explore how six professionals from three organizations that handle cases of domestic violence, depict partner violence and how they describe and understand the problem of domestic violence in relation to individual and gender perspectives. To analyze this theme, I used qualitative method. Interviews was held with staff members from three different cells: a social servi

This study aims to examine the Azerbaijan social work students’ views of their professional role in relation to the prevailing environment of an FSU country. The main objective is to identify the students’ views of different key themes; professionalization, identity and knowledge frames of social work to appraise the relevance of these under the development of the profession and in particular for

Mental illness in various shapes and forms is the new national disease. It’s increasing among young adults and is more commonly occurring among university students than the rest of the population. Studies show a correlation between mental illness and lesser study results and the interruption of studies. Studiehälsan are overburdened and it can take a while before you get help; a preventive interve

This essay is a study of the Central American migrant caravans that travelled through Mexico from 2018 to 2019 in order to reach the US. It aims to explain how the US influenced Mexico’s handling of the caravans and further explores how the people of the caravan were affected by Mexico’s migration policies. The essay uses Immanuel Wallerstein’s world-systems analysis to explain the unequal relatio

The massive inflow of Syrian refugees in 2011 led to Lebanon becoming the country with the highest density of refugees worldwide. This thesis analyses the effect of the Syrian refugee inflow on rental prices in Lebanon. Data was gathered from four different municipalities in the area of Beirut and Mount Lebanon: Beirut, Bourj Hammoud, Jal-El-Dib and Jounieh. The data provides for the years 2007 to

Skånes Digitala Vårdsystem är ett initiativ som är först av sin sort i Sverige. Det är implementeringen av ett storskaligt Health Information System med målet att sammanlänka regionens samtliga digitala sjukvårdssystem till en enda lösning. Men hur ska man gå tillväga för att lyckas med något i den här omfattningen? Det finns flera delar som måste falla på plats och i den här uppsatsen läggs fokus

Genbanker har existerat i en eller annan form i årtusenden. De tjänar som bevaring för biologiskt material. Formerna genbanker kan ta skiftar; De kan vara en botanisk trädgård, ett akvarium, eller ett laboratorie med frysarna fulla av genetiskt material. Ibland kan det röra sig om vävnadsprover, frön, eller DNA, Avsikten är att bevara, även om anledningarna kan vara olika. Det finns många likheterGene banks have in one form or another existed for thousands of years. They serve the purpose of repository for biological material. They can take the shape of a botanical garden, of an aquarium, or as a laboratory where the freezers are stuffed full with genetic resources. Sometimes as tissue samples or seeds, and sometimes as strands of DNA. The intention is to preserve, although the reasons may

Hur skapar man en en Reggio Emilia skola med en god utemiljö? Vad är en ens Reggio Emilia? Varför är en god utemiljö viktig? Hur fungerar dagens förskolor? Vad är bra och vad behövs förbättras? Det här examensarbetet har väckt många frågor som jag fått många givande svar på genom intervjuer, studiebesök och litteratur. Kunniga pedagoger, förskolechefer, ateljéristas, verksamma arkitekter och Natur

This thesis is evaluating the German development projects in Kenya in the Green Economy area. The focus is lying on the time period after the Green Economy Strategy and Implementation plan was introduced from the Kenyan government in 2016. Previous studies to this topic explored four main possible challenges for this type of projects: legal framework, absorptive capacity, willingness of the civil

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att beskriva och analysera vilka resurser olika typer av nya företag efterfrågar i startprocessen, samt vilka av dessa resurser en universitetsinkubator erbjuder dessa företag. Studien ämnar således att utforska och beskriva matchningsprocessen mellan utbud och efterfrågan av resurser. Metod: Forskningsstrategin som använts är en kvalitativ fallstudie, där den empiriskPurpose: The purpose of the study is to describe and analyze which resources different types of new companies demand in the start-up process, and which of these resources a university incubator offers these companies. The study thus aims to explore and describe the matching process between supply and demand for resources. Methodology: The research strategy used is a qualitative case study, where t