High quality within a Lean production system begins with standardised work, which creates stable processes able to generate predictable output. If nonconformity from the standard procedures occurs, routines are needed to analyse, correct and prevent the nonconformity from occurring again. In that way, the nonconformity can be a trigger for continuous improvements toward more stable processes. In takted production lines, where the operator follows a standard sequence with tasks set to be completed within the takt time, a nonconformity leads to downtime in the operator?s sequence, and no value is added.

Abstract In the contemporary world of information technology you find a multitude of applications and systems covering a broad spectrum of areas of need in different companies. One effect of this multitude of programs is the difficulty to make them exchange information with each other or to collaborate, since they are developed by different programming languages for different platforms, with different standards and different Data formats. Our aim with this work is to describe how it is possible to tie these programs together to make them actually communicate with each other in order to exchange information, share their native methods and also to become a part of the overall business processes. In this integration task you will, among other things, find different levels of application integration such as Data level, method level, application interface level and user interface level integration. Application integration also involves hardware components, called middleware, that facilitate the physical connection between applications. There is a range of different middleware products offered today on the market.

SYFTESyftet med uppsatsen är att analysera Svenska hedgefonders historiska avkastning beträffande riskjusterad avkastning och korrelation mot marknaden. Vidare studeras dessa faktorer ur ett investerarperspektiv för att undersöka huruvida Svenska hedgefonder fyller ett syfte som komplement i en marknadsportfölj. METOD Uppsatsen använder sig till största del av kvantitativ Data som insamlas med hjälp av relevanta teorier. Kvalitativ Data såsom intervjumaterial är ett komplement till de kvantitativa Data och leder så småningom till ett större djup i analysdelen. Undersökningen gällande den historiska avkastningen för Svenska hedgefonder är uppdelad i tre olika tidsperioder.

This paper presents techniques for speeding up commonly used algorithms forbounding volume (BV) computation, such as the AABB, sphere and k-DOP. Byexploiting the possibilities of parallelismin modern processors, the result exceedsthe expected theoretical result. The methods focus on Data-level-parallelism(DLP) using Intel?s SSE instructions, for operations on 4 parallel independentsingle precision floating point values, with a theoretical speed-up factor of 4 onData throughput. Still, a speed-up between 7?9 are shown in the computation ofAABBs and k-DOPs.

The technological development contributes to an increase in advertising when it comes to media. Those who are working to develop advertising are constantly looking for new ways to reach consumers in unexplored contexts. Web TV is a relatively new technique that involves the distribution of television across the Internet. This study intend to investigate how users perceive advertising appearing on web TV, and contribute to the knowledge about how advertising adapt to new media. To reach the results of this study, we used quantitative Data, collected in the form of web-surveys and qualitative Data collected through semi-structured interviews.

AbstractThe aim of the study was to examine the relation between estimated fluidintake and real fluidintake among dialysis patients. The Data were collected through study specific questionnaire and Data from the medical record. Patients attached to eleven Swedish dialysis units were asked to participate. The number of patients that fulfilled the inclusion criteria were 222 persons of whom145 (65%) chose to participate in the study. The dialysis patients estimated their fluid intake for a day in average 9,06 deciliter.

I samband med uppbyggnaden av Nya Karolinska Solna designas ett nytt sjukhusövergripande Datalager för vitalparametrar, med arbetsnamnet T5, där insamlad Data ska följa patienten genom hela sjukhusvistelsen.Inför upphandlingen av systemet behövs en genomgång av vilka standarder, regelverk samt riktlinjer som gäller vid framställning och drift av T5. Genom djupgående litteraturstudier och intervjuer med personer insatta i områden som anses relevanta för projektet, levereras som slutprodukt en rekommendation om hur regelverken och standarderna kan tänkas appliceras på systemet.Projektets resultat visar att om det Data som hanteras i T5 är tänkt att användas i medicinskt syfte enligt Lagen om medicintekniska produkter, så är systemet en medicinteknisk produkt. Vidare bör systemet klassificeras som riskklass I, förutsatt att informationen i T5 inte ska användas för patientövervakning i realtid..

Background Being outdoors on a regular basis is beneficial for all individuals, people with dementia who is living in special accommodation have not always that possibility. If the person with dementia live in a stimulating environment can contribute to the person's functions are maintained. Aim To provide a basis for evaluation of a new outdoor environment at a special accommodation for people with dementia. Method of Data collection in action research was done through focus group with staff on the accommodation and the participants in the project, a total of five informants. Results Informants thoughts and experiences were analyzed and divided into three main categories to describe the project - design, obstacles and goals.

