The work of the board in owner-managed firms often differ compared to the work of the board in large listed companies. Since the owners are working in different roles, the board in owner-managed firms might discuss topics outside the typical boards agenda, such as questions relating to ownership structure and operational matters. This thesis examines what external board members can contribute with in owner-managed firms, and which the most frequent difficulties are for the owners when deciding to recruit external board members. Through qualitative interviews, three owner-managed firms have been studied, which together with two expert interviews and five seminars, creates the empirics. In the analysis, the empirics are compared to what the earlier theory states.

The purpose of this research was to examine what motivates and influences an individual to invest in a project or company through equity-based crowdfunding. The intention was therefore to identify internal and external motivation factors and examine how external social factors such as the Internet, other individuals? investment decisions and interaction in social groups affect an individual when he or she invests through equity-based crowdfunding. The results showed that both internal and external motivation factors are important components of an investment through equity-based crowdfunding. External motivators proved to be for example yields and helping entrepreneurs.

The aim of this paper is to try to explain how specific, foreign policy decisions are made, and why one state decides to use violence against another state. A qualitative method is used, and text and documents are analysed. The two theoretical points of departure are central within foreign policy analysis: realism´s theories on external threats and constructivism´s theories on ideas´ policy influence. The empirical case chosen is the US decision to use military violence against Iraq. The paper investigates whether the real threat from Saddam Hussein´s Iraq was the cause of the American military attacks, or whether the ideas of leading politicians in the USA were decisive for the decision to invade the country.

This master thesis covers the development of an automatic tuning process for the existing speed controller for drive systems. The drive systems are resonant two-mass systems where a motor is used to drive a load connected by a shaft. The developed method relies heavily on system identification and the construction of a complete mechanical model of the process. With this approach, the common problem with poor load speed control that derives from measuring only the motor speed can be addressed and solved for a majority of such processes.The automatic tuning method has along with general test functions been implemented in a complete tool for automatic tuning, testing and performance evaluation and reporting for drive systems..

En människa som har överlevt ett plötsligt hjärtstopp eller lider av annan livshotande hjärtåkomma kan erbjudas behandling med en implanterbar defibrillator (ICD). Denna kan bryta en livshotande arytmi genom att ge ifrån sig en elektrisk stöt, en defibrillering. Det finns 5564 personer i Sverige som behandlas med ICD och sjuksköterskan kan under arbetslivet någon gång möta dessa patienter. Samtidigt som ICD:n räddar liv så påminns patienten om att kroppen inte längre fungerar som tidigare och detta leder till att livet förändras. Syftet med uppsatsen var därför att få kännedom om hur det är att leva med en ICD och upplevelserna kring detta så att sjuksköterskan kan möta dessa patienter på ett sätt som gynnar vårdprocessen.

Title: ?When The Line Between Transmitter and Receiver Blurs? ? A Study of how organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media toolNumber of pages: 49 (51 including enclosures)Author: Ida Hansson KällTutor: Cecilia StrandCourse: Media and Communication Studies D 30hpPeriod: Spring 2010University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Informatics and Media,Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: The aim of this essay is to study how five organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media tool.Material/Method: A qualitative method has been used. Five interviews as primary sources have been conducted with representatives from each organization.Main results: The main results of the study is that organizations have to integrate social media as part of their external communication plans in order to face and respond to their surroundings in a new interaction and multi-way communicative platform. Results also show that organizations are well aware of the importance of making use and participate in social media.Keywords: blogs, external communication, facebook, respond to the environment, social media.

Syftet med detta projekt är att skapa en prototyp för ett digitalt tentamenssystem, där studenterna skriver tentamen med hjälp av läsplattor, samt utvärdera vilka fördelar och nackdelar ett sådant system skulle kunna medföra.Huvudfokuset för detta projekt var att utveckla en prototyp för ett digitalt tentamenssystem med stöd för bland annat automatisk rättning, kompilering och automatisk evaluering av programspråksfrågor. Vi försöker samtidigt bibehålla de positiva aspekterna av ett analogt system, som till exempel möjlighet för både lärare och elev att uttrycka sig genom frihandsritning.Denna studie har visat att det finns många fördelar för både studenter och lärare med en övergång till ett digitalt tentamenssystem samt att man med små medel kan skapa en fungerande prototyp av ett sådant system..

