A bioslurry reactor was built for the bioremediation of TNT contaminated waste from the demilitarization industry. The field test was conducted at Vingåkersverken in Vingåker, Sweden, to see if results from laboratory studies could be repeated in a full scale reactor. The goal of the project was to optimize the reactor to such a degree that it could be used to handle the waste produced at Vingåkersverken and also that this technique could be applied for remediation of contaminated soils. Unfortunately the samples taken during the full scale field test were destroyed by the shipping company and no analysis was possible. A later attempt by the Biorex research group has also been unsuccessful to reduce the amount of TNT using the bioreactor.

This thesis has treated a three-axis robot which task is to serve a larger test machine tomove the modules to be tested, from the storage to the test site. The robot is composed ofthree linear actuators; two standard components of ball screw type and a custom-builtactuator of trapezoidal type. The work has mainly focused on the custom-built device to seeif it could be replaced with a standard component. Part of the work has been to look into thepicking tool and to see if there are any possibilities to improve its function.The report presents two different proposals which I decided to call Robot 1 and Robot 2 andthey aim to address the problems arising in the purpose-built linear unit and the X-axislinearity problems. Robot 1 focuses on eliminating the problems that arise around therobot's X-axis, with such simple means as possible and without making excessive materialchanges.

A growing interest for the climate and the environment has led to an increased interest forenvironmentally friendly and renewable energy sources, such as biogas. Planning new biogasplants requires a decision basis including facts about approximate amounts of biogas possibleto produce at the plant. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a model that calculates theapproximate biogas and digestate production from a planned or existing biogas plant.Developing the model required a literature review and studies of calculations concerningbiogas and digestate production performed by WSP Sweden AB. As a complement to themodel development, facts about substrates for biogas production were compiled through aliterature review. In addition the methane potential from selected materials was determined bybatch experiments.

This thesis has treated a three-axis robot which task is to serve a larger test machine tomove the modules to be tested, from the storage to the test site. The robot is composed ofthree linear actuators; two standard components of ball screw type and a custom-builtactuator of trapezoidal type. The work has mainly focused on the custom-built device to seeif it could be replaced with a standard component. Part of the work has been to look into thepicking tool and to see if there are any possibilities to improve its function.The report presents two different proposals which I decided to call Robot 1 and Robot 2 andthey aim to address the problems arising in the purpose-built linear unit and the X-axislinearity problems. Robot 1 focuses on eliminating the problems that arise around therobot's X-axis, with such simple means as possible and without making excessive materialchanges.

This degree project is on 15 university points which correspond to 10 weeks full time studies. The work has been carried out during autumn term 2007 and spring term 2008. This degree project has been carried out with the cooperation of Etac Supply Center AB who is located in Anderstorp.It?s been Etac interest to develop a solution which helps the user of the wheelchair over obstacles. My task has been to develop a concept that solves the problem according to the requirement specification.In the rapport the reader can follow the development from an idea to a finished concept.

The disconnect between assumptions regarding computer users interactions made by software engineers and the actual interactions do, for various reasons, not always match. Gathering actual usage data from user interfaces can enable software designers to make better educated decisions. By buildning a prototype for collecting such data from a diagnosis tool for the automotive industry this project has shown not only how to benefit from the data but also how to perform the work. The data is 1 600 sessions consisting of 26 000 individual events. From this it has shown that available tools can assist in rudimentary questions regarding usage.

Allmänhetens medvetenhet kring miljörelaterade ämnen har ökat på senare år, vilket lett till att alltfler företag producerar miljövänliga produkter och positionerar sig som ansvarstagande aktörer på marknaden. Generellt sett har företagen utformade riktlinjer vad gäller arbetsmiljö och arbetsvillkor men sämre insyn i produktionens miljöpåverkan. Textilindustrin ligger bakom en stor del av världens miljöförstöring till följd av de giftiga ämnen som används i odling och produktion. Den ökade medvetenheten hos allmänhet och företag förutspås kunna leda till tillväxt på marknaden för ekologisk bomull och pressen har ökat på att hållbara produktionsmetoder ska genomsyra företagets hela verksamhet.Ämnet för uppsatsen har sin utgångspunkt i vår kandidatuppsats ?Svenska modeföretag synas i sömmarna? som visade att företag inte känner till alla leverantörer och underleverantörer i leverantörskedjan, förutom när det kommer till leverantörskedjan för ekologisk bomull.

Psykisk sjukdom påverkar inte bara individen som drabbas utan även dennes anhöriga. Alla i familjen berörs och vardagen blir oförutsägbar och full av utmaningar. Sjuksköterskor möter individer med psykisk sjukdom och deras anhöriga oavsett arbetsplats. Syftet med studien var att belysa hur vuxna anhöriga till personer med psykisk sjukdom upplever sin vardag. För att belysa de anhörigas situation genomfördes en litteraturstudie över tidigare utförd empirisk forskning.

