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ABSTRACT One of the major aims of fantastic literature is to fight against common forms of representation. A clear example of that are the short stories of Mexican Francisco Tario. The present study examines the literary resources of estrangement and personification in relation to four stories included in the author’s first publication, La noche: “La noche del féretro”, “La noche de la gallina”, “

One implication of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) is that it is not possible to consistently and over time create abnormal returns without taking on additional risk. However, the hypothesis has become one of the most debated theories in financial economics. Numerous studies suggest that seasonal patterns exist in stock returns, so-called calendar effects, which violates the assumption of st

The purpose of this study is to compare the different short-term interest rate models, and to identify the better model within multiple countries. We selected three different types of data from the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. We compare the models with the historical data within these three countries, and figure out whether different countries could have their own best mode

With this research I have answered the twofold question of how Cuba played a part in the making of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and what differences and similarities that can be found between the Cuban draft of Human Rights versus the final product of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since there is no previous research in this field I have chosen to look at some of the most

The literary heroic ideal changed with the Great War, as the Victorian hero ideal was no longer plausible in a post-war world. The new ideal was pacifist and non-heroic but not everyone who had been through the Great War agreed that there was no heroicism. This essay discusses the development of the heroic ideal in the mid twentieth century in relation to the two brothers Boromir and Faramir in J.

This thesis explores the rationality, completeness and functioning of Safety Management Systems (SMS) amongst micro- and small-sized air operators in business aviation. In the absence of thorough literature in this sector of aviation, a survey of prior research on OHS(MS) and on non-aviation micro/small enterprises (MSE) provided a collection of factors contributing to their safety performance. Us

The thesis aims to answer the research question: To what extent was the increased Economic Policy Uncertainty during the Financial Crisis associated with the decline in Swedish exports from January 2007 to January 2010? During the 2008 Financial Crisis, Swedish trade fell by ten percentage points, slightly more than the world average. The thesis aims to investigate whether the increased EPU at the

Syftet med förevarande framställning är att utifrån en komparativ studie av svensk och australiensisk rätt beskriva och jämföra hur respektive land reglerar barnets bästa i vårdnadsmål. Både i svensk och i australiensisk rätt förekommer begreppet barnets bästa och i båda länderna görs en in casu bedömning vid bestämmandet av vad som är bäst för barnet. Utformningen av lagstiftningen skiljer sig eThe purpose of this essay is that of describing and comparing the Swedish regulation of the concept the best interests of the child in cases concerning legal custody with the Australian regulation of the same concept in cases concerning parental responsibility. Both Sweden and Australia have a legislation that regulates the best interests of the child and in both countries the decision of what is

The war crimes committed between 1992 and 1995 in Bosnia-Herzegovina have mainly been under the jurisdiction of the legal systems set up by the international community. To solve the atrocities of the past, institutions like the ICTY and the WCC were set up. But to this day there is estimated to be thousands of direct perpetrators still walking free in and around Bosnia-Herzegovina. The purpose of

Syftet med studien var att se om det finns någon skillnad i upplevd psykosocial arbetsmiljö utifrån företagets värdegrunder och mellan de demografiska variablerna generation (generation X födda mellan 1961-1981 och generation Y födda 1982-2002), kön samt befattning. En internetenkät skickades ut till 130 anställda vid IKEA. De anställda var slumpmässigt utvalda från olika bolag inom IKEA belägna iThe purpose of the study was to discover a noticeable relationship between the psychosocial working habitat, seen from the employing company’s values, between sex and function among two variable demographical generations (generation X born between 1961-1981 and generation Y born between 1982-2002). An Internet based survey was sent out to 130 employees at IKEA. The employees had been chosen at ran

This thesis investigates Twitter posting in Greek during the period of the Greek referendum in 2015 and in particular between June 27, when the referendum was announced, and July 6, one day after the referendum was completed, and how the Greek people use various external sources to express themselves (i.e. political thoughts, actions, inquires). The main research question is “What is the role of i

The purpose of my thesis is to examine if the financial crisis 2008-2009 effects economic gender equality in Sweden during (2008-2009) and after (2010-2015) the crisis and if so, how. The purpose is also to analyse if the outcomes are consistent with Gary S. Becker´s theoretical framework the taste discrimination model and the division of labour model. I define economic gender equality by using th

Carina Törn,1 David Hadley,2,3 Hye-Seung Lee,2 William Hagopian,4 Åke Lernmark,1 Olli Simell,5 Marian Rewers,6 Anette Ziegler,7 Desmond Schatz,8 Beena Akolkar,9 Suna Onengut-Gumuscu,10 Wei-Min Chen,10 Jorma Toppari,5 Juha Mykkänen,5 Jorma Ilonen,11,12 Stephen S. Rich,10 Jin-Xiong She,13 Andrea K. Steck,6 Jeffrey Krischer,2 and the TEDDY Study Group* Role of Type 1 Diabetes–Associated SNPs on Risk

https://www.teddy.lu.se/sites/teddy.lu.se/files/06032016_679_39_torn_diabetes_2014.pdf - 2026-05-30

greg_woodin_presentation Degrees of metaphoricity: A quantitative gesture analysis osf.io/3mpc7/ gregwoodin.co.uk gawoodin@gmail.com @greg_woodin Greg Woodin, Bodo Winter and Jeannette Littlemore English Language & Linguistics, University of Birmingham Bodo Winter @BodoWinter Jeannette Littlemore @JeannetteL16 1. Theory 2. Study 1. Theory ‘feeling on top form’ ‘finished on a high’ ‘rock bottom and

https://konferens.ht.lu.se/fileadmin/user_upload/conference/ill-12/woodin_ILL-12.pdf - 2026-05-28

Microsoft Word - Nordlund 31.doc 1 MUNTLIGT OCH SKRIFTLIGT I SVERIGE OCH SVENSKAN Per Lagerholm Lund 2013 2 Delar av detta arbete har möjliggjorts tack vare bidrag från Erik Wellanders fond, administrerad av Språkrådet. © 2013 Per Lagerholm Språk- och litteraturcentrum Lunds universitet Tryckt hos Media-Tryck, Lunds universitet, 2013 ISSN 0281-5427   3 Innehåll 1 En nordistisk myt? 5 2 Svensk fors

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Master’s Dissertation Structural Mechanics Report TV SM -5243 N IK O LA TO SO V IC STA BILITY A N A LY SIS A N D M O D ELLIN G O F A STR U C TU R E W ITH C O R R U G A TED R O O F NIKOLA TOSOVIC STABILITY ANALYSIS AND MODELLING OF A STRUCTURE WITH CORRUGATED ROOF DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION SCIENCES DIVISION OF STRUCTURAL MECHANICS ISRN LUTVDG/TVSM--20/5243--SE (1-57) | ISSN 0281-6679 MASTER’S DISS

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REPORT TITLE 1 1 March, 2021 Pandemic preparedness and response: National COVID-19 law and policy in human rights perspective Matthew Scott and Elina Hammarström* Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Recommendations .............................................

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