The increased possibilities for geographical separation of the production process have given rise to a growing interest for trade in intermediate goods in the international trade literature. Thanks to trade in parts and components, but also in services and other immaterial products, developing countries have been able to enter the global trade scene to a greater extent than before. This paper anal

Title: The use of art for branding purposes - A study of Louis Vuitton’s art collaborations Louis Vuitton’s creative director, Marc Jacobs, personally describes the fine arts as being higher up in the social hierarchy than fashion. After all, it is known as the ultimate luxury item. This essay will explore the way that the brand uses art in various ways as a means of branding. After extensive res

The initiation of leaf and flower primordia in plants occurs in the shoot apical meristem and results in visible large–scale regular patterns of organs. It has previously been proposed that the initiation of new primordia is triggered by the plant hormone auxin by a mechanism that is confined to the outermost epidermal layer of the meristem. Recent experiments suggest that the genes KANADI (KAN)

The aim of this study is to explain what a Pro-ana blog is and from an identity perspective examine the level of significance these blogs have for the users. The study is based on five blogs and its last fifteen posts. To analyse these we used a qualitative method in terms of text analysis on the basis of a social constructionist theory. The results showed us that Pro-ana is seen as a lifestyle by

Because of the industrialization in the late 19th century the amount of waste from private individuals and industries rose steadily as the standard of living improved and consumption grew. Consequently several landfills where everything from household garbage and construction waste, industrial waste and chemicals was deposited developed in each municipality. When legislation concerning landfills g

The aim of this study is to get closer to the complex cultural expression of performance art through its relation to the body and the phenomenon of presence. The investigation is based upon two analysis of performance artworks such as the virtual performance installation Telematic Dreaming (1992) by Paul Sermon, and the live performance The Artist is Present (2010) by Marina Abramovic, which is a

“I had a prison in my heart” – an analysis of a life story of a former criminal. The purpose of this study was to investigate stories featured in an autobiography written by a former criminal, based on theories of social psychology and interactionism. More specifically the aim was to study the reasoning and motives in the stories regarding the person’s relationships with significant others during

In the midst of the economic turbulence around Europe today, the European currency has been put to its greatest test so far. Now more than ever, an assessment of the euro is needed. The purpose of the paper is therefore to re-assess the euro’s effect on trade and to estimate and compare the individual Member States’ effects. This has been done with bilateral intra-EU trade data and estimated with

The aim of the study was to examine the relation between self-esteem and peer social status. A second aim was to investigate relations between peer descriptions and self-rated descriptions. The participants were 145 children (75 girls, 70 boys). The questionnaire "I think I am" measuring self-esteem, a questionnaire measuring social status through peer nomination, and an 8-item scale for

Evidence-based practice is steadily gaining popularity as the preferred choice of practice within Swedish libraries and the implementation of this practice has been the focal point for several prominent conferences organized and held in Sweden the last couple of years. There seems to be an increasing consensus within the library sphere in Sweden that this is something positive and desirable. Rarel

The professionals in a psychiatric outpatient reception who meet the parents and sometimes their children get a chance to gain an insight into the family´s life situation. This study contains interviewes with seven social workers, working as counselors in five psychiatric outpatient receptions in three cities in the south of Sweden. The aim of this study was to examine counselor’s consideration of

Att marknadsandelarna är av betydelse för dominansbedömningen är välkänt inom konkurrensrätten. Frågorna är snarare vilken och hur stor betydelse marknadsandelarna har för bedömningen och utgången i ett specifikt fall i förhållande till övriga faktorer. Frågan uppmärksammades redan i United Brands varför också domen har kommit att verka som prejudicerande rättspraxis för flertalet senarkommande do

Närhet beskrivs som ett basalt biologisk behov för det nyfödda barnet och kängurumetoden betonar detta samspel mellan förälder och barn. Tiden som personalen har att interagera med föräldrar på nyföddhetsavdelning är kort och vad de väljer att förmedla till familjen är därför viktigt. Syftet med studien var att belysa personalens inställning till och tillämpning av kängurumetoden på nyföddhetsavde

The purpose of this paper was to examine how five persons who identify themselves as porn addicts view their addiction in terms of how the addiction have come about, what affective experiences they associate with the addiction, how it affects their relations to others, what makes them continue using pornography, what forms the addiction takes and how they live with their addiction today. Based on

Detta arbete undersöker om de föreskrifter som ger lag från lägre divisioner automatisk hemmaplan i Svenska Cupen (fotboll) har begränsat de totala intäkter som genereras av hemmalagen i cupen. Rådande föreskrifter för Svenska Cupen gör att majoriteten av matcherna spelas på laget från den lägre divisionens hemmaplan. Data kring publiksnitt och biljettpriser har samlats in för att kunna simulera h

Smarttelefonen används alltmer som redskap i psykoterapeutisk behandling men hittills har ingen kontrollerad studie provat om behandling av social fobi kan förmedlas genom smarttelefon. Denna randomiserade och kontrollerade studie undersökte guidad självhjälpsbehandling vid social fobi förmedlad via smarttelefon med syfte att dels jämföra behandlingar och dels att studera olika patientfaktorers beThe use of smartphones as a tool for administering psychological treatment is increasing, however, there is so far no controlled studies showing that social anxiety disorder (SAD) can be treated in this way. This randomized and controlled study, examines Internet based treatment administered through smartphones for social anxiety disorder. Two different types of treatment are compared, and the imp

I examensarbetet analyseras och utvecklas en alternativ process vid utlösning av larm i en bostad, där grannar uppmanas samverka med hjälp av ett larmprogram. Larmföretaget Trex, uppdragsgivaren till arbetet undrar om det är möjligt att med hjälp av Skype skapa en tjänst som liknar denna alternativa process. Den tilltänkta tjänsten inleds med att en kund får vetskap om att larmet i dennes bostad u