Performance appraisals- a study of the performance appraisals significance as a tool for development in the public sector.Anders Larsson and Åsalill OlssonPerformance appraisals have been given a central role in leading businesses in the public sector and are seen as a tool to create development opportunities and achieve better results. This has resulted that performance appraisal in many organizations takes up capacity and time. This was the starting point of our interest to study whether the time spent on performance appraisals effectively pays for itself in the organization, in other words whether the effects expected actually are achieved. The paper examines first line managers` views on staff appraisal purposes and effects of a function within the Landstinget. The survey design, methodology and transaction are of qualitative and quantitative method with three different sources: literature review of previous research, interviews with first line managers in Landstinget Västmanland and the results from an employee satisfaction survey conducted on behalf of Landstinget Västmanland.

The company Sound Precision has developed a new Line Array loudspeaker system (VHA-40). When using this system, their customers need computer aid to get the best possible sound-quality and control of sound levels for the whole audience. The aim of this thesis is to develop a truly useful sound quality simulator for the VHA-40. The system will help the sound engineers to position the loudspeakers for optimal sound by simulating loudspeaker configurations and visualizing the resulting sound quality and quantity. To solve this a human-centered design (HCD) approach is taken to implement a system that is truly useful for the users, meaning that they will use it more and hence deliver better sound for the audience.

The company Sound Precision has developed a new Line Array loudspeaker system (VHA-40). When using this system, their customers need computer aid to get the best possible sound-quality and control of sound levels for the whole audience. The aim of this thesis is to develop a truly useful sound quality simulator for the VHA-40. The system will help the sound engineers to position the loudspeakers for optimal sound by simulating loudspeaker configurations and visualizing the resulting sound quality and quantity. To solve this a human-centered design (HCD) approach is taken to implement a system that is truly useful for the users, meaning that they will use it more and hence deliver better sound for the audience.

 Performance appraisals- a study of the performance appraisals significance as a tool for development in the public sector.Anders Larsson and Åsalill OlssonPerformance appraisals have been given a central role in leading businesses in the public sector and are seen as a tool to create development opportunities and achieve better results. This has resulted that performance appraisal in many organizations takes up capacity and time. This was the starting point of our interest to study whether the time spent on performance appraisals effectively pays for itself in the organization, in other words whether the effects expected actually are achieved. The paper examines first line managers` views on staff appraisal purposes and effects of a function within the Landstinget. The survey design, methodology and transaction are of qualitative and quantitative method with three different sources: literature review of previous research, interviews with first line managers in Landstinget Västmanland and the results from an employee satisfaction survey conducted on behalf of Landstinget Västmanland.

Burkina Faso as well as most sub-Saharan African countries struggle with providing food for a fast growing population. The dominating farming system is agroforestry parklands. Agroforestry parklands can broadly be defined as areas where scattered trees occur on farmlands as a result of selective clearing. The presence of trees in crop fields may in the long term have a positive effect on the production of annual crops. It is commonly discussed, but not proven, that the presence of trees leads to increased groundwater recharge due to higher infiltration capacity of the soil.

Title: What women want ? a study about young men?s self-presentation on the on-line dating site Spray Date.Authors: Anna Tuvehagen & Josefin HultTutor: Lena Widding-HedinPurpose: Our main purpose was to identify implicit norms and ideals for masculinity in young men?s advertisements on the on-line dating site Spray Date.Questions: How do the men present themselves on Spray Date and what do they accentuate in their advertisements? What kind of relationship do the men hope to establish and what qualities and attribute do they look for in women? Are there any notable differences and similarities regarding our findings of ideals and the ones in previous research?Method: In order to answer our questions we chose 100 advertisements made by men in the age 18 to 25. To analyse the advertisements we used a qualitative content analysis, however we have some quantitative elements.Main results: The men in our study are searching for love on Spray Date and usually describe themselves as nice, cheerful, decent guys with good sense of humour. Although, spare-time interests and activities are what the men mainly focus on. Their interests are broad and all sorts of combinations occur why it is difficult to place the men in categories.

A group of diseases that affect the dog?s sight is progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) a disease that means that the photoreceptors in the retina of the eye either not develop normally or undergo degeneration and thereby causes vision loss and blindness. The disease affects many different breeds and is inherited. What have been shown is that it is different genes that had become mutated in the different breeds, this conclude that despite similar clinical symptoms, the underlying reason could be different. Also the genes that are mutated in dogs and give rise to diseases also exists in humans.

I Upplands Väsby utanför Stockholm tillverkar Kraft Foods bland annat choklad under varumärket Marabou. Vid anläggningen finns en Pralin Line som är en automatiserad produktionslinje för tillverkning av chokladpraliner i ask. Under en tid har Pralin Line inte kunnat motsvara förväntningarna och har inte haft den linjeeffektivitet man eftersträvar. Som ett led i detta har ett projekt initierats för att öka effektiviteten vid Pralin Line. En del i projektet är detta examensjobb som syftar till att utveckla det förebyggande underhållet vid Pralin Line.

