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Lika men olika : wn granskning av relationen mellan kanji och homofoner

The main objective of this thesis is to argue whether Chinese characters (kanji) exists in Japanese spoken language as mental agents to distinguish homophonous words. A clearer picture of the background to this phenomenon is given by a brief review of the history of kanji, by bringing up different definitions of what kanji is and by explaining the relation between kanji and homophonous words. The

Inverkan av takabsorbenter och ljudisolering på talavskildheten mellan rum

We have examined and analyzed the impact of ceiling sound absorbers and sound insulation in a false ceiling, on the speech privacy between two adjacent rooms. We concluded that they had a significant impact on the speech privacy and that the combination of ceiling sound absorbers with sound insulation in the false ceiling was the best option from an acoustic point of view.

Proaktivt underhåll - Från brandkårsutryckning till planerade underhållsinsatser

This master thesis was commissioned for the company IAC Group AB in Gothenburg. The factory assembles and delivers instrument panels in sequence to Volvo Car Corporation. The task was to create and implement a maintenance system where all maintenance processes such as preventive maintenance and corrective maintenance can be registered. The purpose was to give the company a deeper knowledge of the

Return and Volatility Spillover from Oil to Equity Market

In this essay a four stage GJR-GARCH(1,1) model is applied to test the presence of both return and volatility spillover to the European market from the oil market. The GJR-GARCH-model allow for asymmetric effects to be present in the country specific stock market. This four step model is applied to eight European countries and allow for spillover effects from oil market, US market and European mar

Kriget om lyssnarna - En studie om den svenska radiomarknaden präglad av kommersiell radio

Problemområde: Trots att radio är ett av de medier som vi ägnar mest tid åt idag finns det relativt lite forskning inom området. Det finns alltså utrymme att lyfta fram ett antal viktiga aspekter och problem inom detta ämne. Jag vill belysa hur ekonomiska tankesätt påverkar radions innehåll. Syfte: Syftet är att kartlägga och förstå hur den svenska radiomarknaden präglad av kommersiell radio förh

Helhetssyn, kommunikation, förbättringar -förslag till förändringar på Presona AB

Background Presona AB manufactures fully automatic balers and compactors for waste management. A simple and clear supply chain is wanted. High inventory costs and long lead time have been identified; the long lead time partly is due to insufficient supplier processes. The company is not satisfied with the stock turnover. The communication with the suppliers today is handled by fax which is time de

Facit: Ett evolutionärt och strukturanalytiskt perspektiv på ett fall av kreativ förstörelse och strukturomvandling

Ett sätt att förstå fallet Facit är att man sätter det i ett historiskt sammanhang där teknik, forskning, ekonomi, politik och kultur samspelar. Facit AB var ett företag som fanns under 1900-talets industriella guldålder. Det strukturella perspektivet förklarar varför Facit i likhet med andra företag hamnade i en strukturkris i början av 1970-talet. Det evolutionära perspektivet betonar förändring

A RESEARCH ON HIGH YIELD BONDS WITHIN THE NORWEGIAN OIL INDUSTRI

Problem definition: When investing in bonds there are some fundamental things the investor needs to be aware of, such as how the bond is being priced, how the structure of the company's capital structure is affecting the risk of holding the bond and the dynamics that could change the price of the bond over time. When a company tries to get more finance through credit capital markets, the capit

Green Lean Software Development

I dagens samhälle har företag fått ett starkare intresse för miljö och agila utvecklings-metoder. Denna studie undersöker om det går att göra den agila utvecklingsmetoden Lean Software Development (LD) grön. Studien börjar med att ge en bakgrund till Lean, Green Operations, Green Lean och agila systemutvecklingsmetoder för att besvara frågan På vilket sätt går det att kombinera Green Lean på Lean

Att identifiera den omedvetna kunden Etablering av ett marknadsorienterat synsätt hos

Working market-oriented and targeted calls for a strategic thinking and an understanding of both external and internal conditions of the company. Based on a qualitative research method a model is set up to act as a method of marketing. The model takes a systematic way of thinking into account, but also a lack of resources in terms of financial resources, skills within the company and market inform

Att bedriva en kostnadseffektiv klimatpolitik

Klimatförändringar är ett av dagens mest omtalade samhällsproblem. Utsläpp av växthusgaser har ökat markant sedan 1970-talet och störst påverkan på klimatet har utsläppen av koldioxid. Sverige har, tillsammans med resten av världen, ett ansvar att minska och kontrollera utsläppen av växthusgaser. Konjunkturinstitutet anger, i en rapport publicerad i mars 2011, att svensk klimatpolitik kan bedriva

Is inflation mean-reverting?

This paper investigates whether inflation series are mean-reverting. Traditional unit root tests (ADF and KPSS tests) are conducted in the paper. These tests indicate that inflation contains a unit root. It is however well-known that traditional unit root tests have difficulties to distinguish between a unit root process and a fractionally integrated process. Hence, in this thesis, fractional inte

Kön och LVM - en undersökning om hur kön framställs i LVM-domar

The purpose of this study was to examine how gender is perceived in rulings regarding forced incarceration of individuals with life threatening addiction problems. More specifically: is there a difference in how Swedish courts perceive men and women? The study is based on court rulings. By examining these rulings and viewing them in the light of existing theories observations could be made regardi

Business Intelligence – ur kundens synvinkel

This master thesis relates to future trends within the field of Business Intelligence. The purpose is to create and share knowledge about Business Intelligence. A theoretical study is necessary for both readers as mandator. With no or limited understanding of Business Intelligence it will most likely be hard to follow the discussions and results of the study. The main purpose is to increase the un

Rätthyra.nu

Rätthyra.nu want to help people who have paid an exorbitant rent for their sublet flat to get back their rightful share of the rent. In Sweden there are 140 000 households that are subletting and approximately 10-15% of them is paying an exorbitant rent. We have noted the general reluctance to not pursue matters like this and throughout 2010 Malmö Rent Tribunal received only 35 cases, which is a c