This empirical study examines the absolute and risk-adjusted performance of single- and multi-factor portfolio strategies within the Swedish equity market from 2015 to 2024. The analysis focuses on three widely recognized investment factors, price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-book (P/B), and momentum, defined by prior 12-month returns. Eight portfolios were constructed based on the top and bottom rankings of these factors, along with a combined multi-factor strategy incorporating all three. The central research question explores whether multi-factor portfolios consistently outperform single-factor strategies. To assess performance, the study applies risk-adjusted metrics including the Sharpe, Treynor, and Sortino ratios, as well as statistical significance testing. Alpha is also calculated relative to the market benchmark (OMXSPI), to evaluate excess return. 

The findings indicate that although the multi-factor portfolio outperformed the benchmark index, it did not exceed the performance of the best single-factor strategies. In particular, the low P/B and high P/E portfolios delivered the highest absolute and risk-adjusted returns. Additionally, none of the portfolios produced statistically significant alpha, suggesting that the excess returns observed may not be consistently attributed to the factor-based strategy design.

Generations are a debated topic with contradictory findings. This study examines potential differences in prosocial values between generations and if the general trust felt by each generation differentiates from the others.

In this work my theoretical framework has been Mannheims work on generations and Schwartz theory of the 10 basic human values. I used a quantitative approach with linear regression. The data material was provided by ESS (European Social Survey) and all but the Swedish sample was excluded from the dataset.

The result of this study shows that no significant difference between the generations in 2004 could be seen either for prosocial values or trust. In 2023 there was a significant difference between boomers and generation Z. Generation Z had slightly higher prosocial values, but the variations within the generation was bigger than between generations. There was also a significant difference between boomers and generation Z regarding trust. generation Z feels less trust in others than boomers. But also, in this analysis the result shows that the variations are bigger within the generation than between.

Abstract 

Advertising is everywhere in today's society, but what do these advertisements contain in terms of visual elements, and what themes are constructed through these visual elements in advertising images?. This research examines which visual elements are used in perfume advertisements featured in men's fashion magazines such as GQ, King, Dazed, Men's Health, and Esquire from the year 2024, and in women's fashion magazines such as ELLE, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Tatler, and Damernas Värld from the same year. The study also explores the themes constructed through the use of these visual elements in perfume advertising images.

To analyze this, semiotic theory and Roland Barthesˋs theory are used, including denotation, connotation, and second-order connotation (myth).

The results of the research show that the visual elements in perfume advertisements aimed at men highlight themes such as assertiveness, luxury, flowers, and elegance. In contrast, the visual elements in perfume advertisements aimed at women emphasize themes such as power, assertiveness, dominance, nature, and flowers.

Small-scale Product Businesses (SPBs) in Scandinavia face a paradox: while they embody the creativity and craftsmanship that define Nordic design culture, they often lack the infrastructure, resources, and visibility needed to compete within increasingly industrialized sustainability systems. This thesis investigates the challenges and opportunities faced by such small actors in transitioning toward localized circular economies, exploring how design can drive resilience and value creation within regional ecosystems. Drawing upon Cradle to Cradle and Stakeholder Theory, the study integrates multiple methodologies to uncover how collaboration, innovation, and cross-sector partnerships can transform waste into value and slow down resource loops. The study adopted a Research-through-Design (RtD) methodology, integrating five semi-structured interviews with Scandinavian SPBs and industry experts and observational studies at regional design events. Prototyping and experimentation of products for the Circular Business Model Innovation were conducted at the X-Lab maker-space in Lund.

This paved the way to the development and testing of a design-driven circular model through the creation of a real-life studio, which functioned as a living thesis lab. Within this, circular strategies such as Waste-to-Worth, Co-Creation Hubs, Brandpooling, and Cross-Border Collaboration were applied and tested through hands-on product development using industrial and post-consumer waste. The findings reveal that SPBs can build resilience by linking waste innovation with collaborative and communicative strategies that bridge design, business, and engineering. Ultimately, the thesis proposes a circular model as a pathway for SPBs to transform local waste streams into design opportunities - a model that can be replicated anywhere waste exists, serving as a blueprint for globally scalable circular innovation.

We study how students adjust their early career choices in response to economic crises and how these decisions affect their long-run labor market outcomes. Focusing on Sweden’s deep recession in the early 1990s—which hit the manufacturing and construction sectors hardest—we first show that students whose fathers lost jobs in these sectors were more likely to choose career paths tied to less-affected industries. These students later experienced better labor market outcomes, including higher employment and earnings. Our findings suggest that informational frictions are a key obstacle to structural change and identify career choice as an important channel through which recessions reshape labor markets in the long run.

Some cognitive functions are impaired when experiencing pain, but the influence of pain on word reading accuracy and fluency has not been investigated before. The aim of this study was to explore how word reading as a controlled process (phonological decoding) was influenced by experimental pain. Pain-free participants (n = 176) were assigned to two different experimental groups, pain-induction (n =73) and no pain induction (n = 73). Participants performed the phonological choice task with their left hand immersed in a cold water-bath (pain induced group) or with their left hand immersed in a tepid water-bath (no pain group). The results were largely consistent with the null hypothesis because no significant difference between the pain-induced and the no pain group was revealed. A weak significant correlation between estimated pain intensity and the performance of the phonological choice task, as well as between estimated pain-related negative affect and the performance of the phonological choice task was found. Experimental pain is different from clinical pain. Therefore, the relationship between clinical pain and phonological decoding should be investigated in future studies. Drawing more heavily on controlled processes, the effect of pain on phonological decoding in less proficient readers should also be examined.

With the development of food industry, food waste has a enormous impact on environmental,economical, and social sustainability. Based on exploring and analyzing the current contextabout food waste, this project aims to challenge the existing wasting food habit, through design,change or influence the habit, give people more sustainable options, and create a new habit toreduce food waste.

Sustainable design thinking is the key point in this project, service design and participatorydesign methods is the main theory framework in the project, and during the design process,these methods are used to approaching users.

The outcome of the project is a visualization of service design, Food story, which creates a newplatform for users to share knowledge online and interact with food surplus offline. As a result,users could reduce avoidable food waste from the kitchen, and have a more sustainable life style.

This report explores preventive maintenance with a focus on implementingcondition monitoring for hydraulic pumps operating in the extrusion atProfilGruppen. The study identifies a need for improved documentation ofthe pumps operation and recommends the use of dedicated service books tosupport systematic data collection. Improved documentation enables moreaccurate assessment of the pumps condition and maintenance planning. Thecurrent practice, which involves renovation of the pumps every six years andreplacing the gaskets reactively, is contrasted with a proposed methodincorporates regular inspections, pressure tests, and condition monitoringusing techniques such as shock pulse and ultrasonic. The aim is to optimizemaintenance and extend pump life.

