The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between space and consumer interaction at WEEKDAY, a contemporary fashion retail store in Malmö, Sweden. The thesis is based on a qualitative case-study and has a social constructionist approach. In order to understand the interaction taking place between consumer and environment we conducted observations guided by Kenneth Burke?s Pentad.The retail servicescape at WEEKDAY is conceived as a metaphorical stage where drama unfolds, analysing and defining the retail space using Kenneth Burke?s pentad of dramatism. We concentrate on the use of two terms of Burke?s pentad, the scene and the act, almost exclusively as we investigate how the scene stimulates the act.

The time we live in now is significant for its many ways of spreading information- it is indeed the era of communication. The Internet is the main reason for this evolution, where you can reach out to any corner in the world in less then a second. Information is flowing over us and we get more and more used to being in a constant accessible state. The individual might spread his own word as he wishes. From a democratic point of view this should give a great opening for everyone into the public spheer.

The purpose of this study was to analyze recent appropriations of works of art in advertising. Why was art infused into magazine advertisements, how were the works of art tampered with to achieve commercial goals, how well did they function together with the ad copy? What did these advertisements want? What did the artwork contribute to the commercial message? These were some of the questions asked in the study that involved a closer look at four appropriations: one based on a battle painting by the Swedish 1900th century artist Carl Wahlbom, with a commercial message printed on top;  one a collage including an 18th century portrait of Marie Antoinettte by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; one advertisement was influenced by Dutch 1700th century still lifes, and, finally, one paraphrased Velázquez?s famous painting Las Meninas from 1655. Companies behind the advertisements featured a Swedish trade journal, a fashion exhibition in Paris, a shop for kitchen utensils in Stockholm, and an up-scale department store in Madrid.The ads, in different ways based on works of art, were evaluated as reasonably successful commercial messages. These ads, however, hardly qualified as works of art in their own right ? if that was the intention.

Studiens syfte är att synliggöra barns tankar kring pedagogisk dokumentation, deras upplevelse och känslor av att bli dokumenterade samt deras tankar kring hur pedagogisk dokumentation används. Data består av tjugofyra intervjuer med 4- och 5-åringar på två olika förskolor som arbetar medvetet med pedagogisk dokumentation. Resultatet visar att barnen har mycket olika uppfattningar kring syftet och användningen med den pedagogiska dokumentationen, och att deras upplevelser i huvudsak är positiva..

This essay examines how three big Swedish newspapers depicts e-sports and computer gaming and how the depiction change during 2000-2013. The study will also examine whether e-sports is being portrayed as competitive sport. The purpose is to investigate which attitudes that can be identified towards computer gaming and its culture in major newspapers such as Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet and how these attitudes eventually changed over time. The sources that will be used in both the quantitative and qualitative analysis are based on web articles, mainly because the paper editions does not provide much, if any, information about computer gaming and e-sports and also because of the convenience of being able to quickly find articles to study. Results indicate that computer gaming is being depicted in a clear negative fashion during 2000-2006, and that the depiction of e-sports is somewhat positive but not as glorifying as for the years 2007-2013. During this period, there is a apparent tendency of e-sports being introduced to readers who are unfamiliar with the gaming culture. As for the attitudes towards computer gaming, the depiction is still somewhat negative, mainly because the debate about computer games and violence was revived because of several acts of violence in shape of school massacres and mass murder.

GPGPU is a collective term for research involving general computation on graphics cards. A modern graphics card typically provides more than ten times the computational power of an ordinary PC processor. This is a result of the high demands for speed and image quality in computer games.This thesis investigates the possibility of exploiting this computational power for image processing purposes. Three well known methods where implemented on a graphics card: FFT (Fast Fourier Transform), KLT (Kanade Lucas Tomasi point tracking) and the generation of scale pyramids. All algorithms where successfully implemented and they are tree to ten times faster than correspondning optimized CPU implementation..

This study is focusing on students at compulsory level and their performance in national exam tests when the students first language is taken into account. Students in Swedish schools with non-Swedish speaking parents commonly follow language classes for limited Swedish proficient students. How does this affect their results when tested in other subjects as physics,biology and chemistry? A general claim is that national tests can provide data for balancedand fair grades. This view is challenged in this paper, through Principal Component Analysisof test results that shows a difference between schools when the schools social position and share of limited Swedish proficient students are measured.

