The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze a group of participants (social workers, contact families and the young adults who had been given a contact family as children) and monitor their experience of the intervention contact family and its goals, contents and design. We also wanted to look into what goals and guidelines are available regarding the interventions design and contents. We also looked into parts of the intervention which the participants found most useful for them individually. The method we used in our study was qualitative interviews. We compared and analyzed our results to research made on the subject and the theoretical frame.

AimThe aim of this study was to try to understand youngsters and their attitude to alcohol in the countryside and in a large city. The questions at issue have been: How do youngsters from the countryside, who drink, and do not drink alcohol, view the school- family- and friendsituation? How do youngsters from a large city, who drink, and do not drink alcohol, view the school- family- and friendsituation? Can we understand youths? attitude to alcohol on basis of the factors: School, family and friends? Are there any differences and similarities?MethodInterviews have been implemented with four youngsters in a large city and in the countryside. To gain as much as possible from the interviews a questionnaire was distributed to two classes in year nine in the countryside, and one class in the large city. The interview material was analysed on the basis from earlier research and two theoretical models.ResultsAccording to the youngsters that drink, both in the countryside and the large city, the most common view in school was that high demands are put on the youngsters and that they should study more then they do.

The purpose of this study was to explore experiences of the process of developing a homosexual identity during childhood. We wanted to examine the experiences, feelings and thoughts that young adults, identifying themselves as homosexuals, had growing up in Sweden.For the study a qualitative method was used and nine interviews were made with young adults in the ages of 18 - 30. They answered our questions about their process of developing a homosexual identity, about their friends, family and school and about the society in general. We analysed the material from the interviews using the theory of the coming-out-process as presented by mainly Månsson and Hilte (1990).The main result from the study was that there were some difficulties for our respondents to become aware of their homosexuality and reveal their homosexuality to others. Most of our respondents experienced anxiety and/or fear as they were becoming aware of their sexuality but did become conscious about their homosexuality and accepted it before turning 21 years old.

Syfte ? Syftet med denna uppsats är att få ökad förståelse över varför kunder väljer att använda självbetjäningstjänster (SBTs) och vilken påverkan detta har på kundens roll i användandet.Design/metod/tillvägagångssätt ? Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och genomfördes med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Totalt har 31 kunder intervjuats på IKEA i Kungens Kurva, Stockholm angående deras användning och upplevelse av SBTs.Slutsats ? Studien visar flera olika faktorer som påverkar kundernas användning av SBTs till exempel dess tillgänglighet och enkelhet. Kunderna upplever deras förändrade kundroll som tyngre än tidigare och deras inställning till företaget förändras på grund av SBTs.Studiens begränsningar ? Studien har för få antal respondenter för att generalisera resultaten och vi har enbart studerat en bransch och ett företag.

The aim of this study is to examine how one can understand the experiences that social workers within the social service's have of children who have committed sexual assault against other children, and the social workers? thoughts about the choice of actions and the family involvement in those actions. The study has a qualitative character. Information was obtained through interviews with social workers within two Swedish counties, and the analysis of the results was based on earlier research findings as well as theoretical aspects, such as systemic theory and salutogenesis.Regarding the actions taken for the target group, the social workers have, in many ways, a systemic perspective as they emphasize elements within the child as well as within the family. It is also shown that the collaboration with other authorities affects the choice of actions, and that it is important to involve the entire family in any interventions, so that the effect of those interventions may last over time.

Malt lymphoma is a malignant disease that can arise in a variety of extra nodal sites. Previous studies indicate that tumour arise from more mature B-cells.Our purpose was to examine the presence of clonality and somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin (IgV?) of MALT lymphomas.Paraffin-embedded tumour samples from13 MALT lymphoma were subjected to rearrangement analysis, by using PCR, heteroduplex gels and sequence analysis.Successful amplification was seen in 10/13 cases and sequences of IgV? genes were obtained in 6/13, all of them were mutated. The percentage of mutation compared to germline sequences was 1,1% to 8,6% monoclonal rearrangemang. It was demonstrated that 5 of 7 clones were derived from the V?3 family, 2 from V?1 and 1 from the V? 4 family..

Den tredje september 2013 vann beslutet om Entré Syd laga kraft och det stod således klart att Ikea med tillhörande köpcentrum kommer att etablera sig på Söderslätts handelsområde. Detta har bidragit till att handlare och politiker i Umeå känner sig oroliga för hur övrig handel kommer att påverkas, där oron för centrumhandeln är framträdande.Historiskt sett har lokalisering varit huvudsakligt fokus för forskning inom detaljhandeln där senare forskning snarare sett andra aspekter som påverkar en konsument. Med detta som utgångspunkt har vi, på uppdrag av Visit Umeå, genomfört en studie där fokus har varit att undersöka om attributen: lokalisering, tillgänglighet, butiksutbud, service och övriga aktiviteter samt de bakomliggande faktorerna ålder, kön, inkomst, utbildning och bilinnehav påverkar en konsument i valet mellan externhandeln med tillhörande Ikea-varuhus och centrumhandeln. Uppsatsen utgår från Falk och Julanders modell för hur kunder väljer inköpsställe. Vidare bygger den teoretiska referensramen på teorier om konsumentbeteende. Detta för att förstå vad som påverkar konsumenter.