Bakgrund: Symtomen och upplevelserna som en postpartumdepression för med sig varierar och är mycket individuella. Tiden efter förlossningen är en tid med mycket nya känslor och väldigt hektiskt speciellt för de kvinnor som drabbas av postpartumdepression. Denna tid kan vara något som inte endast utmanar moderns relation till barnet och andra i deras närhet utan även relationen till sig själv som kvinna.Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva kvinnors upplevelse av att leva med postpartumdepression.Metod: Metoden för studien var en kvalitativ litteraturstudie som baserades på 10 kvalitativa originalartiklar som hämtades från databaserna CINAHL och PubMed. Analysmetoden var Fribergs femstegsmodell, där artiklarnas innehåll analyserades i fem olika steg där delar som svarade på studiens syfte togs ut. Resultat: Tre teman (kroppsligt och känslomässigt lidande, stigma och förväntningar samt stödets påverkan) och sju subteman identifierades. Slutsats: Kvinnor som lever eller hade levt med postpartumdepression upplevde flera olika utmaningar, inklusive emotionell påverkan, negativa tankar samt ett överväldigande ansvar över familj och hushåll. Stigmatiseringen kring ämnet ledde till att många led i tysthet då de helst inte ville dela med sig av sina känslor, vilket ledde till att de sökte hjälp i ett sent skede. För allmänsjuksköterskan är det viktigt att ha kunskap om postpartumdepression för att kunna stötta de drabbade kvinnorna och minska deras lidande. 

Volvo CE is looking for alternative designs on how to attach the counterweight to the rear frame on their wheel loaders. The current concept makes use of multiple bolts to achieve the desired rigidity can make the assembly process more complex.

This study was conducted in accordance with DFSS, a product development process which is part of the encompassing scientific engineering method Systems Engineering. DFSS consists of four phases, this study covered the first three phases with a focus on the second.

Results from this study yielded four design concepts, with further development and analysis of one of these concepts. The further developed concept was then validated through calculations and simulations, which showed promising results on achieving the defined requirements.

In the end, some criteria remained unanswered, and recommendations were given on how to proceed with further development of the concept or exploring more alternatives using the DFSS process laid out here.

Background

Wife abuse is a pervasive global public health and human rights concern. This is also the case in Bangladesh. Rural women experience higher rates of wife abuse compared to their urban counterparts, but most interventions remain concentrated in urban areas. There is a lack of research exploring the gendered and ethnic dimensions of wife abuse in Bangladesh, and existing interventions have largely overlooked primary prevention strategies. 

Aims

This thesis aimed to understand wife abuse and explore leaders’ experiences following a community-based educational intervention focusing on primary prevention and on supporting women in Bengali, Santal, and Garo communities in rural Bangladesh.

Methods

Studies I and II were cross-sectional, utilizing baseline survey data from 1929 married women and men. Data were collected via face-to-face interviews, using a structured questionnaire that included a revised version of the NorVold Abuse Questionnaire, the Social Acceptance of Wife Abuse scale, and the Women’s Social Mobility scale. Analysis included descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and regression analyses. Study III was a qualitative study using six focus group discussions with 70 married women. Study IV was a qualitative follow-up study employing phone interviews with 13 community leaders. Data from Studies III and IV were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Findings

Study I revealed widespread exposure to different forms of abuse among married couples, with women being the primary victims. Garo women reported lower, and Garo men higher, prevalence of abuse by their spouse compared to the Bengali and Santal communities. Study II found that different types of wife abuse were widely accepted and positively associated with women’s low social mobility. Women, compared to men; and Bengalis and Santals, compared to Garos, reported higher acceptance of wife abuse. Study III highlighted women’s limited communication with natal family, friends, and neighbors after marriage, who are the key sources of informal support and keys in accessing formal support following wife abuse. Across all three communities, immense structural and practical barriers pertaining to patriarchy hindered women’s ability to seek support. Study IV showed that the community-based educational intervention provided leaders with valuable insights, initiated attitudinal and behavioral changes among them, and fostered their involvement in increasing people’s awareness, victim support, and collaboration with service providers to prevent and reduce wife abuse.

Conclusion

This thesis identifies gender and ethnic differences of wife abuse and highlights the barriers that keep women from seeking support. It also demonstrates the promising potential of a community-based educational interventions to support victims of wife abuse in rural Bangladesh. 

This thesis examines how banking professionals interpret blockchain technology and what those interpretations mean for adoption in traditional banks. Using the Technology Frames of Reference (TFR) lens, we conducted semi-structured interviews with eight professionals across roles and regions. A thematic analysis surfaced four aggregate dimensions: (1) framing implementation readiness, (2) frames of blockchain’s technical nature, (3) institutional framing within financial ecosystems, and (4) strategic and operational value.

Across accounts, blockchain is largely framed as a complementary tool rather than a wholesale replacement. The same attributes, such as decentralization, immutability, and transparency, are valued in some contexts (e.g., traceability and auditability) but seen as problematic in others (e.g., error handling, and compliance). These differences map to professional responsibilities and use-cases, and help explain why adoption remains selective and incremental. Overall, the findings suggest that adoption depends not only on technical and regulatory factors, but also on how professionals interpret the technology within their organizational contexts.

The study applies the TFR framework to a new empirical context by showing how banking professionals’ interpretations of blockchain differ across roles and organizational conditions, reframing adoption challenges as interpretive rather than only technical or regulatory. Practically, the findings indicate the value of early cross-functional alignment to surface differing assumptions and identify where blockchain’s attributes align with existing needs.

The steady growth of multimodal data requires effective methods for managing and processing this type of information, including focusing on developing a system for detecting anomalies. This research mainly focuses on detecting anomalies and improving data quality in multimodal datasets. By integrating different data types, such as text, metadata, and images, this research examines the effectiveness of three fusion methods: early, late, and hybrid. Through a comprehensive analysis, the study demonstrates that late fusion significantly improves the accuracy of data processing and achieves the highest processing accuracy of 0.947, which is, on average, 6% higher than the early and hybrid fusion systems. The findings emphasize the potential of multimodal data systems to improve information systems' reliability, accuracy, and efficiency, thereby supporting more informed decision-making in dynamic environments.

Introduction 

Approximately 30% of all births are induced, and the rate is increasing. Reasons for choosing to induce labor include post term pregnancy, pregnancy complications and disease. The increase may be due to updated guidelines showing fewer complications with induction of labor when starting from week 41. Misoprostol is a PGE1 analogue developed for NSAID related gastric ulcers, in obstetrics it is used of-label for induction of labor, medical abortion and management of miscarriage. The drug is cost-effective and can be administered orally, vaginally, sublingually, or buccally. For induction, low repeated doses are used to promote cervical ripening and contractions with CTG monitoring of the fetus. The effect of the drug has been shown to be dose-dependent, and common side effects are mild GI symptoms, fever and chills. How quickly induction leads to delivery depends on cervical maturity. Cervival status is assessed with the Bishop score. The condition of infants is assessed with Apgar at 1, 5 and 10. This literature review is important because induction has become more common, and the choice of administration route affects efficacy, safety and experience. Although we already know that misoprostol can be used to induce labor, several questions remain to be answered, for example, which route of administration is safest, most effective, gives best labor experience for the mother to be administered misoprostol orally versus vaginally. This study addresses precisely these questions.  

Aim

The aim of this literature review is to compare oral and vaginal administration of misoprostol for induction of labor, focusing on effectiveness, safety, and women’s experiences.

Method

Five articles were selected via PubMed. The initial search produced 37 hits using “misoprostol”, “administration” and “labor”, filtered to the last 10 years, RCTs and free full text, after adding “oral” and “vaginal”, 11 articles remained, 6 were excluded based on predefined criteria, multiple gestation, studies with concurrent treatment in which the effect of oral or vaginal misoprostol alone could not be distinguished, studies in which the fetus had died, other routes of administration without comparison to oral or vaginal administration, retracted articles, studies solely on women with specific medical conditions, observational and combination studies, and planned induction treatment exceeding 24 hours. Finally, five articles were selected for this literature review.  

