Sahlgrenska Academyat University of GothenburgDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical NutritionAbstractTitle: BCAA supplementation in patients undergoing resection for liver cancerAuthor: Mikael Semaan and Viktor SjölingSupervisor: Fredrik BertzExaminer: Frode SlindeProgramme: Dietician study programme, 180/240 ECTSType of paper: Examination paper, 15 hpDate: April 10, 2013BackgroundLiver cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third largest to cause death. Protein-energy malnutrition is common in patients with liver disease and they often suffer from changes in the hepatic metabolism of nutrients and other substances. There is a basis for recommending BCAA supplementation in other certain liver diseases. Given the similar clinical picture of liver cancer surgery, it is possible that supplementation of BCAA can be beneficial for these patients as well.ObjectiveThe aim was to study the scientific basis for the effect of branched chain amino acid (BCAA) supplementation in liver cancer patients. Can it improve their recovery in terms of nutritional status and albumin levels, and does it changes the duration of hospital stay, after surgery?Search strategyFive extensive searches were performed on PubMed and Cochrane after appropriate study material.

Målet med arbetsterapeutens arbete är att möjliggöra utförandet av vardagliga aktiviteter. Arbetsterapeuternas arbetstid innefattar både patient- och icke-patientrelaterad tid. Den icke-patientrelaterade tiden är tid som upptar en stor del av arbetsterapeutens arbetstid men som inte syns. Denna studie bygger på en enkätstudie som avsåg att lyfta fram och tydliggöra arbetsterapeuternas patient- och icke-patientrelaterade tid. Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka vad arbetsterapeuten i primärvården gör på sin arbetstid när han/hon inte träffar patienter.

Att arbeta tillsammans inom vården benämns som att arbeta inom team. Teamet består vanligen av läkare, sjuksköterskor, sjukgymnaster och arbetsterapeuter. Arbetsterapeutens främsta ansvar är att öka delaktigheten hos patienten under rehabiliteringen. För att uppnå bästa resultat under rehabiliteringen krävs interventioner där gott samarbete mellan yrkesgrupperna är en förutsättning. Arbetsterapeutens professionella identitet är viktig gentemot andra yrkesgrupper inom vården, och förstärks genom att arbetsterapeuter följer gemensamma modeller och teorier.

The function of budgetary controls is to control the resource allocation within companies. It can also be an instrument for measure and control subordinates and/or business units? performance (Van der Stede 2001). This paper concerns the latter; when the budgetary control function is used to measure and control subordinates performance based on budget. Previous research in this area has not yet accomplished to explain the effects of tight budgetary control which Hartman (2000) considers as the main issue to be concerned about in management accounting research.Previous research has presented contradictory findings regarding tight budgetary control explained by positive effects as well as negative effects during the last decades.

Det här kandidatarbetet undersöker hur Physically based rendering kan påverkar en 3D-grafikers arbete. Målet är att skapa förståelse kring physically based rendering och hur denna tekniken kan komma att påverkar en 3D-grafikers arbete. För att undersöka problemområdet skapades en virtuell miljö i 3D med hjälp av physically based rendering. Arbetsupplevelsen jämfördes senare med det tidigare arbetssättet. Undersökningen beskriver tidigare arbetsätt och hur arbetet har ändrats med physically based rendering.

Our project is meant to produce a generic medicine for stomach ulcers and heartburns. As Astra Zeneca's patent on Nexium expires in the United states in 2012, our clients wants to take advantage of the market and with using the same active substance as Nexium contains we want to produce a new generic drug, that we named Bluezec..

Abstract______________________________________________________________________Title:A study about creating understanding for different kinds of empowermentLevel:Bachelors thesis in Business Administration, 15 creditsAuthor:Fredrik LegovicSupervisor:Tomas KällquistDate:2014 - JuneAim:The main purpose of this study is to increase the understanding for different kinds of empowerment and how it affects the staff in the public sector.Method:The choice of method was based on the research aim. The method used to meet the objective was qualitative. The qualitative study was conducted with a hermeneutic basis, where individuals were asked to describe their experience of empowerment and how they feel affected of it. This thesis has a deductive approach, where existing theories dealing empowerment formed the basis for the design of interview substrate, which is then paired with the empirical evidence, based on this the conclusions was drawn.Result & Conclusion:What separates the different kinds of empowerment and how it affect the staff depends most of all on how the management chooses to communicate and share information with their staff.Suggestions for future research:A study regarding managers that works with different kinds of empowerment, and how that affects them, could be regarded as an interesting future research.Contribution of thesis:It shows that different kinds of empowerment affect the staff in different ways, which I made clear to the readers.Keywords:empowerment, thinking skills, relations and organizational - structure and theory.

Problem discussion: Syncron experience a challenge in realizing the full market potential of its newly developed IT-based price management system, Global Price Management (GPM). The system has already been implemented and is currently running with success within the IT-structures of the first customer. The fact that the development of the system has been initiated by a customer, and thereby has left Syncron oblivious of the real underlying drivers and incentives for the development, is part of the problem. Understanding the customers? incentives for developing their pricing process thus reducing the application uncertainty is a good starting point.

