Uppsats för avläggande av filosofie kandidatexamen iKulturvård, Trädgårdens hantverk och design22,5 hp, 2014.

Hemp is an ancient cultivated plant that came to Sweden in the 1st to 2nd Century and was particularly interesting for use for food, clothing and building materials. Over time, other applications have been developed for hemp, e.g. in energy and health products. Interesting new uses for hemp continue to be identified and this fascinating plant has incredibly versatile applications.In this project, seed production of industrial hemp in Sweden was studied and evaluated. Five different methods are described, four of which are proven under Swedish conditions.

Denna uppsats behandlar hur trafikplanering möter olika mål, vilka konflikter som kan uppstå samt hur trafiksäkerheten kan öka. Arbetet är upplagt som en fallstudie och undersökningen har ägt rum i Växjö tätort.Det finns flera olika mål som står i konflikt med varandra i samhällsplaneringen och dessa konflikter kan även ses i trafikplaneringen. De mål som har granskats i denna uppsats är trafiksäkerhet, miljö och estetik. Fokus har legat på hur trafiksäkerheten påverkas när det estetiska och miljöfrågorna ska involveras i planeringen. Det finns risk att trafiksäkerheten hamnar i skymundan av de andra målen, särskilt när det kommer till miljöfrågor.I Växjö kommun arbetas det aktivt med trafikfrågor, både ur ett miljöperspektiv som ett säkerhetsperspektiv.

Under senare år har IR-kameror blivigt allt vanligare i kommersiella sammanhang. Detta beror framförallt på att priset på de detektorer som används för att mäta IR-strålning har sjunkigt och därmed även priset på kamerorna. IR-kameror avsedda för termografi har idag många likheter med digitalkameror för visuellt ljus och mycket av den funktionalitet som man finner hos dessa IR-kameror är hämtade från kameraindustrin.I och med det att de handhållna systems som används för termografi genererar bilder med bättre kvalitet börjar effekterna av ofrivilliga vibrationer, som till exempel handskak, att bli märkbara i mätresultaten. Detta märks framförallt när mätningar skall göras med hjälp av system bestyckade med smalvinkliga objektiv.Olika lösningar för optisk bildstabilisering är idag vanligt förekommande inom kameraindustrin. Lösningarna bygger ofta på att ett linselement i objektivet eller att hela bildsensorn kan förflyttas i sina respektive plan.

Thesis Purpose: The purpose of our thesis is to explore different plausible scenarios concerning the future of the Swedish produce industry with regards to branding. Methodology: In order for us to answer the research question and fulfill its purpose, we have utilized a qualitative approach combined with of both an inductive and deductive theoretical approach. Our study is both explorative and speculative. Theoretical Perspective: The theoretical framework of our research is based upon Porters Five Forces and Competitive Advantage combined with Kapferers Brand Identity Prism and his ideas on Brand Innovation. Additionally, we have utilized the Game Theory.

The aim of this report was to investigate the economy of passive houses. The work was focused on economy in total and on the economy of different components such as windows, insulation, heat exchanger and the air tightness of the climate shell. No attention was paid on the comfort factor or to the impacts on the environment.Two houses, aspiring to be passive were chosen; A big one and a small one. Hence, comparisons considering the size of the building have been possible to do as well.The comparisons were made by calculating ?break even? between two concepts; passive and BBR- concept.

It is widely recognized that the town of Södertälje, a small Swedish town of 85 000 inhabitants, has alone received more war refugees from Iraq than the US and Canada have put together. Whilst writing this thesis had nearly 6000 Iraqi refugees sought their way to Södertälje since the US invasion in Iraq 2003.Nevertheless, life is not what the media and the government retail. Six of these Iraqi refugees who resided in Södertälje share their life stories in the following thesis. They discuss their escape from Iraq and the difficulties of living in the segregated parts of Södertälje where they solely speak Arabic and Assyrian, whilst learning Swedish at sfi (Svenska för invandrare, Swedish for immigrants). Another distress is related to the unsecure future in Sweden waiting ahead.      The aim of this thesis is to engage in, and highlight the studies of six sfi-students in their endeavor to learn Swedish, whilst struggling through Swedish bureaucracy and experiencing despair due to their situation and uncertain future.       .