Results

The studies show that delivery occurs faster with vaginal administration of misoprostol than with oral administration (24.5 hours compared with 44.2 hours). The total number of births within 24 hours was also higher in this group (32% compared with 13%). The caesarean section rate did not differ, and no statistically significant difference could be demonstrated (34% compared with 30%). Women who had exhibited a strong fear of childbirth prior to delivery had a 3,7-fold higher risk of perceiving the birth as negative. Meconium in the amniotic fluid was identified more frequently with vaginal than oral administered misoprostol (33.8% compared with 18.5%). The Apgar score measured 5 minutes after birth was 6 for vaginal administration compared with 4 for oral administration, which was not a significant difference (P=0,54).  

Conclusion

Overall, the results support an individualized approach to labor induction. Orally administered misoprostol is considered preferable, as it leads to fewer complications and better patient experience, while its effectiveness dose not differ greatly from vaginally administered misoprostol. Vaginal administration may be chosen when a rapid delivery is the priority. 

Purpose

To investigate parents’ experiences of being present during anesthesia induction in young infants.

Design.

A mixed randomized controlled study.

Methods

Parents of the included infants were randomized to either one parent present during induction or control (not present). In the holding area, parents completed the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale (APAIS) before and after the induction. Differences in APAIS between groups as well as before and after scores were analyzed. Postoperatively, available parents were interviewed, and data were analysed using meaning-oriented thematic analysis.

Results

Pre-induction anxiety was common in both fathers (51 %) and mothers (73 %) but there was no difference in the full APAIS score between present and absent groups. However, the qualitative data revealed that parents preferred to be present despite different levels of anxiety. Being present was to gain certainty, to be able to protect and to be a resource. Being absent was to be floating in uncertainty, not being allowed to protect or to be a resource.

Conclusions

Pre-induction anxiety was common, especially in mothers. If given the choice, most parents would prefer to be present. Parents can be a resource for both the infant and anesthesia team during induction.

Implications for Clinical Practice

Setting up routines for parental presence during anesthesia induction is important. The parents’ message to the anesthesia team and to the organization is let the parents of small infants be present during induction.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur arbetsplatsintroduktion för stödpersonal framställs i vägledande och styrande dokument vid sju svenska lärosäten, med särskilt fokus på hur arbetsplatsintroduktionen förväntas bidra till de nyanställdas lärande. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och genomfördes som en dokumentanalys där Bauers (2010) teori om arbetsplatsintroduktion används som teoretiskt ramverk. Resultatet visar att arbetsplatsintroduktionen i stor utsträckning framställs som en administrativ och praktisk process med tonvikt på informationsöverföring till de nyanställda, medan kopplingen till lärande och kompetensutveckling ges mindre utrymme. Utifrån Bauers teori identifieras utvecklingsområden som pekar på behovet av att vidareutveckla dokumenten, så att introduktionen inte enbart fungerar som en checklista utan också stödjer de nyanställdas lärande och integrering i organisationens kultur. Studien bidrar därigenom med ny kunskap om dokumentens roll i att forma arbetsplatsintroduktionens möjligheter som en lärandeprocess. 

Introduction

Integrated care has the potential to mitigate patient safety risks by enhancing collaboration andmaintaining a patient-centred approach. However, best practices for successful implementation are lacking. This study aims to identify and describe key components of best practices for integrating health and social care to increaseunderstanding of successful implementation.

Methods

A Collaborative Reflexive Deliberative Approach was used. The data comprised twenty-one publishedarticles and five unpublished manuscripts from 2015 to 2023, along with the experiences of ten clinicians andresearchers in integrated care, and the research team itself.

Results

Components identified as best practices for integrated care, each describing different aspects shaped by andfor the patient, were: holistic co-creation in an ethical stance, trust through physical and relational proximity, flexiblecaring, learning and adaptable organizations and flexible information and communication.

Discussion/conclusion

The study emphasizes the importance of building trust through proximity and adaptableorganizational learning, and the need for a holistic perspective, acknowledging both the limitations and potentialsof health and social care integration. Embracing innovative thinking and recognizing that not everyone needs allservices at all times can foster flexible, person-centred integrated care. Addressing these complexities is essential forsuccessful integration efforts.

Denna kvantitativa studie, som utgår från en kvasi-experimentell design med endeduktiv ansats, syftar till att undersöka effekten av en systematiskhelklassintervention på elevers konceptuella förståelse av bråktal, med särskilt fokuspå tallinjen som representationsmodell. Studien genomfördes i årskurs 4 på två skolormed 87 elever där hälften deltog i en intervention på 9 lektioner med explicitainstruktioner och hälften utgjorde kontrollgrupp med ordinarie undervisning. För- ocheftertester mätte elevernas färdigheter i bråktalsbegrepp, jämförelse, storleksordning,ekvivalens och förmåga att placera bråktal på en tom tallinje.Resultaten visar att båda gruppindelningarna förbättrade sina prestationer över tid,men att testgruppen uppnådde signifikant större förbättring när det gäller att placerabråktal korrekt på tallinjen (p < 0,05, stor effektstorlek). För aspekten jämförelse,storleksordning och ekvivalens uppvisades emellertid ingen påtaglig mervärdeseffektjämfört med kontrollgruppen. Studien pekar på att explicit, strukturerad undervisning,gällande representationsväxling med fokus på tallinjen, är särskilt gynnsam för attutveckla elevers spatiala förståelse av bråktals storlek och relationer, medan generellabråktalsbegrepp kan stödjas lika väl av systematisk traditionell undervisning.Resultaten diskuteras utifrån variationsteorin, representationsteorin och teorier omnumerisk utveckling, samt har implikationer för hur bråkundervisning kanorganiseras inom ramen för tillgänglig, inkluderande matematikundervisning.

Outside certain domains within the humanities (e.g. archaeology, spatial history) the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) remains relatively uncommon. There are several reasons for this. The complexity of GIS systems themselves entails a steep learning-curve along with requiring familiarity with sophisticated technical systems and data formats, setting a high threshold for scholars and students in non-technical fields. Moreover, despite notable exceptions, much humanistic inquiry is not inherently predisposed to engage with spatiality in the literal manner demanded by GIS, lacking a justification to engage with a technology requiring such a large upfront investment. Some, such as Moretti and Hayles, have gone so far as to describe mapping and GIS as fundamentally at odds within humanistic epistemology, despite its enormous potential.

Faced with these concerns and tasked with developing an open educational resource (OER) introducing GIS to humanists, the authors undertook an exploration of comparable OERs. The current paper reports how GIS is introduced to humanities-based scholars and enthusiasts through various learning resources platforms: The Programming Historian (17 OERs), Dariah Campus (5), Esri’s GIS for Humanities (6), and DariahTeach (2). The purpose of the survey is to understand how the technology and methods of GIS are presented to primarily humanistically-based learners. The OERs are subjected to a content analysis along three distinct dimensions:

Audience: What do the OERs assume about their audiences (motivations, backgrounds, desired outcomes, skillsets)?Method: How are GIS framed (utility, use-cases, affordances, accessibility)?Instruction: What conceptual and technical elements are covered (procedures, functionalities, workflows, resources)?By analysing these aspects of the OERs sampled and using our own OER in development to highlight the insights gleaned, the paper hopes to present a clearer understanding of OER development and instruction more generally within the humanities with respect to more complex and esoteric digital methods.

