Background and problem: The importance of banks was clearly shown during the last financial crises, when the crises that started in the banking sector spread to the rest of the world. This is one of the reasons that this thesis is focused on banks in particular, one other reason is that a lot of previous studies has chosen to exclude banks because of the fact that their balance sheet differ from non-financial companies. This thesis is a beginning in filling in the gap that exists in the knowledge of banks capital structure. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to prove that it is possible to explain the capital structure in banks and that differences in the capital structure of the banks in Great Britain, Sweden and the United states of America exists. Method: The fact that our study is partly a replication of two earlier studies made a deductive approach most appropriate.

Syftet med den ha?r uppsatsen har varit att genom ett genusperspektiv underso?ka hur dagspress framsta?ller makthavare, det vill sa?ga beslutsfattande kvinnor och ma?n pa? ho?ga positioner inom na?ringsliv och politik. Underso?kningen har fokuserat pa? om gestaltningarna sker utifra?n ko?nsstereotyper och hur det i sa?dana fall ser ut.Materialet har varit Dagens Nyheter, DN och Svenska Dagbladet, SvD under perioden 2011-10-01 till 2012-04-01. Underso?kningen har gjorts genom kvalitativ inneha?llsanalys av artiklar som inneha?ller personintervjuer, da?r makthavaren fa?r komma till tals genom citat och i lo?pande text.

On the third of August 2002, in the middle of the ongoing Swedish election campaign, Lars Leijonborg beeing the leader of Folkpartiet (the Peoples Party) presented the partys new intergration programme for foreign nationals. One of the proposals was to instigate a language test for all immigrants seeking to obtain Swedish citizenship. This thesis addresses the medial debate that followed the proposal in the daily press. Using discourse analysis and postcolonial theory this thesis looks into the fact that there were not unity in the wake that followed the language test proposal resulting in one medial and one popular discourse. The newspapers investigated were largely negative in their tone, whereas on the opinion pages, the view of the people seemed much more positively inclined.

Introduktion: På grund av extremt hög fattigdom har de orala hälsofrågorna haft låg prioritet i Tanzania. Vid en konferens 2004 i Nairobi om den orala hälsan i Afrika ställde sig Tanzania, tillsammans med andra Afrikanska länder, bakom det gemensamma beslutet att hållbara nationella program måste utvecklas för att främja oral hälsa. Detta beslut har varit en drivkraft till att delta i och utveckla nedanstående projekt avseende munhälsofrämjande insatser. Endast ett fåtal studier finns redovisade vad gäller prevalensen av karies, gingivit och dental fluoros bland barn i Tanzania.Syfte: Syftet var att kartlägga antal tänder samt förekomst av karies, gingivit, dental fluoros samt munhygienvanor bland barn i Nkinga English Medium School och Nkinga Public School i Nkinga, Tanzania.Metod: Studien är en epidemiologisk tvärsnittstudie och bestod av klinisk undersökning av 244 skolbarn på 2 olika skolor. Undersökningen avslutades med tre muntliga frågor om munhygienvanor.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine which role public libraries play or could play within bibliotherapy. The study is based on qualitative interviews with five librarians who, in one way or another have experienced bibliotherapy activities. Further, we have interviewed two treatment assistants and one counsellor, who have cooperated with the librarians, to get their view. We have used the following research questions: Which bibliotherapeutic activities, if any, are pursued in public libraries in Sweden, and how do they look upon bibliotherapy? What role do public libraries play/could play within bibliotherapy? Ever since the term bibliotherapy was coined in the beginning of the twentieth century, the definition has been under debate. We have identified four main subjects of discussion.

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats a?r att fa? reda pa? hur attityden och hur a?sikterna kring na?tdejting ser ut hos allma?nheten. Med denna studie o?nskar jag att ma?nniskor va?gar prata mer o?ppet om na?tdejting och i vilken omfattning det fo?rekommer just i deras liv.Fra?gesta?llningar:- Hur ser vetskapen om na?tdejtingens existens och utbreddhet ut? - Hur vanligt a?r medlemskap pa? en dejtingsajt? - Vad har man fo?r attityd och insta?llning kring dem som na?tdejtar? - Anses det vara ett bra dejtningalternativ nu och i framtiden?- Skiljer detta sig a?t mellan ko?n, a?lder och datoranva?ndande?Teoretiska perspektiv: Intimitetens omvandling, modernitetens fo?ljder och internet.Metod: Kvantitativ metod med enka?ter.Empiri: 80 enka?ter delades slumpma?ssigt ut och fra?gor kring respondenternas bakgrund, erfarenhet och attityder till na?tdejting besvarades.Slutsatser: Hela 90 % hade ho?rt talas om na?tdejting men endast ha?lften hade sja?lva ett medlemskap pa? en na?tdejting sida.Attityden till na?tdejting sa?g olika ut. Att det bara a?r konstiga och blyga ma?nniskor som na?tdejtar ho?ll majoriteten inte med om.

AbstractMI stands for Motivational Interviewing, the Swedish translation of MI is Motiverande Samtal. Adolescence is a period in life when challenges are encountered and pivotal choices are being made. It is during this period adolescents form their lifestyle, which have an impact for their health for the rest of their life. MI has shown to be an effective and appropriate method for school nurses within school health care, to utilize in approaching by adolescents with risk behavior. This is because it gives adolescence to take responsibility and empowers them to make decisions regarding lifestyle-changes.

