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In 2010, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) announced a “vision zero” of zero fire deaths in Sweden by 2050. Studies into fire deaths have identified that certain risk groups, including but not limited to older people, are overrepresented in fire death statistics in Sweden. The MSB has developed guidelines for how individualised fire safety (IFS) can be implemented in local communities f
In contemporary literature in strategic communication, public relations, and corporate communication, co-creation of meaning is often claimed to be a core objective (e.g., Coombs & Heath, 2006). The aim of this chapter is to review the literature on social media and strategic communication and develop arguments for why we believe the new communication structure is challenging old concepts and
Cian Duffy’s chapter is concerned with the Danish poet and dramatist Adam Oehlenschläger, often identified as Denmark’s leading Romantic-period writer. Duffy focuses on an early instance of Oehlenschläger’s reception in England: an essay on contemporary German drama by Julius Charles Hare in the first and only number of Charles Ollier’s Literary Miscellany. Drawing also on theories about the relat
This thesis applies a methodology based on the Novy (2013) ratio of trade barriers to identify variations in barriers to cross-provincial trade in the People’s Republic of China, econometrically tests for determinants of such variations, and together with the results of a field study determines the state of the current trade environment. Results of this study show the presence of such barriers to
The aim of this essay is to contribute to the field of research for language teachers in order to raise the awareness of the Education Act concerning the fundamental values which enforce an equal education for every student. Research made by the National Agency for Education presents results were the fundamental values are not incorporated satisfactorily into the daily teaching but rather dealt wi
This thesis is a documentation of the security discourse of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. It utilizes the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory to identify speech acts of securitization and desecuritization in the speaking and writing of political actors within the Swedish Social Democratic Party, focusing on the securitization of Muslims. This is done through a qualitative context anal
Traveller of the Century (2009) by Andrés Neuman is a passionate love story that reflects 19th Century Europe and furthermore it constitutes a reinterpretation of the period by the author, in which he combines the classical novel with modern literary techniques. This essay analyzes the presence of translation in the story, interpreting it as a metaphor for love, and investigates its significance f
This essay explores how a critical reading of the novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) can inform teachers when discussing inequality issues in the ESL classroom. The main questions being investigated are how the novel The Grapes of Wrath reveals oppressive and unequal power relationships, and how a critical reading of the novel can be used when teaching and informing others about inequality. In this
Collective memory is a psychological and sociological concept. This theory provides a reference for defining the characteristics of a community from the perspective of memory. Further research also shows that its internal connection to culture and community. This has many similarities with user research in product design. By focusing on typical or iconic products, objects, or the interacting proce
This thesis investigates how the relationship between the said and the meant in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass exposes the paradoxical condition of language. First, the theoretical framework accounts for the theory of language put forth by Jacques Derrida. Here it is concluded that discrepancies between the said and the meant are properties of language. This is due to the parado
Voyage charterparties, as one of the most common carriage contracts, has its own specific provisions which govern the legal relationship of the engaged parties. One of those specifications relates to the concept of laytime which is defined as the time during which the charterer can load or discharge the cargo. In this work the author tries to discuss the requirements that should be fulfilled to co
The Apostle meeting in Jerusalem is an important event that leads to the Apostle Decree, condensing all rules into four main ones, in order to include the Gentiles. Regarding food restrictions in the Decree, what could have started a Gentile alternation of their old symbolic universe, in order to internalize a new plausibility structure? The focus seems to have been to describe in what way the Gen
Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to better understand the early stage investment process, and with this deeper understanding provide Ideon Innovation with recommendations of how to improve the interactions between investors and entrepreneurs. Methodology: The thesis has been conducted with a mixture between a systems approach and an actors approach. An abductive research method has been chose
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Det Rinkiska bältet är den nordliga delen av en bergskedjebildning som kallas Nagssugtoqidisk-Rinkiska orogenesen (NRO), på centrala och norra Västgrönland. NRO är en gammal, djupt eroderad, 1000 km bred bergskedja som bildades vid kontinent-kontinent kollision för 1,85-1,87 Ga sedan och som korreleras med det angränsande nordöstra Kanada. Det Rinkiska bältet beThe Palaeoproterozoic Rinkian fold belt forms the northern segment of the Nagssugtoqidian-Rinkian orogenic (NRO) system of central and northern West Greenland. The NRO is an ancient, deeply-eroded, 1000 km wide orogen formed during a continent-continent collision c. 1.85-1.87 Ga ago correlated to the adjacent north-eastern Canada. The Rinkian fold belt consists of Archaean basement and the unconfo
De fördelar som ses med ett tvåkammarsystem kategoriseras utifrån följande fem generella, övergripande argument: granskning, stabilitet, kompletterande perspektiv, skydd för minoriteter och storlek. Storbritanniens utformande av tvåkammarsystemet är unikt i den mening att dess överhus utgörs av medlemmar som inte blivit demokratiskt valda och som i vissa fall även har ärvt sina positioner. Utifr
