AbstractEva Larsson-Westin: Vad händer med barnkörerna? Enkätundersökning riktad till kyrkomusikerna i Uppsala stift. Uppsala: Musikvetenskap vt 2005. C-uppsats.Uppsatsens syfte är att dokumentera hur barnkör och barnkörledarroll i Uppsala stift utvecklats de senaste 15 åren och att ge en bild av dagens läge i stiftets barnkörer.Då ingen dokumentation avseende utveckling av Uppsala stifts barnkörer respektive barnkörledares arbetssituation tidigare gjorts, beslöt jag att undersöka situationen med hjälp av en enkät. Enkäten sändes under maj månad 2004 ut till samtliga  kyrkomusiker med tjänst i Svenska kyrkan i Uppsala stift, 181 personer.

There exists a great need among companies and other organizations to be able to visualize statistics. It?s also increasingly common to ask for web-based solutions for increased flexibility and accessibility for users. This paper describes how large amounts of geovisual data, for a large number of regions, can be visualized in an interactive and well-presented manner. The paper let?s you walk through two application scenarios, developed in a Flash environment, using the GeoViz component library for visualization. The first application has been developed for Statistics Sweden (SCB), to give a solution on how to visualize statistics for Sweden?s zip code regions.

Denna studie består av en fallstudie av äldreomsorgen i Uppsala kommun med syfte att utreda hur delaktigheten och medvetenheten i budgetprocessen påverkar organisationens effektivitet. I en kommun arbetar både förtroendevalda och tjänstemän så det finns flera intressenter gällande hur resurserna ska fördelas ut till det olika verksamheterna vid framläggningen av budgeten. Budgetuppföljningen sker på flera nivåer i organisationen kontinuerligt under året i samarbete mellan förtroendevalda och tjänstemän.    Metoden för att samla in data bygger på befintlig litteratur och semistrukturerade intervjuer med nyckelpersoner på tre olika organisatoriska nivåer i äldreomsorgen i Uppsala kommun. Den teoretiska referensram som studien utgått ifrån är intressentmodellen inom ramen för budgetens olika syften och med fokus på effektivitet.    Det är många som är delaktiga i den kontinuerliga budgetprocessen i Uppsala kommun. Det kan sägas att det både bland förtroendevalda och tjänstemän finns ett stort fokus på att öka medvetenheten om budgetprocessen för att kunna öka organisationernas effektivitet i att uppnå de mål som kommunfullmäktige har satt upp för verksamheten. .

Många konstmuseum vänder världen ryggen, och deltar inte i stadslivet. Så är inte fallet med nya Uppsala Konstmuseum, som både tar plats i staden, och låter staden ta plats i museet.Uppsala är rikt på symboler - sen gammalt finns det domkyrkan, slottet och universitetet, men är det verkligen vad dagens Uppsalabor identifierar sig med? Svaret ligger i Fyrisån, som dominerar stadsrummet, och Uppsalas sinne. Omhuldad men samtidigt värdebefriad förenar den det kyrkliga, det borgerliga och det studentikosa Uppsala. Årummet delar staden, men ger en unik stadskaraktär i utbyte.Museet spelar på denna karaktär, men lämnar också plats för de andra monumenten, och ger utrymme för egen tolkning av vad Uppsalas själ består av, och hur ett museum kan bidra till denna.På platsen fanns tidigare endast parkering.

Background: The board of directors is a key player in corporate governance. Their role is to ensure that the corporations are run with the interest of the shareholders as the main focus. In the beginning of the 21st century, a survey was made about the confidence of the Swedish business community and in which criticism was directed to the board of directors. The boards were deemed inadequate in their function and were often solely composed by members with similar experiences and competence, therefore lacking in diversity. In order to improve the competence and work of the board of directors, the Swedish code of corporate governance was introduced and its recommendations comprehend the boards? size and composition.

The topic of interest is why Swedish unemployment after OPEC - 1 remained exceptionally low, compared to the OECD average. The object of study is the evolution of welfare institutions, like the Rehn ? Meidner model, after WWII, and the aim is to explore why the institution of solidaristic wage bargaining collapsed coming the nineties. Deployed theoretical perspectives are how domestic institutions determine a country's adaptation to alterations of the international economic system. However, equally important are how policy objectives, like full employment, becomes institutionalized and therefore guides the actions undertaken.

Uranium (U) is a naturally occurring component in bedrock and under the "right" conditions it can dissolve and move into the ground water. Since many people in Sweden depend on drilled wells as their main drinking water supply, they may be exposed to the uranium in the water. Radioactive radiation is not the major concern associated with naturally occurring uranium. It is rather the chemical properties of uranium that make it a potential danger to human health. Uranium is proven to have toxic effects with respect to the functioning of the kidneys.