Forecasting stock returns is notoriously difficult, and most machine learning papers focus on predictive accuracy while neglecting interpretability. This thesis presents a taxonomy-driven feature selection study on NASDAQ Stockholm equities (2015–2025), embedding financial theory into the modeling process. Twenty-four single-asset technical indicators are grouped into four functional families—trend, momentum, volatility, and volume—and used to guide forward selection in a BiLSTM model forecasting cumulative 10-day returns. Across experiments, volume and volatility indicators consistently provide the strongest predictive signal, while adding trend and momentum indicators often reduces out-of-sample performance. Although overall predictive accuracy remains modest and unstable, taxonomy-based grouping improves interpretability by yielding a smaller, clearer family-level specification and revealing recurring signal structures that indicator-wise selection obscures. These findings suggest that embedding domain knowledge into feature design can improve methodological transparency without materially degrading performance, and provide evidence on which technical signal families carry most information in a mid-sized European market.

Matsvinn orsakar negativa effekter på miljö, samhälle och ekonomi. Hushållen genererar en betydande del av matsvinnet och även om vissa länder visar en nedåtgående trend, indikerar den senaste statistiken från Naturvårdsverkets att nivån av matsvinn i svenska hushåll varit konstant de senaste åren. Det finns åtskilliga faktorer som påverkar mängden matsvinn som uppstår men det finns även åtgärder som kan förebygga och reducera matsvinnet. Syftet med den här studien var att reda ut hur stor mängd fast ätbart matsvinn som uppstod i ett urval av hushåll under tre veckor, både total mängd och per person. Matsvinnet sorterades av hushållen enligt en utdelad instruktion och sedan vägdes matsvinnet en till två gånger per vecka av studieförfattaren. Insamlade data extrapolerades och jämfördes med Naturvårdsverkets statistik från 2023. Vidare undersöktes huruvida hushåll med barn genererar större mängd matsvinn jämfört med hushåll utan barn. Utöver det analyserades hushållens inköpsvanor och kassation av mat samt förebyggande av matsvinn utifrån hur de svarat i två olika enkäter. Resultatet synliggjorde en hög grad av variation i mängden matsvinn mellan de 18 deltagande hushållen, samt signifikant skillnad jämfört med det nationella genomsnittet. Det observerades ingen signifikant skillnad mellan hushåll med barn och hushåll utan barn. Hushållens vanor såg ut att i viss utsträckning påverka mängden matsvinn, exempelvis föreföll hushållen med mindre mängder matsvinn ha goda planeringsrutiner, men det var utmanande att identifiera vilka som var avgörande, framför allt för hushållen som genererade större mängder matsvinn. Inköpsfrekvens och kompostering verkade påverka mängderna matsvinn som uppstod, men det kunde inte fastställas statistiskt. Majoriteten av hushållen i studien kasserade mat främst på grund av att den blivit dålig och deltagarna hade en positiv inställning till att konsumera mat efter bäst före-datum. Förebyggande åtgärder var primärt förvaring av frukt och grönt i kyl, infrysning av varor nära utgångsdatum och att hålla låg temperatur i kylskåpet. 

This master’s thesis examines how Hungarian high school students with visualimpairments interact with technology in school. Based on 8 qualitative interviewsguided by the SETT framework and a document analysis of Hungarian regulations,the study explores students’ experiences with technologies. Four interviews were conducted with students, while the remaining four interviews were used to contextualise and interpret the findings. Thematic analysis revealed five interconnected dimensions: Access and Practical Use of Assistive Technology, Support Systems and Education, Pedagogical and Curricular Barriers, Limitations and Negative User Experiences, Barriers and Inequalities. Technologies cannot beunderstood in isolation but only in relation to students’ needs, school environments and the tasks of learning. At the same time, their effective use was shaped by broader economic, pedagogical, institutional, policy, support networks. This demonstrates that while many students relied on technologies in school, their experiences were ultimately determined by how these multiple factors interacted. The analysis of regulations highlights tensions between students’ needs and new government restrictions on device use, a conflict in which teachers, parents and the MTM expertal so expressed disagreement. The findings suggest that the main challenges faced by visually impaired students in Hungary arise from systemic and institutional factors rather than individual or technological limitations. Meaningful inclusion therefore requires coordinated efforts across policy, pedagogy and institutional support instead of focusing solely on providing devices. 

Abstract

This study examines how organizational affiliation shapes actors’ understanding of crime prevention work with young people in Växjö municipality, Sweden. Based on a sociological and institutional framework, the analysis draws on qualitative interviews with representatives from both the public sector and civil society. The findings show that organizational logics influence how actors define responsibility, legitimacy and trust within preventive work. Public actors operate within structures of control and accountability, while civil society organizations build legitimacy through proximity, flexibility and relationships. The study highlights that these differing logics not only shape practical work but also reflect broader tensions in how social responsibility is organized in contemporary society.

Förskolan saknar ett lagstadgat elevhälso-uppdrag, och barnhälsosamtal (BHS)organiseras därför olika mellan verksamheter. Det ger variation i ansvar, arbetsgångoch uppföljning, med risk att akuta individärenden tar över på bekostnad av detförebyggande och främjande arbetet i den ordinarie verksamheten.Samtidigt finns begränsad kunskap om hur rektorer organiserar och använder BHS.Syftet är att bidra med kunskap om hur barnhälsosamtal (BHS) organiseras ochanvänds i förskolan. Utifrån rektorers beskrivningar synliggörs hur BHS genomförsoch följs upp i praktiken samt vilket värde samtalen tillskrivs för förskolansutvecklings- och inkluderingsarbete.Studien utgår analytiskt från tre specialpedagogiska perspektiv (traditionellt,alternativt och dilemmaperspektivet) och relaterar utsagor till individ-, grupp- ochorganisationsnivå. Metodiskt kombineras en internetbaserad enkät med öppna frågoroch sju semistrukturerade intervjuer med rektorer. Materialet har tematiserats ochanalyserats med fokus på organisering, innehåll/arbetsgång/uppföljning samt upplevtvärde. Resultaten visar att BHS är en etablerad mötesform på enhetsnivå där rektorsamordnar och ansvarar för struktur och uppföljning, specialpedagogen driver analys,dokumentation och handledning, och avdelningsrepresentanter tillför underlag frånverksamheten. Externa professioner medverkar främst på kommunnivå vid behov.Innehållsmässigt kombineras generella, lärmiljöinriktade insatser med individnäraanpassningar och tidsatta uppföljningar. BHS kopplas till det systematiskakvalitetsarbetet och lyfts som ett forum för gemensam analys, prioriteringar ochåterkoppling över tid. Samtidigt framträder återkommande spänningar mellan ettalternativt (lärmiljöfokus) och ett traditionellt (individfokus) arbetssätt, särskilt närakuta individärenden riskerar att tränga undan förebyggande och främjande delar.Barns perspektiv förmedlas ofta indirekt via vuxnas observationer, och hinder somtids- och resursbrist samt varierande samsyn påverkar genomslag och likvärdighet.Slutsatsen är att BHS stödjer ett inkluderande och systematiskt arbetssätt när beslutom individnära anpassningar och gemensamma justeringar i arbetssätt, rutiner ochlärmiljö dokumenteras tydligt, prövas i vardagen och följs upp genom återkopplingoch tidsatta uppföljningar inom ramen för det systematiska kvalitetsarbetet. 

