Learners of Japanese face many challenges when trying to create linguistic gender identities within the language. With little real experience to draw from, some learners may resort to fictional sources of exposure in order to create masculine identities. Ze and zo, two sentence-final particles that are often associated with male speech are featured quite heavily in fictional speech, but rarely occ

In the face of the climate crisis, there is an increasing engagement with climate adaptation and mitigation across traditional development sectors. Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is one such area. From an intersectional feminist perspective engaging questions of gender, race, disability and sexuality, this research examines international SRHR advocacy materials. The aim is to unc

In Senegal, rice plays a crucial role in combating food insecurity since it is one of the most consumed staple crops. Despite this, national rice-production is insufficient in relation to the domestic demand, making Senegal one of West Africa’s most import-dependent countries in rice. To combat this issue, the Senegalese government aim to reach national self-sufficiency in rice production, primari

Karlshamnsverket är ett kraftverk som ligger vid Östersjön i södra Sverige. På grund av placeringen vid kusten har denna viktiga infrastruktur redan tidigare varit utsatt för översvämningar i källaren. Syftet med föreliggande studie är att genomföra en första analys för att fastställa de bakomliggande orsakerna till översvämningarna och att föreslå lämpliga åtgärder för att öka kraftverkets motstKarlshamnsverket is a power plant located at the Baltic Sea in southern Sweden. Due to the coastal location this important infrastructure already experienced flooding in its basement in the past. The objective of this study is to conduct an initial analysis to determine the underlying reasons for the flooding and to provide suitable measures to increase the resilience of the power plant, also with

När städer växer och fler hårdgjorda ytor implementeras ökar ytavrinningen vilket leder till en högre belastning på ledningsnätet. På alla Sveriges avloppsnät finns bräddningspunkter där orenat spillvatten släpps ut när belastningen på ledningsnätet blir för stor. Bräddningar kan t.ex. orsaka försämrad badvattenkvalité. Examensarbetet fokuserar på ett avrinningsområde i stadsdelen Miatorp som är b

Syftet med studien är att belysa att fastighetsmäklares motivation i arbetet har olika inre och yttre bakomliggande faktorer. För att uppnå syftet har följande frågor besvarats: Vilka faktorer, utöver provisionsbaserad lön, bidrar till en fastighetsmäklares motivation på arbetsplatsen? Är dessa faktorer kopplade till extrinsisk motivation? För att besvara dessa frågor har en kvalitativ metod använ

Recent surveys show that on average about 70% of the area budget of the system on chip (SoC) is occupied by Static Random Access Memory (SRAM)s, with a capacity ranging from a few kilo-bits to tens of megabits. SRAM (static RAM or SRAM) is a type of electronic memory that uses bistable latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit. SRAM is volatile in the conventional sense that data is eventua

Hybridisation and subsequent backcrossing allows alleles to migrate between populations in a process known as ‘gene flow’. This provides an alternative source of new alleles for a population, meaning that gene flow can give rise to new adaptive phenotypes. Consequently, to understand the evolution of a given phenotype, the possibility that the underlying alleles have been introgressed from another

A new high-performance robot called the Gantry-Tau robot was developed by ABB Robotics, the Robotics Lab at Lund University and Güdel AG. This robot seemed promising in terms of speed, accuracy, stiffness and bandwidth of the motion control. However, the robot joints were based on the rack-and-pinion principle, which introduced significant backlash into the system. To solve this problem, it was pr

There is still heated debate on the issue of big data and its implications for competition policy. While many scholars argue that data can have serious implications which need to be addressed, others disagree, claiming data in fact has little to no impact on competition law. The purpose of this thesis is to research and analyse big data’s implications for the standard competition law assessment wh

In 2017, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimated that more than $10 billion worth of foreign aid commitments to developing countries were directed at the health sector. A large share of this health aid targets Sub-Saharan African countries that continue to display some of the lowest levels of development worldwide. Yet, the evidence on the effectiveness of healt

Coachning har blivit en av otaliga livlinor som personer, organisationer och institutioner har vänt sig till för att hitta en väg till självförfyllelse, produktivitet och mål. Men coachningsindustrin är dock fortfarande i ett tillstånd av tillväxt och förändring. Det finns inga regler eller restriktioner som är enhetligt accepterade av alla. Farhågor angående denna brist har lyfts fram ur klientpe

The abstract subject of colour is a widely studied subject in spoken languages. However, very little is known about colour in relation to gesture. A substantial part of the literature on gesture and abstract content is concerned with referential gestures and especially metaphorical mapping. Less is known about gestures performed in relation to abstract content that is not metaphoric and even less

Projections estimate that by 2050 hundreds of millions to a billion people will migrate elsewhere due to environmental reasons. The increasing frequency and intensity of natural hazards posed by climate change, as well as the slow-onset degradation of habitats all over the planet, will drive more and more species to migrate towards more habitable and safe environments. While much of the literature

The increasingly interconnected world requires systems that support high data rates, and thus the development of mm-wave systems is necessary. Automotive collision radar (80 GHz) or WLANs (60 GHz) are one of the applications that led the increment of the demand in RFICs, in which monolithic devices are fundamental, such as on-chip inductors or transformers. Along this thesis, the design and modell

När man skapar en produkt är det inte ovanligt att olika målgrupper ska använda produkten. Detta medför att målgrupperna kommer att ha olika erfarenheter, och därmed riskera att skapa olika konceptuella modeller av produkten. Men en inkorrekt konceptuell modell kommer skapa inkorrekt beteende, därför behöver man se till de olika erfarenheterna och därifrån skapa en entydig lösning. Syftet med examWhen creating a product, it is not unusual that a wide variety of users from different target groups will use the product. This entails that different target groups bring different experiences, and consequently risks to create different conceptual models of the product. An incorrect conceptual model will create incorrect behavior, therefore one needs to address the wide variety of experience and t

Africa has in the past received negative portrayal on traditional media. It has been portrayed as a continent full of endless problems. The positive aspects have been ignored and the negative aspects amplified. Thus, the discourse surrounding the continent has been majorly negative. This study seeks to understand storytelling by different groups of video bloggers on YouTube and the effect their vi

Denna studie belyser hur formella ledare ser på ständigt växande e-handel och de tillkommande kundkraven. Tidigare studier är överens om att e-handel ger upphov till dynamisk miljö som innebär att teknik och kundkrav ständigt förändras. Genom den snabba utvecklingen tillkommer utmaningar för organisationer som kräver att de kan vara flexibla i dagens dynamiska miljö. Syftet med denna studie var at

The European Commission favours market-based support policies, such as markets for tradable green certificates, to promote renewable energy. Meanwhile, these markets have received critique for exposing investors to large price risk as the level of support is determined by the market price of certificates. Unstable prices can also result from changes in regulation since the demand for certificates

The main objectives of this research reported were to investigate the relationship between creative and innovative leadership, amongst males and females. One hundred and twenty-three leaders in various organisations around the world, participated in this study. The relationships were tested using the Creative and innovative Leadership Scale, Innovative performance scale and Loneliness in the workp