The purpose of this study is to better understand, from a foster parent perspective, how the integration process of the foster child is carried out in the foster family. The purpose is to identify the challenges and success factors in the process. The study is based on a qualitative method. The data consist of interviews with six foster families. The study?s theoretical framework is mostly based on system theory and also on the theory of ambivalence.The results show that most of our families considered five factors to be important in order to facilitate the integration process.

The main aim of this master thesis was to see the process of an interactive online reference service from idea to final product. The reference service we have studied is developed and used by the Library of the National Institute for Working Life in Stockholm, Sweden and goes by the name phibi. Our goal was to review the whole realization process from the reasons why a service like this was created, how the service was introduced and implemented inside the organisation and finally what the result and consequences were for both the library staff and for the users of the service. Phibi is designed to be a tool that fosters communication between the library staff and the remote users where the users get the opportunity to be helped with their questions by the library staff although they are not physically present in the library. To understand the process we conducted a case study with 11 interviews of the library staff, the superior and the initiator to phibi.

The purpose with this studie was to examine how individuals with experience of a long-term drugabuse describe their transformationprocess, and if this process has contributed to a change in their selfdescription. The studie was delimit to examine the transformationprocess, not in relation to what sort of abuse the informants had, or in relation to gender. The studie anwered questions concerning motivation to stop abusing, how the informants started the drugcareer, and how life as an abuser is described. In the studie qualitative method was used, five semi-structured interviewes were made with individuals who had a long-term addiction in the past. Symbolic Interactionism was the theoretical frame of referense that was used for analyse.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur förskollärare i en traditionell förskola och en Reggio Emilia inspirerad förskola ser på inomhusmiljön och dess betydelse för barns lärande. Studien genomfördes hösten 2005 i dessa två förskolor i norra Norrland. Undersökningsgruppen bestod av 12 verksamma förskollärare. Vi har använt oss av kvalitativa intervjuer samt observerat inomhusmiljöns utformning vid de två olika verksamheterna. Resultatet i studien visar att målet för förskollärarna inom båda verksamheterna är att skapa en trygg och stimulerande miljö, där barns vilja och lust att lära lyfts fram.

To challenge the competition within the construction business there are requirements ineffectiveness and use of operating computer based programs and work-methods. Thecomputer based programs are continuously improved and can at some point be the start of anew work-method. The work-method of tomorrow can be Building Information Modeling(BIM).This Master of Science Thesis gives an understanding in what BIM is and what therequirements for Sweco Theorells are in a future BIM-use as a consulting-firm. Theunderstanding is presented through a study of theory within the subject. The way of thinkingand acting among different disciplines and individuals within the building process isexplained through an interview study.The term BIM is regularly used.

The aim of the study was to investigate if some selected recipes could be hazardous for man; that is if pathogenic bacteria in raw ingredients could survive the cooking process. The study included three known pathogens, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium and Campylobacter jejuni. A known number of the bacterium chosen was added to the raw product. The dish was prepared according to the recipe and then a bacteriological investigation concerning the added pathogenic bacterium was performed. The results showed that all recipes tested could be hazardous; that is the added pathogen was still living after the cooking process..

Denna uppsats syftar till att underso?ka initiativen bakom planerna fo?r det kommande Tellus Tower, vars planomra?de a?r bela?get vid Telefonplan i Stockholm. Da?ruto?ver granskas de effekter som sedan 2000-talets bo?rjan har skapat platsens kreativa miljo?. Studiens fra?gesta?llningar lyder (1) Vilka a?r de bakomliggande orsakerna till att Telefonplan idag kan liknas vid ett kreativt rum? (2) Varfo?r planeras Tellus Tower att anla?ggas just pa? denna plats? Till grund fo?r arbetes empiriska material har ett kvalitativt metodsa?tt anva?nts, i form av djupintervjuer.

In the light of the criticism from the Swedish Consumers? Association towards the actions of modern fund managers on the Swedish Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) market, discussions of change has increased. The reasons underlying a change and communication process are scarcely focused on. Thus, grounded on theories in the fields of Critical Management Studies (CSR), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), change and communication, this study analyses how a change of implementing revised SRI communication is carried out at Handelsbanken Asset Management, existing motives for the change in communication, and how key actors can affect the process. A participant observation and in-depth interviews were carried out enfolding a discussion that contributed with a critical analysis and discussion, concluding external motives to be dominant and that key actors of the change process are influential to a various extent.