Wind and wind damage has become a hot subject because of the storm ?Gudrun? in January 2005. The main purpose of this study was to establish how the land owners attitude toward preventive wind damage actions was changing immediately after they had been struck by a storm. The result of the study was built on interviews. In springtime 2005 a total number of 20 private land owners were interviewed. Ten of the landowners lived in the province of Småland and ten in the province of Värmland.

This master thesis examines sport habits among young people and a view of their future in sports. Research has shown that the majority of youth leave sport clubs during adolescence. The thesis questions were: How physically active are young people? Which sports do they practice? Regarding their future in sports, what kind of aspirations do the young people have? Are there any barriers that could complicate their involvement in these activities? These questions were examined by analyzing if there were any differences between boys and girls, youth in different grades and youth with Swedish or foreign backgrounds. Pierre Bourdieu´s theoretical framework about sports and economic capital has been used as a research framework.

This master thesis was conducted during the spring of 2014 at Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB in Örebro. The purpose of the thesis was to develop a simulation model of the rotation system for a hydraulic rock drill. In the future, the model will be used to investigate the phenomena called ?jerky rotation?. In order to validate the simulation model a test bench was designed and tests were made.

In this thesis I have discussed about conflict management in school, from a teacher´s perspective. Focus has been on Swedish schools, especially on the teachers who are active in primary school. Several perspectives have been given, including an intercultural approach which has been the most recurrent. The importance of teachers? emotional maturity, knowledge about democracy and values, as well as teacher?s impact by being a sharp leader in different ways are other subjects the essay has touched.

As the quality of internationally competing horses is increasing, a debate concerning the breeding goal of the Swedish Warmblood horse has arisen. Some people claim that the breeding goal should be divided into two separate goals in the future; one for show jumping horses and another one for dressage horses. At the same time others claim that since the largest group of people using the Swedish Warmblood horse today is amateur riders, the needs of these riders should be taken into a larger consideration in the breeding program. The largest emphasis in this matter is on the horses? temperament. The objective of the study was to investigate what the majority of the Swedish horse people think about a variety of questions concerning today?s breeding goal of the Swedish Warmblood horse.

Our study examining how well the guidelines, from Skolverket (School Department), aboutgrades in the course "Samhällskunskap A" are implemented in the Swedish Upper SecondarySchool. The study focus on both teachers and students. To discover which knowledge the bothgroups have, we have used two different methods. The students have answered a survey,which was based on the phrases from the course plan "Samhällskunskap A" about grades. Thesurvey wanted to see how well the students could match the correct phrases with the gradesteps (the Swedish school uses three grade steps).

Academic research concerning how to determine the power situation in a supply chain where an investment product supplier is involved did not exist. Therefore new models has been developed that analyses the power relations and maps out the power situation in a supply chain. In the future these models can be applied on similar cases by modifying the included parameters. The new models show that case company FAS should focus on the big producers of garbage bag which are Trioplast, Rullpack and Miljösäck. By strengthen the brand FAS can make more money in these relations.

Kommunen har möjlighet att med hjälp av en detaljplan reglera användningen av mark- och vattenområden. Detaljplanens planbestämmelser är rättsligt bindande efter att planen har vunnit laga kraft och vad som får regleras med dem anges i 4 kapitlet plan- och bygglagen (PBL). Kapitlet är uttömmande vilket betyder att endast det som står uppräknat där får regleras. Kapitlet ger även krav på planbestämmelsernas tydlighet. I PBL finns även att läsa att det är en kommunal angelägenhet att planlägga mark och vatten vilket leder till att kommunen har planmonopol. I de fall kommunen använder sig av planbestämmelser i en detaljplan som inte har stöd i PBL:s 4 kapitel innebär det att gällande lagstiftning ej följs.