The aim of this study was to examine differences in the experience of intrinsic work-motivation and to examine changes depending on profession, where the purchasers experienced a higher level of individual demands and control than the production leaders. Another purpose was to see how the intrinsic motivation needs predicted mental well-being in the professions. The study was carried out using an internet survey that was distributed by e-mail, there were 98 participants. Two questionnaires were used; Basic Need at Work scale (W-BNS) measured intrinsic motivation and GHQ12 measured mental well-being. The result showed that the staff overall had high intrinsic motivation with highest scores on relatedness followed by competence and lastly autonomy.

Pa? Kongsberg Automotive (KA) i Mullsjo? tillverkas bland annat va?xelfo?ringssystem till en gemensam plattform av personbilar. Fo?retaget ser idag potential i att fo?rba?ttra flo?det av produkterna och dess inga?ende komponenter genom fabriken. KA tillverkar dessutom ma?nga av komponenterna i samma fabrik som slutmonteringen sker vilket skapar goda fo?rutsa?ttningar till att uppra?ttha?lla effektiva flo?den.

Cambodia, in Southeast Asia, has tropical monsoonal climate with distinct dry and rain seasons. Many people are poor and live in rural areas. Farmers mainly culture rice, and raise pigs, cattle and poultry as well. During two months, a minor field study was performed in Cambodia. The main purpose was to evaluate the impact of contributions done by projects that started in 2005 and were managed by the local organization CelAgrid.

Syfte - Syftet med studien är att bidra till kunskap om effektivare materialhantering mellan förråd och monteringslina. För att uppfylla syftet ska följande problemfrågor besvaras:  1. Vilka slöserier kan identifieras inom materialhanteringen mellan förråd och monteringslina?  2. Hur kan de identifierade slöserierna reduceras?  Metod och genomförande - För att uppfylla studiens syfte utfördes en fallstudie på ett företag inom tillverkningsindustrin.

The weather has been extremely rainy the last summers in Sweden. Because of the rain, a lot of harvested straw has been lost since it was too wet to store. When the pig producers couldn?t get enough straw to use as bedding, an alternative was requested. Silage is a realistic alternative to straw but since silage often contains clover, it may not be suitable to use in pig production since clover is rich in phytoestrogens.

The Swedish ostrich production started about thirteen years ago and still there are no Swedish recommendations regarding ostriches? space requirements. The European Council give recommendations and the Swedish Board of Agriculture (SJV) has a proposal, but so far the producers follow Danish regulations regarding space requirements. The Swedish Animal Welfare Agency are about to set standards for the ostriches? space requirements, and therefore the Swedish ostrich producers, together with The Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF) ask for a scientific background to these decisions. This thesis is a preliminary study at the prospect of a future experiment on which factors important for ostriches? space requirements and welfare will be examined more thouroughly.

Ungulates are causing conflicts between stakeholders due to browsing damage on forests and agricultural crops. At the same time there is a big demand of keeping high ungulate densities for sports hunting and recreational purposes. Movement patterns of ungulates are strongly correlated with forage availability. Therefore, measures affecting forage quantity and distribution might be a tool to reduce the economical losses in forestry without decreasing the ungulate densities and thereby decrease the conflict between different interest groups.This study investigated the potential biomass production and utilisation of marrow-stem kale (Brassica oleracea var. medullosa), at game fields in Misterhult, Sweden, as well as browsing effects on adjacent forests.

The equine hoof is often manipulated in purpose to achieve a better stride or to reduce the weight on damaged tissue. The living tissue in the hoof can?t store energy as glycogen and is therefore depending on a continuous supply of glucose for its energy production. The purpose of the study was to determine if wedging (i.e. elevating) the heel could influence the hooves glucose and lactate consumption/production. Five standardbred horses were trained to trot on a treadmill without getting physical or mentally tired.

In this final thesis a study about welfare indicators in the Swedish milk production has been carried out. The system Swedish Animal Welfare Monitoring Scheme developed by the Swedish Dairy Association has been used as a base and the EU project WELFARE QUALITY® has also been used as a source of information. Focus groups have been used as a qualitative investigating method. This included four focus groups, two with farm auditors from the two different dairies and two with dairy farmers. This method was chosen because in this way one can study how a conversation about a given subject takes form in a respectable way.

Studiens bakgrund är en förändrad samhällskontext där Svenska kyrkan har möjlighet att omdefiniera fokus för sin verksamhet. I ett sådant reflektionsarbete kan den lokala församlingens organisationsidentitet, exempelvis i termer av ?folkkyrka?, vara en drivkraft för förnyelsearbete. Bakgrunden beskriver utvecklingsprojektet ?Aktör för välfärd? samt tidigare forskning på området.

In Peru guinea pigs are raised for meat production and salmonellosis is considered as a major problem. Studies have detected salmonella in animals with enteritis and pneumonia. Salmonellosis exists both in an acute and a chronic form. In the rural areas the diagnosis is made according to clinical signs and macro pathological findings at autopsy. The major systems applied for the guinea pig production are often classified as family, family-commercial and commercial. These systems differ in number of animals and how industrialised they are.

Fallstudiens syfte är att skapa förståelse över hur ett internt produktionsflöde på ett tillverkande företag kan uppnå en hög produktionflödeseffektivitet. Målsättningen är att skapa en kartläggning av ett nuvarande flödestillstånd på fallföretaget. Utifrån detta ska empirin och den noggrant utvalda teorin generera i en analys som ska sammanställa de faktorer som är väsentliga att studera för att förbättra flödet i dagsläget. Med hjälp av TPS-huset och faktorer som grund ska det klargöras om företaget gynnas av att tillverka internt eller överlåta delar av sin produktion externt. .

Investeringarna i förnyelsebara energikällor har ökat mycket i Sverige under de senaste åren i takt med att frågor om miljö och hållbar utveckling fått ett allt större fokus i samhället. En energikälla som det görs stora investeringar inom i dagsläget är vindkraft och det kommer sannolikt att öka ännu mer då man bedömer att elproduktionen från vindkraft kommer att öka till 12 TWh per år från dagens nivå på 3,5 TWh. Detta skapar en intressant marknad för byggföretagen då man ska bygga fundament, vägar, kranplatser och lägga elkablar till vindkraftverken. På denna marknad verkar både de rikstäckande företagen och mindre specialiserade företag och det finns därmed ett stort intresse från byggföretagens sida av att kunna utveckla sin produktion och korta ner produktionstiden. Effektivisering gör det möjligt att vinna anbud och genomföra dessa projekt på ett framgångsrikt sätt.

Husums plant has a selection of different pulp pumps at bleaching plant 4 and 5. The displacement- (HC-pump, Sund Defibrator PTD-60) and centrifugalpumps (MC-pump, MCA 42-200, MCP 30/20) are of interest in this report. The centrifugal pumps are controlled by throttle valves, which result in an energy loss. Chemical mixers are used to mix ClO2 into the pulp before proceeding into a holding tower where the bleaching process occurs.The energy demand of the different positions has been measured or calculated to be used in comparisons against new equipment. Quotations were requested and delivered from Valmet and Sulzer.

Background: The Swedish population is aging [1] and malnutrition is a common problem among elderly people [2]. A method called food registration is used to monitor the patients? nutritional intake, with the purpose of reducing the risk of patients deteriorating in nutritional status during hospitalisation. However, the current method is not satisfactory and many food registration lists are incomplete. [3-6] Thus, patients do not receive a qualitative nutritional care since the assessment of the patients? nutritional status is based on incomplete documentation.Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to increase the quality in the nutrition monitoring process in the geriatric units B72 and B74 at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, Sweden.