The aim of this thesis is to study the possibility of the existence of a specialist in bone tools manufacturing during the Mesolithic. The thesis describes the climate during the Mesolithic, argues for an experimental approach, and describes social organization in hunter-gatherer-groups and the processes behind cultural transmission. It also gives some examples of excavation sites in Scandinavia. An experiment simulating a teaching situation is made, in addition to the theoretical information, with the intent to explore how advanced the crafting of bone really is. The physical result is then studied and documented.

Hunting is considered as the most masculine activity in our society. Historically, man has been described as the provider for his family, this in the forms of hunting and gathering. Today hunting is still associated with a male hunter, but women have started to infiltrate the hunting culture. In this study hunting culture is analyzed with a gender perspective. In a modern society with gender and equality as a big subject of debate it is interesting to examine this impact on a culture so linked with masculinity.

This essay is a narrative analyze of the computer game Halo. The purpose of the essay is to see what function the narrative elements have in a computer game of the action genre. The analyze is done with a neo-formalistic approach according to the theory of David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson. The choice of game was based on it's positive reviews mentioning the story. The essay tries to give a picture of research in the field and researchers views on narratives and computer games.

Syfte: Syftet är att belysa hur ett belöningssystem lämpligen bör utformas så att önskade effekter uppnås. För undersökningen använder vi fallföretaget Thule. Metod: En abduktiv ansats väljs för arbetets förhållningssätt till arbetsprocessen, medan en kvalitativ fallstudie anslår riktlinjer för empiriinsamlingen. Teoretiska perspektiv: Vi använder teoretiska kriterier för utformning av belöningssystem från forskare på området, Merchant och Thompson & Strickland. Empiri: Vårt empiriska material består av besöksintervjuer med koncernledningen samt med personer från divisionsledningen i fallföretaget Thule.

Göbekli Tepe is an 11000 year old religious center where Totem has been exercised. It was raised by megalithic hunters and collectors that still during the construction lived in small-scaled mobile groups in order to find food and therefore should not have had time to raised costly stone monuments. The religious center consists of four enclosures with two T-pillars decorated with pictures of different animals and birds. Any dwellings have not been found. The place has been constructed by a well-organized elitist organization that has been capable of raising constructions in order to exercise their religion in a way we did not thought was possible such a long time ago. Analysis and findings from the near east existing from this time shows however that social changes happen in the communities around the region. Can archeological finding from the excavations on the religious center give any answer or clue regarding how man came to develop from hunter and collector to farmer? Do the findings reveal that the religion has changed Mans way to think and organize so that she was prepared to introduce the agriculture that occurs? The aim of thesis is to clarify whether Göbekli Tepe has played any role in the complex origin of agriculture..

För många av dagens kunskapsintensiva företag uppkommer det en problematik vid utformandet av belöningssystem. Detta då deras output inte kan kvantifieras med finansiella mått. Ett exempel på en verksamhet med detta problem är FoU-avdelningar. Vårt syfte med denna studie är således att beskriva och analysera hur belöningssystem utformas i FoU-avdelningar. Vår teoretiska referensram och sedermera analytiska underlag, baseras på en kombination utav Thompson & Stricklands och Cummings & Worleys teorier kring belöningssystem.

För många av dagens kunskapsintensiva företag uppkommer det en problematik vid utformandet av belöningssystem. Detta då deras output inte kan kvantifieras med finansiella mått. Ett exempel på en verksamhet med detta problem är FoU-avdelningar. Vårt syfte med denna studie är således att beskriva och analysera hur belöningssystem utformas i FoU-avdelningar. Vår teoretiska referensram och sedermera analytiska underlag, baseras på en kombination utav Thompson & Stricklands och Cummings & Worleys teorier kring belöningssystem.

n this dissertation a comparison of two evolutionary methods for evolving ANNs for robot control is made. The methods compared are SANE with enforced sub-population and delta-coding, and marker-based encoding. In an attempt to speed up evolution, marker-based encoding is extended with delta-coding. The task selected for comparison is the hunter-prey task. This task requires the robot controller to posess some form of memory as the prey can move out of sensor range.

Ian Thompson använder i boken Ecology, Community and Delight ett begrepp benämnt tri-valent design, vilket kan jämställas vid ett optimum för en landskapsarkitekts arbete att gestalta tilltalande platser. Thompson förklarar att begreppets kärna uppnås då en plats uppvisar en harmonisk kombination av sociala, ekologiska och estetiska värden samtidigt. Inom den ekologiska delen av tri-valent design belyser han vikten av ekologisk hållbarhet och alternativa metoder för dagvattenhantering nämns som en viktig del i arbetet. En typ av dagvattenanläggning är dagvattendammen, vilken är ett mer miljövänligt komplement till de idag överbelastade reningsverken. Med hjälp av dagvattendammar kan förorenat vatten, från städernas gator och tak, magasineras samt renas på naturlig väg innan det slutligen når hav och sjö.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur dagens data- och telekommunikation påverkar tio studenter vid BTH i deras vardag. I vår frågeställning hade vi tre frågor som vi sökte få svar på. Dessa frågor behandlade vilka kommunikationsvanor tio studenter vid BTH har, hur dessa vanor påverkar deras vardagsliv samt vilka uppfattningar som fanns om den globala IT-kommunikationen. Utifrån intervjuerna med studenterna sökte vi skönja generella likheter/skillnader hos det resterande samhället. Under 1800-talet inleddes utvecklingen av globala nätverk.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur dagens data- och telekommunikation påverkar tio studenter vid BTH i deras vardag. I vår frågeställning hade vi tre frågor som vi sökte få svar på. Dessa frågor behandlade vilka kommunikationsvanor tio studenter vid BTH har, hur dessa vanor påverkar deras vardagsliv samt vilka uppfattningar som fanns om den globala IT-kommunikationen. Utifrån intervjuerna med studenterna sökte vi skönja generella likheter/skillnader hos det resterande samhället. Under 1800-talet inleddes utvecklingen av globala nätverk.

In this thesis recruiter?s attitudes and usage of social media within the media business has been examined. The purpose was to find out whether a certain type of behavior in social media could or could not lead to a future employment. How much weight is put on the virtual identity and what does recruiters look for when the look someone up on the internet. Personal interviews with recruiters were done in six different media companies in Stockholm to find out how they used social media when searching and employing new employers.

In this thesis recruiter?s attitudes and usage of social media within the media business has been examined. The purpose was to find out whether a certain type of behavior in social media could or could not lead to a future employment. How much weight is put on the virtual identity and what does recruiters look for when the look someone up on the internet. Personal interviews with recruiters were done in six different media companies in Stockholm to find out how they used social media when searching and employing new employers.

Research on Stone Age hunters and gatherers in Norrland has been lively since the 1960s. Central to this research are questions about the organization of society, sedentariness, continuity and resource management. One central part of life in the taiga is the need for fire and fuel. This aspect has been little discussed in conjunction with the mentioned research questions. My goal is to show that the matter of fire and fuel is an important one that needs to be taken in to consideration when discussing Stone Age Norrland and hunter/gatherers.

This essay is dealing with the difficulties of cataloging and classifying anonymi and other kinds of literature without the components which have set the norm for bibliographic cataloging, i.e. a defined author, a standardized title etc. A typical example of this kind of literature is folklore and folktales, which are dealt with thoroughly here. The character of and the society's historical view upon the folk literature, as literature considered, are being described, as is the evolution of rules for cataloging in general. The folk literature is mostly systematized after a different pattern from other literature, since bibliographical facts are often missing.