A large amount of our time is spent indoors in an artificial climate. To make the experience pleasant there are requirements on the ventilation and the heating system. At the present time the most common form of heating is a radiator system complemented with a ventilation system. A ceiling heating system with combined heating and ventilation can replace the two separated systems. The benefit with a ceiling heating solution is that it saves space since the radiator system is no longer needed.

Dilaterad kardiomyopati (DCM) är en allvarlig hjärtsjukdom som drabbar flera hundraser, men är vanligast bland de stora raserna. Sjukdomen drabbar hjärtmuskulaturen varpå hjärtats kontraktionsförmåga försämras. Detta leder på sikt till volymsöverbelastning, dilatation av hjärtats hålrum och kliniska tecken på hjärtsvikt. DCM är en viktig dödsorsak hos grand danois och den höga prevalensen tyder på att det finns en genetisk faktor bakom utvecklandet av sjukdom. Resultat från flera studier där ärftligheten studerats, tyder på en autosomal dominant nedärvning, men även x-bunden recessiv nedärvning har föreslagits. Syftet med denna studie var att, utifrån en studiepopulation bestående av renrasiga grand danois hemmahörande i Sverige och Norge, undersöka de vanligaste dödsorsakerna, och om det fanns någon signifikant skillnad i medeldödsålder mellan hundar som dött i DCM och hundar som dött av övriga orsaker.

The purpose of this examination is to investigate how Judisk Krönika, a periodical which was introduced in 1932 with the aim of disseminating Jewish culture and tradition in Sweden, uses history to make comments about its role in contemporary history, specifically during the first two years of the First Intifada. A second purpose was to examine how this use of history differed from results shown in earlier studies comprising the 1960s and the 2000s. The method in use is qualitative; the source material has been read thoroughly and scrutinized in search of the authors open and hidden messages and intentions. The main finding shows that four major themes could be identified: anti-Semitism(anti-Zionism); memory; ethnonational and media. The most dominant theme during the 1980s, as opposed to the 1960s and the 2000s focus on Zionism and Jewish culture respectively, is memory, that could be described as hegemonic and as a part of a existential use of history, which aims for survival and preservation of the Jewish culture in times of conflict..

This report is presenting an approach that can be used to measure water surfaces in difficult conditions caused by dense vegetation and lack of nearby known points. The objective was to make a contribution to necessary measures for adaptation against floods in Grums Municipality along the stream Karlbergsån, which may occur when persistent rain raises the level of the stream. Along the river there are low-lying areas prone to flooding. According to Grums Municipality, the stream may widen where the water level differences are large, to create a better flow path and to counteract flooding. Grums Municipality was also interested in survey stormwater discharges which may affect the water level in the stream.

This report is part of a Bachelor?s degree corresponding to 15 creditsat the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. The work hasbeen carried out by Max Wikander, author of the report, supervisedby Lanie Gutierrez-Farewik and Erik Dijkstra.Gait analysis includes measurement, characterization and assessmentof human movement and is used to assess kinematic or otherabnormalities during gait. Center of rotation and the axis of rotationof a joint are fundamental parameters in motion analysis. However,the ability to create individualized analysis is limited by the lack ofaccuracy when these parameters are calculated.

This report is part of a Bachelor?s degree corresponding to 15 creditsat the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. The work hasbeen carried out by Max Wikander, author of the report, supervisedby Lanie Gutierrez-Farewik and Erik Dijkstra.Gait analysis includes measurement, characterization and assessmentof human movement and is used to assess kinematic or otherabnormalities during gait. Center of rotation and the axis of rotationof a joint are fundamental parameters in motion analysis. However,the ability to create individualized analysis is limited by the lack ofaccuracy when these parameters are calculated.

The aim of this study was to examine the existing discourse of assault in Aftonbladet from the years 2012 and 2013. We have studied news articles and analysed them by using discourse analysis as theory and method.The study shows that the portrayal of perpetrators and victims in assault cases tend to differ depending on gender. The women is portrayed as weak and part of a homogeneous group while the man is portrayed as dominant and offered a more individual role. The study also shows that the normative group is separated from the deviate groups in society. The analyze show that media, through this representation, maintains the normative power in society.

Dilaterad kardiomyopati (DCM) är en relativt vanlig och mycket allvarlig sjukdom hos hundrasen Newfoundland. Sjudomen kännetecknas av att hjärtats kontraktionsförmåga minskar vilket leder till symtom på hjärtsvikt. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om sjukdomen är ärftlig och, i så fall, sjukdomens arvsgång. Etthundrafemtio Newfoundlandhundar användes i studien vilka insamlats som en del av en molekylärgenetisk studie av DCM. Hundarna har genom olika metoder diagnostiserats med DCM (t ex ekokardiografi, histopatologi och kliniska symtom) och de som vid sju års ålder fortfarande var fria från symtom på DCM har betraktats som friska.

