The purpose of this study is to explore the opportunities and challenges for self-employed artists who use social media for their business. The research is focused on painters and illustrators who have digitalised and commercialised their own artwork. The method follows a qualitative research framework with a comparative design of multiple cases on the level of individual artists. Seven artists fr

Nya Zeeland – landet som ligger mitt på två kolliderande tektonikplattor. Ett land som präglas av jordbävningar och vulkanutbrott. Utanför Auckland i norra Nya Zeeland ligger den mytomspunna ön Rangitoto, som är en vulkan som tros ha uppstått från en s.k. hotspot, en plym av magma från djupt i manteln. Rangitoto har en eruptionshistoria på omkring 1000 år, och hade sitt senaste utbrott för bara 55The volcano Rangitoto belongs to the Auckland volcanic field and is situated north east of Auckland city, New Zealand. The volcanos of the Auckland volcanic field have previously thought to be of monogenetic origin, but recent studies indicate that Rangitoto has a long history of eruptions, which would suggest that the volcanic system may have entered a new phase. The last eruption is dated to 500

In this report the preparation of colloidal molecules through electrostatically driven self-assembly of spherical, thermoresponsive microgel building blocks is investigated. Colloidal molecules are of interest to the scientific community because, unlike spherical colloids, they account for anisotropic interactions that can also be found in atomic molecules. The added benet of using thermoresponsiv

Optisk stimulerad luminiscens-analys (OSL-analys) är en metod som används för att datera bl.a. sediment från senkvartär tid. Det är av intresse för att ta reda på när geologiska händelser ägde rum och när isarna rört sig under senaste glaciationen och deglaciationen. Ett mineral som kan användas för åldersbestämning med OSL är kvarts. OSL åldersbestämmer inte kvartskornet utan avsättningsåldern föOptically stimulated luminescence analysis (OSL analysis) is a method used to date sediments from late Quaternary. The method is useful to find out when geological events took place and when the ice sheets moved during the recent glaciation and deglaciation. A mineral that can be used for determination of age with OSL is quartz. The OSL dating method does not determine the age of the individual qu

The aim of this essay is to explore cyberbullying and online hate in games with a focus on how the game developers attempt to self-regulate this hate. With the Swedish laws not being in place to protect the victims and sanctioning the offenders this aspect is a clear example of in-formal control. The essay used Barry Zimmerman’s theory about self-regulation. The empirical part of this essay consis

Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka hur fyra jazzsaxofonister övar utan sitt instrument. Studiens fokus är den typ av övning utan instrument som kan relateras till begrepp som mental övning och visualisering. För att se hur informanterna övar utan saxofonen måste denna typ av övning relateras till deras övning med saxofonen, därav studiens titel och forskningsområde. Fyra professionella jaThe purpose of this study is to investigate how four jazz saxophonists practice without their instruments. The focus of the study is the type of exercise without the instrument that can be related to concepts like mental practice and visualization. To see how they practice without the saxophone this type of exercise must be related to their practice with the saxophone, hence the title and research

Kassarna sprids med vinden, informationen ligger i lä Vad får dig att återanvända en plastpåse, eller att avstå helt och hållet? Enligt nya krav måste matbutiken, klädesbutiken - ja till och med den lokala pizzerian - berätta för dig varför plastpåsarna är dåliga för miljön. Allt i syftet att få dig att tänka en extra gång innan du tackar ja till en plastpåse. Om några år är det tänkt att ja tackPlastic carrier bags are one of the most frequently littered objects. They tend to accumulate in the oceans, posing a threat to marine organisms and birds which mistake them for food. To tackle this environmental issue, the EU has decided to reduce the consumption of plastic carrier bags through an amending directive. The directive is regulated through the Swedish regulation regarding plastic carr

Many scholars agree that current fast fashion system is highly unsustainable and causes many environmental and social challenges worldwide. Given this, the main aim of this thesis is to explore the concept of slow fashion and understand its potential benefits, contributing to sustainability within the current fashion system. On one hand, slow fashion represents an alternative production and consum

