Activate “today” in ancient city of Dali The old city district of Dali is one of the famous tourist’s destination in Yunnan, China. More than 40 million tourists visit Dali every year to see this “ancient city.” The city continuously develops tourists facilities and its old cityscape. The development of Dali old city is highly focusing on tourism, and the city’s main streets are full of souvenir

This qualitative study explores the ways children of same-sex attracted (SSA) parents engage in everyday political resistance. Poststructuralism, Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and theoretical notions of resistance and politicization of identities are foundations of this work. Narrative methodology was used to analyze eight interviews with adult children of SSA parents along with relevant previo

Sammanfattning För ganska exakt ett år sedan, den 25 maj 2018, började dataskyddsförordningen, Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning (EU) 2016/679 av den 27 april 2016, om skydd för fysiska personer med avseende på behandling av personuppgifter och om det fria flödet av sådana uppgifter och om upphävande av direktiv 95/46/EG (allmän dataskyddsförordning), allmänt känd som GDPR efter engelskansAbstract Approximately one year ago, on May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), known as the GDPR, appl

Syftet med uppsatsen var att utifrån en transformativ och kritisk realistisk ansats bidra till kunskap om hur en kan tänka kring makt i psykologiskt behandlingsarbete genom att undersöka unga kvinnliga psykologers tankar kring, och sätt att hantera, makt i sitt arbete med patienter. Data genererades via nio semistrukturerade intervjuer med psykologer med erfarenhet av psykologisk behandling av vuxThe purpose of the study was to, from a transformative and critical realistic approach, generate knowledge about perspectives of power in psychological treatment. This was examined through interviews with young female psychologists and their thoughts on and how to deal with power in their therapeutic work. Data was collected through nine semi-structured interviews with psychologists based on their

Demand for plant products has increased in recent years. To produce a vegetable yogurt with good taste and with the right consistency is problematic without the milk protein casein. Product development of a vegetable yoghurt type product was made. Collaboration with Veg of Lund AB was performed on their currently existing products My Foodie blueberries, raspberry and sea buckthorn with a focus on

The aim of our study was to investigate how young adults describe the availability of support from their close friendships in stressful situations, and how this support affects their well-being in these situations. We gathered our empirical data by conducting qualitative semi-structured interviews with young adults aged 23-27. The empirical material was then analyzed using stress buffer theory and

I denna uppsats undersöks översättningen av de franska dåtidstempusen passé simple och imparfait till svenska med fokus på aspekt och stil. Uppsatsen är en fallstudie av romanen Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier av Patrick Modiano och den svenska översättningen För att du inte ska gå vilse i kvarteret gjord av Anna Säflund-Orstadius. Uppsatsens utgångspunkt är att aspekt i franskan utt

Huvudentreprenörer anlitar idag underentreprenörer i större utsträckning än vad det har gjorts tidigare i bygg- och anläggningsbranschen. Underentreprenörer anlitas för att utföra speciella moment i ett projekt där det krävs spetskompetens samt för att stärka upp med arbetskraft hos huvudentreprenören. Eftersom underentreprenörer är vanligt förekommande i bygg- och anläggningsbranschen så är syftMain contractors today employ subcontractors to a greater extent than previously in the construction industry. Subcontractors are hired to perform special tasks in a project where there is a need for expertise and for strengthening the workforce of the main contractor. Since subcontractors are common in the construction industry, the purpose of this study is to identify crucial factors in a colla

The purpose of this thesis is to study eight municipal social workers views on reasons for religiosity among addicts and if the religious engagement has any effect on their quest for permanent sobriety and recovery. Eight municipal social workers were interviewed through the method of semi-structured interviews. The main conclusions are that the religiosity among addicts is due to deprivation, soc

This thesis proposes a hierarchical clustering algorithm for time series, comprised of a variational autoencoder to compress the series and a Gaussian mixture model to merge them into an appropriate cluster hierarchy. This approach is motivated by the autoencoders good results in dimensionality reduction tasks and by the likelihood framework given by the Gaussian mixture model. In contrast to simi

Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur svensklärare går till väga vid en bedömning av en elevtext, resultatet av den bedömningen, och hur de arbetar med bedömning löpande under ett läsår för att säkra en likvärdig och rättssäker betygsättning. För att ta reda på detta ombads åtta aktiva svensklärare bedöma en elevtext i kursen Svenska 1. Lärarna blev intervjuade efter avslutad bedömning, där The aim of this study was to examine how Swedish teachers assess an individual student paper, the result of that assessment, and how they work with assessment in general during the school year in order to secure equivalent and reliable grading. To accomplish the aim for the study, eight Swedish teachers in upper secondary school were asked to grade a student paper written for the course Svenska 1.

Recent studies have repeatedly emphasized that property crime is a consequence of unemployment as well as income inequality. Reported property crimes and the rate of unemployment have steadily been decreasing in Sweden. In contrast, the inequalities in income have increased considerably. This study therefore aims to determine whether the decrease in reported property crimes partially is caused by

Increasing urbanization and the commodification of housing have contributed to limited availability of affordable housing in many cities worldwide. Marked-based rent regulations and the redevelop-ment of post-industrial harbor districts have given rise to the emergence of new-build gentrification in many cities. Sweden, formerly known for its social democratic and welfare state policies, has under

This paper examines what effect the European structural and investment funds have on net FDI inflows of European member states in the period of 2005 to 2016. The aim of the paper is to fill the gap in research relating to if the EU funds are successful in attracting private investments, in the form of FDI inflows. The paper uses a fixed effects model with country level panel data to estimate the a

Title: The mediating role of Organizational Capabilities between Environmental Regulations and Environmental Innovation. Keywords: Environmental Innovation, Organizational Capabilities, Environmental Regulations. Research question: How do environmental regulations impact environmental innovation through organizational capabilities? Methodology: This research has been conducted through a singl

Fram till idag har framförandet av ett motorfordon krävt en mänsklig och närvarande förare. Med en mänsklig förare följer en mänsklig faktor. Under de senare åren har fler automatiska funktioner implementerats i nya bilar och självkörande bilar på högre nivåer har börjat utvecklas. Denna utveckling påverkar mänskliga faktorns inverkan. Syftet med examensarbetet är att utreda vilken problematik ochUntil today, the performance of a motor vehicle has required the present of a human driver. With a human driver follow human factors. In recent years, more automatic functions have been implemented in new cars and self-driving cars at higher levels have begun to develop. This development limits the influence of the human factors. The purpose is with the thesis project, to investigate which problem

Denna magisteruppsats baseras på en översättning av drygt 6000 ord av en komparativ litteraturvetenskaplig text av Herman Beavers om de amerikanska författarna James Baldwin och Ralph Ellison. Uppsatsen består av tre delar. Den första delen är en källtextanalys där textens kontext och viktigaste drag presenteras enligt den analysmodell som presenteras i Hellspongs & Ledins bok Vägar genom text

Since the rise of the tourism industry in Barbados in the 1960s a vast emphasis has been placed on expanding high dollar luxury tourism that is targeted towards specific social and economic classes in order to maintain foreign exchange. The majority of this high dollar tourism development has been predominately concentrated on the diminishing western coastlines of Barbados. Moreover, the focus on