Human communication is both polysemiotic and multimodal; it is comprised of ensembles of representations from different semiotic systems in different sensory modalities. These semiotic systems, such as language, gestures, and pictures consist of signs and relations between signs, with system-specific affordances (Kendon, 2004; Zlatev, 2009; Sonesson, 2014). These systems all have their unique stor

In today’s world, where viewing television is one of the most prominent leisure activities, it is only natural that the scenes seen on the screen can have an impact on the image that people have of certain destinations. While film tourism is not a new phenomenon, it is relatively young in academic research and many aspects and perspectives are yet to be examined. This paper makes use of the stakeh

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s conception of Hungarian identity was set out to be revealed by observing twenty-five commemorative speeches delivered by him in the last sixteen years. The speeches were assessed through thematic narrative analysis. Research questions concerning (1) the use of historical narratives to strengthen national identity and prove the nation’s right to existence and

This paper revolves around two case studies. The purpose is to show how victims with different backgrounds are presented by Swedish news organizations. An analyze of twenty-nine news articles from two Swedish news sources, SVT (Swedish Television) and Expressen is done. The study used qualitive content analysis as a method. This method uses meaningful units, coding, categorization and thematizatio

The housing question has been a core societal issue for centuries. Since Engels (1988) intervened in the debate in 1872, housing has become increasingly central as a commodity in financialised capitalism. Hong Kong has experienced some of the most problems with housing, as it has been the most unaffordable place in the world eight years in a row (Demographia, 2018). Yet, there is more than unaffor

Clay as a craft material has fascinated me for a long time. It is a very versatile material that can be so smooth and ductile but also, after firing, extremely hard and strong. Why is this material, with all its characteristics not used as an architectural material more often? I started looking at ceramic materials in architecture and found that they are somewhat related to the act of waiting. In

Den bioanalytiska plattformen är en produkt skapad av CapSenze för att detektera, identifiera och kvantifiera antigen i olika typer av vätskor såsom virus i blod, eller narkotika i avloppsvatten. Den bioanalytiska plattformen består av en biosensor som används för att analysera vätska, ett flödessystem som transporterar vätskan och en webbapplikation som används för att styra biosensorn och för at

This study aims to describe and analyze the interaction between one section of the Swedish Red Cross and the Swedish state in forms of a municipality, in order to show how motivation within an interaction can be upheld and consumed. The study problematizes the cross-sectoral interaction of collaborative governance. The study is analyzed through Emerson, Nabatchi and Baloghs (2012) integrative fram

Despite a recent interest among geographers and planners in experiments in and on the city, urban experimentation has yet to be examined critically. This thesis takes on the challenge by conceptualizing the place experiment as hermeneutical, transformative, co-creational and geographically bounded, and further by examining the strategic use of place experiments in municipal urban planning. The the

Being fed through a feeding tube is a part of many peoples everyday lives, and comes with some challenges. One of these challenges are mobility. Today people with feeding tubes are able to stay mobile using a backpack, either provided by a feeding tube company or using an altered regular backpack. Unfortunately the backpacks are often seen as heavy and uncomfortable. In order to further und

The aim of this thesis is to find out how women artists and artists from outside Europe and North America are represented in chapters 19 through 22 of the book A world history of art by Hugh Honour and John Fleming. By examining representation in this part of the book, which is about modern art from 1900 to 2012, using qualitative and quantitative content analysis as well as cultural theorist Stua

Efter förstörelsen av städerna Hiroshima och Nagasaki 1945 började en kapprustning mellan Soviet Unionen och USA. För att undersöka inverkan av dessa bomber var testsprängningar nödvändiga. Konsekvensen av atmosfäriska provsprängningar av kärnvapen är att enorma mängder av så kallat kol-14 produceras, vilket är en typ av isotop till kol. Då de atmosfäriska sprängningarna till stor del stoppades 19Radiocarbon dating of human tissues has great potential in medical applications. A consequence of the complex path of radiocarbon to humans through diet is that the radiocarbon content of samples from human subjects is not directly comparable with the atmosphere's. By considering the harvest seasons in Sweden and its surrounding countries, a new software was developed to further investigate if

Uppsatsen tar avstamp i den samtida hudvårdstrenden som hyllar hälsosam, naturlig och ”glowy” hy. Baserat på bl a intervjuer genomförda under våren 2018 återger jag unga hudvårdsintresserade och icke-vita kvinnors subjektiva upplevelse av hud/hudvård; på det individuella planet som vardaglig ritual och på det sociala planet som hudvårdskultur på sociala medier. Ansiktshuden fungerar som symboliskt

Research suggest that foster children’s school achievements in compulsory school are worse compared with their peers in the same age group. The purpose of my study was to explore and analyze what kind of support and assistance foster children are offered in order to leave the compulsory school with approved grades. Furthermore, the aim was also to explore what kind of sup¬port that the social serv

The current study is a case study in which we explore insurance companies’ investigative work by looking at cases of fraudulent arson in motor vehicles. Through interviews with people in the insurance industry, as well as representatives from the police and justice system, we examine the practices and realities of insurance investigations, and by analyzing verdicts from Swedish district courts in

This thesis applies the GARCH-MIDAS model to investigate the effects of macroeconomic variables, sentimental indicators, and financial variables on Swedish stock market volatility for the period January 2002 to December 2016. The GARCH-MIDAS framework allows the incorporation of data at different frequencies into the same model and decomposes volatility into two components. A short-term component

I syfte att få en bild av subjektiva upplevelser av självet hos personer med schizofreni intervjuades fyra personer som är eller har varit diagnostiserade med schizofreni och/eller har upplevt återkommande psykotiska episoder. Självet definierades utifrån the minimal self som innebär en omedelbar, upplevelsemässig realitet, och schizofreni som en störning i självet snarare än närvaro och utbredninIn purpose of gaining insight into subjective experiences of the self in people with schizophrenia, four people, who have or have had schizophrenia and/or have experienced recurring psychotic episodes, were interviewed. The self was defined as the minimal self which has an immediate experiential reality, and schizophrenia as a self-disorder rather than presence and prevalence of psychotic symptoms