Denna kvalitativa forskningsstudies syfte är att undersöka vad som motiverar ungdomar till att börja producera musik och att sedan söka musikproduktion som huvudsaklig inriktning på gymnasiet. Studien syftar även till att ta reda på hur dessa elevers motivation till att producera musik sedan påverkas av sina klasskamraters olika bakgrunder och kunskapsnivåer samt det sociala samspelet i en musikprThe purpose of this qualitative study is to examine what motivates young people to start producing music and what later leads them to choose music production as their main profile in upper secondary school. The purpose is also to examine how these students motivation towards producing music is influenced by their classmates different backgrounds, levels of knowledge and the social interplay within

In this bachelor thesis, we have analyzed gender, gender roles and sexuality in children’s literature. We have used five of the most read children’s books from the city library in Lund, of the age category six to nine, to do a qualitative literary analysis. By using the theoretical concept of gender and sexuality and by being inspired by Nikolajeva, a professor in children’s literature, we have th

The long coherence times of the 4f hyperfine levels of rare-earth-ions gives the possibility to use these as quantum computation devices. Moreover after being doped into a crystal the strong dipole-dipole interaction can be utilized to entangle them. Much work has been done here in Lund to attain as many of the DiVincenzo criteria as possible. At the moment work is being done in the creation of a

Ett existerande problem idag är att personer inte använder tillräckligt säkra lösenord för att kunna värja sig mot olika attacker. Denna studie undersöker hur anställdas tidigare kunskap och utbildning inom lösenordssäkerhet påverkar deras faktiska kunskap och hur de applicerar denna kunskap när de väljer lösenord. Protection Motivation Theory och Social Cognitive Theory appliceras i denna studie.

The energy sector in the world today is in the middle of a huge challenge regarding grid development and power production. Whilst a significant part of the world's population are struggling without access to electricity, the more developed part of the world is trying to replace existing energy sources into renewable ones, and are also facing the challenge of an aging grid which is in desperate

The study aims to investigate whether diversity can affect people's social intelligence. The study has been conducted with an experimental design, where two experimental groups were primed with a text describing a workplace with a high degree of diversity respectively non-diversity. A control-group read a neutral text. The texts were followed by the self-assessment test Tromsö Social Intellige

This thesis explores the audience’s reactions in regards to the phenomenon of norm-breaking ads in Sweden, focusing on the representation of immigrant minorities in advertisements. The aim is to understand if, how, and why, these ads engage audiences online and offline, at a time where public interest in institutionalized politics is on the decrease. The interviews and photo elicitation are a way

This thesis will be concerned with one of the main concerns and highly discussed topics in the relationship between Article 102 TFEU and Intellectual Property Rights. Predominately, it will focus on the enforcement of IPR(s) as an abusive practise of dominance and whether a dominant undertaking has the ability to protect its IPR by refusing to licence its IPR to a third party. The main purpose wi

Previous research suggests that by examining the regional origins of revenues and the expected economic growth in regions, supra-normal returns may be achieved by creating zero investment portfolios. Nevertheless, such previous research examines countries with low export dependence and a high internal demand or uses data from a number of countries with di↵erent economic dependencies. The purpose o

Ultraljudsvågor används i många olika tillämpningar, t.ex. som sonar i vatten och för fosterdiagnostik. De kan också användas för att göra mätningar på olika material för att bestämma materialets tjocklek eller ljudets hastighet i materialet. Ultraljudsvågorna produceras och detekteras med hjälp av piezoelektriska element, t.ex. polyvinylidenflourid (PVDF)-film eller så kallade PZT-element (blyzirUltrasonic waves are widely used in different application e.g. for sonar scanning in water and fetal imaging. Furthermore it is used for doing measurements on different materials to determine the thickness of the material or the velocity of sound inside it. The ultrasonic waves are produced and detected by using piezoelectric elements based on e.g. Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-film or Lead Zirco

Purpose This study aims at examining how experiential brand stimuli on Instagram impact consumers’ perception of self-discrepancy in terms of life-achievements and hedonic well-being. Methodology With an experimental design, this study applies a quantitative research method that is deductive by nature, whereby the data was collected through an online questionnaire that enabled the analysis of t

Rwanda’s post-genocide development is often mentioned as an exceptional success story. Thereby, education is not only one of the main drivers for development, in Rwanda it has a special significance because knowledge and expertise are the main pillars for Rwanda’s vision for the future. The past years, the Rwandan government tries to expand the education of its population and aims to decrease educ