Alkoholkonsumtionen i Sverige har ökat dramatiskt sedan mitten av 1990- talet. I november 2005 beslutade regeringen om en ny nationell handlingsplan för alkoholpolitiken, där fokus läggs på barn och ungdomar. Prime For Life är ett riskreduceringsprogram för alkohol och droger. Syftet med denna undersökning var att se om Prime For Life utbildning har någon effekt på de värnpliktigas alkoholkonsumti

Våren 2006 gjordes hörselkontroller på anställda vid ett träindustriföretag. Resultaten jämfördes med hörselkontroller från 2004. Sex personer (18 %) hade en försämring med 15 dB eller mer på någon eller några av frekvenserna 2000-8000 Hz. En bullermätning visade att den genomsnittliga ljudnivån under en arbetsdag för de flesta arbetstagarna var högre än 85 dBA. På grund av hörselförsämringen hos

The Maha Oya (river) originates in the Kandy district of Sri Lanka and travels about 130 km passing four districts to reach the sea at Kochchikade in Sri Lanka. It holds the 3rd largest average annual runoff among the 103 of distinct river basins in Sri Lanka. Its contribution as a fresh water source is of great significance. During year 2004 the river provided five percent of the total production

This thesis investigates the possibility of improving level control in a buffer silo fed by a long conveyor belt at Stora Enso's industrial paper mill in Hyltebruk. The controller controlling the process has difficulties when the input to the conveyor belt stops since it takes at least 2.5 minutes for the empty belt segment to reach the buffer. Given relatively low quality level measurements a

Lay persons’ speech and representations of psychotherapy was explored by conducting semi-structured interviews with six people of Swedish ethnicity and then compared to psychodynamic theory and method. The interviews were analyzed using a qualitative phenomenological-hermeneutical approach. Six major themes were identified in the transcripts: to help oneself, curiosity – fear, cooperation, the rel

Syftet med den här studien var att utforska hur psykoterapeuter resonerar kring urval/bedömning och behandling i tidsbegränsad psykodynamisk korttidspsykoterapi. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sex psykoterapeuter. Data analyserades med tematisk analys och åtta teman identifierades. Studien visade att två skilda tekniker för bedömning av lämplighet tillämpas, klinisk intervju och förs

Abstract: Nepalese migrants who are involved in businesses in Scandinavia are survivals in the race of high tech and cross cultural constraints. They are adaptive to use knowledge and education and are also able to learn skills in order to exploit the situation in their favour. A hypothesis is tested among Nepali migrant entrepreneurs by exploring their experiences regarding migration, strategy a

Library and information science (LIS), is a research area marked by theoretical diversity and strong influence from both the developing library profession, as well as other social sciences. During the development of LIS several attempts have been made to define its scientific identity. The definition of what constitutes core, boundaries and the superior identity of LIS is still debated among resea

I denna studie undersöks grundvattnet i en vattentäkt (Nam Du) i Hanoi, Vietnam. Grundvattnet innehåller höga halter av ammonium (NH₄⁺) och arsenik (As). Arsenik är mycket giftigt och kan ha allvarlig inverkan på människors hälsa och är därför inte önskvärt i dricksvatten. Höga halter av ammonium i dricksvatten är inte skadligt i sig, men är ofta ett tecken på antropogen påverkan av grundvattnet, In this study high concentrations of ammonium (NH₄⁺) and arsenic (As) in groundwater are investigated in the Nam Du well-field, Hanoi, Vietnam. Arsenic is unwanted in drinking water since it has severe consequences for human health. High concentrations of ammonium in groundwater, while not directly harmful to human health, is often a sign of the groundwater being affected by anthropogenic activiti

The concept of Eco-city and the means of public participation in urban planning are receiving more and more attention in global urbanization and environmental discourse. However in China, comparing to the eco-city fever, public participation is ignored at a great extent. This thesis will explore public participation (and lack thereof) in eco-city planning in China by introducing the example of Tan

Hilma Borelius (1869-1932) var docent sen 1910 och var Skadinaviens första kvinnliga studenten i litteraturhistoria. Dessutom var hon politiskt aktiv som medlem i Sveriges moderata kvinnoförbund och förspråkade kvinnlig rösträtt. Uppsatsen är en innehållsanalys av hennes artiklar och föredag mellan åren 1905-1930, där hennes mans- och kvinnoideal undersöks ur ett genus- och religionsperspektiv.

