Essays about: "AFA"

Found 4 essays containing the word AFA.

  1. 1. Asset management with a purpose beyond profit : A case study of AFA Försäkring

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nicola Macao; Elon Walldén; [2022]
    Keywords : Purpose beyond profit; Asset management; Non-financial issues; Financial industry; Insurance; Long-term; Short-termism; Disinvestment; Ownership influence.; Större syfte än vinst; Förvaltning; Icke-finansiella frågor; Finansindustrin; Försäkring; Långsiktighet; Kortsiktighet; Desinvestering; Ägarstyrning.;

    Abstract : The companies of the finance industry are the owners of the market and possess great power to impact society with the assets they manage. A new purpose of asset management is emerging, considering non-financial issues with a purpose beyond profit. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tolerance or truth? : The good, the bad and the political in the discourse of the American Family Association

    University essay from Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Madeleine Roghult; [2012]
    Keywords : usa; american politics; new christian right; religious right; the political; tolerance; LGBT; LGBT rights; discrimination; neoliberalism; progress; polarization; discourse analysis; kristna högern; amerikansk politik; usa; tolerans; diskriminering; diskurs; diskursanalys; HBT; HBT rättigheter; populism; högerpopulism; det politiska; nyliberalism; polarisering;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis conducts a discourse analysis on a political organization within the New Christian Right (NCR), the American Family Association (AFA). The purpose of the study is to analyze the conditions of possibility for a politics that aims to prevent progress for LGBT rights and does so by analyzing the political terrain where operations of power produce particular and meaningful political practices. READ MORE

  4. 3. Simulation and Optimization of Frequency Reuse in OFDMA Networks

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Azeem Waqar; Muhammad Ammar Zafar; [2011]
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    Abstract : Efficient radio resource management is an important aspect when it comes to achieving high bit rates in technologies such as the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE). This thesis aims at understanding existing frequency reuse schemes in OFDMA networks, and to develop an algorithm for frequency allocation for irregular cellular layouts. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mechanical Property Evaluation of Coconut Fibre

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Avdelningen för maskinteknik

    Author : Oluseun Bolarinwa; Afa Waifielate; [2008]
    Keywords : Coconut Fibre; Young Modulus; Stress and Strain at break; Yield Stress; Tensile Stress; MTS; FEM; ABAQUS and MATLAB;

    Abstract : This thesis workis eco-friendly,agricultural material.Examples of some non-wood fibre material are also discussed briefly but with emphasis on coconut fibre to evaluate its mechanical properties.Experiments were carried out and the result analyzed to calculate its young modulus,yield stress,stress and strain at break. READ MORE