Eyjafjallajökull is made of textile, ash and pigment. Itis a publication which tells the story of the ash cloudthat stopped Europe. The primary goal of the projectwas to use textile as material and screen printing asmethod to present the story of Eyjafjallajökull. Theaim was to examine the relationship between artand graphic design. As the material and printingmethod was set from the beginning the processwas inverted: The information needed to fill thepublication was produced to fit the presentationand not the other way around.

This report describes a new foundation method and compares it with a traditional founding of concrete. This new method is called the Koljern technique and uses cellular glass which is called Foamglas. The Foamglas is compounded to founding elements by lightweight steel beams. Foamglas is an insulation material with high compressive strength, and is rot, insect, vermin and acid proof. The cellular glass is also fire proof and watertight, which makes it a very good construction material.The report contains a study of a number of cases for which the Koljern technique is compared with a foundation of concrete.

Interpret, concretize and set grades - Is it that simple? A study of similarities and differences in local grading criteria in music. The purpose of this study is to examine similarities and differences in local grading criteria in music at schools in a larger municipality in the south of Sweden. The research question is: How have schools interpreted national grading criteria locally and how do music teachers look upon the grading procedure? This study is based on an analysis of the grading criteria at ten schools.

Studies of the information needs of library patrons are necessary in order for the library to serve the community. Alas, studies of non-heterosexual persons are rare in the field of Library and Information Science in Sweden. This study aims at examining the information situation of women in same-sexed parenthood by means of analysing their situation as norm-breaking. The study is done through examining the specific information needs of this group, how they seek and receive information, what barriers they encounter and what function the library has in this information situation. A queer theoretical approach to heteronormativity in combination with McKenzie?s two-dimensional model of information seeking is used to perform a qualitative analysis of the material.

Syftet med den här undersökningen har varit att ta reda på hur och varför förskolan arbetar med individuella utvecklingsplaner (IUP), samt att se hur förskolans särart tydliggörs i skolplan och IUP-material. Detta har vi gjort genom att analysera en skolplan och två IUP-material samt att intervjua två förskollärare som arbetar aktivt med IUP. Förskollärarna menar att anledningen till varför de arbetar med IUP är att deras kommun har tagit det beslutet och inte någon myndighet. Arbetssätten de använder sig av är portfolio och pedagogisk dokumentation där IUP är en del. De menar att det är viktigt att fokusera på det positiva när det gäller IUP för att undvika en bedömning.

Investigations concerning adolescent mental health shows a negative development. Many pre-vious studies have focused on young women's mental health. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate young men's (17-19 years) experience of their mental health. Qualitative interviews were used as a method. The participants were six young men who all go to high school in a major municipality in the county of Gävleborg.

This thesis is concerned with how identity is connected to historical writings and what normsshapes the perspectives of history. The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibilitiesfor identification offered in history books used for history teaching. This study is concernedwith what role the nation plays and how it shapes the conception of history, with the hope ofcounteracting negative attitudes towards those not being identified as ?Swedish? in the historytelling.The study was conducted through discourse analysis. The material for this analysis consistedof three history books directed towards 4-6th graders.The study shows how identity is created through putting ?us? against ?them?.

SAMMANFATTNINGUppsatsens titel: Framtidens alternativ till bomullSeminariedatum: 30 maj 2011Kurs: Projektbaserat textilt utvecklingsarbeteFörfattare: Li Lindsjö, Lisa Nilsson, Sara SaandHandledare: Olle HolmuddSyfte: Syftet med arbetet är att upplysa och undersöka vilka textila material som kan vara ett komplement tillbomullsfibern där faktorer som miljö, egenskaperoch pris beaktas.Metod: I steg ett byggdes en teoretisk förståelse med hjälp av faktalitteratur, hemsidor och tidningsartiklar. I steg två kompletteras den teoretiska analysen medempirisk fakta. Empirin inhämtas genom intervjueroch kundundersökningar.Teoretiskt ramverk: Kartläggning och sammanställning av bomull och andra textila materials miljöpåverkan, funktionella egenskaper och pris. Med utgångspunkt i detta kan alternativa användningsområden och materialanalyseras. Analyserade material är ekologiskbomull, bambu, hampa, lyocell och modal.