The outset of this thesis is to raise questions on how we design for the mobile context and the capabilities of smartphones. Not only the presentation but also the use of input and interaction between a service and a user.This work evolves around sign up forms and answers the question: How does the sign up process affect the holistic perspective of a digital service regarding usability and user experience? This thesis consists of a case studies, and design experiments conducted on Twitter, Instagram and Randos sign up processes to explore if and how the usability, and the user experience could be affected and im- proved.This concluded some important aspects to be considered when designing sign up forms for a digital service.The usability, and the user experience is not only affected by user interaction, and the choice of input method but it?s also affected by which Data the service is requesting, and more important; if that Data is motivated to request by the service..

Thesis purposeThe study aims to examine the effects vertical and horizontal line extensions might have on the total parent brand equity in terms of strength and its baseline product regarding of market share, loyalty and penetration under an elapsed period of time. The study aims to investigate a number of actual conducted line extensions effect on the above mentioned aspects of Kellers (1993) definition of brand strength as a part of the total brand equity. MethodologyThe effect of a number of line extensions of the parent brands and the baseline products is being examined in terms of market share, loyalty rate, cannibalization and market penetration. The thesis is focused on the correlations between these different parameters during a certain elapsed time ratio in order to test our theoretically routed hypothesizes in a deductive manner. Occasional correlations are derived from an indexation of Data collected from the Gfk Database.

In support to a decision to be made by the Swedish central competent authority on a minimal amount of straw for conventional growing-finishing pigs, a study using 168 pigs provided 7 different amounts of straw (20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 200 or 300 grams/pig/day) was performed. The straw was provided either once or four times per day. Detailed behaviour observations were made using focal animal sampling and continuous recording for one hour between 9 and 10 am and again between 3 and 4 pm. The Data analysis is presented in three ways: broken stick model, polynomial trend line and logarithmic trend line. No method was suitable on its own but the use of all the methods simultaneously was found to portray the Data in the best way.No significant differences were found when comparing pens provided with straw once or four times per day.

För att öka vår kunskap kring kritiska framgångsfaktorer vid genomförande av projekt, har vi identifierat vad vi tror är generella framgångsfaktorer och fallgropar. Genom att, utifrån den befintliga projektteorin, undersöka utförda projekt hos LFV Data har vi kommit fram till att bemanningen av projektgruppen är den idag mest förbättrings bara fallgropen för att genomföra projekt inom LFV Data, även om förankring av mål och vision för projekt också är av stor vikt. Bemanning av projektgruppen är den främsta generella framgångsfaktorn och vår idé är att kartlägga vilka kompetens områden som behövs för att matcha med befintlig personals kvalifikationer. Polärdiagram kan vara till hjälp vid denna matchning. Vi menar att bemanningen av projekt är det som blir fel, även om projektet sedan följer metodiken, har förankring hos ledningen, håller tidplanen, och når de ekonomiska målen, dvs gör allt som de ska.

Detta arbete syftar till att ta reda på om svenska fondförvaltare har förmågan att prognostisera aktiemarknadens framtida rörelser samt utvärdera vilken betydelse tidsperioden för avkastningsData har i en sådan undersökning. En empirisk analys av 30 Sverigefonder med två statistiska modeller med dagliga och månatliga avkastningsData ger dock inga stöd till att svenska fondförvaltare som grupp har denna förmåga. Från analysen visas det även att valet av statistisk modell och tidsperiod för Dataobservationerna påverkar resultatet. För den svenska marknaden ger månatlig Data mer trovärdiga resultat än daglig Data, vilket avviker från tidigare amerikanska studier..

The study aimed to investigate the acute medical chain consisting of SOS operator, ambulance nurse, emergency nurse and emergency physician with regard to the assessment and prioritization of the victim.The design of this journal study is retrospective with descriptive approach. Data were collected from all ambulance missions carried out in Uppsala county 2009-01-01 between the hours 00:00 to 12:00. Sample period was chosen because the prerequisite for high frequency on the ambulance mission was supposed to be good. In order to be able to systematize the compilation of Data a protocol were prepared and used. Applicable Data were collected from three Databases SOS Alarms, ambulance operations, and the University Hospital in Uppsala.

Rapporten behandlar arbetet att med Data mining-metoder finna ett samband i insamlad information. Data mining är ett begrepp för att tillämpa artificiell intelligens på en större Datamängd. Syftet är i detta fall att hitta ett sätt att klassificera dieselmotorer.Den Datamängd som används kommer från mätningar vid testkörning av dieselmotorer och garantikostnader som motorerna ger upphov till efter leveransen från fabriken. Målet är att finna ett samband mellan testvärdena och kostnaden i syfte att kunna identifiera kostnadsbenägna motorer redan vid testkörningen.En klusteranalys görs med två olika tekniker, K-means method och Kohonen-nät, som visar att det föreligger ett svagt men ändå förnimbart samband. En jämförelse mellan teknikernas resultat och användbarhet görs.Två tekniker används till att bygga klassificeringsverktyg som skall kunna sortera ut motorerna med höga kostnader.