The woodlands of northern Skåne, south Halland and southwest Småland were an important region for ironproduction from the medieval period until the end of the seventeenth century. Slagheaps found close to brooks and waterfalls indicates that waterpower was used in the local bloomery iron production. This essay deals with questions about the dating of these sites and the kind of tecnique that was u

Alla har en ålder som oavsett om vi vill det eller inte ökar och påverkar oss olika i diverse situationer i samhället beroende på i vilken ålder vi befinner oss i. I media har den höga arbetslösheten bland ungdomar benämnts som Sveriges största samhällsproblem vilket gjorde mig intresserad av att undersöka ålderns vikt genom våra arbetsliv på arbetsmarknaden. Kandidatuppsatsen genomsyras av en komEveryone has an age that whether we like it or not increases and also influences us differently in various situations in our society depending on our current age. In today’s media, the high unemployment rate amongst younger individuals has been mentioned as Sweden’s main social problem, which made me interested in investigating the importance of age through the working life in the labor markets. M

Costa Rica has an important banana-producing industry that requires vast amounts of pesticides. These can leak into the environment and cause health effects. The most widely used pesticide is mancozeb, which is rapidly degraded to the carcinogenic and potentially groundwater-contaminating metabolite ETU. This study was executed in Matina, one of the most densely banana-cultivated areas of Costa Ri

The production of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been steadily increasing around the world, and remains an especially controversial subject within the European Union. Romania is one of the few E.U. countries that grows such crops, while also having the largest rural population, proportion of agricultural laborers, and reliance on subsistence agriculture of all member states. By using a

Azraq, meaning blue in Arabic, is the name of an oasis that once existed in the Eastern Desert of Jordan. Prior to the drying of the oasis in the early 1990s, the oasis was home to endemic species, millions of migrating birds from Eurasia to North Africa, as well as the Gazelle, Oryx, and Onager. The only fresh standing body of water in Jordan, The Azraq oasis was a unique habitat for a region tha

This study resembles a critical discourse analysis on inter- and transdisciplinary research on sustainability. Through the overall lens of critical realism and constructivism understandings and representations of sustainability are examined. The study therefore investigates and compares the websites of five research institutes based on the theoretical concepts of post-normal science by Bateson, su

Over decades of linguistic research, the identity and ambiguity of a possible lexical category labeled ‘adjectives’ have been as lively debated as the possible universality of lexical categories as such. Some argue that adjectives can be found in every language, whereas others deny their existence completely. The only thing that remains clear, irrespective of which view is employed, is that the ex

Europeiska unionen har länge arbetat för att uppnå fri rörlighet på den inre marknaden. På de flesta områden har arbetet nått långt men det finns undantag. Hypotekslånemarknaden inom EU är, trots betydande ekonomisk storlek, inte harmoniserad och ett flertal hinder mot den fria rörligheten av kapital existerar. Fokus i uppsatsen ligger framförallt på harmonisering och införande av en europeisk hThe European Union has long worked to achieve free movement within the internal market. In most areas, work has come a long way but there are exceptions. The mortgage market in the EU, despite significant economic size, is not harmonized, and a number of obstacles to achieve free movement of capital exist. The focus of the essay is primarily on the harmonization and implementation of a European

Purpose: The purpose of the thesis was to investigate if the Merton model had any predictive power of changes in Moody’s credit ratings and if there was a difference in the predictability between upgrades and downgrades. This was done in an effort to either support or dismiss the opinion that credit ratings are lagging. Methodology: The distance-to-default (DD) was calculated with the Merton mode