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The main aim of this thesis is to analyse the Swedish stock market and find any evidence that Swedish CEOs are able to gain abnormal returns by using inside information. The theoretical framework is based on the previous studies within the insider trading field. The key theories for this study are the Efficient Market Hypothesis and the Signalling Hypothesis. In order to determine the abnormal ret

Syftet med den här undersökningen är att belysa förkunskapens betydelse genom att titta på hur resultatet ser ut på sista frågan på nationella provets läsförståelsedel i svenska 1 och svenska som andraspråk 1. Vidare kommer ett ordkunskapstest i två delar utföras för att titta på elevernas ordkunskap. Syftet är att jämföra resultatet mellan eleverna som har svenska som förstaspråk och de som har s

This essay has investigated immigrants and Swedes with foreign background’s perception of cultural heritage as it has been specified by UNESCO. The approach to focus on this particular sample population was born out of the realisation that the EU, nationalist parties and far - right extremists all point to a common her itage. What has not been studied however is the effect of immigration on nation

Trash can harm both the environment and humans. It can maintain for a long time in the environment before degrading and during that time it can pollute soils and poison animals. This study focuses on the Pellekan campaign which started to reduce littering in the city of Mölndal. The campaign has been working the same way from the start in 2002 and now is time to evaluate how well it worked. For th

Att skörda stubbar för att använda som biobränsle kan potentiellt minska användandet av fossila bränslen, men klimatnyttan reduceras om avverkningstekniken skulle visa sig resultera i en ökad nedbrytning. Stubbrytning orsakar en kraftig störning av jorden som skulle kunna leda till ökad nedbrytning och ett ökat koldioxidflöde från marken. Syftet med denna studie är att avgöra huruvida stubbskörd k

My interest for the topic discussed in the thesis originates from my experiences and previous fears for Landskrona as a city, a place that I nowadays live in and have no intention of leaving. The aim of the research presented in the thesis was to investigate whether or not safety and security walks is an efficient instrument for increasing the feeling of safety among the population and for reducin

The paper investigates the relationship between fertility and female employment in East and West Germany in both a historical context and a status quo analysis. Thereby a major focus is placed on the different impacts of female part and full time employment on fertility. A descriptive part looks at the long-term trends also including pre-reunification characteristics and differences between both r

The settlement of marine organisms on boat hulls – known as biofouling – is a major concern in boating and over the years more or less environmentally harmful substances have been used to prevent it. However, the concept of biocide-free, so called foul-release coatings (FRC) that change the surface properties of the boat hull has gained more attention recently. In the present literature study, I h

The result from this study shows that it exists a lack of knowledge about the microorganisms our hands get in touch with every day in the restaurant business. The restaurant personal know that there are microorganisms but they do not know much about them. Their poor knowledge means that they do not know much about in what conditions the microorganisms thrive. The restaurant business itself seems t

This paper presents stylized facts on energy intensity developments in the productive sectors of seven countries from the Asia-Pacific region over the period from 1980-2004. The paper first analyzed the trend in energy intensity based on the energy consumption data and gross value added data acquired from IEA and Groningen Development center. Secondly, the paper applies the Log Mean Divisia Index

In recent years, women entrepreneurship has received much attention from both economic policy-makers and entrepreneurship researchers - women entrepreneurs are considered important for inno-vation and thus economic development. This is manifested in an increasing interest in, and a prolif-eration of writings on, the topic. A number of studies undertaken in recent years to investigate women entrepr

Hur iscensätter man en föreställning och ett samtal om sexualitet och normkritik med musik som medel? I denna aktionsforskningsstudie har jag fördjupat mig i arbetet kring en kreativ process, nämligen utvecklingsarbetet av The Erotica Project – Våga! som en produktion för högstadiet och gymnasiet som bygger på frågor om sexualitet och normkritik. Konceptet består av en föreställning med efterfölja

In this thesis a deflation method for the Finite Pointset Method (FPM) is presented. FPM is a particle method based on Lagrangian coordinates to solve problems in fluid dynamics. A strong formulation of the occuring differential equations is produced by FPM, and the linear system of equations obtained by an implicit approach is solved by an iterative method such as BiCGSTAB. To improve the converg

Resultatet av undersökningen visar att revisorernas fastställda väsentlighetsnivåer skiljer sig relativt mycket åt (den lägsta väsentlighetsnivån är 600 000 kr och den högsta är 1 250 000 kr) samt att det finns både skillnader och likheter i deras förda resonemang. Likheterna kan urskiljas i respondenternas arbetssätt och att de förhåller sig mycket till ISA. Orsaker till skillnaderna visar sig The result of the survey shows that the auditors determine materiality levels differently (the lowest materiality level is 600 000 kr and the highest one is 1 250 000 kr). There are both differences and similarities in the auditors´ argumentations. The similarities can be seen in auditors´ working process, during which they are regulated much by ISA. On the one hand, the differences can be expla

The present study investigated if the diagnostic value of cues could reduce the need for inhibition operating within the retrieval-practice paradigm, which is part of the retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF). The results of 32 participants (female: 20, age: M = 24.97 years, range: 20 – 32 years) were reported. The method used was a standard RIF procedure with an added manipulation. The category-item

Syftet med studien var att belysa bisexuellt identitetsskapande genom att undersöka vilken roll omgivningens attityder till bisexualitet har i denna process. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med sex bisexuella personer. Utifrån en hermeneutisk ansats tillämpades tematisk analys för att analysera intervjumaterialet, vilket resulterade i fem huvudteman: Att vara sann mot sig själv, Att anpasThe aim of this study was to illuminate bisexual identity formation by examining what impact cultural attitudes towards bisexuality have in this process. Semi- structured interviews were conducted with six bisexual persons. Based upon a hermeneutic approach, thematic analysis was used to analyze the data and five main themes were identified: The need to be true to oneself, Adjusting oneself to the