A well known optimization-problem of multiprocessor system is scheduling of tasks. In this paper I use a variant of previous known algoritm, (Fast Critical Path) for scheduling real-time tasks on a multiprocessor system. This is made in a simulation study in MATLAB. The system architecture is assumed to be a MIMD- machine, (Multiple Instruction stream Multiple Data stream) with bus-typologi and message-architecture. Scheduling was made on this system where the number of processors varying from five to ten.

AbstraktBakgrund: Kronisk obstruktiv lungsjukdom, KOL, är en sjukdom som drabbar lungorna. Lungorna tappar sin elastiska förmåga och det minskar deras ventilationsyta. Till följd av detta får patienten svårt att tömma lungorna vid utandning. KOL drabbar framförallt rökare och väntas att bli tredje vanligaste dödsorsaken före år 2020 enligt WHO, Världshälsoorganisationen.Syfte: Syftet med studien är att belysa patienters upplevelse av att leva med kronisk obstruktiv lungsjukdom (KOL).Metod: 8 stycken kvalitativa empiriska studier har analyserats med hjälp av kvalitativ metod för att få fram patienters upplevelser. Valda artiklar har granskats och delats in i hög, medel och låg kvalitet.

The objective of this literature study was to describe the nurse?s preventive actions to prevent diabetes type 2 among children and adolescents in school age. It emerged from the analysis that the nurse is working according to three pillars; screening, lifestyle changes and counselling/education. This result showed that what often increase difficulties when working with screening are: undefined guidelines, lack of time and resources. Overweight/obesity is one of many indicators to develop diabetes type 2, therefore it is important that both BMI and waist are measured.

The thesis main objective is to establish the determinants for granting executive stock options and to examine their impact on performance for firms listed on OMXS30. The analysis is based on accounting data gathered from annual reports and Thomson Datastream. The empirical results display that firms grant stock options to mitigate the principal-agent problem. Furthermore, risk proves to be positively significant with executive stock options, implying that either executives increase the level of risk after being granted stock options or influence the decision of the remuneration towards stock options when the firm increase the level of risk, in purpose to boost the expected value of their options. No relation between executive stock options and firm performance could be established..

The right usage of tacit and explicit knowledge is becoming increasingly important for businesses worldwide. This thesis searches the answer to how management consultants tackle the challenges originating from converting this type of knowledge into codified use. With the help of a case study analysis it was possible to gain special insight into the processes of knowledge collection, codification and re-usage at a major organization built upon knowledge utilization. In order to provide the reader with a wider picture, the main subject of the study has been analyzed from two perspectives: a practice based and an objective based perspective. Furthermore, two different types of knowledge, tacit and explicit have been differentiated and studied in relation to each other, to gain a better understanding of their origin and conversion process.

Med fokus på ökande energikostnader har en ny utmaning uppstått hos den svenska industrin ? att minska energianvändningen. Den pulverlacktekniska ytbehandlingsindustrins energianvändning på 525 GWh per år motsvarar 0,4 % av den svenska industrins totala energianvändning. Denna bransch har länge haft ett intresse för miljöteknik och agerat framgångsrikt. Däremot har de inte prioriterat energisnåla investeringar.

The purpose of this paper is to examine and to analyze the arguments about a possible Swedish law against the veil. I have therefore highlighted how notions about the veil creates and reproduces power-structures and meaning-systems. I structured the arguments in a pro et contra schedule and then analyzed them by using a theoretical framework consisting post-colonial feminism, orientalism, multi-culture and intersectionality together with research produced by Joan Wallach Scott (2010), Pia Karlsson Minganti (2007) and Anne Sofie Roald (2003). The results of the study shows that the people who either argue for or against a veil-law agree that the veil is an oppression of women and that it must be resisted. To be objective in the discussion of the veil seems to be impossible and the women it affects deprived voice.

