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In this study we have analysed from an intersectional perspective two textbooks Historia 1b and Progress Gold A which are purposed to be used as teaching material in Swedish schools in the subjects of History and English. Our question and reason for doing the analysis is to emphasise and make the variety of women in the books visible in order to compare that variety to the one that is demanded by the Swedish curriculum. The analysis is made from an ideology critical perspective and contains quantitative elements. Our conclusion is that the material contains both excluding and including features. Some intersectional categories are well represented while others, like functionality and religion, are not. This has a direct effect on the possibility to discover variation amongst the women represented in the material. Previous research states that it is not enough to leave the descriptions without problematizing them, which we found incoherent with the analysed books.

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Background: Major attention in researches within the field of internet technologies andits usage in service providing Small and medium Enterprises has been devoted in thedeveloped countries. Little or almost no attention or studies have been given on most ofthe developing or third world countries specifically, Ethiopia which can be consideredas a black hole in related researches. Recently there are some encouraging signals hereand there, with a hopeful transition to the digital era and utilization of internettechnologies, in the service providing small and medium enterprises businesses. Thearea of attention here is directed to Ethiopia, in the existing internet technologies usagein SMEs with the prospects, benefits and problems of utilization in the businessoperations. Aim: The purpose of this thesis is to find out the benefits, prospects and utilizationproblems of internet technologies in small and medium size service enterprises inEthiopia. The study discusses the service business operations and their internet usage inthe small and medium enterprises value chain activities theories. Definitions: The term SME (Small and Medium size Enterprises) generally refers to, inmost developing economies, the following broad categories: For this research purposeUNIDOs quantitative and qualitative SMEs definition criterions will be used: Micro enterprises: employment level below 10; Registered Capital < $ 42,000  Small enterprises: employment level from 10 to 49; Registered Capital > $ 42,000 Medium enterprises: employment level from 50 to 249. Registered Capital > $ 42,000 Internet Technology: is all about connectivity, accesses and utilization of internet. Realization: This study is based on multiple case study of 5 small and medium sizedservice enterprises‘ using internet in their business activities. Unstructured interviewwas handled with managers in the business, for this purpose qualitative research methodis applied with an inductive approach more dominantly. Completion and Results: A qualitative multiple case studies on SMEs businesses inAddis Ababa, Ethiopia was carried out and the results revealed that:      The Benefits of Internet Technologies as :  The falling costs and increasingutility of cutting edge technologies without bearing the high costs of discarding olderlegacy systems and carrying massive cost of technological  R & D, Historicopportunity  for SME‘s to create new information rich industries and competitiveentrepreneurships of global reach with no abstraction/ marketing chains or less capital , Provided Product/service and Operation / Processes Efficiency for SMEs, Enhancedthe businesses‘ value proposition, quality and flexibility,  SMEs  are better positionedto participate in global value chains, with minimal capital , R&D and Technology cost.  The Problems of Internet Technologies as: - Poor literacy, both computer basedand formal education, - Lack of good infrastructure, both physical and regulatory - lackof access to technology in rural or remote areas with lack of content in local languagessettings (Language & Diversity Barriers), - Service interruptions in basic infrastructuresuch as telecoms and electricity interruptions, - And lack of expertise in IT.   The Implications and Conclusion as: The utilization of internet technologies andthe growing number of entrepreneurial firms(SMEs) signals the way forward inEthiopia is  with a lot of  prospects among them are opportunities of  participating in theglobal market arena, strategic alliances with local and foreign firms that creates hugepossibilities of exploring and exploiting information, knowledge and culture industrieson which the country is endowed with, provided that the above mentioned impedimentsare addressed.  The theoretical issues in this research indicates that unlike the developedeconomies perspective on the value activities of firm which states the primary activitiesas a critical and detrimental activity in the value chain, in this research the supportactivity is found to have an equivalent, if not, a greater influence in the value activitiesof Ethiopian or developing country context that challenges the pre-establishedtheoretical concept (Porter, 1985)in the matured and developed economies giving muchof the credit to primary activities.  The underlying conclusion in this research is that, thesupport activities mentioned on Porter (1985) and (Rayport &Sviokla ,1995) as in bothcases (physical and virtual SMEs presence) are found to be equivalentlycritical/determinant as it is analyzed in the cases and shortly portrayed in the conclusivetable, where the support activities are found to be playing a significant role andcontribution  even in the sustenance of the primary value activities   and further to thewhole value system as far as the internet connectivity to business presence/ [VISIBILITY,MIRRORING CAPABILITY& NEW DIGITAL VALUE] (Rayport &Sviokla ,1995)  is takenin to consideration. Therefore an adapted / amended model to the context of developingcountries/Ethiopia is suggested based on the empirical findings and analysis. Search Terms: - Internet Technologies (ICT), Small & Medium Service Enterprises(SMEs), Infrastructure, Human Resources, Primary and Secondary Value Activities,Physical &Virtual Value Chain, Search, Evaluation Problem Solving & Transaction.

