Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders. The most common way to treat epilepsy is by taking antiepileptic drugs, however, still a considerable portion of patients are still suffering from intractable epilepsy so new treatment methods are needed. Cell grafting to treat neurological diseases has been tried for decades. Yet, good cells source has been hard to find. Direct conversion

The history of international human rights law shows that the articulation of human rights has often been scripted around the experiences of some rather than all. For example: men. As the creation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has tried to address specifically the oppression of women, has this fragmentation of some rather than all repeated

The terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has in the recent year received much attention in the media for using sexual violence against women and girls in Iraq. This thesis investigates why sexual violence in wartime occurs by analysing the reasons for why ISIL uses sexual violence against women and girls in Iraq. Three theories are tested on the case of ISIL: the first is re

This thesis investigates and problematizes how the English-language mass media constructs the discourse on Japanese corporate governance. The purpose is to analyse and problematize the discourse on mass media with regard to orientalism. By looking at a number of examples from the discourse, this thesis questions the fundamental assumption that the mass media is an impartial conveyor of information

Detta examensarbete bygger på en översättning av en artikel på ca 6000 ord ur den tyska tidskriften Der Spiegel. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys som utgår från den analysmodell som presenteras i boken Vägar genom texten: handbok i brukstextanalys av Lennart Hellspong och Per Ledin (1997). Därefter följer en diskussion om överväganden inför översättningen. Här presenteras även den valda över

The existence and deepening of (global) poverty and inequality is at the core of development. However, the close connection between non-conforming sexuality and poverty is habitually overlooked. The study seeks to underpin that non-conforming sexuality should be a dimension of the social development paradigm. Thus, the study explores the connections between the public construct of homosexuality, e

Politik är ett fält under konstant förändring. Den svenska miljöpolitiken är inget undantag vilket masteruppsatsen "Den svenska miljöpolitiken - En studie av riksdagspartiernas idémässiga förskjutning" påvisar. Utgångspunkten är att politik utformas av riksdagspartier, desto fler mandat ett parti innehar desto mer inflytande har partiet över politikens utformning. Under perioden 1988-201As the scientific community publishes ever-growing scientific evidence of the anthropogenic effects on the environment and the climate, makes environmental studies interesting and important. Environmental politics is a policy area that is constantly fluctuating because the political parties that develop national environmental policies in the parliament are changing their views in this area. With t

Med fågel som referens, en jämförelse mellan fågel- och humanmalaria Malaria är en parasitinfektion som har hemsökt människan sedan urminnes tider. Trots att läkemedel mot malaria upptäcktes för över hundra år sedan är sjukdomen fortfarande ett globalt hot, då sjukdomen uppskattningsvis orsakar en miljon dödsfall årligen samt att 3,6 miljarder människor riskerar att bli infekterade. I och med den

“The female chameleon –fashion's importance in identity creating roleplay” focuses on how women are encouraged by fashion- and lifestyle related materials to create different identities and roles in everyday life. In the first part of the analysis it answers how women create roles when they actively engage in the process by seeking advice via different media. To understand identity-constructio

With the increasing importance accorded to environmental performance of buildings, the goal of this master thesis is to study the Dutch assessment method for evaluating the environmental impact caused by the material of an office building project with the Dutch version of the BREEAM certification scheme. After doing a literature review to comprehend the current state of affair concerning the asse

In Sweden there are many people who take the food on our tables for granted, there is rarely anyone who reflects on the fact that it was hard work behind. The situation has not always been like that. During the late 1800s there were still many people living in rural areas and their livelihood was farming. Their jobs and mundane chore was to produce, if not the whole, but parts of the food that wou

I stygnen i våra kläder kan man ofta finna spår av barnarbete. Klädindustrin i Bangladesh är landets största exportsektor. Det är också den sektor där överträdelser av de mänskliga rättigheterna sker dagligen i förhållande till barnarbete. Olyckor i textilfabriker runt om i landet har orsakat flertalet dödsfall, vilket även tagit situationen gällande landets arbetsrättsliga förhållanden samt använIn the stitches of our clothes one can often find traces of child labour. The garment industry in Bangladesh is the country’s largest export sector. It is also a sector where sever human rights violations take place on a daily basis in relation to child labour. Accidents in textile factories in the country causing numerous deaths relatively recently brought the situation of working conditions to t

Stor del av all den energi som används i världen skapas ur fossila bränslen, som är en av orsakerna till växthuseffekten. Byggnader använder ca 50 % av all producerad energi. För att minska på byggnaders energianvändning kommer EU och den svenska regeringen att skärpa kraven på byggnaders energiprestanda. Syftet är att med en fallstudie visa att det med relativt enkla medel går att minska energian

This thesis experiments with the data structure of a sparse voxel octree (SVO)to see if it may improve the performance of empty space ray marching in volumes. While ray marching is a somewhat new technique it is used more often in traversal of volumes. It can be used for realistic volumetric effects in computer games or it can be used in the medical field when examining and visualizing MRI scans.

Lean implementeras idag i allt större utsträckning inom tjänstesektorn vilket ökat efterfrågan på kunskap i detta sammahang. Inom forskningen efterfrågas det hur tjänsteföretag i verkligheten använder sig av Lean, hur de går tillväga och vilka effekter det medför. Samtidigt visar tidigare forskning att många Lean-implementeringar i verkligheten misslyckas, till följd av att Lean förstås och anamma

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att bidra med ökad förståelse för i vilken utsträckning svenska revisorer upplever en prispress och hur Deras yrkesverksamhet påverkas av en eventuell prispress. Metod: Studien har genomförts med en kombination av kvalitativ och kvantitativ metod med en abduktiv ansats. Teoretiskt perspektiv: Den teoretiska referensramen har skapats med utgångspunkt i agentteorin. Vidar

Title: Multi-Sided Platforms: Understanding their strengths and weaknesses Seminar date: 2014-05-22 Course: FEKN90 Företagsekonomi: Examensarbete på Civilekonomprogrammet (30 ECTS) Authors: Lucas Ehrenstråhle and Elin Mathies Supervisor: Magnus Johansson Five keywords: MSP, activities, resources, differentiation and platforms The purpose: is to investigate why small actors use multi-sided pl

The aim of this study was to examine how social problems are described and constructed in the printed press from two different regions in the south of Sweden; the rural municipality of Svalöv and the densely populated city Malmö. The study was based on news articles from the printed newspaper with the biggest daily circulation, from the respective areas. Articles relating to a predetermined array

The essay identifies the factors that help countries avoid the middle-income trap. We study the effect of institutional indicators, and the educational and technological policy variables on the income growth of the middle-income countries, with the focus on the upper-middle income countries; using the Cross-section OLS estimation and the Fixed-Effects panel estimation. For the countries that have