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Klimatförändringen är en av vår tids viktigaste frågor. Konsekvenserna av höjda temperaturer och havsnivåer är redan synliga på vissa håll i världen. Effekterna riskerar att för evigt förändra livsvillkoren för ekosystem, djur och människor. Vår uppfattning kring klimat- och hållbarhetsfrågor påverkas av hur den framställs i vår omgivning. Det kan vara via massmedia men det kan också vara genom Title: Climate Change as Experience - A Study on Climate- and Sustainability Communication in Museums Public perception on climate- and sustainability issues is shaped by how they are presented in media and by other communicative actors - like museums. This thesis explores how museum activities can increase public engagement and awareness on climate change and sustainability. The research has bee

It is beneficial for a furniture company like IKEA to objectively and accurately evaluate what makes a mattress comfortable. But what defines comfort? IKEA currently investigates mattress comfort through extensive real-life user testing. Through which, six parameters of comfort have been identified. By measuring these parameters, one can get an idea of how comfortable a particular person will find

Examensarbetet går ut på att analysera elsparkscykelns funktion utifrån de tre delarna som ingår i begreppet hållbarhet, ekonomisk, ekologisk och social. Då trafikslaget är relativt nytt i Sverige, är det många brister i reglering och kunskap kring elsparcykeln i landet. Syftet med examensarbetet är att fördjupa sig i de tre delarna som ingår i hållbarhetsbegreppet, för att i sin tur kunna analyseThe purpose with the thesis project is to analyse the function of E-scooters from the three parts that comes with sustainability, which is economic, environment and social sustainability. Because it is a new vehicle, it comes with a large amount of deficits when it comes to regulation and knowledge. To get a deeper awareness about the consequences is the reason why sustainability is applied in thi

This paper is about how journalists report on teen robbery. Theories like moral panic and problem frame will be used to see how the media works. Those theories will be combined with research on media and on how newspapers reported on an actual teen robbery wave in Sweden during 1998-2002. The study will investigate how journalists working for the paper GT reports on teen robbery during the last th

Ett arbete om musik för luta skriven och publicerad under 1500-talet i Tyskland i en tabulatur som har fått namnet tysk tabulatur och som skiljer sig från de andra tabulaturerna för luta. I uppsatsen undersöks olika sätt att använda den tyska tabulaturen och hur musiken ska läsas. I arbetet kommer olika tabulaturer av tyska lutenister att jämföras och hur denna musik kan spelas på en klassisk gitaA work about music for the lute written and published in Germany during the 16th century in a tablature which is called German tablature, which is different from the other tablatures for the lute. In this essay various ways of using the German tablature and how to read the music will be examined. Different tablatures by German lutenists will be compared and also how the music can be played on a cl

The aim of this study is to explore how child welfare social workers interpret Attachment Theory, how it is understood as a treatment tool in practice and what similarities and differences can be identified in those practices. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with four professional child welfare social workers, from three different welfare organizations working with infa

Title: Virtual Influencing: Uncharted Frontier in the Uncanny Valley Date of the Seminar: 4th June 2020 Course: BUSN39 Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Mary Caroline Creasey and Adrián Vázquez Anido Supervisor: Burak Tunca Keywords: influencer marketing, virtual influencers, social media marketing, opinion leadership, brand spokespeople, brand spokes-characters, source credibilit

Dagens samhälle digitaliseras i en allt snabbare takt i samband med tekniken utvecklas och möjligheterna blir flera. En teknik som på allt senare tid har börjat få uppmärksamhet är maskininlärning, men vad är det och hur kan det användas inom byggbranschen? Vad maskininlärning betyder är att man låter en algoritm gå igenom stora mängder av data för att lära sig om ett specifikt problem. Detta görMachine learning has the potential to improve processes and revolutionizeeconomies on a global level and that is also true for the construction indus-try. Machine learning has started to get attention in recent years as computerpower have increased and the cost has reduced. The purpose with machinelearning is train an algorithm to process large quantities of data for essentialinformation. This can

This is a study with the aim to look into and illustrate the cooperation around the care for people with substance abuse in a city in the southern of Sweden. The study is based on a qualitative interview study with empiricism from five coordinators from two different rehab centers, one social worker working in a hospital and one nurse with coordinating tasks at the same hospital. The analysis is b

Denna uppsats utgör andra delen av ett magisterarbete vars första del är en översättning av utvalda delar av romanen Santi av Liu Cixin från kinesiska till svenska. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys, i vilken verket som helhet och i synnerhet de översätta delarna avhandlas. På källtext¬analysen följer ett avsnitt med en kort diskussion om de överväganden och ställningstaganden som varit av vi

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and explore how personality traits of CEO’s affect the strategic decision of acquiring another company and whether the performance of the acquisition is affected by the examined traits. Methodology: The study follows a quantitative approach with a hypothetical deductive method. The data is primarily retrieved from transcribed earnings calls and

David Mitchells roman Cloud Atlas (2004) består av sex sammanlänkade berättelser som alla är skrivna i en egen separat stil och genre. I denna magisteruppsats behandlas översättningsarbetet av utvalda avsnitt ur två av romanens berättelser, The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing och The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish. Efter en inledande analys av verket som helhet diskuteras sedan de valda avsnitt

Lupin seeds contain like many other grains and legumes the mineral inhibitor phytate. The presence of this anti-nutrient decreases the bioavailability of minerals such as zinc and iron. Especially people that live in areas where grains and legumes are the staple food source, as well as vegan and vegetarian groups, may be more vulnerable to mineral deficiencies. The presence of phenolic compounds i

With low cost and high efficiency, use of airborne infrared thermography imaging from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has become a widely used technique to measure plant water stress. With that, the use of UAV mounted thermal camera as a precision agriculture technique to map crop water stress is not trivial and its success is depended on variety of factors which are still needed to be studied an

Salt inducible kinase 2 (SIK2) is found abundantly in adipose tissue and may have a role in the development of diabetes. SIK2 is downregulated in insulin-resistant and obese individuals, thereby providing a new potential target for therapeutic solutions. Dysfunctional adipose tissue is observed in obesity and this is correlated with impaired insulin signalling, which might contribute to imbalanced

Thesis Purpose: The objective of this study is to research how vocal green companies can use green claims in online marketing advertisement text with the aim to recommend ways in which they can positively impact the purchase intention of environmentally friendly fashion products. Methodology: In this quantitative study, the data is analysed through correlations, after which significant difference

Title: Making sense of Sustainability-oriented Innovations in the Front-End of Innovation - A single case study on the role of organizational sensemaking for decision-making in the front-end of innovation Research Question: How is the decision-making in Front-End of Innovation (FEI) for Sustainability-oriented innovation (SOI) influenced by an organization’s sensemaking to engage in SOI ideas? M

Bakgrund: Stressrelaterad ohälsa har ökat bland unga och de upplever sig ha svårighet i att hitta balans mellan olika aktiviteter. Inom vården är sjukskrivning och hög psykosocial belastning vanligt förekommande, vilket utgör en risk för unga vuxna som går ett gymnasialt vårdprogram. Syfte: Att kartlägga aktivitetsbalans respektive stress bland unga vuxna på ett gymnasialt vårdprogram och undersöBackground: Stress-related illness is increasing among young adults, who find it difficult to achieve a balance between everyday activities. Workplace environments in health and social care are often stressful, and sick leave is common. This poses a risk to young adults attending an upper secondary healthcare educational programme. Purpose: To identify the degree of occupational balance and stres