Det har länge varit känt att stålkonsumtionen har en stor betydelse för samhällsutvecklingen. En ökad stålkonsumtion betraktas ofta som en indikator på ekonomisk utveckling. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur Kinas stålkonsumtion förhåller sig till den snabba ekonomiska utvecklingen och i vilken inriktning går sambandet, dvs. är det den ekonomiska utvecklingen som driver stålkonsumtionen eller vice versa. Undersökningen omfattar perioden mellan 1970 och 2011.

As organizations are generating more business intelligence in their systems, more employees need access those systems. As a result some sort of permission management needs to be implemented to ensure the information remain safe. Access Control Matrix (ACM) is one way of managing permissions and is widely used among organizations. The issues that comes with ACM is that the matrix itself gets difficult to manage and overview as its complexity increases with the number of permissions. The study utilizes Action Design Research to develop a tool for visualizing permissions.

This paper has bearing on the subject of foreign policy analysis and decision-making,but is nonetheless important to peace and conflict studies due to its emphasis onnuclear weapons and deterrence.I have constructed a theoretical framework for the analysis of foreign policydecision-making that I set out to test on a crucial case. The framework iscrosscutting, and takes into consideration four levels of analysis: the system-,regional-, state-, and individual level. It is centred on a key decision maker, andapplies a cognitive approach for determining his or hers belief system through whichthe inputs from the other levels are filtered in order for the decision maker toconstruct a perception of reality, from which the decision is then formulated within.The framework is applied to North Korean and its leader Kim Jong Il. It sets outto explain his behaviour in the matter of their claimed nuclear weapons program, andhis decision to conduct a nuclear weapons-test, getting inside his head trying to figureout why he chose to do it and for what reasons.The conclusion indicates that the basic structure of the framework and its generalapplicability is sound, but that it needs further testing in order to make it perfectly solid..

Sustainability issues have become increasingly high-profile and important in recent decades. In addition, quality issues have come to play a central role in corporate marketing, strategy and management. The word quality can be defined differently in different contexts. This paper focuses on the concept of quality, based on the Total Quality Management perspective, which in Swedish has come to be known as Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling. Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling has been described as a theoretical framework in which an organization continually strives to meet and preferably exceed customer needs and expectations at the lowest cost through continuous improvement, and in which all members of the organization are committed and focused on the organisation's processes. The purpose of this study was twofold. First, to clarify the applicability of the theoretical model Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling as a theoretical explanatory model. Second, to explore how Max Hamburgerrestauranger AB performs according to the values in Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling. A multiple case study was conducted in order to explore these topics. The results showed that Max Hamburgerrestauranger AB is working in a dedicated and value-driven manner, aligned with the values ??that form the basis for Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling. The results also showed that the model for Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling could serve well as a theoretical explanatory model, but that the model would benefit from being developed, enriched or integrated with other models.

The purpose of this study is to examine how the work with young people at home to care and accommodation (HVB) are organized in a municipality outside Karlstad and how the staff perceive emotions in the workplace. The issues that are discussed are based on the concepts of social ties, emotional labor, roles, shame and pride. The number of people who are fleeing in the world is today about 51 million. There has not been this high since World War II. The Swedish Migration Board calculated that about 7,000 of these people were unaccompanied children and came to Sweden in 2014.

The bean bruchid, Acanthoscelides obtectus is a major threat to bean production. In Ethiopia, where this study was performed, the damage by bruchids on stored beans has been reported to reach up to 38%. To use the isolates Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in the management of A. obtectus can be an environmentally safe alternative for controlling the pest. In the present work the aim was to examine if the four chosen fungal isolates, B.

There is no further training in management in teacher education programs, which can create uncertainty among teachers in terms of management. According to the curriculum, the teacher should base it on a democratic approach, but how does it look in real life? The purpose has been to investigate how practicing teachers perceived management and their own leadership style, whether they made conscious choices and if so, whether they then had any purpose in their leadership style. Teachers' views of a good leader and how much influence students have on the teaching, enter into these issues.The survey is based on a qualitative research approach, based on interviews with four active teachers. Although observations were made they did not play any major role in this investigation.

