This thesis revolves around my work Desirable Objects, an installation in glass and other materials, which deals with objectification based on female and animal trophies. The topics included are those that have been crucial to my working process; craft, post-colonial studies and European hierarchical dualism, where woman and nature are seen as connected, but inferior. My motivation has been to get a better understanding of underlying power structures, and put this knowledge in relation to my own work. This process has led me to make a full body casting of my own body as a method of self-exploitation, in an attempt to expose myself to a similar power perspective. By making the dualistic connection between woman and nature, I am commenting a phenomenon that in my view has resulted in a similar exploitation of both..

Studiens syfte är att undersöka huruvida ungdomar har en mer tolerant syn på våld i fall där de bevittnat och/eller blivit utsatta för våld. Syftet är även att undersöka hur vanligt det är med våld bland ungdomar samt att undersöka ungdomarnas attityder till våld, exempelvis: ?var går gränsen för en våldsam handling? och ? finns det tillfällen då en person förtjänar att bli slagen??I studien har följande frågeställningar stått centrala:? Hur vanligt är det med våld bland ungdomar?? Vad har ungdomar för attityder till våld? ? Har ungdomar en mer tolerant syn på våld i de fall då de bevittnat och/eller blivit utsatta för våld?Studien är utförd bland 131 ungdomar i årskurs tre på en gymnasieskola i väst Sverige där respondenterna kom att bestå av 95 manliga elever.Av resultatet framgår att en stor del av de ungdomar som själva blivit utsatta för våld också själva utövat våld vid flertalet tillfällen. Tydligt framgår även att få av de ungdomar som inte vare sig bevittnat våld eller utsatts för våld inte heller utövat våld. Gällande ungdomarnas attityder till våld visar föreliggande studie att i stort sett alla respondenter anser att det inte är ok för en förälder att slå sina barn, vilket tyder på att dagens ungdomar är mindre toleranta mot aga än vad ungdomar förr i tiden var.

This report describes the results of the project "Concept development of jet engine inspection plugs" carried out in the spring of 2008. The work was done at the department of product definition at the company Volvo Aero in Trollhättan. The objective of the work was to develop concepts for a "Volvo-unique" inspection plug. The work is part of Volvo Aero's focus on proprietary (self-developed) technologies. Inspection plugs can be found on virtually all aircraft engines and gas turbines.

Title:Cash is King ? or is it?Level:Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business AdministrationAuthor:Caroline Eng and Jessica HillbergSupervisor:Jonas KågströmDate:2011- 06Aim:There is a long tradition of trading the currency and the first coins can be traced back to Persia already 500 BC. With the modernization of society and the technological advances we have made in recent years, we are now using electronic payments more and more. We pay by card, Internet banking and mobile phone in addition to cash. The purpose of this paper is to follow Swedbank project "cash smart" and have it as a basis when we examine if we are heading for a cash-free society and what obstacles and opportunities there is for a cash-free society.Method:We have used a qualitative method to conduct interviews with two individuals involved in the project "cash smart" at Swedbank in Gävle.

The veterinary handling of wildlife, both in zoos and in the wild, commonly requires that the patients need to be captured and immobilized for examination or treatment. This emphasises the need for quick, on-site, laboratory equipment, in order to minimize the analysis time and thus the stress for the animal and also in order to increase the possibility of starting relevant treatment early on. The aim of this pilot study was to determine whether Serum Amyloid A (SAA) could be a measured in blood samples from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and South American tapirs (Tapirus terrestris). SAA rises to its maximum about 24 hours after the introduction of an inflammatory agent in companion animals. This also correlates with the estimated time it takes for animals at Kolmården Wildlife Park to be examined and having blood samples collected after being observed as sick. The study also evaluated whether the Eurolyser SOLO, using a turbidometric immunoassay (TIA) developed for human diagnostics, could be used for such analysis. This pilot study was a retrospective analysis of SAA in convenience sampled frozen serum, collected from dolphins, elephants and tapirs.

Lactobacillus reuteri has been used as probiotics in piglet and chicken feedings as well as in different diary products for humans. In this EEF-work I have shown that L. reuteri can be an alternative for treatment of vaginitis in laboratory rats used for breeding. In a breeding stock with 3000 animals some animals had a vaginal infection with ??haemolytic streptococci group G.

