Board gaming has to a large degree, been studied based on historical sources. Ironically, this is true even for prehistoric games, where the Icelandic sagas have been used as a starting point for a deductive hunt for the mysterious game Hnefatafl. Later studies of gaming have to a large extent been transferring older research results. According to the author, this has created a rather skewed pictu

Title: Food on medieval and early modern castles The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the food that was eaten on Scandinavian castles from the late Middle ages and the early modern period. This is done from a power perspective, to see if the nobility that lived on the castles used food to manifest their power. What kind of food did the nobility eat to differ from common people? The way the foo

Förbud mot karteller är likartade i de flesta länder. Om förbuden överträds är dock skillnaderna i de påföljder som kan utdömas, respektive i den eftergift som kan sökas och beviljas, värda att notera. Denna uppsats presenterar de påföljder för överträdelser av kartellförbud samt de eftergifter som erbjuds i EU, Storbritannien, Sverige och USA. Syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera vilka överväganWhile the cartel prohibition of most countries is quite similar, the differences in the sanctions imposed on cartel participants and the leniency available to such participants under national leniency programs are noteworthy. This thesis presents the sanctions for competition law infringements and the applicable leniency programs of the EU, the UK, Sweden and the U.S. The purpose of the thesis is

Temporary migration to advanced countries from developing ones and its effects on host countries are important issues in contemporary demographic studies. Economic performance of return migrants from the U.S. in Mexico has been studied from the viewpoint of financial gains from working abroad. This paper looks into an impact of human capital accumulated through working in the U.S. on economic outc

During the last decades, Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) has emerged as a powerful theory within marketing communications research. The main purpose of IMC is to integrate all the communications efforts of an organization into one single and unified voice. However, little research has been undertaken to examine which role tone of voice has in connection to IMC. This study seeks to invest

The aim of this study is to investigate similarities and differences in the arguments used in two debates about forced sterilization in Sweden. The first period stretches from 1922 up to 1941, the second from 2010 onwards. In the first period, the empirical material consists of preparatory works and propositions. In the second, mainly articles are culsulted. I am using content analysis, and that h

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become a fundamental part of business infrastructure. However, the high failure rate of ERP implementations points out that there are still many issues that need to be addressed. In an effort to minimize the risk associated to the ERP implementation process, a number of critical success factors (CSFs) have been introduced. However, CSFs are presented

I denna uppsats berörs rätten till familjeåterförening. Denna rätt kan studeras ur olika perspektiv och olika synvinklar. I uppsatsen undersöks kretsen av familjemedlemmar som har rätt till familjeåterförening med särskild fokus på deras rätt att följa med eller ansluta sig till en unionsmedborgare och tredjelandsmedborgare bosatt i medlemsstaten. Det är således detta perspektiv som ligger i grundThis master thesis deals with the issues connected to the right to family reunification. This right can be studied from several different perspectives and different angles. The paper examines the circle of family members who may be entitled to family reunification with a particular focus on their right to accompany or join EU citizens and third country nationals residing in the State. Thus, it is

Den snabba tekniska utvecklingen har försvårat för dagens företag att kontrol-lera sina kundrelationer och den kommunikation som sprids om varumärket. Sam-tidigt har dagens konsument stora tillgångar till information om varor och tjänster vilket lett till en förändrad konsumtion. I dagens konsumtions står känslor, upple-velser och livsstil i fokus snarare än produkten i sig. Storytelling framställ

I dagens individualiserade samhälle är frågan om individens självbestämmande, samt inskränkningar av denna, högst aktuella. De flesta fall av självbestämmande passerar obemärkt förbi i vårt vardagsliv, men var går egentligen gränsen för vad vi som individer kan välja att bli utsatt för utan inträdandet av straffansvar? I denna uppsats avhandlas till vilken grad den svenska straffrätten godkänner aIn todays individualized society questions concerning individual autonomy, and its limitations, is ever so current. Most cases of individual autonomy passes unnoticed in our everyday lives, but where is really the limit of what we as individuals can choose to be exposed to without the onset of criminal liability? This paper deals with to which degree Swedish criminal law agree that individuals can

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka hur de japanska personsuffixen, sama, san, kun, chan samt utelämnandet av personsuffix, passar in i F. Brauns (1988, 2010) lingvistiska teorier och R. Browns (1965) universella teori över tilltalsord. Uppsatsen inleds med en överblick över Brauns och Browns forskning som visar att analys av tilltalsord är ett mycket komplext och mångfasetterat ämne, dä

Studiens syfte var att undersöka huruvida talhastigheten påverkar språkförståelsen samt om arbetsminnets kapacitet har betydelse för storleken av en eventuell talhastighetspåverkan. Detta är ett tämligen outforskat område. Kunskap inom området är till nytta för såväl logopedisk bedömning och behandling, som för pedagogiska insatser inom skolvärlden. 102 barn i åldern 5:0-6:1 år med typisk språkutv

Today we are facing a big range of possibilities that may contribute to a sustainable development. The majority of the world’s populations are presumably trying to make the world a better place, but there is no agreement as to how this is to be achieved. There is no global consensus as to the values of how to do right and how to make the world a better place. As a result there exist a variety of c

Hur kommer det sig att det finns kalkmålningar av labyrinter i medeltida skandinaviska kyrkor? För att försöka hitta ett svar har jag undersökt kalkmålningar av labyrinter i tre medeltida kyrkor, Östra Karup (Halland), Båstad (Skåne) och Gevninge (Själland). Vilka föreställningar om labyrinter som kan ligga till grund för valet av motiv i kyrkorna har undersökts genom jämförelse med labyrinter i aHow come there are church frescoes depicting labyrinths in medieval Scandinavian churches? Which concepts and associations gave rise to the choice of motif? In order to try to find an answer I have investigated church frescoes in three medieval churches: Östra Karup (in the province of Halland), Båstad (Scania), and Gevninge (Zealand). I have also compared these with the large number of stone laby

Machismo is a construction of masculinity and a gender ideology found in varying degrees within the Latin American societies, stating the superiority of the man by enhancing and overvaluing certain stereotypically masculine traits said to be nature-given. Being the hegemonic masculinity of Mexico specifically – and having been so for a long period of time although its definite origin has yet to be

It is a common viewpoint that human rights, justice and law are interlinked with the institutions that we as a society create. Does that mean that, without institutions, there can be no rights? The purpose of this thesis is to determine whether or not there can be such a thing as human rights when there is no state to enforce them effectively. To achieve this purpose i have performed an analysis o

Aims and objectives: The aim of the study is to look at how national identity and culture and politics meet in minority language media. The focus is on studying how the minority language media portrays the relationship of the minority and the two countries, the one of origin and the one of residence. The aim is also to find out if the minority status of the minority group for which the media conte