Introduction: The population of Sweden has during the last century doubled. An increased live expectancy results in an older population and the share needing medical care increases. Demographic and political changes in developed counties have resulted in changed demands on the care of the elderly. The elderly are discharged from hospital earlier and this results a significant responsibility on the elderly themselves and their relatives. Often the relatives are engaged in the elderly?s health problems, care needs and the future consequences the current situation results in for the elderly and the domestic life.

The starting point for this master thesis was the product of the company "Humlegården", which allows its tenants in office buildings to follow their electricity consumption in real time, through their Smartphone's. The idea that resulted from that application is to investigate if it is possible to direct the tenants in office buildings to reduce their energy consumptions, but also to be satisfied with the indoor environment. This work addresses the factors which are the main energy consumers in office buildings. It addresses legal requirements and standards which are important to follow in order to achieve good thermal comfort in buildings. Some of them are physical climate factors like thermal environment, air quality and lightning.

This study aimed to investigate whether lambs show anticipatory behaviours in a holding pen prior to entering a known arena, whether the holding pen experience prior to the arena exposure affects their play expression in the arena and whether their behaviour (in home pen) is affected if arena access is denied. Twenty pair-housed male lambs (average 14 weeks old), were exposed, in chronological order, to five treatments. Holding pen treat-ment (HP-control): Each pair was led into a holding pen (2.7 m2) and remained there for 5 minutes before returning to their home pen (6 m2). Holding pen ? arena treatment (HP-A): Each pair was led into a holding pen for 5 min and then was allowed access into the arena (22 m2, containing two hanging chains, one ball and one platform) for 15 min before re-turning to their home pen.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva och analysera de alternativ som finns för att organisera kvalitetskontroll för svenska företag som gör inköp i Kina. Vi vill försöka skapa en förståelse för hur kvalitetskontrollen hanteras vid inköp från ett land på stort avstånd, samt för de problem som kan uppstå vid kvalitetskontrollen. Vi har valt ett kvalitativ angreppssätt för att presentera, analysera och förstå begreppet kvalitetskontroll. Undersökningen visar på vikten av kvalitetskontroll vid inköp av textil- och konfektionsvaror i Kina. Kontrollen som bör utföras är relativt enkel men arbetet för att uppnå kvalitet är desto mer komplicerat..

The purpose of this thesis is to examine and analyse which effects a service strategy has on the control system of an organisation. The thesis takes a service perspective, and it is assumed that a service strategy gains competitive advantage and that the goal of the service strategy is to increase the customers? satisfaction level. A qualitative in-depth case study was performed on a Swedish beauty company. The organisation?s vertical structure was examined, from central to local level.

In today?s consumption society, the image and core values of a company have become more important in order to secure the attention on the market. All entrepreneurs have to distinguish themselves in the extremely tight competition.This thesis examines how product photos can reach out to the consumers successfully. Both students have previous experiences from model shoots ? but now want to study the possibilities to sell a product without a human model.The purpose of the thesis is to examine how to convey core values by commercial product photos - how to best capture the attention of a customer.

Bakgrund: Allt f?rre m?drar v?ljer att helamma sina barn trots att amning har visat sig vara den b?sta f?dan f?r barn under sex m?nader. Tidigare forskning har visat att pappor kan spela en avg?rande roll f?r huruvida kvinnan v?ljer att amma eller inte. Om pappan har en positiv inst?llning till amningen, har deltagit i amningsutbildningar och st?ttar mamman p?verkar det amningen i positiv riktning.

The purpose of this study was to look for tendencies that social media can contribute to exposing users to a stronger perception of opinion polarization, and further to see if the daily presence of social networking sites can put normative pressure on the users. The study was made using a survey with participants from Umea? University during the time frame of november-december 2014. The theoretical framework behind the study was mainly drawn from The Spiral Of Silence by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann and was further supplemented with more current research, studying the effects from The Spiral Of Silence in the modern and more fragmented media landscape that exists now then when her theory was written. Further theoretical tools for analysis of the results came from Michel Foucault and his discussions in Discipline and punish, specifically his views on how surveillance can be discontinous in practice, but still permanent in it?s effects.The results of this study indicates that social media users tend to isolate themselves from uncomfortable opinions, and do not follow or read opinions they do not already agree with.

