This report describes a project carried out in cooperation with Klippan Safety AB. The purpose of this project has been to develop a product that facilitates the living area in a truck cabin for the customers. To be able to develop, in a structured way, that kind of product, the project has been based on different product development theories. The project contained of following parts: marketing research, product generation, product evaluation and prototyping. After information from the marketing research and discussions with the company, the decision was made that the task was going to consist an improvement of the existing product referred to as 'the comfort module'.

Researchers today anticipate that in the near future, the majority of the owners of a smartphone will use it as a wallet, i.e. for contactless payment. The technology that enables contactless payment today is ?Near Field Communication? (NFC), which is increasingly embedded in smartphones. Applications like mobile payment between a phone and a terminal use NFC.

ABSTRACTBackground: After general anesthesia the cognitive ability is temporarily impaired. Cognitive recovery is necessary for the patient to be able to assimilate the information that she / he gets postoperatively. It also increases the patient safety. There are few methods to estimate and assess the patient's cognitive recovery before and after anesthesia. The purpose of this study is to test the usefulness of the instrument PQRS and to assess the patients cognitive recovery after anesthesia.

These days most companies conduct some form of work for the external environment, quality and safety. In connection with this work, some companies have chosen to get management systems certified by any applicable standard for one or more of the fields while other companies have chosen other ways that are not associated with certification.In light of the fact that the individual systems are becoming unmanageable an increasing number of these companies are faced with the decision whether to integrate and coordinate these different systems or not. In order to study the possibilities of a company?s system coordination an assessment of elements particularly interesting for the company was performed. The key elements and focuses in the evaluation were staff access to information, experiences from other companies and environmental work status for some of the organization's companies.

This thesis work has been performed at Volvo Aero Corporation in Trollhättan, at the department of ?hot structures? involving aircraft engine GP7000. The purpose with the study was to investigate the possibility to reduce size of the forging of flanges on the rear turbine frame when purchasing. Thereto examine the parameters that affect the flanges motion during the manufacturing process. The goal was to provide Volvo Aero with foundation to later bring in slimmed forgings.

Swedish Trotting association was formed in 1925. They are the ones who design the regulations concerning what is permissible and not permissible for the horse, driver and trainer, when they have a license at a Swedish racing track. The Veterinary department of Swedish Trotting association decides in consultation with representatives from veterinaries around the country what is allowed and not allowed, based proven experience, combined with the availability of scientific data and Veterinary Department's own assessment. After stricter regulations for good animal welfare from the Swedish government, Swedish Trotting association is going to work out a workable model for how new equipment can be tested in the future to see how the equipment affects the horse. In the future, all equipment will be objectively tested before approved. The purpose of this work was to develop a well-functioning model for this. The research-question for this work is: Is this study design a well-functioning model of how the equipment should be tested in the future? The equipment used for designing this model was bitless bridle with a bit.

Introduktion: Patientsäkerhet är viktig inom intensivvård och vårdpersonal behöver vara uppmärksamma och medvetna om detta. Klar och tydlig kommunikation samt ett välfungerande teamarbete kan motverka misstag och förbättra kvalitén på vården.Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva hur medicinsk simulering påverkar teamarbete på en intensivvårdsavdelning och därmed patientsäkerheten.Metod: Fokusgruppsintervjuer med semistrukturerade frågor genomfördes, deltagarna hade genomgått simuleringsövningar. Intervjuerna spelades in och transkriberades ordagrant. Deltagarna bestod av 4 sjuksköterskor samt 3 läkare, deltagarna intervjuades i grupper på två och två i varje yrkesgrupp var för sig, en läkare intervjuades enskilt. Analysen bestod av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys.Resultat: Tre temata framkom under analysen, Ökad medvetenhet, Kommunikation i teamet samt Teamet och dess roller tydliggörs.

Bakgrund: Hårskyddet är ett viktigt element för att kunna upprätthålla en aseptisk miljö vid en operation. Men dess betydelse verkar inte uppmärksammas tillräcklig noga och inga undersökningar gällande hårskyddet som barriärskydd, har författaren inte kunna få fram. Syftet: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka operationspersonalens motiv till val av hårskydd vid olika typer av operationer. Metod: En empirisk studie med kvantitativ ansats, strukturerade frågeformulär och deduktiva analysmetoder användes vid denna studie. Resultat: Studien visar att det som mest har påverkat deltagarna vid val av hårskydd, är komforten och närheten till operationssåret.

