This paper presents a study of the attitudes and values related to gender young people have. Five people, four women and one male, all about eighteen years old, were interviewed about their attitudes and values related to gender.Although the study is relatively small, the results are compatible with other published studies and indicate that young people, without consideration to their sex, has a very traditional view on gender. The study also indicates that the attitudes seem to be established very early in life. Probably the most important factor to determine the attitudes and values of the child is the parent's opinions. The result show that the interviewed persons did not think their attitudes and values towards gender where influenced by media, TV etc...

 Forskning från England, Wales och USA visar att antalet äldre intagna inom kriminalvården i de aktuella länderna har ökat under det senaste decenniet. I forskningen visas att det kan uppstå problem när äldre personer med speciella behov placeras i ett fängelse. Kriminalvårdens statistik 2007 påvisar att det även skett en ökning av äldre intagna i de svenska fängelserna. Dock finns det ingen forskning om hur det påverkar anstalterna. Syftet med denna studie är att belysa hur personal på några utav Sveriges anstalter uppfattar och ser på situationen med äldre intagna med specifika behov som placeras i anstalt.

Intresset för bioenergi bara ökar. 2008 var den totala energianvändningen i Sverige 497 terawatt timmar (TWh), varav 125 TWh (25 %) kom från biobränslen (Elofson, 2009). Under de sista åren har utbudet av och intresset för biobränslen ökat och också möjligheterna att tillvarata och använda dem. Arbetet har som syfte att: 1) Presentera resultaten i Sverige från användare av C16, 2) Presentera resultaten för olika användningsområden, 3) Beskriva marknaderna i England, 4) Presentera resultaten gällande maskinkostnader och tidsstudie. Detta visar en bild av C16 och de kunskaper och erfarenheter som finns av aggregatet. Maskintillverkaren Bracke Forest som etablerades 1922 och har flera produkter anpassade för aktiviteter i skogen. Företaget investerar mycket pengar på forskning och produktutveckling. Skogsvårds och bioenergiaggregatet, C16, används idag till många olika arbetsuppgifter och i många olika länder.

The purpose of this paper is to make an analysis of the urban Roman water system. I have chosen to work with the system as a general field, not as a case study of a single town. In my opinion such a study would not give a proper and fair view of the subject. Therefore, this paper will discuss the different parts of the system, each one for itself and name examples wherever possible, to give a wide survey of the reality of the Roman water supply system. The aim is to give the reader a clear picture of different solutions used in the time of the early Roman Empire and a good understanding of the subject..

This thesis examines the everyday resistance, and its interaction with cultural hybridity, of the Saami population in the administrative unit of Torne lappmark during the period 1639?1732. To do this, the thesis uses theoretical concept of everday resistance as it has been described by JamesC. Scott and the theories of cultural hybridity as they have been described by Peter Burke. Primary source material used in this thesis consists of the court records from Torne lappmark, specifically from the courts at Jukkasjärvi and Enontekis.The results of this thesis present a picture of the everyday resistance in early modern Torne lappmark.

This essay examines the using of consensus method for decision making within the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the process that led to the decision to adopt its usage. The main question of my essay is why the method was introduced to the WCC and what motives lay behind its introduction. Other questions are how the consensus method works; both in theory and in practice, and what the predecessors and prototypes for the method are.The consensus method belongs to a broad Christian tradition of spiritual discernment and spiritual decision making. The New Testament, in particular Acts, gives examples of decision making in the early church which show that discerning God's will was considered essential. However the most influential model for the consensus method have been the decision making process of the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, and also the consensus model of the Uniting Church in Australia.

This thesis investigates the possibilities offered to a working landscape architect by anincreased and altered use of digital 3D environments. A basic assumption is that increased useof digital three-dimensional environments promotes the creative processes and presentationoptions of landscape architects.The thesis is based on literature studies and communication with working landscapearchitects, and includes an investigation of the visualization methods available in the Blender3D modelling software. The thesis provides a thorough survey of what it means to model inthree dimensions, as well as of what modelling methods are feasible for a landscape architectto use. As landscape architects, we work with human and unique processes, and thus it isdifficult to develop standardized and automatic software for our profession. One possiblesolution is to turn to open source development, where software and models are shared andanyone can contribute.

This thesis examines Swedish composers' modes of work and production within the Swedish film industry. It starts off with a historical overview treating live music in early silent film, the conversion to sound and the Swedish production climate until present time. The analysis consists of contemporary empirical studies; interviews with people writing music for film, TV and commercials. The musician's perspective is in focus but directors and other film workers are heard as well. The situation for female composers in a male-dominated industry is also discussed.

