Nature conservation issues are often complex and difficult to handle. Different actors andinterests are involved and it is generally agreed that constructive interaction is a crucialpart of dealing with these issues. According the theory which forms the basis of this thesis,conflict is defined as social interaction during which the actors trust in the interaction isdecreasing. Signs of conflict and diminished trust in the interaction are that these actorsmake attempts to change the situation and some of these attempts can lead to increasedconflict.The aim of this thesis is to describe the social interaction that takes place when peoplemove from conflict to dialogue. A qualitative case study of a nature conservation issue inÖstra Vätterbranterna, an area east of Lake Vättern, is presented.

Sahlgrenska AcademyAt University of GothenburgDepartment of internal medicine and clinical nutritionAbstractTitle: D for depression: Does vitamin D supplementation have apalliative effect on depressive symptoms? ? A systematic reviewAuthor: Emelie Nacksten and Lua Ferreira RangelSupervisor: Fredrik BertzExaminer: Ingrid LarssonProgramme: Dietician study programme, 180/240 ECTSType of paper: Examination paper, 15 hpDate: May 22th, 2013BackgroundDepression is one of the major diseases in the world and is ranked by the WHO as the leading causeof disability. Several studies suggest that there is a correlation between low s-25(OH)D levels and theoccurrence of depression. Current research has found enzymes required for synthesis of the active formof vitamin D and its receptors (VDR) in the brain. The potential role of the vitaminas a neuroactive steroid has resulted in an increased interest in investigating the role of vitamin D in thetreatment of depression.ObjectiveStudy the scientific evidence to determine if vitamin D supplementation can relieve depressive symptomsin adults.Search strategyThe literature search was conducted in the databases Scopus, Pubmed, Cochrane and PsychInfo.

Titel: Har storleken någon betydelse? Om drivkraften, roller och värdeskapande i en ideell förening Författare: Lina Holmqvist, Ulrika Maschmann, Sofia Wigström Handledare: Gustaf Kastberg, Cecilia Fredriksson Nyckelord: Marknadsföreningen i Helsingborg (MiH), föreningsmedlemmar, gränszon, roller, drivkraft, värdeskapande Problem: Uppsatsen tar utgångspunkt i varför en ideell förening vill växa samt det värde som genereras för föreningsmedlemmar över att tillhöra en ideell förening. Vi problematiserar rollfördelningen att inneha en privat- respektive yrkesroll i en förening som MiH. Syfte: Vi vill studera vilket värde det genererar utifrån föreningsmedlemmarnas perspektiv att delta i föreningen samt drivkraften i att växa som förening. Syftet är även att identifiera möjligheter samt begränsningar med att medverka i en större ideell förening.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that manifests as an increased level of glucose in the blood. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 347 million people have diabetes worldwide. In year 2004, 3.4 million people died from the consequences of high blood glucose. In the Swedish population the prevalence of diabetes is estimated to 3-4 %, out of which 85-90% are Type 2. Among senior citizens a prevalence of diabetes is seen in Sweden up to 14 - 15%.

Share repurchases in Sweden has since legalization in 2000 gained momentum. Similar to other corporate events, there are studies that examine whether this affects the share price performance. With studies in the U.S. that measured excess returns of approximately 3,5 percent on the announcement day; Swedish buybacks, holding a tighter regulation is of interest to study. The Stockholm Stock Exchange regulation regarding reporting is also similar to the Stock Exchange in Hong Kong.

Bull terrier hereditary nephritis is caused by a mutation that leads to an inadequate synthesis of collagen type IV, which is an important component in the basement membranes. The inheritance of the mutation is autosomal dominant in bull terriers and progression to renal failure takes variable time, from several months to ten years. Proteinuria is the first clinical sign of the disease and the diagnosis is confirmed by transmission electron microscopy of renal tissue where typical ultrastructural changes in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), thickening and multilaminar splitting are found. This study was performed in order to find out the occurrence of hereditary nephritis in bull terriers in Sweden through examination of urine samples and renal tissue and comparisons with how the disease is described in the literature. Urine samples from 76 Swedish bull terriers were collected and examined for proteinuria.

Barnastma är en vanlig sjukdom och 8 procent av alla barn i Sverige är drabbade. Förekomsten av barnastma ökar och orsakas oftast av miljöfaktorer som till exempel pollen, tobaksrök eller pälsdjursallergi. Astma är en sjukdom av inflammatorisk karaktär som ger hyperreaktivitet och förträngning av luftvägarna. De inflammatoriska förändringarna i luftvägarna beror på att T-lymfocyter, eosinofiler, mastceller, neutrofiler och epitelceller interagerar med varandra. Personer med astma blir känsliga för kall luft, starka dofter, tobaksrök, infektioner eller pälsdjur vilket kan leda till ett astmaanfall.

