De flesta skolor i Sverige använder konventionella metoder när det gäller läs- och skrivinlärning, det vill säga papper och penna som främsta verktyg. Men tekniken utvecklas och samhället förändras. I denna studie undersöker vi hur datorn kan användas som pedagogiskt verktyg i undervisning. Av den anledningen har vi valt att undersöka en läs- och skrivstrategi med datorn framtagen av den norske pedagogen Arne Trageton i hans bok Att skriva sig till läsning. IKT i förskoleklass och skola (2005).

This report intends to analyze the difference between the original rules and a modification of the rules for the Scandinavian version of the world famous dice game yatzy (yahtzee). Several works are made previously existing strategies for yatzy and Yahtzee.The study was conducted using the optimal strategy calculated and implemented in the programming language Java. The execution of the application to create the file containing the optimal strategy was running on leased powerful servers from Amazon and took just over six hours each.A simulated player played 100,000 games based on the strategy, to obtain data which then was used to plot graphs and analyze the expected score and its standard deviation. The expected value (mean) and standard deviation of the score for the possibility of three or four throws were 233.00 ± 44.82 and 280.07 ± 41.25.In view of the results drawn the expected conclusion that the four possible throws provides increased probability of getting a high score, unlike the case where the player may only be able to throw the dice three times. The fact that the variance is lower in the case of four throw session is equivalent to that the likelihood to get close to the expected value increases..

This master?s thesis was written on the behalf of Saba Frukt och Grönt AB inHelsingborg and is the final part of the Master program in MechanicalEngineering at Halmstad University.The main task was to introduce visual control and increase the rate of concept intwo of the departments of the company. The goal is to come up withimplementation proposals, and if possible to implement one in the near future.The author attacks the problem by using the Six Sigma DMAIC-methodology as itis a clear and structured approach. As a complement Lean-inspired tools are used.After compiling the results from the interviews and benchmarking somesuggestions are made. These are reviewed with stakeholders and a discussion ofhow to go on further was held.

The number of elderly continues to increase in Sweden which puts pressure on the elderly care. Aproposed solution is to increase the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) inhome care to both streamline care and enable older people to manage on their own to a greaterextent. So far Västerås is the only municipality that has made a decision on an ICT solution, whichthey have chosen to call ?eHemtjänst? (eHomecare). The purpose of this paper was to investigatethe specific prerequisites and requirements for Gothenburg city regarding the potentialimplementation of eHemtjänst.

In this thesis, high quality adverts are examined from the perspective of the advertisement contest Guldägget. The study discusses award-winning advertisement, both in terms of content and design, according to Guldägget?s jury members, industry experts and various theorists. Semiotics is used to analyse Guldägget?s winning adverts.

På sjukhus i Sverige arbetar sjuksköterskor på neonatalavdelningar med att ta hand om de allra minsta barnen och deras speciella behov. Barnen är i behov av specialistsjukvård, ibland intensivvårdskrävande med högteknologisk utrustning, samtidigt som de behöver påbörja den viktiga anknytningen till sin familj. Sjuksköterskor behöver specialkompetens för att arbeta i den krävande vårdmiljön, där de skall ta hand om ett vårdkrävande barn samt familjen till barnet och arbeta familjecentrerat. Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskors erfarenhet av att arbeta med familjecentrerad neonatalvård. Fokusgruppsintervjuer genomfördes som senare analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Den språkliga medvetenheten börjar utvecklas så snart en människa har förmåga att ta intryck från omvärlden och utvecklas genom samtal,språklekar och sagor. Språklig medvetenhet är en förutsättning för att kunna lära sig läsa och skriva. Läsutvecklingen sker i flera steg och startar långt innan den verkliga läsningen. Jag ville genom mitt examensarbete få veta mera om hur jag som lärare kan hjälpa barn att lära sig läsa och skriva. Det är en nödvändig kunskap i mitt framtida yrkesliv som lärare.

With an increased empowerment of the users, and a dependence on outside critics, one wonders what kind of role the librarians have in a context where qualitative literature is discussed. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between librarians private and professional views on qualitative fiction, in order to be able to discuss their role as quality intermediaries in a user oriented context.The method used, is the qualitative, semistructured interview. This author interviewed seven librarians from three different libraries in Sweden. The theoretical emphasis partly relies on the ten words of qualitative value that Inger Elam and Bengt Brülde discusses in their respective texts, partly on David Garvins quality assessment theory, which defines several quality categories divided between an absolute and a relative quality view.Through the comparison between the private and the professional quality view, examined with the two theoretical approaches, the analysis of the interview material shows that there lies a complexity in the librarians professional role. On the one hand, they are dependent of both the users and the critics judgements about the qualitative aspect in the work with purchasing new literature to the library.

