Swedish students' knowledge of both mathematics and reading comprehension has deteriorated in recent years. Scientists are discussing whether there is a connection between these areas and that the pupils deteriorating math skills may have something to do with their increasingly lower results in terms of reading comprehension. To investigate this possible connection, I conducted a survey among students in ninth grade and have come to the conclusion that the scientists are right: this connection absolutely exist. Students who received a high score on tasks designed to test students' mathematical problem-solving skills, also received high results on the reading comprehension test. And students who received a poor performance on the problem-solving tasks, were also low performers in the reading comprehension test.

The Walking Dead is a popular American tv-series set in the near future, or an alternative present. Society has fallen and colapsed into a more post-apocalyptic state. Till this date the seires has reached its third season, and each episode has several million viewers around the world. In this essay the author tries to see how the tv-series reprensatation of men and women looks like. Media, such as tv-series, acts as great source of inspiration when people tries to understand the world around them.

Det nya arbetslivet har blivit alltmer komplicerat och kravfyllt. Nya kunskapskrav har vÀxt fram i takt med arbetsmarknadens strukturomvandling och samhÀllets individualisering (Allvin, 2006). Individer förvÀntas bli ?sin egen agent? och stÀndigt strÀva efter att hÄlla sig anstÀllningsbara och ?anstÀllningsbarhet? har sÄledes blivit ett policybegrepp som anvÀnds flitigt inom den politiska debatten kring utbildning och arbete (Berglund & Fejes, 2009). Som blivande karriÀrvÀgledare Àr det relevant att förstÄ vad det innebÀr att vara anstÀllningsbar för att pÄ bÀsta sÀtt se till individens behov.

The fundamental prohibitions against anti-competitive agreements and abuse of a dominant position are set out in the EC Treaty, articles 81 and 82 respective CL 6 and 19 §. EU: s objectives can be said to promote economic and social development within the community. These objectives will be achieved, among other things, through the establishment of a common internal market. In order to achieve a common market, where companies from different nations compete on equal conditions, it is not enough to prevent the member states from distortion of competition in the market. The free competition and thereby the advantages the common market is assumed to create, can also be limited through measures taken by companies.

Finlands kamp mot det mycket större Sovjetunionen under vinterkriget skildras i denna uppsats i form av en fallstudie av slaget i Suomussalmi. Det görs Ă€ven en beskrivning av de militĂ€rteorier som Ă€r centrala för analysen i uppsatsen.Finlands sĂ€tt att strida och nyttja taktiken under detta slag Ă€r tillĂ€mpbart för att studera militĂ€rteorier som Försvarsmakten idag anvĂ€nder i sina doktriner för markarenan. Teorierna som slaget analyseras kring rör manövertĂ€nkande, krigföringsförmĂ„gan och de taktiska grundprinciperna.Uppsatsen undersöker i vilken omfattning den finska sidan anvĂ€nde sig av manövertĂ€nkande och vilka förmĂ„gor som spelade en avgörande roll i slaget. Även sambandet mellan manövertĂ€nkande och de taktiska grundprinciperna undersöks.Slutsatserna visar att rörligheten var den förmĂ„ga som spelade störst roll för den finska sidans framgĂ„ngar. Det framkommer ocksĂ„ att mĂ„nga finska chefer anvĂ€nde sig av manövertĂ€nkande.

The aim of this essay is to examine how the Internet functions as a communication channel to Event Marketing. We have investigated what makes the Internet unique as a communication channel for events and how Internet has been used for event marketing. We have mapped fundamental theories within marketing, media, communications and human-computer interaction, which together describe event marketing. We have carried out case studies on two event-marketing projects where the Internet has played a major role. The first project was XCT which is a project developed by the company Eventum AB.

I denna uppsats underso?ks habitus pa?verkan pa? vilken slags festival ma?nniskor va?ljer att beso?ka och varfo?r. Med dagens stora utbud av festivaler och det nya festivallandskapet som har va?xt fram de senaste a?ren finns det na?got fo?r alla som a?r intresserade. Syftet a?r att med hja?lp av kvalitativa intervjuer fo?rso?ka definiera vad det a?r som go?r en festival intressant fo?r vissa och helt ointressant fo?r andra och hur detta kan kopplas samman med Bourdieus teori om habitus.

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.

This paper presents the results of a study of dyscalculia. It is a retrospective archival study implemented with a deductive approach. On the basis of established research and theory 18 analytical categories were formulated, before a deductive thematic analysis of empirical material, consisting of journal data of 17 students investigated for dyscalculia, 14 girls (82.4%) and 3 boys (17.6%).The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the concepts formulated in research on dyscalculia and actual mathematical difficulties as those found in practice of students at school.All pupils had early and long-term difficulties with mathematics, while not showing any difficulties in other subjects. Most have had an unsatisfactory learning environment. All had normal intelligence but difficulty with certain cognitive, self-regulatory and linguistic features.

AbstractThe recruiting of lay judges to the district courts is managed by the political parties. Despite repeated efforts the parties do not succeed in recruiting lay judges that reflect the structure of the inhabitants. Why not? This is the fundamental issue of this essay.This study is a multiple case study of two parties with different success in their recruiting work. The purpose is to study the process of nomination regarding lay judges at the district courts, at the latest election (2006).

Swedish students' knowledge of both mathematics and reading comprehension has deteriorated in recent years. Scientists are discussing whether there is a connection between these areas and that the pupils deteriorating math skills may have something to do with their increasingly lower results in terms of reading comprehension. To investigate this possible connection, I conducted a survey among students in ninth grade and have come to the conclusion that the scientists are right: this connection absolutely exist. Students who received a high score on tasks designed to test students' mathematical problem-solving skills, also received high results on the reading comprehension test. And students who received a poor performance on the problem-solving tasks, were also low performers in the reading comprehension test.

Numerous studies have showed that Swedish municipalities are responsible for several of the activities that concern children and their rights, e.g. school and health care. Furthermore, the Convention of the Rights of the Child is an international agreement that Sweden has signed and ratified which also implies the obligations that Swedish municipalities have. The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare, from a social justice perspective, how children?s rights are being emphasized and how children?s opinions are being taken into consideration at the municipality level in Sweden.

Volunteering involves performing tasks without receiving any compensation for it. Interest in this idealistic commitment to non-profit organizations is growing and the primary reasons for this is to help other people, pursue their interests and contribute to the organization.The purpose of the study is to examine what it is that motivates individuals to commit to non-profit organizations. This study will only examine aid organizations. In order to answer the question four different theories have been used and these are the most fundamental theories in this field. These theories are Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Hertzberg's two-factor theory, Self-Determination Theory and The Gift.

This study intends to illuminate women?s experiences of their own self-harm. Self-harm is mostly associated with women and research shows that women mostly are over-represented. This study describes women?s experiences about their self-harm but also how they perceive the elements around them during their illness.

Bakgrund: Alla företag mÄste genomgÄ förÀndringar för att kunna konkurrera och överleva. I slutÀnden Àr det de anstÀllda som genomför de förÀndringar som beslutats om. Det Àr vitalt att förstÄ sÄ mycket som möjligt av individers agerande och de uppkomna attityderna och reaktionerna för att kunna leda en förÀndringsprocess. Om förstÄelse för detta kan nÄs kan kunskap erhÄllas om hur ledningen kan arbeta för att undvika eventuella problem som attityder och reaktioner kan medföra. Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats Àr att, ur ett medarbetarperspektiv, analysera de attityder liksom reaktioner som uppkommer hos medarbetarna vid en specifik förÀndringsprocess.