The aim of this thesis was to analyse BARO WOOD AB:s timber measuring and quality sorting and to evaluate the analyse program Stockholmen. The purpose was to get a better understanding for the quality sorting made at BARO WOOD AB today, analyse differences in center board quality from logs with a good quality and logs with a bad quality, suggest new sorting criterias developed from analyses made with Stockholmen and to evaluate the program Stockholmen. All analyses are based on data gathered in a test sawing made at BARO WOOD AB in June and July 2002. The test sawing was made on four different diameter classes and every diameter class consisted out of A or M-grade logs, with a better quality, and B-grade logs with a lesser quality. The logs where sorted out with BARO WOOD AB:s existing quality criterias.

Arbetet syftar till att oversiktligt beskriva varldens sjofart, studera bladelementteorii en propellerstudie, forprojektera ett handelsfartyg som skafrakta 12 000 TEU (Twenty{Foot Equivalent Unit) mellan Rotterdam ochSingapore pa 40 dagar, samt att utreda regelverket EEDI (Energy EciencyDesign Index) som ska leda till energieektivisering av sjofarten.Undersokning av sjofarten visar att kostnadseektiva sjotransporter har drivitpa utvecklingen mot en globaliserad varld. Tack vare sjofarten har industrierkunnat etablera sig pa nya omraden, men negativ miljopaverkan ar fortfarandeett problem.Under projekteringen visas att containerfartygets huvuddimensioner uppfyllerkrav pa lastutrymme och begransningar i Suez{kanalen. Djupgaendeoch fribord kan andras, men fribord liksom antal vattentata sektioner borundersokas vidare. Fartyget ar nagot kursinstabilt. Tyngpunkten i vertikalledhar en felmarignal pa knappt fyra meter.

Syftet med uppsatsen ?r att bidra till den historiska slavistiken genom att skapa och utv?rdera en modell baserad p? maskininl?rning f?r handskriftsigenk?nning av halvuncial ?stslavisk handskrift samt att utv?rdera hur den data som produceras genom automatisk handskriftsigenk?nning (HTR) kan anv?ndas f?r att komplettera mer traditionella metoder. Uppsatsen ?r teoretiskt grundad i utvecklingen av textkritisk metod och teori sedan 1800-talet och s?rskilt relationen mellan kopia och text som diskuterats av b?de f?respr?kare f?r och kritiker av den genealogiska metoden. Likv?l som att den medeltida kopian av en historisk text ?r ett medium mellan forskaren och det utforskade, kan den elektroniska kopian och dess transkription ses som ytterligare mellanh?nder.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe intensive care nurses? experiences communicating with patients during mechanical ventilation.Methods/design: A qualitative interview study. Interviews where analyzed using descriptive content analysisSetting: Nine intensive care nurses from two different intensive care units were interviewed using a semi structured interview guide.Background: Past research has shown that patients during mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit, feel very vulnerable and the helplessness of being unable to speak. These patients feels that they are completely dependent on the nurses and their competence. It has been shown to be very important that the patient feels included, acknowledged and respected.Results: The analyzed data resulted in a theme; through communication strive to preserve patients´ dignity and three main categories; create relationship to the patient, minimize patients´ vulnerability and don´t give up.

Bakgrund: Det finns få studier på instruktionsfilm som undervisningsmetod för praktiskamoment inom fysioterapeututbildning. De som gjorts visar att studenter upplever filmerna som en positiv hjälp i sina studier. Idag sker den praktiska undervisningen på LTU:s fysioterapeutprogram traditionellt av en undervisande föreläsare som visuellt och muntligt går igenom de praktiska momenten. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att skapa instruktionsvideos för praktiska undersökningsmoment och beskriva fysioterapeutstudenters upplevelse av videon som komplement till ordinarie undervisning. Metod: Filmproduktionen planerades och utfördes i tre steg: förproduktion, produktion och efterproduktion.

The purpose of this study is to examine the conditions for pre-school teachers to achieve those goals that are constituted for science education in the Swedish curriculum for the pre-school. The study questions of formulations are: which importance have the conditions for the work with science education in pre-school, which importance have pre-school teachers engagement and knowledge for the work with science education in pre-school and does the pre-school pre-school teachers think that they have enough conditions to achieve those goals that are constituted for science education in the Swedish curriculum for the pre-school. The results are based on an interview survey with ten pre-school teachers from three pre-schools that are connected in a unit. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The results from the study points out that the pre-school teachers engagement are most important for the work with science education in pre-school to flourish.

