This study examines relative clause (RC) processing in Persian learners of English and native speakers of English to explore whether or how different task demands, referential context information with three potential RC antecedents along with the variables noun type (definite, indefinite), RC length (short, long) and RC type (extraposed, non-extraposed) affect their processing, using both an onlin

The use of peace narratives in order to delegitimize political opposition has been observed in electoral autocracies. One such case was in Kenya in 2013, which gave rise to the theory of peaceocracy. Peaceocracy is conceptualized as being made up of six components, namely a fragile peace, incumbents cast as peacekeepers, peace as a responsibility of the citizenry, delegitimization of certain issue

This study looks at how Riksbyggen, one of the biggest residential developers in Sweden, believes that social sustainability is created with architectural aspects within a dwelling. Theory and earlier research within the field of social sustainability and architecture is used to evaluate Riksbyggen’s beliefs. A qualitative content analysis is made to examine the chosen texts from Riksbyggen’s web

Denna studie har syftet att studera studenters upplevelser kring distansundervisning ur ett lärandeperspektiv, hur distansundervisning har påverkat studenters psykosociala hälsa samt vilka fördelar, nackdelar och förbättringsmöjligheter det finns med den virtuella lärmiljön och i synnerhet lärplattformar. Det finns faktorer som universitet kan ta hänsyn till när det ska undervisas på distans, och

It is beneficial for both investors and companies to avoid the detrimental consequences of overpricing during an initial public offering (IPO). Prospectuses are an important source of information for potential investors. Through Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) we extract topics from the summary section of prospectuses S-1 for companies holding an IPO in the U.S. in 2019-2020. We represent the un

Denna uppsats undersöker vilka bestämningsfaktorer som påverkar prissättning hos frisörsalonger. Med hjälp av en regressionsanalys visar studien att konkurrens inte har någon signifikant påverkan på vilket pris som frisörsalonger erbjuder. Den ekonometriska modellen visar att prissättning inom frisörbranschen primärt är en faktor av frisörsalongernas kostnader. Resultatet analyseras utifrån ett na

Ever since its regime transition, Tanzania has been ruled by one single party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Still, Tripp (2012) underlines that Tanzania remains a ”donor darlings” as foreign donors continue to heavily invest in the country’s prospect of democratisation. Yet, despite twenty-seven years of international effort to promote the democratisation of Tanzania, the country remains to this

Denna uppsats berör ämnet kring möjligheten till kontroll och ansvarsutkrävande av privata vårdutförare. Ämnet utreds kring Agentproblemet (Principal-agent problem) och vi undersöker hur agenten; privata vårdalternativ förhåller sig till principalen; kommuner och regioner. Hur relationen utformas kan leda till konsekvenser gällande rådande handlingsutrymme hos agenten vilket kan möjliggöra risk fö

The aim of this study was to examine health care social workers’ and psychologists' perception of counseling (stödsamtal), how jurisdictional work can be seen within counseling and what significance the jurisdictional work has for the health care social worker’s professional identity. The method chosen was semi-structured interviews with four health care social workers and four psychologists,

The purpose of this master’s thesis is to examine how multilingual literature is acquired by public libraries in three municipalities of varying sizes in Skåne: what channels are used for purchase, what the selection process is based on and whether the target population is involved in the process. It also looks to explore the extent to which the professional librarians are representative of the po

Investeringar i transportinfrastruktur medför normalt bättre tillgänglighet, bättre läge, eventuellt ökad byggrätt och en ökning av värdet på de fastigheter som är belägna i närheten av den infrastruktur som anläggs. Värdeökningar som uppstår till följd av offentliga investeringar bör genom värdeåterföring ges tillbaka till det offentliga. En värdeåterföringsmetod är medfinansieringsersättning somInvestments in infrastructure normally lead to better accessibility, a better location, increased building rights and an increase in the value of the properties that are located near to the infrastructure. Increases in value that arise as a result of public investments should be returned to the public sector through value capture. A value capture method is co-financing compensation which according

Bakgrund: Att vara sjuksköterska på akutmottagning innebär ofta att arbeta under stress. Sjuksköterskorna förväntas vårda flera patienter samtidigt och ofta under tidspress. Stress är kroppens svar på psykiska eller/och fysiska påfrestningar. Långvarig stress bryter ner kroppen. Syfte: Sammanställa forskningsresultat om sjuksköterskors erfarenheter och upplevelser av arbetsrelaterad stress på akut

På grund av digitalisering har samhället träffats med det faktum att många företag erbjuder sina tjänster via internet. Det finns många företag som erbjuder språkundervisande tjänster via internet. Liksom företag verksamma offline, drabbas online verksamma företag av konkurrenssvårigheter. I nuvarande gällande rätt finns det inga exakta beskrivningar på hur konkurrensen på sådana marknader ska regDue to digitalization, society has been hit by the fact that many companies offer their services via the internet. There are many companies that offer language learning services through the internet. Like companies operating offline, online companies are experiencing competitive difficulties. In current applicable law, there are no exact descriptions of how competition in such markets should be re

This study aims to investigate whether chance can beat an actively managed equity fund during a ten-year period on the Swedish stock market. Since the stock market consists of fierce competition among investors, the EMH would suggest that stock price movements should not be far from reflecting all available information. Due to the highly unexpected nature of new information, such as news, price fl

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the elderly and disabled are included and excluded by the municipality of Malmö in three different published planning documents. To investigate this purpose, the main question asked is: how are elderly and disabled people described and included in/excluded from the City of Malmö's master plan, the in-depth master plan for Nyhamnen and the Detail

The study of how regional and global resources are allocated geographically, the incentives for these trends, and what strategies can be used to prevent adverse effects between economic core areas and peripheral areas, are key themes in economic geography, and of crucial interest in studies of regional development. This paper addresses these issues in light of the relationship between the emerging

Under 2010-talet drabbades både Centralafrikanska Republiken och Jemen av väpnade konflikter som resulterade i humanitära kriser. Trots detta genomförde FN endast en humanitär intervention i den Centralafrikanska Republiken. Studien ämnar undersöka om nationella intressen hos FN:s säkerhetsråds permanenta medlemmar ligger till grund för denna inkonsekvens. Som avgränsning undersöks endast Frankrik

This research aims to enhance the current literature on meaningful work by gaining a deeper understanding of the effects of remote working on the perception of meaningful work. Set in the interpretive tradition, our research includes a qualitative case study in a single organisation and pursues an abductive approach. To understand how meaningful work is affected when working remotely, we collecte

Det finns ett utbrett stöd för att decentralisering kan göra en organisation effektivare. Uppsatsens syfte är att studera hur territoriell decentralisering påverkar medborgarnas välfärd genom att undersöka sambandet mellan kommunstorlek och verksamhetens subjektiva effektivitet, det vill säga hur nöjda medborgarna är med kommunens verksamhet. I decentraliseringsteorin finns det motstridiga argumenThere is strong support for the argument that decentralization can make an organization more effective. The purpose of this essay is to investigate how territorial decentralization affects citizen utility by studying how the size of the municipality affects the subjective effectiveness of municipal activities, that is how satisfied the citizens are with the municipal activities. There is contradic

Same-sex marriage has made its trend on social media in Thailand especially on Twitter under the #MarriageEquality hashtag as the topic was being brought up to the Parliament on February 9, 2022. Currently, though there are studies on LGBTQ in Thailand no recent study focuses on revealing the connection between hashtag activism, personal action frames, and LGBTQ movements. Therefore, by using the