A numerical simulation case involving space plasma and the evolution of instabilities that generates very fast electrons, i.e. approximately at half of the speed of light, is used as a test bed for scientific visualisation techniques. A visualisation system was developed to provide interactive real-time animation and visualisation of the simulation results. The work focuses on two themes and the integration of them. The first theme is the storage and management of the large data sets produced.

The landscape in the interior of Norrland has undergone dramatic changes since the deglaciation as a consequence of faultings, earthquakes and tilting of the landscape westwards. Archaeological investigations along former shorelines by the use of models of isostatic land uplift, have revealed many Mesolitic settlements in northern Sweden. Döudden, in the county of Arjeplog, has been investigated by archaeologists that identified settlements from 5200 BC. The objective of this study was to analyse the history of the vegetation and if the vegetation showed traces of human activity during early Holocene, by pollen analysis. The results indicate that the area had an established vegetation c.

In Scandinavia the general idea of the Bronze Age society is that it was organised as chiefdoms. The model for what they looked like is taken from the anthropological studies of the Polynesian chiefdoms. The aim of my study is to investigate a Scandinavian Bronze Age feature, known as cairns mainly containing fire-cracked stone. This is compared with how people in different Polynesian chiefdoms, looked at similar remain. This is done to get a background for new ways of interpretation of such remains.

AbstractThis study was meant to cast a light on the use of music-instruments that exists in preschool environments today. Furthermore the purpose was to find out if instruments first and foremost, actually did exist, and what thoughts had been put behind that decision. The focus was directed towards the preschool teachers and their attitudes towards music instruments among preschool children, at the ages 3 to 5 years. The purpose of the study was to understand how preschool teachers thought of activities where music instruments where used. The study was made from interviews with six different preschool teachers from different preschools.

Denna rapport är en jämförande studie om hur möbelvaxer påverkas av inre och yttre faktorer, hur resultatet påverkas av till exempel vilket vax, lösningsmedel eller harts som används i en vaxblandning. Samt hur det i sin tur påverkar hur pass tålig vaxblandningen är för yttre påverkan i form av vatten, alkohol och värme.På marknaden finns idag en uppsjö av möbelvaxer, vissa med mer eller mindre ofullständiga innehållsdeklarationer, vilket har gjort mig frustrerad ett flertal gånger då man inom konservatorsyrket gärna vill kunna härleda materialen man arbetar med. Därför har jag här tagit reda på om det går att göra enkla, användbara och miljövänligare vaxer själv.Jag har i denna rapport valt att insamla olika vaxrecept från vitt skilda källor för att sedan tillverka dem och testa dem för ovan nämnda påfrestningar och kartlägga vilket recept som lämpar sig till olika ändamål.Resultaten i denna rapport har legat till grund för min sammanställning i boken Vax ? en receptbok för möbler och kulturvård (2013)..

Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka hur organisationen Riksteatern förankrar sina mål i verksamheten och hur dessa implementeras i medarbetarnas vardag. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och en fallstudie genomfördes på Riksteatern. Ett flertal intervjuer gjordes med nyckelpersoner inom organisationen. Informationen från dessa intervjuer analyserades sedan utifrån den teoretiska referensramen som innehåller teorier om målstyrning och organisationskultur. Resultatet visade att Riksteaterns målsättning är diffus och svårtolkad.

I denna rapport redovisas ett examensarbete av Yvonne Svensson i samarbete med Claes Edman, entreprenör.Projektets mål har varit att designa ett poolhus med inredningsförslag till uppdragsgivarens koncept Poolhus/poolskydd som ska vara så pass flexibel att den passar en bred kundgrupp. Konceptet är sekretessbelagt och kommer därför inte gå närmare in på konstruktionsfrågor gällande poolskyddsdelen. Poolhuset kommer att fungera som en gäststuga och har bastu, utomhusdusch, utomhuskök samt en veranda. Inspirationen till inredningen och formen till poolhuset är ifrån ett marint tema.I faktainsamlingen ges en överblick vem som är målgruppen genom en enkätinsamling och målgruppsanalys även en konkurrentanalys har genomförts. Här presenteras även en funktionsanalys och en diskussion om trender utförs.