Dagens elektroniska patientjournalsystem har begränsade möjligheter att på likartat sätt strukturera och lagra patientinformation. Det är en anledning till att det är problem med att utbyta patientjournaldata mellan olika system. Detta försvårar bland annat forskning och tillgänglighet till patientinformation. Brist på tillgänglighet minskar i sin tur möjligheten att ge en god vård oberoende av var patienten befinner sig.Inom projektet openEHR har en idé med så kallade arketyper tagits fram som ett enhetligt sätt att strukturera utbytbar patientjournaldata för att möta framtida krav på patientjournaler och patientjournalsystem. Arketyper är formella modeller av kliniska informationsentiteter, exempelvis blodtryck.

Each year over 3000 children in Sweden lose a parent. The loss of a parent may cause some grave changes in a child?s life, leading to both mental and physical consequences. The purpose of this literature study is to examine the different ways in which health care personnel can better receive and relate to children whose parents are dying or have passed away.Data was collected through such sources as Pubmed, Academic Search Elite and Cinahl, which resulted in the inclusion of sixteen subsequent articles, ten of which were quantitative and six of which were qualitative. Thirteen of the said articles illustrate how children act in response to a dying or deceased parent and what measures were needed for them to move on with their lives.

ABSTRACTBackground: Endometriosis is a chronic disease where the tissue, that the uterus contains,also can be found outside the uterus.The objective of the study was to investigate young women?s experience of endometriosisand how they experience the care.Method: Fourteen young adults were asked to participate and eight of them did participate.They were all in the range of age 14-20 and they all had had contact with a unit forendometriosis in Sweden. Semai-structured interview was chosen as the data collectionmethod. An interview guide was used during the interviews. For the analysis aphenomenological method with focus upon experiences was used.Results: The result showed that the young adults? experiences in the daily living containedpain, alienation, tiredness and side effects.

Svenska Kraftnät is (together with the other transmission system operators of the Nordic power system) responsible for keeping balance between the generated and demanded power in the Nordic power system. Spontaneous load variations and system disturbances, however, lead to power imbalance followed by frequency variations. The frequency deviations can be limited to an acceptable level by the spinning reserve, mainly by hydro power control. But there are also other system properties which have a great influence on the frequency and system stability. The frequency and voltage dependence of the loads have a direct influence on the power balance.

Introdukation: Postoperativt illamående och kräkning, PONV (Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting) är en av de vanligaste förekommande biverkningarna postoperativt vilket drabbar cirka en tredjedel av alla opererade patienter. Det är inte bara obehagligt för patienten utan kan även orsaka medicinska komplikationer. Tidigare forskning har konstaterat att illamående och kräkningar är undermåligt dokumenterade i journalerna. Dokumentation medvetandegör problem, utvärderar effekt av insatt åtgärd, utvecklar patientvården samt är betydelsefull i forskningssyfte.Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka dokumentation av PONV i patientjournalen samt samstämmigheten mellan intensivvårdssjuksköterskans dokumentation och patientens erfarenhet av PONV.Metod: Mixed methods med deskriptiv kvantitativ design användes i denna tvärsnittstudie. Data inhämtades från patientjournalen och jämfördes med självrapporterad data från patienter.Resultat: Resultatet visade att dokumentation om PONV, oavsett om deltagarna erfor PONV eller inte, saknades i 55 % av alla patientjournaler.

Background/aims: Extensive studies have found an association between parent - adolescent relationships and adolescents' alcohol use. However, only a few studies have been carried out in Sweden. Also, few studies have focused on 17-19 year olds or binge drinking. The aim of this study is to examine whether there is an association between perceived parent - youth relationship and binge drinking among 17-19 year olds in Stockholm, Sweden. Theory: Social Development Model is a risk-focused prevention strategy which emphasizes the importance of social units, such as the family.

This essay aims to examine how theories within childhood sociology have evolved. The main questions are: Who are the central scientists within the field, what are their objects of study and who are the intended recipients of their work? How can the origin of the theories be described? Which elements are central in the theories and have they changed over time? How can the theories be evaluated based on criteria of valid theories?The study was based on a qualitative literature review. Six scientists' publications were examined, ranging from the time of the theories establishment to present time. In the analysis hermeneutics and theories of scientific development were used to seek explanations.The main results show that the central elements in the theories describe childhood as a social phenomenon and a structural category.

Uppföljningsarbetet för detta examensarbete är genomfört i LKAB:s underjordsgruva i Kiruna. Tiden för fältarbete och rapportskrivning innefattar månaderna april t.o.m. maj 2008. Arbetets huvudsyfte är att undersöka hur skonsam sprängning påverkar kvarvarande berg. Mycket av arbetet har fokuserats mot en ny generations laddtruck, vilken möjliggör en mer automatiserad laddning.

This report is a description of a developed educational simulator over rail vehicles and its components. The simulator is a hardware-based prototype over a door system on rail vehi- cles. System specialists and technicians will use the prototype. The Simulator should give the user a technical demonstration on how components work in a door system. The proto- type consists of motor, switch, relay and sensor.