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The extant literature on inheritance has largely focused on the success or failure of legislations in addressing the plight of widows. A gap in the discourse is the failure to investigate the experiences of widows and how their dis-inheritance affects their livelihoods. The purpose of this study was to find out how inheritance practices affect the livelihoods of widows in Northern Ghana. The study
The severe situation in Swedish public child welfare has recently been extensively discussed in media. The aim of this study was to examine the attitudes of students in social work regarding working in child welfare agencies. The target group consisted of social work students attending their last semester in three different universities in Sweden. A structured questionnaire was completed by 116 st
Syftet med denna studie är att utreda hur musiklärare på det estetiska programmet tror att musikalitet uppkommer i förhållande till arv och miljödiskussionen, hur de definierar och konkretiserar musikalitet i förhållande till sina elever samt undersöka hur Gy11–läroplanen för gymnasieskolan påverkar bedömningen av musikalitet. Utgångspunkten för denna studie är baserad på enskild och gruppledd mus
The aim of this study was to examine how documenting restraints is perceived by practitioners within closed psychiatric care. We used semi-structured interviews to interview five senior physicians working within inpatient care in Sweden. We asked them to describe their experience of documenting this procedure. We also asked them what attitudes they have towards the subject. A combination of the no
Title Health and safety coordinator during execution Author Emma Ekelund Trelde Supervisors Radhlinah Aulin, Division of Construction Management, Faculty of Engineering Lund University Johanna Forsberg, Opatina Examiner Anne Landin, Division of Construction Management, Faculty of Engineering Lund University Background Based on a European Construction Site Directive the Swedish law was amended in 2
This thesis has been carried out in cooperation with Malmö Studenthus via Miljöbron whom requested suggestions on how they can improve their energy usage in their property Taxeringsintendenten 3 which is located in Rosengård, Malmö. The building was built in the 70s and is currently being used as a student residence with 665 newly renovated apartments. The thesis is topical as in recent years more
In pursuit of a sustainable society, the bike possesses a central importance. It is important that the bike lanes meet the needs in terms of accessibility and safety. In the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark already exists so-called super cycle routes, which have proven to be very successful, as they contributed to the increased cycling, and at same time improved accessibility and comfort for the cy
Sustainability Science (SS) is known for aspiration to support societies towards ecologically sound trajectories – a fabulously reflexive, ultimately critical and deeply self-aware field with a diverse community of highly skilled and creative researchers of noble goals, rigorous training and active engagement with ‘real life’ (so we claim, or at least aspire for). We try hard to alter extinction o
The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to find out which measures for reading promotion are used by school libraries and how these can have an effect in terms of increased reading. This is of interest since surveys have shown that Swedish pupils read less and that their reading abilities have decreased. In order to become good at reading one needs to read a lot and this is why promoting reading is
The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the domestic violence shelters workers experience of collaboration with social service and how this influence theirs legitimacy. The study was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with three shelters workers and three social workers on social service. This study was done in southern Sweden. The theoretical approach being used was: new
This study analyses the interest rate setting policy of the Swedish central bank, the Riksbank. In particular, the paper addresses whether or not the Riksbank reacts to deviations in asset prices from trend levels when setting interest rates. To investigate these issues a modified version of the Taylor rule is used, and is adjusted to reflect an appropriate inflation targeting horizon and augmente
In the Netherlands it is very common to separate household waste inside the home. In several Dutch municipalities a financial incentive system has been implemented that is intended to motivate residents to manage and separate household waste more efficiently. The system has shown to give good results when evaluated in terms of the amount of collected household waste. However, no research exists on
Climate change is going to affect the Earth’s precipitation patterns leading to increased flood risk in Sweden. The main purpose of this study is to examine how municipalities and the building industry work with adaptation for increased precipitation in response to climate change. NCC, a construction and property developing company in Europe represents the building industry in this study. The meth
Cities over time have become more prone to climate related risks and there is a consensus regarding a need to adapt to climate change. The vulnerabilities to weather events are different in every city and depend on preconditions i.e. exposure and management of risks. The purpose of this study is to evaluate Lund municipality weather related vulnerabilities. This is done by looking at the managemen
Six-legged robots, also referred to as hexapods, can have very complex locomotion patterns and provide the means of moving on terrain where wheeled robots might fail. This thesis demonstrates the approach of using Model-Based Design to create control of such a hexapod. The project comprises the whole range from choosing of hardware, creating CAD models, development in MATLAB/Simulink and code gene
Denna uppsats handlar om hur hållbarhetsredovisning regleras och samspelet mellan de olika instrumenten; lagstiftning, normer, branschstandarder och riktlinjer. Det är en tvärvetenskaplig uppsats, som genom en socio-legal studie ämnar sätta lagstiftningen i relation till den verklighet och miljö den reglerar. Hållbarhetsredovisning har blivit allt vanligare hos näringslivet idag. Det är ett sätt f
Business intelligence and analytics (BI&A) have become part of almost every com- pany/organisation nowadays, as the benefits of a successful adoption are many. However, the failure scenarios are many as well, with companies/organisations facing dissatisfied employ- ees who do not use the BI&A tools because they find them difficult to use -despite the train- ings-, and others who start usin
Bakgrund: Användning av olika handelskanaler vid köp av ett klädesplagg har ökat de senaste åren. Företag anpassar sig mer efter konsumenters växande behov av tillgänglighet och flexibilitet. Köpprocessen, från behovsupptäckt till köpbeslut, utförs bland annat i fysisk butik, online på bärbara och stationära datorer eller via mobila enheter. Konsumenter har numera blivit vana att oberoende av kontBackground: The use of different purchasing channels when looking for a piece of clothing has increased in recent years. Companies adapt to a greater extent to consumers’ growing need for accessibility and flexibility. The purchase process, from discovering needs to the decision of purchase, could be performed through physical store, online on a laptop and desktop computer, or through a mobile dev