I takt med klimatförändringarna ökar riskerna för översvämningar. En översvämning kan generera enorma skador och ekonomiska förluster för hushållen och samhällen. Ett resultat av det översvämningsdirektiv som togs fram av Europeiska kommissionen år 2007 är att det idag pågår ett aktivt arbete i många europeiska länder för att kartlägga riskdrabbande områden och öka informationen kring skyddsåtgärder, för att minska skadorna vid en eventuell översvämning. En försäkring kan till stor del täcka den ekonomiska förlusten som en översvämning kan innebära och på så vis skapa en trygghet hos försäkringstagarna. Detta arbete undersöker hur den samhällsekonomiska förlusten kan minska genom att minimera skadorna av en översvämning.

AbstractThe purpose of the study was to examine if manual signs used as support to spoken and written language can be a god mnemonic for learning of word-pictures. I performed my study as an experiment in which I made a Memory game with word-pictures. I played the game with the children twice. The first time, we played without manual signs and the second time I used sign as a support. I observed the children and noted the words they learned to read with and without the support of manual signs.

Övervikt och fetma är ett ökande problem runtom i samhället, något som visat sig genom ökade kostnader för överviktsrelaterade sjukdomar och sjukskrivingar. Syftet med studien var att genom en litteraturstudie undersöka hur en arbetsplats miljö skall vara för att främja de anställdas hälsa avseende övervikt, fetma, motion och kost. Metoden som användes var en litteraturstudie och datainsamling gjordes genom sökning av vetenskapliga artiklar på databaserna Academic Search Elite samt Highwire Press. Resultat som framkom var att arbetsplatser har goda förutsättningar för att främja den fysiska hälsan för sina anställda. Interventioner som har gjorts har fått goda genomslag och förbättrat både den fysiska aktiviteten samt förbättrat kosthållningen hos sina anställda.

My thesis is a combination of theory and practice, where theory is meant to create a context and a background for my interpretation proposal. I wanted to ?access? the ideas that are always in the background of the reasoning which underlies both planning in a larger scale, and the design of a place. I wanted to make a ?work of ideas.? In the process of shaping the proposal, I wanted to be deleted from the site itself.

This thesis investigates the possibilities offered to a working landscape architect by anincreased and altered use of digital 3D environments. A basic assumption is that increased useof digital three-dimensional environments promotes the creative processes and presentationoptions of landscape architects.The thesis is based on literature studies and communication with working landscapearchitects, and includes an investigation of the visualization methods available in the Blender3D modelling software. The thesis provides a thorough survey of what it means to model inthree dimensions, as well as of what modelling methods are feasible for a landscape architectto use. As landscape architects, we work with human and unique processes, and thus it isdifficult to develop standardized and automatic software for our profession. One possiblesolution is to turn to open source development, where software and models are shared andanyone can contribute.

In today's producing companies, there is a high demand on early integrated productdevelopment. One way to facilitate communication between departments and collaborationbetween people and thereby enable early sharing of product information within the companyis to use PLM, Product Lifecycle Management.The CAD environment at Scania is at the moment being upgraded from Catia v4 to Catiav5. In this stage it is important that also the interacting computer systems in Scania?s PLMenvironment are adjusted and in the future join the development. Scania has an idea of howthese systems will be developed as the transition from Catia v4 to Catia v5 is being carriedout.

Oilseed rape is an important crop in Sweden and is grown on about 90000 ha today. The interest in oil seed pro-duction is increasing because of growing demand and high prices for oil seed both in Sweden and Europe. However, an increased intensity in the oil seed production can bring higher risk of yield losses due to fungal diseases. The purpose of this study was to investigate what different fungi are associated with oilseed rape under field conditions and if their incidence is correlated to crop establishment problems. This study was carried out in three parts: 1) investigations on fungal community structure in roots and rhizosphere soils from young spring- and winter rape plants sampled in failed respectively good establishment patches in four fields, 2) investigations on the pathogenicity of fungi isolated from oilseed rape in controlled environment and 3) investigations on the effect of different fungicide seed treatments on germination and early plant development in a field soil naturally infested with damping off- and Verticillium wilt pathogens. The studies on community structure using a combined approach of standard fungal isolation techniques and DNA based methods revealed a high fungal diversity in three out of four studied fields of spring rape and winter rape. For some unknown reason, very few fungal species were identified from the fourth field.