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Perceptionshöjande musikundervisning - en explorativ metodstudie och kvalitativ analys av kroppens betydelse för musikaliskt lärande

Vad har kroppen för betydelse vid musikaliskt lärande? I en samhällsstruktur och akademisk tradition, där kroppen mer betraktas som ett transportmedel än som bärare av reell kunskap, ställs frågan i motvind. Denna studie ämnar i första hand undersöka idéstrukturer som omger vår syn på kroppens betydelse för och relation till musikaliskt lärande. Studien är inriktad på att via ett explorativt och What importance does the body hold in a musical learning experience? In a social structure and academic tradition, in which the body is more considered as a means of transport rather than as bearer of real knowledge, the question faces a headwind. This study mainly aims to investigate the preconceptions surrounding our view of the body's relevance and connection to musical learning experiences

The role of management accountants. A study of contextual factors and changes in the role over time.

The aim of the thesis is to analyse the current role of management accountants, how it is affected by contextual factors, and how it has changed over time. A quantitative content analysis of job advertisements is conducted. The factors of analysis are identified based on a combination of deductive and inductive approach. First, reporting, planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, MS Offi

Perceptions of Gender Diversity Among Swedish Preschool Teachers - Understanding the Stagnant Inclusion of Men in a Female Dominated Occupation

Thesis Purpose The purpose of this research is to increase the understanding of occupational gender segregation by exploring how preschool teachers and principals perceive gender diversity, what they consider to be the primary issues that hinder men from entering this profession, and what they think a larger inclusion of men in the profession could lead to. Theoretical Perspective We based our re

Increasing constraints? Civil society organisations in Jordan vis-à-vis the state

The Jordanian state apparatus is increasingly limiting civil society in Jordan from engaging in open debate, and organisations are gradually inhibited from executing their activities and events. These are the premises on which this research is based, and in exploring them several questions arise. How can civil society in Jordan be characterised and applied? What do these obstacles look like in pra

Workplace Inclusion as a dice: Uncovering the employees’ understandings of workplace inclusion in an international organization

Research Purpose: To explore the understandings of workplace inclusion through indepth investigation of the concept in an organizational context. Research Question: How do employees in Microsoft Denmark understand workplace inclusion? Methodology: Following an interpretive paradigm, we seek to explore in-depth understandings of employees in our case company. We conducted a multi-method qualitati

Informationssäkerhet hos företag: En studie i hur företag arbetar med CIA-triadens komponenter och hur detta påverkas av mänskliga faktorer

Säkerhet ses oftast som en del av en teknisk lösning vilket gör att företag har en tendens att dedicera mer resurser till teknisk säkerhet, snarare än strategisk säkerhet. Mänskliga faktorer kan ha en avgörande negativ roll för informationssäkerheten inom företag om grunden till informationssäkerheten inte hanteras på rätt sätt. Uppsatsen undersöker kopplingen mellan modellen CIA-triadens olika de

Learning strategies for reading and listening in the Swedish national syllabus for English : a case study of four English language teachers' best practices

Language learning strategies are presented in several parts of the Swedish national syllabus for English for high school and teachers are expected to both teach learning strategies and to test and grade students’ use of them. Despite supporting documents, teachers have expressed an insecurity regarding what in the Swedish national syllabus for English is referred to as “[…] strategies to assimilat

Energy storage in grid optimization

Today energy supply is moving towards more renewable, which brings challenges to the power grid. Intermittent power is difficult to predict and cannot be regulated in the same way as conventional power. If the grid is not dimensioned to handle the power peaks, the intermittent power can cause overload on the grid. Overload causes larger losses, can damage electrical components in the grid and/or a

A critical review of the global minimum variance theory

The main purpose of this thesis is to give a basic understanding of the GMV portfolio theory and the problematics that arise when using the sample covariance matrix as the only parameter. The reason for this is the amount of estimation error that tends to increase as the sample covariance matrix goes to a higher dimension. In an attempt to reduce the amount of error, an alternative approach based

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This bachelor thesis is a critical policy analysis of two legislative proposals, L155 and L158, currently debated in the Danish Parliament. The proposals concern security measures for the potential extraction of uranium and other raw materials in Greenland. The aim of the paper is to examine the premises of the mentioned discussion and thereby derive knowledge about the current power relations bet

Locating Faults on Energized Airfield Lighting Power Cables

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of both online and offline fault location and state of health technologies for airport series circuits used to provide power to light fixtures on the runway. In current series circuits, only some ground faults can be detected and no automated fault location or state of health features are available. Fault location is currently performed w

Randomized Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods for Basket Option Pricing Where Underlying Assets Follow a Time-Changed Meixner Lévy Process

Using derivative securities can help investors increase their expected returns as well as minimize their exposure to risk. For a risk-averse investor, options can offer both insurance and leverage and for a more risk-loving investor they can be used as speculation. Basket option is a kind of option whose payoff de- pends on an arbitrary portfolio of assets. The basket is made out of a weighted sum

Versatile Test Rig

This report is about further development of a test rig called the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Test Rig, called the DMRC Test Rig. A method for testing pneumatic valves,used in the systems for train brakes and called brake valves, was developed.The main objective was to automatize the testing of all existing and future developed pneumatic brake valves, made by the company Faiveley Transport, using

Beyond economic growth: The new Integrated National Care System in Uruguay, a step to where?

Uruguay is facing a care crisis due to low birth rates, the increase in life expectancy and the inclusion of women in the labor market. Between 2010 and 2012 the official discussions about the creation of a new Integrated National System of Care social policy reform were carried out. In this research, the relationships between the market, the society and the state present in those initial delibera

Comparisons between different multi-criteria decision analysis techniques for disease susceptibility mapping

Geographic information system multi-criteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) procedure can combine criterion maps together and associated the criterion weights to acquire an overall value for each spatial location in the research area. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), Ordered Weighted averaging (OWA) are three generic algo

Examining the hybrid nurse manager

Title: Examining the hybrid nurse manager University: Lund University School of Economics and Management Course: BUSN49 Master’s Degree Project Authors: Lovisa Bunner & Kim Rosdahl Supervisor: Charlotta Levay Submission date: 20th of May, 2016 Key words: Professional-managerial hybrid role, Hybrid nurse manager, Identity Purpose: The purpose of the study is to expand our understanding about t

Av ord är du kommen – ord skall du åter varda, Språklig reproduktion av rådande social ordning i Försäkringskassans funktionshinderpolitiska strategi

Författare: Maria Larsdotter Titel: Av ord är du kommen – ord skall du åter varda Språklig reproduktion av rådande social ordning i Försäkringskassans funktionshinderpolitiska strategi Kandidatuppsats: SOC346, 15 hp Handledare: Ann-Mari Sellerberg Sociologiska Institutionen, framlagd vårterminen 2016 Problem/Bakgrund: 1993 antogs Förenta Nationernas (FN) Standardregler och 2006 Konventionen om rät

Social Dominans Orientering, Honesty-Humility och dess effekter på lögn.

Den här undersökningen avsåg svara på frågor om relationen mellan lögner, Social Dominans Orientering (SDO) och Honesty-Humility. Social önskvärdhet undersöktes också i relation med alla variabler. Metoden som valdes för den här undersökningen var webbaserade enkäter med ett bekvämlighetsurval, med 131 deltagare. Resultatet blev att Honesty-Humility hade en signifikant stark negativ korrelation meThis paper was designed to answer some questions about the relationship between lies, Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and Honesty-Humility. Social desirability was also investigated in relation to all the other variables. The method chosen for this paper was a web based survey with a comfort selection and 131 participants. The result was that Honesty-Humility had a significant strong negative c