A high amount of dead wood is one of the most important prerequisites for high biodiversity on forest land in Sweden. Dead wood is most abundant in young forests, thinned forests, woodland key habitats and protected forest land. In old-growth forests most of the dead wood consists of logs and snags, whilst in managed forests a huge proportion of dead wood is made up of logging residues like stumps and FWD, fine woody debris (< 10 cm diameter). All these different types of dead wood may serve as substrates for epixylic bryophytes and lichens. However, few studies have been conducted on the relative importance of these different fractions of dead wood for the occurrence of bryophytes and lichens, especially when considering dead wood on thinned forest land.

Hur va?nder man ett omotiverat elevklimat till ett mer motiverat, sett ur elevens perspektiv? ?How do we change the students behavior from unmotivated to motivated, from their own point of view?? Problemomra?de Detta arbete a?r en underso?kande studie vilket inneba?r att jag har gjort fokusgruppsintervjuer fo?r att ta reda pa? vad skolan kan go?ra fo?r att o?ka motivationen hos elever som upplever skolan som tra?kig och icke meningsfull. Studien tar ett elevcentrerat perspektiv och resultatet bygger pa? elevernas egna utsagor. Problemomra?det baseras pa? skolans va?rdegrund som den beskrivs i ?Ny skollag i praktiken? (2010), i vilken det fastsla?s att skolan ska arbeta fo?r alla ma?nniskors lika va?rde och undervisningen skall anpassas till varje barn fo?rutsa?ttningar.

Vilka var de viktigaste faktorerna till att fyra individer lyckades bryta med sin kriminella bakgrund? Samtliga informanter studien bygger pa? a?r medlemmar i en organisation som hja?lper individer med en bakgrund kantad av kriminalitet och droger tillbaka ut i det konventionella samha?llet. Informanterna valdes ut genom en kombination av sno?bollsurval och bekva?mlighetsurval. Studien baseras pa? narrativa djupintervjuer samt deltagande observationer.

Insufficient intake of vegetables is a reason for micronutrient deficiencies and malnutrition in developing countries. With urbanization, globalization and a growing world population it is of major importance to secure sufficient food supply for the world?s population. Part of the solution to increased food security among the world?s poor could be the introduction of vegetable home gardens, plots for small scale vegetable production which can provide households with sufficient vegetables as well as serve as an extra income source. The study Improving peri-urban home gardens aims at examining the existence of vegetable home gardens in the peri-urban areas of Hyderabad, India.

Vilka var de viktigaste faktorerna till att fyra individer lyckades bryta med sin kriminella bakgrund? Samtliga informanter studien bygger pa? a?r medlemmar i en organisation som hja?lper individer med en bakgrund kantad av kriminalitet och droger tillbaka ut i det konventionella samha?llet. Informanterna valdes ut genom en kombination av sno?bollsurval och bekva?mlighetsurval. Studien baseras pa? narrativa djupintervjuer samt deltagande observationer.

The business mission of Norra Skogsägarna is to achieve a profitable forestry for the private forest owners. With this as a background it is of interest for the forest owner association to know how forest owners think about voluntary retentions, the methods of increasing production and quality and if there are differences between those who have chosen to certify their forest and those who haven?t. This kind of knowledge is of importance, to in an effectively and adjusted way, help the forest owners achieve a profitable forestry. The objective of this master thesis is to increase knowledge about private forest owners? opinions of the methods of increasing production and quality and to what extent these methods are used.

Denna studies syfte har varit att undersöka hur relationerna mellan skolans olika agenter (lä-rare, elever m.m.) och mellan skolans olika diskurser (ämnesdiskurser m.m.), och deras inne-hållande makt- och kontrollprinciper, kan beskrivas i en specifik skolas diskursiv praktik. Samtidigt har studien dragit parallell till hur de ovanstående relationerna symboliserar relat-ionerna mellan de olika samhällsgrupperna. Den har gjort ett försök att förstå hur skolans praktik bidrar till reproduktionen av den specifika ideologi som står för upprätthållandet av dessa relationer. Studien har dessutom gjort en koppling till uppdragets demokratiska dimens-ioner, dimensioner om likvärdig utbildning och dess intentioner av individens finnande av sin egenart, som tar sig till uttryck genom styrdokumentets texter, i relation till skolans funktion som, enligt en del forskning (jmf. Bourdieau, Bernstein m.fl.) går ut på att reproducera sam-hällsvillkoren.

