Nio unga män djupintervjuades i syfte att studera på vilket sätt unga män som ännu inte vet om de är fertila talar om fertilitetens och reproduktionens betydelse för maskulinitetskonstruktioner, samt hur innehållet i deras maskulinitetskonstruktioner påverkas av diskurser kring fertilitet och reproduktion. Metoden var kritisk diskurspsykologisk analys som fokuserade på hur deltagarna använde språket för att konstruera maskulinitet. Intervjudeltagarna konstruerade maskulinitet på ett multidimensionellt och komplext sätt. De använde sig främst av ett distanserat språkbruk präglat av ett ideologiskt dilemma som handlade om pendlandet mellan att positionera sig som traditionellt kontra alternativt maskulin. Innehållet i konstruktionerna utgjordes av diskurser om betydelsen av impotens kontra infertilitet, reproduktion som prestation, att faderskap medför högre maskulinitetsstatus samt att reproduktion och maskulinitet står i relation till reproduktion och femininitet.

The purpose of the project was to design a furniture collection that can be packed in flatpackages and be assambled by the buyer. The idea is that the assembling will give the furniturean added value. I have tried to create a collection that is easy to produce so that the productwill be cheap for the consumer.The collections aestethic is inspired by Gothenburgs harbour The wide and bearing elementsof the furniture has set much of its expression.Joints has been highlighted details instead of being hidden..

Uppsatsen bygger på empiriskt material, en deltagande observation på ett skotskt ungdomshem som vi skrev ned i en fallbeskrivning. Syftet har varit att göra en kritisk analys av detta ungdomshem utifrån en del kritik som teoretiker har riktat mot institutionsvård/institutioner. Vi ville se om kritiken är befogad eller ej i detta fall. För att ta reda på detta ställde vi frågeställningarna; vad finns det för kritik mot institutioner samt hur fungerade det skotska ungdomshemmet utifrån den kritik som riktas mot institutionsvård? De teoretiker vi har utgått från är Goffman och hans teorier om totala institutioner, Levins beskrivning av uppfostringsanstalt samt Andreassens granskning av institutionsvård av ungdomar.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att analysera på vilket sätt politiska ideologier kommer till uttryck i texter producerade av ABF och Medborgarskolan. Detta med utgångspunkt i vad jag upplever som oklara förhållanden rörande vilken betydelse ideologier i praktiken spelar för dessa studieförbund. I uppsatsen undersöks vilka ideologier som går att urskilja i två texter från ABF respektive Medborgarskolan, samt hur dessa ideologier uttrycks språkligt. Även två motsvarande texter från ett tredje studieförbund ? Folkuniversitet ? analyseras.Uppsatsen utgår såväl teoretiskt som metodologiskt från Norman Faircloughs kritiska diskursanalys.

This report describes how the process has evolved during the creation of a new web page forthe company Scandinavian Travel Agent DMC. The design methods that have been used aredescribed and also how parts of the webpage have been created by using the design methodresults. Our reflections around design and functionality are explained and how usability hasbeen our main focus during the master thesis. We also describe how it has been to work withan external costumer and how the tasks constantly have changed and been added as theprocess has continued.The background to this work is that AB Scandinavian Travel Agent DMC need to improve theircurrent web page. This to give the clients better needed information about destinations, butalso to stand out in the competitive travel business.

Denna studie undersöker vilka diskurser kring föräldraförmåga för personer med en utvecklingsstörning som kan urskiljas i ett urval förvaltningsrättsliga domar. Datamaterialet utgörs av 10 domar som rör 2 § lagen (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga (LVU). Domarna har analyserats med hjälp av Norman Faircloughs (1993) kritiska diskursanalys. Som teoretisk referensram har studien haft sociala konstruktioner kring språk, kritisk diskursanalys, teoretiska perspektiv på funktionshinder och utvecklingsstörning och teoretiska perspektiv på föräldraförmåga. I resultatdelen presenteras fyra diskurser som har bedömts vara genomgående för domarna.

The purpose with this final thesis has been to study the aesthetics and design of roundabouts and to ascertain important factors that influence the experience of them. The investigation was carried out through literature-, field studies and interviews with persons that in different ways have participated in the formation of roundabouts. Furthermore, six roundabouts have been explored in more depth so that the survey would get a more practical link. These six roundabouts all occur in the rim of a city and do thereby have an important role as a gateway. The environments in such contexts are often complex which adds additional difficulty in achieving a visually appealing design, especially when taking into account the usually high traffic intensity.