This essay examines the relationships between the different elements in Lisa Jonasson?s collage Existentiell Progg #6 and her very detailed technique. The essay has as its aims to understand and analyze both the details and the wholeness of the artwork and to try to put the collage in an art historical context. The thesis finds that Existentiell Progg #6 has a connection to the imagery of Africa and other collage artist such as Hannah Höch and Nancy Spero, which also gives the paper a perspective of feminism in the arts. The paper continues to create an understanding for the collage work by putting it in to Theodor Adorno?s theories about nature, the human being and the animal kingdom.

The aim of this project was for me to write two complete songs and to get to know my creative process better. I wrote two songs, made musical arrangements for them, transcribed the music in Sibelius, rehearsed the material with two musicians and at last recorded it in a studio. Throughout this I kept track of my own creative process. The project resulted in two complete songs with arrangement. I learned that I have some difficulty handling adversities in my songwriting, and that it was not so easy to get to know my own creative process as I thought.

Uppsatsen undersöker hur en operakompositionsprocess kan se ut när arbetet grundar sig i det sceniska resultatet innan komponerandet av musiken påbörjats. I arbetet besvarar jag min frågeställning och kommer fram till betydelsefulla svar. En process jag inte riktigt visste vad jag skulle förvänta mig av men som i slutändan gav god skörd. En omvänd kompositionsprocess där musiken föds ur scenen mycket naturligare än det till en början kan förefalla kreatören..

iPhone belongs to the group smartphones. It is a type of mobile phones that has a richer interface and allows more advanced preformences, i.e surfing the Internet and handling e-mails. This report outlines the work to develop an iPhoneapplication from idea to released product. The project is a thesis which was commissioned by ICA AB (a major Swedish grocery chain). The report includes how the work has been carried out in practice and theory.

OpenGL is a standard API that is used to manage 3D graphics on desktop computers. Although OpenGL is independent of customized hardware it?s not suitable for all kinds of devices. Therefore both OpenGL ES andWebGL was created. These can be viewed as subsets of OpenGL.

Handling materials and packaging, which is the focus of this study, requires efficient logistics, both internally and between companies. To achieve an efficient material flow, good information systems, whose role is to collect, store, process and distribute information, are required. The assumption that packagings are handled in an efficient manner is currently not a matter of course, when many companies do not prioritize the internal management of the package.The purpose of this report was to investigate how medium-sized businesses working with distribution and handling of spare parts packaging can improve their internal management of packaging. In order to answer the purpose, we have used an abductive process and a qualitative data collection. The study had Logistic Center Ljungby (LCL) at Electrolux Laundry Systems (ELS) as a case company and two other respondents, Nibe in Markaryd and Enertech in Ljungby.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att ta reda på hur en daglig verksamhet för flickor mellan 13 och 20 år med psykosocial problematik kan se ut. Verksamheten ska innehålla hästhållning samt utbildning i bland annat livskunskap. Målet med verksamheten är att stärka flickornas självkänsla och kunskaper och på så sätt förbereda dem för ett kommande vuxenliv.För att ta reda på detta har vi använt oss av följande frågeställningar: ? Hur kan psykosocialt behandlingsarbete kombineras med hästhållning?? Hur kan livskunskap användas i behandlingssyfte i denna typ av psykosocial verksamhet?? Hur ska organisation och ledarskap se ut i en verksamhet av ovanstående slag?Bakgrunden till vår uppsats är att den psykiska ohälsan bland barn och unga i Sverige har ökat. Trots att det är skolplikt i Sverige finns det många barn som har hög frånvaro i skolan.

Vi har valt att studera en grupp socialarbetares etiska ställningstaganden i deras yrkespraktik. Syftet med studien var att skapa fördjupad förståelse av hur en etisk kultur uppstår och vidmakthålls i en arbetsgrupp. För att uppnå detta syfte skulle vår frågeställning ge svar på hur en arbetsgrupp beskriver vilka svårigheter som kan uppstå under deras yrkesutövning och vad som kan leda till att etiska kulturer uppstår och vidmakthålls. Vårt metodval var kvalitativt. För att inhämta empirisk data använde vi oss av teknikerna förstudie och intervjugide.

Studies on wild boars have shown that piglets at 10 to 12 days of age can be introduced to pigs outside the litter without fighting. In today's production systems, the litters are kept in separate pens until weaning. At that point, the litter is divided and the piglets are placed together with piglets from other litters. This usually leads to aggressions among the piglets and may cause stress. This literature review aims to find out how piglets perceive other pigs in their surroundings.