BACKGROUND: Today?s societal changes, including high rate of change and increasing information flows, are increasing the demand on the individual mental capacity. It becomes increasingly difficult to analytically process all the different dilemmas and everyday decisions as individuals have a limited mental capacity available to make these decisions. Thus, it has been suggested that ego-depleted relies more heavily on intuition, which is less burdensome, when making decision. However little is known about to what extent intuitive decisions differ from analytic.

Bakgrund: Världen har genomgått ett paradigmskifte och lämnat den industriella norm som en gång rådde där ett stort värde sågs i maskiner och landarealer. Det paradigm som råder idag är mer fokuserat på kunskap, patent, nätverk och idéer. Idéer har en central roll i samhället och har stor betydelse för dess utveckling då dessa idéer, med hjälp av driftiga entreprenörer, omsatts till uppfinningar och företag.Vår uppfattning är att en idé inte alltid omsätts till att bli ett framgångsrikt företag. Det kan därför diskuteras huruvida en ursprungsidé är tillräckligt bärkraftig för att nå marknaden. Vi ställer oss frågande till om det är meningsfullt att utvärdera en idé i ett tidigt skede.

Along with other European farmland birds, the skylark (Alauda arvensis) has declined rapidly since the 1970?s. Between 1975 and 2003, the Swedish population of skylarks declined with 64 %. In Britain, the decline is often explained by alterations in farming practices in general and the shift from spring-sown to winter-sown cereals in particular. The dense vegetation structure of winter cereals is limiting the number of breeding attempts possible, causing the entire population to decline.

Stronger demand has been put on forestry to show environmental considerations during harvesting. This is especially for crossings of brooks with sensitive elements and great care should be observed when they are to be crossed during harvesting by logging machines. For that reason Hultdins has constructed a portable bridge that can be used for those occasions. The bridge has been developed in accordance with wishes from SCA forest, since they have a great deal of brooks in their forests and in private forests from where they buy part of their wood supply. The aim for this report is to investigate if this portable bridge can be of interest for the forestry market. The research has been made at SCA skog in Medelpad and Norrskog in Medelpad.

Sara Lidman?s first novel, Tjärdalen (The Tar Pit, 1953), addresses ethical issues in a remote village in the north of Sweden. This essay discusses the novel?s narrative technique and the ethical aspects implied by the narration and aesthetic design. The approach is based on Adam Zachary Newton?s narrative ethics, which links narrative theory and method with an ethical perspective.

From the pre-Roman and Roman Iron Age, a number of different fossil agrarian landscapes can be found in southern Sweden - clearance cairn areas, celtic fields, stone-wall complexes and geometrically laid-out strip fields. With two different comparative analyses, this paper tries to explain some of the differences between clearance cairn systems and the other fossil field systemsThe shape of the early Iron Age agrarian landscape varies between different provinces of southern Sweden. At Gotland, celtic field systems were laid-out before 500 BC. In Småland at the same time, areas with clearance cairns were created. How can the difference be explained? The different physical appearance of clearance cairn areas and celtic fields can be explained by the different ways to handle the ard in till and in sandy soil.

Älvdalens Savings Forest was formed in the late 1800's. During this time the country was conducting the first major land reform in Sweden, namely the redistribution of arable land through government action. In Älvdalen people saw an opportunity to form Savings Forest, that is jointly owned forests, where everyone would get part of the proceeds. The yield in the first place would cover were costs to manage and monitor the forest and to the measures to ensure regrowth and improve the forests. You could also use the proceeds to develop the area and make it easier for the population to manage their forest. In early summer, a survey was sent to all the members of Älvdalens Savings Forest.

The district heating load is seasonally dependent, with a low load during periods of high ambient temperature. Thermal energy storage (TES) has the potential to shift heating loads from winter to summer, thus reducing cost and environmental impact of District Heat production. In this study, a concept of high temperature borehole thermal energy storage (HT-BTES) together with a pellet heating plant for temperature boost, is presented and evaluated by its technical limitations, its ability to supply heat, its function within the district heating system, as well as its environmental impact and economic viability in Gothenburg, Sweden, a city with access to high quantities of waste heat.The concept has proven potentially environmentally friendly and potentially profitable if its design is balanced to achieve a good enough supply temperature from the HT-BTES. The size of the heat storage, the distance between boreholes and low borehole thermal resistance are key parameters to achieve high temperature. Profitability increases if a location with lower temperature demand, as well as risk of future shortage of supply, can be met.

