Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur olika typer av omskrivningar; metaforer och liknelser används av elever och lärare i ämnet Gehörs- och musiklära. Mer specifikt undersöks hur elever väljer att beskriva tre typer av färgade ackord, hur de upplever användandet av dessa beskrivningar som hjälp för att identifiera ackorden samt hur en lärare i ämnet Gehörs- och musiklära använder sig av metaThis study aims to investigate how different types of rewriting; metaphors and similarities are used by students and teachers in music theory and ear training. More specifically, how students choose to describe three types of colored chords, how they perceive the use of these descriptions to help identify the chords and how a music theory teacher uses metaphors, descriptive words and associations

Research question-/s: How does the time perceived by employees influence their individual innovative behaviour? Methodology: The research strategy of the study is quantitative with the use of a deductive method with influences of induction. Overall the design is a cross-sectional study design with the primary source of data collection through an online survey administered to a selected sample. T

How are non-heterosexual spaces for men constructed and how can we understand them? What purpose do they fill? Where does non-heterosexual men go looking to find other nonheterosexual men? This Bachelor thesis in Gender Studies explore the answers to these questions. Inspired by ’’Såna på Amerikabåtarna’’ a sociological study by Arne Nilsson the research of this thesis is drawing on four qualitati

Design can steer individuals in different ways to guide them to perform an intended behavior and make certain decisions. Persuasive design and digital nudging refer to two design strategies, which both emphasize the concept of designing with intention. By guiding users through design within the process of decision-making. Digital nudging originates from the concept of nudging which is rarely menti

BI system utilisation influence organisational knowledge, data sensemaking and meaning construction practices. The research explore how the use of BI technologies change meaning power distribution in an organisation. The study used two theories of meaning power – deterministic and continuous framing. From those their concepts the framework for interview guide was compiled. Interpretative strategy

Blockchain-teknologin har haft en explosiv karaktär i samband med kryptovalutan bitcoins. Den moderna teknologin karaktäriseras som en öppen, decentraliserad och distribuerad databas för lagring av transaktionsinformation. Genom att eliminera centraliserade tredjeparter tillåter tekniken två parter att förhandla med varandra. Detta öppnar upp möjligheten att uppnå betydligt mer transparenta transa

This thesis contributes to the existing literature by examining the effect of oil prices on floating exchange rates of oil dependent countries. I conduct empirical tests on monthly data of 32 currencies over a timeframe of 15 years from 2003 to 2017 and 13 currencies over a timeframe of 25 years from 1993 to 2017. The analysis, therefore, includes a large sample that has the drawback of a shorter

Innovations and economic growth are tightly connected. They are responsible for the humanity’s progress into a modern and industrialized society; they improved welfare, life quality and solved problems in diverse fields. Implicitly, it is expected that innovations will continue to do so. However, some statistics reveal that this view might be overly optimistic, as investments in innovative activit

The purpose of this research is to investigate the Performance Management within the ACAs. The findings of this research concluded that the two Anti-Corruption Authorities have different performance management systems. The researchers believe that this difference stems from internal and external factors.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to look into different financial planning processes and approaches and see whether gaming behavior is more predominant in one financial planning process or approach over the other as theory suggests. Additionally, the research aims to identify whether performance measures directly tied to financial planning targets are evident and whether this could be the

The traditional play stage once played a big part in Chinese architecture. They witnessed the most common public entertainment for Chinese people, and became a unique icon of traditional architecture, arts and urban life. In today’s society, though the traditional play stage dose not seem to disappear thanks to the developing notion of architectural preservation, it still has to face the fact that

“Det är inget fel med att vara homo, men jag är inte homo-homo”- ​ En narrativ textanalys om hur tv-serien Skam förhandlar homosexualitet ​är en B-uppsats författad vårtterminen 2018 av Alice Ekman och Caroline Oscarsson, studenter i Medie- och Kommunikationsvetenskap, Institutionen för kommunikation och medier, vid Lunds universitet. Denna uppsats fokuserar på huvudkaraktären Isak i tv-serien “Sk

This article uses a systematic and rigorous empirical study of the effects of the policies of the national high-tech zones using relevant socio-economic data from 266 prefecture-level cities in 30 provinces in China from 2001 to 2016. We use the characteristics of the gradual advancement of the national high-tech zones to adopt the difference-in-difference model model to estimate the policy impact

During the period of the Roman Imperial Period the area north of the Roman limes, Germania Magna, was influenced from the Roman Empire. The varied interactions between the Romans and the Germanic population, living beyond the northern frontier, has broadly been studied during centuries. One of these aspects have been to further understand the relation and the Roman- Germanic interaction by investi

Industrialization has been the key engine for economic growth in the developed world, and currently these economies are substituting away from manufacturing towards services. The alarming trend is that developing countries are doing so as well to an even greater extent and at a lower level of GDP and development. This phenomenon of deindustrialization is premature for developing economies as they

Contrary to what practice suggests, social media platforms may not be an appropriate forum for communicating with civil society about sustainability issues. It is common knowledge that fake news and misinformation campaigns are distorting the line between fact and falsity on social media platforms. Complicating this arrangement, these circumstances are the backdrop of a wider distrust of expert op

Climate change is a fact and effects everybody on this planet, whether its humans, plants or animals. There is a comprehensive agreement about the mechanisms on how aerosol particles affect the radiative balance of the earth, but there is a need of more knowledge to fully understand climate change and the strength of the aerosol radiative forcing. The aim of this thesis is to investigate if the SM