Korean Wave is a new phenomenon which signifies the spread of Korean popular culture in East Asia with Japan as a centre. The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudes of Japanese youths who consumes K-Pop on the subject of their feelings towards South Korea and Korean society in the theoretical framework of soft power. With the findings of the one and a half month fieldwork in Tokyo, this

In 2012, the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), an initiative launched by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to promote regional integration and development between six mainland Southeast Asian countries, will reach its twentieth anniversary. Throughout the past twenty years, the GMS has been considered as highly successful, in comparison with other regional initiatives, in improving connectivity, com

Popular summary The environmental and social consequences of predicted climate change are expected to be amplified in urban environments due to their elevated temperatures, which are attributable to a phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island. As most types of vegetation can provide for cooler air temperatures due to their natural cooling effect, increasing amounts of vegetation in urban areas mig

High harmonic generation (HHG) is a process in which extremely short bursts of coherent ultraviolet/soft x-ray radiation are generated by firing intense laser pulses into a dilute gas. During the long history of high harmonic generation research, several improvement schemes have been proposed. One of them was to use the driving laser pulse along with its second harmonic, which was found to raise g

Sexual crimes against women have always been a part of war and have occurred in virtually every armed conflict throughout human history. For a very long time, and still today in some cultures, women were not seen as equal to men. Thus, gender based crimes against women were almost invisible to international criminal law. While these crimes were largely ignored after World War I and II, things have

SYFTE: Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda kopplingen mellan varumärkespersonligheter och logotyper. Logotyper består bland annat av färg samt typsnitt och avsikten blir därför är att undersöka de två attributens inverkan på konsumenters uppfattning av varumärkespersonligheter. METOD: Tillvägagångssättet som valts för uppsatsen är en kvantitativ strategi och författarna har valt en deduktiv metod

Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilken roll takt och rytm spelar i en idrottslärares undervisning. För att förtydliga uppsatsens syfte och beskriva idrottslärarnas uppfattning behandlas följande forskningsfrågor: Hur ser idrottslärare på takt och rytm i sin undervisning? Vad uppfattar idrottslärare att det är de ska undervisa i när det gäller takt och rytm enligt kursplanen? Hur ser idrottslärMeasure and rhythm: What part do concepts of measure and rhythm play in a physical education teachers way of teaching? The purpose of this study is to determine what part the measure and rhythm plays in a physical education teacher's way of teaching. To clarify the purpose of this study and describe physical education teachers' perception, the following research questions are processed: Ho

Syftet med studien är att undersöka barnmusikverksamheten hos olika institutioner i Skåne för att se hur barn och unga deltar under konserter och föreställningar. Vidare är syftet att undersöka hur dessa institutioner beskriver arbetet med barn och ungas deltagande och upplevelser och på vilket sätt rytmik skulle kunna bidra till att öka möjligheterna till barn och ungas aktiva deltagande vid dessEurhythmics in the public space? - a study of participation and experience in youth activities at some of Skåne's major music institutions. The purpose of this study is to examine youth activities at a number of music institutions in Skåne, specifically how children and adolescents participate in concerts and musical events. Furthermore, the purpose is to examine how the institutions themselve

Vad motiverar trumelever att spela sitt instrument? Syftet med denna studie är att få en inblick i vilka faktorer som motiverar att spela och prioritera sitt instrument. Motivation är av både inre och yttre natur. Den inre motivationen driver oss att handla utan att få yttre belöning, medan den yttre motivationen driver oss att handla för att få en belöning som inte hör ihop med handlingen i sig. Motivation in drum education – A study in drum students intrinsic and extrinsic motivation What motivates drum students to practise their instrument? The purpose of this study is to get an insight of what factors motivates to play and prioritize the instrument. Motivation is of both intrinsic and extrinsic nature. The intrinsic motivation drives us to act without getting any external reward while

In this report the behaviour of paper reinforced plastics known as High Pressure Laminates, HPL, is studied. The material is regarded as anisotropic. Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio, shear modulus and the in-plane moisture elongations are measured. Calculation of moisture induced deformations and forces are carried out, both for beam and plate theory.

Within the automotive industry today, companies save significant amounts of money through computer simulations. Mathematics through numerical methods becomes important when as in this case the investigation is done with the Finite Element Method (FEM). A self-pierced rivet (SPR) joint specimen in a T-peel case is studied. The specimen consists of 1.15 mm thick steel sheets with a rivet of 5 mm in

When birds move around in their natural environment the feathers on the wings are exposed to various factors that reduce their performance, such as UV-radiation, mechanical wearing and bacteria. In time the feathers get worn out and are replaced. This usually happens once a year by a process called moult. Some bird species differs from this pattern and moult twice a year. This behavior may have infl