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THE PROTAGONIST’S FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY THE USE OF LANGUAGE IN “PYGMALION” BY BERNARD SHAW
(2018-03-07)Abstract: Shaw’s Pygmalion is often considered as a play about the superficial change of its protagonist. The purpose of this essay is to reveal the fundamental transformation that Eliza experiences by focusing on the ... -
The protective role of Nrf2/Keap1 in neurological disease and oxidative stress-induced cell damage
(2013-05-22)Oxidative stress is a common feature in the pathogenesis of many diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s disease (PD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Nrf2 and Keap1 regulate an inducible ... -
The Prudent Entrepreneurs. Women and Public Sector Innovation
(2017-10)This paper suggests a new argument to explain gender differences in public management: the “prudent entrepreneur theory.” We hypothesize that male and female public managers have three differences in their attitudes towards ... -
The Psychology behind fast loans - Is there a pattern to who succumbs to the temptation of fast loans?
(2013-07-10)Since the first fast loan company entered the market in 2006, there has been an increasing amount of individuals who have become indebted and ended up at Kronofogden because they haven't been able to pay off their loans. ... -
"The Pupil Mastering the Master Part II"
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THE PURCHASE PROCESS
(1999)The purpose of this report has been to se what a current purchase process looks like in a major company and how this process can be improved. By being part of a project in a big medical company I show that the whole ... -
The Pursuit of environmentally-friendly transportation: The role of two advocacy coalitions in developing emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles in the EU
(2020-11-06)In recent years, the environment has become a central theme in the EU. Policies for protecting the environment have been adopted, while, at the same time, the EU has developed into a multi-layered political system subject ... -
The Pursuit of Knowing Instead of Assuming -A study of Value-Based Advertising
(2011-07-06)ABSTRACT: A traditional advertising deal is paid for in advance and the price is typically based on space and reach. Value-based advertising, as the word implies, means that the advertiser, instead of paying in advance, ... -
The Pursuit of Preferences: A Hedonic Real Estate Appraisal
(2016-09-21)This study modifies the hedonic Builder’s Model through assigning specific variable distributions, in an attempt to appraise individual real estates. Using data from six different submarkets surrounding Gothenburg, we ... -
The Pursuit- Next Generation of Hide and Seek with Augmented Reality
(2015-06-25)As technology has rapidly been integrated in the lives of most people, especially young people, there is a great need to break the pattern of a sedentary lifestyle among this group. While the older generations spent their ... -
The Push Towards UPE and the Determinants of the Demand for Education in Tanzania
(2010-10)This paper uses household data to investigate the determinants of demand for education in Tanzania and test whether these have changed during the government's push for Universal Primary Education in the 2000s. We find that ... -
THE QOG EXPERT SURVEY II Report
(2015)THE QUALITY OF GOVERNMENT EXPERT SUR-VEY II IN BRIEF • The Quality of Government Expert Survey II (QoG Expert Survey II) focuses on the organizational design of public bureaucracies and bureaucratic behavior on countries ... -
The Quality of Government and Social Capital: A Theory of Political Institutions and Generalized Trust
(2007-03)The purpose of this article is to present a new theory on the generation of social capital. In the discussion about the sources of social capital it has been stressed that generalized trust is built up by the citizens ... -
The Quality of Government Expert Survey 2008-2011: A Report
(2013-10)The literature on the quality of government generally, and corruption more specifically, focus main-ly on the political side of the state. There are however strong reasons to believe that bureaucratic structures have ... -
The Quality of Government Expert Survey 2020 (Wave III): Report
(2021-03)The Quality of Government Expert Survey (QoG Expert Survey) is a research project aimed at documenting the organizational design of public bureaucracies and bureaucratic behavior in countries around the world. This report ... -
The Quality of Government Expert Survey 2020 (Wave III): Report
(2021)The Quality of Government Expert Survey (QoG Expert Survey) is a research project aimed at documenting the organizational design of public bureaucracies and bureaucratic behavior in countries around the world. This report ... -
The quality of supervision during vaginal delivery- is there an impact on caesarean section rate?
(2018-10-26)Background: An increasing caesarean section (CS) rate is seen in Africa. In a preliminary report from 2017 at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) it was demonstrated an increased CS-rate from 40.8 in 2016 to 47 ... -
The Quantification of Society. A Study of a Swedish Research Institute and Survey-Based Social Science
(2012-03-21)This thesis is concerned with the contemporary history of quantitative surveys in Sweden. The core epistemic practice of constructing surveys is examined empirically through a case study of the SOM Institute (Samhälle, ... -
“THE QUEEN’S FUCKIN ENGLISH, KEN?” An analysis of the language of Trainspotting
(2018-06-13)The novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh is a work that has been acknowledged and appreciated for its use of non-standard language since its publication. This essay seeks to find out if this non-standard language is simply ... -
The Quest for Accurate Inventory Records - A case study of the scrap management process at a Swedish manufacturing company in the automotive industry
(2020-06-17)Inventory record inaccuracy (IRI) occurs when the inventory system records and the physical inventory level do not align which can result in reduced operational efficiency and increased operational cost. Every situation ...