Judged by appearance. This is the conclusion of research made on shopper behavior that revealed that consumers tend to go by their instinct when evaluating vacuum cleaners in a purchasing situation. Many buy the first vacuum cleaner they interact with and few buy pre-planned brands. Almost none even turn the machine on before taking a purchase decision.Electrolux Floor Care Europe has their factory for vacuum cleaners in Hungary. Increased competition from China makes it harder to "only" produce vacuum cleaners with good performance.

This thesis describes the planning and development of a volume meter of pine and spruce cones. The product was designed and developed for Stigsjö Skog och Frö AB in Härnösand. It was developed taking into account a number of requirements set by the supervisor David Zetterlund. The main requirements were that the volume measurement would be fast and give accurate results. These are two requirements that are missing in today's volume measuring method which is very problematic for the company.The plant was visited several times in Härnösand, mainly to discuss the generated concepts with the supervisor and perform tests on the prototype.

Följande uppsats handlar om 40-talister som har börjat gå i pension och deras tankar och känslor inför att gå från yrkesroll till pensionärsroll. Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka hur 40-talisters syn på sin egen pensionering ser ut idag. Vidare syftar uppsatsen till att undersöka om och i så fall hur deras syn skiljer sig åt jämfört mot tidigare generationers upplevelser av detta. Vår frågeställning lyder: Hur upplever åtta 40-talister sin roll och identitet som blivande pensionärer? Anser de att denna skiljer sig mot föregående generation? Utifrån en kvalitativ metod har tematiserade djupintervjuer genomförts.

This work has been to find out what attitude the boys have towards dancing. To gather material conducted interviews with four boys from Sweden and four boys from South Africa to examine the boy?s attitude towards dancing. I wanted answers if the gender, culture or generation has an effect on the boys' attitude to dance. Two interviews were made with a teacher in Sweden and one in South Africa, which had responsibility for dance lessons at the school.

?Death in the pot.? The Fruit and Vegetable Preserving industry in East Scania during the 20th centuryA Company History.At the end of the twentieth century, only one of the six companies previously active in the Fruit and Vegetable Preserving Industry in East Scania survived as an independent company: Kiviks Musterier AB. Actual production remains at two sites only. The aim of this study is to determine the reasons for this development. The companies included in the investigation are AB Bjäre industrier, Gustaf Bong AB, Kiviks Musterier AB, AB Ruuthsbo konservindustrier, Th.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka synen på arbete bland åttiotalister. Vår utgångspunkt har varit tidigare forskning och teorier som kommer att presenteras i uppsatsen samt den debatt som i korthet beskrivs i inledningen. Våra frågeställningar har varit:? Vad svarar studenter födda på 1980-talet på frågor om arbete?? Skiljer sig svaren åt beroende på kön, ålder och institutionstillhörighet?Vi har använt oss av kvantitativ metod i form av en enkätundersökning bland åttiotalister vid två olika institutioner vid Göteborgs universitet. Med hjälp av statistikprogrammet SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Scienses) har vi analyserat vår empiri och jämfört det med tidigare forskning och teori.Resultatet visar att de svar som vårt urval av studenter lämnat, stämmer väl överens med vad tidigare forskning har visat.

Animal welfare is of increasing concern in present society. In commercial pig farming, animal welfare problems are common. One of the causes for these problems is the barren environment in which pigs are housed, which can cause oral manipulation of pen mates. Providing straw might be one solution to this problem. Another solution could be reached through genetic selection.

BakgrundMiljön på Förskolan idag präglas utav olika kulturella skillnader. Detta är något vi som lärare inom förskolan reflekterat mycket över under vår utbildning. Då vår kunskap skiftat i sammanhang med verklighetens verksamhet. Vi ser idag fördelarna och nackdelar beroende på kunskapsnivån hos diverse verksamma lärare, och hur detta i sin tur påverkar barnens lärmiljö. Med studien vill vi uppmärksamma de kulturella inslagen som hjälper barn med olika kultur att lära.I förskolans uppdrag ingår att såväl utveckla barns förmågor och barns eget kulturskapande som att överföra ett kulturarv ? värden, traditioner, historia, språk och kunskaper ? från en generation till nästa.

The decrease in the number of dairy farms in Sweden has been ongoing for a longer period of time. But the fact is that this has previously not had any big effects on total amount of milk produced in Sweden. The main reason is that the remaining dairy farms get larger. However, during the past year, there has been a decrease in the total amount of produced milk, because the decrease is faster than the increase within the farms that are left. During the same period of time the supply of milk on the global market also has decreased. In spite of the fact that the global supply have decreased and the fact that the milk price increases, there are dairy farmers in Sweden who chose to exit the market.

?Death in the pot.? The Fruit and Vegetable Preserving industry in East Scania during the 20th century A Company History. At the end of the twentieth century, only one of the six companies previously active in the Fruit and Vegetable Preserving Industry in East Scania survived as an independent company: Kiviks Musterier AB. Actual production remains at two sites only. The aim of this study is to determine the reasons for this development. The companies included in the investigation are AB Bjäre industrier, Gustaf Bong AB, Kiviks Musterier AB, AB Ruuthsbo konservindustrier, Th.

En tredjedel av Sveriges skogsägare är över 65 år men bara 12 procent tänker genomföra ett generationsskifte inom de närmsta åren. Generationsskiften anses vara en svår och komplex fråga på grund av de många aspekterna; ekonomi, juridik och mjuka frågor. Att arbeta med generationsskiften kan vara ett sätt för virkesköpare att skapa nya kontakter och säkra den framtida virkesförsörjningen. Arbetet syftade till att kartlägga den allmänna inställningen och erfarenheter vid generationsskiften hos SCA Skogs virkesköpare i Västerbottens förvaltning. Deras tankar och funderingar om vilket kompetensbehov och arbetssätt som finns idag undersöktes för att identifiera och utveckla bra arbetssätt vid generationsskiften.

SCA Skog has taken the initiative to this Master?s thesis. Today SCA Skog has a great need to update their informtion on young forest stands across large areas. Traditional field inventory methods for updating stand databases are expensive and time consuming. However, the inventory could be made more efficient if stand boundaries and stand characteristics are derived from aerial photographs.

Sports research in the field of social science has shown that regular physical activity leads to wellbeing and positively affects the quality of life. A natural part of being an athlete is learning the functions of the human body, and what?s harmful and destructive, such as drugs (RF 1995). Doping is a constant problem in professional sport. Doping and manipulation of medical preparations in order to maximise performance is one of modern sport?s major problems, according to Blom and Lindroth (1995).I thought it would be interesting to see what the next generation of athletes thinks of doping.

Energy is an important issue in the current world which significantly affects sustainability and development. Energy generation and use are major sources of CO2 emissions which is one of the most important driving factors in global climate changes. The amount of energy used in house hold section can lead to estimation of the amount of CO2 emitted within this section which subsequently would be a ground to better management and maintaining a sustainable society. This study which is a bachelor?s project in sustainable energy, deals with estimation of CO2 emission from different types of residential houses in Sweden. An extensive literature review on energy use in Sweden by different residential sectors has been conducted.

The Swedish dairy sector is facing several challenges the coming years. One big challenge is how they will secure the access of their raw material milk in the future. The number of milk producers has decreased for an extended period of time, but was for a long time partly compensated by an increased productivity among the remaining milk producers. From year 2000 that trend was broken and also the quantity of milk produced started to fall quickly. Milko is a dairy company with members from Dalsland in the south to Jämtland in the north. During the first seven moths 2007, their number of members decreased by almost a fourth, from 1 272 to 974.