Human existence and welfare depend on functional ecosystems. Ecosystems are critical to sustain life-support services for human well-being. One method that visualizes that humanity requires ecosystem services for resource consumption and assimilation of produced waste is ecological footprints. This study focuses on the ecosystem service carbon sequestering. A quantification of this ecosystem service showed the potential for accumulation of carbon in different ecosystems in Stockholm and Norrbotten County for the years of 1995 and 2004.

Authors: Linda Olsson & Dennis A?stro?m Title: A journey of discovery on the third floor ? A case study in how juvenile agents in the municipality of Kalmar communicate with its young people Level: BA Thesis in Media and Communication Studies Location: Linnaeus University Language: Swedish Number of pages: 60Introduction: The participation amongst young people regarding political, democratic and society related questions is through an investigation confirmed not being high enough. Within the municipality of Kalmar, juvenile agents work as a link between young people and the opportunities that the municipality provides. To create this link with young people, communication is essential.Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to create an understanding of how the juvenile agents work in order to create and maintain communication with young people. The purpose is also to evaluate the result of the information campaign they executed in 2011.Methodology: For this paper we had a hermeneutic approach with an inductive viewpoint.

Johansson, Fredrik (2012). Filmljudets funktioner i dramafilm ? En audio-visuell analys av filmen The King´s Speech. Examensuppsats inom Ljudproduktion, Högskolan Dalarna, Akademin för språk och medier, Falun.I denna uppsats undersöktes filmljudet i dramafilmen The King´s Speech. Detta för att ta reda på vilka funktioner filmljudet fyller i de valda sekvenserna ur nämnda film, samt hur ljudet är placerat i filmens flerkanalsmix.Filmen granskades med hjälp av en audio-visuell analys.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether the lower secondary school teaching in religion leads to a positive understanding and openness, concerning different religions and cultures. We want to study how pupils in grade eight and nine in two lower secondary schools in a multicultural community comprehend different religions. Since we choose a pupils perspective we decided to do a questionnaire to get a wide ground. As a complement we interviewed twelve pupils and also did observations during their religion classes. During our study we focused on three different themes.

In this report the situation for cyclists on 2+1-roads is analysed and studied. Theseroads are often the old 13-meter roads that have been changed into 2+1 to increasethe security. Two road sections outside Motala in Sweden has been deep studiedand analysed. The different parts in the planning process show how the progressgoes. To begin with the change should be within the old 13 meters but after thepilot study was circulated for comments the result became a broadening to 13,75and 14,00 meters.

Today the common people begin to understand the impact of a package. Many choose brand or product with great emphasis on how the outside looks, both in a good and a bad way.The company Gotlands Grafiska gave me the task to create a small basic selection of packages. The target group that the project was based on was craftsmen in the Gotland region. Based on analysis of the market and consumers to develop a range of packages covering a wide range of products sold on the island.During the project a clear theme was the desire to highlight a product and create some sort of exclusivity. It was important to understand how consumers and businesses think about packaging and its function.The result was five different packages, which together cover much of the need for the Gotland crafts and souvenir market.

Bakomliggande intresset för denna uppsats utgår ifrån frågan vilka motiv kommuner har för regionalt turismsamarbete. Samarbete har uppmärktsammats inom turismutveckling för att konkurrensen mellan destinationer har blivit global. Teorier om motiv för regionalt turismsamarbete har verklighetsprövats och jämförts mellan kommunerna Karlskrona och Karlshamn. Intervjuer med respektive turistchef genomfördes och teorierna som valts som utgångspunkt skiljde sig inte i allt för stor utmärkelse från resultatet. Resultat för motiv till regionalt turismsamarbete uppvisade att främsta motiven var; ekonomiska besparingar, utöka regionen med fler attraktioner samt för att skapa konkurrensfördelar gentemot andra regioner.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att med hjälp av Erving Goffmans dramaturgiska perspektiv undersöka biblioteket TioTretton som plats för rollgestaltning och ta reda på vilka slags roller som görs tillgängliga för barn som besöker biblioteket. Detta har gjorts genom att intervjua skolärare och bibliotekspersonal och analysera deras tal om barnen och biblioteket. Resultatet visar att TioTretton kan ses som en bakre region i förhållande till det vuxna samhället i stort, men också till de team som utgörs av barnen själva och deras umgängeskretsar. Det har även framkommit att den vuxnes roll i förhållande till barnen varierar. Vikten av någon som leder framträdandet, oavsett utgångspunkt, framhålls dock överlag.

