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Synthesized textures in 3D rendering

In 3D rendering a common task is to render large textured surfaces, such as walls and terrains. Ideally you would want a texture that is not obviously repeating itself, but memory limits often work against this goal. This thesis explores a method using texture synthesis that aims to reduce visual repetition and memory usage at the cost of a pre-processing step and higher run time performance requi

A cross national comparative study on the utilization of private forestry in the development of local wood energy supply chains

Both Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI) have set ambitious targets for increasing the amount of renewable heat being generated. By 2020, NI is aiming for a 10% target, in the Republic a 12% target has been stipulated (DARD, 2010) (SEAI, 2007). In both countries the majority of the private forest estate has been created through establishment grants that began in the 1980s, the

“WOMAN ALWAYS TENDS TO BECOME THE ONE WHO OTHERS WANT TO SEE…”: THE CONSTRUCTION OF WOMANHOOD IN SOVIET TV-MOVIES OF THE STAGNATION PERIOD (1967-1982)

This research paper aims to identify how womanhood is constructed in the Soviet TV-movies of the Stagnation era. The thesis is based on the theoretical background in the areas of gender constructions in Western media, gender constructions in Soviet society, and gender constructions in Soviet cinematography. The methodology of discourse analysis and the method of discursive psychology are used to i

Kan kreativitet ökas genom en lekfull miljö?

Ett studie genomfördes i syfte att undersöka om lekfulla detaljer i miljön ökade kreativitet. Kreativitetstest (The Creativity Test – Drawing Production) utfördes för att utreda miljövillkorens påverkan på kreativitet. Miljömanipulation skedde genom ett icke lekfullt villkor och ett lekfullt villkor. Den icke lekfulla miljöpåverkan var godis som uppfattades som icke lekfullt. Den lekfulla miljöpåvA study was conducted with the purpose of exploring if playful details in the environment would increase creativity. A creativity test (The Creativity Test – Drawing Production) was conducted to shed light on the environmental conditions impact on creativity. The manipulation of the non playful environment was composed using non playful candy. The manipulation of the playful environment was compos

China – Development in Progress, How a shift in the Political System is Changing China’s Economic Path

This paper is arguing that China’s political and economic opening in 1978, also referred to as China’s open door policy, was initiated by a change within China’s institutions affecting the political as well as the economic system. Since the opening in 1978 up until today (2012), constant economic reforms and developments as well as political progress can be observed. Domestic examples of China’s p

The revolution will be tweeted

Social medias have changed the way we obtain information about current events in the world. Regular people have the opportunity now more than ever to voice their opinions and tell their stories over the net. Direct democracy proponents are calling for a paradigm change using the Internet to spread direct democracy. The recent revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa have been called Twitter

Stabilitet för Acceptable Noise Level (ANL) hos normalhörande vuxna personer vid upprepade mätningar inom samma testsession och dess

Olika personer har olika acceptans för bakgrundsbrus vid samtidig lyssning till tal. Akustiska parametrar och sensoriska aspekter har hittills inte kunnat förklara variationen. Högre funktioner som t.ex. arbetsminne tros vara en av de bakomliggande mekanismerna men orsakerna är inte väl utredda. Testet Acceptable Noise Level (ANL) mäter acceptans för bakgrundsbrus men spridningen av resultat på AN

LFA and Participation in Development across Borders: A case study of LFA in the Swedish supported development program PDR in Arequipa, Peru.

The Logical Framework Approach is applied in development projects all over the world. The Swedish aid agency Sida also encourages all aid organizations who receives funds from them or their umbrella organization Forum Syd to use the LFA for the improvement of development programs. However, the LFAs applicability in development interventions has been seriously criticized by researchers and by NGOs

Banking with Labour Rights: Exploring the Challenges of Mainstreaming Extra-Financial Information into Financing Relationships

The thesis presents the challenges involved in attempting to mainstream international labour rights standards into commercial financing relationships. In order to do so, it draws upon the financing relationships provided by the three most prolific banks in the coal-mining industry: BNP Paribas (France and England), Citi (United States of America) and Royal Bank of Scotland (Scotland). It underta

Investera i vin som alternativ tillgång? - En avkastningsanalys av franska investeringsviner