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New technologies have given rise to digital versions of many goods including photographs, books, music, and movies. This dissertation examined whether people ascribe greater value to physical or digital goods with self-report and incentive compatible designs. I report ten experiments that elucidate the preference and identify greater establishment of psychological ownership for physical goods as the mechanism responsible for their greater valuation. I found that participants ascribed a higher value to physical versions of a variety of goods, whether measured in an incentive compatible pay-what-you-want paradigm, willingness to pay, or purchase intention. In Experiment 1, tourists paid more for a printed photograph of themselves with a costumed historical figure at a historical site than a similar digital photograph, even when controlling for the perceived cost of production. Experiment 2 found that this difference in valuation generalizes to other product categories such as books, music, movies, and magazine subscriptions. Experiment 3 suggested that the differences were not due to perceived consumption utility. Although participants ascribed greater value to physical goods, they believed their digital counterparts were more useful on every dimension measured. Experiment 4 ruled out a social signaling motive, as participants exhibited the same greater preference for physical versions of both high and lowbrow goods. Experiment 4 also found that estimates of the retail prices of digital and physical goods does not explain this preference. Experiment 5 identified psychological ownership as a driver of the higher valuation ascribed to physical goods. Psychological ownership and not assessments of permanence or anticipated consumption enjoyment mediated the effect of product format on willingness to pay (WTP). Experiments 6A and 6B provided further evidence for the ownership account. College students reported their WTP for buying or renting a digital or print copy of a course textbook. The WTP gap between physical and digital versions of the textbook was considerably greater in the purchase condition than rent condition. Whereas students were WTP more to buy than rent a physical textbook, they were not WTP more to buy than rent the same digital textbook. The rest of the studies further explored the ownership account and its implications. / 2018-06-22T00:00:00Z

