The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaorientalis), is a small freshwater cetacean which has recently fallen dramatically in number. It is an endemic species for the Yangtze River and unless drastic action is taken, it risks the same fate as the now functionally extinct Yangtze river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer). Threats to the porpoise are diverse but they have in common that they are caused by man. Development of the river has been made to supply a growing human population with food, hydropower, and to reduce the risk of flooding. These changes have resulted in a degraded habitat for the porpoise.

Author: Nina Ekberg and Therese LjungTitle - Within the social services approach: A qualitative interview study of the social services attitudes towards young offendersSupervisor: Melker LaboryAssessor: Ulf DruggeThe purpose of this study was to see the social workers attitude towards young offenders and how this can affect the teenagers. The theoretical perspectives have been the theory of street-Level Bureaucracy, social constructivism and Stages of change. The material has been collected through qualitative semi-structured interviews and email-interviews with the social workers. The aim of this study was to examine if the social workers uses their theoretical experiences about their attitudes in their practical work and if their response can raise or reduce the young offenders motivation to change their behaviour. To collect information it was chosen that this study would only concentrate on the social workers opinions.

Bakgrund: Inom sjuksköterskeprofessionen är döden en oundviklig företeelse och omhändertagandet av patienter i det palliativa skedet är en del av yrket. Döden väcker också starka känslor som kan vara svåra för sjuksköterskan att hantera, vilket kan resultera i emotionell stress. Att vårda barn i livets slutskede medför att sjuksköterskan ställs inför flera emotionella utmaningar, vilket leder till att denne måste finna strategier för att hantera de uppkomna känslorna. Syfte: Att beskriva sjuksköterskors strategier för att hantera känslomässig stress vid omvårdad av svårt sjuka barn i livets slutskede. Metod: Systematisk litteraturöversikt av tolv vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ansats.

Wildlife fences are today commonly used along highways to reduce the risk of vehicle collisions with wildlife. Since traffic and roads have expanded over the years, wildlife behaviour has become more interesting not only for the prevention of vehicle collisions but also to understand how human activities impact their natural habitats. Moose is one of those animals that have increased in interest in such studies. In this study, I tested if the probability to cross wildlife fences of moose would increase with increasing home range sizes, and also at what time of the year they cross. The study area is situated in Nordmaling municipality, located in Northern Sweden in the County of Västerbotten.

The purpose of this study was, if possible, to find a housing system for growing bulls that was as optimal as possible for the animal welfare. In order to select housing systems you must take into account the size of the group, body weight and the type of floor. Seven of the international most common housing systems were compared, straw bedding, deep straw bedding, sliding straw bedding, concrete slatted floor, rubber coated slatted floor, cubicles and feeding cubicles. Studies that have examined the proportion of tail, claw and leg injuries and the presence of unnatural behavior in the different systems. In summary, all studies showed that soft underlay were beneficial for the animals in terms of the proportion of bone lesions and swellings.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att kartlägga och analysera pappors psykiska hälsa samt val av stress- och copingstrategier i samband med att deras barn insjuknat i långvarig kronisk sjukdom. Jag avser att göra jämförelser mellan papporna för att se om det finns skillnader i användandet av copingstrategier beroende på när sjukdomen uppträder, barnets ålder, pappornas utbildningsnivå, etnicitet osv. Mitt intresse är också att undersöka om dessa pappor känner sig nedstämda eller deprimerade utifrån att deras barn är sjukt eller om det finns andra faktorer som påverkar pappornas psykiska hälsa. Totalpopulationen bestod av 120 pappor till barn och ungdomar (födda 89- 06) diagnostiserade med inflammatoriska mag- tarmsjukdomar. 52 pappor deltog i studien.

Title:?Speed cameras - an prevention of crime and a standard forming instrument of control??Authors: Markus HanssonTutors: Bo Isenberg & Carl HultExaminator: Ulf DruggeThe School of Human SciencesUniversity of KalmarThe studys purpose is to get a absorbed understanding for peoples attitude, and effect of speed cameras. The disposition for the study is to integrate earlier studies in the matter, combined with elevating interesting sociological conceptions. As an attempt to understand speed cameras as an instrument of force on the individual have Michel Foucaults concept Panopticon been used to see its effect, and it?s look upon how crime prevention will be formulated, which can give an explanation of why speed cameras are being used as an instrument of control on the traffic area.

Bakgrund: I Sverige har cirka 50 000 människor venösa bensår och kostnaden för att behandla dessa beräknas uppgå till omkring en miljard kronor. Svårläkta venösa bensår kan påverka individen på ett fysiskt, psykiskt och socialt plan. Syftet: Att beskriva patienters erfarenheter av att hantera symptom relaterat till svårläkta venösa bensår. Metod: Kvalitativ forskningsintervju med semistrukturerade frågor tillämpades som datainsamlingsmetod och utfördes på fyra vårdcentraler i Mellansverige med totalt 11 deltagare. Materialet bearbetades sedan med en innehållsanalysmetod.

