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In the past decades different disciplines approached the study of media representation of immigrants. Within this field, the goal of this thesis is to examine the portrayal of Albanian immigrants in the newspaper La Repubblica during the first big arrival in March 1991. Drawing on Critical Discourse Analysis, and with the support of theories such as Social Representation, Othering, Politics of Bel

Tropical deforestation, primarily driven by the expansion of agricultural land use, is responsible for significant global CO2 emissions, threatening current climate goals. Indonesia experiences one of the highest deforestation rates, endangering its rich biodiversity and human health. Global demand for Indonesia's crops is a critical force behind its increasing deforestation. Recent bilateral

Considering climate change, the continuous degradation of the environment, and the uneven distribution of resources, this research project aims to shed light on the social vulnerability of people experiencing extreme weather events and possible connections to social phenomena. Specifically, this project focuses on how vulnerability to extreme weather events affects vulnerability to human trafficki

Title: Knowledge acquisition for a new business model creation and enabling factors Date of the seminar: 28-05-2015 Course: Master Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship and Degree Project (Master Thesis 15 ECTS) Authors: Dovilė Gedvilaitė and Shubhabrata Paul Supervisor: Dr. Joakim Winborg Keywords: business model innovation, change, creation, knowledge, knowledge acquisition

The aim of this research is to analyze how tourist hosts in Gunnarsbyn, a rural community in northern Sweden, practice tourism and cooperate for sustainable use of common pool resources. The case study is descriptive of the infrastructural and demographic vulnerability involved in the livelihoods of many who work in the tourism industry in peripheral areas of Northern Europe. If cooperation in tou

A signal with harmonic structure is often characterized by its fundamental frequency, or pitch. This single parameter contain vital information of a range of applications such as musical transcription, tuning of stringed instruments, speech processing and more. Some signal sources, for instance a sti vibrating string, exhibit waveforms with slightly deviating harmonic structure. This phenomenon is

Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Värdering av förvaltningsfastigheter till verkligt värde enligt IFRS13 Seminariedatum: 1 juni 2018. Kurs: FEKH69 Examensarbete i redovisning på kandidatnivå 15 HP. Författare: Alexander Selsmark, Casper Dudarenko och Ida Friggerdal. Handledare: Kristina Artsberg. Nyckelord: Tillförlitlighet, IFRS 13, IAS 40, verkligt värde, förvaltningsfastigheter. Syfte: Syft

The aim with this essay was to study professionals and directors reasonings when in comes to integrating people with mental disabilities into the community. My intention was to gain knowledge and understanding about the work that is being done in supported housing for people with mental disabilities. I have assumed a qualitative approach and conducted semistructured interviews. I have interviewed

Smart city is a phenomenon here to stay, constantly evolving and expanding and is fast becoming a paradigm for the transformation of connected cities. More and more parts of cities are being connected and with it, the risks and issues are on the rise. However, smart city projects often overlook the pervasive cyber security risks and threats that permeates these initiatives. The endeavour of this r

Purpose: To examine how investors’ portfolio exposure in a concentrated ownership-structure affects abnormal returns for the bidding company in a merger and acquisition on the Swedish market Methodology: Quantitative research approach with an event study to explore cumulative abnormal return, multivariate regression analysis Theoretical Perspective: Agency theory, M&A wealth effects, empire

Estimating area of polygons on the Earth’s surface is required in many fields in earth science. In the field of carbon modelling, one application of estimating polygons’ area is to estimate carbon flows for regions. This thesis aims to develop a methodology to estimate area of a polygon on a spherical/ellipsoidal surface applied to the problem to estimate carbon flows in regions. It is common th