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This study takes a deep dive into the internationalization process of the NFL and explains the various steps involved. The study is based on classic theories of internationalization and theories of sports internationalization. The study is mainly made up of secondary data such as newspaper- and journal articles. The results of the study are that the NFL went through a stepwise process which can be connected to previous internationalization literature. However, the results of this study suggest that the process is not as linear as previous literature describes. The study also finds that adaptation plays a key role in sports internationalization. Finally, the thesis contributes to the sports internationalization area by adding more empirical knowledge about this particular branch of the internationalization literature.

The present study, framed within the project Xarxes 2023 of University of Alicante, investigates the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the teaching of Italian as a foreign language (IFL) through inter-university tele-collaboration. This specific activity focuses on supporting students create thematic glossaries to expand their lexicon in a real cultural context and improve their communication skills in Italian through guided research and practice. The overall goal is to redirect students’ digital skills towards foreign language teaching and learning. CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) and MALL (Mobile-Assisted Language Learning) approaches are used to promote self-learning and autonomous practice in authentic contexts. All data collected through the university platform (UACloud) will be analysed to assess the acquisition of communication skills and the effectiveness of ICT integration in IFL teaching. Based on the results obtained over the second semester of study (A2 level; specifically in the course of Italian Language D-II within the Translation and Interpretation degree programme), an action and research process of review and improvement will be carried out and implemented in the upcoming academic year.

The term another type of connection occurs in several areas of Swedish family laws that concern conflict of laws. The purpose of this text is to define the meaning of this term. Another type of connection has been added to the legislation to be a different possible form of connection to ensure the individual’s opportunity to get their question tried, and a foreign decision recognised, within the Swedish system. The term another type of connec-tion function as an extension of the terms of domicile and nationality. Another type of connection appears in the Swedish laws IFL and IÄL; these two legislations are the focus of the discussion in this text. The term was added to the legislation after a time when the Swedish legislation regarding conflict of laws in the area of family law had been very restricted to only using nationality as a possible connecting factor. This restriction resulted in particular challenges for the judiciary system to define an individual’s con-nection to the state where the decision-making court resides. These challenges form the basis for the reasoning behind adding the term another type of connection to the legislation. Another type of connection has been added to the legislation as a safety feature to prevent situations of denial of justice. The term is intended to be used in only rare cases where the individual’s rights otherwise are threatened. However, it may be concluded that the meaning of the term another type of connection is still unclear, and the Swedish judiciary system must define this more clearly., Begreppet annan anknytning förekommer som anknytningsbegrepp i delar av den internationella privat- och processrätten som berör familjerätten. Syftet med texten är att definiera innebörden av annan anknytning. Begreppet har införts i lagstiftningen som ett extra möjligt anknytningsmoment för att säkerställa individens rätt till att få sin sak prövad, samt att få ett utländskt domslut erkänt alternativt verkställt, i Sverige. Begreppet annan anknytning existerar som en sorts förlängning utav begreppen hemvist och medborgarskap. Annan anknytning förekommer bland annat i IFL och IÄL och det är dessa två lagstiftningar som utgör utgångspunkten för diskussionen. Annan anknytning fördes in i lagtexten efter en tid då den svenska internationella privat- och processrätten på familjerättens område varit begränsad till att använda endast medborgarskapet som anknytningsmöjlighet. Detta innebar att rättsväsendets aktörer ställts inför vissa utmaningar gällande avgörandet av en individs anknytning till domstolslandet. Det är dessa utmaningar som i sin tur har skapat grunden för införandet av annan anknytning i lagtexten. Annan anknytning har därmed adderats i lagtexten som en ventil för rättstillämparen att använda i ovanliga fall där individens rättigheter är hotade. Exempel på sådana fall är när det finns risk för rättsvägran. Dock kan slutsatsen dras att innebörden av annan anknytning är oklar och att vidare arbete från det svenska rättssystemets aktörer krävs för att rättsläget ska förtydligas.

