Drinking water is produced from raw water and is either from groundwater or surface water. This thesis aims to find out if the cleaning process of raw water is sufficiently effective. This is important because consumers are otherwise at risk of waterborne infection caused by pathogens. There are three groups of pathogens; bacteria, virus and parasite. These have different characteristics which mean that they require different water treatment to be separated.

Drinking water is produced from raw water and is either from groundwater or surface water. This thesis aims to find out if the cleaning process of raw water is sufficiently effective. This is important because consumers are otherwise at risk of waterborne infection caused by pathogens. There are three groups of pathogens; bacteria, virus and parasite. These have different characteristics which mean that they require different water treatment to be separated.

The purpose of this Master?s thesis is to examine similarities and differences in qualitative experiences between formal and informal reading groups from the participants? point of view. The empirical data was acquired from interviews with nine reading group participants, of whom four of them participated in formal reading groups and five in informal reading groups. To analyze the empirical data, Louise M. Rosenblatt?s theory concerning reading and a method concerning reading groups by Immi Lundin were used.

Denna uppsats handlar om arbetssituationen för enhetschefer inom kommunal äldreomsorg, i en delad organisation. Delad organisation innebär att utredningar och prövningar av de äldres behov och beslut om bistånd särskiljs från ansvar för det faktiska utförandet av hjälpinsatserna. Ansvar för utredning och beslut har en biståndsbedömare och ansvaret för utförandet av insatserna har en enhetschef. Syftet är att undersöka hur samordningen mellan enhetschefen och biståndsbedömare i den delade organisationen gynnar och/eller motverkar utförandet av besluten och hur man organiserar denna samordning. Jag har valt att studera detta ur ett enhetschefsperspektiv.

Introduktion Till yrket är vi narkossjuksköterska och operationssjuksköterska. På det sjukhus vi arbetar är de flesta patienterna inneliggande på vårdavdelning i ca två till tre dagar i samband med att de skall få gallblåsan borttagen med laparoscopisk titthålsteknik. Det är väl känt att på andra sjukhus, i synnerhet utomlands, har man börjat operera patienterna dagkirurgiskt dvs. att patienterna kommer till operationsavdelningen på morgonen och åker hem på eftermiddagen eller kvällen. Syfte Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att belysa patienters upplevelser av pre- och postoperativ omvårdnad när hon/han genomgår dagkirurgisk laparoscopisk cholecystectomi. Metod Det är en litteraturstudie baserad på elva vetenskapliga artiklar, publicerade mellan åren 2001- 2005. Artikelsökningen skedde i databaserna PubMed och CINAHL. Resultat Vid granskning av artiklarna framkom att merparten av patienternas upplevelser vid dagkirurgisk laparoscopisk cholecystectomi var smärta och illamående.

BakgrundFamiljen är en enhet där beteendet hos en individ påverkar de andra. När ett barn drabbas av svår sjukdom påverkar det hela familjens dagliga liv, inte minst drabbas de andra barnen i familjen.Oavsett hur syskonrelationen ser ut så betyder syskon mycket för varandra. Syskonrelationen är ofta den närmsta och längsta relationen i livet. Syskon behöver få vara tillsammans och det gäller även vid sjukdom. När ett syskon blir sjukt utgör de friska barnen i familjen en riskgrupp för att utveckla hälsoproblem.

This master?s thesis deals with problems and opportunities when it comes to cooperation between compulsory schools, upper secondary schools, school libraries and public libraries on Gotland. The goal of this thesis is to investigate which ideas exist among public librarians, school librarians and headmasters when it comes to taking responsibility for the students? information literacy, basic library knowledge and passion for books. It also examines some of the problems they meet when trying to work together around these tasks.

Anhöriga bär en stor del av ansvaret för äldre men i olika lagar och riktlinjer diskuteras sällan anhörigas roll eller samhällets ansvar för anhöriga. Hemvårdsbidrag är ett kontantbidrag som ges av kommunen till en person i ordinärt boende för att betala en anhörig för utförd hjälp i hemmet. Vilka effekter ett hemvårdsbidrag får som stöd för anhöriga problematiseras sällan. Är det så att pengarna fungerar som ett stöd eller är det ett sätt för samhället att fly från sitt ansvar? Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka och analysera några biståndsbedömares syn på vem som har ansvar för äldres omsorg; samhället eller anhöriga? Vidare är syftet att studera biståndsbedömares syn på hemvårdsbidrag, hur hemvårdsbidraget påverkar situationen för de anhöriga och om detta resonemang skiljer sig beroende på i vilken typ av stadsdel biståndsbedömarna arbetar. I den kvalitativa studien görs dels en litteraturstudie och dels intervjuas åtta biståndsbedömare i åtta olika stadsdelar i Göteborg.

Product development cycles become shorter and shorter. The time from idea to market has become an important competitive factor. Despite this, methods used for making the product development process faster are surrounded with uncertainty about their efficiency. The purpose of the thesis is to describe the pros and cons of ?best practice? methods for shortening lead times and how these methods effect the lead times in research and development.

The well-being of employees has become a key concept in the rhetoric of the company boards and business literature of today. There is however not much statistic evidence of a connection between economic results and the perceived working climate. This thesis sets out to investigate whether there is a positive correlation between economic results and working climate on a work group level. It also aims to study which specific working climate factors influence the results. In order to meet its purpose this thesis analyzes employee satisfaction questionnaire data and economic results from more than 300 work groups.

As a member of the EU, Sweden has, in some cases, transferred the controlling rights to the Union. This means that the rules defined by the EU must be followed in all member countries, including Sweden. The European Agricultural policy constitutes the largest part of the EU's annual budget and is in contrast to many other areas fully funded at EU level. The last decade, many new regulations on chemicals and pesticides have been introduced which brought great changes and a lot of work throughout the Union, including Sweden. Sweden has always had a strict policy on chemicals and has been at the forefront when it comes to sustainable agriculture and environmental management.

In December 2004 an earthquake coursed waves that hit Thailand. Over 5000 people died, and Sweden was the tourist country that has been effected the worst. The catastrophe precipitated Sweden in crises and the demand became high for Swedish government to act. Swedes followed the development via media, why media became the crucial element for how the public perceived politicians? acting.

In theory, the management control of maintenance functions is described as problematic due to the nature of the work performed in the unit. The purpose of this thesis is to examine these predicted problems in practice. Further,the thesis aims at identifying how these control problems may affect the relationships between the maintenance department and its internal customers. A case study has been conducted in one of Sweden?s largest industrial companies to investigate the said control problems in practice.

Media has power and impact. It is therefore important for managers to be able to handle media storms when they arise. If not, the brand can be affected negatively. It is managers who should learn to handle media storms because the managers constitute an important part of the external face of the company. Because it is managers who should learn to handle media storms it is interesting to study how media storms should be handled from a theoretical management-perspective.

Title: ?The director should be treated with silk gloves.? A discourse analysis of the film director as a leader and a case study of a short film Seminar date: 19 February 2008 Course: Master thesis in organizational studies, 20 Swedish credits Author: Johanna Ranes Advisor: Ph.D. Nanna Gillberg Key words: Film, the film director, discourse analysis, social constructionism, gender studies, creative leadership. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to illustrate and problemize the consequences of the traditional male domination in film creation for a female director by critically examining the construction of the film director. Methodology: The study is based on a qualitative case study which was conducted as a participant observation.