Miljön är viktig för människans aktivitetsutförande och ett område där arbetsterapeuten kan göra nytta med sin specifika kunskap. Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka hur arbetsterapeuter inom kommunal verksamhet själva upplever sin psykosociala arbetsmiljö och om en eventuell förändring skulle påverka deras arbetsförmåga. Syftet var även att studera hur deras upplevda psykosociala arbetsmiljö påverkade deras arbetsförmåga enligt Karasek & Theorells krav- kontroll- stödmodell. För att besvara studiens syfte gjordes en enkätundersökning bland kommunanställda arbetsterapeuter där de fick besvara frågor som handlade om krav, kontroll och stöd. Resultatet visade att respondenterna upplevde en god psykosocial arbetsmiljö och efter det att resultatet analyserats enligt krav- kontroll- stöd modellen visade det att arbetsterapeuterna befann sig i den bästa kombinationen för att ha en bra arbetsförmåga.

This essay focuses on the theory of classical realism from two points of views. Realism is often told to be quite immoral and cynical and only interested in the power relations among nations. In the first part I am arguing that this picture is wrong and should be revised. By using the ethical theories of deontology and utilitarianism I am arguing that both these perspectives can be used to analyse classical realism. By defining a value that should be guiding one can assert that realism is a good moral theory.

Artros är en folksjukdom som kan påverka alla leder i kroppen. Artros i händerna är vanligast bland kvinnor. Enligt rådande forskning ger denna form av artros en stor inverkan på vardagliga aktiviteter, men det beskrivs inget om på vilket sätt det påverkar. Syftet med studien var således att belysa hur kvinnor med artros i händerna upplevde konsekvenser i vardagliga aktiviteter. Kvalitativ ansats användes och metoden var semistrukturerad intervju.

Allt fler i dagens samhälle drabbas av någon form av ätstörningar. Det finns olika teorier och faktorer som bidrar till att en person drabbas av en ätstörning. Det kan vara trycket från media/samhället, trycket från sig själv, en känsla av att behöva kontroll över sitt liv eller helt enkelt börja som en viljemässig bantning som sedan övergår i ätstörningar.Syftet med studien var att ta reda på hur personer med ätstörningar upplever arbetsterapibehandling.Det finns inte mycket dokumenterat om hur en arbetsterapeut arbetar med personer med ätstörningar och några utvärderingar om hur behandlingen fungerar är mycket svårt att hitta. För att kunna ta reda på personernas egna upplevelser användes en kvalitativ ansats med semistrukturerade intervjuer I studien framkom att det är långt ifrån alla personer, som behandlas för ätstörningar, som får hjälp av en arbetsterapeut. Deltagarna i studien fick olika sorters behandling för sin ätstörning och de fick bland annat använda sig av skapande aktiviteter med inriktning på bild, matgrupper och tidsdagböcker.Behandlingen hjälpte personerna att få en bättre dagstruktur samt att skingra tankarna från maten..

Purpose: The aim of this study is to inquire into the congruency of store image perceptions, projected by Ikea and Ilva, and how Danish and Swedish consumers perceive the aforementioned stores? images in their respective domestic market. Also, the aim sets out to evaluate the success of these stores? images on consumers and on transference to host markets. Further, the aim is to discern specific store image attributes captivating Swedish and Danish consumers.

The function of budgetary controls is to control the resource allocation within companies. It can also be an instrument for measure and control subordinates and/or business units? performance (Van der Stede 2001). This paper concerns the latter; when the budgetary control function is used to measure and control subordinates performance based on budget. Previous research in this area has not yet accomplished to explain the effects of tight budgetary control which Hartman (2000) considers as the main issue to be concerned about in management accounting research.Previous research has presented contradictory findings regarding tight budgetary control explained by positive effects as well as negative effects during the last decades.

Abstract______________________________________________________________________Title:A study about creating understanding for different kinds of empowermentLevel:Bachelors thesis in Business Administration, 15 creditsAuthor:Fredrik LegovicSupervisor:Tomas KällquistDate:2014 - JuneAim:The main purpose of this study is to increase the understanding for different kinds of empowerment and how it affects the staff in the public sector.Method:The choice of method was based on the research aim. The method used to meet the objective was qualitative. The qualitative study was conducted with a hermeneutic basis, where individuals were asked to describe their experience of empowerment and how they feel affected of it. This thesis has a deductive approach, where existing theories dealing empowerment formed the basis for the design of interview substrate, which is then paired with the empirical evidence, based on this the conclusions was drawn.Result & Conclusion:What separates the different kinds of empowerment and how it affect the staff depends most of all on how the management chooses to communicate and share information with their staff.Suggestions for future research:A study regarding managers that works with different kinds of empowerment, and how that affects them, could be regarded as an interesting future research.Contribution of thesis:It shows that different kinds of empowerment affect the staff in different ways, which I made clear to the readers.Keywords:empowerment, thinking skills, relations and organizational - structure and theory.