Som med många svenska varor och tjänster, räcker inte den svenska marknaden till för att vara tillräckligt lönsam. Detsamma gäller även många modeföretag där exporten är nödvändig för att den svenska modebranschen skall ha möjlighet att utvecklas. I och med globaliseringen kan allt fler modeföretag expandera och agera på marknader världen över, vilket för konsumenten innebär ett brett utbud av internationella klädmärken. Konsumenterna blir samtidigt även allt medvetnare i sina val, vilket tillsammans med stark köpkraft betyder att de väljer att lägga extra pengar på varumärken. Allt större summor spenderas på sig själv, och konsumtion av kläder har övergått till att även vara ett sätt att kommunicera sin identitet.

The high viscosity of barley material makes starch isolation problematical using regular methods established for cereals. An adjusted starch isolation method has been set up for barley, based on fractionation and purification. The focus is on attaining truly representative isolates of six flour samples selected for widely differing characteristics within the research program BarleyFunFood (BFF). Beside establishment of the method, this diploma work aspires to serve the BFF with isolated material of sufficient yield valid for further starch characterisation. A pre study was conducted evaluating available wet mixing equipment, experimental conditions and mode of procedure.

This essay is a part of a project called ?Young peoples representation of love and relationships? and was initialized in Barcelona in January 2006. The University of Barcelona cooperates with the University college of Södertörns Högskola to compare perception of love among youths in both countries. The project focuses on teenagers between 13-19 years of age. The project uses four types of questionnaires with questions about love, feelings, empathy and relationships witch were compiled by research workers at the University of Barcelona.?A Love-ly game? is a qualitative study that is based on a questionnaire-investigation made in a Gymnasium-school in a suburb south of Stockholm.

Detta examensarbete utreder en ny typ av spjällhus som optimerats för dragracing. Spjällhuset styr luftflödet till förbränningsmotorn och regleras av gashandtaget. Konceptet är utvecklat av Emtes Ingenjörsbyrå och i examensarbetet ingår att konstruera ett spjällhus med det nya konceptet för motorcykelmodellen Suzuki Hayabusa. Det standardmonterade spjällhuset är anpassat för gatubruk och ett brett effektregister. För dragracing är den maximala effekten avgörande och det standard monterade spjällhuset är en flaskhals vid WOT (Wide Open Throttle).För konceptet saknas dock fullständiga lösningar för diverse funktioner.

I vårt samhälle kan den smala kvinnliga kroppen uppfattas spegla attraktivitet, status, lycka och hälsa. Massmedia har starka influenser på denna kroppsdiskurs, då det sprids budskap om att ju mer kroppen liknar det smala kroppsidealet desto högre är dess värde. Den här studien syftar till att kartlägga och jämföra fysiska aktivitetsvanor och uppfattningar om kroppen samt samhällets kroppsnormer hos flickor på två kroppsfokuserande gymnasieinriktningar. Studien har utförts enligt en tvärsnittsdesign med en kvantitativ metod. Antalet medverkande var 101 flickor som studerade inom fysisk träning respektive skönhet och mode.

Konsumtion kan vara allt från ditt köp av tuggummi, ett par nya skor, en gammal päls från 70-talet, en resa till Indien, till en kebabrulle nere på hörnet. Samtidigt innebär detta att du betalar för smaker, utseende, åsikter, upplevelser, känslor och kulturer. Detta är att leva i ett konsumtionssamhälle. Det du konsumerar speglar vem du är och hur du vill att andra ska uppfatta dig ? alltså din identitet.

Spelens dragningskraft har länge varit outforskad och vad som motiverar oss att spela är fortfarande svårt att definiera. Spelindustrin saknar ett ramverk för att ersätta termen ?kul? för att i stället på ett vetenskapligt sätt kunna bryta ner vad det är som får spelare att vilja fortsätta spela. Vi har i vår undersökning tittat på orsaken till spelande, för att på så vis undersöka den grundläggande motivationen hos spelare. Undersökningen utforskar inte bara vad som motiverar spelare utan försöker även destillerar den vida använda bransch-termen ?kul? för att kunna ersätta den med termer är baserade på behovstillfredsställande teorier, som istället redogör för varför spelare blir motiverade att fortsätta spela.