I Upplands Väsby utanför Stockholm tillverkar Kraft Foods bland annat choklad under varumärket Marabou. Vid anläggningen finns en Pralin Line som är en automatiserad produktionslinje för tillverkning av chokladpraliner i ask. Under en tid har Pralin Line inte kunnat motsvara förväntningarna och har inte haft den linjeeffektivitet man eftersträvar. Som ett led i detta har ett projekt initierats för att öka effektiviteten vid Pralin Line. En del i projektet är detta examensjobb som syftar till att utveckla det förebyggande underhållet vid Pralin Line.

This work describes a series of glasses, both for people withvisual handicap, and the glasses are not only limited for use onlyby people with poor sight.I have, based on the course Senses, done research and lookedinto how to design glasses for visual handicapped people interms of function, look and expression.I have elaborated with several different glasses and performedmany experiments to come up with my final result, consisting ofa series of glasses.The glasses in the series are made with a weight on one side, onestep on the bottom to get the possibility for the glass to tilt over,which enables you to both hear and see when you have reach acertain amount of substance in the glass.It has also been important for me that the glasses express somethingand get an individual identity.The result became glasses for whiskey, coffee, shots and mullwine..

The company Sound Precision has developed a new Line Array loudspeaker system (VHA-40). When using this system, their customers need computer aid to get the best possible sound-quality and control of sound levels for the whole audience. The aim of this thesis is to develop a truly useful sound quality simulator for the VHA-40. The system will help the sound engineers to position the loudspeakers for optimal sound by simulating loudspeaker configurations and visualizing the resulting sound quality and quantity. To solve this a human-centered design (HCD) approach is taken to implement a system that is truly useful for the users, meaning that they will use it more and hence deliver better sound for the audience.

The purpose of the work is to analyze and balance an assembly line at Fläkt Woods in Jönköping. The work is going to answer the questions about today?s throughput time, how much waste that occurs, number of staff at the assembly line, how the supply of material works and possible improvements that can be made at the work stations. The work is also going to give a proposal of improve-ments that can be made.The methods used to get the result include observations and measurements, con-versations with technicians and operators and also data from Fläkt Woods? data-base.Large variations in throughput time are measured during the measure period, from 3 hours up to 5 hours and 35 minutes.