This review article presents the splicing process during messenger RNA maturation and how it is regulated by different Cis-regulatory RNA-sequence elements and splicing factors. A more detailed description of the process alternative splicing and its importance to the function of genes from the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana is also given. A single eukaryotic gene can by the process alternative splicing (AS) give rise to a number of functionally mature mRNA-molecules, which in turn encodes for structurally and/or functionally different proteins. During the course of evolution, the process alternative splicing has thus shown to be effective in increasing transcriptome and proteome diversity of most eukaryotic organisms. This suggests therefore that the dominant theory in molecular biology, a gene encodes for a protein, needs to be corrected.

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a highly used concept in contemporary organizations, especially in the recruitment process or education of employees and managers. The aim of this study was to examine the discursive production of the concept emotional intelligence and how it, linked to an organizational context, is expressed in web-based articles and course homepages. In total 11 texts related to emotional intelligence and organizational contexts were used as the object of study. A three-stage model was used as a method for analysis. The model included a content analysis, argument analysis and a deconstruction analysis in order to expose what was said about emotional intelligence and how it was said.

Stockholm a?r en mycket expansiv region med flera sto?rre infrastrukturella projekt plane- rade vilket kommer att medfo?ra arbeten i och vid berg. Utan no?dva?ndiga fo?runderso?kningar o?kar risken fo?r ras i samband med byggnationen och en fara fo?r framtida stabilitet fo?relig- ger. En ingenjo?rsgeologisk fo?runderso?kning da?r man kartla?gger strukturer i det pa?ta?nkta omra?det bo?r genomfo?ras och som beskriver de bergtekniska parametrar enligt Q- och RMR-systemen fo?r bergkvalitetsklassificering.

Denna uppsats är en stilistisk undersökning av Kerstin Ekmans roman Rövarna i Skuleskogen (1988) genomförd med hjälp av systemisk-funktionell lingvistik och dess analysmodeller. Uppsatsens fokus är tudelat: dels undersöks hur Ekman presenterar en bild av döden och hur den varieras, dels studeras hur Ekman använder dialogen för att förmedla att huvudkaraktären blir mer och mer mänsklig. Detta görs genom en transitivitetsanalys och en interpersonell analys. Uppsatsen visar att döden i Rövarna i Skuleskogen tidvis presenteras som ett fenomen med många mänskliga drag: han är av manligt kön, kan utföra fysiska handlingar och vara mentalt, men inte verbalt, aktiv. Det finns en korrelation mellan dödens frekvens, aktivitet och personifiering. I dialogen märks framför allt karaktärernas inbördes maktrelation tydligt, och resultaten visar att huvudkaraktären Skord tillåts vara mer dominant närmare slutet av romanen..

Denna uppsats är en stilistisk undersökning av Kerstin Ekmans roman Rövarna i Skuleskogen (1988) genomförd med hjälp av systemisk-funktionell lingvistik och dess analysmodeller. Uppsatsens fokus är tudelat: dels undersöks hur Ekman presenterar en bild av döden och hur den varieras, dels studeras hur Ekman använder dialogen för att förmedla att huvudkaraktären blir mer och mer mänsklig. Detta görs genom en transitivitetsanalys och en interpersonell analys. Uppsatsen visar att döden i Rövarna i Skuleskogen tidvis presenteras som ett fenomen med många mänskliga drag: han är av manligt kön, kan utföra fysiska handlingar och vara mentalt, men inte verbalt, aktiv. Det finns en korrelation mellan dödens frekvens, aktivitet och personifiering. I dialogen märks framför allt karaktärernas inbördes maktrelation tydligt, och resultaten visar att huvudkaraktären Skord tillåts vara mer dominant närmare slutet av romanen..

The thesis of this essay is that the concept of governance is a product of the neo-liberal dominant ideology and that the implementation of governance ideas will lead to a weaker nation-state. Using critical theory the essay constructs an ideal type of neo-liberalism and compares its core values with these of the governance concept as treated by the main literature in the area. The essay then focuses on the issue of the state, and discusses whether the changes leading to a demand for governance have actually weakened the state. Furthermore, the essay presents the practical use of the term governance in the EU and Sweden and problemizes the changes that the neo-liberal domination has led to in terms of power and democracy. Finally the essay discusses alternative views on the changing role of the state.

A common goal in practical forest management is to maximize the yield, measured in economical terms. When a forest stand is thinned a so called inoptimality loss can arise due to non-optimal decisions. This means that the selected management schedule results in a lower net present value than the optimal one which lowers the profitability for the forest owner. Holmen Skog uses the term tract which means an aggregation of stands made before a management action. A tract should be delineated in different tract parts in connection with pre-thinning planning if there is different bearing capacity within the tract, different thinning grades should be used or if the tract contains a weaker part that should not be thinned.