The aim of this study is to examine which factors in a traffic wardens? situation at work that promote and which that inhibit satisfaction at work. The aim of this study is also to examine if there are any differences in the work experiences for traffic wardens that work alone versus those who work in a team of two. The following questions are examined in the study:?Which factors promote and which factors inhibit the work situation for traffic wardens??Are there any differences between traffic wardens that work alone and those who work with another colleague?The selection consisted of eight traffic wardens, of which four of them work with another colleague while the other four work by themselves.

The aim of this study is to examine which factors in a traffic wardens? situation at work that promote and which that inhibit satisfaction at work. The aim of this study is also to examine if there are any differences in the work experiences for traffic wardens that work alone versus those who work in a team of two. The following questions are examined in the study:?Which factors promote and which factors inhibit the work situation for traffic wardens??Are there any differences between traffic wardens that work alone and those who work with another colleague?The selection consisted of eight traffic wardens, of which four of them work with another colleague while the other four work by themselves.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of strategy for grouping calves into group pens with automatic milk-feeding systems on the calves' health and growth rate. The usefulness of changes in feeding behavior recorded by the computerized milk-feeder during periods of illness to identify calves with clinical diease was also studied. In the first experiment, 64 calves were moved in and out of group pens in a continuous way, while 46 calves were transferred into group pens until the the pen was considered "full". The calves in the latter groups were then held together until weaning. It was found that calves in the fixed groups grew approximately 100 g / day more compared to the calves in the dynamic groups. Signs of clinical respiratory disease were less frequent in this group, while the incidence of diarrhoea was slightly higher. In the second experiment health parameters, milk consumption and feeding behaviour was recorded daily for 46 calves.

LIVSPUSSEL & FALLGROPAR - Några unga ambitiösa kvinnors upplevelser och hantering av stress i olika livssituationer, samt några gymnasielärares reflektioner över ambitiösa kvinnliga eleverElin Höglund & Sara KnutssonHögskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för Hälsa & Samhälle, PsykologiSAMMANFATTNINGSyftet med denna studie var att få en djupare förståelse för hur några unga ambitiösa kvinnor upplevde och hanterade stress i olika livssituationer, samt att erhålla en bredare förståelse för hur några gymnasielärare reflekterade över ambitiösa kvinnliga elever. Två semistrukturerade intervjuguider användes, en för intervjuerna med de unga kvinnorna och en för intervjuerna med gymnasielärarna. Fyra teman gällde för de unga kvinnorna; hantering av stress, omgivande faktorer, påverkan på välbefinnandet, samt framtidssyn. De fyra unga kvinnorna förde även ?stressbok? under en veckas tid.

Bakgrund Inom vårdtraditionen finns en viss okunskap om hur patienter upplever och hanterar den stress som allvarlig sjukdom/skada eller hot om sådan ofta innebär. Syfte Syftet med denna uppsats är att studera hur vuxna människor upplever och hanterar sin situation vid allvarlig sjukdom/skada eller hot om sådan. Metod Denna uppsats är en litteraturstudie som har baserats på tio vetenskapliga artiklar, där åtta stycken sökts fram i databasen PubMed. Sökorden nursing, coping, coping strategies, trauma, catastrophic, stress och critical illness har använts. De andra två artiklarna identifierades genom manuell sökning.

The structural rationalization of the agricultural sector in Sweden has led to many expansive, professional companies orientated towards growth. The agricultural sector is a very capital-intense sector and is characterized by the need for large sums of capital in form of buildings, inventory and arable land. The capital need is especially large for companies who have an ambition of growth and development of the company in the near future. The study is built upon six cases that all can be categorized as large agricultural farms with a turnover exceeding 20 million Swedish crowns. The companies are located in the middle and in the south of Sweden and are in the sector of primary production with focus on dairy-, pork-, egg-, chicken-, beef-, vegetables- and grain production as well as in the business of refining milk towards consumers. The study aims to identify the motives and driving forces that lies behind the growth of a farm-based company. The agricultural companies' motive for growth is studied based on which factors that influence the ambition to grow and to what extent these factors accord to the picture given by earlier research of small companies outside the agricultural sector.

Detta är en kvalitativ studie av unga som tidigare har levt gömda i Sverige men idag har permanent uppehållstillstånd. Insamlade av data har skett genom fem halvstrukturerade livsvärldsintervjuer med personer i åldern 11 ? 24 år, alla var dock 18 år eller yngre när de levde gömda. Syftet med studien är att få större kunskap om och inblick i hur det är att leva gömd och undersöka vilka konsekvenser detta får för de ungas livssituation idag. Vi vill öka förståelsen för gruppen unga som tidigare levt gömda men också undersöka vilka behov dessa unga kan tänkas ha och hur deras situation kan förbättras.