For the past decades, culture has been given a role as a factor for local and regional development. But what is meant by development and in what ways culture can be of importance in this aspect can be unclear. This thesis examines the perception of the role for local and regional development of one specific cultural place and network ? the cultural cooperative Not Quite in Fengersfors, Sweden. I study the way the role as developer is expressed and interpreted in the discourse of the cultural workers who are members of the network and in the discourse of public cultural policy in the region Västra Götaland and in Åmål municipality.

Chronic illness is associated with conditions that may result in psychological ill-health in the adolescence. Consequently there is a need for development of preventive psychosocial support interventions for this target group. The objective was to develop, implement, and evaluate the effect of supportive intervention group program for teenagers suffering from chronic illness - aiming at increasing quality of life and supporting mental and physical health. Method: Six different intervention groups were conducted between 2007 and 2011, age 13?17.

Titel: Individuellt pensionssparande - Där förväntad avkastning inte kan förutspås Datum för seminarium: 1:a februari 2007 Ämne/Kurs. Finansiell ekonomi, kandidatuppsats 10p Författare: Charlotte Engqvist och Carolin Hellström Handledare: Hossein Asgharian, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan Lund Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka värdeutvecklingen hos ett antal portföljer som ärkonstruerade enligt bankernas rekommendationer för det individuella pensionssparandet. Vikten läggs på att med Value at Risk ta reda på ett möjligt sämsta utfall som är ett resultat av placering i olika risknivåer. Metod: Vi har för var och en av de tre utvalda bankerna utfört en simulering baserad utifrånderas rekommendationer. Hänsyn har tagits till individers olika riskbenägenhet samt en begränsad tidshorisont.

Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years in China. Written documents concerning veterinary acupuncture has been found dated around 650 B.C. Acupuncture has gained greater acceptance in the western world the last decades and many countries have established their own veterinary acupuncture organizations. Many studies report good results after acupuncture treatment and back pain in horses is considered a good indication for acupuncture treatment. In studies published, the results are subjectively evaluated. To get a qualitative, scientific evaluation of acupuncture treatment, objective measurements, control groups and statistical analysis are needed. This pilot study presents a case where acupuncture has been used for treatment in a horse that was diagnosed with back pain.

The intention with this study is to investigate how schools are affected by state and municipal documents when they organize the education for children with special needs. The study is based on following questions.How do decisions on state and municipal level of politics affect the decisions that the principals make concerning organization, and do the school leaders think that the decisions are made on the right level of liability?What is the relationship between economic decisions and pedagogical decisions?What decides whether the schools have children with special needs integrated in their ordinary classes, or if they receive segregated remedial courses, and what are the views on an equivalent education?The study is conducted through interviews with principals of three schools, one politician on municipal level and one special education teacher. The interviews are linked to an historic background as well as current studies and discourses. The study shows that there are contradictions between state, municipality and school goals.

Titel: Marknadens effektivitet vid aktieprisfallet på ex-dagen.Nivå: Kandidatuppsats inom Nationalekonomi, vårterminen 2007Författare: Alexander Lemland och Oskar SinhaHandledare: Hossein AsgharianSyfte: Syftet är att undersöka aktieprisbeteendet på ex-dagen för att se om det förekommer en signifikant skillnad mellan prisfallet och storleken på utdelningen. Det är också att se vad aktieprisbeteendet på ex-dagen kan säga om utvecklingen av marknadens effektivitet.Frågeställning: Går det att finna en signifikant skillnad mellan prisfallet på ex-dagen och storleken på utdelningen efter justering för indexrörelser? Vad kan man utifrån aktieprisets beteende på ex-dagen säga om utvecklingen av marknadens effektivitet?Tillvägagångssätt: Vi har använt oss av en kvantitativ datainsamling och gjort hypotesprövningar för att kunna dra slutsatser. Materialet är hämtat från databaserna Datastream och Ecowin.Slutsatser: Det går att för vissa år finna en signifikant skillnad mellan aktieprisfallet och utdelningens storlek. Av de tolv år vi undersökt har det visat sig att det för fem år kan sägas att prisfallet varit signifikant lägre än utdelningsbeloppet.

SYFTE: Huvudsyftet med denna studie är att undersöka om det är möjligt att utnyttja marknadens osäkerhet inför kvartalsrapporter. METOD: Metodmässigt bygger vår studie på sekundärdata, med fokus på Ericssons historiska slutkurser på aktier och optioner. Vi har prognostiserat den implicita volatiliteten inför kvartalsrapporter för att sedan utforma lämpliga deltaneutrala optionsstrategier som vi testar på nästkommande år. TEORI: Vi utgår från tidigare studier om att den implicita volatiliteten stiger inför kvartalsrapporter vilket vi vill testa. Dessutom testas teorin om svag marknadseffektivitet.

