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Hållbarhet är något som idag är ett allmänt begrepp, det är något som många i sina vardagliga liv har anammat vad det gäller att till exempel handla ekologiska varor och sopsortera. Men hur tänker vi när det kommer till resande, har vi samma krav på att turismindustrin ska vara hållbar och ekologisk som vi har på det vardagliga utbudet? I denna kandidatuppsats har vi valt att titta på hållbarhet och ekoturism i Sverige. Syftet med uppsatsen är att titta på hur olika företag arbetar med hållbar utveckling vad det gäller turism och hur de ser på den utveckling som har skett de senaste åren. Vi vill även i denna uppsats titta på hur hållbar utvecklingen och ekoturismen har etablerat sig inom turismindustrin. Vi har tittat på mindre företag för att se hur de arbetar med detta och hur de uppfattar trenden kring hållbarhet och ekoturism. De företag som har deltagit i våra undersökningar och intervjuer arbetar på olika sätt vad när de kommer till hållbarhet, men det företagen har gemensamt är att de tror på en hållbar framtid gällande turismen och dess påverkan på miljön. I Agenda 21 och i Brundtland kommissionen kan vi se att den hållbara utvecklingen är beroende av hur regeringen, samhället och befolkningen agerar vad det gäller den påverkan som sker på miljön. Genom att gemensamt arbeta för en hållbar utveckling kan miljöpåverkan minska. Vi kan i vår undersökning se att de är just detta de företag som har deltagit i vår undersökning arbetar för, de vill minska miljöpåverkan vad det gäller turismen. Genom att turista på naturens villkor skulle påfrestningarna minska och naturens skulle bevaras för framtida generationer och deras behov. Gällande utvecklingen av ekoturismen kan företagen inte se någon utveckling under de senaste åren, men de är hoppfulla och tror att en utveckling kommer att ske. Detta då företagen tror att medvetenheten kommer att öka hos kunderna.

Bachelor-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2007.

Bachelor-Arbeit Univ. St. Gallen, 2008.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-55).

There are very few professional authors who focus in their written works on current and future development on internet. It is due to the fact that it is very difficult to estimate how this field will develop. It is very easy to make a mistake in predictions and authors usually try to avoid them. Another reason why there are not many official publications on this subject is a very fast deterioration of information in this field. On the other hand, I believe it is necessary for marketers to analyze current and future development as it enables them to prepare company and its products for the future. Aim of my thesis is to identify trends in marketing on internet in the most developped countries, describe the situation on the Czech internet with emphasis on verifying if foreign trends have reached Czech republic. Based on these findings I will formulate advices for marketers in the Czech republic. My secondary goal is to describe practical usage of different tools on internet.

Background Depression is a common debilitating psychiatric disorder that is associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity and is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous studies have shown that an increasing number of veterans have reported mental health or cognitive problems, with 19.5-22.8% reporting traumatic brain injury and 24.4% reporting Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. However, there are only limited studies reporting the trends of depression among U.S. veterans. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and trend of depression among U.S. veterans. Methods Data used were from six biennial surveys of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The status of depression was screened using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). The weighted prevalence and its 95% confidence interval were calculated. Rao-Scott chi-square test measured bivariate association of depression and each exploratory variable. Cochran-Armitage trend test assessed depression prevalence trends. All analyses were performed with SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute, Inc). Results Between 2005 and 2016, 16.3% of veterans spent more than half of the days feeling tired or having little energy. Over 15.0% of veterans also reported having trouble sleeping more than half of the days in the past two weeks. The overall prevalence of depression among veterans peaked in 2011-2012 with 12.3% of veterans scoring 10 or greater on the PHQ-9. Among female veterans, there is a general increasing prevalence of depression, escalating from 9.0% in the 2007-2008 cycle to 14.8% in the 2015-2016 cycle. White veterans consistently had a higher prevalence of depression when compared to Black and Hispanic veterans. Conclusion Depression disparities existed in U.S. veterans and an increasing trend in prevalence were observed. Further research is needed to assess veterans that seek care outside of Veterans Affairs hospitals, as NHANES data only assess institutionalized individuals.

Purpose & research questions: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the roleand influence trend institutes have on the decision a designer makes in the designand development of a garment/product’s lifecycle. Theoretical approach: The theoretical framework is based on the theories ofsustainability and trends but also on previous studies and models concerning thefashion design process and the environmental aspects of a garment’s lifecycle. Research Approach: The research uses a qualitative method based on multiple casestudies as research design. Conclusion: This research reveals that trend institutes have little or no influence atall for small, independent and high-end fashion designers, especially in sustainablefashion design because trend institutes are not perceived as knowledgeable enough oradvocates, yet. However, it is important to bear in mind the need to maintain thepicture of the high-end fashion designer as the one and only fashion contributor.Furthermore, The research evidences that there is no such thing as sustainabilitycommunication at trend institutes.

We present a novel marketing method for consumer trend detection from online user generated content, which is motivated by the gap identified in the market research literature. The existing approaches for trend analysis generally base on rating of trends by industry experts through survey questionnaires, interviews, or similar. These methods proved to be inherently costly and often suffer from bias. Our approach is based on the use of information extraction techniques for identification of trends in large aggregations of social media data. It is cost-effective method that reduces the possibility of errors associated with the design of the sample and the research instrument. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated in the experiment performed on restaurant review data. The accuracy of the results is at the level of current approaches for both, information extraction and market research.