Stockholm has in recent years experienced a strong population increase but despite that fact, the demand for housing has not been followed by enough housing contracts. According to forecasts, growth in population will further be continued upward. With more condominiums than rental units on the market, new apartments are too expensive to live in. This creates unsustainable problems for those in lower classes of society. Creating a housing market in the periphery of Stockholm is not sustainable from a social perspective.

Transportkostnaden för rundvirke utgör cirka 15-25 procent av den totala kostnaden för skogsindustrins virkesanskaffning. Trenden i skogsindustrin är att branschen går mot färre och större produktionsenheter, vilket ställer högre krav på en effektiv virkestransport. Detta innefattar hela kedjan från avlägg till processad ved vid industrin. För att kunna hålla ett högt kapacitetsutnyttjande på rundvirkesfordonen är det av största vikt att man minimerar väntetider samt har ett jämnt virkesflöde till industrin. Huvudsyftet med studien var att kvantifiera effekten av ändrade arbetstider och skiftformer för åkerier som levererade virke till Bravikens Pappersbruk och Sågverk under 2013 med avseende på kostnader för rundvirkestransporter.

För människor som bor i hyres- och bostadsrätt finns ett skyddsnät vad gäller konflikter mellan grannar. De lagrum som reglerar detta är hyreslagen samt miljöbalken . Kommunen har ett ansvar för att erbjuda invånarna hjälp i form av olika verksamheter som exempelvis störningsjouren som är kopplad till det kommunala fastighetsbolaget om de upplever sig störda av grannarna. Alla fastighetsägare är skyldiga att åtgärda störningar i hyresrätts huset enligt hyreslagen . Som en sista åtgärd avgör fastighetsägaren om en uppsägning skall verkställas men då måste de även underrätta socialnämnden .

Lysekils kommun har en minskande och åldrande bofast befolkning samtidigt som befolkningen drastiskt ökar under sommarmånaderna. Ungefär hälften av bostäderna står tomma under stora delar av året. Turister och fritidsboende utgör en tillgång för kommunen i form av besöksnäring, samtidigt bidrar de till stigande bostadspriser. Således är inte fler fritidshus önskvärt utan snarare billigare bostäder för åretruntboende där ett havsnära läge inte är prioriterat (Lysekil 2012).Strandskyddet är till för att säkra allmänhetens tillgång till stränderna och att skydda viktiga miljöer för växter och djur (SFS 1998:808). Länsstyrelsen i Västra Götaland har i december 2014 antagit den strandskyddsremiss i vilken det har skett en utökning av strandskyddet från generellt 100 meter till 300 meter längs den bohuslänska kusten.

This master thesis is performed at Scania Axles and Gearboxes, a production plant located in Södertälje. Within the plant axles, gearboxes as well as central gears are assembled from components to finished products. All production is conducted on production lines, with a pre-determined rate, which is supplied with components by the material handling department. Since the production quantity and the mix of product variants produced on the production line is customer order-based, the number and type of components needed for production as well as appropriate staffing within the material handling department is difficult to predict. Scania is currently using a number of different resource planning tools for each material handling-department within Axles and Gearboxes to visualize the workload within the departments.

The public transport network in Täby commune consists currently of two types of bus line of whichboth belong to the category of feeder lines. The first type terminates at Danderyds sjukhus and feedsto the subway whereas the second type terminates at Täby centrum and feeds to Roslagsbanan, asuburban narrow-gauge railway system in northern Stockholm. The trunk bus line that connectsgreater parts of the commune with Danderyd is the ring line 604 and goes both clockwise (604H) andcounterclockwise (604V). The main negative aspect of this structure is the complicity in incorporatingit timetable-wise with other bus lines that share the same route, such as through Enebyberg.The goal of this project is to investigate the possibilities of splitting ring line 604 and connecting theends to two different bus routes that terminate at Täby centrum today. Apart from easing thecoordination with other bus lines through Enebyberg, the extension also creates new directconnections from various areas in Täby to Danderyds sjukhus.

Martinez, A (2011). Attityder hos lastbilsförare gällande mat i samband med långa -respektive korta transportsträckor. Akademin för hälsa och arbetsliv, Högskolan i Gävle. AbstractBackground: The profession as a lorry driver is in many aspects very risky. Factors such as time directive, poor diet and shift work characterize the profession and puts drivers' health at risk. Current research shows that the vast majority of lorry drivers are overweight, suffer from high stress related to work and have on average a very low consumption of fruits and vegetables.