The park at Djäkneberget and its surroundings is a beloved area in the city of Västerås. The area is one of the most popular sites for outdoor life and recreation of all sorts and it attracts different kind of people at different times during the day. The park includes a pond-system where protected species of frog and toad live and breed. These animals have been the objects for many discussions concerning whether to explore the closeby areas or not. The prospected area is situated just next to one of the main ponds and consists of valuable foundationwalls were experts predict that the frogs and toads spend the winter. The municipality has now decided to restore this area to parkland. Because of the areas fascinating history I have chosen to do some research and give a short resume about it. For example are the existing park of Djäkneberget and its founder described together with a short description of the watersystem with the watertower that is situated in the area.

Denna fenomenografiska studie är tredelad och speglar sju lärares uppfattningar om lek, lärande och plats i förskola och förskoleklass. Metoden är kvalitativ, och syftet är att visa hur lärare uppfattar kopplingar mellan lek - lärande - plats i praktikkontexten. Informationen samlades in via intervjuer och verksamhetsbesök. Resultaten av undersökningen visar att det finns plats för lek och lärande i växelverkan mellan inomhus- och utomhusmiljön i förskola och förskoleklass. De flesta lärare pekar på en naturlig och självklar koppling mellan lek och lärande i sina språkliga beskrivningar, medan kopplingen till platser inte är lika tydlig vid en jämförelse.

Bäckahästen är inom nordisk folktro ett vattenväsen i hästgestalt med stor förvandlingsförmåga. Då han visar sig i mänsklig gestalt, kallas han Näcken. Karakteristiska sägner berätta, hur han lockar barn att rida på hans rygg för att sedan störta i vattnet med dem. Likartade föreställningar och sägner om vattenhästar  påträffas hos alla indoeuropeiska folk redan i gammal tid. Så visar bland annat  den forngrekiska myten om Poseidon, som visar ett tydlig släktskap med våra bäckahästsägner, och den forniriska traditionen.

I naturen får barnen upplevelser som ingen bok kan ge. Här får de upptäcka, undersöka och använda alla sinnen. Naturen kan även få barnen nyfikna och väcka deras intresse. Detta tror jag liksom många av de författare jag läst böcker av, ger en djupare inlärning. Även lärare jag intervjuat ser detta som en anledning till varför man ska använda ett utomhuspedagogiskt arbetssätt.

The present project was initiated with the aim to create pattern modules for use in public environments. My intention was to let the properties, of the specific materials used, have a marked influence on the realisation of the final form. I also wanted to find a material, which is suitable from the perspective of sustainabilityand possibilities to create modules from it. The work was initiated with a study of some candidate materials and many sketches before I finally made my choice. My decision was clear after a visit to the company Glasfabriken inKalmar.

To render outdoor scenes with lots of vegetation in real time is a big challenge. This problem has important applications in the areas of visualization and simulation. Some progress has been made the last years, but a previously unsolved difficulty has been to combine high rendering quality with abundant variation in scenes. I present a method to mathematically generate and render vegetation in real time, with implementation in the scene graph Gizmo3D. The most important quality of the method is its ability to render scenes with many unique specimens with very low aliasing.

This master thesis is an ethnological study focusing members of a young, urban Jewishdiaspora in Sweden. The study's aim is to problematize and describe the relation between theJewish minority that is regarded as religious, and the secular normative majority societyregarded as non-religious. The study explores questions regarding social positioning,belonging and memory and how Jewish traditions are practiced in contemporary Sweden. Themethodological approaches are interviews and participation observations with a specific focuson food; its symbolic value and how food can materialize identities and communicatememories. The empirical data comprises 24 interviews in total, of which 11 interviews havebeen chosen and thus constitute the material on which the study's analysis is made upon.

