This master thesis is a study of the Swedish hydropower capacity to balance wind power. The Swedish government has decided that it should be possible to produce 30 TWh from wind power in the year 2020. The Swedish municipalities have to have plans for wind power plants with total yearly generation of 30 TWh. Wind power is an variable energy source that needs to be balanced by other energy sources. In Sweden the Swedish hydropower can be used for balancing a large scale introduction of wind power.

Studiens fr?gest?llningar och syfte ?r att ta reda p? hur f?rskoll?rare uppfattar och resonerar kring begreppet popul?rkultur, f?r att d?refter unders?ka om deras f?rst?else f?r begreppet har en koppling till huruvida de implementerar popul?rkultur i sitt pedagogiska arbete i f?rskolan. Studien utg?r fr?n ett sociokulturellt perspektiv d?r v?rt insamlade empiriska material bygger p? kvalitativa intervjuer. Den teknologiska utvecklingen har och forts?tter utvecklas i hastig takt fram?t och barn som v?xer upp idag m?ter sk?rmar och olika digitala medier i st?rre utstr?ckning j?mf?rt med barn fr?n tidigare generationer. I f?rskolans l?roplan (Skolverket, 2018) framg?r det tydligt att de som arbetar i f?rskolan ska ta vara p? barns intresse och nyfikenhet.

This report will show the energy usage of Hotel Princess in Sandviken, Sweden. When the hotel changed owner an examination of the hotels heating, ventilation and sanitary systems were done. The report showed flaws in the ventilation system, and is why the new owner wanted a closer look at the energy use of the hotel. The original building was built in the 1930s and two major extensions have been built, one in the 1950s and the most recent in the 1980s. An assumption made is that the building parts were built to the restrictions during the time. Activities on the hotel include sleep over, conference, night club, massage and swimming in the hotels pool section.

I studien kom vi fram till att kapitalstrukturen inte alltid Àr uppbyggd pÄ ett likartat sÀtt.UtifrÄn de valda förtagen i IT branschen pÄvisas det att kapitalstrukturen inte Àr utformad pÄ samma viss. TjÀnsteföretagen pÄvisar en likartad kapitalstruktur med avvikelse frÄn företaget New Wave. DÀremot i Industri branschen var kapitalstrukturen utformad pÄ en likartad modell..

Pica is a behavior that can be seen in several animal groups. In cats, it means that they are eating, chewing or licking on material that is non-food. In this study the data was collected through an online survey. In total 522 responses, of which 26% of the cats were exhibiting pica. It was found that 28% of the housecats and 26% of purebred cats exhibited pica.

During year 2004 Ålö AB made significant change in their production process. The production of front loaders is nowadays highly automated with short operation times. To be able to control their process in a better way Ålö recently decided that they needed a tool for simulation of their production and to shift patterns. This final thesis started with a pilot study in Ålö?s factory in BrĂ€nnland.

A district heating plant has the advantage that it can take advantage of the waste heat from industries and use of cheap fuels to produce heat. But for the long term is competitive requires that energy is also saved in district heating plants. One way to save energy in a district heating system is to increasing cooling to the return temperature. This leads to less power needed to drive the distribution pumps,  and that more energy could be extracted from the same amount of fuel by an improved flue gas condensation.In Karlskoga the return temperature into the district heating plant is high. They would therefore reduce the return temperature in order to extract more energy from the flue gases.

Ultrasound is a well established diagnostic method in small animal veterinary practice but there appears to be limited use of ultrasound for evaluating the musculoskeletal system. The aim of this study was to investigate what publications exist concerning musculoskeletal ultrasound of dogs and to compare the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound at the University Animal Hospital (UDS) in Uppsala, to other animal hospitals in the world. The literature review is divided into three parts, the front leg, the hind leg and miscellaneous. The literature review focuses on the musculoskeletal abnormalities that can be seen with ultrasound. The front and hind leg sections are mainly focused on the joints.

