Osteological examinations were executed on nine mediaeval individuals from Västergarn, Gotland, with the main aim to increase the knowledge about the people who lived there during the Middle Ages. A further aim was to compare the results from this study with other populations from the same time period, which in this case was the "Bonegathering" from Västergarn as well as previous osteological results from Sigtuna and Västerhus. Archaeological excavations have been occurring in Västergarn since 1971 and are still occurring in an educational purpose, for students of Gotland University. The age distribution of the individuals showed ages from 2 years old up to 44 years, with five adults and four children. The gender distribution show approximately five women and one man.

Syfte: Den här studien undersöker hur företaget Icehotel arbetar med marknadsföring samt vad som lockar turisten att besöka denna turistattraktion. Vi har valt att studera och forska närmare kring människans fem sinnen, vilket består av syn, ljud, lukt, smak och känsel.Metod: I denna studie arbetar vi med kvalitativa metoder. Vi har utfört en deltagande observation på plats för att kunna få en djupgående förståelse för hur de fem sinnena påverkas under vistelsen. En stor del av empirin består av information som vi har fått genom email- och kvalitativa intervjuer. Det är sju informanter som har besvarat våra intervjufrågor.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur elever i år 9 väljer att gestalta och kommunicera med hjälp av visuella representationer i form av animation i bildämnet. Syftesfrågorna var att studera deras arbetsprocess samt att se vilka inspirationskällor som används. Eleverna i år 9 fick i grupper skapa en animation med både ljud och bild. Som metod valde jag intervju och observation för att få svar direkt i den praktiska verksamheten. Jag utförde även ett pilotprojektföre min projektstart.

Shoplifting is a serious problem due to the fact that about 2 % of a retail store's turnaround dis-appears annually. This paper discusses the problem with shoplifting where a closed retail display of glass can prevent this kind of misbehavior. Hitherto the scientific research regarding how consumers react to a closed retail display is non-existing. With this in mind we want to investigate and enlighten the phenomenon regarding consumer behavior and product appreciation. The study is carried out at a retailer in the beauty industry in Sweden both in stores where the selection of perfumes have been displayed behind glass and in stores in which they have been displayed with open access.

The purpose of this master's thesis is to examine children's communication and interaction during story time at the public library. The aim is also to examine how to develop the story time ? in terms of participation and equality ? at a specific library.Action research was used as a research strategy and participant observation, log, tutoring and interviews as methods to collect data. Since action research is done on the basis of practice, a significant collaboration with the librarian and the participant children is taking place within this study.Research from the fields of Library and Information Science, Education and Childhood Sociology form the interdisciplinary research area to which this study links. The theoretical framework consists of theory and concepts from the Socio-cultural Perspective, Poststrucuralist Feminism and Childhood Sociology.

Abstract The purpose of the study is to examine how children perceive the relation between play and sex and analyse it from a gender perspective. This by answering the questions: "Is the children?s choice of place, materials and company in play dependent on gender?" and "Is there a significant difference between the sexes and/or ages?" The study was done through twelve focusgroup interviews with three children in each group except two groups of two children in each. Eight boys and nine girls of six years old and nine boys and eight girls of nine years old were interviewed. Boys and girls were interviewed in separate groups and the questions were open ended and followed up.

ABSTRACTTitle:The town's largest employers, is there a need to exchange?Level:Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business AdministrationAuthor:Emmelie Eriksson, Malin StrömSupervisor:Lars EkstrandDate:2012 ? JuneAim:?Gain a deeper understanding of the topic corporate culture?Get an understanding as to how corporate culture influences the daily operations?Possibly be able to help with any concrete to help the investigated company toimprove its corporate cultureMethod:Data collected through both quantitative and qualitative surveys in the form of aquestionnaire answered by 71 people, three interviews with the employees with leading rolesat the investigated company and an observation. The material is analyzed with a hermeneuticsapproach, which means that we have assumed facts and then built our work on trying to findan understanding and to draw our own conclusions based on the perspective that we found.Result & Conclusions:The results of this study show that the company needs to work on itscorporate culture. We have found a few points we would like to improve in the company weexamined. We believe that it is the company's reputation and it begins already in thecompany's own recruitment process it is the main finding from our study.Suggestions for future research:Interesting would be to seek employment with thecompany you want to investigate to see how the whole recruitment process goes on toperform deeper analysis, another idea would be to ask the employees that enjoy to work thereagainst those who does not enjoy to work at the company to find the basic building blocks ofcorporate culture to this particular company.

