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Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur ett varumärke kan gå från att uppfattas som rent till att bli smutsigt. Med utgångspunkt i teorier kring rent och smutsigt, brand communities och subkulturer vill vi bidra till en ökad förståelse för vad som kan påverka ett varumärke negativt. Metod: Studien är genomförd med en kvalitativ forskningsmetod där den empiriska datainsamlingen har gjorts främ
In its Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons the ICJ was unable to conclude definitely the legality or illegality of nuclear weapons in international law. Since then the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons have been signed, with the aim of establishing a total prohibition on nuclear weapons. However, while the Treaty have an honourable aim, the lack of sufficient ratificatio
The purpose of this thesis is to reach a better understanding of how people view gender equality and the equality-work conducted, in a male-dominated and public organization, like the Swedish Armed Forces. The study is based upon a qualitative research approach with an interpretative, hermeneutical perspective. Further, this has been done through semi-structured interviews and document studies as
One of the most debated political events during 2016 was the referendum regarding the United Kingdom’s future in the European Union. Despite the many warnings received from economists the UK voters voted for ‘leave’, paving the way for Brexit. This thesis reviews some possible alternatives regarding the UK-EU relationship post Brexit and concludes that the economically best case scenario would be
In order to achieve sustainable development, there is perhaps not one strategy more often used in contemporary urban planning than density. Many cities have a dedicated densification strategy of their inner city, such as HafenCity in Hamburg or Älvstaden in Gothenburg. However, one critique of contemporary architecture is how new urban developments are becoming generic; more and more similar to ea
Both research and theoretical approaches try to understand the EU’s motives for their external actions. Some argue the EU is a normative power, using their financial sanctions upon the human right principles, while others claim that the EU is governed by security interests, and where financial sanctions are used to control other states. The purpose of the thesis is to examine whether the EU’s fina
This study aims to investigate whether chance can beat an actively managed equity fund during a ten-year period on the Swedish stock market. Since the stock market consists of fierce competition among investors, the EMH would suggest that stock price movements should not be far from reflecting all available information. Due to the highly unexpected nature of new information, such as news, price fl
Abstract: The gender-equality paradox is the phenomenon of finding more developed, egalitarian countries generally experience higher gender equality while, for example, having a relatively low share of female graduates from STEM fields in tertiary education. The presence of the paradox in several developed egalitarian countries indicates that the female share of STEM graduates must be influenced b
This study aims to explore media representations of political processes in countries that are situated in the geo-political periphery. More specifically, this study examines through a discourse analytical edge articles published by Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), New York Times (US) and Clarín (Argentina), about the political upheavals that threatened the democratic system in Ecuador 2010, Honduras 2009
The issue of water in the Israel-Palestine conflict is a long-debated topic that continues to be one of the main obstacles in peace negotiations today. Extensive research exists on the water crisis on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but few studies scrutinizing how the situation plays out in East Jerusalem are available. This thesis aims to fill a small part of this scientific gap. By gathering inf
This thesis has examined if there is any difference in the relationship between different risk factors and the cross-section of assets excess returns on the Swedish stock market between days when macroeconomic news is scheduled to be announced (announcement days) and other days (normal days). The Fama and Macbeth two-pass regression method have been used for investigating the hypothesis that annou
A vibronic exciton model is applied to explain the long-lived oscillatory features in the two-dimensional (2D) electronic spectra of the Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) complex. Using experimentally determined parameters and uncorrelated site energy fluctuations, the model predicts oscillations with dephasing times of 1.3 ps at 77 K, which is in a good agreement with the experimental results. These lon
Overweight and obesity among children has gained increased attention as one of the most unequally distributed health problems. This article draws on interviews with school nurses, who in their daily work handle this problem. Their responses articulate a discrepancy between the general view on overweight and obesity as a “disaster” for the afflicted children and the practice of turning "a blind eye
Wear particles commonly used for experiments may carry adherent endotoxin on their surfaces, which may be responsible for the observed effects. In this study, we attached titanium plates to the tibiae of 20 rats. After osseointegration, endotoxin-contaminated or uncontaminated high-density-polyethylene (HDPE) particles were applied. Contaminated specimens showed a dramatic resorption of bone after
Intranasal immunization of mice with Rib, a cell surface protein of group B streptococcus (GBS), conjugated to or simply coadministered with the recombinant cholera toxin B subunit, induces systemic immunoglobulin G (IgG) and local IgA antibody responses and confers protection against lethal GBS infection. These findings have implications for the development of a human GBS vaccine.
Background Recently, total hip arthroplasty (THA) has come to focus on restoration of individual anatomy including femoral neck anteversion and global offset (femoral and acetabular offset). Three-dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) data could provide a better basis for preoperative templating. The use of CT has been hampered by high radiation dose. Purpose To evaluate the effective dose us
This paper investigates patterns of article use in monolingual early child Swedish and in child-directed adult speech. Article omissions in the adult data are found to be more widespread than previously assumed, especially articleless, ‘bare’ singular count nouns (e.g. sten ‘stone’ instead of en sten ‘a stone’) and article omissions in doubly determined nominals (e.g. lilla tummen (little thumb-th
