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Studien hade två frågeställningar; att undersöka möjligheten att förutsäga en individs nivå på självkänsla genom en semantisk analys av Facebook-uppdateringar, samt att undersöka om det fanns speciella semantiska kluster av ord som var indikativa för självkänsla. Studien utfördes genom en webbaserad enkät som distribuerades via Mechanical Turk. Enkäten bestod av Rosenberg self-esteem scale och en The study had two purposes; to explore the possibility of predicting an individual's level of self-esteem through a semantic analysis of Facebook updates, and to investigate whether there were special semantic clustering of words that were indicative of selfesteem. The study was conducted through a web-based survey that was distributed via Mechanical Turk. The questionnaire consisted of the Ro

Vid sidan av civilprocess och skiljeförfarande kan kommersiella parter av-tala om att en tvist dem emellan ska avgöras av en inhyrd konsult. Om tvis-ten genomförs som att judiciellt förfarande benämns förfarandet i den här uppsatsen privatdomarförfarande. Konsulten benämns privatdomare. I civilprocessen och i skiljeförfarandet kräver lagregler att en part ska ha möjlighet att få uttala sig innan Instead of using litigation or arbitration, commercial parties may hire a con-sultant to settle their dispute. If the dispute resolution method is judicial in its character, this thesis defines it as private judging (privatdomarför-farande). The consultant is called a private judge (privatdomare). Litigation and arbitration have rules granting the parties to a dispute the right to prior notice and

Reglerna och läran om rättskraften är ett av de mest omdiskuterade ämnena inom svensk civilprocessrätt. Det råder ett systematiskt samband mellan RB 17:11 och 13:3 som är av vikt för att förstå gällande rätt. Förståelsen för rättskraftsläran och gällande rätt kompliceras dock av ett antal rättsfall. Kontentan av praxis är att vissa alternativa yrkanden prekluderas av domens rättskraft och det kan The concept of res judicata is an intensively discussed area in Swedish civil procedural law. There is a fundamental correlation of legal and systematic importance between article 11 in chapter 17 and article 3 in chapter 13 in the Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure (RB 17:11, 13:3). However, it should be noted that the case law has complicated the understanding of the concept. This has, amongst o

This thesis is located at the intersection of two concepts: accountability in and communication for development. Two review chapters provide an overview of their general reception in the development discourse, relevant definitions and the significance both concepts have gained for the work of development NGOs. Within each concept the thesis focuses on a particular aspect: downward accountability a

Russia have recently started to reassert themselves in their near abroad. With their annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea peninsula following an independence referendum other post-Soviet states have been looking at their Russian minorities nervously for signs of similar separatist tendencies. This paper will examine if there are valid reasons for these fears. To do this a comparative study has been

Title: Social Environmental Accounting and Accountability - a preparer’s perspective on the relationship between the accountor and the accountee within the food industry in Sweden Seminar date: 2014-06-02 Course: BUSN69 Degree Project - Accounting & Auditing Authors: Ola Nordahl & Alexander Chiem Advisors: Karin Jonnergård & Amanda Tan Sonnerfeldt Five key words: Sustainability reporti

This thesis examines three different conflicts in two different areas in Georgia, which created 254,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. This thesis examines whether Georgia fulfills its obligations under international law towards these two groups of IDPs. The definition of the IDPs is compared according to the Guiding Principles of the United Nations and the Law of Georgia on F

This essay examines the peacebuilding discourse that emerges from the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and its cooperation with Guinea-Bissau in their efforts to build a stable peace in the country. In this discourse I analyze how the linguistic constructions of security and gender affect how security is viewed and who is able to create it. This since the language used by the organization c

This essay aims to investigate how Amnesty International handles the so called peace versus justice dilemma in post-conflict societies. This is done by studying a number of Amnesty publications published between 1996 and 2000, concerning various aspects of justice within the peacebuilding-process in Sierra Leone. More concretely, what is studied is whether Amnesty tends to prefer judicial (trials)

The purpose of this theory developing study is to develop Paul Collier’s (2007) theory of development traps by considering the possibility of adding a fifth trap, the aid trap. This will be conducted through in depth analyses of the impact of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia. The results aim to be relevant on a boarder context in the hope to contribute to the research of other aid dependen

Trots vårt moderna samhälle med ett materiellt överflöd och till synes vägar för alla att vara delaktiga, bidra och få hjälp finns fortfarande grupper i samhället som behöver stöd. Dessa grupper inkluderar bland annat personer med olika former av funktionsnedsättningar, som inte utan hjälp kan vara en aktiv del i samhället, eller i en del fall inte ens ta hand om sig själva. Dessa grupper behöver

Studies about migration and development consist of a vast field of themes. However, irregular migration between developing countries is to a large extent still an unexplored area. Based on a constructivist approach and a qualitative study, this paper explores the structural explanations of irregular migration from Nicaragua to Costa Rica and the categorisation of migration flows into ‘south’ and ‘

Title: Discussing the motivation of knowledge workers to engage in employee driven innovation – the influence of trust in organisational processes Date of the seminar: June 3rd 2014 Course: Master Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship and degree project (Master thesis 15 ECTS) Authors: Sam Hobbs & Julien Véron Supervisor: Håkan Lagerquist Keywords: Motivation, trust, employ

This thesis looks at the effects a coffee cooperative in the municipality of Salgar has on its member farmers, and its implication for rural development in the region. Coffee cooperatives have become important strategic institutions within the coffee sector in the country, instigated by the National Coffee Growers Federation. It is the only agricultural sector in the country where farmers can be g

Detta arbete syftar till att undersöka vad i framställningsprocessen som kan resultera i felaktig eller missvisande geografisk information, vilka konsekvenser spridning av felaktig geografisk information kan få och varför konsekvenserna ser ut som de gör. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter inleds med bland andra Foucault och Bacons förklaringar om förhållanden mellan kunskap och makt. Vidare är da

The purpose of this thesis paper is to describe how a physical border affects the Human security of people living in the borderlands and to investigate how the theory of Zartman is compatible with Human security as described by Owens. The case described is the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia and South Ossetia where Russian soldiers erect a fence in 2011. The study uses Zartman’s

Då människor utsätts för utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning utsätts de för en stor risk att drabbas av marginalisering. Utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning innebär flera olika risker för de förflyttade personerna. Dessa risker måste förebyggas för att motverka att marginalisering för de förflyttade uppstår. Uppsatsen studerar utvecklingsorsakad tvångsförflyttning för projektet Integrated Hous

Problem/Bakgrund: Genom den teknologiska utvecklingen har ungdomar idag vuxit upp i en värld där den digitala kommunikationen har blivit en naturlig del i vardagen och där de ständigt kommunicerar via telefonsamtal, sms och sociala medier. Vad händer egentligen mellan ungdomarna och deras kommunikation via mobiltelefonen – den ständiga flexibla kommunikation, där det verbala språket har fått en al

The concept of run-o triangles is widely used within the actuarial eld. Its purpose is to estimate Incurred But Not Reported claims for insurance portfolios, in order to set appropriate reserves that are in compliance with regulatory requirements as well as the company's risk appetite. In this thesis, a parametric approach is proposed, where the portfolios are modeled using non-stationary dist