This work is done to try to solve a scientific computer problem and its basis derived from the web, as there are a variety of ways to program to it. The most common languages used by developers, both private and corporate are PHP, .NET and Ruby. But why do companies or a private developer choose a specific programming language? Is it because it is better and has more features than the others, or because they are forced? This essay uses a questionnaire and through tests sees which is best and which one is the most popular/used. To illustrate the problem, a survey is conducted and sent to several companies and asked them to answer the questions regarding the issue.

This report is the result of a project work carried out at Karlstad University in conjunctionwith the local consulting firm Camatec where most of the work has been performed.The work can be classified as a classic engineering work with supportive theories andcalculations which in this context is relevant.The engineering project has focused on developing new standards for a conveyor that is usedin the Värmland paper industry where large rolls of paper are produced. A conveyor can takeits appearance in many different forms but in this thesis it has been an exemplary look and ithas also become modulatable with a central section, a drive end and a turning end.The construction work has been build under CAD programs such as Pro Engineer, drawingshave been created and costings have been analyzed. Strength calculations have been made andcooperation from several different companies have erected to explore different solutions andideas for a modern and sustainable conveyor..

The purpose of this study was to examine how teachers act when it comes to play with constructions in preschool. The purpose was also to find out what kind of material the children have to work with and what they do with the things that the children made. The study was based on qualitative semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews was choosen  to get out as much information as possible, with open questions in a semi-structured interview you can get the information that is relevant for the study. The results show that there are different kind of material available in preschool, but knowledge of the subject is missing and demanded by teachers. The material are pretty similar, some of the teachers use material from the forest while others don?t.

The purpose of this thesis was to illuminate how companies work with their brand identity and particularly how it is applied in their positioning. The empirical data has been collected through interviews with two companies in Sweden working with brand identity as a stated strategy. The study shows that companies discover, develop and build their brand identity based on their core identity and core values. The core value can be strengthened through customer satisfaction surveys. In order to develop the brand identity in companies, management has to be aware of their brand person- ality, as an essentiality for survival.

Denna studie var inspirerad av ett projekt finansierat av VINNOVA där målet var att skapa en horisontell teknisk plattform för processindustrin som ska distribuera lösningar inom automation och processtyrning. Denna plattform skulle skapa värde genom att bidra till bättre systemunderhåll, en snabbare utvecklingscykel, mer effektiv utveckling av produkter, bättre dialog mellan parter av utvecklingsbehov och större valmöjligheter av leverantörer. Denna plattform skulle förhoppningsvis även minska trösklarna för inträde på marknaden för små leverantörer.Syftet med denna studie var därför att få en djupare förståelse för hur företag inom processindustrin ser på implementeringen av en e-marknadsplats. Detta genomfördes genom att beskriva de teoretiska framgångsfaktorer som finns för en framgångsrik e-marknadsplats, det mervärde som aktörer på en e-marknadsplats erhåller genom att delta och sedan jämföra dessa med verkligheten i en fallstudie.I fallstudien intervjuades två företag från processindustrin; ett företag inom gruvbranschen och ett inom pappersmassabranschen. Studiens resultat visar att det mellan två företag inom processindustrin kan finnas en tydlig diskrepans på hur man ser på ett deltagande i en e-marknadsplats.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how e-commerce companies work with their relationships to customers. We have conducted a case study of two companies, Koll and Webbshoppen, both active in the e-commerce industry. Our empirical study has shown that it is important for e-commerce companies to create long-term relationships to their customers, but it can be difficult to create these relationships since the companies have little contact to the users of Internet. To build relationships, e-commerce companies market themselves through different types of media to create awareness. It is also essential to be situated high in search engines.

Denna studie var inspirerad av ett projekt finansierat av VINNOVA där målet var att skapa en horisontell teknisk plattform för processindustrin som ska distribuera lösningar inom automation och processtyrning. Denna plattform skulle skapa värde genom att bidra till bättre systemunderhåll, en snabbare utvecklingscykel, mer effektiv utveckling av produkter, bättre dialog mellan parter av utvecklingsbehov och större valmöjligheter av leverantörer. Denna plattform skulle förhoppningsvis även minska trösklarna för inträde på marknaden för små leverantörer.Syftet med denna studie var därför att få en djupare förståelse för hur företag inom processindustrin ser på implementeringen av en e-marknadsplats. Detta genomfördes genom att beskriva de teoretiska framgångsfaktorer som finns för en framgångsrik e-marknadsplats, det mervärde som aktörer på en e-marknadsplats erhåller genom att delta och sedan jämföra dessa med verkligheten i en fallstudie.I fallstudien intervjuades två företag från processindustrin; ett företag inom gruvbranschen och ett inom pappersmassabranschen. Studiens resultat visar att det mellan två företag inom processindustrin kan finnas en tydlig diskrepans på hur man ser på ett deltagande i en e-marknadsplats.

