This degree project investigates how elk, roe deer, red deer and fallow deer can affect an estate in Östergötland. The inventories performed within this project, were completed on an estate in Selesjö, northern Östergötland. This property is used to demonstrate wildlife management. The methods used in this study were originally developed for areas larger than individual properties. Three inventories were completed in the study. These included the recording of the number of droppings and the amount of eaten pasturage, as well as the level of damage on young trees.

Boplatsvallar, often translated as semi-subterranean settlements, is an ancient monument with a diffuse definition. Defined as ?embankments that partially or completely surround a often lowered/dug down surface- this category of ancient monuments is also made up of a former category which traditionally was interpreted as winter settlements from the late Stone age in Sweden. This view of the ancient monuments carried over, to a certain extent, to this new definition. Should this be the case, that this category of ancient monuments are remains of winter settlements,  used recurringly over an extended period of time, then they should exhibit similar signals in regards to the distribution of the anthropogenically altered soil chemical and soil physical properties at the sites.The area around Lillsjön, Anundsjö parish in Ångermanland, have four boplatsvallar located separately in the regional area.

An investigation of the heat impact of laser cutting on the material properties when producing tensile and impact test specimens of different steel types of varying thickness has been performed. The purpose of the thesis project was to provide recommendations regarding how much material that needs to be milled from the laser cut edge before tensile and impact tests. The study has been performed partly by investigating the test specimens by heat camera when the specimens were cut in the laser cutting line and partly by performing hardness tests, investigation by microscopy, and tolerance and roughness measurements and tensile tests of the laser cut material and material produced in the traditional multi operation machine. The results show that the heat affected zone in the thicker materials is greater than previously thought of, and that the currently used recommendation has to be adjusted. The study clearly shows that the thicker the material, the greater the heat affected zone, independently of the steel type, since the thicker material takes longer time to cut.

The paper examines how human inner properties and the interpretation of the external worldare explained and presented in Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998). Aspects as the relationship between the body and soul/consciousness, body snatching, memory transferences and dystopian cities are analyzed. The field of study is compared to a general science-fiction film perspective regarding the aspects. Dark City contains an alien race with a common mind, but who lacks soul and individuality. They represent what humanity can become if the scientific development goes too far.

This thesis describes new methods for automatic crack detection in pavements. Cracks in pavements can be used as an early indication for the need of reparation.Automatic crack detection is preferable compared to manual inventory; the repeatability can be better, the inventory can be done at a higher speed and can be done without interruption of the traffic.The automatic and semi-automatic crack detection systems that exist today use Image Analysis methods. There are today powerful methods available in the area of Computer Vision. These methods work in higher dimensions with greater complexity and generate measures of local signal properties, while Image Analyses methods for crack detection use morphological operations on binary images.Methods for digitalizing video data on VHS-cassettes and stitching images from nearby frames have been developed.Four methods for crack detection have been evaluated, and two of them have been used to form a crack detection and classification program implemented in the calculation program Matlab.One image set was used during the implementation and another image set was used for validation. The crack detection system did perform correct detection on 99.2 percent when analysing the images which were used during implementation.

This bachelor thesis covers fire protection methods of structural steel and the aim is to develop an information tool designed for inexperienced structural engineers. The information tool covers basic fire protection methods and the general way to produce a fire resistance for structural steel. The layout of this information tool is a simple folder that contains information about the most important steps when producing fire protection for a steel structure.The thesis starts with a general overview of the fire protection needed in buildings to fulfill national legislative and regulatory requirements. To get an understanding of how steel components behave during the influence of fire, a brief overview is presented of the material properties of steel. This chapter also contains a review of previous research in the area.

Steel is an excellent material to build with, but consideration must be given to the fact that unprotected steel corrodes, rusts, therefore, as a rule, the steel must be protected in some way. This can be done by reducing the tendency of the steel to corrode by using stainless steel or by treating the steel with a protection method. The two most common methods of protection are corrosion protection paint and zinc coating. To determine the method, the corrosive category must first be evaluated and this is done in accordance to EN ISO 12944-2:1998.Stainless steel is available in many varieties but only some of them have properties that make them suitable for use as construction steels. There are many factors to be considered in the design of stainless steel to prevent corrosion from occurring.

The aim of this essay is to examine three separate Swedish public libraries and their respective websites on the grounds of the usability sciences. I firstly had to summarize the main properties of the usability-field in order to gain an extended knowledge of its purposes and possible usage for today?s library systems. I was then able to apply the extended knowledge in the examination of the three library websites and the purpose of determining whether or not they were designed according to the standards set by the usability-sciences.Usability is a rather new science that deals with the dissection and examination of computer-based systems, in order to find the key components that make systems user-friendlier. With user needs being the main focus of its research, usability tries to meet all the different needs of the modern user and construct systems that are less system-centered and more user-centered.

Employer branding, eller arbetsgivarvarumärke som det heter på svenska, handlar om att rätt människor ska attraheras, rekryteras och vilja stanna kvar i ett företag. Ett starkt employer brand är något som har blivit allt viktigare för företagen i kampen om värdefulla andelar på marknaden.  Studier har visat att anställda som är engagerade och trivs på sitt arbete också presterar bättre, vilket leder till ökad produktion och lönsamhetsfördelar. Många företag är inte medvetna om eller uppdaterade vad gäller sitt arbetsgivarerbjudande, det vill säga den anledning som arbetsgivaren ger till nuvarande och potentiella anställda att arbeta för denne. Det kan vara svårt att fastställa vilka områden som behöver utvecklas i företaget och vilka målgrupper som bör prioriteras. Tillgängliga mätmetoder för att få klarhet gällande nuvarande employer brand saknas, vilket har bidragit till studiens syfte att skapa ett mätverktyg för att utvärdera ett företags arbetsgivarvarumärke gentemot nuvarande anställda.

