Fire fighters in Sweden claimed that helmets used as protective gear during exercises melted because of the thermal heat exposure. According to European certification methods helmets are tested towards thermal radiation to ensure that the protective gear still meets the regulations. This report has evaluated if the certification methods are adequate for a Swedish fire fighter´s environment and whi

This report is a cost benefit analysis of a proposal for new sprinkler installation guidelines for ro-ro deck. It is a relative comparison between the present guidelines and a new proposal developed by SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden. The results and conclusions in this report are based on; data gathered from multiple water sprinkler tests, other relevant literature, experts’ judgment an

Elevators has for a long period of time been regarded as unsafe to use as a means of egress. This is an opinion that has shifted in the last couple of years as technical solutions has been found to the initial problems when using elevators as an escape route. This report investigates the possibility to replace a staircase with emergency elevators as a means of egress in a buildning. The report als

How do people with a self-injury use the social forums on the Internet? The increasing use of Internet has contributed to the opening of new "worlds" where people with a certain problem can create and / or find communities which focus on their specific needs. The aim of our study was to examine how people with self-injurious behaviour interact with each other on the Internet. We conduct

This essay contains an examination of the Swedish state’s violations of the Convention Against Torture. The point of departure is a comparison of the principle of non refoulement in public international law (specifically the Convention Against Torture) and the Swedish Alien’s Act, in order to distinguish the differences between the two laws and create a framework to apply on the cases where Sweden

Det finns två krav som ska tas i beaktande när olika metoder mot skatteflykt utformas, rättssäkerhet och effektivitet. Sambandet mellan legalitetsprincipen och rättssäkerheten är starkt. Legalitetsprincipen sägs ha uppkommit för att rättstillämpningen ska vara förutsebar och fri från godtycke. Dessa två värden är en stor del av rättssäkerhetsbegreppet och det sägs därför att legalitetsprincipen ärThere are two requirements that must be considered when different methods against Tax Evasion are being designed, the rule of law and efficiency. The relationship between the principle of legality and the rule of law is strong. The principle of legality is said to have incurred in order to make the legal purpose predictable and free from arbitrariness. These two components are a big part of the ru

The construction of the Öresund Bridge in 2000 and the opening of City Tunnel in the end of 2010 brought the new opportunities for trade and communication and has positioned the area as the regional hub in the Baltic Sea. This paper is related to the continuing discussion on the potential of the Öresund Region. The goal of this paper is to identify potential pros of a cross-border coalition of the

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilken roll levande metaforer har i den politiska journalistiken. Jag har studerat metaforer i hundra tidningsledare hämtade från Dagens Nyheters och Svenska Dagbladets webbplatser innan och efter riksdagsvalet den 19 september 2010. I min analys tittar jag huvudsakligen på metaforernas innehåll och metaforernas funktion.

I detta arbete vill jag undersöka polisers perspektiv på kommunikation mellan allmänheten och patrullerande poliser. Med utgångspunkt i det empiriska materialet undersöks problematiken som finns vad gäller att skapa bra kommunikation med allmänheten och diskrepansen mellan polisers önskan att komma närmare allmänheten. Syftet med arbetet är att lyfta fram polisers perspektiv på den egna verklighet

Modern technology has brought opportunities to reach an audience beyond national, cultural and social borders. The intention of the study is to explore how rhetoric can be used as a practical and analytical tool to overcome conflict and create unity between the speakers and their audience. In other words: How can rhetoric be used as a community- and identitybuilding resource to reduce the distance

The question to be dealt with in this study is to what extent the emergence of a distinct Taiwan identity has influenced people's self-perception, with respect to the profound economic and political changes in Taiwan since the 1980s, such as the lifting of martial law, democratisation and Taiwanisation (bentuhua). Assuming an existing interconnectedness between identity, politics, ethnicity an

Sen 2001 års terrorattacker i USA har regleringsåtgärder med syfte att förebygga nya attacker ökat nämnvärt, i vissa fall med direkta och ingripande konsekvenser för enskilda individer. Vidare har påtvingande av sådana åtgärder karakteriserats av sekretess, ibland i den omfattningen att ingen information angående grunderna har kommunicerats till berörda personer. Detta har lett till en utveckling Since the terror attacks in USA in 2001, legal measures with the aim of preventing new attacks have multiplied, many with direct and harsh effects on individuals. Proceedings imposing such measures have, furthermore, been characterized by secrecy, sometimes to the extent that none of the grounds have been communicated to the persons concerned. This has led to a legal development in Europe concerni

Uppsatsens syfte är att, i samband med revisionspliktens avskaffande för mindre aktiebolag, diskutera en möjlig innebörd av begreppet efterfrågestyrd revision och vilka faktorer som påverkar efterfrågan, samt undersöka om revisionsmarknaden anpassar sig till en ändrad efterfrågan. I vår studie har vi haft ett interpretativistiskt synsätt, och främst använt oss av en induktiv metod. Vi har valt att

Denna studie undersöker hur individer tillhörande generation y tilltalas av och efterfrågar icke monetära incitament samt om och i så fall hur revisionsbolagens incitamentsystem bemöter dessa. För att skapa en bild av hur revisionsbolagens incitamentsystem förhåller sig till de icke monetära incitament som efterfrågas och värderas av generation y intervjuades representanter från revisionsbolag. Fö

School counselors' professional role from a professional perspective In today´s society, it is proven that the numbers of children who suffer from a general feeling of unwellness has increased. To support these children, there is a clear need for experts within our schools. It is imperative to have school counselors within the organization. As a school counselor it is often a requirement to w

ABSTRACT This study is aimed to understand how the approach of Christian host families, to long-term offenders works and if and why they are a resource to social work. These host families have no professional skill, but function as laymen. A study as to why this approach in relation to the concepts of normality, symbolic interaction and social interaction is needed within the field of social wo

I redogörelser över effektiva åtgärder i arbetet att begränsa ungdomars användande av alkohol och droger hänvisas till forskning som pekar på familjen som den enskilt viktigaste faktorn. Dock lämnas ingen närmre förklaring till varför föräldrarna är det mest lämpade ”verktyget” och ingenstans urskiljs föräldrarnas åsikter om sin medverkan i det preventiva arbetet med barns alkohol- och drogvanor. The aim of this study was to illustrate the parents' perceptions of how the drug prevention work is done when parents participated in parent education "Absolut förälder” and afterwards functioning as "tools", with the mission to influence their children's attitudes to alcohol and other drugs. A qualitative research method was used. The empirical material in the study is base

Abstract We are today living in the age of the Internet. It grows fast and things that we used to find on the streets have today shipped and are instead also a part of the phenomenon we like to call the Internet. The purpose of this thesis is to elucidate the issues and opportunities of blogging and study how field assistants can use social forums and blog reading as a method in their work wit