I want to investigate different preschool teachers' views of their daily work in terms of the diversity of children and learning, and the methods and strategies of preschool teachers use in their everyday lives, to meet every child's individual needs. I also want to investigate preschool teacher?s perceptions of children's social skills as this is included in the pre-school assignments relating to a favorable social environment for all children.To find this out, I have compiled three issues.What are the views interviewed preschool teachers to learning and different lustful methods that make the educational activities meaningful for all children?? What pedagogical strategies do preschool teachers to respond to the diversity of children?? What opinions have interviewed preschool teachers about children's social interaction with other children in preschool?The conclusion is:all children are different and learn in different ways. Teachers have the responsibility to ensure every child's development and adapt the business to the children's level and needs in a way that could inspire children to learn new skills. It is teachers' responsibility to provide children with good opportunities to express their views and feelings.

Purpose: The purposes of the current study were to investigate whether there were any differences in the perceptual ability between professional and non-professional ice-hockey players and whether professional players are better at distinguishing, paying attention to and concentrating on what is important during intense physical activity. Method: Twenty male ice-hockey players (10 from both the Swedish first and third divisions) participated in the study. Wingate test were used for physiological measurements while three psychological tests were presented in front of the participants. Stroop, Flanker and Fast counting tests were used to measure perceptual and coping abilities during intense physical activity and the differences between the two groups. Results: Fast counting and Flanker word 2 tests showed a significant difference between the two groups, whereby the professional groups was faster and more accurate than the non-professional group in answering.

Women?s football has, throughout history, been subject to the resistance of man?s world. The English football association forbid women?s teams to play on the association?s grounds. This ban lasted for 50 years and wasn?t dissolved until 1971.

The concerning issue of declining number of hunters in North America is also apparent in Europe and Sweden. When the bulk of research found on human dimensions and hunting participation has almost exclusively been done in the United States, this report seeks to add to the needed knowledge on a national level focusing on the causes of hunter declines related to social factors within Sweden. Using hunter data reaching from commune, county to National level, this report describes the correlation between a number of variables and the hunting participation in Sweden.The typical Swedish hunter lives in an area with low population density, the person usually has higher education, the living situation is stable with no recent moving and there is relatively good access to forest land. Persons with weaker connection to the Swedish culture such as foreign citizens, people with foreign background and people born outside ?the Nordic countries? are less likely to start hunt or participate in hunting.A strong relationship was found between the favorite game, moose (Alces alces), and the amount of hunters participating in the hunting.

Traditionally, rolling mills use emulsions based on a mixture of oil and water for lubrication. Since two years ago SAPA has been using (instead of oil) a synthetic lubricant so called conditional emulsion for hot-rolling of aluminum. This lubricant is water based and homogenous at ambient temperature, but switches to a two-phase system at heating above the cloud point.This project aims to validate and if necessary modify an existing HPLC method for quantifying two out of three key components (A, B and C) in the conditional emulsion. Attempts to develop a method to quantify the pH adjusting components, X and Y were also made. These two methods are required to optimize the lubricant.Due to the complexity of the components, it has been difficult to present a method for quantification, and HPLC with ELS detection was chosen after a long series of trials.

AbstractOur study deals with intrapreneurship in local activity. The main purpose of this study is to understand, explain and develop the concept of intrapreneurship in local activity with the help of existing information, our discussion, and reasoning and with the help of theoretical concepts. One reason for the choice of this topic was our pure curiosity towards this quite unique and unexplored phenomenon. We know that the term intrapreneurship in local activity has not existed longer than about ten years and the amount of existing thesis of intrapreneurship in local activity is very few. The information about intrapreneurship in local activity is mainly collected by studying Örebro´s intrapreneurship policies but also by studying other local authorities in Eksjö, Umeå and Västra-Götaland.

To encourage and increase the motivation to physical activity by using new information and communication technology, in order to change our behaviours into a more healthy lifestyle, could be one approach to promote public health. In our study we examine how gamification, which is about implementing classical game design elements from the computer world in a non-gaming context, can be a tool to increase the motivation for physical activity. Since similar studies already have been done we chose to focus on analyzing how different player types from Bartle?s taxonomy can be affected by the usage of a gamification application. A group of students were therefore picked and during a two weeks? period they used the application Fitocracy where they logged their daily excercise.

Background: The starting point of the thesis is the growing importance of negotiations that serve to establish a relationship between the parties involved as companies? business activities are getting more complex. Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to find and to analyze which elements are of importance for parties, when creating a successful negotiation with regard to building long-term relationships, and if those elements differ for sales and procurement negotiations in companies with business activities of various kinds. Research method: The study was realized with the help of twelve qualitative interviews. Result: The elements of importance when creating a successful negotiation with regard to building long-term relationships were mainly elements of co-operation and to some extent elements of competition.