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Popular Abstract in Swedish Idag lagras allt fler kartor digitalt och nya metoder krävs för att förbättra denna digitala hantering. Ett område som studerats under senare tid är automatiska metoder för kartografisk generalisering. Kartografisk generalisering innebär att man förenklar informationen i en karta för att göra den mer lättläst i den önskade skalan. Denna avhandling beskriver en optimerinCartographic generalisation is the process of simplifying a representation to suit the scale and purpose of a map. As such, generalisation has always been a central part in map production. This thesis is a contribution to the ongoing work on automating cartographic generalisation. Two topics are treated: optimisation methods in graphic generalisation, and propagation of updates between cartographi

The main purpose of this thesis is to examine marine environmental protection in the Arctic. This objective has been achieved by analyzing pertinent legal instruments on the global, regional and national level. The regional cooperation of the Arctic states has also been examined, as it is of paramount importance to the effectiveness of marine environmental protection in the Arctic. However, in ord

The development within mobile telecommunications has been very rapid during the last decade. The next step will be the introduction of so-called 3G services distributed over networks utilizing the UMTS standard. In order to facilitate the development of this new infrastructure the national governments has allocated a certain portion of the frequency spectrum to this traffic. The Member States of t

Financial services and cross-border financial activities have developed considerably due to the globalisation of the economy. The utilisation of these new opportunities has, however, attracted financial activities that relates to money laundering. Money laundering is a way to separate and conceal the proceeds of crime in order to reinvest or simply use it in the open economy, without drawing the a

Psouni and Apetroaia (2010) have recently introduced the Secure Base Script Test,SBST, for middle childhood. Based on Waters and Rodrigues-Doolabh’s (2004)Narrative Script Assessment for assessing secure base script knowledge in adults,Psouni and Apetroaia’s method is a narrative task in which children create short narratives by making use of four prompt word outlines that loosely suggest prototyp

Background: Mass customization has been identified as a competitive business strategy by both companies and academics because of its ability to incorporate the voice of the customer into companies’ products and services. Although mass customization may sound appealing, the strategic concept is still developing and firms adopting this business strategy face several challenges. Production concerns a

Thesis purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate the expectations of roles between supplier sales representatives and retailer store personnel in relation to in-store campaigns, this in order to enhance effectiveness of these functions creating an increase in consumer response. Methodology: The researchers believe that social phenomenon and their meanings are continually being a

The theory about the elderly has been formulated based upon the analysis of 14 one-hour interviews with self-sufficient urban pensioners from 67 to 87 years of age. The main goal of this study was to explore the subjective experience of aging and reproduce this experience as a verifiable, Grounded theory. Our theory is compared and linked to the Theories of Gerotranscendence, Mindfulness, Socioemo

The purpose of this essay was to better be able to understand the concepts of neurasthenia and burnout, and also what connections that can be made between these concepts and changes in society. The questions I used was: How can we understand the concept neurasthenia ? How can we understand the concept burnout ? How can these concepts be connected to recent development in modern society ? The metho

The purpose of this essay is to describe some of the factors influencing the ability to see to the best interest of the child originating from article 3.1, in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states: " In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the

I have in this essay looked at the current (2008) research situation in Sweden on education and democracy, with focus on student influence. My aim is to make a brief overview of the research done about democratic education with focus on student influence. The essay begins with a short introduction and background before discussing the primary methods used by the researchers; these include questionn

The overriding aim of the prison and probation service is to provide sentenced offenders proper care and personal change opportunities so as to prevent relapse into criminal activity. The municipalities, county councils and labour market agencies are responsible for the social welfare services as well as for housing and employment assistance and this is where the real possibility to influence the

The subject of this graduate thesis (The right to abortion under the European Convention of Human Rights) is wheather the right to abortion can be considered as a human right under the European Convention on Human Rights. Focus is on the right to abortion as a woman's right. The issue of abortion in view of the Convention raises both material and procedural questions. In addition to that is th