Creating a database to manage medical data is not the easiest. We create a database to be used for a presentation tool that presents medical data about patients that is stored in the database. We examine which of the three databases, MySQL with relational design, MySQL with EAV design and MongoDB that are best suited for storing medical data. The analysis i performed in two steps. The first step handles the database that is most effective to retriev data. The second step examines how easy it is to change the structure of the various databases. The results show that depending on whether efficiency or maintenance is most important, different databases are the best choise. MySQL with relational design proves to be most effective while MongoDB is the easiest to maintain..

The function of traditional leaders in the modern states of Africa has been under debate for decades. The dominant research discourse suggests that these institutions should be integrated into the state in order to minimize the amount of parallel political spheres, since the latters are considered to affect state legitimacy negatively. But are the states in a situation where they need to compete with the traditional institutions in order to gain more legitimacy? If so, is the struggle for legitimacy a zero-sum game where there can only be one winner? Or is it possible for these institutions to co-exist or even benefit from each other? The aim of this bachelor?s thesis is to research if, and to what extent, African citizens? confidence in traditional institutions has an effect on state legitimacy. This has been done by statistically analyzing the data from the latest completed round of the Afrobarometer survey, a study that has been conducted in 20 different countries across West- and Northeast Africa.

Research indicates that a more hands-on education in mathematics could improve how students relate to mathematics. Laboratory mathematics is a way of making mathematics more concrete.  How is the purpose of laboratory mathematics perceived? This thesis has its focus on the pupils? perceptions of the purpose of laboratory mathematics, but the intention of the teacher involved is also investigated. The main research questions asked were:What is the teacher's definition of laboratory mathematics?Which is the teacher's purpose in using laboratory education?How do the students perceive the purpose of the laboratory teaching of mathematics?To answer the questions, I conducted a series of qualitative interviews.

The purpose of this Master?s thesis is to discuss marketing as it applies to some school libraries. Today?s marketing is about relations. It involves the establishment, maintenance and development of relations with users, non-users and other library related relationships.

Hemoplus® (Sarstedt, Nümbrecht, Tyskland) is a guaiac-based fecal occult blood test developed for human medicine. Guaiac-based tests make use of the pseudoperoxidase activity of hemoglobin so the test is not specific for human hemoglobin and can therefore be used in veterinary medicine. Peroxidase-containing foods such as meat (hemoglobin and myoglobin) can cause false-positive results of the test. To ensure that a positive result is not caused by diet, it has been suggested that canine patients should be fed a meatless diet for a few days prior to fecal occult blood testing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of commercial dog food on guaiac-based tests. In this study fecal samples from healthy dogs were analyzed with Hemoplus®.

Concerns for the environment and our impact on it are becoming more prevalant; however, we rarely act accordingly. Consumers mainly choose products based on perceived personal benefits despite the environmental motives that increasingly affect them. The purpose of this thesis is to identify the major drivers behind the purchase of ecological wine. A quantitative study was conducted, using Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as an initial starting point. The subsequent model was then completed with three variables: environmental concern, feelings and word-of-mouth.