In today?s genetic evaluation of Swedish beef cattle, mainly traits that are directly related to productivity are measured. However, other traits, such as temperament and mature cow weight affect the economy of the farmer, as well as the welfare of the animals. This thesis evaluates possible ways of measuring new traits, with focus on temperament and mature weight of suckler cows. The goal is to examine the possible benefits of including these traits in the Swedish breeding scheme.

Brucellos är en zoonos med stor samhällspåverkan såväl ekonomiskt som socialt. Infektionen kan drabba majoriten av världens däggdjur och orsakar reproduktionsstörningar hos värddjuren medan de humana fallen karakteriseras av undulerande feber. Alla aborter i sen dräktighet skall betraktas som misstänkta fall av brucellos. Europeiska Unionen (EU) vill bekämpa sjukdomen helt och inriktar sig främst på Brucella abortus och Brucella melitensis men även till viss del Brucella suis då dessa anses höra samman med såväl de humana fallen som de största ekonomiska förlusterna. EU motiverar sina medlemsländer med finansiella bidrag till de nationella bekämpningsprogrammen.

AimThe aim of the study was to develop a method for the survey of play movement demands and temporal patterns in order to enable a descriptive study of the defensive players in American Football. The overall aim was to  improve the understanding of how American Football is played to create opportunities for enhancement of current or developing new training methods to better suit football.MethodFifty plays from a Division 3 college football game on video from 2005 was divided into sequences of action for one player each from the defensive line, linebackers and defensive backs and analyzed with the video analyzing software cSwing. Every players sequence of action was recorded in a spreadsheet and noted on a scaled football field where distances were measured and together with time stamps from cSwing velocity was calculated.ResultsUsing this method it was possible to describe the play movement demands and temporal patterns which was the main task of the study. The defensive end worked on an average 4.61 seconds per play, the distance was 12.4 meters and average speed 2.5 m×s-1. The linebacker worked on an average 4.35 s per play, 13.7 m and at a mean speed of 3.0 m×s-1.

Haemophilia is an inherited disease which causes increased bleeding due to defect clotting factors VIII and/or IX. There are two forms of haemophilia, A and B, which both are X-linked and due to mutations of the genes of factor VIII and factor IX respectively. This study focuses on Haemophilia A and thereby factor VIII.The drugs that are available on the Swedish market today for patients with haemophilia A include Factor VIII(FVIII), which has been purified from human plasma and recombinant factor VIII(rFVIII). The main goal of this study is to gain a better understanding of the effects of treatment of haemophilia A with either purified plasma factor VIII or recombinant factor VIII on reducing or preventing bleeding and on side effects.  The study was designed as a literature review and searches were carried out in PubMed at the Linnaeus University library.  The criteria for selection of articles were: patients with haemophilia, treatment with plasma derived and/or recombinant factor VIII as well as clinical studies.

Rapporten behandlar den designprocess som genomförts under utvecklingsarbetet av en flytväst ämnad för de aktiva sjöräddarna i Svenska sjöräddningssällskapet. Målet med projektet har varit att undersöka sjöräddarnas behov och sedan uppfylla dessa med en ny optimerad flytväst. Den ska innehålla funktioner som förenklar räddningsarbete utan att minska den enskildas säkerhet, den ska ha en identitetsstärkande och för målgruppen tilltalande funktion och design.Projektet syftar till att utveckla befintliga kompetenser inom produktutveckling och komplettera med kunskaper inom sjöräddning och textildesign. Initialt medverkade gruppen i sjöräddningskurser för ökad förståelse och möjlighet att studera fördelar och brister med dagens utrustning. Under arbetet genomfördes intervjuer för att ta del av målgruppens åsikter och önskemål.Omväxlande kreativa metoder tillsammans med kontinuerliga funktionstester hjälpte till att utveckla en väl genomarbetad och fungerande flytväst.

Oavsiktlig hypotermi är ett ämne som hamnat i skymundan i den hektiska intraoperativa fasen för anestesisjuksköterskan. Patientens nedkylning påbörjas redan vid de preoperativa förberedelserna. En salstemperatur under 22?C är den vanligaste orsaken till hypotermi hos patienterna och deras kroppstemperatur bör inte understiga 36,5?C. Förebyggande åtgärder som att använda värmefiltar, salstemperatur på 22?C-23?C, varma infusioner i blodvärmare, inte exponera mer hud än nödvändigt samt postoperativt använda sig av värmetak.

This is an essay about the political development of Iraq after the overthrow of the Baath regime by the coalition forces in 2003. Almost seven years later, the political scene is still characterised by chaos, even though the country entered a new phase with the adoption of democratic thinking and a new openness to the world. The unstable political situation is a product of inter-ethnic conflict and the interference by neighbouring countries. Iraq is up against two formidable tasks ? building democracy and building a nation.