Abstract

This thesis investigates the optimization of a foundation slab by replacing a traditional reinforced

concrete (RC) solution with a post-tensioned concrete system. The focus is on evaluating the struc-tural performance, material efficiency, and crack control of a post-tensioned concrete foundation slab

in a real-life seven-story residential building in Stromstad, Sweden. The effect of prestressing in a  ̈bidirectional, multispan slab was analyzed using the equivalent load method.Finite element modeling was carried out using RFEM, and both RC and post-tensioned concrete slabdesigns were analyzed under the same loading conditions. The post-tensioned concrete slab wasshown to significantly reduce material consumption, requiring 25% less concrete and 88% less steelreinforcement, while eliminating cracking. The tendon layout was iteratively optimized to balance

internal bending moments and reduce slab thickness from 400 mm to 300 mm. No punching rein-forcement was required due to strategic tendon placement. However, in the post-tensioned solution,

special attention must be given to local effects occurring at the anchorage zones of prestressing ten-dons.

The study demonstrates that post-tensioned concrete systems can be an effective alternative to con-ventional RC systems, particularly in large-span or heavily loaded slab structures.

Future work is suggested to include cost analysis, labor considerations, and practical implementationaspects, as these factors are critical in construction decision-making.

This thesis explores the construction of urgency in crisis journalism, specificallywith regard to train accidents, with the central case study being the 2023 Tempi traincrash in Greece. The argument is built on a corpus of 361 articles published over thefirst twenty-four hours of the event, and the study analyses linguistic and stylisticmarkers that impart immediacy to news narratives. It employs mixed-methodsdesign involving computational corpus stylistics and qualitative analysis to identifyand operationalise features including syntactic brevity, modality, process verb types,temporal framing and modes of discourse presentation.Urgency has preserved narrative constancy in Greek crisis reporting by means ofshort sentences, minimal epistemic hedging, and a preferred use of relationalprocesses and embedded voices. However, immediacy is created not throughcategorical lexical urgency markers but rather, through sparse syntax, categoricaldeontic modality, and the combination of eyewitness with institutional voices. Theseobservations support and contradict given models of narrative urgency and indicatethat Greek journalism may incorporate culturally specific versions of those models.The second angle of contribution is methodological. It argues for the availability ofa systematic media discourse analysis framework by combining digital tools andstylistic theory. The analysis reaffirms narrative urgency by showing how it capturescomputational stylistics mechanism immediately in crisis reporting. 

The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences and perspectives that librarians have of rainbow shelves in practice and as a concept by exploring the bookshelf's content, location and visibility in the public library room. The material used is semi-structured interviews and questions that have been answered via email by librarians at Swedish public libraries. The theoretical foundations are queer theory and the theory of boundary objects. The method used to analyze the material is qualitative content analysis. The results show that the librarians’ experience is that the rainbow shelf is a repository that can be used as a tool to make the librarians’ and the library's work with lgbtq, which is the English equivalent of the Swedish term ‘hbtq’, visible and promote it. The rainbow shelf can be used in a way that challenges the heteronorm by making lgbtq people visible and normalising them as members of society. The librarians believe that the content of the rainbow shelf can contribute to the creation of users’ identities and exploration of other perspectives. The placement of the rainbow shelf can both enable and prevent users from accessing lgbtq literature. A visible and central location makes it easy for users to access the literature and conveys that the library's stance is that lgbtq is something to be proud of. At the same time, it can also be experienced as exposing for users who do not feel comfortable showing that they want to access the library's collection of lgbtq literature. The librarians believe that the visibility of the rainbow shelf can be a source of positive representation for lgbtq people who visit the library by normalising lgbtq. By making it visible, the librarians believe that it contributes to users experiencing the library as a safe place and as a meeting place that is open and accessible to everyone.

This thesis is situated in the field of AI-based educational technology and investigates how large language models (LLMs) can be combined with fluency-oriented learner analytics to deliver adaptive, well-structured learning experiences. Current generators create abundant questions and summaries, but they rarely decompose topics into coherent instructional sequences or adapt practice to a learner’s developing speed and accuracy—both key determinants of durable mastery. To address these problems, we followed Design Science Research Methodology and engineered a distributed microservice system. A Knowledge-service turns any relevant user prompt into modules, learning objectives, and typed “knowledge bits”; a Question-service converts those bits into multiple quiz formats; a Progression-service analyses quiz histories with Precision-Teaching metrics and recommends the next step; a Neo4j knowledge graph stores prerequisite and overlap links between modules. Evaluation combined expert review of generated content, integration tests, unit-test verification of the rule engine, simulated learner data, and a small-scale user study on usability and motivation. Results showed that 97% of sampled knowledge bits and 96% of questions met predefined linguistic and semantic thresholds, and user feedback indicated that the system was clear, engaging, and conducive to focused learning. End-to-end generation latency averages 41 s per module, suggesting that caching or pre-generation is needed for real-time classrooms. The artefact demonstrates a feasible route from raw prompts to fluency-guided, performance-aware instruction and provides a foundation for future studies with real learners and data-driven graph refinement.

Bakgrund: Fysisk aktivitet på recept (FaR) är en evidensbaserad metod för att främja fysisk aktivitet (FA) och förebygga livsstilsrelaterade sjukdomar. Trots dess potential används metoden i begränsad utsträckning inom primärvården. Tidigare forskning har identifierat hinder såsom bristande kunskap, tid och organisatoriskt stöd där studier har jämförts med distriktssköterskors och sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av FaR.

Syfte: Att kartlägga distriktssköterskors och sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av FaR samt undersöka eventuella skillnader mellan yrkesprofessionerna.

Metod: En kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie med 62 respondenter genomfördes med en validerad enkät riktad till distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor verksamma i primärvården i södra Sverige. Data analyserades deskriptivt och statistiskt med Chi-två- samt Fisher's exact test för att identifiera skillnader mellan professionella.

Resultat: Studien visade att både distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor sällan förskriver FaR. De främsta hindren var tidsbrist, bristande kunskap, otydliga rutiner och bristande organisatoriskt stöd. Distriktssköterskor rapporterade högre kompetens i rådgivande samtal, medan fler sjuksköterskor rapporterade att de gav fler enkla råd. Fler yrkesverksamma år visade samband med att fler rådgivande samtal genomfördes. Skillnader mellan grupperna var i övrigt små och indikerar att organisatoriska faktorer har större betydelse än utbildningsnivå.

Slutsats: För att öka användningen av FaR krävs ledningsstöd, utbildning och tydliga rutiner. Om de hindrar som identifieras kan motverkas göra det att distriktssköterskans fulla kompetens kommer till användning. Genom personcentrerat arbetssätt och stöd till egenvård kan distriktssköterskor och sjuksköterskor stärka det hälsofrämjande arbetet med FaR i primärvården.

