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This thesis searches for the presence of seasonal anomalies in monthly returns on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Three indexes are investigated, one small-cap-index OMXSSCPI, one large-firm-index OMXS30, and one index containing all stocks on the exchange OMXSPI. Econometric regressions and statistical methods are used in order to investigate. Subsample regressions are also used in order to examine
Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva kvinnors upplevelser av den gynekologiska undersökningen. Bakgrund: Avvikande flytningar, klåda, förändrade blödningsintervaller eller smärta är exempel på förändringar som kan göra att kvinnor genomgår en gynekologisk undersökning. Regelbundna GU görs även som en del av ett nationellt screeningprogram. Kvinnor är generellt sett positivt inställda till GU. Däremot f
The European union has taken steps to remove obstacles for labor mobility and per neoclassical economic theory this should lead to an equalisation of the real wages through an increase in labor mobility. Real wages is an important indicator of welfare and the equalisation process is called convergence by economists. This thesis looks closer at the convergence process in the European Union during 1
Climate change, deforestation and poverty are big threats for today’s society. One way the United Nations has chosen to combat this is through a project named REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation). In short, REDD+ allows countries to be compensated if they change their way of using the forest into methods more likely to conserve the ecosystem and eliminate or minimiz
Bakgrund: De flesta kvinnor känner glädje och förväntan när de är gravida men samtidigt blandas en känsla av ängslan och oro. För vissa kvinnor övergår oron till förlossningsrädsla. Forskningen visar att stöd är en av de viktigaste faktorerna för uppnåendet av en positiv upplevelse för kvinnan. Den relation som bygger upp mellan barnmorskan och kvinnan är tvåsidig och fungerar som en samverkan där
Den samiska befolkningen är Europas enda urfolk, och likt ursprungsbefolkningar världen över är deras kamp för lika rättigheter konstant. Kampen för samerna inom de svenska riksgränserna har skapat en identitetskonflikt, där befolkningen tvingats på en svensk identitet med exempelvis undervisning på svenska istället för på samiska. Det är i ljuset av denna kamp vi har velat synliggöra hur samisk g
Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman and Doris Lessing’s “To Room Nineteen” are three literary texts in which the three protagonists seem to play a role which makes them miserable and suicidal. This essay explores what elements that are involved in making these women unhappy and self-destructive. Based on a close reading of the three texts and Judith Butler’s theories on
Delat ledarskap i den komplexa organisationen - En kvalitativ studie av delat ledarskap utifrån ett kommunikationsperspektiv Denna studie syftar till att med utgångspunkt i strategisk kommunikation analysera delat ledarskap inom en komplex organisation. Genom en fallstudie på Skånes universitetssjukhus har chefers och medarbetares uppfattningar om delat ledarskap studerats för att därmed skapa stShared leadership – A qualitative study of shared leadership from a communication perspective This study aims to examine shared leadership in a complex organization from a strategic communications perspective. Through a case study at Scania University Hospital, managers and co-workers’ opinions about shared leadership are studied in order to receive a better knowledge of shared leadership’s pract
This essay examines representations of extinction in a selection of Anthropocene fiction. The Anthropocene is a potential new geological epoch, in which the human species capacity for massive ecological transformation is rivalling that of geologic processes. As the Anthropocene has grown into a subject of cultural significance, critical literary scholarship has identified implications for a possib
Bathing water is of great concern as almost all bodies of water in Sweden today are affected by human activities. Usage of models for bathing water quality may give the possibility to assess and evaluate short-term contamination. The main objective of this thesis was to develop and evaluate a script for degradation of the faecal indicator bacteria Escherichia coli, E. coli, in an aquatic environme
Child labour has been an issue which many governments and NGOs has tried to solve through various schemes, projects and acts. There is a universal agreement that education can help child labourers back to school, but there is a disagreement on how to do this. This thesis examines the Indian educational child labour scheme, National Child Labour Project (NCLP) in Kolkata, with a focus on the educat
In this thesis a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) is used to evaluate the net social benefits of a congestion charge in Malmö. A novel approach based on information from Google Maps is used to estimate the scope of present congestion issues in Malmö. Likely effects and the number of people affected is estimated using information from the trial in Stockholm, the trial in Gothenburg and a report on the f
Uppsatsen undersöker hur en startup jobbar med relationsbyggande samt vilka resurser dessa relationer ger för företagets fortsatta växande. Uppsatsen tar upp den kritiska fasen i början för en startup där relationsbyggande är viktigt samt vilka resurser företaget får ut av dessa relationer. Relationsbyggandets vikt understryks då de bidrar med resurser för företaget i form av kunskap, relationer o
The aim of this study is to explore the identity work of members of the Faroese diaspora in Copenhagen from a sociological perspective. Building on a symbolic interactionist view of social interaction, I explore the strategies of presentation of self in a diasporic environment, in which members adapt their role performances according to ongoing changes to rules of interaction. Using my own insight
Syfte: Syftet med studien var att studera individens upplevelse av att genomgå en abort. I studien belyses de faktorer och aspekter som påverkar individen under abortprocessen. Metod: Studien är en litteraturstudie med integrerad analys där 9 vetenskapliga artiklar ligger till grund för det framtagna resultatet. Samtliga artiklar som inkluderats i resultatet är kvalitetsgranskade. Resultat: Det fr
During travels, people want to be able to move fast and smooth from point A to point B. Thereby, many people can relate to the struggles which occur when carrying several belongings simultaneously. This master’s thesis was performed in collaboration with Thule Sweden AB and the purpose was to develop a design concept which would make it easier to travel with a wheeled luggage in combination with
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories in the Sherlock Holmes series, yet only two are told from the narrative perspective of Holmes himself. I attempted to compare and contrast Holmes’ narration in The Blanched Soldier and The Lion’sMane withWatson’s narration in A Study in Scarlet. I explored narratological theories and previous research done on Watson’s narration in order to find an expl
Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka på vilka sätt kvällstidningarna Aftonbladet och Expressen valde att gestalta offentliggjorda begravningar av barn som omkommit till följd av mord eller våldsbrott under tidsperioden 2005-2015. Vi har även analyserat vilka metoder och grepp tidningarna använt sig av för att styra läsaren mot ett visst sätt att sörja, samt om det finns outtalade normer el
The overall aim of the thesis is to explore unofficial rules and norms as well as status markers in the graffiti scene in Malmö. The aim is also to investigate how these shape the practice and give recognition in the graffiti culture and opportunity to take place in public space. Already in the 1970s, Malmö opened its first legal graffiti wall. The work of the municipality is characterized by an i
The purpose of this study is to analyse what journalism educations in Sweden teaches to their students and how they keep the education updated in relation to the current media landscape. The thesis focuses on the use of social media in journalism. As social media is becoming more popular, it is starting to become an attractive platform for companies in the news field. The analysis is based on five
