Increased production and consumption of local food may partly counteract the negative environmental, social, and economic impacts of industrialised and globalised food production. The aim of this thesis was to identify the barriers the country of Iceland faces in increasing production and consumption of local food. The research was guided by the framework of Integral theory, identifying behaviour

Delivery of goods at the port of discharge is an obligation incurred upon the carrier under a contract of carriage by sea. The extent of the carrier’s obligation is to give the consignee a reasonable time to take proper delivery of the goods against presentation of an original B/L. Delivery of goods is currently not regulated in any international laws on carriage of goods by sea, it is only regula

Sociala medier är här för att stanna. På grund av att allt fler människor blivit användare av sociala medier har även företag och organisationer börjat synas på dessa digitala nätverk. Detta medför risker som kan leda till kriser för företag och organisationer. Denna uppsats behandlar traditionella metoder för hantering av kriser gällande företag och organisationer och undersöker huruvida dessa är

In the radio documentary Narkotikalandet Sverige made during late 2012 by the Swedish radio channel P1 the narcotic-related part of society is explored in three separate parts. The first part explores the heroin market in the Swedish capitol of Stockholm. Focused around Sergels Torg the reporter explores a part of the Swedish society that many either doesn’t know exist or they choose to ignore it.

Att glömma något vi vill minnas är irriterande, men glömska för oviktig information kan hjälpa oss att minnas det som är relevant. Studier om glömska på grund av att gammal och irrelevant information stör den information som ska återkallas (proaktiv interferens, PI) har visat att man kan reducera interferens genom att introducera ny information som skiljer sig från den gamla, och på så sätt förbätForgetting what we want to remember is irritating, but forgetting unimportant information can help us remember what is relevant. Studies of forgetting due to older, irrelevant information interfering with what needs to be recalled (proactive interference, PI) have shown that interference can be reduced by introducing new information that is different to the previous, helping memory for this materi

This paper examines the use of the body in the Femen movement’s street activism. The women’s rights activist group began in 2008 in Ukraine and came to prominence as a result of its topless protests in confrontation with patriarchy, religion and the sex industry. Through the use of social media in particular the group has managed to proliferate across Europe and has created a transnational network

What is Global-history? What is Big-history? And how are these historiographical fields related to postmodernism and globalization? These questions along the thesis that the metanarratives of contemporary historiography point towards a paradigm shift beyond postmodernism will be put forth in this paper.

This empirical qualitative study focus on understandings of Children’s rights from a Ugandan managerial staff perspective, with a selection of representation of seven Head-teachers, equivalent to principals, in primary schools. The research questions are three-folded, firstly concerning how Head-teachers understand Children’s rights in the context of the school, secondly dealing with respondent’s

The aim of this thesis is to investigate two periods in the history of Ghana that have been characterised by strong growth, namely 1891-1919 and 1983-2013. The study is important as it will provide a better understanding of the current situation in Ghana and as it contributes to the attempt to disprove the myth of Africa as a stagnant continent. As this myth is so widespread, it is highly importan

During the fall of 2012, a social service center in Sweden re-organized their social assistance organization. From having three teams, where two teams consisted of one kind of an occupational group and the third one of another occupational group, the organization today exists of two teams with both occupational groups in each team. The aim of this study was to find out and see how the collaboratio

Detta magisterarbete grundar sig på en översättning av Le droit contre l’esclavage au Niger (2003), en artikel skriven av den franske historikern och antropologen Roger Botte. Artikeln behandlar det nutida slaveriet i Niger i Västafrika. Min uppsats består utöver översättningen av en textanalys om Bottes artikel, baserad på Hellspong & Ledins (1997) analysmodell. Analysen följs av överväganden

Bicycle traffic has a significant function for a sustainable society with good public health and environment. In order to increase the number of cyclists there is a need for a high overall standard in level of service as well as a keen attention to detail. For citizens to view the bicycle as an attractive means of transportation, cycle lanes must satisfy the cyclist’s desire for shorter travel tim

Information management in construction projects is all about communicate the information, to file the document to make it available and to verify that the information is correct. Improving the information management in a project and between different projects will reduce the problems and the costs of it. To succeed with the information management the chain of information must remain unbroken from

The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to develop an administration tool that will be used by a helpdesk in IKEA IT. The helpdesk members have a lot of responsibilities and have to perform various tasks on a daily basis, thus the goal is to develop an administration tool that has an interface which allows a helpdesk member to perform basic tasks without needing any prior education or experience of

The cross-border region of Øresund is one of the areas in Northern Europe where the largest concentration of highly educated people reside. Other authors argue that the integration process of the region has seemingly come to a halt due to a lack of interest from the inhabitants. This thesis argues that the young citizens of Øresund offers a shift in tendency towards the region and does so by takin

This paper presents a futures mechanism, as defined by Kurino (2009), allocating a set of indivisible and durable goods among a set of agents over multiple time periods. The mechanism is shown to satisfy individual rationality, Pareto efficiency and non-bossiness for allocation problems with or without endowments. The paper also shows that the mechanism does not satisfy strategy-proofness and pres

Morgondagens hållbarhetsproblem kräver ett kreativt förhållningssätt idag. Denna uppsats undersöker hur social mångfald skapar förutsättningar för att hantera miljömässig hållbarhet i framtiden. Jag utgår främst från social hållbarhet och intersektionalitet för att undersöka nationella strategier för jämställdhet och mångfald inom den svenska skogssektorn och se på hur dessa är relevanta och använThe sustainability problems of tomorrow require a creative approach today. This paper examines how social diversity offers opportunities for dealing with environmental sustainability in the future. It employs the approaches of social sustainability and intersectionality to examine the national strategies for equality and diversity within the Swedish forest sector and how these are relevant and use

Finansiell leasing är tillsammans med traditionella banklån och avbetalningsköp den vanligaste formen av extern finansiering för små- och medelstora företag i Sverige. Det är dessutom en finansieringsform som förväntas öka kraftigt i popularitet till följd av de kreditgivningsreformer som många banker tvingats genomföra efter finanskrisen 2009 samt den pågående euro- krisen. Trots detta saknas til

This master's thesis investigates both custom lossless compression and high-quality lossy compression of microscopy images of white blood cells produced by CellaVision's blood analysis systems. A number of different compression strategies have been developed and evaluated, all of which are taking advantage of the specific color filter array used in the sensor in the cameras in the analysis