Idag lever cirka 40-65% av Sveriges befolkning med kronisk smÀrta. PÄverkan av kronisk smÀrta pÄ en persons livsstil varierar, en del ser smÀrtan som en olÀgenhet i vardagen medan andra upplever att smÀrtan pÄverkar varje aspekt av livet. Det Àr inte lÀtt att behandla kronisk smÀrta dÄ variationer pÄ smÀrtan Àr mÄnga och diagnosen ofta Àr osÀker. Alternativa metoder för att behandla smÀrta blir allt vanligare och en sÄdan metod Àr mindfulness. Syftet med studien var att beskriva den samlade kunskapen kring mindfulness verkan hos personer med kronisk smÀrta.

Vi har undersökt relationen mellan VD-Àgande och företags aktiekurser pÄ Stockholmsbörsen mellan Ären 2002-2007. Denna undersökning har visat pÄ varierande resultat beroende pÄ hur portföljerna Àr viktade. Genom att titta pÄ avkastningen hos de likaviktade portföljerna, har den med högst VD-Àgande haft högst ren avkastning. Detta har vi dock inte kunnat sÀkerstÀlla rent statistiskt. DÀremot kan vi pÄvisa att Sharpe-kvoten har varit högre för bolag med högt VD-innehav i aggregerade portföljer för hela testperioden.

?Between normal and abnormal? is a qualitative literature study about adults with Aspergers syndrom. The study aims to understand how a person with Asperger syndrome understand himself. The study is built around two issues. These are; how does a person with Aspergers syndrom describe himself and how does the diagnos influence the self-image.

Sydkorea visade upp en enastÄende ekonomisk tillvÀxt mellan 1960 och 1990. Per capita ? inkomsten hade en genomsnittlig Ärlig ökning pÄ sju procent och landet Àr idag inkomstmÀssigt jÀmförbart med lÀnder som Grekland och Portugal. I denna uppsats undersöker jag utbildningens roll i denna utveckling, mer specifikt: vilken effekt utbildning och utbildningspolitik har haft pÄ Sydkoreas ekonomiska tillvÀxt mellan 1960 och 1990? Metodologin prÀglas av kvantitativ data och huvuddragen i metodologin Àr beskrivning av ekonomiska processer, presentation av empirisk data samt analys med koppling till ekonomisk teori.

Tail-biting in pigs is an animal welfare issue and in Sweden during 2002 the producers lost tree million Swedish crowns because of tail biting. This economic loss depends on the pigs which are discarded at slaughter because of tail biting. Tail biting can be separated into two stages, "pre-injury" and "injury". The aim of this study is to investigate if tail biting depends on environment or genetic background.A lot of research on the environments effects on the behaviour of pigs but not so much on the genetic effects has been performed. The frequency of tail biting in pig farms influence among others of environment enrichment, ventilation, gender and breed of the pig.

Burn out is common among people who work with other people and occurs in both ecclesiastical and non ecclesiastical context. In recent years, the phenomenon has attracted increasing attention in the Church of Sweden and among persons who hold a consecration service as priests.The purpose of this essay is to study the text material from the two authors (Lennart Belfrage 2009 and Martin Petré 2013) and to analyze and describe them. Another goal is to see how the coping theory may be helpful for this group of priests to handle the situation arising in the time of burnout.I have used the qualitative research and hermeneutics method for categorize and encode the material in order to interpret and understand the underlying causes that could explain burnout among priests in the Church of SwedenPargaments (1997) coping theory has been important for analysis and explanation of burnout among a group of priests in the Church of Sweden.In the result, I have found four components that may be useful in the understanding of the cause of burnout. The analysis shows that Pargaments (1997) coping theory is useful to manage complex situations for example burnout, among priests in the Church of Sweden..

Research on the power of customer involvement, and in particular recommendation is very resourceful. Many studies have mapped the reasons for why customers are willing to recommend, however they often ignore potential differences among brands and how that may affect these reasons. This study is built on a quantitative survey investigating how consumers interact with brands, depending on category affiliation. The categories used were Bhat and Reddy's symbolic and functional, consisting of three brands respectively where each brand represented a different product type.The evolvement of social media has also transformed the platform of recommendation from physical to virtual and changed the way people connect. Thus, taking the investigation further, potential differences between symbolic and functional brands was tested in different social media platforms.

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) hold great potential to support learning activities, for example by providing teachers and students with new and extended spaces for interaction and collaboration. However, this potential appears to be difficult to realize, and despite their perceived learning benefits, the reality is that LMSs are being used primarily for administrative purposes. Meanwhile, external pedagogical tools are successfully put into practice to improve learning outcomes, and the aim of this study is therefore to identify and discuss benefits and disadvantages associated with the LMS as a concept. By interviewing secondary school teachers, we disentangle the idea of integrating administrative and pedagogical aids into a single platform, providing detailed insight into the use of digital tools in secondary education. The study contributes to a deepened understanding of integrated learning environments, and we conclude that there is a conflict between structure and flexibility that needs to be addressed before determining the design of a digital learning space..