AbstractMI stands for Motivational Interviewing, the Swedish translation of MI is Motiverande Samtal. Adolescence is a period in life when challenges are encountered and pivotal choices are being made. It is during this period adolescents form their lifestyle, which have an impact for their health for the rest of their life. MI has shown to be an effective and appropriate method for school nurses within school health care, to utilize in approaching by adolescents with risk behavior. This is because it gives adolescence to take responsibility and empowers them to make decisions regarding lifestyle-changes.

Fo?r att lyckas med IT projekt a?r det av stor vikt att kommunikationen inom den multidisciplina?ra projektgruppen a?r va?l fungerande. Inte bara fo?r att man ska kunna beha?lla en gemensam ma?lbild inom gruppen, utan a?ven fo?r att man ska fo?rsta? de olika disciplinernas problem och arbetsmetoder. Den ha?r rapporten behandlar tva? olika aspekter kring anva?ndningen av videomaterial fra?n kvalitativa anva?ndarcentrerade anva?ndbarhetsmetoder som ett kommunikationsverktyg inom en projektgrupp. En av aspekterna a?r hur videomaterialet kan anva?ndas fo?r att fo?rmedla det anva?ndarcentrerade designkonceptet.

Mergers between companies has become more and more common in Sweden and in the rest of the world with the motive to increase the competitive strength in the current markets and has an important role within organisational development of companies. When organisations merger there is not only buildings and objects that are put together but also their individual organisational structures, people, values and cultures. This can be a difficult process and can affect many people in how they think conscious as well as unconscious, feel and react.The purpose of this thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of how employees are affected following a merger when changes in the organisational culture come up, and how these changes are expressed.This thesis is delimited to investigate only one company, Skruf Snus AB and only focus on their business and employees in the region of Stockholm. The thesis contains a qualitative investigation with semi structured interviews that has been carried out with eight employees at Skruf Snus AB. The thesis is partly based on a model of Schein which describes the different levels in organisational culture and partly on some theories about reactions to change in relation to the integration between the employees following a merger.The results of the investigation indicate that with a merger the whole organisational culture is affected and therefore also the employees.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union was a vast experience, not solely for the former members and inhabitants of the Soviet Union, but also for the rest of the world. This thesis examines Estonia and Uzbekistan's different experience with transition. By examining three different aspects of transition I seek to explain Estonia and Uzbekistan's different outcome of transition. Estonia has since their independence been fully aware of the process that started with their independence. They have reformed both the political and economic system, the industry is privatized, institutions democratic and Estonia is today a member of the European Union.

Nursing care of persons having dementia diseases affecting the frontal lobes, sets special demands on the staff, but the knowledge about how to best tailor nursing care is sparse. The aim of the study was to illuminate possibilities and difficulties in nursing care of persons having dementia diseases with frontal lobe dysfunction and was carried out as a descriptive, qualitative study, based on a review of medical records and interviews with nursing staff (n=10) that was analysed with qualitative content analysis. The difficulties were related to the patients lack of inhibition and judgement, anxiety, agitation, reduced ability to care for physical needs, egocentrism, imbalance between rest and activity, and depressed mood. The possibilities were seen in relation to the nursing staffs professional encounter, characterised by being distinct and consequent, being a step ahead, being flexible and catch the moment, being calm and create a positive atmosphere, being close and trusting and being and doing together. To receive continuous feedback and support was a prerequisite for the staffs? engagement.

Chemicals in preschools - a study of endocrine disrupting chemicals and awareness among preschool teachers The purpose of this study was to investigate endocrine disrupting chemicals that have been shown in preschools and also the preschool teachers? awareness of these chemicals. There were two methods used for completing this study; a literature study and a practical study. The literature study was made by researching on the internet and in books. The practical study was performed by sending questionnaires to all preschools in Kiruna municipality to study awareness among staff.

Syftet med studien var att synligg?ra hur barn och unga framst?lls i relation till f?r?ldrar och familj i BBIC grundbok, genom att kritiskt granska materialet med hj?lp av WPR. Empirin bestod av handboken BBIC grundbok (Socialstyrelsen 2023), ett dokument med samlade riktlinjer f?r arbetss?ttet BBIC som v?gleder barnav?rdsutredningar inom socialtj?nsten i Sveriges samtliga kommuner. Studien som ?r en dokumentanalys pr?glades av en socialkonstruktionistisk f?rst?else och empirin bearbetades med teoretiska begrepp fr?n WPR tillsammans med teoretiska begrepp fr?n barndomsstudier, kritiska barndomsstudier och queerteori.

Nursing care of persons having dementia diseases affecting the frontal lobes, sets special demands on the staff, but the knowledge about how to best tailor nursing care is sparse. The aim of the study was to illuminate possibilities and difficulties in nursing care of persons having dementia diseases with frontal lobe dysfunction and was carried out as a descriptive, qualitative study, based on a review of medical records and interviews with nursing staff (n=10) that was analysed with qualitative content analysis. The difficulties were related to the patients lack of inhibition and judgement, anxiety, agitation, reduced ability to care for physical needs, egocentrism, imbalance between rest and activity, and depressed mood. The possibilities were seen in relation to the nursing staffs professional encounter, characterised by being distinct and consequent, being a step ahead, being flexible and catch the moment, being calm and create a positive atmosphere, being close and trusting and being and doing together. To receive continuous feedback and support was a prerequisite for the staffs? engagement.