Rising energy prices and higher energy demands have led to an increased focus on energy efficiency, in particular in the real estate business, where high potential for energy savings exists. Within the next few years, buildings that were constructed in the sixties and seventies will be in need of renovation. One of the challenges of these renovations will be to improve energy efficiency. A real estate company that is facing this challenge is Uppsalahem AB, based in the city of Uppsala, Sweden. This study focused on analyzing energy efficiency measures when renovating old buildings.

At SLU, Divison of Reproduction, Dept of Clinical Science, there is an ongoing project on the development and evaluation of new methods for the assessment of stallion semen quality. This EEF-study, which is a part of that larger project, has focused on the effects on motility and fertility of stallion semen of two different extenders and selection. Both an objective method and a subjective method for analysis have been used and compared in the study. The increase in the use of artificial insemination with cooled semen in Swedish horse breeding over the last decade is thought to play a part in declining foaling rates (Kareskoski et al, 2006, Kuisma et al, 2006). This calls for better evaluation methods of semen quality since cooling and transportation put higher demands on semen quality in order to maintain fertility (Aurich, 2005).

The purpose of this master's thesis is to examine how a Swedish public library's collection of books on African history looks like, who the writers are and how Africa and its history areportrayed. The focus of the analysis is on the front and back covers and in some cases on theinformation texts inside the books. The chosen library is the city library of Umeå. The 15books examined were found on the shelf classified as Kp ? the classification for African history according to the Swedish SAB-classification system.

An analysis of a specific application of anaerobic wastewater treatment at a pulp and board mill, Stora Enso Skoghall, was carried out. A literature study was done and effluent wastewater from CTMP pulp production was analyzed. The analysis consisted of a broad constituent analysis and an anaerobic treatment trial. Results from these test where used to calculate the treatment effectiveness and resulting energy potential at the mill.The literature study and constituent analysis showed that toxicity of the water to be treated, due to wood extractives and sulphur content, was of concern. Detoxification chemicals targeting these constituents where used in the anaerobic treatment trial.

This bachelor?s thesis aims to examine how the ?New Pact on Migration and Asylum? construct the discourse on ?sustainable migration? and ?efficiency? in the European Union. The new jurisprudence concerning migration and asylum in the European Union seeks to establish a more ?fair, efficient and sustainable migration and asylum system?. To analyze the discourses, a critical discourse analysis is applied to the former asylum regulation, Dublin regulation III, a revised and withdrawn proposal, Dublin regulation IV, and future legislation.

This paper examines the function of narrative discourse in television talk shows. Basing our analysis on five episodes of the Swedish talk show Skavlan, we illustrate how narratives are initiated and elaborated by the participants of the show. The analysis shows that the institutional roles are challanged and that the roles vary between the host ant the guests. The analysis also shows that when guests introduce and elaborate stories they use the same discursive actions and resources as the host. When participants enter an actvie role in their storytelling the hos takes a more restrained role in which he lets the the conversation evolve spontaneously.

The purpose of this study is to perform both a quantitative and language philosophical analysis of the folksono-my and the tags in the Stockholm public library catalogue, which together with the Umeå university folksonomy, and the folksonomy of the Norrköping public library are the only library folksonomies in Sweden.The purpose of the first part of the study is to perform an analysis of the linguistical structure of the tags in the folksonomy. To do this a quantitative analysis has been conducted to grammatically categorize and evaluate tags using a method based on Louise Spiteri?s article ?The structure and form of folksonomy tags: the road to the public library catalogue? and the SAO guidelines. This part of the analysis aims to answer questions like: what characteristics do the tags in the folksonomy have and in what ways do they separate themselves from subject headings in a controlled vocabulary? Tags were here categorized according to grammatical properties like parts of speech and their social and private characteristics.

Uppsatsen behandlar Lars Gyllenstens författarskap med utgångspunkt i den sammansattaläsupplevelse som hans verk innebär. Gyllensten har en omfångsrik produktion och en uttalad författarambition som kortfattat går ut på att med skrivandet bedriva kunskapsteoretiskt experimenterande.Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka sambandet mellan denna intention, böckernas innehåll respektive form samt läsupplevelsens växling mellan ordning och kaos. Tesen är att den sammansatta läsupplevelsen kan sammanfattas som en berättarteknik bestående av grundläggande två begrepp: ironi i form av signaler i texten och otillförlitligt berättande, samt paratextualitet vilket innebär de textuella element som omger själva texten.Med utgångspunkt i ovanstående syfte analyseras paratexten i ett 20-tal av Gyllenstensböcker varpå innehållsliga ironiska element analyseras med hjälp av närläsning av Det blå skeppet (1950).Resultatet visar att författaren använder paratexten för att delge läsaren texternasunderliggande teorier och budskap. De paratextuella elementen innebär också att böckerna binds ihop av referenser till olika motiv och vetenskapsmän.Ironi används konsekvent för att skapa nivåer och röster i berättelserna. I Det blå skeppet är berättaren otillförlitlig vilket innebär en distans mellan läsarens och författarpersonensvärderingar.

