The purpose of this thesis is to study possible correlation between companies’ risk-taking and the board composition factors gender diversity and employee representation. The study is examining the following two issues; How does gender diversity and employee representation on board of directors influence companies’ risk-taking? We do not find any clear evidence that gender diversity and employee r

The main objective of this work was the evaluation of TM (Thematic Mapper) and MSS (Multi Spectral Scanner) data of Landsat 1 and 5 for a large scale forest damage assessment in the black triangle region. The area covers the Krusne Hory and neighboring mountain areas (border area of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. A temporal comparison of land use of 1975 and 1989 of a sub area and a class

A 3m ground-based optical telescope, with active and adaptive optics, is a powerful and versatile research tool. This type of telescopes is affordable and manageable also for communities with limited previous telescope experience. While there are many scientific and technical reports regarding modern 3m class telescopes, there is no document giving a comprehensive description. This paper is an att

I många år har massmediala fenomen såsom modetidningar haft oerhörd läsarpopularitet. Särkilt i kretsar om yngre kvinnor ser man ideligen att just modetidningar är väldigt eftertraktade. Mina ambitioner med den här utredningen var främst att titta närmare på orsaker som ligger bakom denna popularitet, och dessutom att försöka belysa hur en konsument påverkas genom att läsa tidningar av den här typ

Projektet rör sig runt att undersöka science fiction som en särdeles användbar genre för feministisk politik och agenda. Detta är en genreövergripande studie som undersöker tre feministiska science fiction-romaner från 70- och 80-talets Nordamerika. Jag undersöker hur den feministiska kritiken belyses genom texterna men även vilka alternativa verkligheter som verken gör gällande. För att göra dett

This report is written as a part of the course Fire Safety Evaluation at Lund University. The purpose of the report is to evaluate the fire safety of Sollentuna centrum. Sollentuna centrum is a mall north of Stockholm that has 18 000 to 19 000 customers per day. The focus is mainly on evacuation and human safety. Other aspects, such as structural stability and property damage, have not been evalua

In today's conflicts women are especially exposed. The UNSC-resolution 1325 recognises this and also that women’s participation in the process of establishing a stable peace, is crucial. Despite an increasing awareness of the resolution and its importance, the implementation is lagging behind and women are continually under-represented. Thus this thesis aims at analysing the implementation of

WikiLeaks‘disclosure of US diplomatic correspondence is an active enforcement of transparency, and is at the same time challenging the fundamental norm of diplomatic secrecy. Since WikiLeaks has disclosed unsorted material, the purpose of this research is to classify the material. A classification is thus proposed, but I do not have the ambition to sort material into the respective classes. Actcon

This thesis problematizes the exclusion of disabled people in society and their rights. The emphasis of the research is on persons with severe or/ and multiple disabilities who tend not to have capabilities to politically interact with society. They are one of the most marginalized groups among disabled people in numerous aspects while most of them are already excluded in society. This research es

The goal of this paper is to examine various representations of the third tone in Standard Chinese, both in academic literature and textbooks for beginners, and then evaluate what consequences the choice of representation has for tone instruction. It was found that linguists primarily prefer two models, even though slight deviations were found: either a traditional approach describing the third to

This paper finds that an increase in population size had a disproportionately large effect on carbon emissions for OECD countries between 1990 - 2007. A 1% increase in total population increased carbon emissions by 1.3%. As the relationship is non-unitary, this suggests that as population size increases, so do emissions per capita. Moreover, countries with higher population densities produced less

Politeness in Japanese has been the subject of many linguistic inquiries. Overarching these is Brown and Levinson's (1987) influential but also criticized (see Matsumoto, 1988; Ide 1992) theory on politeness as a cross-linguistic factor. By looking into the desu/masu-form and how it contrasts the so called plain form in Japanese, I will show that some of the criticism is misplaced, partly due

Vessel-source pollution is regarded as one of the major sources that harm marine environment. It has become an issue of public concern since 20th century due to a series of oil pollution incidents on the sea. Fortunately, international law has been developed to control this source of pollution taking consideration of the importance of protection and preservation of marine environment and sustainab

Europeiska unionens demokratiska grund har länge debatterats. Det har ifrågasatts om det finns en legitimitetsbrist inom EU då medborgarna anses ha svårt att ta del av den politiska processen. Även intresset för EU sjunker och det finns en negativ trend gällande valdeltagandet till europavalet. För att stävja den negativa trenden reformerades EU:s fördragsordning. Lissabonfördraget blev gällande u

This report is a fire safety evaluation of Gothenburg’s public library. It includes a visit of the library where the writers of the report control and evaluate the existing fire safety procedures and equipment. Focus lies on the human safety in the means of evacuation and critical conditions during that time. The goal is that no critical conditions occur during the time it takes to evacuate the li

This report is an evaluation of human safety and evacuation possibilities in case of a fire at Bräcke ice hockey arena, Sweden. Three fire scenarios have been analyzed and the modeling of these has been done by computer simulations and hand calculations. The time until the fire has reached critical conditions in the building was then compared with the time it takes for all the persons in the build

This bachelor thesis in political science focuses on the precautionary principle in genetically modified organism (GMO) regulations. This principle has been incorporated into the European Union (EU) law system, which the legislation advocates that the GMO assessment process should be undertaken in a precautionary fashion. This principle is today considered being the most radical of all environmen

Om ett hus använder betydligt mindre energi än gällande byggnormskrav är det ett lågenergihus. Det finns ett par olika typer av lågenergihus, ett passivhus är ett av dessa. Ett sådant hus är konstruerat för att använda så lite aktiva värmekällor (exempelvis radiatorer) som möjligt. Istället är huset byggt med bland annat god värmeisolering, solfångare och effektivt ventilationssystem. För att få k

The Swedish police force is controlled out of management by objectives. Management by objectives is setting goals on national, regional and local levels of the police force in an attempt to developing the company. What knowledge possesses the Swedish police force in how to set goals for a goal oriented business? The paper examines the goal settings for the police force at national and regional lev