This study examines the players experience, environments and objects in the videogame World of Warcraft. The purpose of this study is to get more knowledge about the players experience in the game with the focus on factors contributing to some form of immersion or/and presence. The data for this study were gathered using interviews as method and then analyzed with relevant literature in the chosen field. A game content analysis and a group of questions are tested with the results of the study which is presented at the end in with an analytic discussion. .

The aim of this essay is to describe and analyse the legal complications that arise in connection with preliminary investigations involving several juvenile offenders, where all suspected persons have not attained the age of criminal liability. It is also intended to give a broad analysis of the concept preliminary investigation, with particular emphasis on juvenile offenders. It further analyses the legislation and legal complications on the basis of a rule of law perspective. The method previously used is court dogmatic, where in front law text, preparatory work, case law and legal doctrine have been used in order to present the existing sources relating to the subject matter of discussion. The criminal investigative bodies consider juvenile offenders are regulated under the Swedish RB 23 - 28 chapters, FUK and LUL.

In this essay I have described ecocriticism as a theory with several different subfields that are inspired by a cross-disciplinary approach, such as green culture studies, ecofeminism, and postcolonial ecocriticism. After a short summary of the background of ecocritical studies I analyze the various subfields, take a closer look at their contents and present various examples of ecocritical thinking. A presentation of the commonly used concepts within the discipline and some reflections on these is followed by my final discussion, where I state that even though ecocriticism is a relatively new theory and the concept doesn?t have a clear definition as yet, it is in my view a useful tool for analysis and can with time make valuable contributions to literary studies, not least by introducing a number of new perspectives..

Talar du LunarStormska? är en sociolingvistisk C-uppsats av Alexandra Ohlén vid Karlstads universitets lärarprogram med inriktning gymnasiet, höstterminen 2004.Uppsatsen beskriver Internet-fenomenet chattande och dess historiska bakgrund, identifierar och definierar olika typer av chattande och beskriver de forum för chattande som är populära bland svenska ungdomar år 2004. Mot bakgrund av de farhågor som i många sammanhang framkommit om att användande av Internet och chattande kan påverka ungdomars skriftspråk negativt diskuteras chattspråket ur ett lingvistiskt perspektiv.Med hjälp av en enkätundersökning genomförd i en gymnasieskola under hösten 2004 och en tidigare enkät med delvis samma innehåll från 2002 beskrivs ungdomarnas chattvanor med hänseende till omfattning, syfte etc. Genom att jämföra elevernas resultat vid de senaste nationella proven i svenska med den tid de uppger sig lägga ner på chattande undersöks huruvida chattande påverkar elevernas förmåga att hantera svenska språket..

Uppsatsen bygger på en kvalitativ intervjustudie av fyra skolledare med gemensamt ansvar för verksamhet från förskola till årskurs nio. Syftet med undersökningen är att låta några skolledare i en teamorganisation beskriva sin verksamhet ur några olika perspektiv. Resultaten har ställts mot samhällsvetenskapliga teorier kring reciproka utvecklingsmiljöer och en teori om skola som organisation och institution. Resultatet pekar på hur omvärldsfaktorer i kombination med entreprenöriell förmåga skapat ett frirum för gemensamma arbetsformer i ett ledningsteam för skola och förskola. I teamledarrollen kombineras juridiska aspekter på rektorsuppdraget med en mer systemorienterad syn på ledarskap för utveckling av verksamheten.

BACKGROUND Until 1988, it was forbidden to neuter male dogs in Sweden without a veterinary medical cause, so there is clearly no long tradition of this procedure in healthy dogs. According to the website of The Swedish Kennel Club (SKK), February 11, 2011, there has been an increase of castrated male dogs in Sweden. They see this increase as worrying, especially in cases of the less common breeds, where it is most important to maintain the gene pool. The SKK expresses concern that castration is used as a tool to influence the personality of dogs, instead of training and education of the dog. They write that castration should be preceded by a discussion initiated by the veterinarian, where the pros and cons of castration are weighed against each other.

The purpose of this study was to examine whether the success of theconcept of empowerment in the field of social science can be explained by referring to it as the new paradigm replacing the former paternalistic era. Therefore, I investigate if the character of its history, domicile and practice has the same distinguishing features as the scientific progress. The analysis is based on Thomas Kuhn's definition of a scientific paradigm through the concepts of consensus, crisis and revolution. I also look for alternative ways to explain the sudden appearance of empowerment at the world agenda. Due to the lack of a uniform definition of the concept and the absence of common approaches in the stimulation of empowerment it's difficult to argue that the situation is marked by consensus.