This essay is about Turkey and its relation to the European union. EU is originally an economic organization; today it has developed to involve other aspect like culture and history. By using theories like motivation and non-decision making I have studied the reason why Turkey is still waiting in the agenda of the union. With the help of the theories I have discussed about Turkey?s possibilities to become a member of the European union.

Syftet med studien var att ta reda på hur lärare ser på inkludering av elever i grundskolan och vad de har för åsikter kring begreppet. Huvudfrågorna som studien grundade sig på var vad lärare ansåg om bristen på förändringar i skolan, hur de själva skulle vilja nå en skola för alla samt om de ansåg att full inkludering är någonting eftersträvansvärt.     Tidigare forskning har visat en problematik mellan styrdokument kontra verklighet, där dokumenten talar för inkludering medan verkligheten inte riktigt ser ut så. Datamaterialet insamlades med hjälp av intervjuer med sex lärare. Vid intervjuerna användes en intervjuguide och samtalen spelades in med hjälp av bandspelare.     Resultaten har visat att det finns en viss samstämmighet bland informanterna. De anser att full inkludering är ett mål att sträva emot.

The cadastral index map is a great benefit to the surveying and governments. The map's main purpose is to show how the overall cadastral division looks in Sweden. The lack of quality of the cadastral index map dose not allows property-owners to know where to draw the boundary between their and others' property. In order to know where to find the boundaries between two properties, is it up to the property-owners themselves (self or in company by the other property-owner) to construct various usucaption at the boundaries. The main objective of the study is to verify the existence and extent of usucaption on forest properties in Bodan, a village outside Skellefteå.

The Swedish armed forces are facing a change, a change in both organization and profession. From a conscript military service system, the Swedish Armed Forces has changed to having full-time contracted soldiers. Conscript military service has a history of over a hundred years; it was introduced in 1901 and has survived two world wars and the Cold War.The Swedish armed forces have changed to have contracted soldiers. My reflection is whether the armed forces really have had time for this changes that the new professionalization has meant. Today the Swedish armed forces consists of contracted soldiers, soldiers who are employed full time and costs the armed forces a lot of money.

AbstractTitle: Dragshow on the seven seasNumber of pages: 51 (56 including enclosures)Author: Therése PlastrougiTutor: Ylva EkströmCourse: Media and Communication Studies CPeriod: Fall 2007University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: My main purpose with this paper is 1) to study how film as a media can subvert traditional gender constructions and 2) study the character of Elizabeth Swann in the trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean through four dimensions; Gender performance, Class, Desire and Power.Material/Method: My main material is the trilogy Pirates of the Caribbean. I have studied Elizabeth?s character based on semiotic and narratological methods.Main results: Film as a media possesses the full potential to change traditional gender roles, but the full subversion is denied due to the heterosexual matrix. Elizabeth?s character almost completes her subversive journey throughout the trilogy, but since she too is a victim of the heterosexual matrix, a full subversion is not possible.Key words: gender performance, class, desire, power, sex/gender, subversion, narratologic, semiotic, queer, feminism, pirates of the caribbean, intersectionality, parody.

The purpose of this essay is to examine what happens with library e-resources after implementing the discovery tool Summon. Summon provides a Google-like experience and uses multiple facet options when users need to narrow their discovery. Observations of change in the libraries e-resources with regards to database searches, click-throughs in linkresolvers and full text downloads are examined through looking at earlier reports and statistics from libraries in America and England. This provides a way to compare with Chalmers University of Technology?s Library.

Allmänhetens medvetenhet kring miljörelaterade ämnen har ökat på senare år, vilket lett till att alltfler företag producerar miljövänliga produkter och positionerar sig som ansvarstagande aktörer på marknaden. Generellt sett har företagen utformade riktlinjer vad gäller arbetsmiljö och arbetsvillkor men sämre insyn i produktionens miljöpåverkan. Textilindustrin ligger bakom en stor del av världens miljöförstöring till följd av de giftiga ämnen som används i odling och produktion. Den ökade medvetenheten hos allmänhet och företag förutspås kunna leda till tillväxt på marknaden för ekologisk bomull och pressen har ökat på att hållbara produktionsmetoder ska genomsyra företagets hela verksamhet.Ämnet för uppsatsen har sin utgångspunkt i vår kandidatuppsats ?Svenska modeföretag synas i sömmarna? som visade att företag inte känner till alla leverantörer och underleverantörer i leverantörskedjan, förutom när det kommer till leverantörskedjan för ekologisk bomull.