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1. 21. Using Membership Categorisation Analysis to Study Identity Creation in the Digital game Dota2

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Jonathan Clinton; [2014]
   Keywords : Membership Categorisation Analysis; MCA; Dota2; Digital games; gaming; identity; identification;

   Abstract : One aspect of the internet that has been discussed in relation to identity creation is whether we can transcend our physical selves when we enter an online environment, thus potentially creating the internet as a space where we could leave our bodies when performing our identity. The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate the accomplishment of membership categorization within the domain of online gaming and through it identity in an online gaming environment. READ MORE

3. 22. After Power - How and under which circumstances post-presidential power is applied

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Helle Andresen Pettersson; Viktor Mårtensson; Jens Hansen; [2014]
   Keywords : Soft power; Post-presidential power; Clinton; Nixon; Blair; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The President of the United States of America wields executive power like few other heads of state, in being commander-in-chief of the sole military and economic superpower within the international system. Yet after presidency, that hard power dissipates and is instead replaced by the ability to project soft power. READ MORE

4. 23. Why people with HIV are let to die - Analysing medical ethics, drug patents and activism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Viktor Östlund; [2012]
   Keywords : politics; economists; bio technicians; hippocratic oath; geneva; udhr; human rights; bureaucracy; genocide; holocaust; economic theory; business; pharmaceutical; patents; fda; arv; azt; antiretroviral; medicine; drugs; generic; thailand; india; south africa; usa; hiv; aids; clinton; anthrax; trips; third world; developing countries; rich countries; mänskliga rättigheter; bush; mbeki; homocide; nelson mandela; conspiracies; Science General;

   Abstract : In this essay it will be analysed why people in need of HIV-medicine do not get access to them, which has so far resulted in millions of seemingly unnecessary deaths. It will be discussed what responsibilities scientists have and what people can or should do to claim rights to medicine. READ MORE

5. 24. CO2 and Cost Impact of Pre-and Post shift of Residential Electric Loads

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

   Author : Daniel Johannesson; [2011]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The Royal Seaport project, which is a project in the Clinton Climate Initiative, develops a new, sustainable city area in Stockholm and aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, using pre- and post load shifting methods to reduce the peak electricity load. The Active House, that is one work package in the Royal Seaport project, is a residential building that is equipped with systems for automated demand response, such as smart appliances and electricity storage, and also local photovoltaic power and charging poles for electric vehicles. READ MORE

6. 25. Political Marketing and the 2008 U.S. Presidential Primary Elections : MBA-thesis in marketing

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi; Ämnesavdelningen för företagsekonomi

   Author : Veronica Johansson; [2010]
   Keywords : political marketing; marketing; presidential election; primary election; strategy; grassroots movement; social networking;

   Abstract : Aim: Over the years, marketing has become a more and more important tool in politics in general. In order to campaign successfully – and become the President-elect - in the U.S. Presidential Election, marketing is indispensable. READ MORE