The purpose of this paper is to give a view of how violence and victims has been portrayed in novels. I have chosen 6 books where the main character is a child who has been exposed to physical, mental and/or sexual violence. I have asked questions to the book and I have tried to find patterns in the child's strategy to cope with violence and how the violence is described. I have also written two chapters about earlier studies of this field and theoretical standpoints. The main perspective I present is the salutogenese perspective and how people create meaningfulness in their lives.The children in the books have different ways to handle their situations.

The object of this study has been to establish how language is used to present and establish a person?s identity. The studied language usage is that of renowned author Selma Lagerlöf and the language studied is that of her personal correspondence. This language picture is placed alongside the public depiction of her and a comparison of sorts is made. The chosen method has been to study Lagerlöf?sprivate correspondence and to compare her language markers in those to the literature history?s picture of her.

Samhällsbyggnadssektorn i Sverige är stor, nästan tio procent av den svenska arbetsmarknaden räknas in där och den svarar för mellan tio och femton procent av Sveriges BNP. När en så pass stor del av Sveriges BNP vilar inom samhällsbyggnadssektorn så krävs det att den fungerar felfritt. Allt för ofta överskrids kostnad och tid i de projekt som genomförs, och kvalitetsmål uppnås inte i tillräcklig grad. Sektorn jämförs ofta med tillverkningsindustrin som har bättre produktivitets- och teknikutveckling. Under de senaste åren har därför industrialisering av byggbranschen blivit ett hett begrepp.

I have chosen in this work to examine which factors are affecting the artificially creation of a tree cavity containing decomposed wood. The purpose of the work is to find out which factors are affecting the most when a tree cavity is created, and to apply these results when you artificially try to create a tree cavity. The need to create tree cavities comes from the situation where many tree cavity living beetles finds themselves today. When existing trees are to pass out there will be no suitable inheritors yet. The work was initially to focus on cavities created from cut branches.

Syftet med interventionsstudien är att bidra med kunskapsutveckling kring arbetssätt för att utveckla elevers förmåga att skriva med flyt. Studiens syfte är också att undersöka om det finns samband mellan ordavkodning/läshastighet och skrivflyt.Interventionen genomförs i klassundervisningen i skolår 1 och 2. Under tio tillfällen skriver eleverna i sina tankeböcker. Dockan Mini, som är huvudpersonen i klassens läsebok, ger skrivuppdrag som diskuteras innan eleverna börjar skriva. Vid tre olika tillfällen mäts skrivflytet genom att eleverna får skriva en text till en bild.

The aim of the following thesis is to examine if the ideology behind the copyright laws of today poses a threat to creativity and the cultural heritage. The organizations Association of American Publishers and Authors Guild are subject to an ideology- analysis which seeks to examine their ideological views on copyright and the possible threat to creativity such a view brings. The conflict between the two organizations and Google Book Search is used as a context where the ideology is being brought to light. Stanford Law School professor, Lawrence Lessigs work is used as theory and an alternative to the examined view on copyright. The result suggests that the organizations see copyright as the only effective incentive to creation and therefore they think stronger intellectual property laws are needed.

This master?s thesis is about freedom of information ideas in the European Union data retention directive, 2006/24/EC. The directive means that data about electronic communications services will be retentioned. The aim of the thesis is to examine what ideas related to freedom of information that appear in the directive and how these ideas belong to the ideology of freedom of information that is common within the library community and to the juridical restrictions. In the light of surveillance tendencies that have occurred over the last years, the most well-known is probably the USA Patriot Act, it is interesting to study how freedom of information ideas appears when surveillance is legislated.

This essay presents an alternative approach to the predominant democratic analysis of the European Monetary Union. As the Treaties stipulate the political conduct within Monetary Union and put certain restrictions on the European politicians they are to some extent constitutional in their character. Essential for constitutional theory is the concept of precommitment; according to which a decision is made in t1 purposing to obstruct certain actions in t2. In light of this the aim of this essay is to investigate whether or not delegating monetary responsibility to the ECB can be seen as an example of constitutional precommitment and if so, if this constitutional perspective can add something to the predominant democratic analysis of the EMU. According to the author the EMU is by and large a form of precommitment as the leading politicians in Europe figuratively have tied their hands from intervening in the common monetary policy.