Under 2009 hade jag uppehåll från keramiken och fotade och tecknade mestoch när jag bestämde mig för att slutföra min utbildning på HDK hade jagegentligen inte så stor lust att arbeta i lera längre. Jag ville få ett avslut och enexamen men kände att jag var på väg mot andra material. Nu under arbetetsgång har jag ändå kommit till insikt att jag kan vara keramiker och konst-Materialstudier1. Gjuten i porslin, bränd i 1060gr. 2.

One special feature in the Swedish nature, mainly in the county of Uppland is one distinctive kind of dip, which can be distinguished from its fast and unaccounted drainage. These dips are called ?glupar? and can mainly be found in coarse-grained pebbled moraine under the highest shoreline (HK). During spring, and particularly when snowmelting occur, the wateramliptude fluctuates a lot until late summer or the beginning of fall comes; these dips are then often almost fully drained. During winter however, the waterlevel stands high.

Under 2009 hade jag uppehåll från keramiken och fotade och tecknade mestoch när jag bestämde mig för att slutföra min utbildning på HDK hade jagegentligen inte så stor lust att arbeta i lera längre. Jag ville få ett avslut och enexamen men kände att jag var på väg mot andra material. Nu under arbetetsgång har jag ändå kommit till insikt att jag kan vara keramiker och konst-Materialstudier1. Gjuten i porslin, bränd i 1060gr. 2.

This study examines patterns of consumption during the 1780s in Öjaby and Virestad parishes. I have examined the clothes and jewelry in estate inventories using the concept of status. Then I have used Pierre Bourdieu's theories to understand fashion mechanisms.I have identified five different groups, each distinguished by their formal wear. Men have similar clothes but in Virestad they have more items and more silver. Four people were divergent, they choose other materials and models.

Mitt examensarbete går ut på att undersöka möjligheterna att förenkla de moment inom den traditionella färskvirkestekniken som är tidskrävande utan att tillföra något till uttrycket. Syftet för arbetet är möjliggöra snabba beslut för att underlätta en inspirerande arbetsprocess där formen skapas samtidigt som produkten.Jag har utgått ifrån maskinverkstaden på Carl Malmsten Furiture Studies och tillverkat en ställbar borrmall där olika vinklar på ett snabbt sätt kan ställas in och där ämnet kan spännas fast trots att det är assymetriskt. Jag har i samarbete med Ulf Bengtsson, forskningsingenjör på IEI vid Linköpings universitet, utvecklat en fräsmall till en handöverfräs för att tillverka tappar. För att ta fram arbetsmaterial till tester av mallarna har jag för hand kluvit fram och sedan täljt träämnen..

Mode i politiken - ett omskrivet a?mne i media. Det stra?cker sig fra?n Mona Sahlins va?ska till Carl Bildts camouflagekavaj. Pa? liknande sa?tt blev Nya Moderaternas "kla?dkod" fo?rema?l fo?r debatt.

Syftet med vår studie var att undersöka vad pedagoger har för syn gällande jämställdhetsmålen i läroplanen för förskolan, Lpfö98 (reviderad 2010) samt undersöka hur pedagoger arbetar för att uppnå jämställdhetsmålen. Det kommer även framföras vilka möjligheter och utmaningar pedagoger finner när det gäller att uppnå jämställdhetsmålen..

Uppdragsgivaren Outotec Kil AB marknadsför, konstruerar och levererar strippmaskiner för koppar och nickel. En del av denna strippmaskin för koppar är en korrugeringspress som pressar tre stycken veck över plåten. Var tredje plåt pressas och sedan staplas ett antal plåtar ihop till en bunt som senare smälts ner. Anledning till att var tredje plåt korrugeras är för att ge ett mellanrum mellan plåtarna som ger en snabbare och effektivare nedsmältning.Nuvarande korrugeringspress pressar tre stycken veck över hela plåtytan med ett djup på 30mm, vilket kräver en stor presskraft. Den stora presskraften kräver en kraftig konstruktion och det har gett vissa problem: Dyr att tillverka på grund av dyra och tunga komponenter.  Stora hydraulcylindrar som kräver ett högt flöde.