Syfte: Syftet med arbetet var att undersöka om ett intag av koffein kan påverka tårproduktionen med hjälp av Schirmer 1 test.Metod: I det här arbetet deltog 30 personer i åldrarna18 ? 28 år (medelåldern var 22,3 ± 2,1 år) som var uppdelade i två grupper med 15 personer i varje grupp. Den ena gruppen fick 200 ml vatten och 300 mg koffein och den andra fick bara 200 ml vatten. Alla deltagares tårproduktion mättes fyra gånger, en gång före intag, efter intag mättes tårproduktionen efter både 30, 60 och 90 minuter. Tårproduktionen mättes med hjälp av Schirmer 1 test, vilket är en pappersfilters remsa med en graderad mm-skala som hängs fast i deltagarens undre ögonlock, där den absorberar ögats tårar.Resultat: Det fanns ingen statistisk signifikant skillnad (p > 0,05) efter koffeinintag, men det fanns det efter vattenintag på höger öga där tårproduktionen minskning var statistiskt signifikant mellan första och sista mätningen (p = 0,011).Slutsats: Det fanns ingen statistisk signifikant skillnad (p > 0,05) efter koffeinintag.

My purpose of this study is to investigate whether elementary school is available for students with the disability of autism. If the school is just as accessible for students with autistic syndrome as for students with asperger syndrome, or if the school is marked by equal treatment. I think this is important to highlight since I think it´s a deficiency in the school's accessibility for certain students, and dilemmas occurs regarding students in need of support. In order to provide a validated result according to me, I decided to conduct interviews with a few employees and ask all of them the same questions. The interviews I conducted was performed anonymously.

What is it that makes an audience love a character? Through comparative analysis and anevolutionary perspective, I have examined the relationship between the viewer ? the human ?and three popular characters: Shakespeare?s Bottom and Puck from A Midsummer Night?sDream and Dag-Otto Flink, the most popular character from Vallarnas friluftsteater inFalkenberg, Sweden. In what way do they attract us? Why do they attract us? The aim of thecomparative analysis between the characters was to reveal enough similarities for defining allthree as the same character type: the fool. One of the most important similarities for theevolutionary discussion was that especially Dag-Otto and Bottom are consistently themselves.Furthermore, the Darwinian perspective, especially with theories of Daniel Nettle, indicatesthat there are several factors that come into play for successive fiction.

Svenska elever deltar emellanåt i nationella och internationella undersökningar där deras naturvetenskapliga kunskaper testas. På vissa frågor i dessa undersökningar har svenska elever fått ett dåligt resultat, få elever gav ett naturvetenskapligt korrekt svar. Syftet med denna studie är att få en bättre förståelse för hur elever resonerar och handlar i en testsituation. Syftet är även att få en uppfattning om hur valet av testmetod och elevers begreppsförståelse påverkar deras prestationer i naturvetenskapliga test. Genom att, utifrån ett sociokulturellt perspektiv på lärande, samtala med elever har jag försökt se hur de resonerade kring naturvetenskapliga frågor.

Purpose: The purposes of the current study were to investigate whether there were any differences in the perceptual ability between professional and non-professional ice-hockey players and whether professional players are better at distinguishing, paying attention to and concentrating on what is important during intense physical activity. Method: Twenty male ice-hockey players (10 from both the Swedish first and third divisions) participated in the study. Wingate test were used for physiological measurements while three psychological tests were presented in front of the participants. Stroop, Flanker and Fast counting tests were used to measure perceptual and coping abilities during intense physical activity and the differences between the two groups. Results: Fast counting and Flanker word 2 tests showed a significant difference between the two groups, whereby the professional groups was faster and more accurate than the non-professional group in answering.

Studien beskriver rangordningar utefter individers personliga preferenser. Syftet är att jämföra kommunens fördelning av bidrag till de utvalda evenemangen Örebro kommun erbjuder. Denna fördelning ska jämföras mot den rangordning gjorda av de utvalda intressegrupperna gällande evenemangen. En inbördes jämförelse mellan intressegrupperna angående individernas personliga preferenser och rangordning samt en inbördes jämförelse mellan könen kommer även att göras. Dessa jämförelser sker med hjälp av ?2-test.

Att kunna mäta ordförståelse är viktigt både inom forskning och kliniska sammanhang. Föreliggande uppsats har tre syften. Det första syftet är att studera de psykometriska egenskaperna hos två nyutprovade parallella test för ordförståelse, Ordprovet A och B, hos äldre vuxna. Uppsatsens andra syfte är att undersöka åldersskillnader i ordförståelse. Det tredje syftet är att undersöka om sambandet mellan kognitiva förmågor ökar som funktion av ökad ålder.

Man's life has changed in many ways since technology made it?s entry for public at large. In response to this change the science of human-machine interaction was invented. It has in turn evolved into human-computer interaction. With this science the focus is on the customization of the system for the actual person who will use it.The thesis has been implemented in a telecom company's development department.