1.1 523 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Mihai Tomescu author Philip Peck, Tomas Kåberger, Kes McCormick Philip Peck, Tomas Kåberger, Kes McCormick supervisor The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics v1000927 department This thesis aims to offer insights into the initiation and development of modern (rural) bioenergy systems. For this reason, the thesis explores the formation, evolution and regional effects of three bioenergy projects ? a biodiesel cooperative, a biomass district heating plant and a biogas plant ? that are co-located within the small rural community of Mureck, in Austria. It finds that the three projects form an industrial ecosystem that is founded on a unique and innovative architecture, and that is characterised by a more efficient use of materials and energy. By adopting a system dynamics perspective, the thesis explains the gradual evolution of this industrial ecosystem, influenced by the closed-loop philosophy and the broad bio-ecological vision of one developer, and emerging as all actors have sought to minimise transaction costs. It further shows that much of the innovative character of this system was largely due to the formation of a regional cooperation triangle among research institutions, technology suppliers and implementers. Next, the thesis explores the favourable policy context that has fostered the evolution of this system. A socio-economic section analyses the regional benefits generated by this industrial ecosystem and shows that these range from increased heating convenience and prestige among local residents, to increased self-sufficiency and to value added to the region. Finally, a socio-cultural analysis explores why this system, as well as other bioenergy projects in the region, were essentially driven by endogenous forces. It finds that bioenergy projects have represented over time a considerable income-alternative for farmers, and that such projects may fit well within rural communities. By highlighting the features of the (regional) rural culture, the section provides an additional means of interpreting the formation of the industrial ecosystem in Mureck, and stresses that bioenergy projects play an important role for the development of rural regions. Based on the innovative Mureck case, the study indicates general preconditions for the successful diffusion of bioenergy systems. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1325677/file/1325678.pdf application/pdf 2573777 no 2005 eng bioenergy systems rural energy systems energy policy Environmental studies Miljöstudier Earth and Environmental Sciences 1325677 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 1 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Jessika Egard author Pernilla Liedgren Dobronravoff supervisor School of Social Work v1000688 department The aim of this essay was to examine the impact that parents drug abuse have on their children´s chances and possibilities while growing up. This study is done by investigating literature written by acknowledged authors and experts in this field. The following questions were asked:<br /> <br /> How does the literature describe the influence of parent´s drug abuse on their child´s ability to develop and learn?<br /> <br /> Which factors does the literature distinguish as determining factors on the child´s ability to resist and recover, from a childhood with drug abusing parents?<br /> <br /> The result of this essay showed that having drug abusing parents constitute different types of risks when it comes to the child´s ability to develop and learn. How the child is able to cope with it´s parents drug abuse is determined by several factors such as, the situation in the family, the child´s personality and how people in the child´s surrounding react on the child´s needs. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1325681/file/1325682.pdf application/pdf 154249 no 2006 swe socialt arbete barn missbruk missbrukande föräldrar återhämtningsförmåga Social problems and welfare, national insurance Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring Law and Political Science 1325681 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2006-06-12T00:00:00+02:00 2006-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 2 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Guo Hao author Lars Hansson supervisor Tareq Emtairah supervisor The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics v1000927 department In order to achieve the goal of sustainable banking, banks such as commercial banks have to adopt proactive strategies for reducing internal operation risks from environmental issues thereby realizing long-term profitability by external financing of environmentally friendly products and services. As a general pathway to sustainable banking, environmental risk management (ERM) is regarded as a preventive strategy to direct bank managers to develop business towards sustainability initially. On this basis green financing can be further implemented as an offensive strategy at the higher level or phase for approaching sustainable banking.<br /> <br /> China&#39;s commercial banks, such as the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), are facing the challenges of environmental issues as well as potential market opportunities of environmental financing. Respecting the financing system for corporate customers in ICBC, some environmental concerns have been taken into consideration for its daily credit risk management, however a lack of concrete ERM policies with practical approaches and tools exposes ICBC&#39;s credit assets to potential environmental risks. At the same time there are only limited funds distributed to environmentally sound and profitable industries. Considering the potential and huge market for environmental financing in near future, ICBC&#39;s managers should pay greater attention to green financing opportunities. Other preconditions are needed such as the preventive ERM, new business ethics with corporate social responsibility (CSR), and offensively seeking potential markets by external support and cooperation.