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This essay deals with the so-called Islamic State´s propaganda paper Dabiq and how the use of history in it helps create historically based depictions of the Islamic State´s enemies. I have analysed the first four issues of Dabiq from 2014 and used Jakob Dahlbacka´s definition of religious use of history and prophetic use of history as an analytical frame. I have analysed both text and images in D

Den diplomatiska immuniteten har spelat en viktig roll inom den internationella rätten och det diplomatiska arbetet i världen under en mycket lång tid. Principen om beskickningslokalers okränkbarhet regleras i artikel 22 i Wienkonventionen om diplomatiska förbindelser och är enligt sin ordalydelse absolut. Bestämmelsen innebär att mottagarstaten är förbjuden att beträda lokalen utan beskickningschThe role of diplomatic immunity within international law is one of great importance. The principle of inviolability of mission premises is governed by Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and is in its wording absolute. The provision states that a recipient state is prohibited from entering the premises without the consent of the head of the mission. At the same time, the re

The tense situation over the territorial conflict in the South China Sea has intensified in recent years with China's increased military presence and actions. This has contributed to increased concern among the ASEAN states in the region. It has also affected the United States´s security policy on how to relate to China as an international power. The main objective of this study is to examine

This thesis does describe and analyse the extent of protection of the Christian Louboutin trademark. The registration of trademarks is crucial for the fashion industry, in order to ensure the legacy of the brand and to gain economic value on the investments made. Its main goal is to determine the extent of trademark protection for fashion items and the obstacles they may face in both the EU and th

The purpose of this project is studying heat transfer to indexable cutting tools during milling of a selection of titanium alloys, relevant to the industry. To achieve this goal, both experimental and theoretical models were contemplated to formulate the current thesis. The experimental set-up was designed and executed at Seco Tools AB, supporting the project as industrial collaborator. The therm

Due to the steadily growing world chainsaw market and the market’s relative competitiveness, high performing chainsaws are important for Husqvarna Group AB to remain competitive. In the development phase a large number of endurance tests are run to evaluate the product’s performance. Given the data gathered from these tests, the main goal of this thesis was to model the time until failure and eval

In a world where migration has dramatically increased over the last 30 years, migrant consumers have become an important market actor. When migrant consumers geographically relocate they potentially experience changes in their identity, while different factors influence their acculturation to the host culture. Consumer acculturation literature within Consumer Culture Theory has studied this topic

In this master’s thesis I examine two discursive figures that have especially caught my attention in media texts, and that I have found are closely connected to each other. I call them childhood libraries and childhood reading experiences. In this thesis I study how childhood is working performatively and rhetorically together with library and reading in the discursive figures, and in what way the

Köpt, ägd och förtjänad kommunikation är tre begrepp som är vanligt förekom-mande i mediebranschen. Detta trots att dagens föränderliga medielandskap gör det allt svårare att skilja på olika typer av kommunikation samt att en del anser begreppen vara förlegade. Det har även visat sig att begreppen verkar sakna teore-tisk grund. Mot bakgrund av detta ämnar denna studie öka förståelsen för hur yr-kePaid, owned and earned media are three concepts, which are frequently used within the media industry. This despite the fact that some people see them as retrogressive as well as the media landscape is constantly changing, whereby the media types are converged and therefore difficult to distinguish. It has appeared that the concepts also seem to be in absence of theoretical foundation. This study i

Utgångspunkten i föreliggande studie är narkotikafrågan som blivit alltmer synlig på agendan de senaste åren. Runtom i världen är narkotikapolitiken under förändring men i Sverige råder fortfarande nolltolerans, och således är bruket kriminaliserat sedan 1988. Som en följd har polisen fått en central roll i att förverkliga det narkotikafria samhället. Syftet med denna studie är att beskriva, analy

This contribution explores the area of tax law pertaining to treatment of debt and equity finance as well as devises recommendations for Member States of the European Union seeking to promote equity participation without the risk of infringing upon Community law provisions relating to State aid. The study begins with the presentation of the underlying issues pertaining to the choice between debt