In the present case, the conception of policy hitchhiking gets evaluated in terms of its implications for democracy. This task is executed through the accomplishment of a case study of the use of social- and environmental clauses in the Swedish competitive tendering.A useful definition of policy hitchhiking, including different types of actors, is created.Through the defining of democracy and policy hitchhiking, the author comes to the conclusion that policy hitchhiking in some respects does meet democracy values.The thesis? result can in some sense be regarded as a contribution to the pursuit of knowledge of how power is distributed in the society and how the current distribution can be explained and understood..

Titel: En utvärdering av de anställdas arbetsmotivation vid LantmäterietTitle: An evaluation of the work motivation of the employees at LantmäterietLevel: Final assignment for Batchelor Degree in Business AdministrationDepartment of Business AdministrationUniversity of GävleBOX 6052 GävleSwedenAuthor: Söderberg AnnaDate: 2006-06-08Supervisor: Gaddefors JohanEngvall ErikaPurpose: The main purpose of this study is to create a picture of the leadership,communication and organisation cultures effect on the motivation.Nyckelord: Motivation, ledarskap, kommunikation, organisationskultur, LantmäterietKeywords: Motivation, leadership, communication, organisation culture, Lantmäteriet.

Att börja använda telefoner och surfplattor för att veta om man är frisk eller inte har precis börjat, ett exempel på detta är att Apple i sitt senaste ios har släppt appen ?Hälsa? där man har stegräknare, pulsmätare och mycket mer.Man vill alltså kunna mäta olika saker i kroppen utan att behöva gå till sjukhuset, detta medför att de saker man mäter med ska vara batteridrivna och små.Denna rapport beskriver ett examensarbete där vi undersöker om vi kan bygga en blodflödesmätarprototyp, den ska vara billig, batteridriven och liten, den ska även kunna skicka informationen trådlöst via protokollet NFC.Vi fick givet att vi skulle använda oss av en Raspberry Pi, detta för att hålla priset nere, och för att läsa av information så skulle vi använda oss av Androidtelefoner/tablets med NFC, för att uppmå resultatet skulle vi programmera i C på Raspberryn för att ta hand om informationen och göra en app i Java för telefonen/tableten som kan läsa av Raspberryn och ta reda på informationen och visa den på ett representativt sätt.Resultatet blev att vi inte hann realisera blodflödesmätningen då vi sent i projektet insåg att ADC:n vi hade till Raspberryn inte klarade av att styra blodflödesproben.Vi fick då byta ut proben mot en IRavståndssensor, detta för att visa att vi kan ta in information till ADC:n och skicka den till telefonen/tableten via NFC.Vidare blev resultatet en liten, smidig, batteridriven väldigt billig avståndsmätare, detta visade att tekniken finns för att göra sjukhusutrustning litet, billigt och batteridrivet.För framtiden finns stora förutsättningar för vad man kan göra med denna teknik, till exempel att kolla efter sjukdomar, blodflöde, lungkapacitet och mycket mer bara genom att läsa av information med telefonen från till exempel en liten klocka..

This is an essay with anticipations to bring out knowledge about organisational culture for the interested reader or explorer of culture in organisations. Focus positions on ingredients that can be understood as fabricating organisational culture. The essay is, for example, about values, norms, ethics peoples characteristics, that shapes an organisation. In this area of expertise there are numerous categories of scientists and disciplines that do research on this theme. Therefor it exists a rather various collection of definitions of what organisational culture is, or can be.

The aim of the study is twofold, to generate a sensory profile of Swedish wine today and to investigate the opinion of both wine producers and wine experts on viticulture in Sweden and wine from grapes grown in Sweden, achieved through a contextual analysis comprising a literature study and interviews with wine producers in Sweden and Denmark and wine experts from Sweden and Germany, and a sensory analysis at the company Ipsos. ?Mixed methods? was the chosen research strategy as the semi-structured interviews gave qualitative results and the sensory analysis would give quantitative results displayed as spider charts. There is a lack of studies investigating how the Swedish wine is perceived by consumers and consumers might be unaware that the Swedish wine, established through ?trial and error?, is increasing in quality every season, creating a need to display the sensory profile of Swedish wine to strengthening the perception of Swedish white wine. This study shows that the Swedish white wine today is a wine with a fresh, citrusy and flowery aroma and a fresh, citrusy and green apple taste, however, a sensory analysis cannot show if the attributes are those that are desired by the customer, a consumer test is necessary to conclude that. Trends point towards locally produced products, one reason why Swedish wine has great potential, yet the future needs to be secured through job opportunities and education. Creating an approval system for Swedish wine is suggested as a future improvement, it is a common procedure in most wine regions.

Kandidatarbetets syfte är att dokumentera och analysera äppelsortimentet på Grönhults fruktodlingar i Vångabygden, samt att beskriva fruktodlingens historiska utveckling och att diskutera kring framtida möjligheter. De metoder som använts är dels en fält- och analysstudie över äppelsortimentet på Grönhult, dels en litteratur- och intervjustudie. Fruktodling har en mycket lång tradition i Vångabygden och kan spåras tillbaka till tidig medeltid då munkarna på Bäckaskogskloster antas ha startat intresset för fruktodling i trakten. Grönhults fruktodling är en av de tidigaste, lite större, odlingarna i Vångatrakten. Sedan slutet av 1950-talet har fruktodlingen inte skötts professionellt, men ändå underhållits någorlunda och än idag finns ett större antal, fruktbärande äppelträd kvar på gården. I Bilaga 4 finns en tabell över de 35 äppelsorter som idag finns på Grönhult. I denna tabell kan utläsas vilket land sorterna ursprungligen kommit ifrån, vid vilken tid de introducerats i Sverige, när sorterna mognar, vilken fruktfärg de har och anmärkningar om sorterna, där exempelvis deras härdighet i landet tas upp.

