During the spring of 2014, I have investigated the visual culture of Lolita as practiced in Sweden and Japan. My focus has been on the performative aspect of Lolita. By looking and participating in this colorful subculture, I have met people who are living the Lolita lifestyle on a daily basis as well as former Lolita practitioners. My main concern has been how does one use Lolita.I?ve tried to investigate if it is possible to look at Lolita as being more than just a clothing style.

Can the lack of functional cross-cultural communication among individuals within an international organization be the reason for cultural clashes to occur, and lead to conflict between two cultures within the same organization?Our aim is to try to create a potential model of how cross-cultural problems can be studied, in order to contribute to the solution of the problem. And to examine whether the theories, which form the basis of our model can be applied in reality.The research have assumed from the hermeneutical approach for a holistic view of the problem area. The deductive approach has been used in order to distinguish whether the theories can be applied to reality, and qualitative research method for collecting data.The focus lies within cross-cultural communications, which defines the various cultural factors that can affect organizational culture. Hofstede dimensions and the social structure are mentioned and cultural factors as language and religion.

The aim of this study was to describe how the best interest of the child can be constructed in investigations concerning permission for international adopt, where adequate parenthood is investigated. Qualitative research interviews were used as method. Seven investigators from six different sections of the city of Stockholm were interviewed. The information was analysed on the basis of a sociological approach to law and social constructionism.The result showed that adequate parenthood is a condition in the interest of the child. Adequate parenthood is specified as the parent?s qualities and possibility to care for an adopted child.

Denna uppsats Àmnar vÀrdera bioteknikbolaget BioInvent International AB ur ett externt perspektiv med en realoptionsansats och undersöka hur detta vÀrde förhÄller sig till traditionell kassaflödesanalys och aktuell aktiekurs. MÄnga bioteknikbolag Àr smÄ forskningsbolag och har Ànnu inte kommersialiserat nÄgra produkter. Bolagens verksamhet Àr behÀftad med hög risk. Dessa bolag Àr beroende av att inhÀmta kapital frÄn investerare. Ett krav för att investerare skall tillföra pengar Àr att företagens tillgÄngar och potential kan vÀrderas.

I mars 1999 inledde NATO operationen Allied Force i dÄvarande Förbundsrepubliken Jugoslavien. Operationen blev kritiserad för att ha tillfogat s.k. ?collateral damage? och vissa ickestatliga organisationer hÀvdade att brott mot krigets lagar begÄtts.Specifika dokument, som reglerar luftkrigföring, har historiskt sett saknats. Detta har inneburit problem för bedömningar av enskilda fall.

   Officially, Sweden has a very low level of corruption and in 2008 topped Transparency International?s list in terms of the perception of a lack of corruption. However, on closer examination it would appear that the Swedish public sector is not as clean as the Transparency International list suggests. What appears to be relatively common and quite widely accepted in Sweden, especially in local government, are conflict of interest situations in which public officials use their position to obtain advantages for themselves, their friends and their colleagues, in particular with respect to public procurement. According to the Swedish constitution, the public administration shall be governed by the principles on legality and objectivity. Grave violations of these principles are deemed illegal and contrary to the penal code provisions relating to bribery, public misconduct and breach of confidentiality.

The aim with this master's thesis is to describe the work process with the graduation film Player, by a composers perspective and given conditions. It provides a detailed insight into how the work was done from the script stage to the end result, scene by scene reflecting about both the musical performance and the collaboration between the director and me as a composer. The work was done during the spring term of 2012 at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts..

This study examines how women are portrayed in four of Disney?s feature films, withthe focus on the presentation of relations between women. The films examined areSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Sleeping Beauty (1959), The Little Mermaid(1989) and Frozen (2013). The aim is to analyse the development that has taken placefrom a gender perspective, from the earliest film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937), to the latest, Frozen (2013), and to reveal the significance of the femalecharacters for each other. The films? portrayal of women and female relations isdiscussed in relation to previous criticism of Disney for their stereotyped portrayal ofwomen, and through a thematic comparison with the known fairytales on which thefilms are based.

Syftet med denna undersökning Àr att undersöka vilka problem och möjligheter man kan möta med anvÀndandet av historisk spelfilm i historieundervisningen. Spelfilmens roll som historieförmedlare har ökat under de senaste Ären. Idag fungerar spelfilm med historiska motiv som historieförmedlare för mÄnga mÀnniskor, inte minst ungdomar. I mÄnga fall anvÀnds spelfilmen i underhÄllningssyfte. En stor anledning till att jag gör denna undersökning Àr för att se nÀrmare pÄ hur lÀraren kan arbeta med spelfilmen i historieundervisningen utöver ett rent underhÄllningssyfte.