Inom offentlig sektor och särskilt sjukvårdens organisation, genomförs ofta stora reformer vilket medfört att mycket fokus inte minst hamnar på ledarskapet. Man kan säga att tre nivåer då samagerar, det politiska, det professionella och medborgaren. En ledare får ofta en nyckelroll i förändrings- och utvecklingsprocesser genom ökat personalansvar. Dialogen som verktyg för ledaren i sam-manhanget är av intresse i denna studie. En analys av samtal med sex enhetschefer inom offentlig sektor har haft fokus på vikten av dialog och kommunikation inom en komplex organisation som Region Skånes sjukvårdsverksamhet.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of the social network in regard to young adults, with psychological disorders, and their possibilities to be open about their disease. In addition the study aimed at identifying possible causes to perceived difficulties by young adults to talk about their disease. Method: The survey was a quantitative study with descriptive design. The data was collected using a study-specific questionnaire on a clinic for young adults with psychological disorders, between 18 and 25 years of age. Out of 123 potential participants 79 (64 %) answered the questionnaire, of which two were excluded because they did not see themselves as suffering from mental illness. Results: The results showed that the participants of the study stated that they had a social network and the majority (90%, n=69) considered they had someone to talk to about their disease, but most of them wanted to be more open about their illness.However, the majority had some form of difficulty to talk about their disease with their social network. The most common specified causes were to feel ashamed of their disease and that the mentally ill persons did not think they would be properly understood.Almost the half of the participant experienced that they had some form of difficulty to be open about their mental disorder in front of health professionals and the most common specified causes was that the participant did not thought that they would be properly  understood  or that they did not felt confidence before the health professionals. Conclusion: Young adults with psychological disease have difficulty to be open about their disease, partly because of stigma.

Genusfrågor är ett aktuellt ämne som leder till engagemang och väcker stor uppmärksamhet såväl i Sverige som internationellt. Ämnet diskuteras även till stor del inom svensk polis där arbete med jämställdhet pågår på vid front. Utifrån våra kontakter med olika polismyndigheter tycker vi att vi kan ana vissa tendenser som tyder på att kvinnliga och manliga poliser lever kvar i gamla traditionella könsroller då det gäller val av yrkesinriktning. Syftet med denna rapport blev därför att ur ett genusperspektiv undersöka om dagens polisstudenter faller in i ett liknande mönster. Tidigare studier pekar på liknande observationer som förstärker att manliga och kvinnliga poliser ofta tilldelas olika roller ute på myndigheterna och i samhället.

I början av 2003 inledde de svarta bönderna i Darfur i Sudan ett väpnat uppror mot den sudanesiska regeringsmakten. Detta på grund av att de har känt sig diskriminerande och negativt särbehandlade. Regeringen svarar snabbt genom att träna upp och sätta in den så kallande Janjaweed-gerillan som med regeringens stöd börjar bedriva etnisk resning och folkmord i Darfur.Sudan har sedan urminnes tider präglats av konflikter mellan araber och svarta, och denna konflikt är inget undantag. Det mänskliga lidandet i Darfur slår hela tiden nya rekord, men trots det står omvärlden bredvid och tittar på. FN har försökt att få till åtgärder men lamslås av veto i säkerhetsrådet.

In this essay I examine if socio cultural theory is present for teachers when pupils and students are using computers in class, especially when using blogs as a tool for learning. The aim of the essay is also to examine if blogs among pupils in class can promote peer support, co-operation and reflective dialogue, and in that case in what way. The essay consists of two studies, one small interview study and one literature study.  The interview study is made with the qualitative method phenomenographic analysis, presenting four Swedish teachers who have much experience using blogs in education. The aim of the literature study where some national and international research studies of relevance are presented, is to broaden the perspective.The result of the interview study shows that a socio cultural theory is highly present among the teachers who already use blogs in education. In addition, those teachers experience that the blog in the classroom supports dialogue and co-operation among the pupils.  In contrast, the literature study shows that most teachers in Sweden who made their pupils work with computers in classroom seem to let their student work alone, without guiding them and without creating co-operation or dialogue in the classroom.

Wermland was affected by the Spanish flu like the Swedish national average, about a half percentage of Wermlands population would lose their lives to the flu during the autumn 1918. The flu has for many fallen into oblivion. This oblivion is so wide spread that it´s possible to talk about a "collective forgetfulness". The society have selected to remember 1918 for "when the guns went quiet on the western front" and not for the millions who died from the treacherous Spanish flu. The world had already suffered enough from the four years of war that had been fought, thus the victims of the flu would be honored but would soon fade in to oblivion.  When you investigate deeper you get the picture that the national average don´t do Wermland and its cities or rural areas any justice when a large variations seems to occur within regional areas.

Syftet med detta arbete har varit att undersöka hur virkesflödet från Region Iggesund varierar under året och belysa orsakerna till detta samt att beräkna transportkostnader och analysera vilka distrikt som skulle kunna ha störst nytta av virkesfordon med Central Tyre Inflation (CTI) eller Super Singel hjul, alternativt hjulsystem som kombinerar de båda teknikerna. Utgångspunkten har varit rationell virkesförsörjning från skog till industri, med så låga virkeslager och transportkostnader som möjligt. Region Iggesund anskaffade 1,9 miljoner fastkubikmeter (m3fub) virke 2011, varav 45 % kom från egen skog och 55 % kom från lokala köp. Huvuddelen levererades till Iggesunds Bruk, Iggesunds Såg och Hallsta Pappersbruk. Regionen är uppdelat i sex distrikt, med Uppland i söder, Sveg i nordväst och Hudiksvall i öster. Däremellan ligger Bollnäs, Delsbo och Ljusdal.