The main objective of this thesis is to argue whether Chinese characters (kanji) exists in Japanese spoken language as mental agents to distinguish homophonous words. A clearer picture of the background to this phenomenon is given by a brief review of the history of kanji, by bringing up different definitions of what kanji is and by explaining the relation between kanji and homophonous words. The

The rural regions have, and are facing, challenges on how to keep population, services and businesses. As of this, rural development focus has shifted towards the place-specific qualities by integrating local actors. This thesis focuses on analyzing the LEADER-methods approach to rural development in the municipality of Karlshamn, by interviewing local population to achieve an understanding of the

The purpose of the thesis was to design an object storage solution that fitted the modern needs of an urban bicyclist. The project was focused on analyzing today’s needs and whether or not these needs were being met by the current object storage solutions. A presumption was made that present day object storage solutions had stagnated in a small number of solutions that were not necessarily fitted

The problems of the standard model are reviewed and the motivations for introducing supersymmetry are discussed. The basic theory behind supersymmetry is described briefly, followed by an introduction of two realistic supersymmetric models; the Minimal SuperSymmetric Model (MSSM) and its proposed extension, the NMSSM. Some details of the NMSSM are stated and some constraints on parameters are desc

Ne is maybe the most common sentence-final particle in Japanese, and is a crucial part of the spoken dialogue. Though it is sometimes compared to the English 'tag questions' it is used much more frequently than the English equivalents, and it is hard to find a translation in another language that accurately describes the many functions that ne undoubtedly have. This thesis will attempt to

Syftet med denna uppsats var att operationalisera ned begreppet kreativitetsfrämjande ledarskap. Detta gjordes genom en studie genomförd enligt grounded theory, som undersöker fenomenet, kreativitetsfrämjande ledarskap, förutsättningslöst med utgångspunkt i vad chefer inom den privata sektorn har att säga på området. Studien röner en teori, som mer eller mindre försöker pussla ihop de delar av det

Vid Universitetsbiblioteket i Lund finns en handskriftssamling benämnd Olle Rybergs orientaliska handskriftssamling. Denna handskriftssamling har varken katalogiserats eller granskats fullständigt. Samlingen har tillhört Olof Ryberg (1905-1990), som var en välkänd profil i Lunds akademiska kretsar. Handskrifterna nr 178-275 i denna samling har studerats i syftet av att presentera en förstudie av

Syftet med denna uppsats var: att beskriva företags motiv till att hållbarhetsredovisa respektive att inte hållbarhetsredovisa, vilka vi kartlade genom intervjuer med utvalda företag inom telekombranschen. Analysen visade att våra två frågeställningar är komplexa och det föreligger således ett flertal motiv till varför företag väljer att redovisa hållbarhet eller inte. Vi har även kunnat utröna en

Företagsförvärv anses vara viktiga affärshändelser eftersom transaktioner oftast innebär omfattande förändringar, stora belopp och höga risker. Globalisering av marknaden ställer krav på ökad transparens och jämförbarhet bland internationella bolag. Gränsöverskridande transaktioner inklusive företagsförvärv underlättas och effektiviseras när finansiella rapporter baseras på samma principer och utf

This study provides evidence that Swedish corporations disclose more CSR information in their annual reports than Croatian corporations do. The study finds that size, industry, country of origin and management ownership affect the amount of CSR disclosures a company will make. Furthermore profitability cannot provide an answer while foreign listing and audit firm matter under different circumstanc

Studien presenterar fem huvudkategorier av faktorer vilka har stor inverkan på den anställdes motivation. Dessa är lön, gemenskap, flexibilitet, feedback och utvecklingsmöjligheter. Starkaste drivkraften är utvecklingsmöjligheter.

We have examined and analyzed the impact of ceiling sound absorbers and sound insulation in a false ceiling, on the speech privacy between two adjacent rooms. We concluded that they had a significant impact on the speech privacy and that the combination of ceiling sound absorbers with sound insulation in the false ceiling was the best option from an acoustic point of view.

The construction sector currently accounts for 41.4% of the total energy consumption in Egypt and the residential sector accounts for more than half of all electricity consumed in the country. Therefore, there is great potential for reducing electricity use. Much of the electricity is used for lighting, air conditioning and hot water, a great part of this use can be reduced by passive climate cont

This bachelor´s thesis concerns the solar energy systems in new small houses. First various terms of low energy buildings are explained followed by technologies that reduce energy demands are explained and the ways it is possible to recover heat energy. Thereafter a discussion in how solar energy can be exploited is raised, which solar technologies are available and how it is possible to use solar

Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to investigate whether the future development of the Digital Home creates incentives for Sony Ericsson to initiate an Open Source based platform strategy. Issues: The main issues presented: To create future scenarios of the Digital Home environment and describe its ecosystem of consumer electronics and mobile phones. To investigate the competitive advantage fo

ABB has identified a potential in decreasing their levels of capital employed and in particular net working capital, NWC. To release tied up capital from the balance sheet, a decision was taken to start an initiative with focus on NWC. The focus area is to reduce NWC as percentage of revenues and to reduce the levels of overdues. The objective of this report is to describe a methodology for decrea

The foundation of this thesis has been to investigate the possibilities of giving Stena Aluminium, a company recycling aluminium, increased control to regulate and steer the risk they are taking when exposing raw material and finished goods. Stena Aluminium wants to minimize the risk of losses on raw material and finished goods when prices change. This is a large problem for instance when raw mate

Working market-oriented and targeted calls for a strategic thinking and an understanding of both external and internal conditions of the company. Based on a qualitative research method a model is set up to act as a method of marketing. The model takes a systematic way of thinking into account, but also a lack of resources in terms of financial resources, skills within the company and market inform