Lars Höglund AB is one of Scandinavia?s most qualified manufacturers of sheet metal products and provides custom designed products of very detailed precision. One of the main methods of manufacturing is laser cutting. When Lars Höglund AB signed up a new customer, with high demands in tolerances for the products, Lars Höglund AB thought it would be necessary to know the capability of the laser cutting machine. Also the process of how to retrieve this capability was interesting. The capability will be researched for the following elements: Cutting right angles in squares with a corner radius of 1 mmCutting corners which are not right angleCutting of circles with constant radius Measurements were made on 150 pieces of sheet metal details, which had been cut out by the machine.  The data from the measurements where later used to study the capability.

Tail-biting in pigs is an animal welfare issue and in Sweden during 2002 the producers lost tree million Swedish crowns because of tail biting. This economic loss depends on the pigs which are discarded at slaughter because of tail biting. Tail biting can be separated into two stages, "pre-injury" and "injury". The aim of this study is to investigate if tail biting depends on environment or genetic background.A lot of research on the environments effects on the behaviour of pigs but not so much on the genetic effects has been performed. The frequency of tail biting in pig farms influence among others of environment enrichment, ventilation, gender and breed of the pig.

I denna rapport utreds olika metoder för att kunna reglera vattennivån i vattenkraftverket Avesta Lillfors i Dalarna. Två kraftverk ligger endast 900 m uppströms och detta gör att svarstiderna blir korta och regleringen blir lätt nervös. Att använda sig av vattennivåreglering i ett kraftverk för-enklar dess styrning då anpassning till inflödet sker automatiskt.En flödestabell har tagits fram genom mätningar i turbinen, med hjälp av Winter-Kennedy-metoden. Denna tabell används för att kunna fram-koppla regulatorn och därmed dämpa stora variationer i inflödet. Dessu-tom har en modell av älven skapats och testats med en återkopplad PID-regulator.

This thesis aims to describe and characterise the impact of the Kurdish question for Turkey's decision-making process and foreign relations from the 1980's until today. The Kurdish question as perceived by Ankara, is separatist, and poses a security threat to the entire country but has also international dimensions, which are responded with foreign policy actions by Turkey. Initially, a systemic view is considered in order to investigate Turkey's position in this issue in a global perspective. Moreover, this is completed with an ?Internal Politics Perspective?(Joe D Hagan), which gives a deeper understanding of the actual structures and actors in Turkish domestic policy that shape the foreign policy.

This master?s degree project concerns the combination of a multi dwelling passive house with solar energy for the generation of electricity and domestic hot water (DHW). Different alternatives with either solar thermal systems or photovoltaic (PV) systems are compared with two reference alternatives producing DHW from electricity or district heating. The economical comparison uses a life cycle cost (LCC) perspective based on the present value of expenditures for investment, energy and annual operating and maintenance.The energy yields from the solar energy systems were calculated by hand and with simulation software. Calculation and dimensioning of PV systems were carried out with a software called PVSYST.

Today?s wind power plants are only compensated for their reactive power consumption at no-load. As the wind power plants grow bigger the amount of reactive power they need also increases. This is no longer a problem that can be ignored, especially as the net owners are beginning to charge the reactive power they transport.In this thesis a couple of different methods of compensation and their prices will be discussed and evaluated. Problems, such as self-excitation, that can occur if one fully compensates the wind power plant will also be brought to surface.

Sweden of today is a so-called multicultural society. In this thesis we wanted to examine how mono, multi- and intercultural issues are expressed in culture-political documents. We also wanted to know how librarians for whom these documents are supposed to be guidelines expressed themselves in these matters. Monoculturalism can be described as a static perspective laid upon culture which emphasises cultural purity. A multicultural society describes a society were the nation consists of many different cultures alongside each other, without a genuinely common core.

Min undersökning har genomförts med fokus på identitet och kläder. Syftet med uppsatsen är att försöka nå en djupare förståelse för och beskriva hur unga människor, mellan 21-29 år, kommunicerar en del av sin identitet genom hur de väljer att klä sig. Jag är intresserad av att se om och i så fall, vad vilket budskap som kläder kan tänkas förmedla, hur respondenterna väljer att klä sig beroende på social situation, om de påverkas av yttre faktorer och hur de ser på ett eventuellt samband mellan kläder och identitet. Frågeställningen löd: Hur använder unga människor mellan 21-29 år kläder för att kommunicera sin identitet? Jag har genomfört undersökningen genom att skicka ut en kvalitativ semistrukturerad intervju per mail via Internet, vilket har inneburit en hel del speciella förutsättningar och förhållanden, inte minst med tanke på att metoden är relativt outforskad.

