ABSTRACT The existence of sound symbolic and mimetic words in the Japanese language is well known. Although the most common appearance of these sound symbolic words occurs in Japanese comics they do exist in many other forms of media, ranging from television shows to everyday conversation. These words, a very good tool for the native Japanese speaker to convey intimate meanings and sensations, po

With increased demand and high prices for minerals and metals in recent years, many resource rich developing countries see mining sector as vital to develop their economies. Colombia is one of these nations. Non-renewable natural resource wealth is seen as an opportunity to obtain economic benefits that can be transformed into increased wellbeing for citizens. However, mining often involves a high

Den här studien syftar till att undersöka personliga upplevelser av handlingsutrymme i en parrelation. Intervjuer med 5 unga personer i heterosexuella parrelationer analyseras utifrån två hållningar där senmodernitetsteorier om ökad individualisering jämförs med dess kritiker inom feministisk forskning. I analysen framträder strategier för att hitta en balans mellan att forma relationen för sin eg

This thesis studies the subject of brand heritage by examining the two sports umbrellas of equestrianism and martial arts, seeking to build an introductory understanding of whether brand heritage can organically develop through unencumbered and independent handling and rewriting of history and myth, and through the voices of multiple authors. An analysis of documents produced throughout various d

Purpose: This Master Thesis has the purpose of creating a simulation model of a finished goods inventory at one of the Company’s factories. In addition, an improved layout should be proposed. Design/Approach: A simulation study using discrete-event simulation has been performed in the recommended steps by various literatures. A thorough study was made to identify the stakeholders and the relevant

Creativity has become a modern concept. In several job advertisement, organisation state that they are looking for an employee of ‘creative’ nature. There is however several perspectives on what creativity is and is achieved. The purpose for this thesis was to explore the perception of creativity in Human computer interaction (HCI), and how HCI-professionals working in organisations relate to and

Uppsatsen behandlar Martina Lowdens debutbok Allt och syftar till att skapa en helhetsförståelse av verket genom att belysa det som självskrivande med relation till dagboken och dagboksromanen. Samtidigt problematiseras ett sådant jag-fokuserat perspektiv genom en diskussion av bokens arbete med sampling, listor och konkretism.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how accurate multiple valuations are in relation to the DCF. Furthermore, the accuracy of equity and entity multiples will be compared. Finally, we will try to determine the factors underlying the valuation errors. Our results suggest similar performance from the multiples approach in relation to the DCF model in estimating corporate value with eight

Forecasts and analysis on real estate values and house prices are an ever-present problem for several different players. Often there is debate about the values of housing prices or housing bubbles in the Swedish cities. The difficulty with the valuation of housing, compared with other products, is their unique location. No housing is another comparable, and because of this there is no certain mark

Sedan lagen om anställningsskydd trädde i kraft har kravet på saklig grund för uppsägning varit ett återkommande debatterat ämne inom arbetsrätten. Att arbetsgivaren behöver saklig grund när denne säger upp en arbetstagare är kanske inte så konstigt. Att en arbetsgivare kan behöva saklig grund när arbetstagaren säger upp sig själv är däremot ett mer svårgreppbart koncept. En uppsägning som formellThe title of my thesis is “Provoked Dismissals – on the Application of Material and Procedural Rules Governing this Legal Concept”. Since the Swedish Law of Employment Protection came into force, the requirement of proper cause for dismissal has been a widely discussed topic within the field of labour law. That an employer needs proper cause when dismissing an employee is perhaps not surprising. H

This paper is a qualitative scrutiny of two crisis evaluations conducted by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The purpose is to investigate rhetoric used to analyse and assess the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa from a crisis management and disaster preparedness perspective. A modified grounded theory method is utilised. The qualitative method rests upon