Aim: Compare occurrences of first-time-events reported by mothers and fathers with children at high tech NICU according to kangaroo-mother-care method in two university hospitals. Method: Descriptive, quantitative design. Fourty-five couples of parents, with premature children born and cared for at university hospitals in Uppsala or Örebro, answered questionnaires about first-time-events: interaction-events, measures-of-care-events and sleeping-place-events. Results: All differences regarding the children?s age at first-time-events showed Uppsala-children to be younger than Örebro-children. Interaction-events were reported first in children?s lives, measures-of-care-events and sleeping-place-events later.

This essay examines the policy process of specialist medical training in three Swedish counties. The essay will first describe the policy process. Secondly the politicians parti-cipating in the process is examined. Thirdly, it is tested whether it is possible to analyze the policy process based on Ostrom's theories of cooperation around a common pool resource. In this case, the common pool resource is specialized medical practitioners skills that the Swedish county councils must collaborate on to competence should be sufficient for the county council needs, something that is not the case today.One conclusion of the study is that the health care law is not clear enough when it comes to who is responsible for providing a sufficient number of specialists.

The aim with this independent degree project of master thesis is to find what the user opinions of the intranet in a county council is. The paper seeks how the question about how the culture in the organisation was affected by the use of the intranet. An important part is to explore the expectations and acceptance of the intranet and get a picture of which functions and services support day-to-day work with good quality. One goal is to find out how the intranet users feel that the communication, information and usability can be developed.The focus group interview is a qualitative method that has been applied for gathering data from the respondents, who participate in the investigation from the county council. The used method is unstructured focus groups containing the three dominating categories of staff in the county council.

With the introduction of the Swedish Code for Corporate Governance in December 2004, most companies listed on the major Swedish stock exchanges were required to have a nomination committee responsible for, among other things, evaluating the incumbent board and nominating new candidates. This master thesis aims at analyzing the effects of these nomination committees on institutional investors in their corporate governance, through a qualitative study of 13 interviews. We have found that institutional investors have become more active through their participation in nomination committees and that they have gained more influence over the companies in which they own shares. We believe that in reality nomination committees have more influence over the selection of the board than was intended when the Swedish Code was written..

Today many buildings and it´s nearby surroundings are designed to achieve some kind of environmental goal.The issue concerning energy consumption is currently at focus and it is relevant that we start increase the share of renewable energy. Solar energy is an infinite resource and should therefore be considered when selecting an energy supplier. Uppsala University hospital is facing major restructuring when parts of the existing buildings will be refurbished and a large new building will be constructed. White Architects have developed a study concerning the new building and for some of the existing buildings on the hospital campus. Uppsala County requires tough energy measures and wants the new building to be classified as an eco-building in Whites following work. The classifications will involve high energy source requirements. This work has been conducted to see if solar power can be envisaged as a supplementary energy source for the University hospital and also to investigate the aesthetic impact of solar cells on the new building.

Med hjälp av tre semistrukturerade intervjuer gjorda år 2010 undersöktes Uppsala kommuns möjligheter att planera sin skolverksamhet utifrån offentlig och privat bestämmanderätt, effektivisering och konkurrensanpassning, samt jämlikhet och segregation. Uppsala kommun arbetar utifrån en hög tilltro till den konkurrensutsatta marknadens positiva inverkan på skolan och prioriterar individens rätt att välja. Valfriheten försvårar kommunens planering, men anses ha en positiv inverkan på den kommunala skolans effektivitet och kvalitet. Kommunen har möjlighet att påverka segregation genom att underlätta elevernas rörlighet samt utveckla instrument för informationsspridning och kvalitetsjämförelser..

The task of making a correct application for B- activities is the foundry time consuming task. Information and facts concerning your entire business activity shall be attached into a description of environmental consequences, which will be the basis for the decision making whether the activities shall be granted a permission to practise environmentally hazardous actions or not. When the Environmental Act were established 1999, the permission process became more extensor. With this study I want to give an insight about how these applications are made. The methods I have used to collect information are a study literature where the Environmental Act has been the focus, and qualitative interviews with two County Administrative Board. I used the Environmental Act to understand why permission is needed and the interviews to give me insight in how the work is done. My conclusion is that it is very unusual that an application is granted without complements.

Tycho Hedéns Väg in Uppsala has evolved from being a through fare passage and highwayto the oversized road frame running through the city it is today. At the present time, dueto the relocation of the E4 highway east of Uppsala, Tycho Hedéns road creates a barrierbetween the north eastern area of Uppsala and the remaining parts of the city centre. Theroad is designed to endure heavy traffic and high speed limits, generating a surrounding urbanarea were inhabitants are complied to follow the standards set for a high traffic-accessibleenvironment. Furthermore, the heavy traffic has led to the turning of both urban roadsidesaway from the actual road. The aim of this project and proposal is to show the possibilities ofhow the innate features of Tycho Hedéns road can be used more advantageously to mend thecity area of Uppsala.