Det föreligger en problematik i strävan att etablera och upprätthålla en effektiv miljökommunikation Denna problematik grundar sig i trovärdighetsbrister i kommunikationen. Dawkins (2004) menar att för att tackla detta problem krävs att uppmärksamhet riktas till företagets olika intressenter och att dessas varierande informationsbehov beaktas. Denna uppsats är en kvalitativ fallstudie, baserad på intervjuer, om flygbolaget SAS kommunikation om deras hållbarhetsarbete. Studien syftar till att undersöka och analysera flygbolaget SAS ansvarsprofilering och redogöra för på vilket sätt den påverkas av olika intressenter. För att besvara syftet har vi utgått från Dawkins (2004) intressentteori i anknytning till Fredrikssons (2008) modell vilken behandlar ett företags hållbarhets-kommunikation utifrån fyra olika ansvarsområden.

The aim of the study was to illustrate how single parents who want to adopt a child are described in consent investigations made by the social service. The methodology for this study was document analysis. The analysis material consisted of 23 consent investigations from family courts in 12 different municipalities and district administrations. The theoretical starting point of the study was the perspective of social construct of reality. Based on the issues of the study, background on international adoptions, theory of norms and deviation and past research the documents were analyzed.

When we define something as real it will also have real consequences. Media society is developing rapidly; the media?s more central role in our society means that their interpretations and portrayals of the world will have a greater impact on how we look at ourselves and our society.When Swedish Princess Estelle was born in February 2012 she was the first Swedish heir to be been born in what is known as ?the computer age?. This paper aims to examine the reporting of the birth of Princess Estelle and how it was conducted by Swedish news sites, from an ideological perspective. The study is based on qualitative method with ideational analysis and Norman Fairclough?s critical discourse analysis.In conclusion, the news sites portray a positive image of Princess Estelle?s birth and the Swedish monarchy and strengthen the status of the Crown Princess family.

This paper aims to examine the heteronormativity that is present in John Galsworthy?s The Forsyte Saga. This is achieved by performing a queer reading of the text with the help of Swedish Queer theorists Fanny Ambjörnsson and Tiina Rosenberg. I study the norm and how it is enforced by law, society and family. To get a complete image of the heteronormativity I also need to analyze the gender presented in the saga.

Det här examensarbetet handlar om olika flätningar av olika naturfibrer, och att komma fram till en bra och hållbar kombination som går att använda till en sittmöbel. Jag har valt att studera vegetabiliska naturfibrer som man tillverkar snöre, rep eller dylikt av, alltså abacka/manila hampa, bambu, bananfiber, hampa, kokosfiber, pappersfiber, rotting, sisal och sjögräs. Till detta har jag valt att jämföra olika typer av glesa flätningar, dels på grund av att många sittmöbler idag är tätt flätade, och att jag vill hitta ett annat uttryck än det. Dels för att glesa flätningar innebär en mindre materialåtgång och ger möbeln en lätt och luftig karaktär.Instuderingsetappen avslutas med en analys som jag sedan tar med mig till ett praktiskt projekt, ett gestaltningsarbete, där jag i samarbete med IKEA tar fram ett förslag till en fåtölj i flätad naturfiber. Till detta projekt har jag valt att gå vidare med hampa, sjögräs och pappersfiber, och tre varianter av glesa flätningar som ger tre olika formuttryck: ett mjukt och böljande, ett modernt och ett traditionellt linjärt.Till sist har jag kommit fram till att många fibrer kan passa för tillverkningen av en sittmöbel, och så även många olika flätningar.

This bachelor thesis explores the conditions for a harmonized EU gender equality policy. Recently the maternity leave directive has been introduced by the European commission and seeks to improve the conditions for pregnant workers. The controversial subject of this maternity leave has illustrated many of the problems connected to the development of a social dimension in EU. First of all, the debate concerning the maternity leave directive in the European Parliament has shown that both sides in the parliament seem positive towards creating legislation in this matter on EU level. However, parties at the right tend to disagree to many of the amendments in the proposal, such as the maximum entitlement.

Active ownership is widely regarded as positive for the development and performance of businesses. In this paper, we investigate the impact of ownership concentration and owner identity on return on equity (ROE) in Swedish companies between 1986 and 2008, and show that active ownership might suffer from opposing effects. We find evidence, albeit weak, that ownership concentration has a positive effect on profitability, but that it levels off at high levels of ownership shares. Furthermore, we propose that family ownership has a negative effect on profitability. Our results are dependent of choice of statistical method, but show nonetheless a need to reevaluate what seems to be a universally positive view of active ownership..