An emerging tool within public relations is the use of bloggers as spokespersons because of their ability to act as influencers. This study investigates how fashion bloggers present products and services they receive from companies in their blogs. The research questions address how discourses are manifested and how independence is expressed in the texts. Based on Fairclough's theory of discour

Bostäder består antingen av hela fastigheter eller av delar av fastigheter. Fastigheter och deras priser är intressanta i förhållande till andra varor då de är knutna till en precis lokalisering. Priset på en fastighet säger mycket om värdet av den lokalisering som fastigheten har. För en stad är prisutvecklingen en slags temperaturmätare och speglar en förändring i attraktivitet för ett visst lägReal estate and its prices are interesting in relation to other goods due to the strong linkage to a precise location. The price of a property says a lot about the value of its location. For a city, price development is a strong indicator and reflects a change in attractiveness for a particular location. The purpose of this Master Thesis is to explain the deviation in price development on dwellin

The terror organization ISIS is using brutal sexual violence in their warfare, targeting women and children in Iraq and Syria. In 2015, more than 5000 women of the Yazidi minority were kidnapped and sold into sex slavery. The aim with this thesis is to answer the research question “How does ISIS benefit from using sexual violence?”, by using the three indicators “good economy”, “motivation to fi

“Om bilar hade utvecklats lika snabbt som datorprocessorer skulle de köra i 760 000 km/h, köra 100 km på enbart 2.4 ml bensin, och kosta 30 öre” hävdar Paul Ottelini, tidigare VD för Intel som är planetens största utvecklare och tillverkare av processorer. En processor är den enhet i din dator eller telefon som utför alla instruktioner och beräkningar som program kräver. Processorer idag innehållWith the constant downscaling of Si transistors reaching its limits, other alternatives have been actively researched the past decades. Group III-V semiconductors are excellent materials with generally high carrier mobilities that can replace Si in transistors. Strain has been used for some years to improve silicon technology, and it can also be applied to III-V materials to make them perform even

The new Swedish Library Act, which took effect in 2014, states in paragraph 2 that libraries in the public library system shall promote the development of a democratic society by contributing to the transfer of knowledge and the free formation of opinions. In recent years several debates have surfaced in the media concerning the democratic mission by public librarians and public libraries, in rega

Smart City is a paradigm for the development of urban spaces through the implementation of state-of-the-art ICT. There are two main approaches when developing Smart Cities: top-down and bottom-up. Based on the bottom-up approach, the concepts of Smart People and Smart Communities have emerged as dimensions of the Smart City, advocating for the engagement of citizens in Smart People initiatives. Th

Different approaches have been used to test capital structure theories empirically. In this paper the statement that Myers and Majluf (1984) discussed, that a low risk debt issue should affect the firm value less than a high risk equity issue, is explored and tested by applying an event study approach similar to the one Eckbo (1986) carried out on different kinds of debt issuances. There are also

This paper is an empirical review that looks at using GARCH volatility forecast to develop a trading strategy using an interval forecast to calculate threshold prices. Thereby determining prices to enter the market on the buy or sell side. This paper takes the perspective of the retail investor/amateur trader, in the context of the “Slow-motion revolution” Economist magazine (Jun 2016).

Bakgrund: Kvinnor är generellt mer smärtpåverkade, mår oftare illa och kräks efter kirurgi än män. Kvinnor upplever också ett större missnöje med vården och behandlingen som ges på sjukhus. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka kvinnor och mäns självskattade status och upplevelser av vården efter gastrointestinal kirurgi. Metod: Kvantitativ enkätstudie. Undersökningsdeltagarna var kvinnor o

Kan hotade groddjur bevaras när havet höjs? Klimatförändringarna väntas leda till höjda havsnivåer. En konsekvens av detta är att kustnära livsmiljöer riskerar att försvinna. Groddjur är en artgrupp som kan drabbas av detta, då de är beroende av fiskfria småvatten med låg eller ingen salthalt. Översvämningar med havsvatten skulle kunna riskera att förstöra dessa miljöer. Därför har jag undersökt Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the major challenges of our time, and are strongly interconnected. Sea level rise is a consequence of these and a significant threat to global coastal habitats. This study assesses these issues in detail in the context of the ongoing EU Life project ‘SemiAquatic Life’, which aims to recreate habitats for semi aquatic fauna such as amphibians and ins

Syfte med uppsatsen är att jämföra kvantitativt förvaltade aktiefonder med traditionellt förvaltade aktiefonder under en 10-årsperiod, 2007–2017, samt under exceptionella chocker i form av upp- eller nedgång från 5 % i MSCI World Index. Jämförelsen gjordes med hjälp av riskjusterad avkastning i form av Sortino-kvot, Sharpe-kvot, informationskvot samt genom en regression. Endast en Sortino-maximeraThe purpose of this thesis is to compare quantitative management of stock-funds versus traditional management as a fundamental strategy, for a period of 10-years between 2007- 2017. Our essay has a special focus towards extreme market-conditions, which we defined as deviations of 5% in the MSCI World Index. Our analysis was made through the comparison of risk-adjusted measures as Sortino ratio, Sh

The BRIDGE project is an initiative by the German Federal ex situ Genebank of Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben which aims to make the information stored in the genebank available in a one stop shop fashion for plant breeders and researchers. IPK hosts the biggest genebank in EU-27 and is undertaking a proof-of-concept study based on genotyping-by-sequen

Public libraries have in recent decades been affected by widespread cultural, political and societal changes and there are several opinions about what public libraries’ role in society should be. Three major areas that has largely affected the development of public libraries and thus librarianship are: the academization of the library- and information science educational programs, professionalizat

Tidigare forskning och litteratur kring fördelarna med affärssystem i molnet anser vi vara något generell och inriktning på företag inom en specifik bransch är ett förhållandevis outforskat område. Vi har därför valt att inrikta studien på tillverkande företag för att se hur de upplever de fördelar som omnämnts i tidigare forskning kopplat till affärssystem i molnet. Inriktningen på tillverkande f

Sweden is considered a privileged country to live in and the total suicide rate has decreased in recent years. Suicide among adolescents has, however, increased. Statistics show the highest rate of suicides among adolescents in Sweden in twenty-five years, which is significantly higher than the suicide rate among young people in other Western European countries. Research shows that girls are more

Studies show that collaboration between teachers and school librarians has a positive impact on students’ learning. However, the school librarian’s function and integration in the school’s educational activities can strongly vary. The librarian’s professional role has furthermore been a question for debate by both librarians and academics. Consequently, the role of the school librarian is indistin

This study takes a critical feminist anti-militarist perspective on the function and purpose of the support that families of soldiers are provided by militaries during deployment. The context in focus is Swedish deployment support of extended families of soldiers, the material selected is from the website and the forum of the voluntary peer and mentor based support organization Invidzonen. Applyin

On an overall level this master thesis aims to illustrate the main assignment of the public library regarding activities for children, in the range between educator and culture intermediaries. I´m using the Danish researcher in children´s culture, Beth Juncker, and her perspectives on instrumental culture and autotelic culture to explore where the activities at public libraries belong. Autotelic

The aim of this master’s thesis is to study information practices among scholars at Lund university regarding the accessing and sharing of digital scholarly material. This is done through examining of how scholars choose and motivate their use of different methods for accessing and sharing digital material. These methods includes platforms that may violate copyright and as well as informal peer-to

The health effects of migration receive increased attention in Sweden and internationally, and involves both the effects on the health of migrants and the society. The field encompasses issues such as how migrants’ health is affected by the hazardous journey, if the health needs differ from the host population and if migration have any consequences for public health in the recipient country. These