Thisbachelorthesisdealswithhealthcare.Whichisacurrentandurgentsubject.ItconcernsspecificallySkaraborg´sHospital,oneoutoffourhospitalgroupswithintheVästragötaland´sRegion.ThishospitalgroupinturnconsistsofthehospitalsinFalköping,inLidköping,inMariestadandinSkövde.Skaraborg´sHospitalisafterarecentreorganizationofanextensivedegree,dividedintofourdifferentmainareas(divisions)withatotalofapproximately4200employees.Thefourmainareas(divisions)are(1)Surgery(K),(2)MedicineandPsychiatry(M),(3)ResearchandEducationalDevelopment(FoUU),and(4)StabincludingHumanRelations(HR)andEconomy.TherearetodaysomespecificdifficultiestoinadequatewaysmonitorandunderstandthedifferentactivitieswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Suchrelationshipsnaturallycreatesobstaclesforexampletocarryoutorganizationalandoccupationalwork.Onesuchexampleisthelackofopportunitytolinkmainareas(i.e.divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswiththesurfacesandpremisesthattheseusestoday.Theaimofthebachelorthesisis(fortheseandotherreasons)toconnectthedifferentorganizationalunits,etc.withinSkaraborg´sHospitaltothesurfacesandpremisesthattheyuse,andtothusmakeitpossibletodescribethemainareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionsandorganizationalunitswithmoreaccurateandpracticaldenotations,sothattheycanbeunderstoodbybusinessrepresentatives(patients)andemployees.DuetothefactthatSkaraborg´sHospitalisalargeandcomplexorganization,Ihaveenclosedthethesisbyprimarilystudyonlyonemedicalsubdivision,whichisM.3andconsistsofseventeenorganizationalunitsprovidingcarebymeansofmainlythreemedicalspecialties,namelycardiology,skininfectionandrenalmedicin.SubdivisionofM.3waschosenforthisentireactivityislocatedinthesamelocality,whichisinSkövde.Butalsoduetothefactthatthiswasoneofthemorecomplexorganizationalunitscontributedtothischoice.Thebachelorthesiscontainssevenappendices,inwhichthethesisso-­?calledmethodstepsaredetailedfurther,whichalsoincludestheappropriatesub-­?results.Therebyaretheresultscomprisedintheseappendixes.Observe,thatsomeofwhatarepresentedarecontributionsfromotherauthors,i.e.resultsfromaprogressiveresearchprojectwithinSkaraborg?sHospital.Theseappendicesarecalled(1)?Skaraborg´sHospitalashortdescription?,(2)?TheworkwiththefourExceldocuments?,(3)?BuildingswithinSkövdehospitalillustratedwithcurrentbuildingdrawingsfromVästfastigheter,incombinationwithadevelopedschemetoshowsuchbuildings?,(4)?ResultsfromthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremiseswithinthesubdivisionM.3?,(5)?Suggestionsformoreaccurateandpracticaldenotationsonareas(divisions),sub-­?divisionandorganisationalunits?,(6)?ExampleofasurveyproposedtobesenttounitmanagerswithinthesubdivisionM.3toensuretheresultsofthephysicalinventory?and(7)?Commentsonsomeresultsobtainedfromasemi-­?structuredinterviewwithoneofthemanagers(i.e.adoctorresponsibleforsomeoftheactivitieswhithinResearchandEducationalDevelopmentFoUU).ThethesisisbasedonanumberofExcel-­?documentsobtainedfromSkaraborg´sHospitalanddrawingsofthepremisesobtainedfromVästfastigheter.ItisalsobasedonavarietyoffieldtripswhereIhavebeenabletovisitandtherebycarryoutthephysicalinventoriesofthesurfacesandpremisesoftheselectedorganizationalunitsandinterviewsofanumberofkeyemployees.Thetheoreticalframeworkforthisthesisispartlybasedonorganizationandorganizationalmanagement,organizationalcultureandworkofchangewithinanorganizationandtheworkingenvironmentandsafetyresponsibilities.Thethesisisalsobasedontheoriesandstudiesthathavebeendoneonhealthcareorganizationsandhealthcaremanagement.ThethesisworkhashelpedtoidentifyallsurfacesandpremisesthatorganizationalunitswithinthesubdivisionM.3exploits,andtoprovidesuggestionsformoreaccurateandfunctionaldenotationsfortheseorganizationalunits.ThisthesisalsoprovidesabetterfoundationforvariousongoingandfutureinitiativestoimproveefficienciesaswellasworkandworkconditionswithinSkaraborg´sHospital.Anexampleoftheresultstherebygained,isthatthemethodusedtoidentifyboththesurfacesandpremisessubdivisionM.3uses,whichcanbeusedforalloftheothersubdivisionsandorganizationalunitsthanthosethathavebeenstudiedinthisthesisframes..

