För att flytta information från en databas till ett datalager används det idag olika tekniker. Existerande transformeringstekniker baseras på att en applikation hanterar detta. Detta examensarbete går ut på att skapa och undersöka en metod som istället genomför transformeringen i en databas. Denna transformering är metadatadriven, eftersom metadata är den information om data som krävs för att en transformering ska vara möjlig. Arbetet bygger därför på en metadatastudie som behandlar representation och struktur av metadata.

This Master's thesis explores representations of sexual agency in contemporary, Swedish novels for young adults. Using a representational theory approach the thesis analyzes 24 novels published in 2000 ? 2013. Addressing the following research questions: how is sexual agency constructed and regulated relative to gender performativity in Swedish novels for young adults? How are situations of sexual abuse and sexual ?grey zones? (situations that border on abuse) represented and being made intelligible in the texts? What are the consequences of representations of sexual agency? In the readings of the novels discourse analysis and theories on cultural representation and power have served as the critical points of entry, as well as the methodological basis for the study.

Drawing on theories of ethnic representations in mainstream news media and racial discrimination (van Dijk 2000, Hultén 2006, Husband & Downing 2005, Wodak 2011), and using methods of critical discourse analysis (mainly van Dijk 1993, 1991, Fairclough 1995) this bachelor thesis aims to investigate the inter-textual and inter-discursive relationship between selected editorial and opinion pieces written by three mainstream right wing ?symbolic elites? and the xenophobic blog ?Avpixlat?. The three selected symbolic elites are: Per Gudmundsson, editorial writer at the second largest Swedish newspaper SvD, Andreas Johansson Heinö, academic with a P.H.D. in political science, specialized on issues of integration and ethnic relations, and Paulina Neuding, editorial writer at SvD and editor in chief for right-wing oriented magazine Neo. All three are actively taking part in the mediated discussion of ethnic relations in Sweden from a liberal-conservative perspective.

In this essay different aspects of the motif of the criminal have been traced in Lotta Lotass?s Min röst ska nu komma från en annan plats i rummet and Vladimir Nabokov?s Lolita. By seeking its representation in the texts, the intention was to show how themes, stylistic patterns and narrative functions interrelate in the construction of the motif. The perpetrator?s position within the narrative structure and its consequences have also been assessed.By discussing the meta-fictive aspects of the novels I stressed the importance of the reader?s function, arguing the reader?s participation in the construction of the motif..

A new curriculum, entailing news for teachers as well as students, was implemented in 2011. Among other things History has been given a more prominent position in that every student will now study the subject. Can this decision lead to history being used more in the future?The aim of this thesis is to study the new curriculum, Gy11, as well the Lpf94 and Lgy70, based on Klas-Göran Karlsson´s typology where the use of history is divided into seven different categories. I will analyze the curricula, looking at what different uses of history that can be discerned as well as what changes have been made over time.

This thesis describes an optimising compiler for translating from SMV to CLP(B). The optimisation is aimed at reducing the number of required variables in order to decrease the size of the resulting BDDs. Also a partitioning of the transition relation is performed. The compiler uses an internal representation of a FSM that is built up from the SMV description. A number of rewrite steps are performed on the problem description such as encoding to a Boolean domain and performing the optimisations.

The northern province of Sweden has in both literature and film been depictured as something foreign and mythical, unlike the rest of the country. It has been my purpose to show in this essay that the systematic categorization of Norrland and its literature reveals multiple criteria known to define the colonial era. By reading the novel Stallo by author Stefan Spjut with postcolonial structures in mind I aim to show how the author uses Swedish mythology and through the presence of The Other criticizes colonial structures in place to this day. By examining the gothic atmosphere I intend to indicate how the trolls in the novel figures as both a horror element as well as a representation of nature itself. It is my belief that the author by further reinforcing the mythological in relation to Norrland addresses the problem at hand.

The aim of the study is to investigate how pedagogues working with gesticulation and facial expressions to communicate with children aged 3-5 years. The methods used are observations as well as interviews of educators. My empricial evidence was collected on two different preschools in Värmland County. The pedagogues are dealing with body language in a conscious way by collections as they sing and they reinforce feelings of characters support. In my conclusion I have come come to the conclusion that there is no difference on how male and female educators use gesticulation and facial expressions without its personality traits and body language often are unconsciously in conversations with children..

I work with and through glass and it´s from this field and tradition my work springs from. I am interested in how we look at and judge different expressions. I have been taught what visual expressions and shapes that are being appreciated and accepted and how to create objects like that. It should be clean, smooth, simplistic, and utterly pleasing. I recognize these attributes from what is being thought of as beautiful and desirable concerning the body.

