Background: During the year 2002 approximately 27 000 people lost their jobs because of companies filing for bancruptcy. In 2002 the number of companies filing for bancruptcy in Sweden were 6740. This is approximately twice as many as in the year of 1974 when the first major study concerning bancruptcies in Sweden was carried out. The accumulated amount of unpaid bancruptcy claims for the period 1991 ? 1997 was 51 billion SEK.

Today, pigs are moved on farm, between farms, between countries and to abattoirs. This movement of live pigs requires handling practices that are designed for the purpose. The objective of this study was to research the use of paddle in moving pigs, to investigate if there were different methods of paddle practice, explore the time efficiency of different kinds of paddle use and if there were any time variations in methods that varied in intensity of touch. This study was done on two Swedish abattoirs for a total of five weeks. A total of 22 transporters working at two different abattoirs where studied during unloading of pigs at the abattoirs.

This study is based on a statistical analysis of fundamental key ratios on the Stockholm Stock Exchange during the period 2004-2012. In total 35 financial ratios of 90 companies were tested, ultimately five ratios remained within the 5% significance level. These ratios were ROA, P/B, Total Yield, EV/EBIT and Operating Margin. A custom made investment model was created based on the purpose to achieve a risk-adjusted excess return. The results in general did not show any significant difference in return between the model's portfolio and index.

Today, about 15 to 20 percent of Sweden?s total emission of carbon dioxide can be traced to the household sector. By examining apartment blocks in a life cycle perspective, the origin of the carbon dioxide emission has been charted and analyzed. This information has been used to create a computational model that calculates the total emission of carbon dioxide from a specific apartment block. The results from the analyzed apartment blocks indicate that both the use of energy and the emission of carbon dioxide have been reduced since the 1960s. Through the examination of building materials, it is possible to lower the emission of carbon dioxide that origins from the construction phase of an apartment block.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects on a simulated wastewater plant regarding GHG emissions and use of energy and resources when implementing source separated wastewater systems. The effects were studied for different restrictions of effluent quality and for different temperatures on the influent. The simulation model BSM2G calibrated for Käppala wastewater treatment plant was used. The task was executed by simulating nine different scenarios with an increase in influent load from new connections equivalent to 3, 10 and 30 % of the present connections. These new connections were served by conventional, urine separated or black water separated systems.

Inledning Det är bevisat att hög-intensiv intervallträning två gånger i veckan i sex till åtta veckor kan förbättra aerob kapacitet. Syfte Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om sex veckors hög-intensiv intervallträning en gång i veckan i kombination med snabbhetsträning kan ge ökad prestationsförbättring hos kvinnliga fotbollsspelare. Metod Tjugoåtta damlagsspelare från samma fotbollslag deltog i studien varav elva fullföljde hela studien. Studien genomfördes en gång i veckan i sex veckor och innehöll hög-intensiv intervallträning i hinderbana inomhus med snabbhetsträning. Före- och eftertester utfördes i form av ett Yo-Yo intermittent återhämtningstest nivå 1 (YYIRTL1) samt ett 6 x 30 meter upprepat sprinttest.

I en allt st?rre utstr?ckning syns h?llbara designinitiativ p? modemarknaden. S?rskilt de initiativ som kallas resale, repair, recycle och upcycle. Inneb?rden av dessa h?llbara designinitiativ kan sammanfattas som att gamla material eller hela modevaror f?r f?rl?ngda liv genom att de f?r?dlas eller p? andra s?tt f?rb?ttras.

Bakgrund: Total laryngektomi medför förändringar i livssituationen, både tillfälliga och permanenta. Den nya livssituationen kan bli omskakande och risken för negativ påverkan på livskvaliteten är stor. Syfte: Syftet var att genom en litteraturstudie belysa vilka faktorer som påverkar livskvalitet hos personer som laryngektomeras på grund av huvudhalscancer.Metod: Systematisk litteraturstudie genomfördes. 15 artiklar analyserades och sorterades in i Huvudkategorier och Subkategorier.Resultat: Faktorer som påverkade livskvalitet var fysiska faktorer, nutritionsrelaterade faktorer, kommunikationsmetoder, kommunikationsförmåga, ekonomi, sociala faktorer, depression och information. Slutsat: Livskvaliteten påverkas efter total laryngektomi.