Examensarbetet undersöker den nya versionen av affärssystemet Microsoft Dynamics AX R2 2012 och dess plattform Commerce Runtime och analyserar dessa ur perspektiven arkitektur och kommunikationsmöjligheter. Examensarbetet undersöker systemets arkitektur och implementerar tre metoder för att visa upp kommunikationen mellan komponenterna i systemet. Undersökningen avgränsar sig dock till de områden av systemet och plattformen som har med butikslösningen att göra. Undersökningen går hand i hand med implementationen. Implementeringen sker löpande under arbetet för att säkerställa att undersökningen stämmer.

The question of direct citizen participation in politics and administration is a contestable one. Its proponents claim that it has positive consequences even for the more "traditional", representative democracy, since participation leads to an increased political knowledge and increased political interest, and thus creates a revitalised democracy. Critical voices have however been raised to the validity of this claim. Critics have also pointed out direct participation as problematic, because it leads to problems of political inequality: a difference of political influence between ? on the one hand, the citizens participating directly and those that restrict their political participation to voting, and ? on the one the other hand ? between the institutions, for example schools, that employ, and don?t employ this method of direct citizen influence.In this essay, these two points of criticisms are tested in the context of user-boards in elementary and secondary schools.

Objective: The study will investigate whether cash liquidity have a negative affect on profitability and share value of companies, listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm 2008-2011. Part of the purpose is also to show if the industry risk is of importance for treasury management of these companies.Method: The methodology for the study is key analysis through hypothesis testing and regression analysisConclusion: The liquidity ratio affects profitability in a negative direction on the entire sample. No other conclusion can be drawn..

The purpose of the literature study was to describe older people´s difficulties and attitudes to take several drugs. Literature has been sought in two large databases and included literature is selected, quality assessed and analyzed, based on the study purpose and questions. The authors conducted a descriptive literature review of qualitative and quantitative articles. Difficulties to access different types of pharmaceutical packaging, or to remember when to take their medicines are difficulties the elderly encounter. Cultural and socioeconomic differences become apparent.

Matematiken har i den reviderade läroplanen för förskolan lyfts fram och fått en mer betydande roll och matematik finns överallt i förskolans värld. För barn går lek och lärande hand i hand och något som ingår i en helhet och som inte ska ses som två enskilda aktiviteter. I den fria leken tar barn med sig sina tidigare erfarenheter och gör dem möjliga att förstå. Här har förskollärarna i uppdrag att synliggöra och utmana barnen i deras matematiska lärande.Syftet med denna undersökning var att bland annat ta reda vad matematik i förskolan innebär för förskollärarna men framförallt deras syn på matematiken i sandlådan samt hur de förhåller sig till barns matematiska lärande i sandlådan. För att kunna ta reda på detta intervjuade vi fem förskollärare och använde oss av kvalitativa intervjuer som hjälpte oss att få fram respondenternas tankar kring detta ämne.Barn möter matematik överallt i förskolans verksamhet och det handlar om så mycket mer än plus och minus.

Within the literature and film sciences there are clear models of storytelling and methods of creating a good story. In the game industry it's more difficult because the games are often non-linear, and games are a less established medium than the other two. With this study our purpose was to examine game developers and methods they used when creating a videogame, with focus on storytelling. Four interviews were made with representatives from four different videogame companies in Sweden. The information from the interviews was put in relation to theories regarding the structure of videogames and an established model for creating videogames.

This master?s degree project concerns the combination of a multi dwelling passive house with solar energy for the generation of electricity and domestic hot water (DHW). Different alternatives with either solar thermal systems or photovoltaic (PV) systems are compared with two reference alternatives producing DHW from electricity or district heating. The economical comparison uses a life cycle cost (LCC) perspective based on the present value of expenditures for investment, energy and annual operating and maintenance.The energy yields from the solar energy systems were calculated by hand and with simulation software. Calculation and dimensioning of PV systems were carried out with a software called PVSYST.