This report highlights the eighth year of the UNESCO Chair on Heritage Futures. Again, the year was full of activities and recognition of our work by others, both in Sweden and internationally. A key moment was our participation in the side events of the UN Summit of the Future in September 2024, where world leaders adopted a global Pact for the Future. This will pave the way towards a Post-2030 Agenda for the world where culture and heritage may feature more promi­nently and in broader ways than before. Another highlight was our Futures Workshop held during the 17th World Congress of the Organisation of World Heritage Cities in Cordoba, Spain. Other important engagements included our participation in the Nuclear Energy Agency’s (OECD) newly formed Expert Group on Archiving and Awareness Preservation. During the year, we could also celebrate the Defense of Ulrika Söderström’s Doctoral thesis (see Research section below) and new funding received by the Swedish Research Council for Dr. Marcy Rockman, widely known for her work at the intersection of climate change and cultural heritage, to join our team at Linnaeus University Kalmar from September 2025. Visiting Doctoral Students during the past year inclu­ded Erman Ertuğrul from Istanbul University for several months during the winter and Marjie Miedema from Groningen University from August 2025. Finally, we had reason to celebrate that UNESCO granted a third period to the Chair, created in 2017 and now continuing until the end of 2029. This would not have been possible without the reliable support of our work from Linnaeus University through the Vice-Chancellor and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

The FLIARA EU-funded Horizon Europe Project aims to transform the grand narrative of innovation by emphasising both the innovations led by women and the women themselves. Its goal is to demonstrate that rural and farm women are crucial for achieving gender equality and ensuring the development and sustainability of rural communities and farms throughout Europe. Launched in January 2023, the FLIARA Project encompasses ten EU countries and includes fifteen project partners. Two hundred women involved in innovative farming and rural innovations were interviewed to better understand the innovations they lead, the challenges they face, the policies they seek, and the support they need to advance their agricultural and rural innovations. Among these, 20 Swedish women were interviewed and have since become key members of the FLIARA Project in Sweden. These interviews provided a valuable opportunity to explore their intriguing ventures and gain insight into the dedication and hard work they put in day after day. Two women were selected as FLIARA ambassadors: Malin Axelsson and Alexandra Larsson. This booklet provides insight into their experiences and projects and eighteen other creative and hard-working women.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka vilka svårigheter förskollärareuppmärksammar hos de yngsta barnen i förskolan (1–3 år), samt hur de organiserarsitt arbete för att möta dessa utmaningar. Studien syftar vidare till att belysaförskollärares upplevelser av de yttre förutsättningarna för stöd, inklusivesamarbetet med specialpedagoger. Genom kvalitativa intervjuer med verksammaförskollärare undersöks vilka typer av svårigheter som identifieras i det dagligaarbetet, vilka stödinsatser som används, samt hur specialpedagogens roll och deorganisatoriska ramarna beskrivs. Datamaterialet analyserades med hjälp av Braunoch Clarkes modell för tematisk analys och tolkades utifrån Nilholms beskrivningav tre pedagogiska perspektiv: det traditionella, det kritiska samtdilemmaperspektivet.Resultatet visar att språkliga och sociala svårigheter är de mest framträdande hos deyngsta barnen, vilket bekräftas i tidigare forskningsresultat. Även en länk mellandessa två svårigheter beskrivs, både av förskollärarna i studien och i tidigareforskning. Svårigheterna beskrivs här främst som orsakade av miljön runt barnet ochalla barn ses som i behov av stöd i vissa situationer. Det stöd som sätts in skerframförallt på gruppnivå och förskollärarnas arbetssätt liknar det som tidigareforskning förespråkar. Förskollärarna beskriver även ett dilemma kring balansenmellan det enskilda barnets behov och barngruppens, vilket riskerar att orsakasamvetsstress. I resultatet framkommer även hur värdefull förskollärarna uppleveratt en god relation med vårdnadshavarna är och att tid för samtal ses som essentielltför att detta ska uppnås. När förskollärarna pratade om förskolans resurser framkomatt de upplever en brist i verksamheten, där barngruppen ofta anses för stor i relationtill lokaler och andelen personal. I detta sammanhang framträder ett mer traditionelltperspektiv på svårigheterna. Studien konstaterar även att specialpedagogens arbetefungerar bäst i nära samarbete med förskolans personal, men utan att ingå iarbetslaget.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka hur pedagoger beskriver användningen av djur i förskolans undervisning, samt hur djuren kan ingå i både planerade och spontana situationer. Studien fokuserar särskilt på hur djur kan fungera som en pedagogisk resurs för att främja alla barns utveckling, lärande och delaktighet, inklusive barn i behov av särskilt stöd.

Studien är kvalitativ och bygger på semistrukturerade intervjuer med pedagoger i förskolan som på olika sätt arbetar med djur i sin verksamhet, alltifrån en afrikansk jättesnäcka eller samarbeten med 4H-gårdar till sociala tjänstehundar certifierade inom pedagogik. Analysen har genomförts med en abduktiv ansats och tematisk analys. Bronfenbrenners ekologiska systemteori och Antonovskys teori om känsla av sammanhang (KASAM) utgör studiens teoretiska ramverk.

Resultatet visar att pedagogerna har en övervägande positiv inställning till att använda djur som en pedagogisk resurs i förskolan. De beskriver hur djuren kan integreras både i planerade undervisningsaktiviteter och i mer spontana situationer under dagen. Pedagogerna framhåller att djurens närvaro kan bidra till ökad trygghet, delaktighet, motivation och socio-emotionell utveckling hos barnen. Samtidigt lyfter de hinder som rör djuretik, allergier, organisatoriska förutsättningar och begränsade resurser.

Studien tyder på att djurunderstödda insatser kan fungera som en värdefull pedagogisk resurs med potential att stärka det specialpedagogiska arbetet i förskolan, men att det behövs tydligare riktlinjer och mer forskning inom området.

Building on the positive experiences with open forest map data in Scandinavia, it is evident that extending a similar solution globally has the potential to revolutionize forest management and business on a worldwide scale. While forest management in the Nordic countries can certainly be enhanced, the most rapid solution for climate change mitigation involves providing other nations with opportunities akin to those that have benefited the forestry sector in Sweden during the initial stages of digitalization.In the proposed project, we aim to create a novel hierarchical decision-making system for efficient forest mapping, leveraging a diverse range of remote sensing data sources with varying resolutions. This hierarchical system will be developed using state-of-the-art AI methods, complemented by results from traditional computer vision techniques such as texture analysis, saliency, and probabilistic object representation. A significant strength of the project lies in using the forest data and maps of Sweden and Finland as test beds to benchmark the methodology developed.We are confident that this project will make substantial contributions to climate change mitigation, biodiversity enhancement, and other societal values. Moreover, it aims to foster the creation of new business models by developing an innovative methodology for the next generation of forest maps. Our vision is to adapt the success story of open forest map data from the Nordic region globally, harnessing the power of advanced AI technology and integrated use of remote sensing and field data.

