The subject of this thesis is the application of Support Vector Machines on two totally different applications, facial expressions recognition and remote sensing.The basic idea of kernel algorithms is to transpose input data in a higher dimensional space, the feature space, in which linear operations on the data can be processed more easily. These operations in the feature space can be expressed in terms of input data thanks to the kernel functions. Support Vector Machines is a classifier using this kernel method by computing, in the feature space and on basis of examples of the different classes, hyperplanes that separate the classes. The hyperplanes in the feature space correspond to non linear surfaces in the input space.Concerning facial expressions, the aim is to train and test a classifier able to recognise, on basis of some pictures of faces, which emotion (among these six ones: anger, disgust, fear, joy, sad, and surprise) that is expressed by the person in the picture. In this application, each picture has to be seen has a point in an N-dimensional space where N is the number of pixels in the image.The second application is the detection of camouflage nets hidden in vegetation using a hyperspectral image taken by an aircraft.

Enligt det tja?nstelogiska synsa?ttet blir upplevelsen kring ett ko?p allt viktigare. Samtidigt a?r varuma?rket en viktig resurs i marknadsfo?ringsteori idag. Det saknas dock ett tydligt resonemang fo?r hur varuma?rket passar in i interaktionen mellan fo?retag och konsument.

The aim of this thesis is to describe the subject indexing of images performed at the provincial museum of Jämtland and to evaluate the inter-indexer consistency at the museum. The main questions are: How are photographs indexed in the database SOFIE foto regarding Outline-codes, subject headings and natural language keywords? How does these procedures compare to research and indexing projects? How consistent are the indexers at the museum when choosing Outline-codes, subject headings and natural language keywords? Answers are sought by reading articles about classification, image indexing, indexing language, indexing consistency and by looking at a number of projects attempting to standardise image indexing practice in Sweden. The indexing practice at the museum is also described. In addition a minor inter-indexing consistency study, based on the subject indexing of ten photographs made by five indexers at the museum, is performed.

Syfte: Arbetet syftar till att undersöka Försäkringskassans imagearbete och hur de arbetar med att skapa en image som rättvist avspeglar den nya identiteten ?Den Nya Försäkringskassan?.Metod: Vi utgår ifrån ett hermeneutiskt tolkande perspektiv för att skapa djupare förståelse i det som undersöks. Detta kombineras med en abduktiv ansats vid alstringen av kunskap där vi väger teori och empiri lika tungt, samt skapar dessa med hänsyn till varandra. Datainsamlingen består av både kvantitativa och kvalitativa insamlingsmetoder så som primärdata i form av semistruktureradeintervjuer och en enkätundersökning. Sekundärdata genom årsredovisning och budgetunderlag.

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the perception of Christianity in nine textbooks andidentify changes in-between them and over time. The content of the textbooks will also bediscussed in relation to the steering documents connected to each book.I have chosen to focus on three curriculums, Lgy 70, Lpf 94 and Gy 11. My researchquestions are: how Christianity is treated in textbooks in religious studies in relation to theperception of Jesus, God and man? What are the differences/similarities across time andlearning materials? In what way does the textbooks change with the syllabuses?Text consumption and discursive practices is analyzed with the help of a set of tools thatare based on the critical discourse analysis and Fairclough's three-dimensional model. Theimage of Jesus, if described by a textbook, is also analysed.Three textbooks were chosen from each curricula.

BakgrundSamordningsförbundet i Trelleborg är ett nybildat förbund som samordnar och finansierar projekt som genomförs av Arbetsförmedlingen, Försäkringskassan, Region Skåne och Trelleborgs kommun. Samordningen ska förhindra att personer, som på grund av sjukdom är utan förvärvsarbete, hamnar i en gråzon mellan myndigheterna och inte får tillräckligt stöd. Samordningsförbundet önskar kommunicera mer effektivt och aktivt inom och utanför förbundet men har inget planerat kommunikationsarbete.Syfte Studien ger kunskap om förbundets identitet och image med avsikt att skapa en övergripande plan för profilering. Utifrån resultaten tas strategier fram för kommunikationsinsatser med olika målgrupper. Genomförande En fallstudie har genomförts av Samordningsförbundet.

Citizens are in need of information to form an opinion about how society works. As a reviewer of the Public power the media plays an important role in a democratic society. The communicative power shift appears in contemporary media landscape, where technology offers great opportunities for actors to use their own channels to communicate their own image and thereby influencing power over the agenda. Alongside this, the number of communicators is increasing which makes power of resources affects the communicative whole picture. The study is based on a media profile case of the described assault and looks at what can happen strategic communicative at a police department when journalism offers a negative image.

AbstractTitle: External communication channels of Prime Care How they where thought to be, how they work and how costumers apprehend them.Number of pages: 50 (64 Including enclosures)Author: Sophie DicksenTutor: Peder HÃ¥rd af SegerstadCourse: Media- and Communication Studies DPeriod: Spring 2007University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: The focus of this paper lies on the external communication channels of Prime Care and the aim is to study the following aspects: How do the channels work? How are they apprehended by customers of the company? What are Prime Cares own thoughts behind the channels? How does Prime Cares self-image correspond to the way that customers apprehend the company?Material/Method: Twenty interviews has been done with different customers of Prime Care in order to see how the company and its communication flow is apprehended. A consultant manager of Prime Care has also been asked about purposes behind the companies external communication channels in order to enable a comparison between Prime Cares image and profile. Prime Cares website, one of their mail sendouts, their salescalls, salesvisits and their exhibition participation have been studied on the basis of relevant litterature. Maletzkes model of mass communication was used as a general view of communication flow.Main results: All communication channels included in this study have different ways of function even though they all have the same main purpose, videlicet to promote the company, to inform about its activities and to recruit new customers and consultants.

