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This essay presents a detailed analysis of the music and its relations to gameplay, meaning and narrative in the interactive digital game Journey. Taking as its foundation multiple thorough playthroughs of the game, observation and questioning of test subjects has been conducted for greater perspective and objectivity. Combining theories from hermeneutic musicology, narrative ludology and aesthet

Abstract The use of inexpensive digital cameras in phenological research has been acclaimed since results in previous research have shown that they are reliable and precise in measuring greenness of vegetation. The work of this thesis aims to broaden the applicability by studying how well the method performs when measuring the regrowth of a clear-cut area. This is needed to complement existing res

The course Software Development for Technical Systems at the division of Structural Mechanics teaches students techniques for implementing finite element applications with both user interface and computational code. Currently Borland Delphi environment is used for the user interface and Fortran is used for the computational part. This master’s thesis is an effort to study methods of integrating Fort

The objective for this master thesis has been to develop a mathematical model of the actuator parts of the fifth generation Haldex AWD system. The parts to be modeled are the DC-Machine and the pump. Also a model of the elasticity of the clutch has to be derived as well as a model for the hydraulic fluid. These models were then to be implemented in Matlab Simulink. The model was derived by means o

Varför vill duvan hellre falla än flyga? Under lång tid använde vi endast vår kunskap om flygplan för att förstå hur fåglar, fladdermöss och insekter kan flyga. Detta trots det är tydligt att de stela flygplansvingarna inte liknar till exempel fladdermössens mjuka embranvingar särskilt mycket. Tänk bortom klassisk flygplansaerodynamik, och du kan lära dig mycket om alla de speciella flygtekniker ABSTRACT Among small to medium-sized birds, intermittent flight is a common behavior, where pauses are inserted between wingbeats. This is believed to have the effect of changing the power output without having to change the wingbeat frequency. Small birds often perform bounding flight, where the wings are completely folded against the body during pauses, while larger birds can be found to glide

Title: The retreat from the ambiguities of entrepreneurship: A study of Business Incubators Submission date: May 22th 2013 Course: BUSN49 Degree Project in Managing People Knowledge and Change- Master Level Authors: Rasmus Jonsson & Emilia Olandersson Supervisor: Kate Sullivan, Department of Business Administration, School of Economics and Management, Lund University & Stefan Sveningsson,

The purpose of the research is to explore how social media can be used in order to handle a corporate brand crisis and to analyze how consumers respond to and reason regarding crisis communication in social media. The study is conducted with a qualitative case study approach. A combination of observations and semi-structured interviews were chosen to collect the empirical data. The theoretical fra

I svenska kommuner används för tillfället ofta papperskartor som geografiskt hjälpmedel vid fältarbete. En mobil GIS (geografiskt informationssystem)applikation skulle kunna vara ett användbart hjälpmedel vid sådant fältarbete och speciellt för att genomföra fältinventering. I detta examensarbete har en sådan applikation utvecklas. Applikationen har utvecklats för Örebro kommun och kallas iSurvey.Currently, Swedish municipalities generally use paper maps to conduct field work. A Mobile GIS (geographical information system) application could be a useful tool when conducting field work and field inventory work. In this master thesis, such an application has been developed. The application was developed for the municipality in Örebro and is called iSurvey. When developing a mobile application

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is today an established environmental tool which allows companies to assess the environmental impact of its products. Considering all inputs and outputs that a product uses in its entire life cycle; an LCA study gives a quantified expression of environmental performance. Theory does however not always go hand in hand with practice and it is common that companies simply

This study examines the use of derivatives by 137 public firms in Germany in 2006-2010. To our knowledge our study is the first examination of the relation between hedging and market value on the German market. We find in univariate tests that the use of derivatives by non-financial firms does not add value. The results from our tests are inconsistent with theoretical predictions. Additionally our

Heavy trucks vehicles by design often suffer from issues causing driver discomfort. That discomfort is here considered caused by oscillations in the driveline, which are affecting the driver. The driveline oscillations – sometimes referred to as shunt and shuffle - exist because of the sheer amount of power in a heavy truck engine, combined with a driveline where the components are relatively weak

The thesis addresses adoption of conservation agriculture in the northern Mozambican province Nampula. In a situation of food insecurity and increasing pressure on land with soil erosion and reduced yields as a result, conservation agriculture is promoted as an agriculture approach which is environmentally sustainable and which also has potential to improve farmers’ livelihoods. The adoption of co

The ability to successfully manage finances is considered to be proof of self-sufficiency and maturity. It is valid in the case of individuals as in the case of countries and regions. In an un-premeditated feedback loop, the EU funds are designed to create stronger regional autonomy which in turn fosters stronger demands of more funds particularly customized on regional identity and aimed at crea

The essay performs a qualitative study on political advertising clips available online in the official multimedia library of DG Enlargement. The sample material consists of the three video clips that at the time of writing focus on South Eastern European candidate countries as well as recently joined EU member states. By using a visual semiotic method of analysis in conjunction with theories on Ot