Abstrakt Maria Sennefelt Titel: Blodet hade knappt hunnit torka – En diskursanalys av Malmö och Stockholms brottslighet i media Kandidatuppsats: SOCK01, 15 hp Handledare: Klas Gustavsson Sociologiska institutionen, VT12 Bakgrunden till denna uppsats är den frekventa medierapporteringen kring Malmös brottslighet det senaste året. Malmö har i media framstått som en i synnerhet brottsutsatt stad me

The main goal of this thesis is to initiate a set of experiments on high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in hollow core waveguides and to verify a higher conversion efficiency of HHG in waveguides compared to classical HHG schemes. High harmonics are in this context electromagnetic waves generated by focusing laser light into a dilute noble gas. The frequency of the thereby generated waves is q t

What do people think about privately financed culture? Are the opinions about it generally negative? With it’s background in the controversial exhibition Abstract Possible, the aim of this bachelors thesis is to investigate how people think private financing could affect culture, sorting out which arguments that are used in the debate and how people would prefer culture to be financed. My thesis i

Since book covers have become the focus of critical attention only in few recent years, there is a small number of studies published that examine the interaction between the text and the book cover. This interaction seems to be especially significant in the case of autobiographies as there are at least two ways for the author to present himself: as the narrator of the text and as the subject visua

Sandvik Rock Processing in Svedala is a business area within the Sandvik Group who manufactures crushers and spare parts. A new production plant, Greenfield, will be completed in 2013 and as part of the change the company makes in connection with the new plant, there is a desire to revise and optimize the order quantities in the production. There are several models for lot sizing. Economic Order Q

I den här uppsatsen undersöks vad som bestämmer priset på den svenska fjärrvärmemarknaden. Spelreglerna på den svenska fjärrvärmemarknaden har förändrats över tiden och efter elmarknadsreformen 1996 ska fjärrvärmeföretag drivas på affärsmässiga grunder. Detta har aktualiserat frågan om fjärrvärmeföretagen tar ut oskäliga priser. Den modell som används för att undersöka vad som bestämmer priset tar

In this thesis the topic Counterparty Credit Risk in OTC derivative transactions is described and the pricing component arising from it, i.e., the Credit Value Adjustment (CVA), is discussed. The unilateral CVA and DVA are derived in the case where one party engaging in a transaction is assumed to be defaultable and bilateral CVA is derived in the case where both parties in a transaction are assum

Problemställning: Cementproduktionen i världen står idag för 5% av världens totala utsläpp av koldioxid. Höjda miljökrav de senaste decennierna har gjort detta till en belastning för cement och betongindustrin. Situationen har hanterats främst genom att ta fram nya cement där den hållfasthetsskapande Portlandklinkern delvis ersatts med andra material som genererar mindre koldioxidutsläpp. Ett anna

Orphans and abandoned children have been a prominent motif in literature for centuries. In modern times, one of the most famous orphan stories is J.K. Rowling’s book series about Harry Potter, who is an orphaned wizard. The aim of the following essay is to show how three orphan characters are characterized in Rowling’s book Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone, namely Harry Potter, Voldemort a

Services of general economic interest are economic activities that public authorities identify as being of particular importance to citizens and that would not be supplied or would be supplied under different conditions if there were no public intervention. Examples of services of general economic interest are transport networks, postal services and social services They are provided by States to i

The Netherlands has experienced a rapid rate of land use change from 2000 to 2008. Land use change is especially urban expansion and open agriculture reduction which is due to enhanced economic growth. This thesis reports an investigation into the application of remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS) and statistical methods to provide quantitative information on the effect of land us

Climate adaptation is necessary to address the impacts of the climate change which is already unavoidable due to past emissions. There is a strong need for knowledge building, for which climate-related knowledge and information needs to be made available through different types of climate services. The aim with this study is to examine how useful climate services are, as a knowledge base for decis

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Främmande gen ger fler skott Ibland händer det att arter i naturen byter gener med varandra. Frågan är hur det kan påverka deras förmåga att anpassa sig till sin miljö. Kan en extra gen till exempel få ett gräs att växa annorlunda, eller klara av torka bättre? Det är frågor vi försökt få svar på i den här studien—med hjälp av femhundra krukor gräs och ett växtAbstract Genetic variation in sheep’s fescue (Festuca ovina) on the island of Öland, Sweden, is associated with microhabitat variation on small spatial scales as a result of divergent local selection by environmental factors, including moisture. In this study, we investigate the effects of genetic variation on three levels—microhabitat-associated ancestry, allozymic variation in the metabolic enz

Syftet med studien är att studera socialdemokratins hantering av tjänstemannakåren under tidsperioden 1920-1956. Genom att granska kongressprotokoll, partiprogram och annat material visar studien på att den socialdemokratiska hållningen i förvaltningspolitiska frågor inte alltid var helt oproblematisk. Synen på tjänstemännen som förmedlas av kongressens ombud är negativ, främst som konsekvens av a

Att investera i aktier på värdepappersmarknaden blir alltmer vanligt förekommande vilket resulterar i ett ökat behov av information för marknadens aktörer. Reglerna om prospekt syftar huvudsakligen till att skydda en investerare från felaktig information avseende ett investeringsobjekt. När ett bolag erbjuder överlåtbara värdepapper till allmänheten eller ansöker om upptagande till handel på en reInvesting in shares on the securities market is increasingly common occurring resulting in an enlarged need of information for the market participants. The Prospectus Rules essentially seek to protect an investor from misinformation regarding an investment object. When a company offers transferable securities to the public or admission to trading on a regulated market, this company is namely oblig

Stödbrevet är en form av ensidig utfästelse vanligen utfärdat av ett moderbolag gentemot en kreditgivare eller leverantör för ett dotterbolags räkning när moderbolaget inte vill eller kan lämna ett borgensåtagande eller garanti, men ändå vill ge visst stöd eller åtminstone uttrycka en medvetenhet från moderbolagets sida om den givna krediten. Ofta vill parterna uppnå olika resultat med stödbrevet

A characteristic feature of the contemporary politics in Europe is the presence of anti-immigrant parties in the parliament of several countries. In this field of research, plenty explanations for the success of these parties have been presented. This thesis focuses on the role of trust in political institutions as an explanation, with the assumption that low trust leads to protest voting. As theo

Creating a musical – Participants’ experiences of the Lovewell Institute’s creative process This study utilizes qualitative research methods in order to explore the experiences of students who participated in Lovewell Institute’s creative musical theatre workshop in Oskarshamn, Sweden 2012. The two main methods used are participative observation of the workshop and interviews with five of the stud