The study is quantitative and is about working men and women?s view of male and female leadership. The intention of the study is to see if the men and women have a different perception of male and female leadership and also if they have different personality types. The method used was a survey where the sample is 80 participants, 31 men and 49 women from four different companies. Previous research shows that the perception of male and female leadership can be different, and that the reason can be prejudices and beliefs.

The ways designers work with craftsmen in other countries can vary alot,but still there are many similarities. In this study we make comparisonsbetween a number of projects involving three different designers and artisansin other countries and parallel that to our own work in South Africa.What we have seen is that there is some common denominators betweenthe different projects that are being taken care of in different ways.Some things that commonly attract the designers seem to be the skills ofthe craftsmen, as well as their colouring, patterns and materials. A furthercommon denominator in the projects is that people?s perception of qualityhas become an important issue. The products that are being developedare often sold in the country of the designer, and therefore a needto insure that the quality of the products is up to the standards expectedin that certain country has occurred.

Due to the growing population in Stockholm, some of the urban green areas are beingsubjected to exploitation. Hammarbyskogen is an urban forest in the south of Stockholm andis an example of a green area that is planned to be transformed into an urban environment.This paper investigates key qualities and values of an urban forest of Hammarbyskogenvalued by local inhabitants of the neighbourhoods of Hammarbyhöjden and Björkhagen in thesouth of Stockholm. In addition to that, the study seeks to investigate people?s perception ofthe planned development of the forest as well as investigate how these perceptions andqualities are being incorporated into the process of neighbourhood development.Using text analysis, interviews and discussion forums, findings have been made showing thatthe local inhabitants value the urban forest mostly for its ecological and recreational qualities.Regarding perception of the change, people are either positive or negative to the developmentwhich can be explained by people?s experienced sense of place and place attachment of thearea and the forest itself. The study has also shown that the urban planners rely on localinhabitants? view, as well as on expert knowledge during the process of planning.The results of the study contributes to a better understanding of why and for what purposesurban forests are important for the city dwellers..

The task was to design and manufacture a submersible displacement pump working with the wobble plate principle. The main task for the Wobble plate pump is to be used as a sewage pump for smaller households or dewatering pump in environments where small flows and high pressures are acquired. For these purposes ITT Flygt sell a screw pump, PC-Grinder 3068. The hydraulic part of the PC-Grinder is manufactured by a subcontractor. Therefore ITT Flygt wants to evaluate an alternative to their screwpump PC-Grinder, which can be entirely manufactured by them self.

Bakgrund: Diabetes typ 2 ?r en kronisk och progressiv sjukdom d?r en god glykemisk kontroll ?ravg?rande f?r att f?rebygga komplikationer. Sjukdomen st?ller stora krav p? individensegenv?rdskapacitet, d? dagliga beslut kring kost, fysisk aktivitet och l?kemedelsbehandling direktp?verkar glukosniv?erna. F?rm?gan att uppn? och bibeh?lla god glykemisk kontroll ?r n?ra relateradtill h?lsolitteracitet och individens m?jlighet att f?rst?, v?rdera och oms?tta information i praktiskhandling.

Syftet med denna studie ?r att kvalitativt unders?ka hur elever med behov av extra anpassningar och s?rskilt st?d beskrivs fr?n 1962 fram till idag i Sveriges l?roplaner. Studien ?mnar ?ven att unders?ka hur de delar som behandlar fritidshemmet beskriver elever i behov av st?d. Materialet analyserades genom en Foucauldiansk inspirerad diskursanalys d?r diskursbrott och utest?ngningsprocedurer anv?nds f?r att studera analysmaterialet.

Dagens samhÀlle Àr ett informations- och kunskapssamhÀlle dÀr kunskap och kompetens Àr nyckeln till företags framgÄng. En förÀndring har skett i nÀringslivet dÄ de tillverkande företagen har blivit allt fÀrre och de kunskapsbaserade företagen har ökat. För att kunna överleva i det nya samhÀllet mÄste ledning och anstÀllda i ett kunskapsbaserat företag stÀndigt utveckla sina kunskaper, sitt humankapital. Humankapitalet Àr den mest vÀrdefulla tillgÄngen i ett kunskapsbaserat företag dÄ företaget Àr beroende av de anstÀlldas kompetens och kreativitet. DÀrför Àr det viktigt att dessa företag tar tillvara pÄ och förÀdlar sitt humankapital.

