In this report a study is carried out with the aim to identify added values of EPC projects implemented in schools in order to increase the interest of EPC projects on the market. The report examines how the planned maintenance, supervision, maintenance and corrective maintenance is affected, how insurance premiums and terms are affected, the indoor environment and how the tasks of the operating staff is changing. A literature study of energy savings, energy use in schools, maintenance and insurance as well as how energy efficiency improvements are related to the Swedish environmental objectives has been made. Visits were carried out in Ludvika, interviews were also carried out with operation technicians and local strategists in Ludvika as well as employees of insurance companies.Schools often have neglected maintenance and problems with ventilation and indoor environment. Schools also have a large energy saving potential due to their low utilization, mainly because they are empty parts of the year.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka pojkars attityder till läsning av skönlitteratur. Vi vill med våra frågeställningar ta reda på vilka faktorer som påverkar deras läsning av skönlitteratur. Arbetet syftar till att undersöka vad pojkarna läser samt vad de anser att de får ut av sin läsning. Vi har använt oss av enkätundersökningar och kvalitativa intervjusamtal för att uppnå studiens syfte. Resultatet visar sammanfattningsvis att pojkarna i urvalet sällan uppger har läsning som ett prioriterat intresse.

A1202I och med globaliseringen tillbringar allt fler människor sina liv utomlands genom att arbeta på multinationella företag runt om i världen. Detta har medfört att utlandsstationering blivit allt vanligare förekommande. Denna trend har även visat sig på läkemedelsföretaget Novartis Sverige AB. Personalchefen på företaget har uttalat en önskan om att belysa hur de utlandsstationerade upplever den kulturella integrationen och vilka svårigheter den medför. Utifrån detta har vi åtagit oss uppdraget att belysa de utlandsstationerades situation.

The Swedish Forestry Research Institute implemented an experiment which began in the year 1979 in a by moose browse damaged area in Sweden. An audit in 2014 of the moose browsing study called ?Furudalsförsöket? is the underlay to the study's results. By comparing Scots pine stands development in relation to known damage obtained thereby gives the understanding of how browsing affects the short and long terms impacts of Scots pines quality and volume production. The results of this year's audit reveal that the standing volumes in the undamaged and damaged areas represent a significant difference. The number and volume of the ingrown trees constitute a larger proportion of the areas that have been heavily browsed. It also proves once again that that all damage classes had a downward trend, which means that the damage is concealed with time.

In today's society there is a trend in progress that it is positive and effective to have working groups or teams in organizations. But is it really all good? This essay explores this question through the concept "group weariness". Group weariness is defined as a negative attitude towards working in groups based on previous experiences of the working form. The aim of this study is to explore the concept of group weariness through a quantitative study.

Syfte.Syftet med uppsatsen formulerades som att undersöka sambandet mellanutvecklingen av dödsfall till följd av oavsiktlig skada och en snabb ekonomisk utveckling i ett land. Syftet är uttalat explorativt i sin karaktär och avser att frambringa en bild av utvecklingen i de utvalda länderna.Bakgrund.Skador och därpå följande dödsfall är ett problem för alla samhällen, om inte annat på grund av kostnader och uteblivna intäkter för det offentliga. Länders förmåga att stävja dessa dödsfall torde vara av intresse. Studier visar att antalet dödsfall till följd av oavsiktlig skada generellt korrelerar negativt med BNP/c, således kan man förvänta sig att förbättrade ekonomiska förhållanden leder till färre dödsfall och vice versa. Det har visats på att en ekonomisk kris ofta leder till kraftigt ökande dödsfrekvenser.

Physical exercise is a trend that continues to grow, especially at the gym, but there are still members that do not use their training card in full. The overall aim of this study was therefore to investigate infrequent member?s experience of their training card. To answer this, focus was on motives to card purchase and perceived opportunities and difficulties of using the training card. The data was collected at IKSU trough a group interview with four managers within the organization, a questionnaire replied by 39 infrequent members and of those 11 individual interviews.