<br /> <br /> During the research process of the thesis, the author explores how preventive ERM can be incorporated into the actual credit risk management in ICBC currently and presents initial suggestions for implementation of green financing in the near future. Through this research the author aims to construct an appropriate pathway to sustainable banking for ICBC and other Chinese commercial banks as well as raise awareness of sustainable development among ICBC&#39;s managers such that strategies for sustainable banking will be institutionalised in the near future. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1325685/file/1325686.pdf application/pdf 821519 no 2005 eng Sustainable banking environmental risk management green financing Environmental studies Miljöstudier Earth and Environmental Sciences 1325685 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 3 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Christian Michelsen author Lena Neij supervisor Carl Dalhammar supervisor The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics v1000927 department Household energy efficiency policy in Germany gets more and more differentiated since an increasing number of policy instruments targeting various fields of application are imple-mented and proposed by policymakers. Therefore, overlaps between such policy instruments become more likely. On the one hand, positive overlaps may allow realising synergies like an increased effectiveness or reduced costs stemming from a combination of policy instruments. However, the probability of negative overlaps and, thus, unintended outcomes like a lower effectiveness or additional costs related to a combination of policy instruments may grow on the other hand.<br /> <br /> This thesis considers selected policy instruments on domestic cold appliance energy efficiency that have been implemented in Germany. In a first step, the functioning of individual policy instruments is investigated. Based on that, interactions within combinations of the selected policy instruments are explored. This is done by reviewing relevant literature and policy evaluation studies, conducting expert interviews as well as applying a framework for forming views on interactions as suggested by Boonekamp (2005).<br /> <br /> The findings show that the EU energy label sets the framework for domestic cold appliance energy efficiency in Germany. Moreover, rebate programmes, information campaigns and minimum energy efficiency standards respective voluntary commitments are also found to be effective. Less successful policy instruments in improving domestic cold appliance energy effi-ciency are found to be cooperative procurement as a stand-alone instrument and a green tax. Furthermore, it is argued that most combinations of the investigated policy instruments have a reinforcing relationship.<br /> <br /> Based on the findings it is concluded that interactions between policy instruments on house-hold energy efficiency are still relatively unexplored. Further research in this area would facili-tate considering the issue of interactions between policy instruments in evaluation studies. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1325690/file/1325691.pdf application/pdf 1660156 no 2005 eng Policy evaluation policy interaction policy instruments energy efficiency households Environmental studies Miljöstudier Earth and Environmental Sciences 1325690 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 4 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Girum Bahri author Naoko Tojo supervisor Thomas Lindhqvist supervisor The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics v1000927 department This research discusses the adverse environmental impacts of plastic bag waste in Nairobi, Kenya, their root causes and remedial policy and technical packages for the short and long term. The need for such a study is justified as it is desirable to change the unsustainable pattern of consumption and production associated with these materials. Plastic bag waste appears in very high proportion in the municipal sold waste stream in Nairobi and is causing environmental problems such as choking of animals and soils; blockage of waterways and rivers; blight of landscapes and trees; and resource depletion. The research questions addressed are: (1) What is the current status of plastic bag waste pollution in Nairobi? (2) What are the associated undesirable environmental impacts? (3) What are the underlying causes? and (4) What are the applicable solutions for short-to-medium and long term. To answer these questions, different approaches were utilised. The theoretical background of the problem and that of possible remedies was investigated from literature sources. Experiences of other countries on the issue were studied. A detailed contextual assessment was conducted in Nairobi to determine the status of the problem, its root causes, major stakeholders and what has already been done in response to the issue. The results indicate that the problem is a consequence of externalities in production and consumption; ineffective by-laws on littering and illegal dumping; failure of garbage collection and disposal systems; and low public awareness and poor life-cycle considerations. The compiled information and suggestions are expected to be useful to the various endeavours in Africa to deal with the menace of plastic bag waste and related challenges due to unsustainable patterns of consumption and production. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1325695/file/1325696.pdf application/pdf 824501 no 2005 eng plastic waste management waste management policy consumption Environmental studies Miljöstudier Earth and Environmental Sciences 1325695 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2006-08-31T00:00:00+02:00 2005-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 5 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Magdalena Belhoucine author Katarina Pålsson author Stine Thorsted supervisor School of Social Work v1000688 department The purpose of this essay is to examine how gender rolls influences the culture of substance abuse among women and their social situation. To demonstrate this we have concentrated our research to relate how scientists and the media describe problems of abuse among women. The method we used in our research was qualitative and we gathered information through literature, reports and articles.<br /> <br /> Our main questions are:<br /> <br /> Do the social attitude toward women and men differ and how does it affect problems of abuse among women? Do women use alcohol in a different way than men? How do social reactions and restrictions influence women? We also want to examine what position women substance abusers have in society. What similarities or differences are there between the image of women in general and women with substance abuse?<br /> <br /> The main result of the study is that we found discursive connections that show a rectification among scientists concerning substance abuse among women. We have also reached a greater understanding of the complexities of gender issues. Women substance abusers are portrayed as deviant. Some of the most frequent images that have appeared in our study are the ideal, sexual, emancipated and victimized woman. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1325700/file/1325701.pdf application/pdf 389022 no 2006 swe kvinnors missbruk missbruk missbrukare missbrukskultur substance abuse berusning alkohol alcohol droger kvinnor women kvinnoroll könsroll kön genus gender genusperspektiv genuskontrakt ideal moral skam social kontroll avvikande beteende deviance stämpling konvergens litteraturstudie diskursanalys Social changes, theory of social work Sociala förändringar, teorier om socialt arbete Social problems and welfare, national insurance Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring Social Sciences Law and Political Science 1325700 2006-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2006-06-16T00:00:00+02:00 2006-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 6 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Hanna Andersson author Susanne Schötz supervisor Joost van de Weijer supervisor General Linguistics v1000092 department I denna uppsats har jag undersökt akustiska skillnader och likheter mellan diftongerna på tre skånska orter: Bara, Broby och Tågarp. Skånska bör inte betraktas som en enhetlig dialekt utan snarare som en samling av olika dialekter, dock med en hel del likheter. Dessa skillnader mellan dialekterna skulle kunna innebära att det även varierar hur diftongerna realiseras. Frågan jag ville ha svar på var om diftongerna på dessa orter är så pass olika att de uppvisar mätbara skillnader. Eventuellt är de individuella skillnaderna större än skillnaderna mellan orterna. Jag förväntade mig att orterna i västra Skåne, dvs Bara och Tågarp, skulle ha mer lika diftonger medan vokalerna i Broby skulle diftongeras annorlunda, främst beroende på att dialekterna i västra Skåne låter mer lika varandra. Jag förväntade mig även att graden av diftongering skulle variera mellan orterna, och att de kraftigaste diftongeringarna skulle finnas i Bara eftersom jag upplever att talare från Malmö-området är mer dialektala än andra skåningar, vilket skulle kunna medföra att även deras diftonger är mer påtagliga.<br /> <br /> Informanterna bestod av tre personer från respektive ort. Ganska snart stod det klart att de individuella skillnaderna var stora, och att min hypotes endast stämde för ett fåtal av vokalerna. I de flesta fall hade alla orterna relativt lika diftonger. Inte heller var graden av diftongering störst i Bara som jag antagit, utan den var ungefär lika stor på samtliga orter. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330112/file/1330113.pdf application/pdf 712829 no 2003 swe Svenska språket, dialekter, Skåne Diftonger Diftongering Skånska Bara Broby Tågarp Dialectology Dialektforskning Languages and Literatures 1330112 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 2003-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 7 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Liana Melchenko author Jordan Zlatev supervisor General Linguistics v1000092 department This thesis explores the role of inferences in advertising discourse. Based on the study of conversational implicatures by Grice (1975), and the distinction between ostensive and covert communication elaborated by Sperber and Wilson (1986), a typology of inferences in advertising is proposed. Furthermore, this typology was applied to a corpus of Russian and Swedish TV commercials. The main findings are a broad similarity between the commercials in Sweden and Russia with respect to the proposed inference types, showing certain general characteristics of advertising discourse. However, on closer inspection, qualitative differences between certain types of inferences were found that could be related to cultural and historical differences. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330117/file/1330118.pdf application/pdf 608846 no 2003 eng TV-reklam Reklamspråk Rysk TV Svensk TV Reklamteknik Linguistics Lingvistik Languages and Literatures 1330117 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 2003-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 8 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Marcus Uneson author Joost van de Weijer supervisor General Linguistics v1000092 department After a brief outlook on the field of concatenative synthesis of singing, with emphasis on the differences in comparison to synthesis of speech, the present paper gives an overview of a simple system for singing synthesis in Swedish based on concatenation of diphones. The system, called Burcas, accepts as input a text file for lyrics, from which it extracts a target phoneme sequence using basic letter-to-sound conversion, and a MIDI file?possibly holding multiple parts?, from which it extracts melodical information, i.e. note duration and frequency. After associating a syllable (or a part of a syllable) to each note, a simple model of segment durations is used to calculate the duration of each segment of the syllable. Finally, segment data are then used as control parameters (allophone, duration, frequency) for the MBROLA speech generator. The speech generator outputs sound files in standard format, given a suitable diphone database. In a concluding section, the far more sophisticated corpus-based approach to concatenative synthesis of singing is considered. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330121/file/1330122.pdf application/pdf 230946 no 2002 eng Syntetisk sång utifrån svenska språket Sångsyntes Burcas Bokstav - ljud - sång Sångrösten Phonetics, phonology Fonetik, fonologi Languages and Literatures 1330121 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 2002-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 9 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Anton Bjerke author Mats Eeg-Olofsson supervisor Jan-Olof Svantesson supervisor General Linguistics v1000092 department I föreliggande uppsats undersöks ett urval morfonotaktiskt betingade företeelser i kalmuckisk ordstruktur, vilka analyseras och beskrivs utifrån tvånivåmorfologin för programmet PC-Kimmo. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330125/file/1330126.pdf application/pdf 471404 no 2003 swe Mongoliska språk Kalmuckiska Morfologi Ordböjning Applied linguistics, foreign languages teaching, sociolinguistics Tillämpad lingvistik, undervisning i främmande språk, sociolingvistik Languages and Literatures 1330125 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 2003-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 10 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Simone Löhndorf author Gisela Håkansson supervisor General Linguistics v1000092 department Forskare, föräldrar och förskolepersonal har sedan länge lagt märke till att inlärningen av färger och deras beteckningar skiljer sig från inlärningen av andra adjektiv och från substantiv. En undersökning har genomförts med syftet att komma närmare svaret på frågan: hur går det till när barn lär sig kopplingen mellan färg och färgterm? Ett trettiotal barn i åldern två till fyra år har deltagit i ett test med tre delmoment. Analysen har utgått från tre frågeställningar: Hur ter sig kopplingen mellan färg och färgterm i olika åldrar? Finns det någon skillnad mellan enspråkiga och tvåspråkiga barn? Följer barns inlärningsmönster den av Berlin och Kay (1969) föreslagna implikationsordningen? Undersökningsresultaten visar att redan barn som är två år kan göra en korrekt koppling mellan färg och färgterm. Den intensivaste utvecklingsfasen verkar dock vara i tre till fyraårsåldern och inlärningsprocessen av de olika färgerna verkar följa en något svagare variant av den av Berlin och Kay föreslagna implikationsordningen. Det går i denna undersökning inte att påvisa någon skillnad mellan de enspråkiga och tvåspråkiga barnen. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330130/file/1330131.pdf application/pdf 393897 no 2003 swe Färgperception Språkinlärning Färger Färgtermer Barn 2-4 års ålder Linguistics Lingvistik Languages and Literatures 1330130 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 2003-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 11 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Olof Sandgren author Joost van de Weijer supervisor Elisabeth Zetterholm supervisor General Linguistics v1000092 department I denna uppsats har jag velat undersöka om de prosodiska skillnaderna mellan svenskan och franskan kan förklara de avvikelser från den franska normen som återfinns hos nästan alla svenska inlärare av franska, i det närmaste oberoende av hur länge man har studerat språket. Jag ville studera om skillnaderna kunde härledas till olikheterna mellan de båda rytmiska språktyperna stress-timing och syllable-timing, där svenskan anses tillhöra den förra och franskan den senare. I hur stor utsträckning påverkar modersmålet inlärning och produktion av ett andraspråk? Den undersökning jag har gjort syftade till att se om de rytmiska olikheterna mellan svenskan och franskan har märkbara effekter på hur betoning realiseras. Förhoppningen var att skillnaderna skulle vara särskilt påtagliga vid just betoning beroende på de skiljande realiseringssätten i franskan och svenskan. Informanterna utgjordes av två grupper av svenska inlärare av franska där den ena uteslutande lärt sig franska i Sverige och den andra även lärt sig språket under vistelse i Frankrike eller annat franskspråkigt land. Informanternas resultat jämfördes med franska referenspersoners och visade ett klart mönster. Tydlig påverkan från det svenska modersmålet märktes för samtliga informanter och i synnerhet för den inlärargrupp som endast lärt sig franska här i landet. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330134/file/1330135.pdf application/pdf 309267 no 2002 swe Främmandespråksinlärning Franska språket Svenska språket Prosodi Vokallängd Språkinlärning Applied linguistics, foreign languages teaching, sociolinguistics Tillämpad lingvistik, undervisning i främmande språk, sociolingvistik Languages and Literatures 1330134 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 2002-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 12 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Peter Alstorp author Torbjörn Johansson author Karin Hall-Könyves supervisor Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science v1000639 department Det är framförallt två övergripande frågor som vi har försökt besvara med denna studien: Hur är situationen vad gäller väg- och tågtrafikinducerade buller- och luftföroreningar i Burlövs Kommun 1994 och hur många av kommunens invånare påverkas av för höga halter/nivåer? Är den översiktliga metoden som vi har valt att arbeta med, i kombination med tillgänglig data, lämplig och tillräckligt exakt för att beskriva den aktuella miljösituationen i Burlövs Kommun? The two main questions we aim to answer with this study are 1) what is the situation<br /> regarding trafficinduced noise and air pollution in the municipality of Burlöv 1994 and how<br /> many of the people living there are affected? 2) is the general method we chose, in<br /> combination with accessible data, suitable and sufficently precise to describe the<br /> environmental situation in the municipality? The studied air pollution agents are nitrogen<br /> dioxid, carbon monoxid, VOC´s and soot. To enable the study of trafficinduced problems as a<br /> whole we have discussed the role roads and railroads play in the environment as seen from an<br /> ecological perspective, concepts like fragmentation, corridors and barriers are discussed.<br /> Our foremost working tool has been a geographical information system, a GIS. A relational<br /> database containing three layers, demographical, road and railroad data, was constructed.<br /> Bufferzones stretching outwards from the centerline of the road/railroad were created, using<br /> simplified computation models. These layers were overlain on the demographical layer to<br /> enable calculations of the number of people affected by high air pollution concentrations/high<br /> noise levels, and where in the municipality these people were located.<br /> In our results we quantify the number of persons living within bufferzones for the studied<br /> concentrations/levels. These results should be interpreted in a general way. The figures in the<br /> results should only be used to locate problem areas and for overall physical planning.<br /> According to our results air pollution concentrations exceeding established limits are not an<br /> environmental problem to the people living in the municipality of Burlöv. Even if the<br /> established limits are lowered by half its original value only few people will be subjected to<br /> environmental hazards. The exclusion of climatological factors in the air pollution model<br /> adds to the uncertainty of our results. Our results also show that many of the inhabitants of<br /> the municipality are subjected to high noise levels from road traffic. Our result regarding<br /> noise from railroad traffic is more difficult to interpret as it shows unreasonably high numbers<br /> of affected people. With certainty we can only say what happens to the first row of houses<br /> within the bufferzone measured from the noise source since all the values in the study are free<br /> field values (noise reducing parameters excluded). To make future studies of this kind costeffective<br /> we suggest that a method is found which incorporates important noise reducing<br /> parameters in the computations.<br /> The demographical material consists of point data where, according to the national<br /> registration, people who are registered in a house have been tied to the geographical<br /> coordinates of the buildings centerpoint. This way of aggregating people in points leads to<br /> imprecise results in the overlay-procedure.<br /> The general method we chose for our survey has, in combination with accessible data, been<br /> shown to be imperfect. As for solely the choice of method we believe it to be suitable for this<br /> and other similar studies. Our problem has been the form of the demographical data and the<br /> high degree of generalization used to simplify the calculations of the environmental<br /> parameters. Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Översiktlig buller- och luftföroreningsinventering i Burlövs kommun ör 1994 med hjälp av geografiska informationssystem : möjligheter och begränsningar Det är framförallt två övergripande frågor som vi har försökt besvara med denna studien: Hur är situationen vad gäller väg- och tågtrafikinducerade buller- och luftföroreningar i Burlövs Kommun 1994 och hur många av kommunens invånare påverkas av för höga halter/nivåer? Är den översiktliga metoden som vi har valt att arbeta med, i kombination med tillgänglig data, lämplig och tillräckligt exakt för att beskriva den aktuella miljösituationen i Burlövs Kommun? <br /> <br /> De studerade luftföroreningarna har varit kvävedioxid, koloxid, kolväte och partiklar/sot. För buller har vi studerat de riktvärden som gäller vid nybyggnation eller större ombyggnad som om de vore gränsvärden, detta för att få en uppfattning om hur många i kommunen som drabbas av för höga nivåer. <br /> <br /> För att studera de trafikinducerade problemen i sin helhet har vi även tagit upp den roll vägar och järnvägar spelar i miljön sett ur ett ekologiskt perspektiv, begrepp som fragmentering, korridorer och barriärer har diskuterats. <br /> <br /> Som främsta arbetsmetod användes ett geografiskt informationssystem - GIS. Ett GIS är ett integrerat system som används för att underlätta generering, hantering, behandling, analys och presentation av geografisk