Syftet med denna uppsats a?r att fa? en djupare fo?rsta?else fo?r arbetet med Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) inom e-handeln genom att analysera:Det engagemang som finns för CSR och det ansvar som tas av företag inom e-handeln.Hur kommunikation av CSR används av företagen för att positionera sig och stärka sin image.Vad konsumenter har för syn på CSR inom e-handeln och vad detta har för påverkan på företags arbete kring ämnet.I koppling till detta syfte har följande forskningsfråga formulerats:Vad präglar e-handelsföretags arbete med Corporate Social Responsibility?Vi har valt att go?ra en kvalitativ studie da? vi ville analysera vad fo?retagare, experter och konsumenter inom e-handeln har fo?r erfarenheter och a?sikter kring arbetet med CSR. Studien har pra?glats av en abduktiv ansats da?r vi har haft ett va?xelspel mellan teori och empiri. Prima?rdatan har samlats in genom fyra personliga, semi-struturerade intervjuer samt en strukturerad intervju via mail.

Big Image är ett företag som trycker stora bilder, på bland annat polyesterförstärkt PVC-duk, till både butiker och teatrar. När en eller flera PVC-dukar måste skarvas för att uppnå rätt bildstorlek använder sig företaget av symaskiner. Detta är dock ett tidskrävande arbete och målet är att hitta en ny metod att skarva dukarna.Enligt nulägesanalysen används all golvyta i Big Images lokal. Big Image har en svets som svetsar med hett verktyg vilken inte fungerar tillräckligt bra för att vara lönsam. Under en omvärldsanalys besöktes ett företag som specialiserat sig på att svetsa plastdukar.

Det blir allt viktigare för kommuner, regioner och länder att positionera sig i kampen om presumtiva invånare och investerare. För att konkurrera måste platsens fördelar lyftas fram för målgruppen och det är av största vikt att finnas där målgruppen finns. Sociala medier har utmanat de traditionella marknadsföringsmetoderna och gjort detta möjligt. Mer än hälften av Sveriges befolkning använder det sociala mediet Facebook och i november 2012 använder 74 procent av Sveriges kommuner och regioner mediet. Det har blivit en självklarhet att använda Facebook som ett verktyg i marknadsföringen men det saknas kunskap om hur man på bästa sätt ska marknadsföra sig och kommunicera med sina målgrupper.Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur kommunikatörer arbetar med platsmarknadsföring via Facebook för att skapa en attraktiv bild av en region.

The purpose of this study is to highlight how a ring road and an external retail establishment may affect the city commerce. Umeå is the study object with interesting undergoing changes including a new external retail area south of the city and a new transport route that will lead the through traffic around the city.The study is based on a review of previous studies and a qualitative method. Four interviews were conducted with people who have a connection to commerce and/or municipal planning and where considered able to contribute with rich and relevant information. The result shows that the commerce in Umeå will be significantly strengthened in the context of a new external commercial establishment when the city?s overall attractiveness increases.

Social media have become a bigger and bigger aspect of daily life for many ages and especially within the youth culture growing from digital interactions. At the same time libraries seems eager to use this medium to reach out to the youth to inform and to educate. But do we know enough about how these two groups? views each other to be effective at this work? And is it even something that is wanted? What?s the image of social media from their point of view?The goal of this study is to investigate the image of social media from the point of view of two groups, librarians and youth. The study is based on a qualitative approach with a random selection of candidates.

In recent years, the characterization of the Third World and its inhabitants in West-originated children?s books has been subject to debate. Media attention around a selection of books has generated discussions on how this relates and aligns with Sweden?s national teaching curriculum. The objective of this study is to explore how a selection of authors, born in Western countries, have characterized and presented the Third World and its inhabitants in its literature.

Title: Under the surface - Fredrik Reinfeldt and Stefan Löfven in a comparative photo studyAuthors: Jon Demred, Fanny Wijk & Olivia WikströmLevel: Bachelor of JournalismLocation: University of GothenburgLanguage: SwedishNumber of pages: 39This thesis compares how Stefan Löfven was being portrayed in Swedish media the week after the generalelection 2014 with how Fredrik Reinfeldt was portrayed in the first week after 2006?s general election.There has been made a lot of research on how politicians are portrayed in the media, but most of theresearch focus on text portrayal. This thesis focus on something different, it compares how the two ?winners? were portrayed in news photos.A semiotic approach was used to analyse news images in the newspapers Aftonbladet, Expressen, SvenskaDagbladet and Dagens Nyheter. It was important to not only look at the pictures, but also the outer context, i.e the headlines, had to be analysed to come to any conclusions.Fredrik Reinfeldt was portrayed more positive and more as a winner than Stefan Löfven was.