In this essay I aim to give an interpretation on the book of Ecclesiastes, focusing on how the author (here called Qohelet) regards God, and the relationship between God and man. I will also examine the way Qohelet views reality. A fairly common idea is that the book of Ecclesiastes is quite pessimistic and full of contradictions, and I argue that the book rather represents a realistic way of look

Moore Street is a market street in central Dublin which in recent years has transformed into one of the most multicultural streets in the city. The street traders that have been a presence on the street for generations are now working next to shop-keepers from a diverse range of countries. As such it is often held up as a positive example of multiculturalism. The purpose of this thesis is to exami

Numerous researches on the acquisition of a second language show that the learner acquire the syntactic structures of a language in a certain order, independent of the order they have been introduced to learner. Bartning and Schlyter (2004) have designed an itinerary with six stages of development that show the expected development of the acquisition of French L2 by Swedish adults in oral producti

On the basis of data from Swedish, this thesis investigates the Small Clause Hypothesis put forth by Kush et al. (2013). The hypothesis is suggested to account for the rare possibility of relative clause extraction, a phenomenon that poses a challenge for syntactic theories of locality. In brief, the hypothesis states that the possibility to extract from relative clauses is restricted to cases whe

Uppsatsen behandlar frågan om den samhälleliga styrbarhetens möjlighet och problematiseras i enlighet med samhällets ökande förändringsbenägenhet och känslan av att samhället accelererar okontrollerbart. Den observationen har fått många forskare och kulturteoretiker att tala om samhället som en kontingenskultur där både erfarenhet och förväntan grumlas, där det inte finns en stabil och pålitlig gr

Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att beskriva vilka faktorer som varit av betydelse vid återhämtningen hos tio brukare med diagnosen schizofreni. Delsyftet med studien har varit att beskriva vilka faktorer som haft positiv respektive negativ betydelse för brukarnas återhämtningsprocess. En kvalitativ ansats användes för att uppnå resultatet. Resultatet pekar på fyra faktorer som viktiga för återhämtThe purpose of this paper has been to describe which factors that played a role in the recovery of ten patients with a schizophrenia diagnosis. A part of the purpose was to describe which factors that had a negative or positive bearing on the individuals’ recovery process. A qualitative approach was used to achieve the results. The results indicate four factors that were important for the recovery

Denna uppsats behandlar förhållandet mellan folkrätt och intern rätt inom området skatterätt. Uppsatsens syfte är att fastställa när ett skatteavtalsbrott har skett och om den enskilde skattebetalaren har möjlighet att hålla staten ansvarig och kräva skadestånd från staten om staten bryter mot ett skatteavtal. För att underlätta för läsare att förstå analysen görs en genomgång av monism och dualThe subject for this thesis is the relationship between international public law and national law in the area of taxation. The purpose of the thesis is to establish what is a tax treaty override and if it’s possible for an individual taxpayer to hold the state liable and claim damages against the state for breaching a tax treaty. In order to make it easier for the reader to understand the analys

Last three decades, China has experienced a stunning economic development, which has transformed the whole county on various levels. Until now, China has followed investment and export led growth and has become the world’s largest manufacturer. However, under the veil of rapid growth, social and economic imbalances have emerged causing a number of serious challenges facing China. Moreover, the Chi

Tjugosju deltagare, studenter med egenrapporterad stressproblematik, rekryterades genom utskick till institutioner vid olika universitet och randomiserades till att ingå i en experimentgrupp (n=13) eller en kontrollgrupp i form av en väntelista (n=14). Experimentgruppen fick genomgå ett internetbaserat stressbehandlingsprogram. Det utfördes en för- och eftermätning avseende upplevd stress, utmattTwenty seven participants, students with self-reported stress problems, were recruited through email to different university institutions and were randomly assigned to two different groups, experimental (n=13) or in the form of a waiting list control (n=14). The experimental group was subjected an Internet-based stress treatment program. A pre and post-measurement was conducted regarding perceived

Den här uppsatsen visar genom att studera paneldata över 62 nordiska aktier som investerar i FoU att det finns ett positivt samband mellan FoU och total volatilitet, idiosynkratisk volatilitet samt betavärden. Investeringar i FoU gör aktiers avkastning mer volatila. FoU och volatilitet är dessutom positivt korrelerade och tenderar att röra sig i samma riktning. Företag som investerar i FoU är mer

We aim to measure the effect of relationship building between target-firm and financial advisor in the Mergers and Acquisitions industry. We also aim to investigate what affects the target-firm’s decision to stay loyal or switch financial advisor. Our main findings show that relationship building does not have a significant effect on the advisor fee and speed of transaction. Instead of earlier c

After studying economic integration it doesn’t come as a shock that preferential trade agreements (PTA) have an effect on the countries within the PTA, or outside the PTA for that matter also. The majority of the Latin American countries have been considered as developing countries for the better part of the 21st century, and have, for the most part, been secluded from the world market. Since the

This thesis discusses whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can affect a company’s, and consequently a portfolio’s, stock market performance. The study presupposes the regular assumptions drawn from CAPM. By creating three different portfolios, consisting of companies with similar financial characteristics, but with different levels of CSR-involvement, we investigate how the CSR-factor may

Asian options are difficult to price analytically. Even though they have attracted much attention in recent years, there is still no closed-form solution available for pricing the arithmetic Asian options, because the distribution of the density function is unknown. However, various studies have attempted to solve this problem, Levy (1992) approximates the unknown density function using lognormal

The purpose of this thesis is to position the physical and independent bookshop in the digital era, claiming that they do have a strong place there. The rationale of viewing the bookshop as a space in which an experience can be had, intends to give independent bookshops a guide on how to remain as such. I focused on an English language bookshop in Istanbul, Turkey and conducted fieldwork for 3 mon

Abstrakt Författare: Maria Sannarum Titel: Rättsosäkerhet. Hur påverkar människors beteende utfallet i rättsliga processer? Magisteruppsats: SOCM13, 15 p Handledare: Birgitta Ericson Sociologiska institutionen, höstterminen 2013 Problem/Bakgrund: Det förekommer i Sverige att människor blir felaktigt dömda och även att skyldiga går fria. Begreppet rättssäkerhet har ingen definitiv definition men

Abstract: The food consumption of today’s world has led to an overconsumption of the earth resources. It is easy to forget that when we consume we do not only consume a product we are also consuming other peoples labour and landscapes in, many times, far off places. With daily news on environmental damages, people are becoming more aware. Consequently, people are getting more interested in the ori

Barn är ofta rädda när de kommer in i sjukvården och det ställs höga krav på sjuksköterskor för att kommunicera med barn som behandlas akut. Syftet med studien var att beskriva mötet mellan sjuksköterskan och barnet inom akutsjukvården samt att utvärdera huruvida någonting kan förbättras. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer med sju sjuksköterskor och intervjufrågorna berö