Management of large carnivores involves more than just the management of animals, people also have a large influence. The Swedish parliament decided in 2009 that the county boards should use co-management to a greater extent in management. This shows how important human dimensions are.We know from previous research that the majority of people in VĂ€sterbotten are positive toward large carnivores and the management done by the state, however there is a negative minority which should not be neglected. This paper contributes with an examination of attitudes toward large carnivores, wolf, bear, lynx and wolverine, in VĂ€sterbotten County. The data for this study were derived from a survey that was sent out to 150 randomly selected persons in every commune in following counties: Norrbotten, VĂ€sterbotten, JĂ€mtland, VĂ€sternorrland, Dalarna, GĂ€vleborg and Stockholm.

Syftet med uppsatsen Àr att undersöka om det finns en ökad korrelation mellan de europeiska börserna, bÄde som medlemmar i EU och EMU. DÄ USA lÀnge varit en ledande vÀrldsekonomi vill vi undersöka om dess inverkan pÄ de europeiska börserna har förÀndrats. Metod: Vi har utifrÄn olika börsers dagliga avkastningar berÀknat det mÄnatliga medelvÀrdet och korrelationen. Resultaten har vi sedan jÀmfört för att finna samvariation. För att kunna se om korrelationerna skiljer sig Ät har vi berÀknat konfidensintervall.

Studien Àmnar ge en beskrivande bild av hur hedgefonder anvÀnder futures och CFDs och till vilket syfte. Författarna avser Àven att genomföra en jÀmförelse mellan instrumenten för att ge en ökad förstÄelse för hur CFDs kan anvÀndas som instrument och vilka strategier som Àr mest lÀmpade beroende pÄ mÄl och riskpreferenser.Studien Àr byggd pÄ det deduktiva synsÀttet. För insamling av det empiriska materialet har en kvalitativ metod anvÀnds varvid fyra telefonintervjuer genomfördes. Teorin har hÀmtats frÄn flertalet kÀllor dÀr bÄde artiklar, böcker och Internet har anvÀnts.De strategier som anvÀndes av hedgefonderna i studien var Förvaltade terminer, Global makro samt Marknadsneutral. Ingen av hedgefonderna anvÀnde sig av CFDs, detta berodde enligt hedgefonderna pÄ lÄgt utbud av underliggande varor samt bristande likviditet.

Today's consumers are demanding more and more from companies and are no longer as easy to im-press as they used to be. It is now the consumers that hold an increasing amount of power over com-panies and not the other way around. This change in consumer behaviour has caused an identity crisis for traditional advertising, and companies are now searching for new ways of reaching their target audience. The purpose of this combined qualitative and quantitative case study is to examine possible risks and possibilities that a retailing company face when communicating through Facebook. Data has been collected through in-depth interviews with company representatives combined with a quantitative study of the company's Facebook followers in order to answer the questions of (1) which possibilities and risks a retailing company face through the use of a Facebook fanpage and (2) if there is a differ-ence in the attitude and behaviour of active respectively passive followers that may have been caused by a retailing company's marketing communication on Facebook.

Könssorterad sperma Àr selekterad sperma. Vid anvÀndning av X-Vik fÄs kvigkalvar med en 90 % sÀkerhet och vid anvÀndning av Y-Vik kan man med 85 % sÀkerhet sÀga att en kalv kommer bli en tjur. AnvÀndning av XVik ger snabba avelsframsteg i besÀttningen genom att en förhöjning av mjölkkobesÀttningens medel NTM (Nordic total merit index) sker. NTM Àr ett gemensamt avelsindex för Sverige, Danmark och Finland. Indexet som anvÀnds för att bedöma mjölkkor kallas mjölkindex och i det ingÄr mjölkmÀngd, fettmÀngd och proteinmÀngd.