This case study is based on a previous documented method of manufacturing artificial nest containing pre-colored hen eggs. This method is going to be used to find, if the wild boar population, which is growing in number, is a threat to the capercaillie population.  In comparison to the wild boar population, the capercaillie population is diminishing in different parts of Sweden.  In order to find out if they are affect by each other, the case study was carried out during the months of April to May 2009. 100 artificial nests were placed out on various locations on the Södertuna estate just in the outskirts of Gnesta. The unique aspect of this study is that a fenced environment to keep out wild animals is used to conduct this study, which has been previously known to be free from wild boar, but the area outside has sittings of wild boar. So to fully understand how this affects the capercaillie population, 50 of the nests were placed outside the fence area, while the other 50 nests were placed inside the fenced area. The sites were visited on two separate occasions, and were noted of the changes inside and outside the fenced compounds.

The effectiveness of Phlebiopsis gigantea to prevent spore infections from Heterobasidionannosum and Heterobasidion parviporum on hybrid larch stumps were investigated in fivestands in southern Sweden. All sites are former forest land and the age of the trees wasbetween 9 and 13 years.The study was implemented in August 2010, a month where spore dispersal should be great.The five sites were located in previously un?thinned monocultures of hybrid larch. The sporeload in the air was studied with the help of spore traps from three different tree species;Norway spruce, Scots pine and hybrid larch. A total of 146 spore traps, evenly distributed inall five sites were analyzed.

Stroke Àr ett samlingsnamn för hjÀrninfarkt, hjÀrnblödning och subarachnoidalblödning och Àr en av de vanligaste orsakerna till funktionsnedsÀttning internationellt sett. Insjuknandet i stroke Àr en plötslig hÀndelse som för med sig stora konsekvenser. Den drabbar individen bÄde fysiskt, psykiskt men Àven det sociala livet förÀndras. Livskvalitet Àr ett begrepp som beskriver individens upplevelser av sin livssituation. Att drabbas av en stroke har visat sig pÄverka kÀnslan av livskvalitet.

BakgrundAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) hos vuxna a?r en neuropsykiatrisk diagnos som ofta bemo?ts med misstro trots att tre till fyra procent av den vuxna befolkningen i Sverige bera?knas leva med diagnosen. ADHD pa?verkar ma?nga aspekter av det dagliga livet och kan problematisera sociala relationer, utbildning, arbetsliv, ekonomi och ha?lsa. Fo?rsta?else fo?r individens funktionella fo?rma?ga a?r ett no?dva?ndigt verktyg fo?r sjuksko?terskan i omva?rdnadsarbetet.

Title: What drives the customer's choice of packaging and which factors influence the customer's packaging cost? ? in the automotive and manufacturing industriesAuthor: Lena AnderssonSupervisors: Annika Olsson, Division of Packaging Logistics, Lund Institute of TechnologyHelena Claesson, Volvo Logistics ABProblem: Which parameters are important for logistic people to think of when they are going to choose a package?Which cost factors are included in the packaging cost?What kind of added value can an emballage supplier provide their services with?Purpose: The purpose of the project was to study the parameters that drives the customer's choice of packaging and the factors that influence the total packaging cost. The study also consists of a valuation of what an emballage supplier can offer to add value to their services.Method: The study is based on interviews with people who are working at Volvo Logistics and Volvo Car Corporation. Volvo Logistics provide their customers with standard packaging material, which they own and administrate. Volvo Car Corporation is one of their customers.

The study begins with a historical background over the fisheries development in North America and in the Baltic Sea area in Finland and Sweden. As we can see the fisheries development depends on the interaction between ecology, state of production, politic and also social factors. In Sweden the fishery politic has changed over the period of the study. In the 1970: s the main politic focus was on the fisheries progress, expansion and rationalization. The State in Sweden took a vast part in this development and gave economic support.

Open ecosystems, such as grasslands and pastures, have naturally been shaped by disturbances like fire and grazing. These processes play a crucial role in creating habitats with high biological diversity, particularly favourable for a wide range of herbaceous plant species. In recent years, many of these disturbances have ceased, leading to encroachment, fragmentation and habitat loss. The aim of this study was to examine and compare the effects of fire, herbivory and a combination of fire and herbivory on the emergence of herbaceous plants. The study was conducted at the Ecopark at Nordens Ark.