The main purpose of this thesis was to examine how hospital librarians worked with young people at a children?s and young people?s hospital in Sweden. We wanted to see how they promoted their health with culture and cultural means such as book trolleys. We did a case study, and made three qualitative interviews with the hospital librarians. The purpose was also to find out what the hospital librarians thought of young peoples.

AbstractThe aim of this study was to highlight who represents elderly immigrants and apply the theory of social exclusion. We chose channels for representation that we found important in relation to this group. The first part is a study of available litterature of the subject. We found three main arenas: participation in elections, participation in associations and clubs and representation in political institutions. The findings showed a democratic deficit among elderly immigrants, which gave an indication of social exclusion from the political arena and from participation in associations.For the second part we decided to concentrate on the arena of participation in associations and clubs that represent the elderly and/or immigrants.

Having a functioning internal communication is necessary for the survival and existence of every company. Traditional communication channels are for example meetings, noteboards and personnel newspapers. During the last ten years we have witnessed an explosion of new channels, who are based on information technology. IT is a natural part in new IT-companies, like Framfab and Icon Medialab, but what role does IT have in a large, manufacturing company with a long history? The purpose with this thesis is to investigate how IT has influenced the internal communication in a company.

Bakgrund: Urinblåsecancer finns i olika former och vid muskelinvasiv cancer är radikal operation den vanligaste behandlingen. Förutsatt att cancern inte spridit sig, då görs en cystektomi. Många människor har en naturlig förmåga att hantera kriser och skapar ny balans i tillvaron efter en påfrestande händelse i livet. Sjuksköterskan kan ge råd och stöd i situationen och bör då ha kunskap om förändringar i personens fysiska och psykiska tillstånd. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa hur personer som genomgått cystektomi på grund av urinblåsecancer upplevde att det dagliga livet påverkades.

Sammanfattning ?jag har skyldighet att leta efter barnens bästa jag? ? Förskollärare C Identitet är en persons självbild vilken består av olika områden som till exempel språk, kultur och kön. Det kan handla om hur människor ser på sig själva men också hur andra människor ser på sig själv. Ottosson (2013) menar att identiteten främst handlar om en medvetenhet av sig själv och att vara ett ?jag?. I arbetet presenteras en intervjustudie utförd på fem olika förskolor med sju olika förskollärare om deras tankar kring identitet, hur de anser att de arbetar med att stärka barnens identitet i förskolorna samt deras kopplingar till förskolans läroplan (Lpfö 98 Skolverket 2010). Intervjuerna visar att förskollärarna var medvetna om många olika identitetsområden där etisk identitet, könsidentitet och religion är återkommande i intervjuerna.

The purpose of this master?s thesis is to find out in which ways a group of first generation immigrants use Swedish papers and magazines in a public library and which information needs this group has about Swedish society. One important aspect in this essay is integration of immigrants in the Swedish society as a possible effect of newspaper reading. The method used in this study is qualitative. Data is generated through semi-structured interviews.

AbstractKnowledge is today usually used as a way to compete in todays working life. It has become a fashionable concept and is used without a purpose. Both Plato and Aristotle used knowledge as a concept and Plato foremost acknowledged the theoretical aspect of knowledge and called it episteme. The practical aspect of knowledge was by Aristotle called techne. Today there are several concepts that describe the practical and theoretical aspect of knowledge.

Every second woman in Sweden suffers in their lifetime of fracture that is related to osteoporosis. Osteoporosis and fractures affect the person´s everyday life. The aim of the study was to describe experiences of feeling well among women with osteoporosis. Six women were interviewed with semi- structured interviews. The interviews were transcribed and the text was analyzed with thematic content analysis.

Relationship marketing is an important part of the new view of communication strategies. The theories around this subject has a general and global perspective on how to manage relations and communication problems. But somehow the local perspective is forgotten. In this thesis we have focused on the local market and which demands it has on the work with relationship management. The purpose of this thesis is to find out how relationship marketing can contribute to create a high valued brand on a local market.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the usability of the Umeå University library catalogue Album. The aim is to evaluate the catalogue in order to establish if there are any problems that could be solved by modifying the catalogue. The following questions are answered: How should a good catalogue be designed? Which problems are common when using a library catalogue? Is Album user friendly? Are there any problems that occur when using Album and how can the catalogue be changed to avoid the problems? To answer these questions I have performed a usability test in which five persons, all students, got to carry out twenty tasks in the catalogue and talk about what they were doing and thinking while doing the test. This method is a usability method called Think Aloud.

Den här studien handlar hur språket påverkar en persons identitet och handlingsutrymme. Det är en kvalitativ studie baserad på fyra intervjuer. Samtliga intervjupersoner är latinamerikanska män, bosatta i Sverige. Två av dem pratar flytande svenska medan de andra två håller på att lära sig. Syftet är att beskriva dessa personers egna erfarenheter av hur deras nya språk, svenskan, har påverkat deras syn på dem själva och deras möjligheter att agera i samhället.

The aim of this study is to better understand the Swedish concept of ?förebyggande socialt arbete?, preventive social work. I have conducted eleven qualitative interviews with different key persons and skaters, together with participant observation. During the process of analyzing the material I have used Randall Collins´ concepts of interaction ritual chains together with Jean Laves and Etienne Wengers concept of situated learning. The answers could be split up in three areas, first those who regard prevention work as building good things for the future.

Hur personer tänker, tolkar och förstår situationer påverkar hur lyckliga de är. Syftet med uppsatsen är att utifrån ett socialkonstruktivistiskt perspektiv undersöka hur individer konstruerar lycka. Detta har gjorts genom att undersöka hur individer konstruerar  positiva definitioner av situationer och hur negativa definitioner kan göras om till mer positiva. Uppsatsens empiri utgörs av filmen Love actually, som det har utförts en kvalitativ analys av. Social interaktion visade sig genomgående vara centralt för hur individer konstruerade sina definitioner av situationer ? positiva så väl som negativa.

Abstract:Perennials in public areas have during the latest decades been more and more popular. This group of plants has become a more accepted komponent when creating pleasant public places, and people begin to see the functional aspects. Perennials do also give a colour- and senceexperience in a more detailed way than can be achieved with only trees and shrubs. One of the ojects of this essay is to give more examples of motives for using perennials in urban areas.Having in mind the increasing use of perennials, you can expect a growing need for better understading of how to create successfull perennial plantings. In spite of the increasing interest it is hard to find any written information in this subject.

Inom psykiatri används direkt arbetsterapi som syftar till att behärska själva görandet i aktiviteten och indirekt arbetsterapi som syftar till att utveckla varandet i aktiviteten. Studiens syfte var att beskriva hur fyra personer med psykiska funktionshinder upplevde sitt deltagande i en teaterterapigrupp. I teaterterapin gestaltade de en scenisk rollkaraktär, vilket innebar att klienten gick in i en annan persons sätt att handla, tänka och känna. Genom halvstrukturerade intervjuer framkom att informanterna upplevde att de utvecklade sina underliggande förmågor såsom koncentrationsförmåga, självförtroende och att de fått ökad livsglädje. De uppgav också att de genom att gestalta de sceniska rollkaraktärerna hade lärt känna sig själva bättre.