Around the 1950s an explosive population growth started in the Third World. Parallel with the population growth a global network grew up advocating population control and limited population growth. Sweden had a unique place in that network through a pioneering role promoting the issue in the UN organization. During the 20th century Sweden was a pioneer country in terms of initiatives for population control. Ceylon family planing pilot project was something new in a time when other donors considered family planning be too controversial area for bilateral aid projects.

This study focuses on why people not longer want to be a part of a religious communion they have earlier been a part of. To examine this I have made seven interviews with people who have left their previous communions. Together with the methodological and theoretical discussions on discourse analysis, Richard Jenkins discussions on identity and theories concerning the post-modern society, I have made an analysis on how these people consider their previous communions and its members. They refer i.e. to the social control, the ?closed? culture and the non-questioning-culture that constitute the communions and its techniques.

                               SAMMANFATTNINGDatum: 2008-10-02Nivå: Kandidatuppsats i företagsekonomi 15hp, VT 2008, Mälardalens högskolaFörfattare: David Levin och Per ErikssonHandledare: Ulla PetterssonTitel: Värdering av förvaltningsfastigheter enligt IAS 40 ? Till fördel eller nackdel föraktieägare?Problem: Vi har valt att undersöka IAS 40 vilket innebär att förvaltningsfastigheter ska redovisas till verkligt värde, det pris bolaget kan sälja fastigheten för på en aktiv marknad. Vi har undersökt vilken effekt redovisning enligt IAS 40 har för småsparare på aktiemarknaden, t.ex. om det blir enklare eller mer komplicerat att analysera årsredovisningen. Har det blivit mer komplicerat för aktieägare och placerare att analysera årsredovisningen då företag tillämpar IAS 40?Ger IAS 40 en mer rättvisande bild för aktieägare av det ekonomiska nuläget i företaget?Syfte: att undersöka om och vilka fördelar/nackdelar det finns med redovisning enligt IAS 40 utifrån aktieägarens perspektiv.Metod: För att uppnå undersökningens syfte har vi genomfört två intervjuer, undersökt två bolags årsredovisningar före och efter införandet av IFRS/IAS och studerat litteratur.Resultat: Vår slutsats är att IAS 40 innebär både fördelar och nackdelar för aktieägarna.

Detta arbete påvisar att en effekthöjning kan åstadkommas på en motor som arbetar enligt Ottoprincipen med bibehållen driftsäkerhet. Slutsatser om motormodifieringar och komponentutbyten drogs efter en detaljerad litteraturstudie, teoretiska beräkningar samt intervjuer med yrkesverksamma inom området.En överladdad 2,5 liters bensinmotor med fem cylindrar av märket Volvo användes som bas för en prototyp.Motorn genomgick en modifiering med komponentbyten och programmering av ECU för att åstadkomma en effekthöjning från 193 till 320 hk med bibehållen driftsäkerhet.Resultaten presenteras med figurer och beräkningar där testresultaten från motorn i original mot modifierat utförande jämförs, därefter följer en diskussionsdel om vad som kunde gjorts för att nå ett bättre resultat..

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine a way to measure students? knowledge development by using a self-made measure instrument based on William Doll?s postmodern curriculum.Question: Is it suitable to use an self-made measure instrument based on William Doll?s post-modern curriculum theory to measure development of knowledge?Methods: The study was based on process-hermeneutics and was focused on analysingcollege students? written and oral reflective thoughts. The data was collected over three lessons, where six students? written reflective thoughts were handed in. An observation was carried out each lesson for an extra control of validity.

This master thesis is one part of a project, called ?StabSim?, with the purpose to develop a simulation model for the align and stabilisation system in main battle tank 122. The origin of this project is that it should be possible to make control analysis without risking any hardware. Besides that it will be easy to change components in order to investigate the behaviour of the system. The report includes modelling of tower and weapon mechanics and also the modelling of the synchronous motors, which control these.

Bakgrund: V?ld i n?ra relationer utg?r ett allvarligt och omfattande samh?llsproblem som kan drabba kvinnor oavsett etnicitet, bakgrund eller samh?llsklass. V?ld i n?ra relationer kan leda till allvarliga psykiska och fysiska konsekvenser f?r den utsatta individen. Det utg?r dessutom en allvarlig kr?nkning av de m?nskliga r?ttigheterna och strider mot grundl?ggande principer om m?nniskors v?rdighet och integritet.