The purpose of this thesis is to form an idea about the qualitative value and meaning of reading fiction in a psychological perspective and over a lifetime. Seven women, 68-79 years old, were interviewed about their reading habits of fiction in their lifetime. The material is presented as life stories. I use an inter-nordic research project called the SKRIN project which looks upon reading habits from an individualistic and psychological perspective. I also refer to an American study which focus on reading development with roles readers take in different ages of life written by J A Appleyard.

Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur skapande aktiviteter används som ett arbetsterapeutiskt medel för vuxna personer med psykisk ohälsa. För att besvara syftet valdes en litteraturbaserad studie. Litteratursökning genomfördes via ett flertal olika databaser, samt med sekudärsökning. Sökningen resulterade i nio utvalda artiklar som analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys och manifest ansats. Analys av data resulterade i fyra kategorier: att främja kommunikation och uttryckande av tankar och känslor, att stärka klientens synsätt och identitet, att förändra och bli delaktig i sitt dagliga liv, inledande intervention med klienten.

The purpose of this study is to examin the depiction of culturalmeetings in history books in relatioon to the schoolguidelines, and how and why the description may have changed over time. To achieve this, a qualitative method was used to analyze the content of cultural meetings in Swedish schoolbooks after the World War II. The material used in the study was taken from eight editions of Alla tiders historia published between 1985-2011. The material was then put together and analyzed from the theoretical perspectives, which try to explain the factors that influenced the depiction of the texts.The results of this study shows, that over time, the school guidelines have incresed their focus on human value and the need for students to interact with people from other cultures. The depictions in the history books lives upp to the demands of the school guidelines, but this study shows that the main influence of the content of the book is the social context.

Bakgrund: I Sverige drabbas cirka 30000 personer av stroke varje år varav 20000 är förstagångsinsjuknade och cirka 10000 dör varje år. Cirka 85 % får hjärninfarkt och 15% får hjärnblödning. Nedsatt gångförmåga är vanligt bland personer med stroke och styrketräning och gångträning är två metoder som kan användas i syfte för att förbättra gångförmågan Syfte: Syftet med studien var att sammanställa litteratur kring uppgiftsorienterad träning och styrketräning som behandlingsmetod för att förbättra gångförmågan för strokepatienter. Metod: Litteratursökning på databaserna PEDro och PubMed med sökorden stroke AND gait i kombination med training, resistance training och strength resistance training samt task-oriented training. Efter att ha gjort sökningarna och sållat hittades 12 artiklar som ansågs relevanta för studien.

Övervikt hos barn och ungdomar är idag ett växande problem. Skolsköterskan möter i sitt hälsoarbete alla barn och ungdomar. Dagens skolhälsovård bygger på att förebygga hälsa genom att hjälpa och stödja till fortsatt och förbättrad hälsa. Detta sker idag till stor del på de individuella hälsobesök som erbjuds. De resurser som idag tilldelades barn och ungdomars preventiva hälsoutveckling är många gånger begränsad.

Arbetsterapeutens uppgift är att främja delaktighet i aktiviteter i dagliga livet [ADL]. Forskning visar att personer över 65 år och som bor i ordinärt boende, kommer att öka i framtiden. Arbetsterapeuten behöver därför följa med i den utveckling som sker för att tillgodose behovet av innovativ välfärdsteknologi, för att främja aktiviteter för äldre personer i ordinärt boende. Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att beskriva och ge en översikt över innovativ välfärdsteknologi som kan användas som intervention för att främja delaktighet i aktivitet för äldre personer i ordinärt boende. Datainsamling genomfördes genom sökningar i databaser tillgängliga via Luleå tekniska universitetsbibliotek.

The transition from having been under another country?s control to becoming a democratic country can, many times, pose difficulties, which has proven itself to be quite common. Estonia and Moldova?s processes towards a democratic regime are two examples of countries with varied success in the final transition phase.When the USSR (Soviet union) fell and collapsed in 1991 Estonia was well on their way from having a communistic ruling to a democratic one due to the fact that their democratic work had already begun a few years prior to 1991. After the collapse Estonia continued with their democratic work and in 2004 the country became a EU member state.

The transition from having been under another country?s control to becoming a democratic country can, many times, pose difficulties, which has proven itself to be quite common. Estonia and Moldova?s processes towards a democratic regime are two examples of countries with varied success in the final transition phase.When the USSR (Soviet union) fell and collapsed in 1991 Estonia was well on their way from having a communistic ruling to a democratic one due to the fact that their democratic work had already begun a few years prior to 1991. After the collapse Estonia continued with their democratic work and in 2004 the country became a EU member state.