Bakgrund Premenstruellt dysforiskt syndrom (PMDS) drabbar 3-8% av alla menstruerande kvinnor. Syndromet kan orsaka fysiska och psykiska symtom. Exempel p? psykiska symtom ?r hum?rsv?ngningar, ?ngest, nedst?mdhet, sj?lvmordstankar, koncentrationssv?righeter, tr?tthet samt minskat intresse f?r dagliga aktiviteter. Symtomen uppst?r i menstruationscykelns lutealfas, som p?g?r i ungef?r 14 dagar, f?r att avta eller f?rsvinna helt under menstruationscykelns follikelfas. V?lbefinnande anses inom aktivitetsvetenskapen ha starka kopplingar till begreppen aktivitetsengagemang och aktivitetserfarenhet, och det finns en stor kunskapslucka om hur PMDS samspelar med dessa begrepp. Syfte Studiens syfte var att utforska hur personer med PMDS upplever v?lbefinnande, aktivitetsengagemang och aktivitetserfarenhet vid PMDS j?mf?rt med symtomfri period. Metod Kvalitativ intervjustudie med induktiv ansats genomf?rdes.

The past and ongoing structural change in Swedish agriculture has led to an increasing number of large-scale farms. The biological factors associated with large-scale farming operations may cause increasing variability, risk and reduced yields due to sub-optimal timing and management of field operations. The theory of economies of scale suggests that largescale production may benefit from lower costs due to scale efficiencies. Thus, large-scale farms may face cost reductions in terms of long term inputs factors, e.g. agricultural machinery.

Mitt examensarbete har avhandlat reflektioner som: - Vad innebär yrket? Ur min synvinkel får man se vad yrket innebär och hur det kan vara att vara resande videoreporter. - Vad betyder yrket för mig? För mig betyder yrket stor kreativitet och frihet, jag förmedlar hur unika vissa stunder kan vara i mitt jobb och visar även vad som händer då jag inte håller i kameran. - Hur bör man vara som person för att jobba som videoreporter? Utifrån mina egna upplevelser och utifrån de videoreportrar som jag har tittat på så berättar jag i dokumentationen hur man bör vara som person för att ha yrket videoreporter.

Not much is today known about how epiphytic lichens are effected by fire. A considerable part of the fires in Sweden today are prescribed fires for the purpose of environmental conservation. How these fires affect lichens is largely unknown. The aim of this study is to find out how epiphytic fruticose and foliose lichens on Scots pine are affected by fire, and to elucidate the relationship between fire intensity and the survival of lichens and later re-colonization. The study was performed at three locations just outside Umeå in Västerbotten that were burned 5-7 years earlier. In all locations there were larger groups of surviving Scots pines with varying amount of fire-damage in the crown, which enabled a reconstruction of fire intensity.

Not much is today known about how epiphytic lichens are effected by fire. A considerable part of the fires in Sweden today are prescribed fires for the purpose of environmental conservation. How these fires affect lichens is largely unknown. The aim of this study is to find out how epiphytic fruticose and foliose lichens on Scots pine are affected by fire, and to elucidate the relationship between fire intensity and the survival of lichens and later re-colonization. The study was performed at three locations just outside Umeå in Västerbotten that were burned 5-7 years earlier. In all locations there were larger groups of surviving Scots pines with varying amount of fire-damage in the crown, which enabled a reconstruction of fire intensity.

This is a final thesis in landscape planning, at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). The study examines the current phenomenon of amenity migration and the international discourse applicability of the a "Countryside dream" in a small neighborhood in Käglinge, part of the transit-oriented community Oxie just outside of Malmö in the southern part of Sweden. The critical starting point of the study is the how many planners idealize the dense city with its positive proximity qualities. However, since the late 1900s, many people have instead started to idealize living in more rural or naturally appealing landscapes, often just outside a bigger city, with good transit possibilities (both by car and bus as well as by train). The phenomenon of amenity migration ? the migration to a new, more appealing everyday environment considered to have more amenities, is very relevant today since many smaller communities are becoming more transit-oriented, allowing the inmigrants to work in some bigger, dense town while living in a small-scale, less dense semi-rural community. More dense transit-oriented communities are however also an ideal to planners in Sweden, but to what extent can Käglinge in Oxie ? a neither rural nor urban community - fulfill a possible countryside dream, and what role does the train station have in the in-migrants everyday life? The study has a theoretical starting point in literature regarding amenity migration, countryside ideals, representations of the countryside and the possible migrants themselves, giving a broad perspective on these related issues. The case study of Käglinge in Oxie is then presented, including interviews with Käglinges in-migrants.

This is a 20 credit Master thesis within the landscape architecture education at the Institute for Landscape Planning at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences at Alnarp. Norränga is situated on the fringe of the city of Lund, east of the existing district of Linero.The city planning office of Lund municipality has come up with a ?in-depth comprehensive plan? for the exploatation of the eastern area of Lund. The plan concerns an area of 1035 square kilometre which contains at least 1500 nya buildings, two schools, primaryschools, stores and bus station for local bus traffic and the new bus line - Lundalänken. The townplan is inspired from the historical Square block city with defined street system. The municipality has visions of what the green areas should consist of.

Något som det talas mycket om i dag är den ökande stressen bland barn och ungdomar. Kan läxorna vara en medverkande orsak? Och vad tänker elever och lärare egentligen om läxor? Den forskning och litteratur som uppsatsen bygger på består både av förespråkare och motståndare till läxor..