Syftet med detta arbete har varit att undersöka hur ett antal lärare använder det drogförebyggande materialet Projekt Charlie i sin undervisning, samt att få en bild över dessa lärares och en skolledares erfarenheter kring materialet och vad de anser om Projekt Charlie. Arbetet är grundat på en empirisk undersökning i form av intervjuer av fyra lärare samt en skolledare, alla verksamma på samma skola. Frågeställningarna var utformade så att de kunde ge svar på hur materialet upfattas, vilka positiva och negativa erfarenheter man haft kring arbetet med Projekt Charlie och i vilken utsträckning lärarna anser sig kunna påverka sina elever genom denna typ av material. Undersökningen omfattar även litteratur kring det aktuella ämnet. I England har två utvärderingar gjorts av materialet som visar att Projekt Charlie har viss effekt både på kort och lång sikt.

This report is the result of my examination work in Textdesign at Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna. The purpose with this work was to develop an accessible information material for the target group ?normal bowlers? that gives them the information they need to make their own decision on the lanes, because they often miss a coach during an away game. The focus was to target adjust the material through the theories readability, legibility and reading value, together with the method qualitative interviews. The result became a tested information booklet about how to read a lane pattern paper with additional information within the subject..

AbstractThe aim with this study was to enhance the understanding of the interaction between schools and social services. The study would also contribute to better understanding of what is considered work and burst in the interaction between the two, and examine the underlying factors for this. The study's approach includes semi-structured interviews with three employees of a school and two employees in the social services of the municipality. Both international and national research has been obtained for the study and theories as well, associated with the outcome. Conclusions of this study point to the existence of different opinions between the organizations in terms of the quality of their collaboration.

 The purpose of this study was to study social work models to explain addiction in the assessment of response to people with addictions. This study investigated how social workers' explanations are shaped by their experiences, theoretical points influenced by research in a discretion is affected by organizational conditions, manuals, evidence-based practice and national guidelines in an investigative process. The material in this study has emerged through interviews with four social workers in the social services department for addiction and dependence. The essay is a qualitative study with personal interviews as the basis for the result. The study begins with a description of addiction and dependence, current laws on the matter, and officer's work.

Our study is focused on how the public sector can collaborate with the private sector on a certain issue. The public sector wanted to create a project to increase bicycling in the municipality of Kalmar. Our problem was to develop a sustainable way to collaborate between the two parties. We managed to present a suggestion on how the public sector with communication could improve their Public Relations with the private sector and therefore letting the parties benefit from their differences, thus making it possible to release synergy.Using semi-structured interviews and a workshop, we could clarify the values and attitudes of the parties to bring forth the core values to develop a shared vision. Where the identified differences were found, we used a dialog strategy based on intercultural conflict management as a communication tool.

The main purpose with this study is to describe teachers? use of textbooks and other teaching materials in upper secondary school (gymnasiet) in Sweden, and to discuss the use according to school subject and teacher style. Data was collected in two different ways. At first twenty classroom observations were made during lectures concerning the subjects Swedish (mothertounge), English (foreign language) and religion. Then four open interviews were carried out with the teaching teachers.

Trelleborg Rubore AB utvecklar, tillverkar och säljer laminerade material för olika industriella applikationer, framförallt till bilindustrin.Examensarbetet är gjort i samarbete med Trelleborg Rubore AB där de vill göra förändringar på sin slittlina. Genom analys ska det ges möjlighet att förbättra ergonomin samt förbättra produktionen.Den långa ställtiden i jämförelse med körtiden samtidigt som nästan allt material går igenom lina 3 skapar ett problem för Rubore AB. Genom att analysera dagens läge och hitta de största problemen med lina 3 kan ett antal alternativ föras fram som ger svar på målet och syftet med arbetet..