This master?s thesis seeks to examine how a public library use the intranet with regards to the possibilities that today?s intranet technology offer ? especially concerning functionalities that support information, communication and knowledge exchange in the organization. The purpose of the study is to investigate how employees in one specific public library perceive and use the intranet in their daily work. The theoretical framework takes its point of departure in two complementing models regarding the implementation, development and management of intranets and a model of a multi perspective view of the intranet as a shared information space for content, communication and collaboration. The study is based on interviews with eleven of the intranet users, whom with the aid of an interview guide have been asked questions regarding goals, implementation, content, design, applications and advantages/disadvantages with the intranet.

Trenden inom systemutveckling och programutveckling går mot ett mer användande av multiprogrammeringsparadigmer.Funktionell programmering har fått mer uppmärksamhet på senare tidoch utvecklingen tycks över lag gå än mer åt detdeklarativa hållet där programmeraren fokuserarmer påvad som skall utföras och inte lika mycket på hur. Under en tid har det objektorienteradeparadigmet varit dominerande, kommer det vara så i framtiden? Funktionell programmering skiljersig från imperativ programmering, speciellt i abstraktionsnivå.Microsoft har implementerat programmeringsspråket F# i Visual Studio 2010. F# är ett funktionelltprogrammeringsspråk som även stödjer objektorienterad och imperativ programmering. Kan F# fåfunktionell programmering som paradigm att växa? Kommer F# få något genomslag iprogrammeringsvärlden? Genom att höra experter och företags åsikter vill vi framställa en prognosför F#.

The main purpose of this paper was to attempt to explain and to understand the causes of various types of eating disorders.The intention of the essay was to examine who are the different parties acting in this particular field that through research or other kinds of work, come to meet individuals that suffer from some kind of eating disorder. The aim was to explore the different concepts used within this specific field, and what main theories and viewpoints that exist within it.The methods used in the study were two. The essay was based mainly on a literature review, and in order to further highlight the different perspectives a number of qualitative interviews were conducted in addition to this. These methods aimed to give an overview of the different perspectives and standpoints that exist within the field of eating disorders.The conclusions drawn in this study were several. The results showed a relative consensus regarding the main causes for developing eating disorders.

Fashion creates reactions. It is a type of art form that constantly needs to be updated. This is the thrilling part about fashion, but it is also the part that can create unintentional reactions.In this essay I will examine two garments that have achieved a great amount of media coverage, both in Sweden and abroad. One of them is a jumpsuit from H&M that was criticized because of the resemblance to the uniform worn by the Peshmerga-soldiers in Kurdistan. The other garment is a children?s sweater launched by Zara.

Akademi: Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, MälardalensHögskola, Västerås. Nivå:Kandidatuppsats i marknadsföring, EFO225, 15 hp. Datum:2009-01-08 Författare:Asuman Sertcanli, 19861022, asi05003@student.mdh.seBetül Dinctürk, 19850808, bdk05001@student.mdh.se Handledare:Claes Jonsson Uppdragsgivare:Oriflame Cosmetics i Turkiet Syfte:Ändamålet med denna studie är att undersöka försäljningsarbetet iett MLM- företag i de två länderna (Sverige och Turkiet) ochdärmed få fram eventuella skillnader, för att sedan kunna jämföraderas beteende ur ett kulturellt perspektiv. Jämförelsen avser attvara som ett underlag för säljkonsulenterna i deras dagliga arbete, isyfte att kunna förbättra och utveckla försäljningsarbetet. Metod:Studien har genomförts med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer. Enintervjuguide utformades för att kunna formulera frågor utifrån valdateorier och modeller. Intervjuerna ägde rum i Turkiet och Sverige. Slutsats:Studien visade att det finns både likheter och skillnader iförsäljningsarbetet. De turkiska respondenterna fokuserade mer påvärvning än försäljning men var välutbildade gällande produkterna.

This essay will focus on video and computer game violence. We hope to uncover, with the help of semiotics, according to Barthes design, if this kind of violence can have a negative effect on youth and adolescents. How intense is the violence and how graphic is it?. PEGI is the European measurement for game age limits.

In a time of increasing urbanization the human tenure effects on the land has lead to a decrease and fragmentation of areas that are valuable to urban wildlife. These actions have had a detrimental effect on the species and habitats that exist in cities and towns.This paper investigates, through the study of relevant literature and the undertaking of interviews and field visits, the role that biodiversity plays in our society. The current attitude towards urban biodiversity and the responsibility for its promotion within the landscape architect profession has been explored.This paper includes three English case studies and a design proposal investigating how one can work to promote biodiversity on a smaller scale.This paper concludes that urban biodiversity is multi-functional ? being of ecological, social and cultural significance. The landscape architecture profession must be aware of the need to combine a variety of different factors such as economical, social and environmental aspects.