Kolonisationen har format ma?nga la?nder, men i vilken utstra?ckning? Detta a?r ett aktuellt a?mne eftersom kolonialism fortfarande finns idag. I den ha?r uppsatsen underso?ks da?rfo?r kolonisationens pa?verkan pa? ekonomisk utveckling. Med hja?lp av tva?rsnittsdata och OLS-regressioner visar resultatet att brittiska kolonier i va?rlden, relativt franska kolonier, i genomsnitt haft ho?gre BNP per capita a?r 2000 och att detta tycks bero pa? skillnader i humankapital, demokrati och institutioner.

This is a study, the purpose of which is to investigate how the construction company Sefab Bygg AB is able to increase its profitability and render a more efficient production process through logistic solutions. The study is made during one of Sefab´s present projects. The project includes sanitary renovation of 650 apartments in the co-operative Opalen in Norrköping.To find out whether changes of logistic routines are profitable or not, it?s necessary to evaluate the total cost of the changes. A total cost analysis is a mapping of all the costs for a particular material, on one hand for the present situation and on the other after the change.

Jag har tidigare skrivit fo?r fyrha?ndigt pianospel och vill nu fortsa?tta att komponera fo?r piano. Jag a?r inte van vid att komponera och har alltid haft sva?rt att ta fram min kreativitet och hitta inspiration. Om man inte anva?nt sig av kreativiteten sa? mycket under sitt liv kan det vara sa? att man inte har tillga?ng till den i den utstra?ckning man skulle beho?va.

The background of this study is the fact that it nowadays is more common to grow wheat after wheat. Usually we plow every autumn to remove the straw, and we wanted to study the effect of alternative methods to do it. We have done this experiment to answer the question if no tillage is better than conventional plowing. The results of the field experiment indicate that there is a link between plant establishment and the choice of equipment, but also a higher weed pressure in experimental plots with only ground tillage. The equipments which left much straw on the top of the ground the problems with fungi were more severe.

Studien behandlar hur de svenska dagstidningarna Aftonbladet, Expressen, Dagens Nyheter och Svenska Dagbladet i sin bildjournalistik gestaltade upploppen i Stockholms fo?rorter va?ren 2013. Fokus ligger pa? att identifiera o?vergripande gestaltningsmo?nster vad ga?ller ha?ndelserna, de inblandade akto?rerna och Husby som omra?de. Med hja?lp av en o?versiktlig inneha?llsanalys av samtliga bilder publicerade pa? nyhetsplats under perioden 20-25 maj och semiotiska bildanalyser av a?tta utvalda bilder har jag kommit fram till att tidningarna i stor utstra?ckning la?ter enstaka dramatiska bilder representera sto?rre skeenden och att de inblandade akto?rerna och Husby som omra?de gestaltas utifra?n stereotyper som tidigare forskning har visat a?r vanlig i mediebilden av kriser och fo?rortsomra?den.

The purpose of this study was to build a database for point-bearing piles in dense noncohesive soil, predominantly moraine. Further, the database was analysed and areas with difficult geotechnical conditions was identified.The database includes for point-bearing piles driven to refusal in moraine. Piles with mainly shaft friction have been excluded. Only concrete piles have been included. Geographically the database covers almost all geotechnical conditions of Sweden.

The care for the elderly in the municipalities has recently seen the need for a formalized system for quality assurance. Under increasing demands for monetary efficiency while bound by law to retain acceptable standards in health care, there is need for efficient and at the same time quality-assured management. The municipalities often solve this puzzle by introducing systems and standards influenced by theory-clusters such as NPM (New Public Management), TQM (Total Quality Management) or other quality management theories.This essay focuses on how the public administration in the municipalities defines quality and designs and implements system for formalized quality assurance. Our basic view of organizations is institutionalist and our theoretical framework includes theories about quality, NPM and TQM..