How can a vacuum cleaner motivate you to use it? From a sustainability perspective,the author asked the question of how such a solution would looklike? These where issues that the project tackled and devised solutions for. Theproject wanted to explore the physical modeling and a large part of the finalresult consisted of a full scale model. The project found that the problem ofvacuuming largely consisted of the problem of storage the product. The projectfound that the motivation for the job, therefore, could be resolved by a betterdesigned vacuum cleaner with a built-in hose, folding handles, which couldbe stored integrated within the vacuum cleaner.

Cycle time has a direct influence on number of returnable crates needed and therefore a crucial parameter for cost structure and pricing of the user fec in the pool system.For providing the growing market, number of crates has to increase as well as the utilization of existing crates. To accomplish this aim, cycle time for the whole supply chain has to be fully unravelled and understand.The purpose is to map cycle time and stock movements, to see how, where and when crates are being used in the supply chain. The goal is to make a method of cycle time calculation, together with suggestions of improving the pool system and decrease cycle time.The study has been a combination of qualitative and quantitative research and comprises the three biggest wholesalers in Sweden; ICA, Coop and Axfood. Furthermore have 65 grocery shops, connected to the wholesalers, been investigated and mapped.The study has come to a conclusion that cycle time for an average returnable crate is 19 days. The full-size and half-size crates have a bit longer cycle time, 21-22 days, while Dual Height-crates and shallow haif-size crates have 17-18 days.

Marknaden av smarta mobila enheter blir sto?rre och sto?rre och det kan vara ett bra sa?tt att na? ut med sin tja?nst eller produkt till den breda massan genom att driftsa?tta en mobilapplikation. De applikationer som kan installeras pa? de mobila enheterna och som anva?nder sig av enhetsspecifika funktioner kallas native-applikationer och a?r bundna till en plattform. De kan da?rfo?r bara anva?ndas av de enheter som anva?nder sig av den plattformen.

Title: Predictions and explanation models for bankruptcy in stock-companies ? A study of three failed Swedish companies Author: Tim Svanberg Supervisor: Emil Numminen Department: School of Management, Blekinge Institute of technology Course: Bachelor?s thesis in business administration, 10 credits Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to find explanation for bankruptcy with the help of prediction models. The purpose is also to add explanation by using Behavioral analysis Method: Quantitative research of bankruptcies using financial prediction models and qualitative study of psychological pitfalls. The study is deductive. Results: I found that it is possible to explain the bankruptcies using the prediction models.

Användningen av strömmande video ökar snabbt just nu. Ett populärt konceptär adaptive bitrate streaming som går ut på att en video kodas i flera olikabithastigheter. Dessa videor tas sedan och delas upp i små filer och görstillgänglig via internet. När du vill spela upp en sådan video laddar du först hemen fil som beskriver vart filerna finns och i vilka bithastigheter de är kodade i.Mediaspelaren kan där efter börja ladda hem filerna och spela upp dom. Om defysiska förutsättningarna, som exempelvis nedladdningshastighet eller CPUbelastning,ändras under uppspelningen kan mediaspelaren enkelt byta kvalitépå videon genom att börja ladda filer av en annan bithastighet och slippa attvideon laggar.

The essay treats how an architect can direct motions of humans with architecture. This is made through an investigation of how the architect Bengt Edman has treated accessibility and motions when creating the student housing complex Vildanden and how it has affected the motions of humans within the area. To visualize how Vildanden relates to the rest of Lund I have made a comparative study with the city planning ideals that prevailed in the period when the area was built.The essay is based on the author's own observations through a phenomenological perspective and a field study including observations and a literature study..

The purpose of this study is to investigate how a children's book is suggested to be prepared in order to be accepted for publication by a publishing house in Sweden today.My questions was first to clarify the concept of a "children's book". Secondly, to understand if there are any guidelines to follow regarding the design and illustration of a children´s book, and how to proceed with the best chances of getting a mauscript published.To answer the question, I have chosen to use a qualitative method containing questionnaire items involving eleven Swedish publishers of children's literature.My results show that children's books includes all literature that has an target audience of people between 0-18 years of age. The most important thing is that the book's material is appropriate to the target group's level of mental perceptions and emotional competence. The material which then is submitted to the publisher will need to be of the highest quality and the author must investigate a consistent niche in order to submit the material to a publisher..

In this paper I study the Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann?s novel Malina (1971) from the perspective of Gérard Genette?s narrative theory and his notions of tense, mood and voice. In dialogue with earlier research on Malina I reflect over the last scene in the novel, what really happens there and how it matters for the rest of the novel. I give an account of feminist theories with focus on the annihilation of the female voice, the memory as theatre and the folklore tale as flight. The result is a more distinct perception of Bachmann?s skill, closeness and awareness as a writer and her use of Malina as contribution to the feminist debate and as a tool to find a place in the patriarchal world of intellectual, postwar Vienna. .

This is a study of why Japanese comics, so-called manga, in such a high degree make Swedish readers eager to write and draw comics themselves, and what didactic implications this might have for teachers working in Sweden. To answer this, the author has put together a focus group of Swedish artists influenced by manga, and also used a questionnaire at two Swedish art schools, where young artists are taught how to draw in a manga style. The results show that it is the compelling storytelling and the focus on the characters that enthral readers about Japanese comics, but that it is the seemingly simple style that makes the readers think they themselves can master it. The fact that the interest in both reading and creating manga, almost completely overlap with the so-called period of oppression (between the ages of 11 and 14) when most students lose interest in creating art, is something that could and should be used in the Swedish educational system..