BackgroundResearch shows that the majority of patients feel anxiety before and during anesthesia. It has been shown in several studies that preoperative anxiety may cause adverse effects in the postoperative course. Nurse anesthetists have a key role in creating a safe environment and the opportunity to use different interventions to reduce the degree of anxiety.AimThe aim of the study was to examine which interventions may reduce anxiety in adult patients before and during both general, local and regional anesthesia.DesignSystematic literature review with a quantitative approach.ResultsSeveral studies indicate that gabapentin and pregabalin can reduce anxiety before and during anesthesia. The anxiety reducing effect appeared to be dose dependent. The naturopathic drugs Citrus aurantium blossom and Passiflora incarnata Linneaus were found to reduce anxiety before anesthesia.

The world is currently facing a huge severe challenge in handling the issue of climate change. One of the ways to lower the green house gas emissions, which is seen as one of the main contributor to the climate crisis, is to use renewable technologies such as for example photovoltaic (PV) systems. PV-systems are also suitable for so called micro production, small scale energy production facilities, since it can be placed on practically any rooftop with the right solar conditions. In Sweden the usage of PV-systems has not yet gotten any wider spreading, even though the solar radiation conditions are very similar to countries that produce a lot of solar energy, as for example Germany. The aim of this paper is to describe non-adopter perceptions of PV-systems. The study holds a qualitative approach using deep interviews for data collection.

Bakgrund: Hälsan är idag ojämnt fördelad i Sverige. Genom sjukdomsförebyggande folkhälsoarbete har sjuksköterskan en möjlighet att bidra till minskade hälsoklyftor. Antonovsky har utvecklat begreppet känsla av sammanhang (KASAM) som består av de tre komponenterna meningsfullhet, begriplighet och hanterbarhet. Han menar att individers hälsa ökar med ökad KASAM samt att KASAM inte kan förändras på lång sikt. Forskning har dock visat att KASAM kan förändras.

The aim of this paper is exploring questions regarding the problem of absenteeism among high-school students in Sweden. Fifteen students attending an urban high-school have been interviewed about their views and experiences of absenteeism. The author analyzes the students? answers by taking into account two different sociological approaches which give two different explanations about the way young people experience and estimate education. The French sociologist Bourdieu theorized that differences in cultural capital influence the permanent internalization of patterns of thought and behavior.

Problem and purpose: The authors were interested in studying how large Swedish banks managed liquidity risks when facing the financial crisis of 2008 and whether the implementation of Basel II framework had an impact on the major Swedish banks' capital adequacy. Furthermore, the authors intend to examine how, based on the analysis of the implementation of Basel II, the introduction of Basel III will affect major Swedish banks' liquidity in the future.Method: The essay is written from a quantitative approach and has a deductive perspective. Data was collected from the annual reports of the selected banks to later use relevant theories to analyze the work.Theory: This part of the essay presents relevant theories, a detailed description of the Basel regulatory framework and its requirements, rules for capital adequacy and to relevant key to achieve the Basel regulatory requirements are considered. Furthermore the authors present criticism of the Basel framework and a summary of the key theoretical points to be used for analyzing empirical data.Empirical: In this chapter the data collected from selected banks is presented and processed.Conclusion: The essay authors present the deficiencies and weaknesses that make the Basel II regulatory framework inadequate for the Swedish financial market. Essay authors also present their opinions regarding how the latest form of the Basel regulations could have a more significant influence on the long-term stability of Swedish banks and how this may increase protection against potential liquidity risks..

A speech-based material that early can assess a child's hearing is needed to provide an indication of a hearing impaired child's language development. Being able to identify and discriminate between different sounds is a requirement for interpreting speech. Hearing assessments that examine speech perception can therefore, unlike, for example, pure tone audiometry, examine a hearing impaired child's perceptual language skills and provide a basis for intervention.The purpose of this work is to evaluate a new auditory material on 3-year-old children. The auditory material is based on the Ling-6-sounds and the main question was which of the sounds in the test were adequate for test of discrimination. Furthermore, it was investigated how the test works with children aged 3:0?3:11 years and how age and gender affect the result.Twenty-four children aged 3:0?3:11 years were tested using a computer based test.

Syftet med studien var att beskriva arbetsterapeuters erfarenheter av interventioner som bidrar till förbättrat aktivitetsutförande hos klienter med Anorexia Nervosa. För att besvara syftet valdes en kvalitativ intervjustudie. I studien ingick sju arbetsterapeuter fördelade på sex ätstörningsenheter i Sverige. Data samlades in genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer och en intervjuguide användes som stöd vid intervjuerna. Intervjuerna analyserades utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys som resulterade i tre kategorier: "Interventioner som bidrar till förbättrat aktivitetsutförande vid måltider", " Interventioner som skapar strategier samt ökar medvetenheten om förändring i aktivitetsutförandet" och " Interventioner som bidrar till ökade sociala aktiviteter".