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000202 EndHTML:0000040504 StartFragment:0000039220 EndFragment:0000040468 SourceURL:file:///Users/kjellhaglund/Desktop/Dropbox/1%20Moas/Den%20fysiska%20klassrumsmilj.doc @font-face { font-family: "Times New Roman"; }@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Courier New"; }@font-face { font-family: "Wingdings"; }@font-face { font-family: "Verdana"; }@font-face { font-family: "Tahoma"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }h1 { margin: 36pt 0cm 24pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 26pt; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal; }h2 { margin: 24pt 0cm 6pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; font-family: Verdana; }h3 { margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; line-height: 15pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; }h4 { margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; line-height: 15pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }h5 { margin: 12pt 0cm 3pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic; }p.MsoIndex1, li.MsoIndex1, div.MsoIndex1 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 12pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex2, li.MsoIndex2, div.MsoIndex2 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 24pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex3, li.MsoIndex3, div.MsoIndex3 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex4, li.MsoIndex4, div.MsoIndex4 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 48pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex5, li.MsoIndex5, div.MsoIndex5 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 60pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex6, li.MsoIndex6, div.MsoIndex6 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex7, li.MsoIndex7, div.MsoIndex7 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 84pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex8, li.MsoIndex8, div.MsoIndex8 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 96pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndex9, li.MsoIndex9, div.MsoIndex9 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 108pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoToc1, li.MsoToc1, div.MsoToc1 { margin: 6pt 0cm; line-height: 15pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; }p.MsoToc2, li.MsoToc2, div.MsoToc2 { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 11.9pt; line-height: 15pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; }p.MsoToc3, li.MsoToc3, div.MsoToc3 { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 24pt; line-height: 15pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; }p.MsoToc4, li.MsoToc4, div.MsoToc4 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoToc5, li.MsoToc5, div.MsoToc5 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 48pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoToc6, li.MsoToc6, div.MsoToc6 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 60pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoToc7, li.MsoToc7, div.MsoToc7 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoToc8, li.MsoToc8, div.MsoToc8 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 84pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoToc9, li.MsoToc9, div.MsoToc9 { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 96pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoFootnoteText, li.MsoFootnoteText, div.MsoFootnoteText { margin: 0cm 22.7pt 6pt 0cm; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; }p.MsoCommentText, li.MsoCommentText, div.MsoCommentText { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoHeader, li.MsoHeader, div.MsoHeader { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoFooter, li.MsoFooter, div.MsoFooter { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoIndexHeading, li.MsoIndexHeading, div.MsoIndexHeading { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; }p.MsoCaption, li.MsoCaption, div.MsoCaption { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold; }p.MsoTof, li.MsoTof, div.MsoTof { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }span.MsoFootnoteReference { vertical-align: super; }span.MsoCommentReference { font-size: 8pt; }span.MsoPageNumber { font-weight: bold; }span.MsoEndnoteReference { vertical-align: super; }p.MsoEndnoteText, li.MsoEndnoteText, div.MsoEndnoteText { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoToa, li.MsoToa, div.MsoToa { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 12pt; text-indent: -12pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoMacroText, li.MsoMacroText, div.MsoMacroText { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; }p.MsoToaHeading, li.MsoToaHeading, div.MsoToaHeading { margin: 6pt 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; }p.MsoBodyText, li.MsoBodyText, div.MsoBodyText { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoBodyTextIndent, li.MsoBodyTextIndent, div.MsoBodyTextIndent { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 14.15pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoBodyTextFirstIndent, li.MsoBodyTextFirstIndent, div.MsoBodyTextFirstIndent { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; text-indent: 10.5pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoBodyTextFirstIndent2, li.MsoBodyTextFirstIndent2, div.MsoBodyTextFirstIndent2 { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 14.15pt; text-indent: 10.5pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoBodyText2, li.MsoBodyText2, div.MsoBodyText2 { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: 200%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.MsoBodyText3, li.MsoBodyText3, div.MsoBodyText3 { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }strong { }p.MsoDocumentMap, li.MsoDocumentMap, div.MsoDocumentMap { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% navy; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; }p.Citat, li.Citat, div.Citat { margin: 0cm 22.7pt 6pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }p.Ballongtext, li.Ballongtext, div.Ballongtext { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Tahoma; }p.Ingress, li.Ingress, div.Ingress { margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold; }p.Bildtext, li.Bildtext, div.Bildtext { margin: 0cm 22.7pt 6pt 0cm; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana; font-style: italic; }p.Kommentarsmne, li.Kommentarsmne, div.Kommentarsmne { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-weight: bold; }p.Uppsatstitel, li.Uppsatstitel, div.Uppsatstitel { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 28pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 47, 95); }p.Undertitel, li.Undertitel, div.Undertitel { margin: 6pt 0cm 28pt; line-height: 24pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 47, 95); }p.Formatmall1, li.Formatmall1, div.Formatmall1 { margin: 6pt 0cm 28pt; line-height: 24pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 47, 95); }p.Framsidestext, li.Framsidestext, div.Framsidestext { margin: 6pt 0cm 10pt; line-height: 14pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 47, 95); }p.Rubrik3ejinnehllsfrt, li.Rubrik3ejinnehllsfrt, div.Rubrik3ejinnehllsfrt { margin: 12pt 0cm 6pt; line-height: 15pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; }p.Rubrik2ejinnehllsfrt, li.Rubrik2ejinnehllsfrt, div.Rubrik2ejinnehllsfrt { margin: 24pt 0cm 6pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; }p.Rubrik1ejinnehllsfrt, li.Rubrik1ejinnehllsfrt, div.Rubrik1ejinnehllsfrt { margin: 36pt 0cm 24pt; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 26pt; font-family: Verdana; }span.BrdtextChar { font-size: 11pt; }span.CitatChar { font-size: 11pt; }span.BrdtextChar1 { font-size: 11pt; }span.CitatChar1 { font-size: 11pt; }p.Liststycke, li.Liststycke, div.Liststycke { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 65.2pt; line-height: 15pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }span.BrdtextChar2 { font-size: 11pt; }span.CitatChar2 { font-size: 11pt; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }ol { margin-bottom: 0cm; }ul { margin-bottom: 0cm; }Vår utgångspunkt har varit att utgå från den fysiska miljö som elever vistas i dagligen och den påverkan den kan ha på deras koncentrationsförmåga. Uppsatsen handlar i teoridelen om vad det innebär att vara koncentrerad samt att ha svårigheter att koncentrera sig. Vi beskriver olika typer av koncentrationssvårigheter, vad perception är, vad som främjar och vad som försvårar koncentrationen. Vi skriver om hur man på olika sätt kan underlätta för elever med primära koncentrationssvårigheter. I undersökningsdelen tar vi reda på vilka visuella stimuli elever utsätts för genom de observationer vi gjort i elevtomma klassrum.

Projektet har haft som syfte att i samarbete med Örsjö Belysning AB ta fram en vägghängd armatur för hotell som ska ha funktion som ljus till att läsa vid sängen. Lampan har haft krav på hållbar utveckling. Lampan har en energieffektiv ljuskälla, vald med hänsyn till sitt syfte, och ingående material har valts med stark miljöhänsyn. Form och funktion har varit viktiga begrepp och har parallellt följts åt i projektet. Produkten har konstruerats för en okomplicerad isärtagning så att delarna enkelt kan sorteras och återvinnas vid armaturens avslutade användning..

This case study examined what impact the neurological disorder Asperger?s syndrome has on the line of reasoning about religion and spirituality. Also, the question of whether the four informants showed any tendency to use the cognitive tools calledtheory of mind (ToM), existential theory of mind (EToM) and hypersensitive agency detection device (HADD) or not was put forth. From the interviews five themes were extracted: a stereoscopical view upon the world, thoughts on physical causality, prayer used as one-way communication, spiritual agency and intentionality, as well as existential and social questions. These themes were subsequently matched with theories on ToM, EToM and HADD.