In modern, Swedish political science there are different ways of looking at ?democracy?. A very common distinction is that between three groups of democratic theories: electoral democracy, participation democracy and deliberative democracy.The nowadays frequently used concept of electoral democracy is often used as synonymous with the older concept of repre­­­­sen­tative or indirect democracy ? frequently regarded as a contrast to the direct democracy of ancient Athens. However, there are also important differences.

Detta är en kvalitativ undersökning om hur Sveriges Television arbetar med mångfald med fokus påfunktionshindrade i dramaproduktion och hur medarbetarna integrerar det i sitt arbete. För att kunna ta reda på hur det går till har vi utgått ifrån dramaserien Livet i Fagervik som fallstudie och gjort kvalitativa intervjuer med personer som varit delaktiga i produktionen av första säsongen av dramaserien. De personer som vi har intervjuat är: Stefan Baron, programchef på SVT Drama, MikaelSyrén, upphovsman till Livet i Fagervik, Calle Marthin, kreativ producent, Man Chiu Leung Carlson, projektledare, Harald Hamrell, regissör, Maria Kiisk, rollbesättare och Johannes Wanselow, skådespelare. Vi har även gjort intervjuer med personer på Handikappförbundens samarbetsorgan, HSO som har ett samarbete med SVT, Emil Erdtman, utvecklingsledare, HSO och Mia Ahlgren, projektledare, HSO. Intervjuer har även skett med Johan Hartman, CSR- Chef på SVT, och Christoffer Lärkner, handläggare hos Granskningsnämnden.Förutom de elva kvalitativa intervjuerna som vi har genomfört så har det empiriska materialet bestått avRadio och TV-lagen 1996, dramaserien Livet i Fagervik (12 avsnitt á 45 minuter), samt följande dokument: Sveriges Televisions mångfaldsplan 2008, överenskommelsen mellan SR, UR och SVT gällande fördelning för olika slags insatser rörande program om och för funktionshindrade 2008, Public service-redovisningen 2008, Anslagsvillkor 2008, Sändningstillstånd för 2007-2009 och Beställningsskrivelse.Den teoretiska ramen som denna uppsats utgår ifrån och som vi har kopplat vårt resultat till, är teorierkring identitet och representation, produktion och makt samt den sociala ansvarsteorin.Resultat visar att de som arbetar med att producera dramaserier, till stor del har tänkt på begreppet mångfald, men då i ett större perspektiv och inte specifikt på enskilda grupper.

The purpose of this thesis is to find out how gender roles are described in musical lyrics written for children. I used gender theories that describe how stereotypical gender roles are displayed in music and these theories were later compared with the songbooks I studied. The thesis is a qualitative study to detect masculine and feminine related differences in the texts. After having read, analyzed and compared over 200 songs I found that the stereotype notions of masculinity and femininity is reflected in songs. Society has transferred in this way normative values on to the children through the songs that teachers choose to sing in schools..

Trots epitetet ?ett av världens mest jämställda länder?, lagar om förbud mot diskriminering p.g.a. könstillhörighet och styrmedel i skolan som betonar vikten av att all utbildning genomsyras av jämställdhet, visar forskning av läromedel förekomsten av könsstereotyper och en överrepresentation av män jämfört med kvinnor i innehållet.I bakgrund av detta och med uppfattningen om en brist av läromedelsgranskning framförallt av läroböcker för moderna språk, syftar föreliggande uppsats till att undersöka representationen av kvinnor och män på bilder i fem läroböcker konstruerade för första årets studier i franska på högstadiet. Metoden utgörs av en kvantitativ innehållsanalys där syftet är att undersöka hur kvinnor och män framställs på bilderna i materialet. Uppsatsens frågeställningar fokuserar på mäns och kvinnors representation gällande synlighet, yrken och färger samt på hur resultatet kan tolkas ur ett genusperspektiv.

Title: Access to cultural education in a multi-ethnical context.The right to dance and play an instrument, to paint and work with film is taken for granted by many children in Malmoe today. The agenda explicitely phrases the intent of the publicly financed schools of art for children to reflect the multi-ethnic demographics of the city. Public community music schools of today, incorporate classes in all forms of art and are called "Culture schools". There is a long tradition of teaching and making music to lean on as a music teacher in Sweden. This paper tries to explore how these rights are expressed in the governing documents of the Culture school of Malmoe.

The aim of this essay is to get a deeper understanding of a teachers' profession and to get knowledge of how earlier experiences can influence you as a teacher. I have interviewed a female teacher, Pia to get this understanding. As a tool to get the teacher's whole story I used the life story method. In her profession she is influenced by her own importance of security as a child.Her own needs of security has given her an deeper understanding for pupils like herself during the childhood; insecure and afraid. Her understanding for all kinds of behavior among the children has increased by her own experiences.The story shows that Pia is frustrated by the fact that she can't control her own working time.