The aim of this study has been to create a future scenario of what archiving might look like in the future. The main theory used in the study comes from future studies, but also a theory about the social impact of technology on work were used. The questions that were analysed were about the tasks of the archivist, the appearance of the archival institution, collaboration with other LAM institutions, knowledge requirements for the archivist and the amount of archivist positions. The method used in the study was scenario writing, which derives from future studies. The source material consisted among other things of regulations and laws related to archiving together with some archival manuals.The tasks of the future archivist will probably consist of the same tasks as those of present archivists who work with digital archiving, even though archivists probably forever also will have to work a little with paper records.The future archival institution will probably retain its paper records and keep its digital records on digital storage media.

During the last decade, there has been an increase in the use of technology-based self-services within the retail sector. The increase is particularly noticeable within the grocery market. The reason behind the increased use of these systems is partially due to the fact that companies within highly competitive retail markets continually look for ways of decreasing costs while upholding efficiency. The problem is that it is difficult to understand the true economical implications of investments relating to these machines. The purpose of this study is to investigate and contribute with new insights regarding the cost-structures of the stationary self-checkout systems and traditional cashier desks, within the retail grocery market.

Syftet med studien var att studera om attraktiviteten hos en person kan påverka graden av hur moraliskt förkastlig en handling som utförs av personen bedöms vara och huruvida det föreligger någon könsskillnad. Med ett experiment undersöktes 151 studenter på ett medelstort universitet i södra Sverige. Deltagarna tilldelades ett fiktivt moraliskt scenario med ett bifogat foto av antingen en oattraktiv eller en attraktiv person. En kontrollgrupp blev tilldelade samma scenario men utan något foto. Därefter fick deltagarna svara på hur moraliskt förkastlig de upplevde handlingen som beskrevs i scenariot och hur attraktiv de upplevde personen på fotot vara.

I denna demografiska framskrivningsstudie har Sveriges tre storstadsområden (Storstockholm, Storgöteborg och Stormalmö) jämförts med avseende på de demografiska variablerna migration, fruktsamhet, dödlighet, ålder och kön. Detta har genomförts via tre befolkningsframskrivningar för varje storstadsområde mellan år 2010 till 2035, utifrån dels ett lågt scenario där utgångspunkten varit antaganden kring låg fruktsamhet och flyttningsöverskott, dels ett medelscenario med realistiska antaganden, samt dels ett scenario med höga antaganden. Framskrivningarna utfördes med kohort-komponentmetoden, vilket innebar att varje kohort för samtliga storstadsområden skrevs fram individuellt utifrån scenarierna, vilket gjorde det möjligt att kvarhålla köns- och åldersstrukturerna hos befolkningarna. Resultatet indikerar att storstadsområdenas befolkningar kommer att åldras i betydande grad oavsett scenario, men att Storgöteborg kommer att ha fler invånare i 65+-åldern än de övriga utifrån både medelscenariot och det höga. Storstockholm förväntas dock ha den högsta procentuella ökningen av denna grupps antal medlemmar från år 2010.

Kurs Ämnesfördjupande arbete i logistik, 2FE02E, VT11Författare Jenny-Ann Evaldsson, Jennifer Klingvall & Marcus KårforsHandledare Petra AnderssonTitel En beräkning i tiden ? koldioxidberäkning av transportflödet för en transformatorstation på Holtab AB Företaget Holtab AB är en av Nordens ledande tillverkare av elkraftsprodukter. Holtab har 85 anställda och omsätter omkring 240 miljoner kronor per år. Årligen produceras cirka 2300 enheter i produktionsanläggningen i Tingsryd.Bakgrund Miljöfrågor har idag fått en allt mer betydande roll, där kunder ställer högre miljökrav på företag. Efter påtryckningar från kunder har företag börjat se till produkters hela livscykel då det gäller utsläpp till miljö.

Syftet med examensarbetet har varit att åstadkomma en ökad omsättningshastighet och en minskad kapitalbindning på 13 strategiskt utvalda artiklar i produkten System 2000 genom att införa Kanbanstyrning. Målet var att kvantifiera nyckeltalen omsättningshastighet, genomsnittlig kapitalbindning och flödets stabilitet genom simulering. Ytterliggare en målsättning var att beskriva de metoder som oftast förknippas med Just In Time och beskriva vad ett ökat leverantörssamarbete medför.För att få inblick i existerande produktionsstyrningssituation har studier och datainsamling gjorts på företaget. Detta har gjorts genom intervjuer med berörda, och statistik samling i existerande dokument. Materialet har översatts i en modell vilken har simulerats i programvaran AutoMod och analyserats i programtillägget AutoStatTM.1 System 2000 monterar man höj och sänkbara badkar för rörelsehindrade personer.

The purpose of this study is to create a method that can be used to produce decisionsupport data for the climate goals of a municipality. The method should be able to demonstrate the potential for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions for measures aimed at the stationary energy system in the municipality. It will be used to make longterm projections of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in order to be able to demonstrate the ability to reach climate goals. The aim was also to test the method's applicability by using the municipality of Uppsala and the Uppsala climate protocol project in a case study. Uppsala climate protocol is a project consisting of participants from business, government and organizations that voluntarily want to commit to reducing their carbon footprint by reducing their energy use and thus work to achieve the municipality's overall climate goal. Public reporting of energy use and climate impact has been studied in order to examine the nature of indicators and accounting figures that are commonly used in the field and how long-term forecasts are formulated. In connection to this, the type and sources for the kind of data needed was also examined.