Studiens syfte var att genom litteraturstudier underso?ka mo?rningsprocessen i no?tko?tt samt studera hur vakuummo?rning, ha?ngmo?rning samt mo?rning i Tublin mo?rningspa?se pa?verkar no?tko?ttets a?tkvalite?. Studien innefattar ocksa? intervjuer da?r syftet med dessa var att kartla?gga vilka mo?rningsmetoder som idag tilla?mpas hos svenska sma?skaliga slakterier/ styckningsanla?ggningar. Av det no?tko?tt som idag produceras i Sverige a?r variationen i kvalite? stor. Konsumenten kan da?rfo?r inte garanteras ett no?tko?tt med liknande egenskaper vid varje inko?pstillfa?lle, trots att ko?ttet kommer fra?n samma typ av styckningsdetalj.

Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka hur de största rikstäckande dags- och kvällstidningarna beskriver ungdomar. Exempel på diskussioner i offentligheten som beskriver ungdomsgrupper och tillskriver dem egenskaper återfinns genom hela det skrivna ordets historia. I min undersökningvill jag anknyta till tidigare forskning inom området genom att undersöka ett aktuellt material från 2008 och framåt. Detta för att sedan jämföra med forskning kring hur media beskrivit ungdomar under 1900-talet. Materialet består av ett antal texter som ursprungligen publicerats i kvällstidningar och dagstidningar.  Jag kommer att bearbeta materialet med hjälp av diskursanalys.

Generally prosody is described as the rhythmic, dynamic and melodic features of language. Prosody is further often described as suprasegmental, since its properties go beyond vowels and consonants, which are segmental characteristics of language. A relationship between prosody and music has been noticed and described for several decades. At present, there are several studies proving relationship between prosodic and musical abilities. The aim of the present study was to construct a test for prosodic non-linguistic perception and production regarding intonation and rhythm. The test was tried out on 16 children with typical language development aged 4;6-7;6 years. Before testing of ITAP each participant were asked about musical experience.

SammanfattningDet kan finnas miljö- och hälsofarliga ämnen i olika material och produkter som används vid om- och nybyggnationer. De kan finnas i till exempel betong, golvmaterial, isolering, lim och fog, plast, spackel, färg och lack. Kemikalieinspektionen har en PRIO- guide där utfasningsämnen, ämnen som har så allvarliga egenskaper att de inte bör användas och riskminskningsämnen, ämnen som ska ges särskild uppmärksamhet finns inlagda. Dessa typer av ämnen finns markerade i SundaHus databas där materialen får bedömningen A-D beroende på innehåll och egenskaper. Region Jämtland Härjedalen vill minska på dessa ämnen i sina lokaler.

Vi har tillsammans med företaget Becare gjort denna uppsats, med avsikten att utforma en lämplig strategi för deras internetnärvaro. Becare är ett nyetablerat företag som avser att införliva Internet i sin affärsmodell, bl a som relationsmarknadsförings-verktyg. Becare har också i grunden ett uttatlat allmänt relationsorineterat synsätt på marknadsföreingen. Vi menar att en genomtänkt Internetstrategi utgör grunden för att skapa förutsättningar för goda relationer och mervärde med aktuella intressenter.Becare har utvecklat och säljer produkter som med sina egenskaper är unika och är avsedda för ortopedisk värme- och kylterapi för smärtlindring och rehabilitering av muskelskador eller andra smärtsamma besvär i kroppen Enligt Becare finns det en väldigt stor marknadspotential hos segmentet reumatiker, som i stor utsträckning torde ha stor användning av flera utav Becares produkter på grund utav deras fysiologiska egenskaper och på grund av att det är cirka en miljon svenskar som har någon form av reumatisk sjukdom eller reumatiska symtom.Vi har intervjuat fem reumatiker, fem personer som arbetar inom reumatikerförbundet och två reumatologer. De har besvarat frågor som berör information, kommunikation, Internet, reumatismhjälpmedel m fl faktorer som berör reumatikerns livssituation och kommunikationsbehov.Den viktigaste slutsatsen i arbetet är att Internet, avseende aktuell bransch, i dagsläget utgör en relativt oexploaterad arena för att bygga relationer med just reumatiker.

The purpose of this study was to examine how small-scale private forest ownersmake decisions regarding pre-commercial thinning. In 2015 it is ten years agosince the storm Gudrun hit the southern parts of Sweden and now large areas arein need of pre-commercial thinning. This study is built upon qualitativeinterviews with seven small-scale private forest owners with forest properties inthe county Kronoberg. The respondents were chosen by the modelSKOGSÄGARPROFILENTM (forest owner profile).The results of the interviews showed that five categories: ownership, the stormGudrun´s impact, silviculture, forestry contacts and driving force was important.How will their purpose and aim affect the pre-commercial thinning? Personalinterests, and expectations of the next generation to take over, are purposes thisstudy has found.