Sammanfattning Titel: Investera i vin som alternativ tillgång? - En avkastningsanalys av franska investeringsviner Seminariedatum: 2012-08-28 Kurs: NEKH01 – Kandidatuppsats Författare: Kristoffer Blomqvist and Robert Svensson Handledare: Erik Norrman Nyckelord: Alternativa investeringar, diversifiering, överavkastningar, Jensens alfa, Sharpekvot. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att analysera e

Fehmarnbeltförbindelsens påverkan på företagens logistiska beslut

Fehmarnbeltförbindelsen är en tunnel mellan Rødby och Puttgarden, som ska stå klar 2020. Förbindelsen kommer att bli en direkt transportförbindelse mellan Skandinavien och kontinenten. Den kommer att bli ungefär 19 kilometer lång och bestå av en bilväg med två körfält i vardera färdriktning, samt en elektrifierad och dubbelspårig järnväg. I dagsläget förbinds Rødby och Puttgarden av en färjeförbin

Satirical Depictions of the European Union : A Semiotic Analysis of Political Cartoons on the 2004 Enlargement and 2009-2012 Eurozone Debt Crisis

This study examines the visual representations of the European Union (EU) in political cartoons on the 2004 enlargement and the 2009-2012 Eurozone debt crisis, and the interactions between these depictions and Europe’s socio-political order. Carried out on fourteen political cartoons (out of a 300-cartoon corpus), the visual analysis is based on the theories of traditional semiotics, social semiot

Imaginary Battlefield War rape, the extreme consequence of gender hierarchy

The purpose of this thesis is to identify the social structure that sanctions the act of war rape. This by answering the research question; what normative structure is reflected in the meanings attached to the act of war rape? The research design is that of a qualitative case study, with empirical focus on the war rapes committed in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the war in 1992-1995. The analysis is p

Intersectionality perspective in practice? A field study of intersectionality perspectives within Ghanaian NGOs’ health work

Intersectionality is becoming an increasingly important concept within gender research, emphasizing that social inequalities should be seen in the light of other identities than gender alone. The theoretical perspective, suggesting that identities interact and shape people’s experiences and power positions, has also gained ground within the international community and development sphere. However,

Discussing a federal Europe : The development of the European Commission's federalist discourse between 2001 and 2007

The presence of federalism in the EC’s discourse has changed between 2001 and 2007. The discourse analysis of three documents that the EC published in respectively 2001, 2005 and 2007 points out that federalism in the discourse has been very present in the EC’s discourse in 2001 and 2007, but has faded to the background in 2005. The application of historical institutionalism leads to the conclusio

K3-projektet och normbildningsprocessen

Sammanfattning: Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att studera och analysera normbild-ningsprocessen i Sverige inom redovisning för att undersöka K3:s möjligheter till implementering. Metod: Uppsatsen präglas av ett kvalitativt angreppsätt och en deduktiv ansats. Teoretiska perspektiv: Teoriavsnittet behandlar harmonisering, sambandet mellan redo-visning och beskattning, centrala principer inom r

Salus Per Aqua - What Is Health To You? A study investigating how to connect the dots between health care, health maintenance, rehabilitation and spa

In this study the relationship between spa visiting and health aspects was investigated. An Internet survey was developed and out of 152 participants a group of 54 non-spa visitors who had never been to a spa before were compared to a group of 38 spa visitors who frequently had attended a spa. The results showed that spa visitors had significantly higher levels of well-being and nature connectedne

Mobility and Bounding the Traveling Imagination: A Cultural Analysis of Visiting Friends and Relatives Tourism

Tourism can be a difficult form of travel to define. In order to make working with tourism easier, the tourism industry often uses criteria and definitions that can limit understandings of tourism. An example is an often-common view in the tourism industry of visiting friends and relative (VFR) as unimportant. The purpose of this thesis is to offer research showing why VFR can be important to the

Model Based Engineering of a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Plant

As engineering systems become more and more advanced, the need for collaboration and communication between dierent system areas increases. Systems Modeling Language (SysML) is a graphical modeling language developed to provide a modeling capability independent of the system area. In this thesis, a SysML model will be developed for a reverse osmosis water purication plant. The purpose of the model