Driving simulators are a very important part of the research that is done at VTI. Enhancing the realism and creating a better driving experience in the simulators are very important and an ongoing work process for the engineers and researchers who work with the simulators. This project has been done as a part of this developing process and the purpose is to enhance the realism of the rear-view mirrors.Simulating realistic rear-view mirrors has been demanded, not only from the researchers at VTI, but also from car and truck manufacturers. To achieve a realistic mirror view a method to measure and parameterize real mirrors has been developed. The code for the existing graphics system has also been redone to be able to handle the new types of mirrors introduced..

Den här rapporten är ett resultat av ett examensarbete på 30 högskolepoäng, vid Linköpings Universitet. Rapporten behandlar projektmodeller som kan appliceras på projekt vars syfte är att ta fram informationsmaterial för industriverksamhet. Idén till arbetet väcktes då SSAB beställde en informationsfilm som de skulle kunna använda vid upphandling med nya leverantörer. Filmen skulle belysa hur deras produkter ska hanteras. Filmprojektet var mycket omfattande och för att kunna utföra det med ett tillfredsställande resultat krävdes det att arbetet strukturerades upp ordentligt.

This thesis attempts to describe the application of variation theory, as developed by Ference Marton, at a Swedish primary school, intermediate level. The aim of the thesis was to investigate some aspects of a learning process. The students were introduced with the theme of ?sustainable ecological development?. This included theoretical and practical knowledge of the art of sustainable living.

Handling product returns has become a critical activity for organizations as the volume of gods flowing back through the supply chain rapidly increases. Few research studies have published specific empirical data concerning the reverse logistics practices of companies. Information technology and information support has long been recognized as a competitive weapon ? capable of enhancing company performance and achieving efficient reverse logistics. Reverse logistics is very unlike the forward, as it is more reactive and also has less visibility.

Detta arbete undersöker vad de lärare och elever som deltagit i undersökningen, har för uppfattningar angående respons på elevers skriftliga arbeten inom svenskämnet. Undersökningen genomfördes på en gymnasieskola i mellersta Sverige och inkluderade 41 informanter. Samtliga informanter intervjuades och elevernas och lärarnas uppfattningar jämfördes sedan med varandra i syfte att gestalta eventuella kontraster och likheter.      Undersökningen visar att det finns både likheter och skillnader mellan lärarinformanternas och elevinformanternas uppfattningar om respons på elevers skriftliga arbeten i svenskämnet. Sex av tio lärarinformanter nämnde exempelvis att respons på den globala textnivån prioriteras i deras skrivundervisning men sju av tio elevinformanter anser att det är vanligt förekommande att lärarrespons prioriterar den lokala textnivån i elevtexter. Att det finns tydliga skillnader mellan lärarinformanternas och elevinformanternas uppfattningar om respons kan indikera att responsarbetet mellan lärarinformanterna och elevinformanterna bör vidareutvecklas ytterligare för att det ska vara givande för samtliga parter. .

The aimof this study is to contribute furthermore to understand the complexity of theprocess of learning to read and write in an inclusive environment. It focus on the syllableinstead of the phoneme as a unit in this process which is not the most common way ofdoing it. The report is based on a qualitative analysis of this task in pre-school and gradeone at a primary school in a small municipality.In the result, I have found, that the very structured working process and the diagnosticapproach helps the teachers to understand on what level pupils are at. The pupils whostart working this way in pre-school, feel safe knowing what is expecting from them andthey also learn from each other. All pupils in grade one have, before w 45 in autumnterm, very good letter knowledge and have learnt how to read words with two syllableswith a consonant-wovel-structure.

The aim of this paper is to examine the experience of two Swedish women who survived the tsunami catastrophe in Thailand 2004. Through their biographies, Sävstam and Ernsth-Ohlsson have revealed their experiences, before, during and after the tsunami catastrophe. Coping theory is used to explain how they cope with the consequences of the tsunami catastrophe, and how culture affects the coping process. Pargament´s (1997) theories in coping are used to examine this paper. Pargament argues that the coping process is influenced by the culture context of the individual.