Although a substantial body of theoretical as well as empirical work emphasizes the role of the mass media in constructing what could serve as a political public sphere at the European level, strikingly little is known, in qualitative terms, about opinion-making journalists’ underlying views and orientations on the European integration process. The point of departure in the present paper is that o

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

Over the past decade an increase in labour taxation reforms have been observed across several countries. The main target of these reforms has generally been to encourage labour supply among different groups. In the case of Sweden, an earned income tax credit was introduced in 2007 and reinforced in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 as a measure to deal with the high unemployment level. The relationship be

This essay's primary purpose is to find out if there are any typical features that can be seen in the expensive homes belonging to the upper class. What makes these homes feel specifically luxurious? Is there something we can call "luxury" that is timeless? I have analysed two interiors from two different eras, both inhabited by the upper class. The concept of luxury and "good

Bakgrund; Enligt brottsstatistiken i Finland begår finlandssvenskar färre brottshandlingar. Till exempel begår mindre andel finlandssvenskar brott mot liv än vad finnar gör. Detta fenomen är inte utforskat i landet och därmed förekommer det inga teorier varför finlandssvenskar, enligt brottsstatistiken, är en mindre våldsam minoritet i Finland Syfte; Ställa upp sociologiska teorier och hypoteser

The concept using inside information has its origin in Directive 2003/6/EC on insider dealing and market manipulation, Market Abuse Directive. The Market Abuse Directive requires Member States to prohibit and penalize market abuse. The expression using inside information is found in the prohibition on insider dealing in Article 2.1 in the Directive. This article requires Member States to prohibit Begreppet utnyttjande av insiderinformation har sitt ursprung i direktiv 2003/6/EG om marknadsmissbruk, MmD. MmD ålägger medlemsstaterna att förbjuda och beivra marknadsmissbruk. Uttrycket utnyttjande av insiderinformation återfinns i förbudet mot insiderhandel, som i huvudsak regleras i artikel 2.1 i MmD. Artikel 2.1 föreskriver att medlemsstaterna ska förbjuda en person som förfogar över insider

In this thesis various topics in universal lossless source coding are discussed and analyzed. The main focus in this work is on lossless data compression of grayscale still images. Such images are, for example, frequently occurring in medical imaging. Based on theoretical considerations and empirical observations new compression algorithms are presented that are, in terms of compression performan