Klimatfrågan har ökat intresset för förnyelsebar energi inom både elproduktions- och transportsektorn. Från elproduktionens sida är vindkraft den teknik som växer snabbast. När vindkraft inkluderas i elkraftsystemet medför det att intermittens uppstår på elproduktionssidan. För transportsektorn har det diskuterats mycket kring elektrifiering av personbilen, som skulle kunna bli både ett miljövänligt (om elproduktionen kommer från förnyelsebar energi) alternativ till dagens konventionella bilar och ett sätt att reglera elproduktionen då en stor andel vindkraftsturbiner adderas till elproduktionssystemet. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka och analysera påverkan på den elektriska lastprofilen på grund av plug-in hybrid elektriska fordon (PHEVs) och effekten av en sådan förändrad last på produktionen i ett elsystem bestående av termiska anläggningar och vindanläggningar.

AbstractTitle: Cooperation between social enterprisesLevel: Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business AdministrationAuthor: Anna HammarbergSupervisor: Maria Fregidou-MalamaDate: 2012 - JanuaryAim: The aim of the study is to investigate social enterprises and the Glada Hudik-model to understand how social enterprises cooperate and how they can develop the cooperation through Social Enterprises in Co-operation (SAK). Method: I have done a qualitative research study. I have studied literature to get theoretical background. I visited a seminar to get information and inspiration. Interviews have been done with six persons to get empirical information.      Result and conclusions: Through this study I have seen that social enterprises can co-operate to strengthen their position in the community. Together they can run issues they have in common, undertake major assignments and purchase material to get better deals.

The purpose of my study has been to find out how four preschool teachers at four different preschools looks at the pedagogical meal from a health and overall learning perspective. I also want to examine how, through the pedagogical meal the preschool teacher works to promote children´s learning and give them an understanding of need to safeguard their health. To achieve my aim I set the following questions;What are the different types of learning preschool teachers believe that children can acquire the basis of the pedagogic meal?How do preschool teachers describe their work from the pedagogical meal to benefit children´s overall learning?How do preschool teachers describe their work at the pedagogical meal for the children to gain an understanding of their health?The study is based on a qualitative method with interviews and observations, triangulation. The theoretical approach to this study is based on the socio-cultural perspective to learning and development.

Klimatfrågan har ökat intresset för förnyelsebar energi inom både elproduktions- och transportsektorn. Från elproduktionens sida är vindkraft den teknik som växer snabbast. När vindkraft inkluderas i elkraftsystemet medför det att intermittens uppstår på elproduktionssidan. För transportsektorn har det diskuterats mycket kring elektrifiering av personbilen, som skulle kunna bli både ett miljövänligt (om elproduktionen kommer från förnyelsebar energi) alternativ till dagens konventionella bilar och ett sätt att reglera elproduktionen då en stor andel vindkraftsturbiner adderas till elproduktionssystemet. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka och analysera påverkan på den elektriska lastprofilen på grund av plug-in hybrid elektriska fordon (PHEVs) och effekten av en sådan förändrad last på produktionen i ett elsystem bestående av termiska anläggningar och vindanläggningar.

The cost for forestry logistics in Sweden is about 25 percent of the total cost of getting the raw material to industry (Anon., 2010). There might be much to gain by taking a look at your supply chains on the logistic side in your company. In this report the logistic chains by Mellanskog for ENA Energi AB in Enköping has been looked in to. ENA Energis plant is a combined power and heating plant and about 99, 5 percent of their fuel consisted of bio energy in year 2009 (ENA Energi, 2011, länk A). The main purpose with this report is to look at three questions: 1. How does the supply chain look today? From forest to industry. 2.

During the period 2009-2013, investments in the Swedish national grid increase by a factor of ten compared to previous years. In order to fulfil their mission to manage the national grid in a safe, efficient and environmentally sound way, Svenska Kraftnät (Swedish National Grid) needs to take all these perspectives into account while planning new investments. To compare and relate perspectives of technology, economy and environment the same yard stick must be used. That yard stick is commonly money. A problem arises however as environmental issues are difficult to price.The purpose of this master?s degree project was to develop a tool for evaluation of environmental impact related to investments in the Swedish national grid.

Evaluation of machinery costs is necessary for selecting appropriate farm machinery. Timeliness cost due to untimely operations is an important component of machinery costs. Timeliness costs can be high for crop sprayers, since pesticide application must be carried out within a short time interval. This Master thesis investigated the timeliness cost and the probability of a suitable workday for spraying. Timeliness factors were estimated for four different crops (oats, spring wheat, winter wheat and barley) using historical weed trial data.

Klimatfrågan har ökat intresset för förnyelsebar energi inom både elproduktions- och transportsektorn. Från elproduktionens sida är vindkraft den teknik som växer snabbast. När vindkraft inkluderas i elkraftsystemet medför det att intermittens uppstår på elproduktionssidan. För transportsektorn har det diskuterats mycket kring elektrifiering av personbilen, som skulle kunna bli både ett miljövänligt (om elproduktionen kommer från förnyelsebar energi) alternativ till dagens konventionella bilar och ett sätt att reglera elproduktionen då en stor andel vindkraftsturbiner adderas till elproduktionssystemet. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka och analysera påverkan på den elektriska lastprofilen på grund av plug-in hybrid elektriska fordon (PHEVs) och effekten av en sådan förändrad last på produktionen i ett elsystem bestående av termiska anläggningar och vindanläggningar.

