This report describes a study, description and testing of parts to an application adapted to the operating system Android. The application is supposed to measure the distance to a car ahead. Apart from distance measurements the ability of the application to calculate its own speed with the help of GPS is tested. From these two parameters, speed, distance and some constants the theoretical stopping distance of the car will be calculated in order to warn the driver if the car is too close to the car ahead in relation to its own speed and stopping distance.Tests were conducted on the different applications that were programmed and the result showed that the camera technique in the mobile phone itself limits the maximum distance of the distance measurement application. The max distance the tests in this thesis revealed was approximately 5 meters.

This thesis investigates the Designated Operational Entities (DOEs) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. The DOEs serves as independent third-party auditors with the task of validating, verifying and certifying projects under the CDM. The majority of the DOEs are private entities. This is in line with the CDM objective of including the private sector in the climate change combat. The introduction of private entities in the role of DOEs can be questioned from a legitimacy point of view, but is corresponding to a development in international environmental governance where private actors are increasingly involved in governance arrangements.The thesis concludes the DOEs to be a form of public-private partnership and investigates the legitimacy of this form.

Titel: Skjut inte på Kulturtanten med hagelbössa - hon kommer ändå!Författare: Zara Selander & Isabella WestbergUppdragsgivare: Arts & Business Sweden ABKurs: Examensarbete i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, vid Institutionen förjournalistik, medier och kommunikation (JMG), Göteborgs universitetTermin: Höstterminen 2013Handledare: Orla VigsöAntal ord: 18 712 (exklusive abstract, executive summary, appendix)Syfte: Undersöka hur verksamheter inom scenkonst i Göteborg arbetar med extern kommunikation för att skapa en relation med sin publik. Samt identifiera och lyfta fram faktorer som kan inverka.Metod: Kvalitativ studie med samtalsintervjuer med marknads- och kommunikationschefer på sju valda scenkonstverksamheter i Göteborg.Material: Analys av samtalsintervjuer, sammanlagt 7 personer.Huvudresultat: Studien beskriver en professionaliserad extern kommunikation med relationer och dialog i fokus. Scenkonstverksamheterna kommunicerar med en bred publik såväl inom fysiska väggar som i digitala medier. Arbetet påverkas av fem huvudfaktorer somstudien identifierar: organisationens struktur, ett offentligt uppdrags ramar, digitalisering, utbudet av konkurrerande kulturaktiviteter samt människans komplexitet. Nämnda faktorer ställer höga krav på scenkonstverksamheterna att hålla en ständig dialog och kommunicera till breda grupper i en mängd kanaler.

RFID innebär, vid sidan av streckkoder, ytterligare ett sätt att identifiera föremål. Fördelen med RFID är bland annat att identifikation kan göras utan fysisk eller visuell kontakt och med avstånd på flera meter. Ett eventuellt användningsområde för RFID skulle kunna vara på transporter vid inchecknings- och bordningsprocessen till färjetransporter för att snabba upp logistikflödet.De potentiella mervärden som detta skulle kunna medföra är bland annat snabbare incheckning och avlämning/avhämtning av transportenheter, bättre spårning av transportenheten, ökad säkerhet och effektivare arbete på kajen. Ett antal frågeställningar sattes upp inom tre huvudområden: allmän orientering av RFID-teknik, mervärden och investeringsanalys. Dessutom tillkom några andra intressanta frågeställningar kring bland annat alternativa identifieringsverktyg, tillämpningar i andra sammanhang och säkerhet.´Fokus på arbetet har dock legat på att försöka visa på mervärden och fördelar med att använda RFID-tekniken.Som grund för att besvara frågeställningarna har en nulägesbeskrivning gjorts över det studerade systemet från terminal - färjetransport ? terminal, där Schenker och Stena Line varit de inblandade aktörerna.

Eventmarknadsföring är i ropet just nu beroende på att det är ett sätt att kommunicera direkt till konsumenterna och påverka dem under en längre period. Denna uppsats behandlar hur en arrangör ska gå tillväga för att lyckas med att planera och genomföra ett varumärkesvärdeökande event. Särskilt om eventet har syftet att ses som ett startskott för framtida varumärkesvärde-ökande marknadskommunikation. Vi har använt den planeringsprocess som Shone och Parry gjort och sedan utvecklat denna för att den ska vara användbar till vårt syfte. Shone och Parry's modell innehåller det som krävs för att planera och genomföra ett event, allt ifrån målsättning till utvärdering efter genomförandet.

The purpose of this study was to compare naturally regenerated Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris (L.)) against seeded Scots pine in terms of benefits and differences. An inventory was performed at a number of different sites, 4 ? 6 years after soil scarification and data on the number of new established plants, their height growth as well as ground-line diameter was collected. Information about site conditions such as altitude, quarter exposure and frost risk was also collected. A review of previous studies was conducted in addition to the field study.

