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This paper sheds light on the increasingly relevant question of Chinese cyber nationalism and its implications for China and the World. The paper’s aim is to explore the role of Chinese cyber nationalism in defining the Chinese nation and Chinese national identity in the 21st century. It argues that, within the realm of nationalist discourse on the Internet, Chinese netizens are actively challengi
The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to model the short-term association between the number of strokes recorded per day and an increased daily mean level of particulate matter, PM. A short-term association means that the occurrence of stroke is related to the content of PM in the air the same day and up to seven days prior to the stroke (lag 0 to lag 7). Previous studies show that there is a sig
Background Tetra Pak manufactures and distributes so called VTIS facilities for sterilization and pasteurization of for example milk and ice-cream. These VTIS facilities uses a common sterilization process called ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment. UHT treatment involves heating the product to 130-150ºC for one to six seconds depending on type of product. In the VTIS facility the temperature r
The purpose of this Master’s Thesis is to develop a model for numerical simulations in order to kinetically characterize different Medium Calorific- Low Calorific Value (MCV-LCV) fuel gas mixtures. Adding fuel components with a very low heating value or inert species affect the stability of the standard gas turbine combustor design. Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery (SIT) believes that increasing
Den samlande gemensamma bilden av ett folk, den s.k. nationella identiteten, används för att legitimera nationalism. Alla politiska intressen kan använda sig av nationalismen på grund av dess relation till ett folks gemensamma identitet. I linje med en sådan politisk teori presenterar den här magisteruppsatsen thailändsk nationalism. Det är politisk metod som ligger bakom nationalistisk propagandaNational identity, the unifying image of a people, is used to legitimate nationalism. Because of its relationship to a populations’ common identity any political side can make use of it. This essay presents Thai nationalism in line with this political theory. Behind nationalist propaganda we find a political method. The elite holds the political power and also the contemporary key to how inclusive
The realisation that climate change will have serious effects on human life has activated the wider human rights community, which is now searching for an entrance into the global issue of our time. So far, most efforts by human rights practitioners have been concentrated on the overarching problem of global injustice, which relates to the right to development. However, in estimating the effects
Vi ville undersöka familjerådgivarens föreställning om kön och genus som är av betydelse för hur hon eller han förhåller sig till sig själv och till par, man och kvinna i terapirummet. Vårt material grundar sig på kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med tolv familjerådgivare. Resultaten visar olika tolkningsrepertoarer för kön och genus som är aktiva för dessa familjerådgivare och vilka ställ
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) är en komplex samling applikationer vars syfte är att tillhandahålla ett integrerat verktyg för att modellera samt vidareutveckla ett företags organisatoriska processer relevanta för organisationens valda strategiska mål. Allt fler företag outsourcar sitt ERP system i syfte att vinna konkurrensfördelar. Syftet med denna studie var att belysa de faktorer som spela
Utifrån tidigare studier har vi identifierat e-learning som en potentiell källa till att vidareutbilda slutanvändare även efter det att systemet satts i drift. Syftet med denna studie var att se på slutanvändares uppfattning av hur den initiala utbildningen påverkade deras systemacceptans och användning av systemet, och om ett e-learningverktyg kunde fungera som ett komplement till denna utbildnin
Living Labs är ett koncept för utveckling av innovativa produkter och tjänster på IKT-basis och utvecklades under senare delen av nittiotalet vid universitetet MIT. Inom Living Labs finns ännu inga klara metoder och riktlinjer för hur arbetsprocessen bör gå till, vår ambition var att belysa områden som vi såg som kritiska för processen. Vi fann det också intressant att studera vilka förväntningar
Autonomous Agents are usually designed to work in the background and their work is mostly hidden from the user. This causes both ethical and practical problems that can be remedied by providing feedback and control to the user (Bellotti and Sellen, 1993). This thesis presents an overview study exploreing advantages and disadvantages of four visualization techniques: colouring, pictographic symbols
This study focuses on the topic of Green IT in the IT consultant industry. Green IT is currently a hot topic but while awareness and established policies has increased in the last years, studies show that few companies are actually following their procedures or have goals or ways of measuring the effects of their green initiatives. The research area of Green IT is limited in terms of empirically f
Title: With both feet in a foreign country.Imagine yourself coming from your country to another. Sometimes because of political reasons. You can both feel welcomed and at the same time feel that you don’t belong in this new country. This study is about human identity and the ability to adjust to a new music, culture and language. This study is based on interviews in which the persons I have interv
Title: Setting music to text: Teaching methods regarding musical composition in acting education. The abundant use of musical terms as prestige words in artistic and educational theatre discourses seems to indicate that musicality – in some sense of the word – is generally considered an important quality in acting. Music is part of the curriculum of the BA programme in acting at Malmö Theatre Acad
Svensson (1997) föreslår att centralbanker på grund av implementerings- och utvärderingssvårigheter hos inflationsmål även bör ha ett mål för inflationsprognoser. Han argumenterar för detta med hjälp av en teoretisk modell som antar att den korta räntan, som centralbanken kontrollerar, påverkar BNP-gapet med en periods fördröjning, vilket sedan påverkar inflationen efter ännu en period. För att ma
This master thesis has been conducted to investigate why and how Plastal in Arendal (PAGO), Sweden have implemented RFID technology. RFID technology has become very popular in recent years (1). It is said to have potential to increase the level of automation (2), reduce the labor levels and to improve the supply chain in areas such as inventory, visibility etc. (3) (see chapter 1.2.1 for more exa
Ungdomsstilen emo är en ny subkulturell livsstil, framsprungen ur musikstilen emo. Emo är en förkortning av emotionell och anhängarna eftersträvar emotionell ärlighet. Emo-anhängarna associeras ofta med självdestruktivitet och kan av den anledningen väcka föraktfulla känslor. Syftet med studien är att tolka föraktet riktat mot anhängarna och dess sociala konsekvenser samt att tolka möjliga bakomliThe youthstyle of emo is a new subcultural lifestyle, evolved from the style of emo music. Emo is short for emotional and the supporters strive for emotional honesty. Emo-supporters are often associated with self-destructivity and may for that reason cause feelings of contempt. The aim of this study is to interpret these feelings of contempt against the supporters and their social consequences, an
The essay discusses the long-run fiscal sustainability issues for one of the EU member states – Lithuania. Investigating properties of the public debt time series for the period 1999:1-2008:2, it is concluded that past fiscal policy in the country has been sustainable. A set of econometrical procedures was employed to analyse past fiscal time series, leading to the main conclusion that a sustainab
The purpose of this thesis is to examine a Swedish investor’s possibility to diversify into Emerging markets. This is done by investigate if correlations between Sweden and 24 Emerging markets is higher in bear market than during other market conditions. In the next step a multi index model is used to check if volatility affects correlation between the markets. Finally four ex ante portfolios were