Low-code tools play an important role in making data analysis and visualization accessible to researchers and students with limited experience, or interest, in programming. While low-code tools do introduce closedbox issues, they can still be considered important stepping stones toward computational approaches. This chapter draws on two such tools, Octoparse and KNIME (Konstanz Information Miner), to present a workflow from data collection from online sources, through text pre-processing, toward text classification in the context of the ongoing project Cultural Institutions and the Culture War (CICuW) that investigates the democratic implications of the pervasiveness of farright digital discourse. This chapter will introduce web scraping, topic modeling, and sentiment analysis in an accessible way, while also showcasing state-of-the-art approaches to the analysis components through the use of BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) models and zero-shot classification. The chapter will take a critical perspective on the described methods by discussing how they contribute to creating methodological closed-boxes and how quantitative techniques can be fruitfully combined with qualitative approaches.

This thesis designs, implements, and evaluates an in-platform workflow that improves the searchability and accessibility of dialect-rich cultural heritage audio by combining Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), volunteer transcript correction, and content annotation within Isof’s Folke crowdsourcing platform. Using the Action Design Research approach and a sociomaterial lens, the project proceeded in two cycles over nine months. Cycle 1 developed a content annotation workflow, while Cycle 2 added a per-utterance ASR transcript reading and correction workflow. The evaluation drew on surveys and interviews with experienced crowdsourcing contributors, two reference group workshops with Isof staff, observational notes, and internal documents.

Findings indicate that even imperfect ASR drafts lower the start-up cost of working with long, noisy recordings and help focus human effort. Micro-tasks with instant confirmation reduce cognitive load; pairing controlled vocabulary with adjacent free-text notes preserves interoperability while capturing contextual nuance. Visible task status and contribution counters support motivation, and institutional alignment supports long-term sustainability. Main contributions: (1) a working high-fidelity prototype integrating ASR transcript correction with content annotation in Folke; and (2) five transferable design principles for cultural heritage organisations.

This thesis is a multimodal study of animal representation in video games,focusing on the games Stray (BlueTwelve Studio, 2022) and Endling:Extinction is Forever (HeroBeat Studios, 2022). Both titles center onanimal protagonists navigating worlds shaped by ecological andtechnological crisis. The aims of this thesis are twofold: first, to examinewhat affordances video games provide for portraying nonhumanperspectives, and second, to explore how these portrayals may evokeinterspecies ethics in the context of climate breakdown.The study employs a feminist posthuman framework informed by ecogamestudies and critical animal studies, combined with multimodal analysis andempirical data from players and developers. This interdisciplinaryapproach allows for a critical examination of how digital animals areconstructed, controlled, and perceived across modes of play, narrative, anddesign.The thesis makes three main contributions. First, it demonstrates thatdigital representations of animals frequently reproduce anthropocentrichierarchies, positioning animals as aesthetic or emotional devices ratherthan as agents with narrative depth. Second, it identifies a “sliding scale”of nonhuman agency, where animal characters range from symbolic“ciphers” to beings with limited but expressive autonomy, revealing howgame mechanics both enable and restrict animal subjectivity. Third, itargues that while games can foster empathy and multispecies care, theyrarely transcend human-centered perspectives; instead, they function asmediated sites for reflecting on human–animal relations under latecapitalism.These findings underscore that playing as an animal does not equate toexperiencing the world as an animal, yet the multimodal affordances ofgames can still stage meaningful ethical encounters that challengeanthropocentric assumptions. By foregrounding the tension betweenimmersion, identification, and control, the thesis contributes to emergingdebates in game studies on how digital environments shapeinterspecies ethics and the politics of representation.

Bakgrund: Demenssjukdom utgör ett växande globalt folkhälsoproblem som förväntas öka i takt med den åldrande befolkningen. Enligt uppskattningar lever omkring 50–55 miljoner människor världen över med en demenssjukdom, vilket medför omfattande konsekvenser för den drabbade som för anhöriga. Forskning betonar vikten av personcentrerad vård, fokus ligger på att personer beaktar sjukdomen, främja hälsa och minska lidande. Inom den kommunala vården har distriktssköterskan en central roll att implementera och upprätthålla ett personcentrerat arbetssätt för att bevilja god och värdefull vård för personer med demenssjukdom.

Syfte: Att beskriva distriktssköterskans erfarenhet av personcentrerad vård för personer med demenssjukdom i hemmet.

Metod: En systematisk litteraturöversikt har genomförts på 16 vetenskapliga artiklar av kvalitativ ansats. Dataanalysatorer med hjälp av Bettany-Saltikov och McSherry (2016) niostegsmodell.

Resultatet: Resultatet visar att distriktssköterskans förmåga att skapa en personcentrerad vårdande relation med personer som lever med demens bygger på empati, kontinuitet och god kommunikation. Anhöriga utgör en central resurs för trygghet och delaktighet, samtidigt som samverkan kan innebära etiska och kommunikativa utmaningar. Distriktssköterskans kompetens utvecklas genom erfarenhet och reflektion men försvåras hög arbetsbelastning och begränsade resurser. Livsberättelsen framträder som ett viktigt verktyg för att förstå personens behov, stärka identiteten och främja trygghet, men kräver organisatoriskt stöd för att integreras i vården.

Slutsats: Att vårda personer med de människor som kräver kompetens och engagemang av distriktssköterskan. Den personcentrerade vården ska alltid stå i fokus, där den insjuknade personens identitet och behov bevaras. För att uppnå detta nödvändiga reflektion, handledning och stöd från organisationen samt samverkan med anhöriga och andra vårdgivare.

Bakgrund: Antalet barn med övervikt eller obesitas ökar och är ett växande problem nationellt såväl som internationellt. Riskerna för övervikt är många och kan leda till fysiska och psykiska besvär hos individen även till negativa samhälleliga konsekvenser. Att främja barns hälsa är en viktig del av distriktssköterskans uppdrag. Tidigt ingripande och extra kontroller av barn med obesitas är viktigt då tidigare forskning har visat att obesitasbehandling i ett tidigt skede ger långsiktiga effekter.  

Syfte: Syftet med studierna var att beskriva distriktssköterskors erfarenheter av att arbeta med barn och ungdomar i skolåldern som har övervikts eller obesitas inom primärvården och elevhälsan.  

Metod: Kvalitativ systematisk litteraturöversikt med induktiv ansats. Artiklar har erhållits genom databaserna Cinahl, PubMed och PsykInfo. För dataanalys har systematisk analys utförts utifrån Bettany-Saltikov och McSherrys analysmodell.  

Resultat: Distriktssköterskors erfarenheter präglades av både möjligheter och utmaningar i arbetet med barn och ungdomar med övervikt eller obesitas. Kommunikation med både barn och föräldrar upplevdes som känsliga men avgörande för framgångsrika insatser. Organisatoriska begränsningar såsom brist på tid, resurser och tydliga riktlinjer påverkade möjligheten att arbeta hälsofrämjande och jämlikt. Tvärprofessionellt samarbete, föräldradelaktighet och respektfull kommunikation framstod som centrala förutsättningar för hållbara livsstilsförändringar.  

Slutsats: Distriktsköterskors erfarenheter i arbetet med barn och ungdomar med övervikt eller obesitas visar på att de upplever arbetet som viktiga men utmanande. Lyhörd, föräldrasam och tydligare organisatoriskt stöd framstod som centrala förutsättningar för kommunikation ett framgångsrikt hälsofrämjande arbete. 

