The Danish language is a tough language to master, even for native speakers. There are great differences between the orthography and the spoken language – which leads to lots of spelling errors. New trends such as virtual social networks add new aspects to the language and they influence people’s habits and their approach to the Danish language. This paper counts the numbers of different spelling

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Människan har blivit en viktig aktör inom systemet jorden, bland annat genom en betydande omvandling av stora landarealer och en stor påverkan på atmosfärens sammansättning. En omfattande avskogning för jordbruksändamål inleddes redan för tusentals år sedan vilket bland annat har medfört ett kolflöde till atmosfären. Enligt en nyligen framlagd hypotes skulle mänHumanity has become a major actor within the Earth system, particularly through transforming large parts of the land surface and by altering the gaseous composition of the atmosphere. Deforestation for agricultural purposes started thousands of years ago, which might have resulted in a detectable human influence on climate much earlier than the industrial revolution. This study presents a first at

Ett av syftena med denna uppsats är att undersöka tre olika metoder att använda satellitdata för detektering av stormskador i skog. Undersökningen är gjord i Kronobergs län som drabbades hårt av stormen Gudrun den 8 – 9 januari 2005. Ett andra syfte undersöktes vilka variabler, förutom vind, som påverkat den spatiala spridningen av stormskador. De variabler som undersökts är; Höjd över havet, slutOne of the aims of this report is to evaluate three different methods for using satellite data in order to detect windthrows in forests. This research is made in the county Kronoberg in southern Sweden. The area was hit hard by the severe storm Gudrun 8-9 January 2005. A second aim with this report is to investigate which variables, excluding wind speed, that have contributed to the spatial patter

Som en följd av den europeiska kommissionens förslag till ett förstärkt skydd för arbetstagares anställningar vid företagssammanslutningar antogs år 1977 rådets direktiv 77/187/EEG om tillnärmning av medlemstaternas lagstiftning om skydd för arbetstagares rättigheter vid överlåtelse av företag, verksamheter eller delar av verksamheter, det s.k. överlåtelsedirektivet. En central bestämmelse i direkAs a result of the European Commission's proposal for an enhanced protection of employees' employment contracts at undertakings, the Council Directive 77/187/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of businesses, known as the Directive on transfers of undertaki

The aim of this study is to understand the local phenomenom of pits in pairs on the Early Neolithic TRB gathering place of Almhov, Malmö, by studying the distribution of the osteological material in regard to species and body part frequencies. The results show that it is probable that at least two routines to place the animals in these pits were used. One method was to dig two pits, excluding anim

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Naturbetesmarker är en av de miljöer som håller den hösta biologiska mångfalden i Sverige (Ingelög et al., 1993). Idag finns endast 10-12 % naturbetesmarker kvar (Jordbruksverket 2005a) av de 2 miljoner hektar som fanns i Sverige på mitten av 1800-talet (WWF, 2006). Naturbetesmarkerna innehar en speciell flora som är anpassad för kontinuerlig störning och näringSemi-natural grasslands are one of the habitats with the highest biodiversity in northern Europe. The high biodiversity is a result of the land being short in nutrient and being continuously disturbed, an effect of mowing and clearing of bushes and trees. Because the development of agriculture into more effective land use, many of these sites and their associated species are endangered. Besides de

With the popularity of sustainability reports in industry due to rising awareness about environmental, economic, and social issues stakeholder pressure has increased on companies to formally report on the triple bottom line. Not only that, the process of developing a sustainability report by itself is beneficial to the company in monitoring its practices and planning for the future. This need has

The new term “sustainability marketing communications” emerged and the has gained increased interests and implementations in recent years. The aim of the degree project is to provide suggestions to Skånemejerier on the basis of current state in dairies and trends in marketing communications in the entire industry. Benchmarking is applied throughout the study and two different benchmarking processe

This thesis explores entrepreneurial theories in every day practice using the case study of Trafvid which is an entrepreneurial start-up company. Some of the theories that have been covered include the effectuation process and the role of legitimacy, customer reference and trust on start-up ventures. This thesis also covers some first mover advantages. This paper is an Autoethnography as the autho

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The purpose of this paper is to personally reflect on my experiences over the course of the Master in Entrepreneurship programme at Lund University 2010 – 2011. This paper explores character traits of entrepreneurs as well as friendship within entrepreneurial teams. Various research articles and theories on entrepreneurship in general, entrepreneurs’ character traits and friendship are presented.

Problemställning Lunds Energikoncernen AB projekterar i dagsläget ett biobränsleeldat kraftvärmeverk med placering i Örtofta mellan Lund och Eslöv.Arbetet med att planera, uppföra och ta anläggningen i drift utförs av Eslöv Lund Kraftvärmeverk AB (ELKV AB) ett dotterbolag till Lunds Energikoncernen AB. Idrifttagning av verket var initialt planerad till hösten 2011 men da projektet blivit försenat

Problem discussion: The internal foundry of ITT Flygt occasionally has problems with on-time delivery to the product workshops. This could lead to extra costs regarding labour and stock keeping. ITT Flygt are today unaware of the extent of these costs. Objectives: The main objective of the master thesis is to investigate the effects of low delivery accuracy from the foundry to PVC. This main objec

To compete on mature markets, businesses need to create processes able to meet the demands imposed by the market. The most important aspect for manufacturing companies is to have production processes and infrastructure able to support the order winners and qualifiers that exist on a specific market. The processes and infrastructure need to be aligned and meet the same order winners and qualifiers.

This thesis considers a number of problems concerning research and development in medium sized companies. In the thesis a company is studied in three dimensions. The first is the role of research and development in the studied company and which focus the organization should have. The second dimension is a measurement system for research and development. The third is how the department of research

Background: Customers for buses and coaches on the European market ask for complete vehicles from one supplier. Since Scania CV are only manufacturing chassis, their sales companies must co-operate with body builders in order to offer a complete product and service backup. This means that the sales companies in connection with every order have to deal with two order processes, one for Scania CV an

Presentation of The progress of the company during the last ten years has resulted in a the problem: gradually increased range of new products. As a consequence, the production requires a more refined production control and hence a well working MRP-system. The aim of the thesis has been to create a basis for starting up the MRP part of the ERP-system in the company. Purpose of To define, analyse a

The company Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings in Sege, have certificates for environment and quality management systems according to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. During spring 2003 they launched a new product, Tinova VX, which became a success. By studying the product development process, knowledge about the systems and the usage of them could be gained. The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse the s

För att kunna föreslå förbättringar i ALP: s produktionslayout insåg vi rätt tidigt att det första steget för detta arbete var att sätta sig in i företagets produkter och hur de tillverkas. Vi inledde därför vårt arbete med en kartläggning av produktionen och dess olika produktionslinjer. Med detta som grund fortsatte vi sedan med att föreslå en ny layout, samt förbättringar i delar knutna till de

Electrolux Laundry Systems (ELS) is a leading supplier of professional laundry solutions worldwide. The main product categories are washing machines, tumble dryers, and ironers. There are several models of each product category, suited for different customer needs and business areas. There are also many different control systems, in fact too many. In 2008, ELS started a project called Project Glo