The public sector in Sweden outsources its core business to a very large extent, whileinsisting on running its IT operations internally in a traditional way. IT as a service ingeneral and cloud computing in particular has become incredibly popular in recentyears, offering cost efficiency and greater ability for the business to concentrate on itscore activities, which is why it should be a promising alternative to the traditional wayof running IT internally. To achieve an understanding of why IT as a service has yetto take off in the public sector, a study of its use of IT/IS, what the effect of IT as aservice is, and the opportunities and challenges that cloud computing represents, isnecessary.The study, which was conducted using a qualitative hermeneutic approach, was initiatedby a literature review, followed by six in-depth interviews with five respondents,all of which hold many years of experience in the area. The outcome of the interviewsindicated that IT as a service should represent a promising and feasible way of reachinghigher levels of cost control, and a greater focus on core activities. Furthermore,the results indicated that Swedish legislation along with a high level of businesscomplexitymight be reasons for the low amount of IT as a service in the public sector.Through careful analysis and examination of the business? current situation, as well ascomprehensive knowledge of Swedish legislation with regards to the implications ofLagen om offentlig upphandling, the public sector can avoid IT as a service becomingmore expensive and more complicated than necessary, and achieve cost efficiencyalong with a greater focus on its core activities through it.Future research could examine the possibility of a framework for the integration ofcloud services within the public sector?s IT/IS environment, and whether there is aspecific size of a cloud implementation at which it?s more cost efficient to go withtraditional IT operations..

To make wave power more competitive on the market Uppsala University leads projects that examine how to accomplish better efficiency in the production. One of these projects is described in this report and examines whether it is possible to make the production of dovetails more efficient by using an industry robot of type ABB IRB6000 S3 M91. This project is using an already presented working method, from a previous project, which involves that the robot picks up the dovetail and moves against fixed cutting machines where the dovetail will be drilled, threaded and milled. Drilling and threading are the sub operations that will be examined in this project where experiments are made with the presented working method and with equipment from Uppsala University.Experiments show whether it is possible to drill the holes in the dovetail within specifications by using the specific robot and the presented working method. The threading operation is examined theoretically if it is possible to accomplish by using the same working method.

Idag anvÀnds hÀsten frÀmst i sportsammanhang och som fritidssysselsÀttning genom ridning och körning. Det vanligaste sÀttet att hÄlla hÀstar pÄ i Sverige under 2010 Àr stall med boxar med begrÀnsad utevistelse en och en eller i grupp. Det finns fÄ studier gjorda pÄ hÀstens rörelsemÀngd i paddockar. De studier som finns har visat att rörelsemÀngden ökar i större hagar. En studie gjord pÄ Flyinge 2005 indikerar pÄ att hÀstar som gÄr i par har större aktivitet i hagen Àn hÀstar som gÄr enskilt. Syftet med studien Àr att ta reda pÄ om hÀstarna rör sig mer vid utevistelsen om de gÄr i par jÀmfört med om de gÄr enskilt. Studiens frÄgestÀllning Àr: Stimuleras hÀstarna till ökad rörelseaktivitet om de gÄr parvis i hagen jÀmfört med om de gÄr enskilt? Hypotesen Àr att utevistelse i par stimulerar till ökad rörelseaktivitet i form av tillryggalagd strÀcka jÀmfört med hÀstar som hÄlls enskilt. I studiens försök deltog Ätta hÀstar fördelade pÄ tvÄ par och fyra enskilda.

The aim of this study was to enlighten social workers experiences of social networks direct influence in Swedish social services, and in which ways those influences are manifested. Some of the issues that are being explored in this study are: The separation of the private sphere and professional duties; boundaries and dual relationships that occurs inside social networks; the use of social networks as a control-instrument in authority exercise towards clients; and social networks arising impact on social work. The empirical material was collected with nine qualitative interviews with social workers stationed at different social service departments in a Swedish municipality. Also one qualitative e-survey was sent out to, and answered by four social workers with a managerial position in the same municipality.The results reveal that several informants have experienced different problematic situations involving clients within the social networks. This study shows that the informants are very restrictive with what information (text and pictures) they publish on their facebook-profiles, because of their position of authority and the awareness of the possibility of always being watched.