The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding about user tests as well as answer the question about if testing for users is necessary at all times. I've done a comparison between what the literature says, and what a company says, about testing. The tests that's been in focus in this study is prototyping and card sorting tests. Prototyping aims to give the developer feedback about the design and check if there are any obvious problems with the design. A card sorting test can be used to get input about how information architecture should be constructed.

The purpose in this Bachelor degree project has been to create a visual identity and to design a compilation cassette for the small music distributor Kyrkvägen Kassett. My way of approaching the task has been to draw parallells between the cassette as an obsolete music format and more or less abandoned or anachronistic formats, materials and printing methods in the graphic design area. The result is a visual identity that is built upon materials and methods of production rather than specific visual elements. The work is to be seen as a tribute to the small non-profit producers of music and graphic design. As often done in the DIY movement, I chose to consider my lack of practical knowledge in these fields not as an encumbrance but as an asset and an incentive.

The essay is written at the request of Nyköping municipality park management by PatRadestedt who wanted a design proposal for one of the five courtyards at the Tessin Schoolin Nyköping. The Tessin School is located 2 miles from the center of Nyköping and the schoolhouses approximately 900 students. To make a design proposal for the courtyard that lies atthe canteen I decided from the outset that I wanted to take some of the Tessin SchoolStudents' opinions and wishes regarding their own outdoor spaces. I had a workshop witheight students from the arts program with the image orientation in which they had to drawand tell them what they wanted to do in the courtyard. The outcome of the workshop, Iused to move forward in my future work with a concept that fit into the environment, wethen apply it in my final design proposal.

Uppsala University is involved in a large international collaborationto build the Laser heater system for the European Xray Free-electronlaser in Hamburg, Germany. In this thesis I describe a laser incouplingdevice into the vacuum chamber of this laser heater all the way fromthe specifications to a completed design.The laser heater is a very important part of the XFEL and thepart described here is a part of the vacuum system needed to couplean external laser into the electron vacuum system and align it withthe electron bunches in order to heat them. The task was started by studying the literature about the basic theory andthe design of vacuum systems. After this study and collection of ideaswith colleagues I started to prepare different concepts to solve thetask. The ideas can be put into two categories, in one case the couplingmirror is located inside the vacuum chamber and in the second caseoutside.

Risk management is a key competency that is constantly being researched how it can be improved within project management. The risk management process consists of four major steps: identify risks, assess the risks? significance on the project, evaluate and address the key risks and follow up.The majority of companies seem to neglect certain identified risks, and decide not to mitigate if the risk does not cause adverse effects to the business. To counteract undesirable consequences and help organisations to become more effective at managing risks an initial work has been conducted for a risk repository.The project develops a proposal on the design of a risk repository which aim to effectively support a database implementation. The study includes literature studies which resulted in a relational model for database implementation.

Med syfte att lyfta fram nya perspektiv på arbetet mot diskriminering ville jag komma till insikt om huruvida Diskrimineringsombudsmannens språkbruk ger upphov till maktstrukturer eller inte. Denna studie visar att hierarkier uppstår i arbetet mot diskriminering eftersom det är en verksamhet som innebär kategoriseringar och myndigheten bidrar till förekomsten av social stratifiering. Mina slutsatser visar också att det finns utrymme för förändringar i positiv bemärkelse eftersom makt genererar motstånd. Myndighetetens språkbruk kan och bör prövas genom att begrepp och uttryck problematiseras och byts ut. Genom att utmana normer och tala om diskriminering på nya sätt går det att hämma uppkomsten av sociala hierarkier.Med en kritisk diskursanalys har jag kommit till denna insikt genom att granska Diskrimineringsombudsmannens språkbruk i rapporten om romers rättigheter i vilken jag har identifierat en rad begrepp och uttryck som jag finner problematiska.

This thesis is the result of the author?s interest in music and electronics, namely the design and manufacturing of a stereo sound system with an active crossover. In short it can be stated that an active crossover has many advantages over its traditional passive counterpart. The active design naturally results in a more complex system comprised of a multiple number of components. This report deals with the theoretical aspects of preamplifiers, crossovers and power amplifiers as well as power supply and control.

It becomes increasingly more important that, as a new buisness, both to be seen and heard in an increasingly harder competition situation where the range of similar products and services increase. It requires a well planned and well thought visual profile to succesfully stand out on the market. To give a good impression, this profile should be both distinct and aesthetically appealing. In the making of a new profile it requires creativity to succesfully think in new directions and to separate from the competition.This practical report presents the production process for a designsolution to the new website Röstförmedlingen (Voice agency), a commission from the production and commercial bureau Bartos media. The task in this project was to create a graphic profile and a lofi-prototype that would represent Röstförmedlingen as a buissness.