The purpose of the following thesis is through the combination of a semiotic and phenomenological analysis, to investigate the flemish 17th century painting Achelous Defeated by Hercules. The Creation of The Cornucopia (Allegory of Fruitfulness). The theoretical approach will be based on a treatment of the picture as a symbolic body, which evokes bodily responses similar to those that a real body

I flera årtionden har konflikten mellan Israel och Palestina härjat i mellanöstern och varit ett hot mot freden. Konflikten går långt tillbaka i tiden men eskalerade kraftigt då Storbritannien lämnade över mandatet av det palestinska territoriet till FN, kort efter andra världskrigets slut, som i sin tur fattade beslutet om att försöka skapa en tvåstatslösning för territoriet. Konflikten, som än iDecades of conflict have long been a part of the life in the palestinian territory. The tension in the middle east region has since the beginning composed an underlying threat to peace. The conflict has kept on escalating since the end of WWII when the UK handed over the mandate for the palestinian territory to the UN. The UN then decided on a two-state-partition-plan that would grant land and sou

Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Från integration till motivation Seminariedatum: 2021 - 01 - 15 Ämne/Kurs: FEKH49, Examensarbete i organisation på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Max Ekholm Stenberg, Tesa Manxhuka och Jenny Wang Handledare: Roland Paulsen Fem nyckelord: Motivation, integration, välmående, utländska akademiker, mångfald Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att få Abstract Title: From integration to motivation Seminar date: 2021 - 01 - 15 Course: FEKH49, Business Administration: Bachelor’s degree Project in Organization Undergraduate, 15 credits Authors: Max Ekholm Stenberg, Tesa Manxhuka och Jenny Wang Advisor: Roland Paulsen Keywords: Motivation, integration, well-being, foreign academics, diversity Purpose: The purpose of this study is to get a dee

I denna uppsats undersöker jag delar av Michael Smiths lösning på det han refererar till som det moraliska problemet i hans bok "The Moral Problem" (1994). Dels undersöker jag Smiths argument för att kopplingen mellan moraliska omdömen och motivation bäst förklaras av en begreppslig nödvändighet (kapitel 3 i "The Moral Problem"), dels undersöker jag Smiths teori om normativa sk

This study employs the ESG-Sharpe Ratio frontiers framework and the ESG-adjusted CAPM model, introduced by Pedersen et al. (2020), to identify the costs and benefits of responsible investing and investigate the relationship between the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues and portfolio performance in different countries across Europe. In this paper, we explain the cross-country diffe

The purpose of this study is to, in chosen organization, describe and analyze the onboarding process based on how the people in charge work with and newcomers' perception of the onboarding process as well as to present proposals for possible development opportunities. To answer the purpose, the study used a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews as the main method of gathering in

Syfte: Syftet med rapporten var att granska Sveriges fem största revisionsföretag för att avgöra hur långt de kommit i processen integrerad rapportering, samt identifiera vilka faktorer som kan ha påverkat. Teoretiska perspektiv: De perspektiv som har utgjort rapportens teoretiska grund är primärt intressentmodellen, legitimitetsteorin och . Detta för att täcka hållbarhetsperspektivet studien antaPurpose: The purpose of the report was to examine the five biggest auditing companies in Sweden to determine how far they have come in the process of integrated reporting, also to identify the factors which affected the result. Theoretical perspectives: The theoretical frameworks that have been used in order to meet the sustainability perspective which the study has adopted are the Stakeholder sal

This paper aims to describe and analyse the extrinsic motivations, as well as describe and analyse both positive and negative consequences for entrepreneurs to work in coworking spaces. The study was conducted as a qualitative study in the form of semi-structured interviews. The empirical data consisted of interviews with 13 representatives with executive positions in businesses working at differe

Drawing together the right to health in prison, and the understanding that yoga has numerous positive impacts on health, this paper explores the potential for using yoga as a way to improve prison conditions and experience from a human rights perspective. Secondary literature is used to answer two research questions: whether yoga is an appropriate and effective tool for realising international hea

Physical activity plays a significant role in people's health, and the market for fitness apps is today a large growing market. This thesis work was conducted in conjunction with Advagym, Sony's connected gym solution that tracks activity using IoT sensors mounted on fitness machines to log detected exercises in a smartphone app. This work examines how to extend Advagym to include free w

Purpose: To evaluate whether ETFs have outperformed index mutual funds on the European market during the period 2009-2019. Methodology: The method is based on quantitative data acquired from Thomson Reuters Eikon as well as Bloomberg terminal. Historical returns are processed and analyzed using selected performance measures. Theoretical perspectives: Theories are applied to compare the returns o

This essay shows how Freudian psychoanalytic literary criticism can be used to analyze representations of what could be called literary characters’ unconscious, i.e. their thoughts and dreams, to attempt to determine and explain their view of women. The analysis serves as an example of what EFL teachers can focus on regarding Freudian criticism. This is applied to Winston, the protagonist of Georg

Syftet med detta arbete är att med kvalitativa metoder undersöka vilken inverkan en praktisk omsättning av specifik kunskap rörande hand- och underarmsmuskulaturer, med särskilt fokus på anslaget via lumbricales- och interosseimusklerna, kan ha på pianoelevers musicerande. Med hänsyn till tidigare forskning som belyser att lumbricales- och interosseimusklerna kommer att spela en betydande roll vidThe purpose of this study is to, by using qualitative methods, examine the impact that a practical application of specific knowledge concerning the hand and forearm muscles, particularly keystrokes via the lumbrical and interossei muscles, can have at piano students' musical performance. The target group, piano students in an aesthetic program that practiced a somewhat advanced repertoire, was

ABSTRAKT Författare: Linnèa Åsengård Titel: ”Hon sade visserligen inte att hon ville, men hon sade inte heller att hon inte ville”: En kvalitativ studie om hur män dömda för våldtäkt uppfattat sexuellt samtycke Kandidatuppsats: SOCK04, 15 hp Handledare: Agneta Mallén Sociologiska institutionen, höstterminen 2020 Den 1:a juli 2018 införde Sverige en ny sexualbrottslagstiftning byggd på frivilligh

How the IGHV upstream sequences look like? The antibody, also called immunoglobulin (lG), can identify and bind specifically to antigens such as bacteria, viruses, and other disease-causing organisms. Its high variety is achieved by the selection and recombination of genes from normal full-length genomic genes. The antibody contains two identical heavy chains and two identical light chains. What

Title: Key to a Successful Employee: Loyalty and Motivation Seminar date: 2021-01-14 Course: FEKH19, Business Administration: Bachelor’s degree Project in Strategic Management,Undergraduate level, 15 credits Authors: Rebecca Grahn, Victoria Lundgren, Fanny Nabseth Advisor: Devrim Göktepe-Hultén Keywords: Short-time work allowances, covid-19 pandemic, loyalty, motivation, Principal- agent Th

Den här studien avsåg att lyssna till tonåringars funderingar kring familjeliv, föräldraskap och tonårstid. Mycket finns skrivet om tonåringar från vuxnas perspektiv, den här studien vill lyfta fram ungdomars egna röster med utgångspunkten att vi kan lära mycket av dem, om vi bara frågar och att det är kunskap som både föräldrar, familjebehandlare och alla andra vuxna kan ha nytta av. En kvalitati