The most dominating type of company in Sweden is the small-sized business and it usually lacks its own marketing department. The purpose of this paper was to analyze several small Swedish businesses which are specialized in different sectors of the Mechanic/Technology industry but they are similar in terms of having niched products and they are leading companies in the world. The objective was to do research about how small businesses work with marketing despite its lack of resources and capital.This survey has shown that customer contacts, customer relationships and especially for those investigated companies, it was very important to focus on globalization and product development in order to build a Point of Difference..

The purpose of this study was to interview different groups of people (preschool teatcher, parents and theire childen) involved in preschool about their view on outdoor activity and children´s motoric development, and how a preschool yard should be designed to promote childrens development.All parties regard outdoor activity as very important for the development of children. They also think that the outdoor environment today is good but that it could be improved by including some trees and hills. The yard should also contain soil, sand, clay and water. The children prefer grass on the ground over other substrates. This study also gives good indications to decision makers how to build new or to reconstruct pre-school yards in the future..

Examensarbetet har utförts på Metso Refiner Segments AB i Hagfors, Värmland. Gjuteriet arbetar mot pappersindustrin och produkten de tillverkar kallas för malsegment. Malsegmenten sitter monterad på två stora skivor i en raffinör, vilket används för att framställa mekanisk pappersmassa. För att minska personalkostnaderna och för att få bort ett monotont moment för operatörerna vill Metso automatisera den station där malsegmenten härdas. Värmebehandlingen sköts idag av två operatörer och är tänkt att efter en automatisering kunna skötas av en operatör.

PROFINET är en öppen standard för industriellt Ethernet, som uppfyller alla behov inom automation. PROFINET gör det möjligt att koppla in det befintliga fältbussystemet, till exempel PROFIBUS utan att det behöver ändras, genom ett så kallat proxy. PROFINET finns i två utförande PROFINET IO och PROFINET CBA, där IO är en decentral lösning och CBA är en komponentbaserad lösning. PROFINET använder sig av tre olika kommunikationskanaler för att skicka och ta emot data. Detta gör att företag successivt kan gå över till PROFINET utan större omkostnader som det skulle innebära om hela anläggningen skulle behöva byggas om.

The main question in this thesis has been to see how the brand strategy of Linköpings Hockey Club has changed during the years in the Swedish elite league. We will also look at the content of the brand, as well as the association as the city of Linköping. This thesis will also see the sponsorship view of the development of the brand, because of the sponsorship power to help the association to build and strengthen the brand.We have been interviewing important persons at the association Linköpings Hockey Club and also done interviews with a few sponsorship partners to get important information to analyze.As an association it is of outmost importance to disseminate the association?s image in the right way, which Linköpings Hockey Club has according to their sponsorship partners. The association has during the last years been working hard to take care of and strengthen the brand, which can be seen among the sponsorship partners.

This study concerns art education, and the importance of creativity in learning. The objective is to examine the use of art education in practice, and the school teacher?s position on this practice.The theoretical basis of the study is rooted in a socio-cultural perspective, and concerns the relationships between theoretical concepts as learning, knowledge and art education.The investigation is qualitative and the main research methods are participant observations and structured interviews.The group studied in this investigation consisted of five active educators, who work at different schools and make use of art-based methods in their daily work.My results show that teachers believe that art education can be used by schools as a gateway to the other subjects. Art is regarded as a form of understanding through which pupils explore their surroundings, challenge their ideas and build skills through interaction with others..

This thesis work includes studies and simulation how magnetization of the translator in a linear generator for wave power can be automated. The translator is the moving component in the generator that is "dressed" with permanent magnets. The translator is magnetized with rectangle-shaped permanent magnets that are today's strongest permanent magnet type of neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB).Eight equivalent metal sheets are mounted around the translator. The plates have milled tracks where 106 permanent magnets per sheet are mounted. Today the assembling of the magnets is done by hand, which is a very tedious and time-consuming work.  This project presents investigations about the automation of the translator magnetization theoretically and simulation results are preformed in ABB's robot simulation software RobotStudio. Even robot-held tool was designed that enables the robot to be able to magnetize the translator in a simple manner.  The investment cost is roughly 1.5 million SEK. With an economic life-time of five years, the investment costs are estimated to 24000 SEK / month.  According to the calculations, this project is very motivated to implement, as it provides savings up to 17 000 SEK per translator which is 10.2 million SEK assuming that the robot cell is operating at full speed the whole year.According to this thesis work the result is a 4x9 meter cell with two industrial robots of the type ABB IRB6650S.The cycle time to magnetize one translator was calculated to about 10 hours.This prototype of project can possibly be implemented in a full-scale production line and performed according to the calculations and simulations presented in the report. Further work is suggested to improve the tool.Lyssna .

The purpose of this thesis has been to build a parameterized model of a prototype motor in the program Solidworks, to use in future optimization of aspects of effectiveness and weight. The result were two models. The first model were one minor part of the whole design in 2D, to be able to optimize and study the minor part with a faster loss simulation. The second model was the whole design in 3D. The whole model were done with the three programs Solidworks, Comsol and Matlab.