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Food grain markets are special in the sense that farmers will, likely, be consumers of the crops they produce. This study examines smallholder market participation on the Ugandan maize market, and, furthermore, explores possible connections to rural poverty. A probit model of market participation is employed, and I work with data from a household survey conducted between 1999 and 2000. A number of
This thesis describes an energy mapping of the factory of Trioplast Landskrona AB och Trioplanex International AB and suggestions on how to make it more energy efficient. The purpose is to lower the company's energy utilization and costs. This is done by doing the energy mapping through ocular surveys, interviews, studies of literature and gathering of information from the staff of the factory
This essay is an overview about research in EE, Expressed Emotion, during the years of 1972 – 2008. This concept comes from research on schizophrenia where it became apparent that in families having high EE, as exemplified by hostility, criticism and overinvolvment, the patient had a larger risk of recurrence. To evaluate EE most often the Camberwell Family Interview is used. The concept of EE has
Sveriges kommuner har efter 1995 års psykiatrireform ålagts att sörja för att personer med psykiskt funktionshinder ska få en meningsfull sysselsättning. I studier har det visat sig att arbete ofta upplevs som en meningsfull aktivitet av psykiskt funktionshindrade. Få studier är dock gjorda som fokuserar på hur personer med psykiskt funktionshinder upplever sysselsättning som är arbetsinriktad och
The project aims to estimate Malmö Airport's cooling demand, give a proposal on how to optimize the cooling system and investigate new technical solutions for comfort cooling production.
When I began to study at the Academy of Music in Malmö, I found myself in a playing situation where I could not bring my full amplifier rig but just my electric guitar to ensemble lessons. Since I was familiar with my sound, I found difficulties to play on other amplifiers. So I began to research and learn on electric guitar and amplifier's world all over again. Many times I felt the frustrati
This paper sheds light on the increasingly relevant question of Chinese cyber nationalism and its implications for China and the World. The paper’s aim is to explore the role of Chinese cyber nationalism in defining the Chinese nation and Chinese national identity in the 21st century. It argues that, within the realm of nationalist discourse on the Internet, Chinese netizens are actively challengi
The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to model the short-term association between the number of strokes recorded per day and an increased daily mean level of particulate matter, PM. A short-term association means that the occurrence of stroke is related to the content of PM in the air the same day and up to seven days prior to the stroke (lag 0 to lag 7). Previous studies show that there is a sig
Background Tetra Pak manufactures and distributes so called VTIS facilities for sterilization and pasteurization of for example milk and ice-cream. These VTIS facilities uses a common sterilization process called ultra high temperature (UHT) treatment. UHT treatment involves heating the product to 130-150ºC for one to six seconds depending on type of product. In the VTIS facility the temperature r
The purpose of this Master’s Thesis is to develop a model for numerical simulations in order to kinetically characterize different Medium Calorific- Low Calorific Value (MCV-LCV) fuel gas mixtures. Adding fuel components with a very low heating value or inert species affect the stability of the standard gas turbine combustor design. Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery (SIT) believes that increasing
Den samlande gemensamma bilden av ett folk, den s.k. nationella identiteten, används för att legitimera nationalism. Alla politiska intressen kan använda sig av nationalismen på grund av dess relation till ett folks gemensamma identitet. I linje med en sådan politisk teori presenterar den här magisteruppsatsen thailändsk nationalism. Det är politisk metod som ligger bakom nationalistisk propagandaNational identity, the unifying image of a people, is used to legitimate nationalism. Because of its relationship to a populations’ common identity any political side can make use of it. This essay presents Thai nationalism in line with this political theory. Behind nationalist propaganda we find a political method. The elite holds the political power and also the contemporary key to how inclusive
The realisation that climate change will have serious effects on human life has activated the wider human rights community, which is now searching for an entrance into the global issue of our time. So far, most efforts by human rights practitioners have been concentrated on the overarching problem of global injustice, which relates to the right to development. However, in estimating the effects
Vi ville undersöka familjerådgivarens föreställning om kön och genus som är av betydelse för hur hon eller han förhåller sig till sig själv och till par, man och kvinna i terapirummet. Vårt material grundar sig på kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med tolv familjerådgivare. Resultaten visar olika tolkningsrepertoarer för kön och genus som är aktiva för dessa familjerådgivare och vilka ställ
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) är en komplex samling applikationer vars syfte är att tillhandahålla ett integrerat verktyg för att modellera samt vidareutveckla ett företags organisatoriska processer relevanta för organisationens valda strategiska mål. Allt fler företag outsourcar sitt ERP system i syfte att vinna konkurrensfördelar. Syftet med denna studie var att belysa de faktorer som spela
Utifrån tidigare studier har vi identifierat e-learning som en potentiell källa till att vidareutbilda slutanvändare även efter det att systemet satts i drift. Syftet med denna studie var att se på slutanvändares uppfattning av hur den initiala utbildningen påverkade deras systemacceptans och användning av systemet, och om ett e-learningverktyg kunde fungera som ett komplement till denna utbildnin
Living Labs är ett koncept för utveckling av innovativa produkter och tjänster på IKT-basis och utvecklades under senare delen av nittiotalet vid universitetet MIT. Inom Living Labs finns ännu inga klara metoder och riktlinjer för hur arbetsprocessen bör gå till, vår ambition var att belysa områden som vi såg som kritiska för processen. Vi fann det också intressant att studera vilka förväntningar
Autonomous Agents are usually designed to work in the background and their work is mostly hidden from the user. This causes both ethical and practical problems that can be remedied by providing feedback and control to the user (Bellotti and Sellen, 1993). This thesis presents an overview study exploreing advantages and disadvantages of four visualization techniques: colouring, pictographic symbols
This study focuses on the topic of Green IT in the IT consultant industry. Green IT is currently a hot topic but while awareness and established policies has increased in the last years, studies show that few companies are actually following their procedures or have goals or ways of measuring the effects of their green initiatives. The research area of Green IT is limited in terms of empirically f
Title: With both feet in a foreign country.Imagine yourself coming from your country to another. Sometimes because of political reasons. You can both feel welcomed and at the same time feel that you don’t belong in this new country. This study is about human identity and the ability to adjust to a new music, culture and language. This study is based on interviews in which the persons I have interv
Title: Setting music to text: Teaching methods regarding musical composition in acting education. The abundant use of musical terms as prestige words in artistic and educational theatre discourses seems to indicate that musicality – in some sense of the word – is generally considered an important quality in acting. Music is part of the curriculum of the BA programme in acting at Malmö Theatre Acad
