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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) aims to develop end-of-life product systems and reduce environmental impacts of product across entire life cycle. The empirical study of how EPR programmes have influenced design change is still few especially for complex and durable products such as EEE. Japan introduced EPR programmes in 2001 for four large home appliances (TV sets, air conditioners, refrig
Any attempt to understand the developmental and democratic predicament of Nigeria should take into consideration the problem of endemic corruption in the country. Political and bureaucratic corruption is so widespread that it has engulfed the Nigerian political system at all levels of government. However, it will be wrong and indeed unfair to assume that successive governments have done nothing ab
This essay investigates economic platforms, a subject that has received much attention in recent years. Platforms are firms or organizations which connect two parts, usually a seller and a buyer. Users sign up and pay for the service offered by the platform not because the platform itself is valuable but because of the information and connections it provides. Several theories about platform optima
The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how the concept of the ideal victim of crime contributes to re-victimize significant populations exploited by human traffickers. The argument is that seeing women trafficked in the sex industry as the norm together with a focus only on “women and children” as victims/survivors contribute to further hide-and therefore re-victimize-men and young boys. The Peo
Religionsfrihetsfrågan är idag ett relativt oberört ämne i Sverige men på grund av den religiösa mångfald som växer fram i samhällena leder det till en ny och annorlunda situation. De europeiska samhällena blir mer och mer multireligiösa och multikulturella. Religionsfrihet ska råda i alla samhälle och vara en individuell frihet, oavsett vilken religion man följer. Ständigt uppstår det rättighetsk
Den här studien utgår från tre bloggar, mer precist tre modebloggar. Det som studeras är vilka retoriska strategier och centrala teman som bloggarna använder sig av vid övertygning av deras läsare om att de är legitima i sin roll som förmedlare av stilnormer. Detta ska belysas för att ytterligare ge klarhet åt den roll som modebloggar har i den digitalisering av mediesamhället som har skett och fo
Abstract In developed economies industry was once the backbone of the economy and was seen as the machinery behind economic growth. During the past decades, industry’s importance has been diminishing in advanced economies. The trend has been stronger in some countries than in others but seems rather consistent over time. Furthermore the financial sector has enjoyed vast growth since the 1980’s. In
Den i april 2010 genomförda lagändringen avseende en minskning av aktiebolagslagens krav för hur mycket aktiekapital som krävs för att starta uppe ett privat aktiebolag aktualiserar en stor mängd frågeställningar. Detta då aktiekapitalet historiskt sett har varit ett av lagstiftarens medel för att förhindra att aktieägarna till ett aktiebolag, med ett begränsat personligt betalningsansvar för deläThe legislative amendment to the Swedish Companies Act whereby the requirements for the amount of issued capital needed in order to start up a private limited company (Sw;Aktiebolag) was reduced, brings forth a wide range of different problems. The issued share capital has historically been one of the legislature means to prevent the share holders in limited liability companies, with a limited per
Exploratory testing (ET) is a test technique used to test software. It is a free way (compared to scripted test) of testing, where the tester takes notes during the test session. The tester has the option to select his own way when testing the software, he learns and tests at the same time. Notes are the result from the test session and are used to see what has been tested, e.g. the outcome and th
This paper is about road surface temperatures in the city of Lund, situated in the southern part of Sweden. The measurments were carried out during Febuary and March 1988. The temperature of the road surface and 0.1 and 2m above this, wind speed and direction were measured and the cloud cover estimated. Meteorological data were obtained from SMHI (the Swedish meteorological and hydrological instit
VEBERÖD. En beskrivning av samhällets och bygdens utbyggnad och utveckling från början av 1800-talet till vår tid. Särskild uppmärksamhet ägnas åt förändringar inom jordbruket liksom åt det kringliggande landskapets och naturens karaktär och utveckling under samma tid. Utgångspunkt för denna beskrivning har varit studier av kartor från 1810-talet, 1910-talet och 1970- till 1980-talen, jämte tillhö
This master thesis examines a space issue in compact living and results in a transformable chair that also can serve as a bench. A big part of the project is the complex and creative way for the designer to fi nd his form language. Th is report looks closer on compact living, furniture in general, the chair especially, trends, infl uences from the furniture industry, carpentry and related subjects
The aim of this study was to examine if Landsat TM data could be used to : (I) estimate autumnal rape seed area (II) study the wintering of autumnal rape seed (III) estimate autumnal rape seed yield. The study took place in the province of Scania, Sweden. Two Landsat TM scenes, registrated 85-11-08 and 86-05-03, were included. The scenes were radiometric and geometric corrected in an image proces
Uppsatsen ser tillbaka till den stora depressionen under 1929-1933 och analyserar hur den kunde komma att sprida sig från att vara en inital kris till en världsomfattande deprission. Relevanta länder i Europa ställs i jämförelse med varrandra och med USA för att titta på mottagligheten av depressionen. De kanaler som depressionen spred sig genom analyseras och diskuteras och vidare tittas det på e
Landskrona riskerar att bli en tudelad stad på grund av den ökande desintegrationen. Det finns en föreställning om ”vi” och ”dom” i staden där ”svenskarna” utgör normen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur ungdomars identitetsskapande och fritid påverkas av föreställningen om ”vi” och ”dom”. För att undersöka uppsatsens syfte och frågeställningar har intervjuer genomförts med elva ungdomar i
Thirty-five years after the massive earthquake that shook the city on July 28, 1976, Tangshan residents still live with the scars of the losses and injuries that were suffered. This case study is about possible recent changes to commemorations and public memory in Tangshan. Firstly, it will examine how the Tangshan earthquake is commemorated publicly through monuments, ruins and at schools. Second
China has stepped into a new phase of women’s movement with the evolution of women’s organizing context. Women’s organizations and activities in China have been mostly state-led., focusing on monolithic womanhood and socialist feminism. Since the mid 1980s, self-initiated women’s organizations have developed to promote gender equality landscape, responding to various female identities, interests a
Japan started to accept foreign trainees from the 1960s. In the 1990s, Japan introduced an integrated foreign trainee and technical intern system, which has played an important role in the labour migration from China to Japan. However, the infractions of labour rights were found in this system, of which the Chinese Labour Agencies are the main causes. This thesis aims to explore the existing infra