ABSTRACTTitle:The town's largest employers, is there a need to exchange?Level:Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business AdministrationAuthor:Emmelie Eriksson, Malin StrömSupervisor:Lars EkstrandDate:2012 ? JuneAim:?Gain a deeper understanding of the topic corporate culture?Get an understanding as to how corporate culture influences the daily operations?Possibly be able to help with any concrete to help the investigated company toimprove its corporate cultureMethod:Data collected through both quantitative and qualitative surveys in the form of aquestionnaire answered by 71 people, three interviews with the employees with leading rolesat the investigated company and an observation. The material is analyzed with a hermeneuticsapproach, which means that we have assumed facts and then built our work on trying to findan understanding and to draw our own conclusions based on the perspective that we found.Result & Conclusions:The results of this study show that the company needs to work on itscorporate culture. We have found a few points we would like to improve in the company weexamined. We believe that it is the company's reputation and it begins already in thecompany's own recruitment process it is the main finding from our study.Suggestions for future research:Interesting would be to seek employment with thecompany you want to investigate to see how the whole recruitment process goes on toperform deeper analysis, another idea would be to ask the employees that enjoy to work thereagainst those who does not enjoy to work at the company to find the basic building blocks ofcorporate culture to this particular company.

Today, our cows experience a harder pressure to achieve higher milk yield. To manage this challenge the animal needs first class feeding and treatment. An important aspect of the feeding is to fulfil the need from the cows of especially fiber; and fiber with a sufficient proportion of long particles. Both too much and too little fiber is bad for the wellbeing of the cow, and she might get diseases like acidosis. Many models for feed management have been developed to secure that the animal gets enough of e.g. fiber with a sufficient proportion of long particles.

SAMMANFATTNINGSyfte: Utifrån observation undersöka hur lång tid det tar innan patienter med bröstsmärta, som tas in på akutmottagningens akutrum med triagegrad orange respektive gul, träffar läkare och sjuksköterska samt tid till rutinkontroller påbörjas. Även att undersöka vårdtidens längd på akutmottagningen och belysa eventuella könsskillnader avseende vårdtidens längd för definierad patientgrupp.Metod: Studien var en kvantitativ observationsstudie där 27 patienter deltog, 14 män och 13 kvinnor. Data insamlades genom observation på akutmottagningen. Patienter som anlände till akutmottagningen på dagtid, vardagar studerades.Resultat: De flesta patienter, oavsett triagegrupp orange eller gul, träffade läkare och sjuksköterska inom tio minuter efter ankomst till akutmottagningen. Enstaka patienter väntade längre tid på att träffa sjuksköterska och läkare.

The Swedish school reflects the society that we have today, a society with many different ethnical and cultural backgrounds. The purpose of this investigation is to study how the school is working with children that recently immigrated to Sweden. What kind of methods are they using at school, to get the best development as possible? Do the teachers manage to be concerned of the students in the school? What kind of reception do these children get in the school? What methods are the teachers using? And are these methods really the best to use to enhance the language and cognitive development of these students?The methods I have been using to examine these questions have been qualitative. I have interviewed three teachers about their everyday work in a multiethnic school south of Stockholm.

Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på om sinnespreferenser (inlärningskanaler)påverkar samspelet mellan pedagoger och barn i en lärandesituation. Studien är gjord på en förskola med barn i åldrarna tre till fem år. Vi genomförde en fallstudie och använde oss av metodtriangulering (observation, enkät och intervju). Informanterna är fyra pedagoger och fem barn. Resultatet visar på att sinnespreferenser påverkar samspelet..

Syftet med denna undersökning var att genom aktionsforskning undersöka hur elever i en geografiklass lärde sig om hållbar utveckling genom att arbeta med projektet "Hållbar stad". Jag använde mig av sociokulturell teori då jag planerade projektet och analyserade resultaten. Jag ville undersöka och analysera hur effektiva artefakterna och arbetssätten var. Genom självreflektion och samtal med min lokala lärarutbildare, LLU, kunde jag även analysera min egen insats och skapa en förståelse som kan hjälpa mig som lärare. Metoden jag använde mig av var aktionsforskning som realiserades med följande faser: planering, aktion, observation och reflektion som följde varandra. Aktionsfasen bestod av sex lektionstillfällen som genomfördes i en gymnasieklass i ämnet geografi.

Arbetet handlar om barns motoriska och sociala utveckling och hur leken påverkar och är en förutsättning för att barnen ska utvecklas inom dessa områden. I arbetet har en observation av barns lek under raster utförts. Observationerna är genom förda på en skola i södra Sverige, i en 1:a klass..

Studiens syfte är dels att beskriva elevers uppfattningar om en gruppuppgift, dels att beskriva om dessa uppfattningar kan knytas till elevernas sätt att lösa uppgifterna. En matematisk uppgift användes. Kvalitativa data insamlas om elevers sätt att lösa uppgiften. Ontologiskt och epistemologiskt har undersökningen sin grund i Bhaskars vetenskapliga realism. Den metodiska ansatsen i studien är delvis fenomenografisk.Datainsamlingsmetoder var öppen observation och inspelning av samtal, gruppintervju och fältanteckningar.