The creation of Region Skåne, and the transfer of the development responsibility from the national administrative country board (Länsstyrelsen) has given the state new challenges. New structures have grown between Region and State, and also between different municipalities. These can be characterized as Policy-networks, and the goal of this study is to analyze the planning process of the regional infrastructure with these theories.This is a qualitative study of the infrastructure process in Skåne, and the actors that acts within this process. It has been studied with the eyes of the theories of Governance and Policy-networks. The main method to collect material has been through interviews with different actors within the process, and very little written material has been used.

A study has been performed that investigates the variation of iron content in groundwater.The study was initiated by Midvatten AB, which noticed that the iron content in groundwater samples can vary greatly over small distances. The purpose of this study was to geochemically and geohydrologically determine the factors that influence the content of iron and manganese in groundwater from a selection of eskers in Dalarna, and determine how to best sample groundwater with the method used by Midvatten AB. An evaluation was made of how the vertical variation in soil material, water composition, pumping time and pipe material affects the content of iron in groundwater. Piper diagrams were used to study the relationship between the chemical composition of the groundwater and the content of iron and manganese in groundwater samples from the studied areas. The groundwater from the studied areas was then classified in the Piper diagrams, according to the content of the major ions.

Miljöförstöringen håller på att få allt för stora proportioner, vilket genom bland annat växthuseffekten leder till att vår planet snart är obeboelig för människan.Byggbranschens andel i miljöförstöringen är onödigt stor genom transporter, energianvändning, maskinanvändning och miljömässigt dåliga material.Vår frågeställning är: går det att ersätta de konventionella byggmaterialen med ekologiska sådana? JM vill även få beprövat om de är så bra, miljömässigt, som de tror. Detta ska besvaras genom en analys av tre ekologiska material som sedan jämförs med konventionella material för samma funktion.Newbeam är ett material som planeras gå i produktion till hösten 2007. Det består av autoklaverad aspflis och ligninbaserat lim som pressas till profilerade balkar i önskad form. Denna produkt har i media benämnts ?stålbalk av trä? på grund av sin höga hållfasthet.

The purpose of this study is to increase the understanding of activities, flows and waste in a company's production process. By performing a value stream analysis, non-value adding activities are identified in a production process and then the suggested improvements that can reduce lead times will be stated. The value-stream mapping identifies the flow of information and the flow of material in a production process and this provides the basis for the identification of non-value adding activities.We conducted the study at Lammhults Möbel AB in Lammhult Sweden, where the production flow of Spira-21 has been investigated. This to identify any non-value adding activities that affect the flow negative and consumes time and money in a non-value adding way.A reasonable approach for the project was taken by studying the methodologies and theories. We conducted interviews and site surveys at Lammhults Möbel AB where the flow of information and material in the production process were investigated.

I tidigare forskning har det framkommit att reglering av miljö och material får konsekvenser för barnen. Konsekvenserna kan vara att kreativitet och lek får stå tillbaka för normer och regler rörande miljön och hur den är planerad. Barnsynen och tidigare erfarenheter som förskollärare har, påverkar den pedagogiska inomhusmiljöns utformning. Materialet som finns tillgängligt är det material som barnen förväntas kunna hantera. Barnets  dentitetsskapande påverkas även av den miljö som barnet vistas i på förskolan.

Under de senaste två decennierna har flertalet tidningar bytt format. Det stora broadsheetformatet byts ut mot det mindre tabloidformatet. Ett steg många valt att ta då upplagesiffrorna under flera år dalat. Formatförändringen är tänkt att ge rum för ett nytänkande, ändra förutsättningarna för tidningsmakarna och förhoppningsvis locka nya läsare.I denna uppsats har Svenska Dagbladets och Dagens Nyheters inrikessidor studerats för att finna eventuella likheter eller skillnader av tabloidiseringens effekter för dessa två tidningar.Det som studerats är andelen redaktionellt material av totala satsytan i respektive tidning fyra dagar före och efter formatbytet. Även antalet nyheter på inrikessidorna under perioden har räknats.