Over the past twenty years, the cooperation within the European Union (EU) has strengthened and expanded with both more number of Member States and stronger influence on international politics. The unique character of the Union and its ability to enforce peace and humanitarian intervention has attracted attention in political science. This prominent position of the Union is perceived by many scholars who often hold this derived from the Union's influence in international relations. Various terms have been used to define the powers of the Union. The British researcher Ian Manners states that the unique identity of the Union in the international arena is formed by its normative power.  An important policy area within the Union is the environmental cooperation.

Leadership is a well-known phenomenon in today?s world and researchers have developed multitudes of theories with different assumptions about what leadership is and what implications it has. Models of different kinds of leadership have been presented and researchers are constantly working on trying to find a definition of great leadership. Our thought was however that because every human being is unique it would be naĂŻve to presume that all people hold the same perception about what constitutes good leadership. Although we believed that every person defines good leadership in his/her own way we also believed that there could be similarities to be found between illustrations generated from people with comparable organizational positions.

In May 2008, the Swedish Government proclaimed several proposals in order to increase the status of the teaching profession. One of the proposals was that each teacher should be obligated to obtain a "teaching license" to be allowed to teach. The license/certification will guarantee that the teacher has the sufficient knowledge of pedagogy and subject obtained from University. The existing teachers who do not hold a proper certification today will be given a certain time period to attain one. The teachers that are certificated teachers but that are giving lessons in subjects not certificated in will be given a chance to obtain the proper knowledge of the subject.

Uppsatsen behandlar incitamentsprogrammen hos ett urval företag pÄ Stockholms A- och O-lista för att utreda huruvida det finns ett samband mellan bonusutbetalningar till företagens ledning och företagets framgÄng. FramgÄngen definieras som avkastning pÄ företagets aktie relativt avkastningen för branschindex. MÄlet var att genom en multipel regressionsanalys belÀgga alternativt förkasta ett samband mellan VD:ns ersÀttning och företagets aktieavkastning. Studien Àr utförd pÄ 59 st slumpmÀssigt urvalda bolag noterade pÄ Stockholms A- och O-lista. Totalt ingick 190 st observationer spritt över Ären 2002-2005.

Syftet med denna uppsats Àr att ta reda pÄ vad lÀraren bör ta hÀnsyn till vid planering av matematikundervisningen, med fokus pÄ arbetsformerna undervisning i helklass och individuellt arbete, för att förbÀttra inlÀrningseffekterna hos eleverna pÄ det svenska högstadiet, vilket undersöks med en text/dokumentstudie. Sedan 1990-talet har det blivit mer och mer fokus pÄ individuellt arbete (med lÀrobok) i matematikundervisning pÄ det svenska högstadiet med lÀrare som fungerar som handledare. Samtidigt visar internationella studier som PISA och TIMSS att elevernas matematikkunskaper pÄ högstadiet har försÀmrats till en genomsnittlig nivÄ (eller under) sedan dess vilket innebÀr att den svenska skolan mÄste agera. Undersökningen i denna uppsats visar att arbetsformerna undervisning i helklass och individuellt arbete borde genomföras pÄ rÀtt sÀtt, att mer undervisning i helklass ? utfört pÄ rÀtt sÀtt ? och mindre individuellt arbete, i synnerhet pÄ det sÀtt som det ofta utförts i Sverige, borde anvÀndas, att varken undervisning i helklass eller individuellt arbete som enda arbetsform Àr tillrÀcklig för inlÀrningen och att arbetsformerna borde varieras beroende pÄ det matematiska omrÄdet som ska lÀras eller pÄ den förmÄga som ska utvecklas samt klassammansÀttningen.

ABSTRACTBackground: The incidence of type 2 diabetes is increasing worldwide. Early intervention in form of medication, advice on self-management and lifestyle changes is necessary to avoid complications. Few Swedish studies are made on the diabetes nurse?s views on promotion of self- management.Purpose: To examine the diabetes specialist nurse?s experience of promoting self-management to patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care.  Method: A qualitative explorative study where eight diabetes nurses were interviewed. The interview guide consisted of semistructed questions concerning the promotion of self-management.Results: The diabetes nurse?s role in promoting patient self-management is significant, if resources are available in the form of adequate time for the patient and good team work.