Kandidatarbetets syfte är att dokumentera och analysera äppelsortimentet på Grönhults fruktodlingar i Vångabygden, samt att beskriva fruktodlingens historiska utveckling och att diskutera kring framtida möjligheter. De metoder som använts är dels en fält- och analysstudie över äppelsortimentet på Grönhult, dels en litteratur- och intervjustudie. Fruktodling har en mycket lång tradition i Vångabygden och kan spåras tillbaka till tidig medeltid då munkarna på Bäckaskogskloster antas ha startat intresset för fruktodling i trakten. Grönhults fruktodling är en av de tidigaste, lite större, odlingarna i Vångatrakten. Sedan slutet av 1950-talet har fruktodlingen inte skötts professionellt, men ändå underhållits någorlunda och än idag finns ett större antal, fruktbärande äppelträd kvar på gården. I Bilaga 4 finns en tabell över de 35 äppelsorter som idag finns på Grönhult. I denna tabell kan utläsas vilket land sorterna ursprungligen kommit ifrån, vid vilken tid de introducerats i Sverige, när sorterna mognar, vilken fruktfärg de har och anmärkningar om sorterna, där exempelvis deras härdighet i landet tas upp.

Honey is a product that may contain pesticide residues due to contamination from bees pollinating various plants as well as elimination of vermin inside the hive. Different methods are needed for analysis of pesticides, since the term includes a wide range of different substances. National Food Administration lacks a validated method for determination and quantification of pesticides in honey using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, LC-MS/MS. The technique is especially important in analysis of polar and non-volatile pesticides, where gas chromatography is not functioning optimally. After investigating what pesticides could be found in honey produced in Sweden, a number of four pesticides suitable for analysis with LC-MS/MS was compiled; boscalid, impidacloprid, tau-fluvalinate and thiacloprid.

Syftet med vår studie var att kartlägga uppfattningar kring kost och livsmedel hos kvinnliga elithandbollsspelare i fem elitserieklubbar i Västra Götalandsregionen. I och med elitidrottares höga aktivitetsnivå, skiljer de sig markant från normalaktiva och har därmed andra rekommendationer för hälsa, återhämtning och prestation. Kunskapsnivån är dock ofta bristfällig hos dessa individer gällande kostrekommendationer, energibehov samt måltidsplanering. Forskning visar att våra beteenden bestäms inte bara av vår kunskapsnivå, utan också av våra attityder. För att kunna utforma en insats för att höja kostkunskapen hos dessa individer, menar vi därför att det är en klar fördel att känna till sin målgrupps attityder till ämnet.

By limiting our horse?s freedom of movement, we restrict their opportunity to forage, which is one of their most important needs. If their need of forage is not fulfilled it can lead to frustration, which might manifest itself in abnormal behaviour, like the oral stereotypies for example crib-biting. It is a held belief that the horse swallows air while crib-biting, which they don?t, and that swallowed air causes colic, and the belief that other horses can copy the behaviour, leads to the use of many methods to prevent the behaviour.

The focus of the thesis is: how conditions for agriculture in the Republic of Macedonia today may form the basis for development of the agricultural sector towards conditions needed for future accession into the European Union. The method for investigating this question has been to look at newly available farm monitoring system (FMS) data from Macedonia. Also to look at the latest government policies created in the country for the agricultural sector and rural areas in relation to the requirements for EU accession. Articles and empirical studies published by other authors related to the questions which arise in this study have been reviewed and presented herein. Trade relations, trade patterns and national economic and agricultural trends are displayed to provide a background overview for the study of the agricultural sector.

Emissions of insufficiently treated wastewater, mainly blackwater (i.e. wastewater from toilets), contributes to the eutrophication of lakes and seas. At the same time, blackwater is a fraction with a low content of heavy metals and, after sanitization, it can recirculate plant nutrients to arable land using the liquid composting treatment method. Liquid composting means that organic material is degraded under aerobic conditions. For sanitization, the blackwater needs to be treated together with energy-rich complementary material.

The market of fruit and vegetables develops continuously to become tougher and more complex. The fast development makes it difficult to keep up with all the changes. This is the case for apples and tomatoes. The purpose of this work is to explain what the trade routes are like for Swedish imports as well as the Swedish production of tomatoes and apples, both in the present and the past times. There is also an ambition to create comprehension of the trade routes.