This study, framed within the I3CE Programme of Research Networks in University Teaching of the UA, intends to observe the general practice of dyadic oral interaction of IFL learners with native Italian speakers and, specifically, to identify the strategies and tactics used to activate the function “Giving and asking for information” at level A2 of proficiency, in addition to giving information to the interlocutor about non-verbal communication in Italian. In an academic context, the criteria established by the CERFL are employed, based on the PCIC inventory applied to Italian at this level of proficiency. The oral material produced by the learners, who use CALLT and MALLT technologies, is subject to transcription and is included in the student portfolio of the subject, which will be delivered in both hard and soft copy, the latter through the university platform applications. As to the methodology, through the design, implementation and evaluation of the activity, which are the three fundamental phases of the procedure, results will be obtained from the analysis of the performed communication skills related to “giving and asking for information”, in this stage of interlanguage of the trainees. The results obtained are intended to provide the necessary improvements in the programme of this subject, Lengua D-II Italiano, according to the action-research approach.

Oral production in dyadic and virtual conversations between native speakers and learners in Italian as a foreign language (IFL) provides information on narrative strategies used in the asymmetric oral interaction by the two interlocutors. In this study, the conversations, which took place in an academic context during the year 2019-20, featured learners of Italian Language D-III (third semester) of the Translation and Interpreting (UA) degree. With regard to the methodology, the model adopted is of action research and we focus on its third phase, the compilation and analysis of oral production, which derives from the first two (experiencing the problem and imagining a solution by putting it into practice) and leads to the fourth (modification and improvement of the activity). Through telecollaboration, the learners produce the conversations that become the analysis material of the teacher-researcher. The results of this project will be an input for the renewal of the next academic year’s Italian language curricular design. As specific objectives, we seek to classify the strategies and identify how the speakers organize and structure the communication according to their communicative language competence (B1), following the criteria proposed by CEFR and PCIC related to narration. By implementing this practice, the interlocutors create a learning context centered on the learner, who, throughout the process, by autonomous and collaborative means, achieves the purpose of communication.

Cloud brokering facilitates Cloud Service Users (CSUs) to find cloud services according to their requirements. In the current practice, CSUs or Cloud Service Brokers (CSBs) select cloud services according to Service Level Agreement (SLA) committed by Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) in their website. In our observation, it is found that most of the CSPs do not fulfill the service commitment mentioned in the SLA agreement. Verified cloud service performances against their SLA commitment of CSPs provide an additional trust on CSBs to recommend services to the CSUs. In this thesis work, we propose a SLA assured service-brokering framework, which considers both committed and delivered SLA by CSPs in cloud service recommendation to the users. For the evaluation of the performance of CSPs, two evaluation techniques: Heat Map and Intuinistic Fuzzy Logic (IFL) are proposed, which include both directly measurable and non-measurable parameters in the performance evaluation CSPs. These two techniques are implemented using real data measured from CSPs. Both performance evaluation techniques rank/- sort CSPs according to their service performances. The result shows that Heat Map technique is more transparent and consistent in CSP performance evaluation than IFL technique. As cloud computing is location independent technology, CSPs should respect the current regulatory framework in delivering services to the users. In this work, regulatory compliance status of the CSPs is also analyzed and visualized in performance heat map table to provide legal status of CSPs. Moreover, missing points in their terms of service and SLA document are analyzed and recommended to add in the contract document. In the revised European data protection regulation (GPDR), data protection impact assessment (DPIA) is going to be mandatory for all organizations/tools. The decision recommendation tool developed using above mentioned evaluation techniques may cause potential harm to individuals in assessing dat

Cloud service providers (CSPs) offer different Ser- vice Level Agreements (SLAs) to the cloud users. Cloud Service Brokers (CSBs) provide multiple sets of alternatives to the cloud users according to users requirements. Generally, a CSB considers the service commitments of CSPs rather than the actual quality of CSPs services. To overcome this issue, the broker should verify the service performances while recommending cloud services to the cloud users, using all available data. In this paper, we compare our two approaches to do so: a min-max-min decomposition based on Intuitionistic Fuzzy Logic (IFL) and a Performance Heat Map technique, to evaluate the performance of commercially available cloud providers. While the IFL technique provides simple, total order of the evaluated CSPs, Performance Heat Map provides transparent and explanatory, yet consistent evaluation of service performance of commercially available CSPs. The identified drawbacks of the IFL technique are: 1) It does not return the accurate performance evaluation over multiple decision alternatives due to highly influenced by critical feedback of the evaluators; 2) Overall ranking of the CSPs is not as expected according to the performance measurement. As a result, we recommend to use performance Heat Map for this problem.