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In southern Siberia there is a culture of throat singing, a singing technique where a person can create two different and clearly audible tones at the same time. This throat singing phenomenon has flowed from the Tuvan republic in Russia out into the entire world. Persons of different ethnic origins sing and teach throat singing to persons from all kinds of nations, thus all kinds of persons come
Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra med kunskap om hur det konsumentbaserade varumärkeskapitalet kan påverkas av CSR-kommunikation i flygbranschen. Metod: Primärt användes en kvantitativ enkätundersökning som syftade till att undersöka mottagarperspektivet. En semistrukturerad intervju och en innehållsanalys utfördes även för att analysera avsändarperspektivet SAS. Slutsats: Att flygbolagPurpose: This thesis seeks to contribute with knowledge of how the consumer-based brand equity can be affected by CSR communication in the business of aviation. Method: In order to reach the purpose of this essay we used mixed methods; carried out a quantative survey, a qualitative interview with SAS head of CSR and conducted a content analysis of SAS CSR communications Conclusion: If an airline
The aim of this study was to use case study approach to show educators that identities of immigrant students are complex, and a response to the dominant culture. The cases were four immigrant students in grades 8 to 10 in Iceland. Through interviews, and observations, data was gathered on how the students construct their identities in the school con-text, with a focus on teachers’ expectations. Th
Datering med accelerator? Måhända låter det otympligt, men när det handlar om att datera med hjälp av sällsynta slag av grundämnen kan varje atom räknas. Då handlar det om att kunna räkna enskilda atomer, vilket är möjligt med acceleratorbaserad masspektrometri, AMS. Lunds Universitet har en accelerator anpassad just för den här sortens mätningar, vilken främst nyttjas av institutionerna för fysiFor decades, accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has been used for radiocarbon dating. The background of this technique is outlined along with an in-depth look at the graphitization process used to prepare samples for AMS analysis. The technology necessary to achieve the vacuum quality needed in graphitization and accelerator mass spectrometry is discussed as well. The graphitization system belong
“Men from March, women from Venus” is a bachelor thesis where the Swedish populations consumption habits of the product groups clothes, underwear and shoes are individually examined through statistical analysis. The aim of the thesis is to examine if any differences between male and female consumption of those product groups can be determined for the first year of the financial crisis. This is det
Purpose The purpose of the master thesis is to create a Six Sigma based project steering model for Fast Track Projects in order for Plan & Secure Capacity to be able to benefit from efficient project execution processes. Methodology The project is performed as a clinical research where workshops with project leaders have been held in order to test the model. The data collection is based on int
Second homes, or summer cottages, are widely spread all over Finland. It is estimated that half of the country´s population have an access to one or several second homes. The phenomenon constitutes a remarkable part of how Finns spend their leisure time. Whereas traditional way of life attracts middle aged and retired urban dwellers to return to their roots, increasing number of second home users
Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce a law that criminalized the buyer of sexual services but not the seller. The aim of this study is to contribute with an understanding of how female sex workers rights are being affected by the Swedish sex purchase law. To reach a conclusion, the author of this thesis tries to sort out which norms, beliefs, attitudes and/or values that are hidd
This thesis is about the licensing system of the Creative Commons discussed from the perspective of the theory of the commons mostly as formulated by Elinor Ostrom. The work is started by describing the concepts and theory of common pool resources and regime of the commons for production and distribution of these resources. The main characteristics for successful traditional commons – efficiency,
According to society and the media, many social workers are often exposed to threats or violence, or to threats of violence, at work. Social workers can work in numerous different fields, including in social welfare. The purpose of this study was to examine how such welfare workers experience their work situation from an exposure point of view. A total or four interviews were held with welfare off
The objective of this study was to compare practitioners’ perspectives of the therapeutic relationship established face to face and online in order to add a broader understanding of the therapeutic relationship and whether a new context did highlight new aspects of therapy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine psychotherapists in Greece: five of them worked face to face and four onl
The research investigates different aspects of pansexual self identifications within contemporary online communities. To explore such identifications, the research asks the subsequent question of whether pansexual identification constitutes an anti-identity position against conservative conceptualizations of identity, as well as new-homonormativities that mainstream LGBTQ movements of the West eng
This study examines the thoughts and expectations of social work students regarding their future career. In order to investigate this, a questionnaire was handed out to social work students (N=203) attending their final semester of the social work program (socionomprogrammet) at Göteborgs universitet, Högskolan i Jönköping, Högskolan i Kristianstad, Linnéuniversitetet and Malmö Högskola. The quest
This paper consists of an analysis of two film adaptations, the documentary Lasermannen- dokumentären (Tamas/Dixelius,Sweden,2005) and the TV- series Lasermannen (Maricimain,Sweden,2005) based on the documentary novel Lasermannen - En berättelse om Sverige by Gellert Tamas. Its purpose is to find out in which ways the written text is translated into film and how these translations effect the repre
Purpose: The aim of this study is to unravel consumer motives for enrolling in multiple programs and explore the consumer experience of multiple memberships in the highly competitive loyalty program market. Methodology: We have conducted a qualitative research with a hermeneutic approach. A sample group of nine women in the ages 47-62 were selected based on a snowball sample. Through detailed acco
Results are mixed as to whether the contingent-claim approach to credit risk evaluation is superior to other methods. We question the validity of prior research that has attempted to answer this question by applying normal distribution to calculate the implied probabilities of default in their assessment of Black- Scholes-Merton models. This is because, unlike the research community, the actual Mo
