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I fokus för denna mastersuppsats står den form av turism som går under benämningen VFR, Visiting Friends and Relatives. Syftet är att med etnografiska metoder undersöka hur kineser bosatta i Sverige fungerar som värdar vid besök av vänner och släktingar från hemlandet. Ett mål är att resultaten i form av nya kunskaper och insikter om värdskapsstrategier och skapandet av gästfria miljöer skall bidrThis thesis offers an ethnographic study of the co-present encounters between Chinese migrant hosts and the guests from their home country. It aims to contribute to the qualitative research on the visiting friends and relatives (VFR) phenomenon and to deliver insights to the tourism industry in terms of hosting strategies and the construction of a hospitable space. Taking on the migrant hosts’ pe

Women’s empowerment is crucial for overall development. It has been recognized by international organizations as important factor as Millennium Development Goal (The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014:20). The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how male labour migration influences social and economic position of left behind women in Nepal. United Nations (UNDP 2010) has acknowledged im

Denna uppsats undersöker vad som har påverkat väljaropinionen vid fattande av röstningsbeslut inför svenska riksdagsval under perioden 1972 – 2014. Uppsatsen innehåller tidsseriedata på följande riksdagspartier: Moderaterna, Socialdemokraterna, Centerpartiet, Folkpartiet och Vänsterpartiet. Genom att använda Statistiska Centralbyråns opinionsundersökningar under denna period kombinerat med faktisk

This study examines the relationship between online ratings and the sales performance of video games on the Swedish market. The thesis aims to fill a gap in the research within the fast growing field of video games and contribute to the theoretical understanding of how online ratings in a word-of-mouth framework can serve as a transaction cost reducer. It also aims to assist firms active in the vi

This paper examines the impact of formal and informal institutions on the Chinese music industry. Standard utilitarian theory states that property rights are essential for innovation and this research tests the effects that intellectual property rights has on the Chinese music industry by using panel data on the provincial level for the years 1997 to 2011. In order to further investigate the Chine

This is a bachelor thesis about fisheries and harbor seals on the west coast of Sweden. This study scrutinizes the relationship between them both and appropriate solutions to get a good interaction between fishermen and harbor seal. A qualitative method was best suited for the study as it aims to investigate the perceived reality of fishermen that exists in our surroundings. The study is based on

Children should not be exposed to unwanted chemicals in their everyday life and several organizations in Sweden are working towards reducing the amount of chemicals that exists in toys and material intended for preschools. Many municipalities are joining the project, and are now working towards the goal “toxic free preschools”. In this struggle the municipalities have an impact in their procuremen

Denna uppsats utforskar Protokoll till Konvention nr 29 (P029) och rekommendation nr 203 om tvångsarbete (R203). Syftet med denna uppsats är att svara på följande frågor, vad skiljer Protokollet och Rekommendationen från ILO Konventionerna om tvångsarbete i skrift och omfång samt vilken inverkan kommer Protokollet och Rekommendationen att ha internationellt, nationellt i Sverige och nationellt i TThis master thesis examines the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (P029) and the Recommendation on supplementary measures for the effective suppression of forced labour (R203). The objective of this thesis is to answer the following questions: what differentiates the Protocol and the Recommendation from the Conventions 29 and 105 in text and scope? And; what impact will the Pr

The aim of our study was to quantitatively identify/explore what young people, of age 14-16 years do at their leisure time and how much time they spend on screen-based media. We wanted to find out how young people's social interaction are with other people and examine what they do in their leisure time, with whom and where they perform various leisure activities. Based on this reasoning we wan

Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskor i somatisk vård möter ofta psykiskt sjuka patienter. Synen på psykisk sjukdom har traditionellt präglats av fördomar och rädsla, och negativa attityder skapar hinder för psykiskt sjuka personer. Även tillgången till omvårdnad påverkas negativt. Genom sina attityder kan sjuksköterskor påverka patienters välbefinnande och fortsatta vårdprocess. Vårdaren har ett ansvar för at

The natural environment of fungal hyphae is both physically and chemically heterogeneous, nevertheless is the fungal growth often studied on a flat surface of a homogeneous medium, for example agar. With the help of the well-established techniques of microsystems, it is possible to make structures that resemble their natural habitat. With microfabrication methods obstacles can be created at the si

Narkotikamissbruk bland både unga och äldre är ett av de största samhällsproblemen i Europa idag, där narkotikarelaterade dödsfall främst orsakas av heroin eller metaboliter av heroin. Genomsnittsåldern hos dem som avlider är trettiofem år och åttio procent av de narkotikarelaterade dödsfallen berör män. Syftet med denna uppsats är att få en ökad förståelse för heroinmissbrukets utveckling och avb

The three major components of short-crust cookie dough are flour, sugar, and fat. Since high fat contents have been shown to have a major effect on the development of the gluten network, studying how these ingredients could affect the texture of the dough and the baked product became interesting. In addition, there are no existing methods on short crust cookie dough that allow predicting the chara

More and more people become aware of climate change and that society needs to be adapted, so that damage can be minimized. Property owners, such as Riksbyggen, wants to be able to map the risks for their buildings. The purpose of this work is to find suitable methods for detailed risk mapping. First, a mapping has been conducted over damage on buildings that is linked to the climate in Scania. The

Four different chromatography models were calibrated to describe the separation of a ternary protein mixture consisting of lysozyme, cytochrome C and ribonuclease A in an ion-exchange chromatography column. The models are based on the same column model, the kinetic dispersive model. Protein adsorption was described by four different adsorption models, the Langmuir model with mobile phase modulator

Studiens avsikt är att undersöka om befintlig teori kan förklara eventuella skillnader i riskrapportering trots ett harmoniserat regelverk.

The aim of this thesis is to study how identity and representation operates in understandings of the Other in the reception of texts marked as being about, and written by the Other. Further my aim is to study how otherness, kinship, belonging and identity operate in these processes. My main research question is; How does Identity, kinship and belonging operates in the reception of texts, written f

Syftet med uppsatsen är att öka kunskapen om och problematisera begreppet socialt entreprenörskap genom att undersöka vilka olika erfarenheter som finns i utvecklandet av Mötesplats Stapelbäddsparken i Malmö och att analysera dessa processer med hjälp av Austins begrepp möjlighet, individ, resursmobilisering och värdeerbjudande. Austin m fl. (2006) har utvecklat ett ramverk för socialt entreprenör