Syftet med den h?r studien ?r att unders?ka hur h?gstadieelever anv?nder sina mo-biltelefoner i vardagen och hur de sj?lva upplever att mobilanv?ndningen p?verkar deras s?mn och skolprestation. Studien genomf?rs mot bakgrund av att mobiltele-fonen blivit en central del av elevers sociala och akademiska liv, samtidigt som dess roll i skolmilj?n ?r omdebatterad. De teoretiska ramarna utg?r fr?n det socio-kulturella perspektivet p? l?rande (Vygotskij, 1978) samt medium theory (Mey-rowitz, 1985), om hur socialisering och gruppidentitet utvecklas.

Goods that children come in contact with on a daily basis for example toys, electronics, textiles, household items, have attracted an increased attention in recent years because of a common occurrence of residues of potentially hazardous chemical substances. Some municipalities in Stockholm have developed plans for managing chemical risks and work systematically to phase out products containing hazardous substances. This thesis aims to contribute to an improved knowledge base for any future work with non-toxic nursery schools in Haninge. The study's focus is on the challenges encountered by conditions and problems of preschool personnel to manage chemical risks in early childhood environments. Primary data was collected through a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews with both the preschool staff and practitioners working in the central organization of the municipality.

The main objective of this thesis was to develop appropriate strategies and find factors that affect the usability of parameterized designs. This was accomplished by investigate the user-interface and how it is designed to meet the user's information needs. The thesis also embraces the basic theories in terms of investigation, cognitive design principles and human behavior patterns in the interaction with the machine. The approach has led to an explorative investigation in this subject area.The thesis also had the purpose to achieve more efficient ways for development of motor chainsaws at Husqvarna AB's department Global Cutting Equipment. That can be achieved through reduce costs of development per sold unit.

The ways designers work with craftsmen in other countries can vary alot,but still there are many similarities. In this study we make comparisonsbetween a number of projects involving three different designers and artisansin other countries and parallel that to our own work in South Africa.What we have seen is that there is some common denominators betweenthe different projects that are being taken care of in different ways.Some things that commonly attract the designers seem to be the skills ofthe craftsmen, as well as their colouring, patterns and materials. A furthercommon denominator in the projects is that people?s perception of qualityhas become an important issue. The products that are being developedare often sold in the country of the designer, and therefore a needto insure that the quality of the products is up to the standards expectedin that certain country has occurred.

Bakgrund Pensionerade m?n utg?r idag en stor del av den svenska befolkningen, och de flesta bed?mer sin h?lsa som god. Tidigare studier visar dock att pensionen kan inneb?ra risker f?r att f?rlora sociala sammanhang och meningsfulla aktiviteter, vilket p?verkar m?lgruppens h?lsa negativt. Wilcocks teori om doing, being, belonging, och becoming kan anv?ndas f?r att f? en djupare f?rst?else f?r m?lgruppens h?lsa.

Advertisers of today are facing a great challenge in a landscape where it becomes even more difficult to break through the clutter and convince consumers to buy their products. In order to succeed, they need to come up with new ways of communicating with their customers. The purpose of this paper is to investigate if micro-blogging could be considered an effective media choice in order to enhance the perception of brand associations and traditional communication effects. The subject is of interest as brands are putting increasingly more resources into this communication channel. However, at the current date the marketing effects of micro-blogging is unexplored in academic research.

This work is an experimental study where knock sensor placements are investigated using engine tests. The aim is to studythe quality of the signal from knock sensors and how the signal for engine control is affected at different sensor locations on Scanias, engine DC13. To find out at witch position on the engine youcan get a usable signal for engine control, the engine is running while the knock sensors with advanced measurement equipment is connected to the engine. Evaluation of signals from the knock sensors are made in the computer program Matlab. The program is producing a seriesof plots, from these plots it is visually possible to draw conclusions and find connections.

This study explores how consumers' attitudes and intentions-to-buy towards an atypical product can be influenced by the presentation of the product and consumers shopping goals. Moreover, another product, which was shown together with the atypical piece, was analyzed in order to investigate context effects. The aim of the study is to provide insights into a rather unexplored subject and help retailers in presenting their assortment in a way which will create a better perception and intention-to-buy towards the assortment. The study was conducted with the help of two studies, the first one aimed to find an atypical item and to see how attitudes could be affected by differences in presentation by comparing it with a typical item within the same category. The second study used the identified atypical piece in order to see the how attitude and intention-to-buy could be altered by presentation and consumer shopping goals.