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1. 1. Unseen but Not Unheard: A Qualitative Study on Social Workers in Illinois, USA, That Work with Children Who Witness Domestic Violence

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Författare :Mei Johnson Petri; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Domestic Violence; Children Witnessing Violence; Social Work; Human Needs; Coping; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : According to a previous study on domestic violence, in homes where violence occurs, 90 percent of children witness the abuse that takes place. The aim of this study is to understand how witnessing domestic violence affects children. LÄS MER

3. 2. Från Mörtjuk till Moline : En kvalitativ studie om den svenska amerikautvandringen under 1800-talet som en emancipatorisk handling

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Författare :Simon Gidvall; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Emancipation; migration; women s history; orientation; freedom; Emancipation; migration; kvinnohistoria; orientering; frihet;

   Sammanfattning : This is a study of a single case of an individual, Karolina Eriksson, who was an immigrant from Sweden to the USA in 1882. By studying her life and experiences, the study aims at increasing the knowledge of the mass emigration of the late 1800’s by looking at it from an emancipatory perspective. LÄS MER

4. 3. Planning for Slow Growth and Decline in Mid-Sized U.S. Cities

   Master-uppsats, KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Författare :Alex McKeag; [2019]
   Nyckelord :shrinking cities; urban shrinkage; urban decline; Illinois; ordinary cities; Midwest; shrinkage; path dependency; urban planning;

   Sammanfattning : While many major cities in the United States are once again gaining population, growing their economies, and attracting talent, many small and mid-sized cities are in decline. The reasons for this growing disparity are multi-faceted. A growing body of research has been exploring planning challenges in declining cities and towns. LÄS MER

5. 4. Accounting for geographic basis risk in agricultural weather index insurance : how kriging prediction may improve protection against climate risk

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Författare :Daniel Leppert; [2019]
   Nyckelord :agricultural economics; geographic basis risk; weather index insurance; kriging; climate change;

   Sammanfattning : Weather index insurance is a potential solution to a widely acknowledged problem of information asymmetries in agricultural crop insurance. Insurance where payouts depend on a weather index relies on accurate estimates of local weather, such as temperature and rainfall. LÄS MER

7. 5. Influence from long-distance transport, local sources and precipitation on black carbon concentrations at a rural background field station in southern Sweden

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kärnfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

   Författare :Kit Ming Yam; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Black carbon; black carbon concentrations; Hyltemossa station; Aethalometer; HYSPLIT; long-distance transport; local sources; precipitation; Physics and Astronomy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The year 2018 was the first complete year with aerosol observations at the rural background station Hyltemossa in southern Sweden. The aim of this thesis was to analyse and investigate the influence from long-distance transport (LDT) aerosols, local sources and precipitation on the black carbon (BC) mass concentration by utilising the Aethalometer and the HYSPLIT model, which estimated the BC mass concentration ([BC]) and simulated the origin of the LDT air masses to Hyltemossa, respectively. LÄS MER