Klimatfrågan har ökat intresset för förnyelsebar energi inom både elproduktions- och transportsektorn. Från elproduktionens sida är vindkraft den teknik som växer snabbast. När vindkraft inkluderas i elkraftsystemet medför det att intermittens uppstår på elproduktionssidan. För transportsektorn har det diskuterats mycket kring elektrifiering av personbilen, som skulle kunna bli både ett miljövänligt (om elproduktionen kommer från förnyelsebar energi) alternativ till dagens konventionella bilar och ett sätt att reglera elproduktionen då en stor andel vindkraftsturbiner adderas till elproduktionssystemet. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka och analysera påverkan på den elektriska lastprofilen på grund av plug-in hybrid elektriska fordon (PHEVs) och effekten av en sådan förändrad last på produktionen i ett elsystem bestående av termiska anläggningar och vindanläggningar.

This report provides a comparison between the products cellular concrete, foam concrete and LECA concrete. The questions to be answered during the work is how the cellular concrete stands up in cost terms to the existing competitors on the market, how the concrete products differ in design work, and in which situations the concrete varieties are preferred to use.Cellular concrete is a variant of ordinary concrete, with the difference that the ballast is exchanged from stone materials to expanded polystyrene beads (EPS). This substitution gives a product with higher insulation values but lower weight than ordinary concrete.The work was carried out by designing a survey which was sent to two hundred randomly chosen companies across Sweden, to see the building industry?s opinion of the product cellular concrete. The survey showed that cellular concrete was equals its competitors in terms of price, while the product was said to be more flexible, quicker and easier to cast.Then some of the companies, who participated in the survey, were interviewed to see more carefully, how the price, the workmanship and the time for casting and dehydration differed between the products.

Bakgrund: Det har visat sig att det i många fall kan vara svårt att jämföra kalkylinformation mellan likartade enheter trots att dessa använder sig av samma kalkyleringsmetoder, särskilt om enheterna i fråga är geografiskt placerade i regioner med olika kalkyleringstraditioner. Det är därför av intresse att undersöka hur kalkylinformationen kan skilja sig åt i dessa fall. Syfte: Syftet är att analysera försäljningsomkostnader med hänseende på deras urval och värdering i kalkyler. Genomförande: Vi har genomfört en casestudie med intervjuer med tre enhetschefer i den svenska divisionen samt med tre engelska chefer för motsvarande enheter i den brittiska divisionen inom en och samma globala koncern. Resultat: Vi finner i vår studie att kalkyltraditioner spelar en stor roll för vad kalkylinformationen visar, men att det även förekommer stora skillnader mellan enheter som har samma kalkyltradition.

Since several rules of law have a consideration of age, the Swedish labor law collides in many ways with the prohibition of age discrimination. The employment directives of EU were implemented in the member countries after the shift of the millennium. Sweden was the last member to introduce age as a ground of discrimination in its legislation. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the Swedish regulations, regarding age discrimination and its application, is compatible with the EU.  The aim is also to investigate what is required to exclude the prohibition of age discrimination. The labor law provisions concerning the retirement age given in 32 a and 33 §§ LAS, priority rules according to 22 § LAS and the collectively agreed holiday benefit, which is regulated according to a worker's age, is to be investigated to see if they actually qualify for the exclusion of the prohibition against age discrimination. Furthermore, the paper intends to describe if the Swedish legislation has taken account of the research available on the subject of "age" and ?age discrimination?.

Africa is one of the regions most affected by climate change. However its forests are important carbon sinks for the whole world, and if recognised as a global public good, could be conserved and contribute to green house gas emission reductions. A global mechanism, Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation(REDD+) aims to help developing countries in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and enhancement of carbon stocks. REDD+ strategies may, however exclude local forest dependent communities from forests in order to conserve and maximise carbon stocks, thus having a severe impact on local livelihoods. Therefore, how local communities can participate and share benefits from REDD+ is a key concern.This study investigates how three forest dependent communities in the Nazinon forest, in Southwest Burkina Faso could financially benefit from a REDD+ project.

Extended Producer Responsibility (ERP) is a form of product take-back regulation that requires the producers to manage their products at the end of life. By internalising the products? entire life cycle costs into the market price the ultimate objective of such regulations is to reduce the environmental burden from the products. This Master´s thesis seeks to examine if the total life cycle cost of a product actually is borne by the producer, and if not, predict who will then take this cost. This is done by analysing the market for take-back activities in three different categories of products; electrical and electronic equipment, cars and wind power stations.

In recent years cognitive training in order to improve cognitive abilities have becomeincreasingly popular and a lot of research has been conducted within this field. The natural agingprocess has a negative effect on many of our cognitive abilities and this relationship also has a strongconnection with hearing loss. Elderly with hearing loss is therefore a group that could benefit fromcognitive training. Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate different types of cognitivetraining directed towards working memory in older adults and to examine the results observedregarding efficacy of this type of training and its transfer effect. Method: A literature reviewconsisting of 17 scientific articles published between 2005-2014.