Sökning: "tides"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 37 uppsatser innehållade ordet tides.

  1. 1. "Symbiosis" : En granskning av könsnormer i romancegenren i Power Plays & Straight A’s

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Filippa Hanna; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Eden Finley; Saxon James; gender; gender norms; romance; romance genre; queer; queer romance; masculinity; jock culture; homophobia; Eden Finley; Saxon James; genus; kön; könsnormer; romance; romance genre; queer; queer romance; maskulinitet; sportkultur; homofobi;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to explore gender norms within the romance genre when they are no longer applied on a romantic relationship between a man and a woman. Through a close reading of the novel Power Plays & Straight A’s by Eden Finley and Saxon James, the study examines the main characters, Foster Grant and Zach Sawyer, to observe how they fit into the roles of a traditional romance hero and heroine. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Emma Berglund; [2023]
    Nyckelord :NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

    Sammanfattning : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Power of the Tides : A Quantitative Study Investigating the Momentum Strategy with 30 Industries

    Kandidat-uppsats, Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Författare :Oscar Estéen; Jonathan Landahl; Hugo Karlsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Momentum strategy; industry momentum; risk management; market anomalies; momentum investing; portfolio management;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Buying past winners and selling past losers has historically generated both profits and losses. The momentum strategy has been researched with risk measures and portfolio creation as fundamental components. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Navigating the Tides of Sustainability:  Gaps in IMO Legislation and the Shipping Industry´s Perception on a Transition Towards Sustainability

    Magister-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Författare :Maria Madalena Ravara; Fee Stöcker; Divya Kasarabada; Chaima Dalouhamouch; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Shipping Industry; Strategic Sustainable Development; Transition; Regulations; International Maritime Organisation;

    Sammanfattning : Considered the most cost and energy-efficient mode of transportation, the shipping industry is responsible for 90% of trade and is predicted to grow. Although it has been central for the development of nations, this activity is not exempt of negative externalities, largely contributing for unsustainability. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Embracing metaphors in translation : A study on the translation of embodied metaphors in a nature book

    Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :Linda Gars; [2023]
    Nyckelord :English Swedish; metaphor translation; translation strategies; embodied metaphors; orientational metaphors; ontological metaphors;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the translation of metaphors with a special focus on embodied metaphors. It is based on Newmark’s (1981:84−91) translation strategies and uses chapter 15, “Currents and Tides”, from Tristan Gooley’s nature book How to Read Water, Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea (2016) as corpus for metaphor translation analysis. LÄS MER