Syfte: Syftet med undersökningen var att belysa kvinnors upplevelser av antingen en pågående eller en avslutad hemlöshet och deras erfarenheter av hälso- och sjukvården under hemlöshet. Metod: Undersökningen genomfördes i en stad i södra Sverige totalt intervjuades 13 kvinnor. Latent innehållsanalys användes. Resultat: Analysen resulterade i fem huvudteman med subteman. Huvudteman är; hemlöshet in

Denna studies syfte var att undersöka upplevelser av empowerment hos deltagare i ett empowerment-projekt för personer i arbetslöshet. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med tio personer och intervjumaterialet bearbetades genom tematisk analys. Resultatet bildade tio teman: definition av begreppet empowerment, innebörd av empowerment i projektet, likvärdighet mellan deltagare och arbetsledareThe aim of this study was to investigate perceptions and experiences of empowerment among individuals taking part in an empowerment project for people being unemployed. Semistructured interviews were conducted with ten people and analyzed through the usage of thematic analysis. The analysis resulted in ten themes: definition of the concept empowerment, the meaning of empowerment in the present pro

I denna uppsats studeras några av de föreslagna inledningsorden i 2012 års förslag till ny kyrkohandbok för Svenska kyrkan. Syftet är främst att ta reda på ta reda på vilken vägledning de analyserade inledningsorden ger gudstjänstfirarna till den följande bekännelsen, men också att studera den historiska utvecklingen som lett fram till dessa, deras gudsbild och hur det överensstämmer med de riktli

Bakgrund: Vid överflyttning av en patient från intensivvårdsavdelning till vårdavdelning, kan skillnaden mellan avdelningarna utgöra ett problem, både för personal, patient och anhöriga. Med en ökad kunskap kan förståelsen mellan avdelningarna förbättras och leda till ett bättre samarbete, det i sin tur blir gynnsamt för patienten som upplever en smidigare överflyttning. Syftet: Syftet med denna s

Ett första steg i arbetet att uppskatta kolflödet mellan landbaserade ekosystem och atmosfären är att så precist som möjligt analysera kvantiteten ovanjordisk biomassa. LiDAR teknologi har i detta avseende visat sig vara ett värdefullt verktyg. Det överlöpande målet med denna studie är att utveckla en förenklad metod, baserad på fjärranalys, för att uppskatta ovanjordisk biomassa för individuella As a first step in the assessment of carbon flux between the terrestrial environment and the atmosphere it is important to accurately quantify the carbon stock of forest ecosystems. LiDAR technology, in this respect, has proved to be a valuable tool, able to provide accurate estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB). The overall goal of this study was to develop a simplified method for assessing AGB

Author: Therese Ekheim and Staffan Jansson Title: The needle syringe debate in Swedish newspaper – in search of a user perspective. [Translated title] Supervisor: Frans Oddner Assessor: Mats Hilte The aim of this study was to examine how syringe drug users are produced in Swedish newspaper in the needle exchange debate. More specifically its aim was to identify how the user perspective is given a

The purpose of this study was to explore how nursing home managers relate to sexual needs of the elderly in the nursing homes. The empirical data consists of a vignette study followed by interviews with three nursing home managers. The aim was to involve six managers in our study but due to a major loss of respondents, we chose to complete our data collection with a review of the values which the

The purpose of this bachelor ́s thesis is to make a comparison between the two measurements of credit risk ”Distance to default” with a modified Merton model and credit ratings from Standard & Poor ́s. The thesis investigates how well the measures agree with one another by using Spearman ́s rank correlation coefficient. By doing this the thesis is meant to provide the reader with an idea of wh

Arsenic is an element and has a natural part in the earth with a content of 1,5-2,0 mg/kg in the earth crust. Arsenic occurs naturally in the bedrock and the Swedish bedrock contains anything from 1,0-40 mg/kg. Arsenic is more poisonous in its inorganic form than in its organic. The two most common types of inorganic arsenic are arsenite and arsenate. Arsenite (AsIII) is the most acute poisonous