The objective of this thesis is to explore opportunities to enhance the phosphorus use efficiencyof inorganic fertilizers in crop production, with techniques available today and in thefuture. Phosphorus is a finite resource of declining quality; therefore a phosphorus use efficiencyin crop production of only 15-30 % is unacceptable. The main reason for low efficiencyis the retention by Ca and Mg in calcareous soils and Fe and Al in non-calcareoussoils. Due to the low mobility of phosphorus, plant uptake is mainly dependent on root growthrather than diffusion. Therefore, measurements need to be taken that benefit contact betweenroot and fertilizer, before fertilizer phosphorus becomes unavailable to the plant.

Examensarbetet Utomhuspedagogik för andraspråksinlärning är en kvalitativ studie där jag har intervjuat fyra pedagoger, två lärare och två naturpedagoger. Det har skett genom semistrukturerade intervjuer utifrån en intervjuguide. Dessa har alla medverkat i utbildningsprogrammet Aktiva Ute där ungdomar i åldrarna 16-19 år går en naturvägledarutbildning. Hälften av ungdomarna har svenska som andraspråk. Enligt litteraturen så lär sig elever språk genom samspel med andra kompetenta samarbetspartners.

Lower urinary tract diseases are a common problem in cats all over the world. The symptoms are for example dysuria, pollakuria, stranguria, periuria and hematuria. In approximately two thirds of these cats the underlying cause is not known and the disease is therefore called feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC). We need to know more about the disease to get a consistently effective treatment and prevention. A retrospective study was performed in 50 cats with symptoms of FIC and where other causes of inflammation were ruled out. Data like breed, age, sex, body weight, feeding, therapy and therapeutic results were collected, also if it was an indoor or outdoor cat, duration of the symptoms, if there was any stress and if the cat was living with another cat.

Beef cattle wintering outdoors should be provided a shelter, e.g. a type of barn or corresponding. This type of production requires appropriate soil types and secured animal welfare. For example, a clean and dry resting place needs to be provided to the animals. To receive an exemption for buildings the farmer has to have something equivalent that provides an adequate shelter.

This degree thesis is based on an assignment from BEOMAT in Storfors. BEOMAT is a company that constructs and sellsclay pigeons to both the national and international market.Our main purpose with this paper is to find a solution/system that can replace the expensive and space demandingOlympic trap facility. Our solution will replace fifteen clay pigeon throwers with one automatic thrower whosimulate all throwers together. The system will be provided with an appropriate control system for mass productiontherefore this system needs to be user-friendly so no previous knowledge is required.Totally 405 different throw coordinates will be stored in the programme in nine different subprograms. According tothe Olympic-rules the throwers should coincidence within certain specified conditions, this will be solved with anrandomizer in the programme.

Syftet med studien var att förstå hur flickor 15-21 år födda med analatresi upplever sin kropp och sexualitet. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats och empirin bygger på åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer. De centrala frågorna i studien är att undersöka om flickors sexualitet och kroppsuppfattning påverkas av att de är födda med analatresi. Studien undersöker också om flickorna uppfattar att föräldrarnas omvårdnad och omhändertagande påverkar deras upplevelse av sin sexualitet och kroppsuppfattning. Slutligen undersöker studien om psykologiskt stöd bör erbjudas under barndomen eller tonåren och i så fall vilken typ av stöd som efterfrågas.

In this paper I have sought a suitable level of abstraction in my models describing the landscape; the models are made to be viewed from eyelevel. Because of the spectator being ?in the model? the objects included need a certain degree of realism. I have sought what is needed in the model to be able to comprehend that the model is showing a landscape. Some details might be unnecessary.

Bark-stripping by red deer (Cervus elaphus) cause extensive damage to economically valuable spruce trees (Picea abies) in Swedish forests. The underlying causes for bark-stripping are not fully understood, and the frequency and severity of damage unpredictably differ between regions. In this study, I investigated if landscape structure (e.g. agricultural dominated landscape opposed to forest dominated landscape), forage availability, population density and disturbance (e.g. roads and settlements) affect bark-stripping frequency.