In December 2004 an earthquake coursed waves that hit Thailand. Over 5000 people died, and Sweden was the tourist country that has been effected the worst. The catastrophe precipitated Sweden in crises and the demand became high for Swedish government to act. Swedes followed the development via media, why media became the crucial element for how the public perceived politicians? acting.

The problem area was identified due to the fact that research within internal audit is fragmented and insufficient, simultaneously to internal audit becoming more common in the public debate. Crises and scandals in companies such as Enron in the US and Skandia in Sweden have resulted in new regulations regarding how companies should be governed. These regulations have been established in Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) in the US, and in Sweden the Swedish code for corporate governance will be implemented in 2005. The regulations imply that companies must provide sound internal control and to accomplish that, companies should have an auditing and consulting internal audit function. The Swedish code for corporate governance denotes that companies can decide to comply or explain why the code is not complied.

In the farrowing pens the amount of bedding material and the quality of the concrete floor has a huge impact on both the sow and the piglets. In this study imbedding of rubber flooring on the solid area in the farrowing pen was used to see if it had any effects on the sows lying behaviour when compared to concrete. Another important aspect was to evaluate if the rubber floorings had a high enough durability to resist the normal wear in a farrowing pen. Concrete flooring is assumed to have a higher thermally conductive effect then rubber which can affect the sow?s chance to cool down.

In theory, the management control of maintenance functions is described as problematic due to the nature of the work performed in the unit. The purpose of this thesis is to examine these predicted problems in practice. Further,the thesis aims at identifying how these control problems may affect the relationships between the maintenance department and its internal customers. A case study has been conducted in one of Sweden?s largest industrial companies to investigate the said control problems in practice.

Vad revision innebär är idag inte lagstadgat. Det definieras av FAR som ?att kritiskt granska, bedöma och ge utlåtande om redovisning och förvaltning? (FARs revisions-bok, 2000). Det finns däremot rekommendationer som styr revisorns arbete. Dessa rekommendationers innebörd är dock något allmänheten inte har någon större kännedom om.

  The use of social media has increased in recent years and has become a part of everyday life.  Through  the  use  of  social  media  grows  new  opportunities   for  constructing  ones identity, this enables individuals  to selective self-presentation.  The social media trend has gone from largely consisting of a linguistic communication  to become directed towards a more visual form of communication,  this encourages individuals to be more visual in their self-presentation.  This study aims to create an understanding  of how individuals  present their  identity  through  visual  self-presentation,  more  precisely  via  Instagram.  Previous research  has  shown  differences  between  men's  and  women's  use  of  social  media.

Objectivity is often emphasized as one of the fundamental principles for the auditing profession and is also a requirement for preserving satisfactory professional practice. The multiple company scandals in the first decade of the 21st century have created distrust for auditors? capability to maintain objectivity. The purpose of this study is to contribute with a new way of thinking when it comes to the factors that affect objectivity. Earlier studies have indicated that personality factors may affect work performance in many different fields and this study is exploring the connection between separate personality factors, and the capability of less experienced auditors to maintain objectivity in the relationship with dominating and demanding clients.Data was collected through a survey that was divided into two separate parts where the first part measured the participant?s score on different personality factors, and the other part measured the participant?s score on perceived objectivity.

Under 1970-talet såg forskare inom näringsfysiologin en stigande trend av ökad konsumtion av fett- och sockerhaltiga produkter på bekostnad av bland annat matbrödskonsumtion. I tid  av livsmedels- och energikriser förespråkade forskare en alternativ diet med ett större inslag av grönsaker och fullkornsprodukter då det hade slagits fast att ett högt intag av fett och socker ledde till bland annat hjärt-kärlsjukdomar samt karies. Matbrödsproducenterna och Socialstyrelsen höll med experterna och detta ledde till ett samarbete mellan parterna som mynnande ut i Brödkampanjen med start år 1976 där den svenska befolkningen uppmanades att äta mera bröd. Denna undersökning har visat på hur experterna argumenterade för en ökad brödkonsumtion och varför just bröd var ett bra alternativt livsmedel genom att ta del av Socialstyrelsens arkivlämningar med intervjuer av experterna bakom kostrekommendationen..