This study shows how boys and girls play has changed during the 20th century. The purpose is to make people aware of the change that has happened. In the background I show what the literature says about gender and play, before and now.To get a result I?ve interviewed two older persons and four children. These interviews has been compared to see similarities and differences.I discovered that today?s play revolves mostly around toys.

The purpose of this master's thesis is to examine children's communication and interaction during story time at the public library. The aim is also to examine how to develop the story time ? in terms of participation and equality ? at a specific library.Action research was used as a research strategy and participant observation, log, tutoring and interviews as methods to collect data. Since action research is done on the basis of practice, a significant collaboration with the librarian and the participant children is taking place within this study.Research from the fields of Library and Information Science, Education and Childhood Sociology form the interdisciplinary research area to which this study links. The theoretical framework consists of theory and concepts from the Socio-cultural Perspective, Poststrucuralist Feminism and Childhood Sociology.

The food prices in Finland and Sweden have been a subject for discussion for several years back in time. From the opponents against further European integration one have often heard that the EU and EMU entrance have made an negative impact on the food prices. This study show us that the impactof the entrances was extensive in the short run but rather finite and insignificant in the long run.Other important factors that describe why food prices fluctuate is also discussed. The mainconclusion is that other factors than the EU and EMU entrance should be seen as more likely whenit comes to the development of food prices. The essay is principally based on quantitative statistics of food prices, analysed in the light of economic theory..

Background: Isolation care may be necessary when a patient is carrying infection or is being inflicted with disease that causes deficit immune system. Being isolated means that the patient is in a confined space and may stay only there. Even in ancient times, people discovered the importance of isolating people carrying an infection from the rest of society. According to the Infectious Diseases Act, patients should be isolated in order to reduce the spread of infection both from the patient to the surroundings as well as the opposite. Isolation care can be psychologically stressful for some patients.

I denna uppsats avser jag redogöra för hur min undersökning kring lekens inverkan på för-skolebarns identitetsskapande gick till och vad den gav för resultat. De frågeställningar jag använt mig av under studiens gång har varit följande: kan och i sådana fall hur, lek kan inverka på barns identitetsskapade? I vilka leksammanhang kan barns identitetsskapande gynnas? Hur arbetar pedagogerna vid förskolan för barns identitetsskapande i lek? Som metod för att genomföra arbetet har jag utfört observationer där jag med hjälp av en observationsmanual fört anteckningar om barnens lekar. Dessa har jag sedan tolkat med hjälp av olika teoretiska perspektiv och reflekterat kring hur barnens identitetsskapande gynnades i den aktuella leksituationen. Resultatet har visat att barns lek innehåller ett mångfacetterat utbud av identitetsskapan-de komponenter och att leken verkar som ett forum där detta kan utvecklas.

Uppsatsens analysområde är uppkomsten av regional integration och prägeln på samarbetet inom den Afrikanska unionen. På en kontinent som ofta betraktas av omvärlden som ett hjälplöst problemområde har unionen uppstått som ett forum för samarbete och enighet. Kontexten ur vilken Afrikanska unionen uppkom skiljer sig från tidigare afrikanska samarbeten. Med hjälp av integrationsteorin neofunktionalism och systemteorin neorealism undersöks, utifrån sex hypoteser, faktorer som har bidragit till unionens existens och vad den präglas av idag. Fokus ligger på unionen i sig och inte på teorierna.

This study intends to analyze and compare the core litterature outlined in two specially selected teacher training establishments. The purpose of the investigation is to examine what specific perspectives they focus upon and the competences they require for teachers of tomorrow.The result shows that there are certain differences in perspective when varying the point of focus, but there are also common elements inte the core litterature between the two establishments. This analysis will provide a base for discussion on how the differences may be a result of the environment where the colleges of higher learning are situated and also on the individual needs in the surrounding area when they were first established..

In Scandinavia today many old harbour areas are developed into residential and commercial areas. For example are both Helsingborg city and Malmoe city in south Sweden planning to restructure some of their harbour areas to accommodate shops, schools, offices, residences et cetera. In Copenhagen in Denmark new plans for Nordhavn is also underway. In almost every plan proposal to redevelope an old harbour area the harbour activities are set a side to give room for new development. In Reykjavik, however, this has not been the case.