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to analyse the reading- and writing-approaches: the LTG-method and the whole language-theory. The attention is to perform a comparative literate-study to distinguish their similarities and differences, and examine which one of the approaches that is most clearly anchored in the syllabus of the subject Swedish. The starting-point of the study is the questions: Which similarities respectively differences have the LTG-method and the whole language-theory? Which one of these theories is most clearly anchored in the syllabus of the subject Swedish? The study has shown that both the whole language-theory and the LTG-method can anchor in the syllabus for Swedish. However the whole language-theory has stronger hold in the syllabus, as the whole language emphasises the meaning of literature for reading- and writing-learning, and considers the pupils reflection during their learning-process and conquered knowledge-goal.

Green roofs have seen a revival in the society of today. They provide many functions of which both society as a whole and the individual can take part. In particular extensive green roofs, that requires little or even zero maintenance, provides very valuable functions. Green roofs affect our environment and our economy in a positive manner as well as the physical expression of buildings. In this bachelor thesis the impact of green roofs on society has been examined throughout literature studies. The result as a compilation of contemporary research in this field is presented together with a discussion about the use of green roofs in general. The two major arguments for an extended use of green roofs are, the high stormwater retention capacity and the cost-benefits seen over time compared to a conventional roof.

I denna uppsats studeras hur afrikanska lÀnders ekonomiska tillvÀxt pÄverkas av deras handelsöppenhet. För att undersöka den valda problemstÀllningen har en tvÀrsnittsstudie utförts med hjÀlp av en regressionsanalys. Datamaterialet som anvÀnds Àr sekundÀrdata som inhÀmtats frÄn VÀrldsbanken. Den beroende variabeln som undersöks Àr genomsnittlig tillvÀxt i reell BNP per capita mellan Är 2000 och 2010. I regressionsmodellen inkluderas ett antal oberoende variabler.

Fuel pellets are a refined bio fuel mostly consisting of residues from sawmills and wood industry. At Rindi VĂ€sterdala AB's combined bio energy plant in Vansbro fuel pellets are produced, while the waste heat from the process is used for district heating. The pellets are produced from sawdust, wood shavings and dry wood chips that is dried, milled and pressed into small cylindrical rods. The advantage of refining the wood material in this manner is that the energy value is greater per unit volume and unit weight, thereby the cost of transportation per energy unit is reduced. Also, less storage space is needed.Pellet manufacturing is a complex process since many parameters affects the final results.

I dagens lantbruk Àr det intressant att minska kostnaderna för insatsvaror och dÀrmed förbÀttra lönsamheten. GPS-teknik med autostyrning ger möjlighet för lantbrukare att minska kostnaderna för insatsvaror i vÀxtodling. De frÀmsta möjligheterna att minska kostnaderna Àr genom att minimera överlapp i jordbearbetning. Syftet med denna studie Àr att utreda och analysera hur lönsamheten förÀndras i ett vÀxtodlingsföretag pÄ 150 hektar genom att investera i GPS-teknik. Studien omfattar 2 fiktiva fallgÄrdar med olika strategier för jordbearbetning.

Under det senaste decenniet har media och forskare talat om att ett stillasittande beteende inte Àr bra för dig, och att du dÀrför mÄste du trÀna regelbundet för att hÄlla upp en god hÀlsa. Nyligen publicerade rapporter visar nu att ett stillasittande beteende, definierat som muskulÀr inaktivitet ökar risken för de flesta av dagens folksjukdomar och förtida död. Dessa risker Àr oberoende av fysisk aktivitet mellan dina stillasittande perioder. Stillasittande tid bör betraktas som en separat hÀlsorisk och livsstilsvariabel.Vissa Àr mycket stillasittande pÄ sin fritid och andra har ett mycket stillasittande jobb. Men det finns en grupp mÀnniskor som inte kan pÄverka sin egen stillasittande tid under vardagar, nÀmligen barnen och ungdomarna i skolan.

Domestication has resulted in the ability for animals to adapt to environments created by the human over time. The behavior differs very little between wild and domesticated animals, but the difference seen is how often and to what degree a behavior is performed. The need for efficiency in modern animal production has led to welfare problems in the productionsystems where the animals have difficulties coping with their environment. Attempts to environmentally adapt individuals by selection for reduced frequency of natural behaviours have been made. These have shown that natural behaviours are complex and are controlled by several different mechanisms, making selection for reduced natural behavior difficult, and it may also lead to unwanted and abnormal behaviours.