The main objective of this essay is to present the views of nine Swedish publishers and four other agents in the literary field regarding the possibilities of and obstacles to publishing fiction in an electronic format. Furthermore, whether or not electronic publishing is today actually a viable alternative. A substantial part of the essay functions as background to our interview findings and is based primarily on material originating from the Sociology of Literature field. The introductory chapter expounds the methodological and theoretical basis of the essay and is followed by a chapter placing our study in a larger, international media, context. Chapter three deals with the past decades? restructuring of the publishing sector, the professional functions involved in traditional publishing and Pierre Bourdieu?s theories on the cultural and economic forces at work in the literary field.

The purpose of this study is to analyse and describe social work students? view on a person with self-injurious behaviour and the following issues. The aim and focus is on the general depiction. The theoretical perspectives have been intersectionality and its focus on social constructivism, and gender perspectives. The method was semi-structured interviews with eight social work students at Linnaeus University Kalmar.

Bakgrund: Kronisk hjärtsvikt är ett ökande sjukdomstillstånd bland befolkningen och påverkar det dagliga livet för de drabbade.Syfte: Syftet med studien är att beskriva fysisk aktivitet samt dess betydelse för livskvalitet för vuxna personer med kronisk hjärtsvikt.Metod: En systematisk litteraturstudie valdes som metod. Sökning av artiklar gjordes via databaserna PubMed, Cinahl och ELIN@kalmar.Resultat: Fysisk aktivitet i form av specialutvecklade träningsprogram är en betydelsefull faktor för patienter som lider av kronisk hjärtsvikt. Fysisk aktivitet har en positiv effekt på samtliga dimensioner av livskvalitet (global, fysisk, mental och social) hos de personer som lider av kronisk hjärtsvikt.Slutsats: Det är viktigt att vårdpersonal, däribland sjusköterskor, möjliggör att fysisk aktivitet blir lättillgänglig och genomförd för alla patienter som drabbas av kronisk hjärtsvikt och detta så tidigt som möjligt för att undvika en snabb försämring av deras livskvalitet.Nyckelord: kronisk hjärtsvikt, livskvalitet, fysisk aktivitet, omvårdnad..

Syftet med vårt examensarbete är att undersöka vilken geografisk omvärldsbild elever har, dvs. vilken inre karta de har av världen, och hur den formas. Vi har använt oss av en metod bestående av en enkät med både allmänna frågor om elevens erfarenheter samt tre kunskapsbaserade uppgifter om kartan. Den första av dessa tre är en öppen uppgift där eleven ombeds rita världskartan på ett blankt papper. Det görs sedan kopplingar mellan elevernas erfarenheter, kunskaper och den mentala kartan.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the elderly at a retirement home and their professional caretakers with focus on the perspective of the elderly. Chosen method, a qualitative interview analysis has been conducted to describe how the relationship affects the elderly in their everyday lives. The total amount of interviews were four. The relationship between the elderly and their professional caretakers has rarely been examined in previous research from an elder?s perspective.The results indicate that the elderly often are satisfied with the way the professional caretakers treat them.

AimOur aim with this study was to examine how outdoor education is designed and experienced in three upper (senior) levels of compulsory school in Stockholm, and to compare it with the Norwegian equivalence.MethodOur method has been interviews with ten teachers, of whom six are Swedish teachers and four are Norwegian teachers. Two Swedish teachers are teaching in other subjects than Physical Education, four are teachers in Physical Education, two are teachers in Norway in Physical Education at and two are teachers in Norway at university level. Questionnaires were used to examine the Swedish pupils? attitudes towards outdoor education. 90 questionnaires were delivered, and 70 answered them.

AimThe purpose with our study has been to investigate if upper secondary high schools in the south of Sweden, Stockholm and north of Sweden follow the outdoor education regulations stated in the curriculum (Lpf-94). Moreover, we aim to study if the teachers? previous experiences as well as the students affect the outdoor education. Finally, the purpose is to find out how the outdoor-life-education can be improved. These are the research questions:o How do the chosen high schools follow the outdoor education regulations stated in Lpf-94?o What obstacles, advantages and differences exist between the outdoor-life-education in these high schools?o In what way do the teachers? outdoor life experiences influence their education at school?o How can the students influence the outdoor education in their High Schools?o How can outdoor education be improved?MethodThe study is based upon data collected from four interviews with PE ( physical education) teachers from four different high schools.

This study aims to examine how the interventions for homeless persons in the municipality of Kalmar are organized. The study is based on four half-structured qualitative interviews with both representatives from different instances and also from persons who have experience of being homeless.The theoretical bases we have used to analyze the material are organization theory, specifically the concept of bureaucracy. Our results show that homelessness is not seen as a problem in itself, since the general view is that homeless people often have a complex problem scenario where drug- and alcohol abuse and mental illness are common.It is often the latter that takes priority in the interventions and the housing question is therefore neglected. We also found that social services do not have a satisfactory structure around the organization of the work on homelessness. They do not have any specific device in Kalmar that focus on homelessness issues with the result that the existing units are forced to take care of the work of homelessness.

