High-elevation hydropower units in California might be sensitive to climate warming since they have been designed to take advantage of snowmelt and have low built-in storage capacities. Snowmelt is expected to shift to earlier in the year and the system might not be able to store sufficient water for release in high-electricity-demanding periods. Previous studies have tried to explore the climate

This report describes the evaluation process to find the best possible CAM-solution for a prototype department within Tetra Pak. The purpose is to manufacture unique or small series of aluminium moulds for injection moulding of thermoplastics with a milling machine. The program should be as easy as possible to use while still having enough functionality to achieve satisfying quality of the moulds.

A business becoming more common in todays labour market is the one of consultants. The idea of consultants is that they come into a company as experts in order to solve a problem and when the problem is solved and the contract has expired they move on to another costumer/client. These are usually shorter persiods of time, which means that consultants are constantly looking for new assignments. The

Denna uppsats är en kvalitativ fältstudie som skildrar ett ledarskapsutbildningsinstitut i Tanzania, med särskilt fokus på institutets utvecklingsmöjligheter samt hur dess ledarskapsutbildningar påverkats av implementeringen av Barns Rättigheter. Ett framgångsrikt sätt att säkerhetsställa utveckling i ett land är att prioritera kvalitén på skolorna. För att Tanzania ska ha bästa möjlighet att utve

When recovering from an interruption, Business Continuity Management (BCM) could be a very helpful tool to secure the continuity of the business. In this thesis two municipalities and two businesses, all of which have suffered a major unexpected event to their respective organisations, have been studied. Key persons involved in the recovery process after the event have been interviewed with the ai

The validity of the estimator of the coefficient of variation (CV*) can be checked by investigating the bias and mean square error (Mse) of CV*. In this research we simulate the bias and Mse of CV* in normal, exponential, poisson and binomial distributions. We investigate the behavior of the bias and Mse of CV* as a function of sample size and distribution parameters in these distributions. We inv

Problemformulering/Bakgrund: Det svenska skolväsendet har de senaste åren genomgått stora förändringar och sedan 1991 är det landets kommuner som har ansvaret för verksamheten på grund- och gymnasieskolorna. Staten ska idag inte styra skolans dagliga verksamhet utan istället sätta upp mål som varje enskild skola ska uppnå, mål som senare ska kunna kontrolleras och utvärderas grundligt. Kravet på k

Uppsatsen rör frågan om rätts- och sakförhållandens ontologi och gränsdragningen mellan dessa. Frågan är av stor vikt för rättstillämpningen i såväl skandinavisk och kontinentaleuropeisk som anglosaxisk rätt. Definition och gränsdragning har vållat problem för både det praktiska rättslivet och den teoretiska förståelsen. Jag har behandlat litteratur baserad på rättsfilosofiskt och processrättsliThis essay concerns the ontology of law and fact and how to distinguish between them. The question is of big importance in civil as well as common law. Definition and distinguishing has caused problems for both the practical law and the jurisprudence. I have critical reviewed literature on jurisprudence and procedural law. As to the jurisprudential I’ve found three different main positions; that l

A study of methods for cataloging, preserving and storing broadsides/chapbooks and other similar types of printed material in a number of different swedish ALM institutions. The author discusses the problems of provenence and accesabillity arising from the cataloging and storing of the prints against the background of the histories of the different ALM-institutions.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utifrån ett nationalekonomiskt perspektiv göra en prognos för hur handel med utsläppsrätter kommer att påverka konsumentbiljettpriser inom den svenska flygmarknaden. Metoden är att med hjälp av statistisk data kategorisera flygsträckor i Sverige baserat på antal resenärer, distans samt andel privat- respektive affärsresenärer och dra slutsatser om hur en kostnadsökn

A qualitative single case study with an exploratory approach. The study is based on the theories concerning Brand Identity, M&A’s, Corporate Branding Strategy, Employer Brand, Holistic model of internal branding. The data was collected through semi-structured in-depth interviews of Head of Representative Board, Chancellor and employees in Free University of Tbilisi. The most significant conclu

Our purpose in this research was to reveal if there is a link between the debate on climate change and discursive practices of three global corporations: Siemens, Samsung, and Cisco. What are the drivers pushing corporations to engage in environmental actions? How do companies through the use of language represent themselves in particular ways to be perceived as being environmentally responsible?

We explored how a company tries to overcome the problems of awareness, attribution and the definitional misunderstandings of the CSR concept by investigating the message content of communication of a company that positions themselves on their CSR values and activities. This study has an exploratory approach with a strong qualitative focus. The empirical data for this study was collected from Baris

Denna kandidatuppsats är en studie om diskurser i företagsbloggar. Litteraturen om relationsmarknadsföring beskriver hur framväxten av Internet har medfört en stor andel nya kommunikationsverktyg för marknadsförare. Sociala medier rankas högt bland dessa verktyg, där bland bloggar, då de möjliggör för marknadsförare att direkt kommunicera med konsumenten. Kommunikationen kan även ske till lägre ko

Forskningskommunikation är ett ständigt aktuellt ämne på kommunikationsavdelningarna på universiteten runt om i Sverige. Sedan det 1997 blev lagstadgat att ”den tredje uppgiften” numera är en skyldighet från lärosätenas sida finns det en press att bli bättre på att kommunicera ut aktuella forskningsresultat till allmänheten. I denna uppsats kommer jag att göra nedslag på tio universitet och högsko

De närmaste 25 åren kommer Helsingborgs södra del att bygga ut en hel del nya allmänna platser. Bakom detta projekt står kommunen, och har uppkallat området för H+ området.Vi har i denna rapport tagit fram vår egen vision om hur ett kontorshus skulle kunna se ut i det nya området, samt beaktat ett energieffektivt kontorshus och utgått från att försöka effektivisera det. Förutom köldbryggor står va

Is it possible to quantify the risks associated with building design compliant with Deemed-to-Satisfy provisions? Prescriptive regulations can be said to provide an acceptable level of safety. Developments in the field of fire safety engineering have provided probabilistic methods for safety verification. It was theorized that by applying such methods to Deemed-to-Satisfy compliant case study buil

Countering the effects of human-induced environmental threats around the world is more urgent than ever. At the same time the power of companies has increased in the last decades. Activities of companies are capable of affecting human health negatively and in some cases the effects are so severe as to give rise to human rights violations. The question that is asked in this thesis is whether this p

The purpose of this thesis is to examine and compare the effect of institutional quality on the economic growth rate in developed and developing countries. To do this panel data was examined using a pooled regression model and a fixed effects model. Three institutional variables from Freedom House, the International Country Risk Guide and the Database of Political Institutions were used. The resul

The author analyzes the determinants of stock-based compensation in Chinese listed firms and subsequent performance within these firms. My study shows that non-tradable reforms changed the managerial objectives from accounting profit to market performance. The subsequent stock-based incentives in managers have induced measurable changes in behavior at the enterprise level. With regard to the subse