Syfte: Det främsta syftet med arbetet var att undersöka hur småbarns lärande gynnas ivardagliga spontana samspelssekvenser som uppstår mellan barnet och pedagogen.Syftet besvarades genom att undersöka vilka föremål och aktiviteter som fångarbarns uppmärksamhet och intresse, vilka av barns visade intresse uppmärksammasoch utmanas av pedagoger, och hur det stöd som barn får för sitt lärande ifrånspontana samspel med pedagoger kan relateras till de teorier som kan tänkas liggabakom läroplanen Lpfö98.Teori: Studien utgick ifrån det sociokulturella perspektivet på lärande och vilade påutvecklingspedagogiska rekommendationer kring arbete på förskolan samt på teorinom förmedlat/medierat lärande.Metod: Undersökningen genomfördes i form av barnobservationer och kvalitativa intervjuermed pedagoger.I studien medverkade sammanlagt 27 barn i 1-3 års ålder och 12 pedagoger på treolika småbarnsavdelningar.Resultaten av observationerna bearbetades både kvalitativt och kvantitativt.Resultat: Resultaten visade att bara en tredjedel av alla barns visade intresse besvaras avpedagoger i spontana samspel, dessutom har några kunskapsområden högre positioni barns rangordning av intresse än i pedagogernas omedvetna rangordning av vilkaav barnens intresse som skall uppmärksammas.Analysen av observationsmaterialet gjorde synligt att barn oftast får stöd för attförstå innebörd av saker och ting, för att bemästra olika aktiviteter och för attfokusera sitt medvetande på andras aktiviteter. Det pedagogiska stödet kommermestadels i form av samtal i vilka pedagoger sätter ord på och utökar barnsförståelse av omvärlden, samt genom att barns uppmärksamhet fokuseras pålärandets objekt och att pedagoger förmedlar yttre aspekter av lärandebeteende.Intervjuerna pekade på att pedagogers egna uppfattningar av stödet skiljer sig fråndet som påvisas av observationerna. De flesta pedagoger anser att de gagnar barnslärande i spontana samspelssekvenser framförallt genom en stimulerande miljö.Resultaten belyste också hypotetiska samband mellan barns ålder och stödetsupplägg samt mellan pedagogers yrkeserfarenhet och förmågan till meta-kognitionoch stödets potential för barns lärande.Resultaten synliggjorde några möjliga områden för pedagogerskompetensutveckling..

Establishing a reference interval for plasma fibrinogen in foals Fibrinogen concentrations were analysed in EDTA preserved blood plasma samples from 34 thoroughbred foals born in 2001 and 2002 at one stud farm. The foals were between 0 and 240 days old at the time of the sampling, and there were 19 fillies and 12 stallions in the group. The foals were examined for clinical symptoms of disease and their body temperature was measured before blood was sampled from the jugular vein. From totally 156 blood samples, 31 were selected as originating from clinically healthy foals, and used to determine a reference range for thoroughbred foals. Samples originating from foals showing clinical symptoms of disease or an abnormal body temperature at the time of sampling, were classified as coming from unhealthy animals.

With this study, our purpose has been to achieve profounded knowledge and understanding regarding the use of discretion among social workers specialized in social allowance issues. The Social Services Act, structured as a framework law in the Swedish context, provides the social worker with a certain degree of discretion, in order to enable accommodated decisions depending on client case specifics. This study problematizes these aspects of legal security, and our intention has been to examine which factors impact the assessments social workers carry out in statutory decisions of social allowance applications. To attain this, we narrowed down our intention into a number of distinct and delimitated research questions: (1) Which elements of the client case impact the social worker?s assessment? (2) Which external aspects influence the social worker?s assessments and decisions? (3) How do social workers decide the client?s credibility? In order to establish answers to our research questions, we have utilized a qualitative approach of research by exerting qualitative interviews in addition to a vignette study.

The society has strongly developed and changed the condition of the trades. The retail trade is no exception; it has changed and developed in the same pace as society. The retail trade is a very broad and extensive trade as all people come in contact with frequently. In the past people shopped locally but nowadays people have the entire world as their marketplace because of the development of Internet. Globalisation gives customers wider opportunities, which demands new and different sales concepts.

Då djur i fångenskap inte får möjlighet att utföra ett naturligt beteende som de har stark motivation för blir de ofta frustrerade och kan utveckla onormala repetitiva beteenden för att hantera stressen, så kallade stereotypier. Vilken typ av stereotypt beteende som utvecklas beror på vilket beteende som ej tillgodosetts. Även om studieresultat tyder på att utförande av stereotypiskt beteende hjälper djuren att hantera stress bör uppkomsten av ett sådant beteende motverkas då det är en indikator på en sämre djurvälfärd. Det är alltså inte utförandet av det störda beteendet som bör motarbetas, utan de bakomliggande orsakerna.Berikning skall stimulera och ge djuren ett större urval av beteendemöjligheter och på så sätt främja en förbättrad fysisk och psykisk hälsa. Målet med berikning är att hjälpa djuret att hantera stress och tristess som livet i fångenskap medför.Det mest avgörande för beslutet om huruvida en berikning skall användas eller ej är tidsaspekten och kostnaderna.

The milk production has developed rapidly the last years. The milk production per cow is increasing and the production units are larger with an increasing number of animals and a decreasing number of workers. Many milk producers invest in automatic milking systems (AM) to meet this change. In these systems the cows can voluntary decide milking frequency and usually the milking frequency are higher than two times per day. But how does the milking frequency effect the composition of the milk? The aim of the present study was to study the effect of milking frequency on the milk composition and the milk fat quality.

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how the ongoing controversy surrounding the Internet, the phenomena of digitalization and file sharing will affect the music industry in the form of the ?big five? labels. Furthermore the thesis aims to present a recipe of strategies for the companies? survival by studying their situation through a theoretical perspective in conjunction with a comparative analysis with industries facing the digitalization challenge. The theoretical contribution lies in the strategic perspective at an industry level.

A shorter dry period length has in studies abroad showed some positive effects among high yielding dairy cows. Among other things it has been suggested that the periparturient metabolic stress becomes lower, that the fertility is improved and dry off becomes gentler for the udder, due to a lower milk yield. The milk yield is generally reduced during the first period after calving, especially among primiparous cows. The aim of this master thesis was to investigate how Swedish cows were affected by a shortened dry period, regarding milk yield, metabolism, health, body condition and body weight from two months before calving to some weeks after calving. Also plasma concentration of lactose during the period before calving was determined.