Sammanfattning Hur utvecklas kursen vid en nyintroduktion i jämförelse med Affärsvärldens generalindex (AFGX)? Uppsatsen redovisar utvecklingen för 57 aktier vid introduktionsdagen, efter en dag, en vecka en månad, tre månader och ett år. Slutsatsen är att det finns skillnader, de är signifikanta efter en dag och efter ett år. Efter en dag har kursen i genomsnitt gått ner ett antal procentenheter och för AFGX var motsvarande genomsnitt svagt positivt. Efter ett år är skillnaden mycket stor med 94 % i avkastning för nyintroducerade aktier och 13,1 % i avkastning för AFGX.

Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka storbankernas etiska fonder. Samtliga fonder jämfördes med varandra och med marknaden för att undersöka hur dessa har presterat i avseende på risk och avkastning. Uppsatsen syftar även till att vägleda bland storbankernas etiska fonder, d.v.s. kunna erbjuda läsaren en bild av vilka fonder som kan vara intressanta ur ett placeringsperspektiv. Studien är av kvantitativ karaktär och utfördes med hjälp av fonddata inhämtad från respektive storbank.

Since the introduction of the European citizenship in the Maastricht treaty, social rights havetaken a back seat to the economic and political elements. Nevertheless, over the past yearssocial issues have been increasingly included on the agenda following the universalrecognition of challenges resulting from further economic integration and demographicchange. The extensive research on European social policy so far tend to focus on initiativesput forward by the European Commission, and offers little to explain the multitude of lines ofreasoning on how far EU social policy should be taken or why it still remains one of the leastdeveloped policy areas. By examining plenary debates in the European Parliament concerningfamily policy, this Bachelor thesis aims to describe the complex of problems connected to afurther development of the social dimension of the European citizenship.The analysis finds that the most imminent problems impeding an expansion of the EU familypolicy lie not only in the many clashes of opinions between advocates of the various existingwelfare models, but also in the conflicts of interests and the different levels of ambitionbetween EU institutions - most notably the Commission and the European Parliament..

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.

The background to this final thesis is that our mandator, A-hus, was interested to examine which roof system that would be most appropriate to their types of houses. To investigate this, we first conducted an evaluation of the most commonly used roof systems in Sweden today: decking, board, roof cloth and prefabricated roof cassettes.To gather information about the different systems we have conducted interviews with several professionals within the construction industry, done an extensive literature study, and gathered information from the Internet.Based on the evaluation of roof systems and the literature, we analyzed advantages and disadvantages of the roof systems from three main perspectives: system characteristics, economics and other characteristics. We found these perspectives to be the most relevant when selecting a roof system.The main perspectives comprise three categories which are graded. These grades are then added together for a score for each main perspective and a total score for the three main perspectives. Then we compared the systems and, based on the scores, suggested one roof system as the most suitable for A-hus.Our result suggests that the prefabricated roof cassettes probably is the best solution for A-hus, but only if it is possible to standardize the cassettes and still maintain the flexibility to match A-hus? house types.

Neighbourhood offices were established in the municipal of Lund by a decision in the municipal council 1999. During following years four offices opened in the surrounding villages; Veberöd, Genarp, Södra Sandby and Dalby. By using a goal oriented model and making interviews I study whether the offices reaches the goals of more effective service, developed IT-support, a stronger local democracy and a better feeling for service. The offices has improved the information to the citizens and efforts have been made to strengthen the local democracy but more complex matters can not be handled at the offices today, which is a disappointment for many involved.To explain the result of the evaluation I use Vedungs ?A general theory of public efforts result?.

This thesis analyzes the effects of export subsidies on Swedish cereal export. The analyzes are based on data on cereal export from Sweden to countries outside the EU from 1990 to 2003. In 1995 Sweden became a member of the European Union. Before the membership, the Swedish agricultural policy was decoupled in a larger sense than the European CAP was, which means that the Swedish producers had decreased their production more than the European farmers. When Sweden became a member of the EU the production started to increase again to an EU level.

This paper is part of the research programme ViSuCity, a programme with the goal of creating more sustainable urban planning through the development of better visual tools, which ultimately means better communication between various parties of public planning. The paper concerns the implementation of MCE into a 3D program for visualization. Multi criteria evaluation (MCE) is a technique that has been developed during the last 20 years. It merges GIS with AHP, forming a decision making tool for localization of, for example, new buildings.The result is an automated tool that enables advanced analysis of geographic areas.The tool has a very high potential due to the completely automated MCE and it is adapted for people without a technical background, let alone formal training in MCE. It provides great opportunities to test different scenarios, something that should be an important advantage.