data. <br /> <br /> En relationsdatabas innehållande tre dataskikt; demografisk information, väginformation samt järnvägsinformation, byggdes upp. Med hjälp av de förenklade modellerna skapas skikt där, med avseende på aktuell parameter, skyddsavstånd buffras ut från väg-/tågmitt. Dessa skikt läggs över det demografiska skiktet (en så kallad overlay-funktion) för att beräkna antalet personer som påverkas av för höga halter luftföroreningar, alternativt för höga bullernivåer, samt var i kommunen dessa personer är lokaliserade. <br /> <br /> För GIS-analyserna användes MapInfo och ArcView. Vid beräkningen av buffertzoner för tågbuller användes Trivectors bullerberäkningsprogram Buller Tåg och för vägtrafikbuller Buller Väg. För beräkningarna av buffertzoner för luftföroreningar användes en regressionsmodell framtagen på VBB Viak i Malmö. Som kartbas för datasetet användes Metrias digitaliserade ekonomisk karta och det demografiska materialet bestod av koordinatsatt demografisk data. I detta material har Landstinget, med folkbokföringen som grund, knutit personer som är mantalskrivna på en viss fastighet till denna fastighets geografiska koordinater i dess centrumpunkt. <br /> <br /> För vår undersökning har det demografiska materialets upplösning varit för dålig, cirka 6000 personer (av cirka 14 500) är registrerade i fastigheter med över 100 personer i varje fastighet. Denna aggregerade datarepresentation leder till felaktiga resultat. Om en buffertzon hamnar innan en datapunkt drabbas inga personer och om den flyttas 1 centimeter över punkten drabbas helt plötsligt över 100 personer. I studiens resultatdel kvantifierar vi exakt hur många personer som bor inom buffertzoner för de undersökta nivåerna/halterna. Dessa resultat skall tolkas översiktligt. <br /> <br /> Figurerna i resultatdelen bör endast användas till att lokalisera problemområden och för övergripande fysisk planering. Luftföroreningshalter över gällande gränsvärden är enligt våra resultat inte något miljöproblem för de boende i Burlövs Kommun. Man kan till och med halvera gällande gränsvärdena och ändå bara få ett fåtal drabbade kommuninvånare. <br /> <br /> Våra resultat visar att många av kommuninvånarna drabbas av höga bullernivåer från vägtrafik. Resultatet för buller från tågtrafik är svårare att tolka då detta visar på orimligt många drabbade. För buller kan vi med säkerhet egentligen bara uttala oss om första husraden inom en buffertzon mätt från ljudkällan eftersom alla studiens bullerberäkningar är frifältsvärden (bullerdämpande parametrar borträknade). <br /> <br /> För att framtida översiktliga bullerstudier av det här slaget skall vara kostnadseffektiva föreslår vi att man hittar en metod där viktiga bullerdämpande parametrar inkluderas i beräkningarna.<br /> <br /> Sammanfattningsvis har den översiktliga inventeringsmetoden som vi valt att arbeta med, i kombination med tillgänglig indata, visat sig vara bristfällig. Om man ser till enbart metodval så anser vi dock att den mycket väl skulle kunna lösa denna och liknande uppgifter. Problemet har istället legat i den demografiska datans form samt den höga generaliseringsgrad som använts för de beräknade miljöparametrarna. För att förenkla för framtida studier inom fysisk planering vill vi betona vikten av att statliga verk, landsting och kommuner bygger upp och uppdaterar databaser med exakt och tillförlitlig data. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330139/file/1330140.pdf application/pdf 544007 no 1999 swe geomorphology physical geography buller väg buller tåg Trivectors bullerberäkningsprogram ArcView GIS MapInfo geografisk informationsbehandling pedology cartography climatology naturgeografi geomorfologi marklära kartografi klimatologi Earth and Environmental Sciences 57 1330139 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2011-11-28T11:54:57+01:00 1999-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 13 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Anneli Nilsson author Merle Horne supervisor Gösta Bruce supervisor General Linguistics v1000092 department Föreliggande uppsats är disponerad så att den i stort kan sägas vara två uppsatser, en för allmän språkvetenskap och en för fonetik, samtidigt som det finns gemensamma kapitel med information och sammanfattning som gäller båda ämnena.1 Uppsatsen har en övergripande titel Vokaler i ystaddialekten, och två undertitlar; I vilken utsträckning används müslivokalen? (den allmän språkvetenskapliga delen) och Müslivokalen och några andra vokalljud (fonetikdelen).<br /> <br /> De båda delarna är avskilda från varandra för att markera ämnesinriktningarnas olika områden inom uppsatsen, men har också gemensamma delar som sammanbinder och på så sätt visar på de båda inriktningarnas kontaktytor. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1330144/file/1330145.pdf application/pdf 1267768 no 2004 swe Svenska språket, dialekter, Skåne Ystaddialekten Vokaler Müslivokalen Skånska Linguistics Allmän språkvetenskap/Lingvistik Phonetics, phonology Fonetik, fonologi Applied linguistics, foreign languages teaching, sociolinguistics Tillämpad lingvistik, undervisning i främmande språk, sociolingvistik Dialectology Dialektforskning Languages and Literatures 1330144 2005-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2005-07-21T00:00:00+02:00 2004-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 14 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Johannes Karreskog author Annika Björkdahl supervisor Department of Political Science v1000693 department The essay deals with how one can predict a state&#39;s behaviour through discourse analysis. It argues that while actors must have a real capacity for action, their re-spective discourse must also house a conceptualization of that capacity in order for an actor to be expected to make decisions to employ said action. Instruments of power must also be perceived as effective in order to be employed. The essay combines theories to analyze discourse from an instrumental power perspective, in order to make a characterization of an agent&#39;s likely employment of instruments of power. The author then proceeds to test the practical application of this perspective by making a discourse analysis on statements concerning peace and security made by the Chinese delegation to the Security Council. The conclusion is that while this perspective has its limitations it is an effective way to make quick assessments on a states instrumental power discourse and thus is a useful tool in predicting a state&#39;s, or other actor&#39;s, behaviour. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1317034/file/1317035.pdf application/pdf 82917 no 2008 eng china discourse theory instrumental power discourse foreign policy power analysis state character Peace and conflict research, polemology Freds- och konfliktforskning Law and Political Science 1317034 2008-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2015-12-14T13:34:37+01:00 2008-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 15 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 María Mira author Borja Muñoz author - supervisor Packaging Logistics v1000238 department The success of a company increasingly depends on the efficiency and effectiveness on its activities along the product life cycle. In the effort of optimizing its activities, companies must integrate themselves. Due to the significance packaging has within many of these activities, it is of utmost importance to integrate product and packaging development activities in order to optimize processes.<br /> <br /> It was shown in previous studies the interest that companies have on putting into practice such integration. Nevertheless, it is not clear either the possible benefits resulting from the implementation of product and packaging integration at an operational level or the appropriate manner to carry out such implementation.<br /> <br /> Through a multiple case study, several products within mechanical actual industry and which show, at some extent, product and packaging integration, are analyzed. By means of the product cases? analysis, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the advantages that companies gain by changing present activities to the suggested concept. The integration performed by the companies studied will be analyzed and connected to the development procedure model proposed by Bramkiev et al (2005).<br /> <br /> From the contributing companies? results, this study concludes that integration performance involves noticeable improvements along product life cycle processes. In particular, the distribution costs and the quality of processes in general, are the most benefited aspects by packaging integration. The results emphasize the importance of packaging in logistical activities considering help-in-distribution as maybe the most important characteristic of packaging. It is believed that taking into account earlier in the development process, packaging and other activities requirements, guarantees a more efficient product development reducing the risk of failure and consequent need of redesign.<br /> <br /> Development procedure models are declared very important tools for the companies in order to facilitate the work and organize activities. All the product development procedures for every case and company have similar structures to each other because even when things are called different the idea is the same. However, packaging development processes do not match that much to a generic model. Packaging integration has shown to be performed in a wide variety of approaches but always resulting on benefits for the companies.<br /> <br /> The results of the study show a clear support to the model proposed by Bramklev et al (2005); the higher the integration is performed, the higher the benefits are obtained. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1317038/file/1887888.pdf application/pdf 53645466 no 2005 eng Teknik Technological sciences packaging product and packaging integration product life-cycle Technology and Engineering 1317038 2008-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2011-04-05T11:36:28+02:00 2005-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 16 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH3 Hampus Lundin author Tohar Tsur author Magnus Lindgren supervisor Department of Psychology v1000681 department There is strong evidence that cognitive-behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is effective. The aim of this study was to compare 7 group-sessions of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for insomnia (MBCT-I) with 3 group-sessions of CBT-I, on sleep measures and sleep related psychological processes, such as pre-sleep arousal, thought control strategies and mindfulness. Participants (N = 44; age 18-66) with long term insomnia were stratified and randomized into waiting list, MBCT-I and CBT-I. Significant improvements were seen in both groups, compared to waiting list, for instance on insomnia severity, sleep latency and restorative sleep. Small improvements on psychological processes were also found in both groups. Our findings indicate that MBCT-I is comparable to CBT-I, but question the additional value of our MBCT-I intervention. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1317041/file/1317042.pdf application/pdf 352823 no 2008 swe mindfulness insomnia MBCT mindfulness-based cognitive therapy cognitive-behavioural therapy CBT Psychiatry clinical psychology psychosomatics Psykiatri klinisk psykologi psykosomatik Medicine and Health Sciences 1317041 2008-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2009-11-17T12:58:45+01:00 2008-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 17 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Elisabeth Häggman author Anders Ranbro author Dr Mats Johnsson supervisor Packaging Logistics v1000238 department Title Paper towel dispenser for high traffic washrooms<br /> <br /> Key words Dispenser, SCA, paper towel, high traffic washrooms.<br /> <br /> Authors Elisabeth Häggman<br /> <br /> Anders Ranbro<br /> <br /> Supervisor Björn Larsson, SCA Hygiene Products AB Göteborg<br /> <br /> Examiner Mats Johnsson, LTH, Department of Design Sciences<br /> <br /> Packaging Logistics<br /> <br /> Problem What would be the optimal size of a paper towel dispenser for high traffic washrooms? How can competitors? paper be excluded from being refilled into SCA dispensers?<br /> <br /> Purpose By performing a thesis study we intend to investigate what changes has to be made to the dispenser for paper towels, to make the handling process easier for cleaning personnel, and also what profits this new product would bring customers of SCA, and thereby strengthen SCA&#39;s position on the market.<br /> <br /> Method In this thesis different field studies of the flow in high traffic washrooms have been made. We used methods such as semi structured interviews, observations and literature studies to get the information we needed to write this thesis.<br /> <br /> In order to receive an understanding for the research field, we have combined literature studies with information searches on the Internet.<br /> <br /> Conclusions The developed dispenser both makes the paper proprietary to the dispenser and reduces the refilling frequency remarkable. The dispenser holds 2000 towels and only needs to be refilled once a day, if two dispensers are used in a washroom with 1600 visitors per day. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1317046/file/1887877.pdf application/pdf 3744812 no 2005 eng paper towel dispenser high traffic washrooms Technological sciences Teknik Technology and Engineering 1317046 2008-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2011-04-05T11:30:32+02:00 2005-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 18 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Johannes Eriksson author Annika Björkdahl supervisor Department of Political Science v1000693 department This essay is built upon the thoughts of Joseph S. Nye concerning power, and the different ways of exercising that power. The characteristics of Nye&#39;s theories are the thoughts about the second face of power, or what he describes as the soft power. The essay seeks to examine what kind of power the US has been in their work for non-proliferation and democracy promotion in the Middle East. It also seeks to find what it is that makes the US to choose to exercise the specific powers. It looks at six different cases from uses of soft, hard and smart power in the Middle East, of which three of them counts as cases of successful power exercise while the other three are considered as cases of failures in the exercise of power. The conclusion lays down that the different types of relationships the US has towards its objects is very important in the choice of power to exercise. The different nature of the relationship is also important for the outcome of the exercise, whether it is exercised towards a friend or a foe. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1317051/file/1317052.pdf application/pdf 261341 no 2008 swe USA hård makt mjuk makt demokratispridning antispridning mellanöstern Peace and conflict research, polemology Freds- och konfliktforskning Law and Political Science 1317051 2008-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2015-12-14T13:34:37+01:00 2008-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 19 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Tua Sandman author Karin Aggestam supervisor Department of Political Science v1000693 department Protracted social conflicts, as those in Cyprus and Northern Ireland, are based on deep rooted perceptions of identity and definitions of &quot;the other&quot;. According to the theory of discursive conflict transformation, war is primarily a social phenomenon, which is legitimated by a discourse of identity defined in terms of exclusionist boundaries and structural ideas of the social relations in society. In order to develop positive peace, the discourse of violence has to be challenged and the discursive structures that enable war have to transform into a counterdiscourse of inclusion and individuality. For the purpose of making a critical peace analysis, I have, with the assistance of established conflict theories, analysed the basic ideas behind the the Annan Plan and the Belfast Agreement and thus been able to interpret to what extent they may foster positive peace. I argue, that in order to provide basic needs on a group basis, power sharing arrangement, based on ethnicity or religion, exacerbates division rather than ameliorating it. It also creates barriers to normal politics and mobilization based on alternative motives. Therefore new societal security dilemmas might be fostered and peace proposals such as the Belfast Agreement and the Annan Plan could be counterproductive in the process of developing positive peace. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/1317055/file/1317056.pdf application/pdf 139063 no 2008 swe Diskursiv konflikttransformation positiv fred identitet konfliktteori maktdelning Belfastavtalet Annanplanen Peace and conflict research, polemology Freds- och konfliktforskning Law and Political Science 1317055 2008-05-30T00:00:00+02:00 2015-12-14T13:34:38+01:00 2008-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 20 1.1dateCreated = *-05-30dateCreated=*-05-30