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This is a study of the murder of the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, not as it actually occurred, but rather how it was mediated through representations in the media. The guiding research question is formulated as follows: Can the media representations of the murder of Olof Palme be understood as a case of an emergent trauma process? These representations covers only the first week after the mu
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze data for a scoring system and evaluate different normalization procedures and distance measures for correspondence analysis. When bootstrapping 100 samples and evaluating coordinates for the row and column profiles the results show that the representation of the coordinates for the row and column profiles are similar when looking at the normalizations metho
The aim with this Master’s thesis is to analyze how small scale libraries works to relate to, and meditate with, the local community. By studying four different public libraries we have gained knowledge in which different ways todays public libraries communicate with their surrounded community. By the process of interviews with local politicians, librarians and heads of libraries we have managed t
Abstract Title: Consumer perception of mobile marketing Institution: Department of Service Management, Campus Helsingborg, Lund University Level: Master’s degree Authors: David Zetterlund and Jonas Lörnell Supervisors: Jessica Enevold and Katja Lindqvist Issue: Mobile marketing is the fastest growing category of advertising right now. Mobile marketing allows direct-targeted advertising to users an
Inom demokratiforskningen finns det en mängd teorier om vilka faktorer det är som inom ett land initierar en demokratiseringsprocess. En av dessa teorier är moderniseringsteorin som pekar på det positiva sambandet mellan ekonomisk tillväxt och demokratisering. Syftet med studien är att utreda huruvida detta positiva samband mellan ekonomisk tillväxt och demokratisering existerar, samt att utreda v
För ett lyckat samarbete i en leverantörskedja krävs det att varje aktör aktivt verkar för att stödja informationsflödet genom hela kedjan. Då logistiken inom leverantörskedjan är den del som binder samman alla aktörer krävs det att aktörer inom logistisk verksamhet verkar för integration mellan verksamheters IT-system. Det finns dessvärre barriärer som förhindrar arbetet med systemintegration ino
Studiens syfte var att nå en ökad förståelse för hur självkonceptet kan konstrueras hos unga tjejer med diagnosen Aspergers syndrom. Semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med åtta tjejer mellan 16 och 19 år, som vid tidpunkten för studien var elever på en skola som riktar sig till ungdomar med denna diagnos. Genom tematisk analys utformades teman som i rapporten har strukturerats utifrån AdamsThe aim of this study was to explore the formation of the self-concept in female adolescents with diagnosed Asperger syndrome. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight females between 16 and 19 years of age, who at the time of the study attended a school for youths with this diagnosis. The method of thematic analysis was employed. In the first step a number of themes were formulated an
Pairs trading is a statistical arbitrage strategy aimed at exploiting temporary divergences in assets that move together. By taking corresponding long and short positions upon divergences, profits can be made if the assets converge. In this study, the pairs trading strategy is applied onto a novel selection of non-equity assets, namely price indices, commodities and currencies. By letting pairs in
Detta examensarbete har gjorts i syfte att undersöka om det är möjligt att konstruera en självbärande fasad som alternativ tilläggsisolering för miljonprogrammets bostäder. Fördelarna med en självbärande fasad är att antalet infästningar, och därmed köldbryggor, kan minimeras. Därtill ställs färre krav på befintlig vägg samt att de boende kan bo kvar under renoveringsskedet, då rivning av ytterväg
The purpose of the present study was to examine the potential effectiveness of a group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with residual significant clinical symptoms after being stabilized on medication. All adult patients with ADHD in an outpatient psychiatric clinic who had been stabilized on medication but still showed clinical sig
The aim of this paper is to explore the psychosocial work environment at IKEA Trading Services AB in purpose to develop an equal opportunities plan. The paper deals with theories regarding psychosocial work environment, motivation, work satisfaction, demands and control, leadership, social support, sexual harassment and work-life-balance. The psychosocial work environment was measured with Copenha
This paper concerns the Youth House, Ungdomshuset, and the struggle over it 2006-2008. Arguing that the protests after the eviction of the squatted house created collective identities that are paradigmatic in relation to other social movements and using social movement research combined with marxist human geography the paper investigates the relation of rhizomatic structures, urban material confli
Denna uppsats behandlar den svenska gruppbeskattningslagstiftningen och dess kompatibilitet med EU-rätten, fram till hösten 2010. Allra först behandlas problematiken i de konflikterande principerna skattesuveränitet och unionsmedlemskap, därefter defineras eller förklaras ett antal nyckelkoncept och termer. De Fundamentala Friheterna som är centrala till denna uppsats undersöks sedan i innehåll, aThis essay covers the subject of the Swedish Group Taxation Regime and its compatibility with EU Law as of the Autumn 2010. Firstly the inherent problematic mutually exclusive principles of tax sovereignty and union membership are discussed and then a number of key terms are defined, or at least explained. The fundamental freedoms central to these issues are then examined in content, application a
This works analyzes the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in connection with equality and non-discrimination. The thesis has two major parts. The first part discusses a possible pattern or standard to predict the results of the Inter-American Court in connection with equality and non-discrimination. The author revised cases from this Court in order to predict when the Court
Målet med denna studie är att undersöka landskapsförändringar i Hambantota distriktet i Sri Lanka och att komma fram med en lämplig metod för att utföra detta. Delmål var bland annat att besvara om jordbruksmark i området har övergivits eller om grödorna som bönderna odlar har bytts ut eller blivit fler. I december 2004 drabbades Sri Lanka av en Tsunami som kostade många människors liv och materieThe location for this study has been Hambantota district in Sri Lanka. The main aim in the study was to develop a methodology to detect land cover changes in the study area with focus on agricultural areas. Questions asked were if there was any agricultural areas abandoned or if a crop diversification process had taken place. A second aims was to investigate possible changes to the land cover as a
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Under de senaste åren har det varit mycket fokus på biobränsle som ett sätt att reducera konsumtionen av fossila bränslen och utsläppet av växthusgaser. Flytande biobränslen kan blandas med bensin och diesel som ersättning för fossila bränslen i transportsektorn. Blandningar av biobränsle och bensin eller diesel kan användas direkt i omodifierade motorer och detUnder the Kyoto protocol the European Union (EU) has committed itself to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 92% of 1990 levels. Carbon sequestered in agriculture is allowed to be countered against emissions to help meet the targets. Biofuels represent an infinite possibility to sequester carbon in agriculture, as they reduce emissions by replacing fossil fuels. The EU has set the target that
This essay is a study of political manifestos using ideal types. The object of the essay is to establish to what extent the manifestos of analysis resemble the ideal types of conservatism and liberalism. The objects of study are the 2010 British Conservative election manifesto and the 2010 Programme for government that was co-authored by election winning coalition partners, the Conservative Party
This paper examines the structure of livestock farming and of the meat industry in Sweden, focusing on possibilities for small-scale farmers to develop, whether individually or in a group, self-sufficient systems of high quality meat production. The four areas identified as presenting structural difficulties (and in some cases opportunities) to small-scale producers are: i) the centralized structu
The purpose of my thesis is to understand in what ways economic and productive transnationalisation affects political and social participation in the local level. Particularly, what I wish to explore are the effects of integration into the global economy over labour movements in peripheral regions. I study the ways in which workers of salmon firms in the areas of Puerto Montt and Chiloé organise a