Introduktion: Idag behandlas cirka 6800 personer i Sverige med en implanterbar defibrillator (ICD) vilket är en avancerad teknisk apparat som kan bryta en livshotande arytmi med elektrisk chock. Patienter med ICD ökar i antal då målgruppen för ICD-behandling är större idag än för några år sedan och sjuksköterskor inom olika vårdmiljöer möter den här patientkategorin allt oftare. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa patienters upplevelser och erfarenheter av att leva med ICD. Metod: Litteraturstudie. Totalt 9 vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ och kvantitativ ansats har granskats.

So?kmotorer och annan datorkraft fo?r att hitta information har kommit att bli en central del fo?r ma?nga ma?nniskors anva?ndande av internet. I takt med tiden blir mer och mer information tillga?nglig och i och med det sta?lls ho?gre krav pa? programvaror som hja?lper anva?ndare att hitta ra?tt.Den ha?r rapporten nystar i ett nytt sa?tt att ta fram ett underlag till anva?ndare fo?r att de ska kunna va?lja bort och fokusera pa? det mest relevanta so?kresultatet fo?rst. Underlaget presenteras fo?r anva?ndare tillsammans med so?kresultatet.

In the recent years auditing scandals all around the world, deficient internal control has attracted a lot of attention. This has contributed to further requirements on insight and internal control. Those scandals have seriously damaged the auditor?s profession and contributed to a reduced trust among the public. Therefore an extensive work to recover and stringed the trust was started all around the world.

The aim and purpose of this essay is to study if three museums are using Facebook strategically to promote two-way communication with their target audiences in their external communication. A qual-itative and comparative research method and has been used and communication managers from each of the three museums have been interviewed. These interviews have been transcribed and coded in order to reveal opinions and views on how that particular museum feels about social media and the use of these tools in their external communication. A number of Facebook statuses have also been collect-ed in order to discover how each of the museums is using social media in order to reach and engage their target groups. Should the results of this essay be summarized it would show that the museums are using the communication channel that they feel suits the needs of reaching a specific audience.

Detta examensarbete har utförts vid Linköpings universitet och behandlar automatiserad omställning av flexibel fixtur med hjälp av en industrirobot. Arbetet har gjorts inom projektet Koofix (Koordinatstyrd fixering) samordnat av Vinnova och flera ledande svenska industriföretag.Inom examensarbetet har ett tekniskt lösningsförslag på en utrustning för automatiserad omställning av flexibel fixtur med hjälp av en industrirobot arbetats fram. Lösnings förslaget har till viss del också realiserats och testats i labbmiljö.Målet med arbetet var att ta fram en fullt fungerande utrustning och metod för automatiserad omställning av flexibel fixtur med hjälp av en industrirobot. Målet har inte nåtts helt, men lösningen har blivit väl tekniskt dokumenterad och kritiska moment har testats..

Title: ?When The Line Between Transmitter and Receiver Blurs? ? A Study of how organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media toolNumber of pages: 49 (51 including enclosures)Author: Ida Hansson KällTutor: Cecilia StrandCourse: Media and Communication Studies D 30hpPeriod: Spring 2010University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Informatics and Media,Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: The aim of this essay is to study how five organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media tool.Material/Method: A qualitative method has been used. Five interviews as primary sources have been conducted with representatives from each organization.Main results: The main results of the study is that organizations have to integrate social media as part of their external communication plans in order to face and respond to their surroundings in a new interaction and multi-way communicative platform. Results also show that organizations are well aware of the importance of making use and participate in social media.Keywords: blogs, external communication, facebook, respond to the environment, social media.

To be allowed to sell Z-suspended vehicles with dipped beam Xenon or LED lighting, Scania have to develop automatic headlight level control. This master?s thesis aims to be the foundation to that development.The thesis consists of several parts; a market analysis of how competitors to Scania and the general vehicle industry solve this problem; several available principles for detecting the amount of control needed; the construction of a test station for sensors, a control unit and components connected controlled by the control unit; a further theoretical and practical development of one principle ? one rotational sensor connected between the chassis and the back drive axis; a state flow model programmed in Simulink that produces the control signal for the headlight leveling from the sensor input.Lastly the thesis gives some recommendations to the further development and implementation of automatic headlight level control on Scania vehicles..

Antalet patienter med ICD-behandling (implanterbar defibrillator) ökar. Antalet patienter som behandlas med ICD beräknas vara omkring 1400-2000 patienter/år. Då behandlingen ges på indikationen risk för livshotande hjärtrytmrubbning, är kunskap om bemötande av patienten i en allvarlig livssituation och skapande av delaktighet avgörande. Patienten behöver stöd till förståelse och kunskap för att uppleva hälsa och livskvalitet. Det mellanmänskliga mötet är centralt för att ge information till patienten.