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This thesis aims to explain the variation that is found among the Latin orthographies of Europe. The main question is if it can be explained as genealogical, areal or social. The hypothesis presented in this thesis is that genealogical factors are the most important. Orthographies are relevant to study in their own right since they are autonomous from spoken languages. Since orthographies basicall
Rape must be understood from a gender system and exposed women are often afraid of how they will be treated in the subsequent court procedure. The purpose of this essay is to examine how the Swedish courts construe women in rape trials and how this maintains and reinforces the gender system. To do this I am doing a critical discourse analysis of 20 reasoning of judgements with the theory of two fe
Insiderhandel, som är en kriminaliserad gärning i Sverige, innebär förenklat att en person med insiderinformation, alltså information som inte är offentliggjord eller allmänt känd, använder informationen för att göra en vinst eller undvika en förlust vid en transaktion av ett finansiellt instrument på värdepappersmarknaden. För att en kriminalisering av en viss handling ska anses berättigad, alltsInsider trading, which constitutes a crime in Sweden, refers to the act where a person with inside information, ergo non-public information, utilizes that information for making a profit or avoiding a loss in a transaction of a financial instrument on the stock market. For a criminalization of a certain act to be justified, in other words respecting the rule of law, primarily four principles of cr
Denna studie undersöker problematiken med etiska dilemman som kommunikatörer ofta ställs inför, givet motstridiga intressen mellan organisationer och deras intressenter. Med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer har vi undersökt hur kommunikatörer i tre offentliga verksamheter hanterar dessa dilemman, i relation till hur de uppstår. Vi har även belyst varför etiska dilemman uppstår för kommunikatörer i
The purpose of this case study was to investigate residents’ perception regarding household preparedness in areas prone to sudden natural hazards. The study was conducted in Namacu, Koro Island, Fiji. The main method for data collection was through semi-structured interviews and observations. Many of the factors affecting perception regarding the residents’ household preparedness were connected to
The modern human being is exposed to different kinds of light during a normal day, both natural light and adjusted lighting. The idea that light affects us is uncontested, and so affecting the light in turn becomes a question of well-being. It is often thought that abundant and strong lighting is good lighting, but this is far from always accurate. Moreover, the light from a regular lightbulb is i
The danger that mass surveillance poses to concepts of ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ have long been a topic of fiction as well as of hard academic study. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is a work that some might disregard as mere post-apocalyptic whimsy but its arguably accurate recreation and prediction of the methods utilized by the totalitarian government to maintain absolute control over a po
ABSTRACT This bachelor thesis investigates whether there are any correlation between the political orientation of the incumbent party of a country and the performance of the stock market, i.e. will the stock market behave bullish or bearish depending on whether the political party is located on the right-wing or the left-wing? The study is performed with multiple linear regressions of 13 OECD coun
This thesis explores the right to access employment for persons with disabilities under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It seeks to ascertain what entitlements and for whom this right entails. Given the central conceptual role disability and equality play in the Convention, this thesis explores the prevailing models of understanding of both disability and equality. Af
Colour terms is a highly interesting field when investigating linguistic universals and how language vary cross-linguistically. Colour semantics, the investigation of the meaning of colour, consists in largely of two opposing sides: the universalists, proposing that colour terms are universal (Berlin & Kay 1969) and the relativists claiming a variation in meaning cross-linguistically (Wierzbic
Nanocellulose is being studied to a great extent around the world as it has great potential and many possible applications, for example, as an additive in greener polymers in a world where the need for replacements for fossil fuel based polymers increase. Different sources of cellulose are being considered for the production of nanocellulose as this can add value to what otherwise often is a by-pr
Human trafficking consists of a sequence of smaller events taking place over a large span of time and perhaps even over multiple borders. Perpetrators of the crime take people away from their homes and their origins, either through coercion or threat of force, and instead place them in frightful environments where their survival and human dignity is constantly at risk. Legal measures to fight huma
