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Nyutexaminerade arbetsterapeuter saknar ofta självförtroende och är osäkra på sin kompetens då de ska arbeta i team och med patienter. Intresset för kliniska utbildningsavdelningar har därför på senare tid väckts på många håll. På dessa avdelningar får studenterna öva upp sina kunskaper samt öka förståelsen för teamarbete. AKVA-U på Universitetssjukhuset MAS är en sådan avdelning. Syftet med studi
This essay develops a theory for the explanation of the differences in success of Radical Right Populist Parties in Western Europe. In order to create a successful radical right populist movement and thus a successful radical right populist party, three elements are needed; ?demand?, ?supply? and ?mobilisation?. Because the creation of a radical right populist movement is different than the creat
The object of this essay was to illustrate and analyse what determines that a contract treatment investigation for a drug addict is initiated and what factors influence the investigation itself, from the probation service officer's perspective. We selected the following two questions: - What does the probation service officer see as being the deciding factor for a contract treatment investig
Tourism is an industry with considerable environmental and social impacts; in order to stimulate reduction of these impacts, voluntary recognition schemes i.e. ecolabels and certification programmes have been introduced to motivate tourism businesses to improve their environmental performance, encourage more sustainable practices and patterns in this branch of economy, provide information to touri
Switching from fossil fuels to biofuels has already been proven to be a good business for some industries such as the pulp industry and the wood industry in general, but very limited experience exists about the profitability of this change in other industrial contexts. This thesis investigates the financial viability of a partial shift to a biomass based energy system for the structural ceramics
Islands? characteristics provide several advantages as laboratory for studying 100% renewable energy sources (RES) systems. Their isolation makes them a ?unique laboratories, to gain knowledge and understanding of people/environment relationships? ; to prove its feasibility and acquire the needed knowledge for such systems to work; to be pioneer project, basis of other islands? projects and even a
Uppsatsen syftar till att analysera organisatoriska konsekvenser som skapas genom "Resource Management". Detta arbetssätt ("Resource Management") innebär kortfattat att varje medarbetare har två chefer; en resurschef som ansvarar för individuell kompetensutveckling och resursallokering och en arbetschef vilken ansvarar för produktionen inom projekt och service. Vi har använt o
Due to the development of technology, the value of the IP protected goods increases, and so does the harm done by the infringers. The TRIPS Agreement expressly provides for criminal sanctions for the serious cases of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy where the offences are committed willfully and on commercial scale. The TRIPS Agreement also reserves a possibility for introduction of m
Being a very important part of property per se, intellectual property is performing the duty of securing social development by providing incentives for inventors to create and thus benefit society. It is of no doubt this property should be protected. However, this protection should not encroach upon other rights, such as human rights, in particular the right to adequate food&semic thus, intell
The increasing spread of global pandemics such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria, in particular in developing countries, has forced the engagement of industrialized countries and pharmaceutical companies. Because medicines to cure these diseases are often under patent protection, they are not affordable for people in developing countries where health crises prevail. In November 2001, WTO
PURPOSE The purpose of this thesis is to investigate why companies currently are not using social media for IR in Sweden. More specific, we are studying driving and inhibiting factors that are influencing Swedish companies to use, or not to use, this communication technology for IR. METHOD Our thesis addresses the attitudes towards using social media for IR among Swedish companies listed on the OM
Natural resources hold a great potential for both economic and social development in developing countries. Many countries in Africa today are rich in natural resources but remain poor and underdeveloped. Policies and legislation within this sector need to provide a good framework in order for the natural resources to be properly managed. This report aims at discussing the difficulties in managing
The purpose with this master thesis has been to reduce the number of accidents and incidents related to spillage and discharge of product. This has been done by assessing the safety culture and strategies have been proposed on how to act upon the shortcomings that have been revealed in the assessment. An adjusted model has been developed for the assessment of the safety culture. The adjusted model
To feel good is something most of us strive for in life. Research has shown that it is possible to increase subjective well-being by use of different self-help techniques from the field of positive psychology. The aim of this study was to investigate if it is possible to decrease depressive symptoms and increase the subjective well-being in a group of district nurses by applying a self-help techni
The Öresund Region, comprising areas of Sweden and Denmark, is involved in a process of sustainable urban transformation. The region has high ambitions in terms of carbon emissions reduction and has set itself steep targets to meet over the next 15-20 years. The energy consumption of buildings accounts for a significant proportion of carbon emissions. With the urban areas of the Öresund Region exp