ABSTRACTBachelor essay in political science by Hanna Richter, spring 2006Supervisor: Mats LindbergTitle: A study of the phenomenon of micronationsThe purpose of this essay is to study the phenomenon of ?micronations?, to describe it to the reader and to discuss why this phenomenon is interesting to study in the field of political science. The questions this essay seeks to answer are:- What are micronations, and which variations are to be found within the phenomenon?- Why are micronations interesting to study in the field of political science?Bary Buzans theory of the nature of the state works as a frame of reference to this investigation of micro ?state-like? units. The phenomenon of micronations has not been investigated by the social sciences in any extent worth mentioning yet.

Problem: Enligt statistik fo?rlorar turistma?ssor i antalet utsta?llare och beso?kare, de blir o?verlag mindre varje a?r. Vi bo?rjade med att se detta problem hos TUR-ma?ssan i Go?teborg och genom denna studie valde vi att ja?mfo?ra med andra liknande turistma?ssor fo?r att se om detta var ett problem som idag pra?glade Skandinaviska ma?ssor. Eftersom ma?ssor bidrar till turism pa? den platsen den genomfo?rs och turistma?ssor bidrar till o?kad turism o?verlag blir detta ett mer omfattande problem a?n enbart fo?r arrango?rerna bakom ma?ssan.

Syftet med den hÀr studien har varit att undersöka vilka skillnader som kan identifieras rörande elevers handlingskomptens beroende pÄ var och hur undervisningen har bedrivits. Jag har velat ta reda pÄ pÄ vilka sÀtt valet av undervisningsmetoder och valet av plats för undervisningen kan pÄverka elevernas utveckling av handlingskompetens. Studien har genomförts med en kvasiexperimentell design, dÀr tvÄ klasser i Ärskurs 8 har arbetat med ett tema kring hÄllbar konsumtion av klÀder. Den ena klassen har haft all undervisning i klassrummet medan den andra klassen vid tvÄ tillfÀllen fÄtt gÄ till stadens centrum för att göra butiksundersökningar och intervjua butikspersonal. I övrigt har bÄda klasserna fÄtt likartad undervisning av samma lÀrare.

In September 2014 the ECJ issued its decision in C-7/13 the Skandia case. The case con- cerned service transactions made between a main establishment in a third country and its Swedish branch. The branch was a member of a VAT group in Sweden. The ECJ estab- lished that the membership resulted in that the VAT group was considered as one taxable person which meant that the services was considered provided to the group itself and not the separate member. Therefore the transactions were deemed taxable.

Syfte: Att tillsammans med elever i Ă„k 8, pröva och vĂ€rdera ett nytt arbetssĂ€tt. FrĂ„gestĂ€llningarna Ă€r:? Ökar ett nytt arbetssĂ€tt elevernas lust att lĂ€ra?? KĂ€nns undervisningen mer meningsfull med ett nytt arbetssĂ€tt?? FörĂ€ndras lĂ€rarrollen och i sĂ„ fall pĂ„ vilket sĂ€tt?Teori: LĂ€rande sker i samspel och i kommunikation med andra, lĂ€rande Ă€r en aktiv handling, dĂ€r den som lĂ€r presenterar sitt lĂ€rande pĂ„ olika sĂ€tt, genom olika teckenskapande aktiviteter. Kompetens inom IKT och anvĂ€ndandet av IKT-verktyg gynnar lĂ€randet och lĂ€rarens roll förĂ€ndras i och med anvĂ€ndandet av IKT.Metod: En kvalitativ undersökning dĂ€r aktionsforskning anvĂ€nds i vilken intervjuer, enkĂ€ter, observationer och dagboksskrivande ingĂ„r.Resultat: BĂ„de genomgĂ„ng med hjĂ€lp av flipped classrooms (eleverna ser en film med lektionsgenomgĂ„ngen, innan lektionen börjar) )och redovisning genom pecha-kucha (en form av Power-Pointpresentation) eller film ökar lusten att lĂ€ra hos de flesta av eleverna i den undersökta klassen. DĂ€remot kan jag inte utifrĂ„n resultatet av den hĂ€r undersökningen sĂ€ga om dessa arbetssĂ€tt ocksĂ„ upplevs som mer meningsfulla.

My purpose with this thesis has been to find out how to choreograph a fight sequence in ananimated movie. With the help of professional stuntmen and dancers, I have tried to findmethods and techniques used on stage and in live-action film and apply those to animatedfilms. To successfully identify the techniques used, I conducted a number of interviews andanalyzed literature that deals with the subject of fight choreography. By the analysis of themethods provided by the choreographers and selected parts of the literature, I have compiled anumber of steps I recommend 3D animators should to take in their efforts to create their ownfight choreography..