I dagens samhälle har ungdomar med lindrig intellektuell funktionsnedsättning svårt att komma ut på arbetsmarknaden. Detta problem har legat till grund för studiens syfte; att bidra med kunskap om hur lärare i anpassad skola kan arbeta för att förbättra arbetsmöjligheterna för individer med lindrig intellektuell funktionsnedsättning. För att besvara syftet har vi undersökt hur lärare i anpassad skola samt arbetsgivare resonerar kring deras möjligheter och utmaningar i att stärka elevernas framtida arbetsmöjligheter. Studien har en kvalitativ inriktning där semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med fyra lärare och fyra arbetsgivare. För att få en djupare förståelse för det resultat som framkommit har vi analyserat det utifrån Bronfenbrenners utvecklingsekologiska teori. En mer omfattande förståelse för hur lärare på anpassad skola kan arbeta för att skapa bättre förutsättningar för eleverna uppnås genom att analysen kompletteras med begreppen sociokulturellt perspektiv, relationellt perspektiv, erfarenhetsbaserat lärande samt stigmatisering. De huvudsakliga resultaten som framkommer är att båda yrkesgrupperna ser fler utmaningar än möjligheter där såväl samhälleliga som organisatoriska faktorer begränsar. Tre centrala områden framträder som särskilt viktiga för elever att utveckla under sin skolgång; exekutiva förmågor, social förmåga samt självkännedom och insikt i sina styrkor och svårigheter. Även praktikens betydelse för elevens framtida möjligheter till inträde på arbetsmarknaden påvisas. Med ett bredare nätverk mellan skolan och samhället kan den stigmatisering som råder i samhället kring personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning minskas. Genom att öka lärarnas medvetenhet om problematiken och främja kollegiala samtal kring sin undervisning kan förutsättningar skapas för en utvecklad undervisning som kan stärka elevernas framtida möjligheter på arbetsmarknaden.

I den offentliga debatten lyfts ofta barn i behov av särskilt stöd som en särskild utmaning för förskolan, och upplevs utmana verksamheten än mer än tidigare. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka hur pedagoger inom förskolan resonerar om förutsättningar och resurser för att skapa en inkluderande lärmiljö, samt vilka möjliga dilemman de upplever i arbetet med inkludering. Studien bygger på totalt sex fokusgruppers samtal från verksamma arbetslag inom förskolan. Det teoretiska och analytiska ramverket utgår från Nilholms (2005) perspektivbeskrivningar: alternativt, traditionellt och dilemmaperspektiv. Resultatet visar att pedagogiska stödjande verktyg, enligt pedagogernas resonemang, var tillgång till tid och kollegiala reflektioner, ändamålsenliga lokaler och strukturerade dagar. Pedagogerna i studien poängterar även vikten av engagemang, varierat material, intressebaserad undervisning och arbete i smågrupper. Därutöver pekar resultatet på specialpedagogens uppdrag. Om det får utrymme till ett främjande och förebyggande arbete på organisations-, grupp- och individnivå så kan den inkluderande pedagogiska kompetensen i arbetslaget vidhållas i ett långsiktigt perspektiv. Resultatet belyser även dilemman för inkludering som innebär både möjligheter och begränsningar och som skapar spänningar. Förskolan behöver kontinuerligt balansera mellan individuella behov, kollektiva strukturer och organisatoriska krav. Studiens slutsatser är att inkluderingsprocessen kräver ett långsiktigt, strukturerat och resurskrävande arbete där både organisatoriska strukturer och pedagogiskt engagemang samverkar. Kommunikationen mellan skolledning och pedagoger är avgörande men även att organisationen vilar på en väl genomtänkt resursfördelningsstruktur.

Background: Maintaining and motivating physical functioning among older adults has substantial health-related benefits, such as reducing the risk of falls and increasing the opportunities for independent living. Supporting preventive actions among older adults also has socioeconomic relevance. Previous studies have shown that digital tools involving video feedback can facilitate reflection and learning by encouraging active engagement.

Objective: This study aimed to explore health care professionals’ experiences of using a video-based tool as part of the rehabilitation to facilitate physical functioning among older adults (aged ≥65 years) living at home.

Methods: An experience-based co-design approach was used, involving 20 health care professionals. Nine iterative workshops were conducted, followed by 9 group interviews held between 2022 and 2023. The data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Results: The results from this study captured the experiences of health care professionals using a video-based tool to facilitate physical functioning in older adults living at home. The participants described focusing on supporting patient commitment, creating a shared language to enhance collaboration in the rehabilitation process, and navigating barriers to adopting the video-based tool in practice.

Conclusions: From the perspective of health care professionals, video feedback has the potential to improve movement performance in daily activities and may play a crucial role in providing motivation and promoting sustainable physical functioning among older adults. Clinical recommendations include training health care professionals to introduce video feedback in a patient-centered manner and using it to foster shared communication that promotes professional development and patient engagement. Further research is needed to assess the impact of video feedback on older adults’ health outcomes and to identify strategies for implementation in complex rehabilitation needs.

I denna artikel görs en ekokritisk analys av Linda Jones ungdomsroman De tar allt ifrån mig(2023), med fokus på teman som berör empati med allt levande. Med hjälp av begreppennarrativ fantasi (Nussbaum 1997) och interdependens (Assadourian 2017) diskuteras vilkenrelevans en roman som denna kan få i litteraturdidaktiska sammanhang, främst för elever igymnasiet och grundskolans senare år. Textens både bokstavliga och metaforiska framhävande av människans förhållande till plats, natur och olika arter har potential att främja ensåväl estetiskt som etiskt uppmärksam läsning. Den estetiska upplevelsen är viktig för attläsaren överhuvudtaget ska ta till sig en berättelse och den etiska dimensionen kan i bästafall bidra till förändrade och mer hållbara attityder och förhållningssätt gentemot djur ochnatur. 

This thesis examines the construction of collective imaginaries in reading campaigns, specifically the campaigns One City One Book and Canada Reads. Ten different campaigns (seven in USA; two in Ireland and one in Canada) are includedin the analysis – comprising 176 books in total. They range in time span from 1998– 2025.

The research is quantitative in approach with focus on data such as author gender, ethnicity, and age. Distant reading approaches in combination with close reading are applied to analyse the summaries of the included books. The results are further analysed through a postcolonial and intersectional approach and through Bouchard’swriting on collective imaginaries.

The main findings of the thesis are that its results largely mirror that of earlier studies on specifically the One City One Book programs regarding how gender, ethnicity and author age are represented. As this thesis studied later campaigns than previous research it further shows that the One City One Book reading campaign seems to have developed in quite a similar fashion across time and space in the US at least. Yet, this thesis finds that more female and ethnically diverse authors feature in this dataset than in comparison to earlier research, suggesting a tendency to move towards more gender and racial equality.  

Another important finding is that the representation of demographic identities in combination with the identified themes and topics suggest an important ambition to address the dark past of slavery and oppression as well as ongoing structural racism in both USA and Canada.The thesis also identifies that the collective imaginaries created through the campaigns are quite similar regardless of time and region, with focus on universal values like love, family, and identity, underscoring how we humans are more similar than dissimilar. Yet some geographical differences appear, for example the creation of the collective imaginary focusing on the American Dream in USA and that of the imaginary of place in the Dublin (in Ireland) campaign. The thesis further shows how the constructed collective imaginaries in general are more positive than the reality of the everyday societies in which they operate.