This essay aims to perform a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of select passages from Sister Carrie. The purpose of this is to identify and explain how discourse (language use) affects the intercharacter positions of power at various points of the story. These findings will be presented in the form of rhetorical devices and will be used to propose methods and exercises intended to teach skills re

Chocaya Basin ligger i den nordvästra delen av dalen Cochabamba i Bolivia, där ett halvtorrt klimat råder. Den ökande befolkningen är beroende av lokala akviferer för dricksvatten och jordbruk, där brunnar används för att utvinna vattnet. Låg nederbörd, främst under torrperioden, och uppförandet av nya hus eller fabriksbyggnader, påverkar infiltrationen av vattnet i jorden och därmed akviferernas The Chocaya Basin is situated in the north-western part of the Valley of Cochabamba, Bolivia, where a semi-arid climate prevails. The increasing population is dependent on local aquifers for drinking water and irrigation. Wells are used to extract water. Scarce amount of rainfall, mainly during the dry season, and constructions of buildings, are reducing the infiltration of water in the soil and c

Face-to-face dialogue can be regarded as a direct and visible way to establish a close connection, between two people facing each other communicate proactively and without barriers. It also plays a key role in the study of verbal and nonverbal communication. A number of studies provide an overview of how gesture rates in face-to-face conditions have registered different rates compared with other s

Immunsystemet, hjärt-kärlsjukdom och blodfetter. Hjärt-kärlsjukdom och immunsystemet. Hjärt- och kärlsjukdomar är ett spektrum av sjukdomar som präglar vaskulaturen och hjärtat. Sammanräknat så utgör hjärt- och kärlsjukdomar de mest vanliga dödsorsaken världen över, och trots stora insatser riktat till att utveckla nya terapier har situationen inte förbättrats märkbart de senaste tjugo åren. HjärThe main underlying pathology of cardiovascular diseases is atherosclerosis, a disease characterized by dyslipidemia, inflammation and metabolic dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of IL-2Rβ signaling in atherosclerosis and cardiometabolic disease using an IL-2/anti-IL-2 complex selectively targeting IL-2Rβ. We demonstrate that treatment with an IL-2/anti-IL-2 complex se

Sedan bilens intåg har samhällets infrastruktur utformats och anpassats till dess behov. Allteftersom klimatförändringar och klimatfrågor ställts i rampljuset har den strategiska planeringen inom transportsektorns omstrukturerats utefter. Man introducerade arbetsstrategin fyrstegsprincipen 1997; som syftade till god resurshållning och optimering av den befintliga kapaciteten, och arbetsmetodiken åEver since the car was introduced to society, our infrastructure has attuned to its needs. As climate change successively been put in the spotlight, the strategic planning within the transport sector has restructured followingly. In Sweden a transport planning strategy called “Fyrstegsprincipen” was introduced as of 1997; it aimed to improve resource management, to optimize existing transport capa

Schilling, S., 2019. Ondh quinna ær diæwlsins dura naghil – a gender study of lead amulets from medieval Denmark. During the middle ages, witches, sorcerers, elves and demons were lurking everywhere you walked and the fear of becoming possessed with a demon were every person’s worst fear. The church provided a form of protection that guaranteed safety by the power of God’s word. From the period of

This text is a qualitative study based on interviews with gender non normative co-parents who have experiences with the Danish healthcare system in the process of becoming a parent. The study explores how experiences with the healthcare system can be understood as a part of their subjectivation. Through the lens of queer feminism, represented by Judith Butler, it thus critically investigates how s

En byskola på den skånska landsbygden står orörd sedan de sista eleverna lämnade den någon gång på 1960-talet. Kvar står tomma skolbänkar med stängda lock. På griffeltavlan i en av lärosalarna läses ”Välkomna hit! /Låt stå”. Ogräset täcker sedan länge gruset på gårdsplanen framför skolans entré. Fönsterbågens träspröjs har sugit ut det sista av linojan från den numera krackelerade linoljefärgen. D

