The present thesis is concerned with describing the aspect morphemes toru and yoru, as well as the existential verb oru, prevalent in the dialects of western Japan in general, and the central Kinki region in particular. We will discuss the semantic properties of these morphemes in five dialects using a survey of predicate structure in Japanese dialects. With the aid of an informant from Osaka we w

Testosterone is the main androgen affecting sexual differentiation in-utero. According to the twin testosterone transfer hypothesis, a female fetus sharing uterus with a male is exposed to higher testosterone levels. Likewise, a male fetus sharing uterus with another male is exposed to higher levels. In this short thesis, wages of twins in opposite-sexed pairs are compared to wages of twins in sam

This paper aims to examine effectiveness of currency hedging of forward contracts and options in international portfolio, consisting of assets denominated in Chinese Yuan and Indian Rupee. Instead of applying Markowitz’s portfolio optimization, mean-CVaR framework is used in order to deal with non-normality of return of financial assets as well as exchange rates. In this paper, the finding shows t

This research is to investigate and analyse an identity formation of an immigrant group in a host country. The author would like to understand immigrants’ identities as a diaspora community, by focusing on Turkish community in Sweden and identification process in terms of personal and collective identities, using the diaspora as a ground theory with semi-structured individual interviews in which n

Taxing sugar-sweetened foods has become a relevant question in Sweden. Proofs of this are the population’s huge intake of added sugar, an increasing share of obesity and large related medical treatment costs. This thesis gives a hands-on suggestion of how a tax on sugar-sweetened foods in Sweden could be constructed. The goal of this study is to decrease the sugar intake by 70 percentages of five

Basic human rights are not being met in many parts of the world. People in poverty suffer from hunger, ill-health, poor education and low standards of living which negatively affect their well-being. These reasons and poverty as a wide spread social problem that undermines the economy and development of entire nations, make poverty socially relevant and important to study. To understand how poor p

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the audit profession's interpretation of the characteristic competence in sustainability assurance, and how this is practically demonstrated. Method: In this paper, a qualitative research with an inductive method approach has been used. Theoretical perspectives: Theories in this paper consist of Flint’s (1988) philosophy of auditing, Abbott’

This thesis concerns the variety known as Uchinaa-Yamatoguchi, spoken on the island of Okinawa and smaller surrounding islands. By discussing mainly historical, political, and social factors, the aim is to elicit the processes which affect its vitality and consequently are instrumental in the formation of its future. As complements to the already existing material relevant to the subject, a survey

This thesis investigates the stock return and its variance around seasoned equity offering announcements for Swedish companies listed on the OMX Large cap, Mid cap and Small cap exchanges. The analysis is made on a full sample containing 52 SEOs, as well as two sub-samples containing underwritten and non-underwritten SEOs. The framework for the event study is OLS regressions based on the CAPM-mode

Syftet med studien var att uppmärksamma vilken betydelse uppskattning och feedback har för medarbetare och chefers arbetsglädje på arbetsplatsen. Fokus har legat på hur de anställda uppfattar kopplingarna mellan begreppen och komplexiteten kring kommunicerandet av dem. Genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med personal på en arbetsförmedling och ett bankkontor (n=11) har en djupare förståelse skapats

Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda de konsekvenser IASB:s föreslagna förändring av IAS 37 skulle ha för berörda svenska företag och intressenter. En induktiv ansats med både kvantitativ och kvalitativ metod. Vår kvantitativa data är insamlad från årsredovisningar för företagen i vårt urval. Vår kvalitativa data är insamlad från epostkorrespondens med en redovisningsansvarig, samt intervju med en r

This paper empirically investigates explanations to the gender wage gap in urban Nicaragua for 2005 and 2009. For this task, using data from the EMNV survey, we applied an Oaxaca-Blinder (1973) decomposition (standard and correcting for selection bias) of the mean wage and the novel Recentered Influence Function (RIF) regression method introduced by Firpo, Fortin, and Lemieux (2009) for the wage d

Purpose: To compare and analyse four cases and some relevant journal articles. Methodology: Case studies/Cross sectional design and qualitative interviews. Theoretical perspectives: Transaction cost theory and relevant journal articles in order to identify motives already brought to the publics attention. Empirical foundation: Interview with either CEO alternatively head of investor relations/a

The study was conducted by thematic analysis from secondary data such as literatures, reports and website, and ten interviews which respondents’ backgrounds are experts from ready meal and its packaging related areas. The whole paper followed the structure build from the analysis: Servings and portions, Distributions, Ready meal market and its evolution, Consumer perspective, Ready meal packaging

Sträckan mellan Värnamo och Halmstad trafikeras av dieseldrivna persontåg och godståg. Persontågen trafikerar hela sträckan medan godstrafiken främst går mellan Torup och Halmstad. I dagsläget är hastigheten maximalt 120 km/h på en kort del av sträckan. Godstågen kan inte köra snabbare än 100 km/h, men persontågen klarar av att köra i 140 km/h. Även godstågen påverkas av en hastighetshöjning, då d

Abstract Over 1000 published species which are largely heterogenous in morphology were formerly grouped in the lichen genus Caloplaca s. lat. (Ascomycota, eloschistaceae). Although there is no complete monograph of the genus, many taxonomic studies have focused on specific geographical regions. Although a number of these studies have focused on species that exist in California, samples of putativ

This paper investigates the dynamics of poverty in rural Ethiopia during the period from 1994 to 2009. In order to explore factors that decisively affect the possibility of falling into and exiting out of poverty, the paper uses six rounds of data and employs alternative dynamic probit model which handles the problem of serial correlation, unobserved individual heterogeneity, state dependence and