by Tan Wai Pin. / Thesis (M.Phil)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references. / DEDICATION --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- p.10 / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTIONS --- p.10 / Chapter 2. --- REFERENCE --- p.15 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- COMPUTATION OF CYLINDER FUNCTIONS --- p.17 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.17 / Chapter 2. --- NEED OF COMPUTING CYLINDER FUNCTION OF COMPLEX ARGUMENTS --- p.18 / Chapter 3. --- NEED OF COMPUTING HANKEL FUNCTIONS --- p.19 / Chapter 4. --- OUTLINE OF APPROACH --- p.22 / Chapter 5. --- ALGORITHMS --- p.24 / Chapter 5.1. --- REGION 1: IM(Z) < 5 AND RE(Z)<16 : --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1.1. --- Computation of Jn(z) : --- p.25 / Chapter 5.1.2. --- Determination of Starting Index M: --- p.26 / Chapter 5.1.3. --- Determination of Normalization Constant : --- p.26 / Chapter 5.1.4. --- "Computation of Yn(z),Hn(1)(z) and Hn(2) (z)" --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2. --- REGION 2 : --- p.30 / Chapter 5.3. --- REGION 3 : --- p.32 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Computation of Jn(z) : --- p.52 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- "Computation of Hn(1) (z),H(n2)(z) and Yn(z) :" --- p.40 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Determination of Point of Starting Exponential Scaling : --- p.42 / Chapter 5.4. --- REGION 4 : --- p.42 / Chapter 5.5. --- REGION 5 : --- p.42 / Chapter 6. --- VERIFICATION --- p.43 / Chapter 7. --- REFERENCE --- p.46 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- INPUT IMPEDANCE OF CYLINDRICAL-RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA --- p.48 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.48 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.49 / Chapter 3. --- DISCUSSION --- p.62 / Chapter 4. --- REFERENCES --- p.68 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- MUTUAL IMPEDANCE OF CYLINDRICAL-RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS --- p.70 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.70 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.70 / Chapter 3. --- DISCUSSION --- p.77 / Chapter 4. --- REFERENCES --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- RESONANCE OF RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA INSIDE A METALLIC CYLINDER --- p.84 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.84 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.85 / Chapter 3. --- NUMERICAL RESULTS --- p.96 / Chapter 4. --- CONCLUSION --- p.98 / Chapter 5. --- REFERENCES --- p.102 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- INPUT IMPEDANCE OF RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA INSIDE A METALLIC CYLINDER --- p.104 / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.104 / Chapter 2. --- FORMULATION --- p.104 / Chapter 3. --- NUMERICAL RESULTS --- p.106 / Chapter 4. --- CONCLUSION --- p.111 / Chapter 5. --- REFERENCES --- p.112 / Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- SUMMARY --- p.113 / APPENDIX A --- p.117 / APPENDIX B --- p.119 / PUBLICATION LIST : --- p.121

Ka Cheuk Yin Timothy. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-54). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Stress Test --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Extreme Value Regression --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Type II Censoring --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Test Plan --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- The Scope of the Thesis --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Extreme Value Regression Model --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Maximum Likelihood Estimation --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Variance-Covariance Matrix --- p.9 / Chapter 3 --- Optimality Criteria and Allocation Methods --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2 --- Optimality Criteria --- p.16 / Chapter 3.3 --- Allocation Methods --- p.17 / Chapter 4 --- Asymptotic Results --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.21 / Chapter 4.2 --- Asymptotic Variance-Covariance Matrix --- p.22 / Chapter 4.3 --- Optimality Criteria --- p.29 / Chapter 5 --- Optimal Allocations --- p.32 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2 --- Allocation for small sample size --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- 2-stress-level case --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- 4-stress-level case --- p.34 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Suggested Optimal Allocation --- p.39 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Comparison with the complete sample case --- p.43 / Chapter 5.3 --- Asymptotic Allocations --- p.44 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusions and Further Research --- p.50 / Bibliography --- p.52

My dissertation is on foundational questions about the value of human beings. This is a Kantian topic but I develop a proposal in a non-Kantian framework. I argue that to be a Kantian in ethics is to be committed to rationalism, but that the foundations of ethics should take account of the nature of human beings and our circumstances in the world. I develop a non-Kantian theory in which the value of human beings is no different, metaphysically speaking, from the value of other valuable things. Human beings have value, just as anything of value has value: because we are capable of being good-for something or someone. Most fundamentally, I argue that we are capable of being good-for ourselves. I propose that human beings have value in virtue of a capacity for having final ends, and that the capacity for having final ends makes us valuable because it makes us capable of living a good life, a life that is valuable because it is good-for the person who leads it. I show how the value of human beings gives everyone reason to treat human beings in certain ways. In particular, I show how everyone has reason not to destroy the capacity of human beings to have final ends, and, more positively, to help others realise their ends.