Uppsatsen Ett ämne i tiden? - En studie över hur ämnet biblisk historia och katekes utvecklades tillatt bli ämnet religionskunskap, har syftet att undersöka hur sekulariseringsprocessen samt depedagogiska tanketraditionerna har påverkat religionsämnets kursplaner och mål.För att uppnå syftet har följande fråga besvarats:Hur har ämnet biblisk historia och katekes förändrats och utvecklats från 1842 till 1994?Metoden som använts är en deskriptiv litteraturstudie. Litteratur som använts är bland annatAlgotsson Från katekes till religionsfrihet - Debatten om religionsundervisning i skolan under 1900-talet, Almén, Furenhed, Hartman och Skogar Livstolkning och värdegrund- Att undervisa omreligion, livsfrågor och etik, Forsell, Svedberg och Zaar Boken om pedagogerna samt GustafssonTro, samfund och samhälle. Sociologiska perspektiv.Resultatet av min undersökning visar att religionsämnet har anpassats och formats i takt med tiden.Från att på 1800-talet endast innehålla den evangelisk-lutherska läran har religionsämnet kommit attomfatta en stor del som berör religion och livsåskådning. Den röda tråden i undervisnings ochläroplaner har varit etik.

Several cities have implemented various projects to improve traffic safety in city centers.During 1970s and 1980s the city centers changed as the suburbs grew and large shopping centers were located outside the center. At the same time, several projects were initiated with construction of pedestrian streets and restriction of traffic in the center. In year 1994,shared-used areas were introduced in Sweden and these areas are often used in center environments.In Sweden, municipalities are responsible for integrating security in public places and in comprehensive plans and detailed development plans. The National Board of Housing,Building and Planning is the authority for administrating planning issues and develop general guidance about planning. Traffic is one of their key issues, although today there are no concrete guidelines from the National Board of Housing, Building and Planningfor the design of traffic safety in city centers.Traffic safety in city centers affects many people because the city center is a public place.It is therefore important that there are current guidelines available that are helpful for changes and improvements in traffic safety in the city center.The purpose of this report is to formulate guidelines for planning city centers from a traffic safety perspective.

The aim of this study is to examine the collection One Thousand and One Nights (also: The Arabian Nights) from a european perspective, by comparing different european translations. The study focuses on three translations into Swedish from different periods of time and how the tales have changed in the translation process - depending on the prevailing line of approach and Western perceptions of Eastern standards. The thesis of the study is that Eastern culture, from a Western perspective, has been seen as exotic and different but not as a high literary culture and that this view has affected the translations into european languages. The study shows, among other things, that Western culture is many times considered normative in the translations and that the translators often give their own voices a prominent role, also that common Western notions of the East affects the translations.The word ?orientalism? is used frequently in the study and it refers primarily to the image of the Orient as it is described in Edward Saids' book Orientalism: as a Western construction whose main purpose is to strengthen its own conception of the Orient and thereby strengthen the Western identity as better than the Orient.

The main purpose of this study is to analyze texts written by pupils during the national test in the subject Swedish for grade 9 in order to identify and illustrate how they have met the instructions for the writing task including genre. The texts have been analyzed using Palmér & Östlund-Stjärnegårdh?s (2005) model for student text analysis. This model has been supplemented by studying word and sentence length, as well as indexes for level of readability (LIX) and word variation (OVIX) in order to illustrate possible differences in a gender perspective. The results of this study are in line with previous research, as the girls? texts are longer and more descriptive, while the boys? texts are shorter and show a wider range of word variation.

Usability is a well-known term in system development. Today both consumers and organizations aim to increase usability. The purpose of the study is to gain knowledge about inexperienced users? interactions with websites and concretize that knowledge for future studies.Interviews have been conducted within two areas where experienced web developers with extensive programming knowledge brought know-how while inexperienced users without any programming knowledge have given their views. A number of existing tools for web publishing have been analyzed.

Alzheimer?s disease has increasing effects on the Swedish population. Now, about 90 000 swedes have been diagnosed with the disease. Many of these persons are cared for by someone close to them. The aim of this study is to increase understanding for the situation and experiences of the persons caring for their affected partner and to examine which support they are given by the public sector.

This essay investigates the integration of the school library into teaching in one of Sweden?s senior high schools and the effects of the new education act which gives school libraries a stronger standing. A second purpose is to investigate teachers? views on professional responsibility with regard to the development of information literacy. Through an email survey different aspects of library integration are investigated.

This paper replicates a test performed by Burgstahler and Dichev (1997), which identifies a kink in the frequency distribution of earnings for companies listed on American stock exchanges. Their claim, that the kink is evidence of earnings management, has however been dismissed as a methodical consequence. To address this concern, this paper not only replicates the test in general, but also performs tests on a split sample, where founding family-owned companies are separated from the others, since earlier research has shown that founding family ownership is correlated with less earnings management. The results are in line with the findings of Burgstahler and Dichev, with a significant kink in the frequency distribution in the general test. The findings also show that the significance of the kink increases in the non-family-owned sample, while it disappears in the family-owned sample.

This master thesis includes a description of how a number of sensors are put together in a sensor platform. It also gives a description of how localization and mapping has been performed with data collected from the sensor platform. Localization is a prerequisite for most of the tasks that can be requested from an autonomous mobile robot. In many situations the GPS signal is not available and hence an additional localization system is required. One approach is to apply localization based on landmarks extracted from the robots surrounding.