Denna rapport tar upp underso?kningen av effektivisering av materialpa?fyllnad som utfo?rts pa? fo?retaget Alfa Laval Lund AB i Ronneby. Underso?kningen har involverat fo?rba?ttringsa?tga?rder fo?r emballagematerialets flo?de. Hur detta material kan hanteras med ra?tt material, i ra?tt tid och ra?tt kvantitet pa? ett tidseffektivt sa?tt utgo?r fra?gesta?llningen fo?r denna underso?kning.

This essay concerns the Celts during the Iron Age, and their ritual practice in human sacrifice. The method applied is an eclectic historic-critic reading of the few classical sources that exist together with archeological material and scholars conclusions of literal sources and archeological material. The hypothesis is that human sacrifice in the Celtic realm not is to be seen as a primitive act of violence, but that it filled a social function to preserve society and the Celtic way of life.The question this essay strives to answer is Which function/s do human sacrifice fill in a Celtic context during the Iron Age? The question is analysed with the aid of Radcliffe-Brown?s and Catherine Bell?s theories on ritual, as well as Malcolm Chapman?s postmodern ideas of the conception of the Celtic. The conclusion of the essay is that the prime functions of Celtic human sacrifice are to preserve society and the Celtic social way of life, combined with an aim to eliminate disturbing elements in that same society, such as crime and individuals who did not fit in to the social community..

Uppsats för avläggande av filosofiekandidatexamen iKulturvård, Ledarskap i slöjd ochkulturhantverk15 hpInstitutionen för kulturvårdGöteborgs universitet2014:35.

To be competitive in the corporate climate of today it is important to have effective logistic activities. A common resource within the internal logistics is forklift trucks, which are used to lift and transport material. It becomes more and more important to decide whether to buy, lease or rent the forklifts to obtain an optimal economic situation. Many companies have issues with internal pricing. It is difficult to price products and services correctly. It is common to price the overall instead of what it really costs.The purpose of the thesis is to present a model for the acquisition of forklifts for internal logistic operations, regarding financing and internal pricing, to obtain economic effectiveness and an optimal forklift fleet size. The study focused on a specific research question, and for this purpose interviews with experts were held, observations were made and a literature study was done.

The purpose of this study was to examine if women's career was affected by becoming a mother after 35 years old. It was also our intention to discover if it was an intentional or an unintentional choice to postpone giving birth just for the sake of the career. We have read articles that are implying that women´s career possibilities, combined with children, is difficult and of current interest in today's society. Science has shown that it no longer appears to be women's main life objective to give birth but they now also wants a career. We wanted to shed some light on the subject from two different angles, so we looked both from the women's perspective and from the employer's perspective.

This thesis is a case study which describes the automation of a university library in Sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of the case study is, firstly; to find out which actors and factors have started and influenced the automation and the implementation of ICT at Makerere University Library in Kampala, Uganda. Secondly; it also discusses if the automation has changed the librarys condition. The empirical material consists of fifteen interviews with librarians and students. The empirical material itself has functioned as a base when discerning the analytical themes.

Title: Employee experience of psychosocial working environment during change at the workplace.In times of change processes the working environment at the workplace may be affected. Lack of balance between demands and the ability to handle the workload can lead to reduced work satisfaction, which is an important component for an individual?s performance and commitment. The aim is to investigate experiences in the employee?s psychosocial working environment during change management.

I vår vardag möter vi ständigt problem med anknytning till matematik, som vi behöver lösa. Problemlösning har en betydande roll i matematikämnet och därför är det viktigt ur undervisningssynpunkt att försöka förstå hur elever tänker och resonerar när de löser problem.Syftet med detta arbete var att undersöka hur elever i skolår 3 går tillväga när de möter skriftliga matematiska problemuppgifter. Studien fokuserar på elevers val av lösningsstrategier, i vilken utsträckning laborativt material används, samtidigt som en jämförelse mellan pojkars och flickors val av strategier görs. Metoden för att ta reda på detta var att genomföra ett undervisningsförsök, tillsammans med deltagande observation och intervju.Resultatet visar att elever använder flera olika lösningsstrategier och även kombinationer av olika för att lösa problemen. De vanligaste strategierna var huvudräkning och laborativt material.

Magisteruppsats i svenska språket, SV2140, 15hpVårterminen 2012Handledare: Maia AndréassonExaminator: Elisabet Engdahl.