Sökning: "Ladder of Years"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ladder of Years.
1. Appropriations of Shakespeare's King Lear in Three Modern North American Novels
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the creative appropriation of Shakespeare in theory and practice. It is based on close readings of King Lear alongside three appropriations of the play in works of fiction by three North American women writers: Jane Smiley, Anne Tyler, and Margaret Atwood. The aim is to demonstrate how a ‘palimpsestic’ reading, i.e. LÄS MER
2. Evaluations as Mirrors and Co-constructors : An Empirical Investigation of a Microfinance Rating Agency and its Rating Practices from 1999–2014
Sammanfattning : Microfinance has been hailed as a “magic bullet” for poverty alleviation and women’s empowerment, and many believe that microfinance organizations (MFOs) can help the world’s poor move up the socioeconomic ladder. However, MFOs are also under increasing pressure to demonstrate high levels of organizational efficiency, economies of scale, and strong financials. LÄS MER
3. Phenomenology of new Neutral Vector Bosons and Parton Distributions from Hadronic Fluctuations
Sammanfattning : The Higgs particle was first predicted in 1964, and was discovered in the summer of 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This discovery was the latest in a long list of successful Standard Model predictions spanning the last fifty years. LÄS MER
4. Conjugated Luminescent Molecular Materials : An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Electronic, Optical and Chemical Properties of some Conjugated Molecules, Polymers and Interfaces
Sammanfattning : In recent years intensive studies of conjugated polymers and molecules have been carried out all over the world. The most promising use for these materials appears at the moment to be as the active luminescent component in flat panel displays. LÄS MER
5. Obstacles towards a work-development-oriented TQM strategy
Sammanfattning : The following thesis originates from the results of a research project carried out in collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and the University of Gävle, with the assistance of nine Swedish and three American companies. Over the past few years, a dramatically increased interest in quality has been observed. LÄS MER