When grains of wheat and rye are conventionally milled, large quantities of bran classified as by-products are left and are mainly used for animal feed. Bran is a complex material composed of the aleurone layer, nucellar epidermis, a seed coat, a fruit coat and a small proportion of the germ and endosperm depending on extraction rate. The bran fraction consists of approximately 40-50 % dietary fibre which can contribute to increase the nutritional quality of human cereal food. It would also be valuable for the food industry to convert by-products as bran to products with higher commercial values. The aim of this thesis was to analyse the content and composition of dietary fibre of heat treated wheat and rye bran according to the Uppsala method with some modifications in order to analyse soluble and insoluble dietary fibre separately. Half of the bran samples were precooked, dried and roasted and the other half dried and roasted (uncooked).

Frukosten är dagens viktigaste måltid! Detta är ett uttryck som de flesta av oss har fått höra sedan barnsben och är välbekanta med. Till skillnad från övriga måltider väljer många konsumenter att äta sockerrika produkter till frukost, såsom juice, yoghurt och o´boy. Samtidigt i dagens samhälle har övervikt och fetma blivit ett snabbt ökande hälsoproblem i såväl Sverige som övriga världen. Denna utveckling har även bidragit till att just hälsa har fått en allt mer central roll i dagens medier. Uppsatsen är skriven ur ett konsumentperspektiv med syftet att belysa hur personer i åldrarna 18 till 35 år tycker och tänker kring sin frukost.

The goal of this work has been to search historical materials, to identify the park's historical development, to prepare proposals on measures and that work should be the basis for further research. The aim has been to train us in searching for and use of materials and to gain an understanding of the process of work with older plants. In the process we have sought and found materials in archives, through literary and oral sources, and email contacts. Because of its excellent location perched on an islet in the low landscape Näsbyholm was long a fortress. The old castle on Näsbyholm was from the late 1400s but the site was fortified much earlier. The islet was at this time completely surrounded by water and there was a drawbridge over the narrow waterline. The owners are liable since the late 1200s.

The understanding of the role of nature for rehabilitation of both physical and psychological afflictions has greatly increased in the last few years. There?s a lot of science that describes the healing effects of nature. The rehabilitation garden in Alnarp has contributed with very positive results from the treatments of patients with burnout syndrome. In the first stages of rehabilitation, the need for calm is very important and a demand-less and stress-free environment is of essence.

The red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) is a small, alert and active animal inhabiting forests with dense vegetation and as such hard to observe in its natural habitat. The principal aim of this study was to scrutinize whether the methods, previously used in a behavioural study of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) can be applied in studies of the red-tailed monkey?s behaviour as well. Additionally, habitat preference and foraging behaviour of the red-tailed monkey were examined. The study was carried out between the 16th and the 22nd of March 2009 in the Sabaringo forest, located on the western border of the Masai Mara National Reserve.

Baron Carl Adam von Nolcken was born in 1811. In 1834 he took over Jordberga Estate in the South of Skåne from his father. The estate remained in his possession until his death in 1857. von Nolcken was interested in agriculture and horticulture from an early age and attended the newly started Institute of Agriculture, Degeberg in Västergötland in the early 1830:s. At Degeberg, von Nolcken learnt all about modern farming methods, which he put into practice on his own estate. von Nolcken was one of the persons who during the mid 19th century worked intensely to develop horticulture and the art of gardening in Skåne.

Denna studie kartlägger vad personer i Sverige konsumerar till mellanmål, vilka preferenser och vanor de har samt undersökt hur olika demografiska attribut påverkar mellanmålskonsumtion, preferenser och beteenden. Huvudfrågorna är: Vad äter svenska mellanmålskonsumenter till mellanmål och hur påverkas vanorna av demografiska attribut? När konsumerar de sina mellanmål? Vilka preferenser kring mellanmål har de? Vilka vanor har de? Hur ser trenderna ut som rör mellanmål? Studien som genomfördes mellan den 16 och 30 juni 2004 bygger på en enkätundersökning över Internet i vilken 343 svenska mellanmålskonsumenter i åldrarna 16-45 tillfrågats. 193 personer svarade på enkäten varav hälften var kvinnor. I undersökningen framkom att det i likhet med tidigare studier är relativt få som äter de 2-3 rekommenderade mellanmålen om dagen.

Bakgrund: Ebola upptäcktes för första gången 1976 i ett dubbelt utbrott i Sudan och Zaire i Afrika. Det pågående utbrottet av ebola virus sjukdom (EVD) startade i Guinea 2013 och har sedan dess spridits vidare till Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Mali och Senegal. T.o.m. 4 mars 2015 har nästan 24 000 smittats och 10 000 avlidit vilket är mer än 50 gånger fler än i det tidigare största utbrottet i Uganda 2000. Viruset består av fem arter: Bundibugyo, Reston, Sudan, Tai Forest och Zaire.