Uppsatsen behandlar Lars Gyllenstens författarskap med utgångspunkt i den sammansattaläsupplevelse som hans verk innebär. Gyllensten har en omfångsrik produktion och en uttalad författarambition som kortfattat går ut på att med skrivandet bedriva kunskapsteoretiskt experimenterande.Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka sambandet mellan denna intention, böckernas innehåll respektive form samt läsupplevelsens växling mellan ordning och kaos. Tesen är att den sammansatta läsupplevelsen kan sammanfattas som en berättarteknik bestående av grundläggande två begrepp: ironi i form av signaler i texten och otillförlitligt berättande, samt paratextualitet vilket innebär de textuella element som omger själva texten.Med utgångspunkt i ovanstående syfte analyseras paratexten i ett 20-tal av Gyllenstensböcker varpå innehållsliga ironiska element analyseras med hjälp av närläsning av Det blå skeppet (1950).Resultatet visar att författaren använder paratexten för att delge läsaren texternasunderliggande teorier och budskap. De paratextuella elementen innebär också att böckerna binds ihop av referenser till olika motiv och vetenskapsmän.Ironi används konsekvent för att skapa nivåer och röster i berättelserna. I Det blå skeppet är berättaren otillförlitlig vilket innebär en distans mellan läsarens och författarpersonensvärderingar.

I samband med den verksamhetsförlagda utbildningen har ett examensarbete i form av ett enklare utredningsprojekt genomförts. På förfrågan från MAF Arkitektkontor AB har en utredning om möjligheten att framställa fullständiga detaljplanehandlingar i Graphisofts programvara ArchiCAD genomförts. Detta genom att ta fram en detaljplan i programmet. Idag arbetar planerare på MAF i programmet Focus vid detaljplanering och vid datorstödd detaljplanering på Luleå tekniska universitet har Vianova Systems programvara Novapoint använts. Båda dessa programvaror har anpassade verktyg enbart framtagna för framställning av detaljplanehandlingar.Tidigare vägledande material för hur man tar fram detaljplanehandlingar i Graphisofts ArchiCAD saknades vid uppstart av arbetet.

This is a study of the phenomenon enterprise education in a Swedish school. Enterprise education is a rather new concept in Swedish schools, and it has yet to be clearly defined and sufficiently studied. In order to investigate the various aspects of the education properly an analysis of the language used by its proponents needs to be performed. The authors have used discourse analysis from a perspective provided by Laclau and Mouffe. This is for the purpose of determining how the phenomenon is expressed by four teachers in the school mentioned previously.

This bachelor thesis is a study in the analysis of paintings with focus on the technical exami-nation within the framework of ATSR. ATSR is a methodology based on an interdisciplinary study with the aim of putting the object in its context.The study is based on questions concerning which information the object can give, how we access this information and how it can be put in a larger context. My thesis contains three major parts. First a short overview of methods of analysis used in this form of investigation is presented. This is followed by two case studies which exemplify the technical investigation.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) proposes vibration standards for the evaluation for machine damage due to vibration in rotational machines, where some vibration parameters are given to measure the vibrationgrade. This work evaluates the relevance of the vibration standards in hydro plants that are proposed by the ISO, and also investigates if there are methods used in other countries could have greater importance. Through statistical analysis of collected data we got a better understanding of relation among different vibration parameters, and also the importance of correct choice of the parameters for the evaluation of vibration. We have found that the vibration standards available today in hydro plants are not reliable for the judgment of vibration?s grade.

Vellinge is one of few municipalities in Sweden that refuses to accept refugees. The subject of this thesis is to find out how the local politicians in Vellinge make their considerations when they decide not to welcome refugees. The analysis uses the representation theory as a starting point. The two ideals of the representative role, either as a bound mandate or as a free independent role, is the base of the analysis. Vellinge is in the analysis compared to Lomma, a very similar municipality in southern Sweden that for a long time alsohas refused to accept refugees, however suddenly in 2007 decided to change their mind.

THE PAINTING CHILD. A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF AESTHETIC PROCESSES OF LEARNING IN RELATION TO DEWEY´S ART AS EXPERIENCE.The aim of this study is to present a discourse analysis made on five-year-old children during art activities in a preschool in Sweden. The questions asked are: how does interaction take place between the children, or the child and the teacher, during art activities? And what does this tell us about the relationship to art in preschool? In Art as Experience John Dewey claims that art is separated from other experiences of life, but that it ought to be close to ordinary life-experiences. Today visual culture is important in society but not in school.