Objective: To study the evidence on physical activity (PA) as an effective preventive strategy for depression.Methods: A search of electronic databases was performed for articles between 2007 and 2012, both original research and review articles, concerning the link between PA and depression on children, youth and adults. Three reviews, five longitudinal and two cross sectional studies were included.Results:  PA reduced the likelihood of depression in many studies and a sedentary or inactive lifestyle increased the risks for mental health symptoms such as depression. One study showed that low PA in childhood increased the odds of depression as an adult and other studies on teenagers saw a connection and mediation between PA and self-esteem whereas physical fitness showed no mediating effect. Many of the studies and reviews point out the insecurity regarding the dose-response association and the difficulties in defining causality.Conclusion: PA might have a preventive effect on depression. Some evidence exist to support that PA in childhood prevents depression in adults.

How schools handles threat and violence among pupils could have an effect on the surrounding world, since schools reflect society at large. This study attempts to explore how this is handled within two schools, one secondary school and one upper secondary school. How do the schools work with violence and threats amongst pupils? Who is responsible for what? Is this work based on school guidelines? Why/why not? The theoretical starting-points have been Lundquists implementation-based control-model and an organizational point-of-view using theories about open and closed systems, primarily Meyer and Rowans neo-institutionalism. To gain validity, the study has been carried out by way of triangulation, i.e.

The use of computer games has grown exponentially in the past few years and StarCraft II is one of the most popular e-sports today, played by millions of people worldwide. This study investigates the game?s effect on skills, as perceived by the players of StarCraft II.The study was conducted by using an empirical survey and interviews. The skills being investigated were both physical and mental in their nature. The conclusion was that the majority of players perceived that their skills regarding reaction speed, multitasking, APM, analysis and strategy were increased the most, while there was a smaller change in social skills and language skills.

Syftet med studien var att i en intervention undersöka om mentala träningsprogram kan förbättra koncentrationsförmågan hos 17 allsvenska bandyspelare (M = 22,7, Sd = 4,59). Dessutom fanns en hypotes om att en förbättrad koncentrationsförmåga gav en bättre prestationsförmåga. Resultatet visade ett signifikant positivt resultat i 10 av 12 variabler när det gällde spelarnas utveckling av koncentration, från mätning 1 till mätning 2. Vidare visade sig spelarnas utveckling kunna kategoriseras i två överordnade teman, nämligen utveckling av färdigheter relaterade till interventionen och personlig utveckling. Dessutom hittades ett signifikant samband i att ju högre utvecklad tävlingskoncentration spelarna upplevde desto högre utvecklad prestationsförmåga upplevde de sig ha utvunnit.

Recept upptäcktes redan på 1600-talet fast i en annan skepnad än i dag, nuförtiden är recepten kortfattade och uppstrukturerade, det utnyttjar kallskänkor genom att utveckla en kod, de ser ingredienserna fort. Kallskänksyrket har funnits sedan 1900-talet men inte med samma innebörd och arbetsuppgifter. I arbetet finns en beskrivning av atmosfären i köket, personalens uppdelning och utbildningens kursplan.Syftet med studien var att utforska om kallskänkor arbetar med recept under matlagningen. Forskningsmetoden grundades på kvalitativa intervjuer. Arbetet bygger på mitt intresse för recept som blev starten för utformningen av den kvalitativa intervjuguiden som användes.Överlag skiftar användningen av recept, en del använder kokböcker medan andra förvarar grundrecepten i huvudet.

Stress är ett vanligt hälsoproblem som ökat under de senaste åren. Många sjuksköterskor upplever stress på sin arbetsplats vilket kan påverka omvårdnaden och patientsäkerheten. Vid stress sker fysiologiska-hormonella reaktioner i kroppens organsystem som utlöser fysiska och mentala påfrestningar.Syftet: var att beskriva sjuksköterskors hantering av stress på vårdavdelning. Metod: har varit en litteraturstudie. Databaser som använts var CINAHL och PubMed.

Detta arbete berör kunskaper och frågor kring hur vi använder och har använt oss av landsbygden som bo- och arbetsplats, samt hur dess karaktär och gestaltning upplevs och påverkas av utveckling och ett förändrat användande. Genom ortsanalyser på två mindre landsbygdsorter i Karlskrona kommun registreras och karaktäriseras landsbygdens särdrag, upplevda kvalitéer och begränsningar. Inventering och analys sker genom ortsanalysmetoden Estetisk Byutformning, framtagen av Thomas Thiis-Evensen, samt genom samtal med boende där tankar och upplevelser sammanställs i en mental karta. Adekvat forskning, skriftliga källor, strategier och kommunala planer studeras och skapar tillsammans med analysresultaten en bas för framtida utveckling och gestaltning av landsbygdens bebyggelse. Utifrån insamlat material skapas riktlinjer för framtida komplettering av bebyggelse, dessa i form av utvecklingsprinciper med syfte att bevara och utveckla landsbygdens agrara karaktär.