Wastewater treatment is increasingly controlled by the Swedish environmental quality objectives, adopted by the Swedish parliament. There is a need for a sewage system that can fulfill stringent requirements concerning the environment, recycling and resource use and hygiene. Additional environmental aspects in recent years are the impact of climate change, new knowledge about the effects of pharmaceuticals in water, the need for improved wastewater treatment and increased recycling of nutrients to agriculture. This report has, from a future scenario of the year 2050, analyzed seven different systems for wastewater treatment and treatment of compostable biowaste from households in Eskilstuna. A future scenario was chosen based on that within a forty year period new challenges may arise which can result in higher demands on sewage treatment than those we see today. Another reason why the future scenario was established is that changes in wastewater treatment systems are slow to establish. The analysis is mainly focused on the economical aspects but environmental aspects such as emissions to receiving waters and potential recycling of plant nutrients has also been evaluated briefly.

The purpose of this study is to create a method that can be used to produce decision supportdata for the climate goals of a municipality. The method should be able to demonstrate the potential for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions for measures aimed at the stationary energy system in the municipality. It will be used to make long term projections of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in order to be able to demonstrate the ability to reach climate goals. The aim was also to test the method's applicability by using the municipality of Uppsala and the Uppsala climate protocol project in a case study. Uppsala climate protocol is a project consisting of participants from business, government and organizations that voluntarily want to commit to reducing their carbon footprint by reducing their energy use and thus work to achieve the municipality's overall climate goal.

Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka om det finns någon skillnad i prestation beroende på om rekryteringstestet har en koppling mellan test och arbetsuppgifter och när denna koppling saknas. Ytterligare ett syfte var att undersöka om det finns något samband mellan en persons prestation och dennes uppfattning om testet. För att undersöka detta gjordes en enkätstudie. En enkät konstruerades som bestod av tre delar; den första delen beskrev ett rekryteringsscenario som deltagaren ombads sätta sig in i, den andra delen bestod av ett kognitivt test och den avslutande delen bestod av frågor angående hur rättvist deltagaren uppfattade testet. Resultatet visade att det inte fanns någon skillnad i prestation beroende på vilket scenario man tilldelats.

The EU has had a special agreement with their former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands, the ACP-countries, for almost 30 years. This has granted the ACPs with preferences on the Europen market, which have been excluded from other countries. The agreement is now beeing re-negotiated to make it more in terms with the rule of the WTO?s most favoured nation-principle. The new agreement will differ from the present one as it will be a mutual free trade agreement where the ACP countries will open their markets to the EU as much as the EU opens up it?s market to them.

I Sverige har debatten om brand i hallbyggnad pågått under en längre tid. Grundkravet enligt EKS 8 för hallbyggnader som innehåller samlingslokal är R30, men konstruktionsdelar som vid kollaps inte leder till fortskridande ras eller ger för stort skadeområde kan förbli oskyddade. Framförallt handlar debatten om möjligheter till oskyddade takbalkar av stål samt vilka verifieringsmetoder som ska vara tillämpningsbara.I denna studie har FDS-simuleringar utförts med olika scenarier där parametrar som bland annat bränsletyp, takhöjd och öppningsstorlekar har varierats. Dessa scenarier har jämförts och parametrarnas betydelse har analyserats. Fokus i denna studie har varit analys av temperaturerna i takbalkarna, men även utrymningssimuleringar har utförts i programmet Evac.

The purpose of the essay Multi criteria analysis of potential conflicts concerning land use planning - natural stone mining in Lysekil municipal is to study possibilities and limitations in GIS based multi criteria analysis as a tool for land use planning. How GIS based multi criteria analysis can be implemented to localize potential conflict areas between natural stone mining and other land use activities and what advantages and disadvantages the method holds are the main issues of this study. The essay studies these questions through a case study, concerning the geographical area of Lysekil municipal in western Sweden and problematizes the interest of natural stone mining in relation to other land use interests. A literature study was carried through, concerning multi criteria analysis and planning. After collecting and processing of data the multi criteria analysis could be implemented in the ArcGIS tool Weighted Sum.

The Aquatic Ape theory was first formulated by Alister Hardy in year 1960. All from the beginning the theory has been criticized, ridiculed, ignored and a source to strong feelings in the anthropological community. The purpose of this essay is to investigate why the Aquatic Ape theory is so controversial and why it is understood so differently by scientists. After interviews with Swedish scientists and the general community, and after reading of anthropological books, I have tried to show that the aquatic ape-coldness depends on it challenging nature against the anthropological paradigm, which describes human beings as strong, hunting creatures who can live in any environment. The Aquatic Ape theory - on the other hand - picks out one of all these environments and says: "here has our evolution occurred: we have been aquatic apes".

The starting point of this study is theories of European integration, which are used to formulate different scenarios about the future of the European Union. This is made in regards to the eurocrisis which has intensified the discussion about how to change the construction of the euro to overcome the economic difficulties that has arisen. In this study, four different scenarios are presented: "An updated Europe", "A new Europe", "The death of the euro" and "Goodbye Greece". The first two scenarios takes its starting point in the neofunctionalist theory of European integration and describes how the EU might increase its level of integration in different ways. We can either see a development where the EU tries to improve the implementation of the rules that are meant to coordinate the member states? economic policy, or we might encounter a more advanced integration where fiscal policy competences are transferred to the EU-level.The latter scenarios, however, takes another theory in to account, liberal intergovernmentalism, and describes how the eurozone might be fragmented in different ways due to conflicts of interest between lenders and countries that has to receive loan-packages.