Målet med detta examensarbete har varit att gestalta en plats för yoga, meditation och bad. I samband med detta har jag velat undersöka hur hav och natur kan samverka med arkitektur för att skapa en kontemplativ miljö. Avsikten har varit att synliggöra en liten plats i skärgården i syfte att tillvara ta naturens och havets lugnande och välgörande egenskaper. Landsort Öja är den södra skärgårdensThe purpose of this thesis has been to create a place for yoga, meditation and bath. Doing this, I have wanted to investigate how the ocean and nature can cooperate with architecture to create a contemplative environment. The aim has been to highlight a small place in Stockholm’s archipelago and make use of the calming and beneficial effects of nature and the ocean. Landsort Öja is the southernm

A cohouse is a house with private apartments as well as shared areas and they can be organized in different ways. The purpose of the project was to learn more about cohousing. How the common rooms are used and what kind of furniture is preferred. My method was to read about the topic and then visit cohouses in Sweden and Germany to do interviews and study the use and function of the sha

Disaster management is a field, where any kind of information is essential for planning and rescue operations. The availability of real-time data on a portable device, such as a smartphone, can be very useful for emergency workers, during rescue operations and citizens as well. Augmented mobile reality is a system where the users can see overlayed data and visuals in the real environment through t

Background: The fashion industry is one of the world’s largest and most creative sectors in the retail industry, but also one of the most polluting industries globally. More and more clothes are produced than it is needed, and this has been a usual process in the fashion industry to meet consumers’ needs. Consumers can also be responsible for the environmental degradation, even though most of the

The main purpose of this thesis is to present and analyze spatial characteristics of 31 different European atmospheric measurement stations in the ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System) station network. The characterization includes quantification of where air arriving at the stations can be expected to have come from, as well as a breakdown of what these areas cover with regards to land cove

The Flommen Lagoon system is located in Skanör-Falsterbo, Sweden. It hosts a diverse and sensitive ecosystem. There have been concerns about the water quality in this lagoon due to impaired water exchange. The objectives of this thesis is to determine the current state of the water exchange in the lagoon and investigate possible measures to improve it. These possible measures revolve around the

The autobiographies written in French by the migrant writers Akira Mizubayashi, of Japanese origin, and Andrei Makine, of Siberian origin, will be examined in this essay with particular focus on the authors’ reflections on the acquisition of a foreign language and the dual linguistic affiliation in relation to identity shaping.

This thesis is about how to create architectural spaces in a not-too-distant future where new regulations demand better heat insulation in buildings and the implications that will bring to the building industry. Rather than worrying about how to deal with thicker walls and smaller windows, this thesis is trying to find new ways of designing buildings that enable us to continue having the possibili

The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding of ESL learners’ anxiety when speaking in a learning context and how teachers can help their students overcome FLSA. This study seeks to investigate the causes of FLA that the participants may experience when learning English. The study also investigates what teachers can do to reduce learners’ anxiety of speaking a L2. To do this, interviews

CellaVision develops automated microscopy for blood analysis. Their products can pre-classify 19 different types of white blood cells and support the medical technologist performing the final classification. CellaVision provides reference cells. The reference cells are a fixed set of cells handpicked by a technologist, chosen to be typical for that specific class. The reference cells are static, i

Den här studiens syfte var att undersöka eventuella effekter av interaktioner mellan visuella preferenser (object imagery och spatial imagery) och korrekt eller inkorrekt minnesåterkallning till följd av missledande information. Ett webbaserat experiment i enlighet med misinformation paradigm användes där deltagarna fick se en filmsekvens som skildrade ett brott, läsa antingen en korrekt sammanfatThis study investigated possible effects on interaction between imagery and misinformation on memory accuracy and recall of misinformation. The subjects participated in an online experiment which followed the misinformation paradigm where they watched a film which showed a crime scene, read a summary which either included a correct summary of the film, incorrect summary which had misleading decrip