Background The usage of Nutrition supplement in the elderly care is commonly occurring and plays an important role in the intake of nutrition for the elderly. The usage of nutrition supplement is to reduce malnutrition within elderly care. For the elderly it is crucial to keep a healthy diet and to never lose weight. The loss of weight can be very dangerous it could even be fatal for the aged and should therefore be avoided. To have a diet that is rich in energy such as enriched meals prevents the elderly from receiving a shortage of calories since the diet is rich in fat, protein and thus also rich in energy.

ABSTRACTThe EU as a normative power in Belarus ? a critical caseBy Anna JohnssonUniversity of VäxjöSchool of Social SciencesSpring semester 2007The European Union?s identity is a much debated topic. Some say it?s a unique actor in the international arena because of the different tools it has at its disposal. Ian Manners claims that the EU is what he calls a normative power.

The thesis ?Vi fixar och trixar oss fram till att hjälpa människor? focuses on social work in the field of prostitution and human trafficking in Sweden. Through semi-structured interviews with social workers in the municipalities of Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö working with persons selling and buying sex, and through discourse analysis, the author analyses the perceptions among these social workers of the relation between human rights, prostitution and human trafficking, and the social work which they conduct.The thesis concludes that although the social workers perceive prostitution and human trafficking and social work in this field as human rights related, they are not explicitly using a human rights based approach in their work.The thesis concludes that the social workers identify several aspects that infringe on the rights of their clients in relation to the human rights principles of Universality, Non-discrimination, Accountability and Rule of law and the principle of Participation and Inclusion. They portray the human rights situation of street based sellers, especially those not being Swedish citizens and those affected by human trafficking, as severe.The thesis concludes that the social workers find several obstacles (legal as well as structural) that diminish their ability to strengthen their clients? human rights situation.

The purpose of this literature review was to find common factors for the persons who predispose to eating disorders. These factors shall help the nurse to recognise early signs of eating disorder behaviors. The literature review is directed to the nurse and will answer the issue: Which groups in the community run the risk of developing eating disorders? Furthermore, this knowledge shall lead to a better understanding of persons having eating disorders and be used as an aid in his/her encounter with these patients. The method was a literature review based on eight scientific articles, which were interpreted on the basis of the competence of the nurse.

Sustainability is today a current topic and companies are more or less forced to work with it even though it contradicts the historical role of companies, which is to generate a profit for shareholders. In recent years there has been a rising interest from banks to work with sustainability but research has shown a growing dissatisfaction among customers even though banks are spending a lot of money and time working with sustainability. This shows that there is an asymmetry between how the banks act and what their customers demand. The purpose of this paper is to create an understanding of how business customers perceive banks´ CSR-reports by investigating customers? interest in these reports.

A pilot study conducted on four patients, which we received from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital, who were all potential candidates for a cochlear implant. We fitted our test subjects with a pair of frequency compressing hearing aids called Phonak Naida V SP during the study and let them evaluate them for about seven weeks. Measurements made with monosyllabic words throughout the study showed significant differences in speech perception (p?0.05) compared to their regular hearing aids in 3 out of 4 cases. De-activation of the frequency transposed function showed significant decreases in 3 out of 4 cases compared to when it was activated.All test subjects were satisfied with the new hearing aids and chose to keep using them at the end of the study..

The purpose of this study was to compare the body posture among a group of women who recently have given birth (subjects) and a group of women who never have been pregnant (controls). The comparison was done between the two groups using the Comprehensive Body Examination (CBE) according to Bunkan. In the study participated 24 women, 12 who recently have given birth and 12 who never have been pregnant. The results showed that the body posture differed between the two groups. The subjects differed more from satisfactory jointpositions than the controls.

AbstractThere is a lot of confusion when it comes to defining Special Education. An example of this appears here by a statement from Assarson (2007) "Special Education initiates a special pedagogy, but contains no innate sense of what is the special component in it" (p. 52, authors? translation). This study is an attempt to clarify the elements of the concept.