Enligt World Health Organization beräknas depression vara den andra största sjukdomsorsaken i västvärlden år 2020. Män och kvinnor har olika upplevelser och uttryckssätt vid depression. Kvinnor visar sina känslor tydligare än män, vilket kan leda till att mäns upplevelser av depression kan förbises. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva män respektive kvinnors upplevelser av depression för att sjuksköterskan ska få en djupare förståelse för depression ur ett genusperspektiv. Metod: En allmän litteraturstudie genomfördes baserad på tio vetenskapliga artiklar.

This paper aims to find out what lex Sarah is and how the process looks like when it comes to the investigation, from reporting to registration to the IVO, the inspection of health and social care. Who investigates, the objective of the lex Sarah and how many cases of reports that comes to registration from the year between 2010-2014. Which legal consequences it can be for an employee who has been notified is investigated also. Previous research only deals with freedom of speech, criticism and the complaint goes to the asset, and because of that, this paper focuses on individual cases where employees ' perception of a lex Sarah-registration gives a psychosocial approach. The paper is limited to a municipality where statistics are retrieved and a comparison at a national level is performed.

Västerbottens Läns Landsting arbetar kontinuerligt för att minimera sin verksamhets negativa påverkan på miljön. För att göra detta har de satt upp mål för 2020. Detta examensarbete kommer att försöka hjälpa dem att uppnå sina mål om en minskning med 17 procent av den specifika elanvändningen och en minskning med 22 procent av den specifika värmetillförseln jämfört med nivån år 2009.Syftet med detta projekt har varit att bidra till en ökad kunskap om hur kylsystemet för närvarande används och undersöka möjligheterna för en mer effektiv drift. Detta arbete fokuserar på tre huvudaspekter, driftsäkerhet, ekonomisk vinning och energieffektivitet. Målet med projektet har varit att undersöka tre eller fyra förbättringsförslag relaterade till de ovan nämnda aspekterna.Arbetet har delats upp i två delar för att uppnå projektets syfte och mål.

There is an increased pressure for firms to provide the financial market with additional information. Such disclosure is attached with different kinds of costs. In spite of these costs, and in spite of increased mandatory disclosures, firms choose to voluntary disclosure financial information to analysts and others. This indicates that firms also benefit from providing additional information. The subjects of this study is 431 annual reports from firms listed at the Stockholm Stock Exchange for 2002 and 2005 and the objective is to survey factors that can explain variations in firms? voluntary disclosure.

The purpose of this this thesis is to evaluate the books that the Library Project "Give me five" uses accoring to their own project objective. Starting in the discussion of censorship that took place in Swedish media, the goal of the project is to defend picture books that portray child's inner and outer worlds. Some of the books are selected by librarians and some preschool teachers themselves have chosen. I have a in a thematic analysis examined if the books' themes meet the requirements of the project goals and if there is any difference on the books that preschool teachers chosen and the ones that the librarians have selected. I have in a image analysis investigated whether they have used books that challenge children's imagery, and if the books portray children's outer world.

The amount of cargo has since the 1970s increased in Sweden and the road traffic accounts for a large part of the transported volume. In Stockholm County the amount of cargo is calculated to be doubled in size from year 2001 to 2020 which means a greater need for transport is required. Much of these transports are being carried out by haulage companies of varying sizes which acts externally as carriers for their customers. All of this despite a greater awareness, laws and demands regarding environmental performance.The trend shows that the haulage industry in Sweden are moving towards fewer but larger haulage companies, which means that the competition is getting tougher for the smaller haulage companies. Smaller haulage companies and research about their competitive strategies is a neglected part of this industry.

There exist a number of different types of value transfers between companies in a group. Most of these transfers are undertaken on the basis of private law. These transfers also give rise to tax law consequences. Taxation is normally based on how the classifications of transfers are made in private law, which means that there exists a relation between private law and tax law. Despite this relation, the classification is not always made in the same way in private law and tax law.

Dyslexia is a disability faced by an extensive amount of students in the current educational system. No medical alternatives have been found to improve the cognitive processing challenges presented with dyslexia. Therefore today?s educators are required to make instructional adjustments in their schooling, to ensure dyslexic students an academic future. The purpose of this qualitative study was, firstly, to discover how teachers work with dyslexic students, and secondly, to find out which practices are being used in this field.