Det politiska målet från starten i början 1990-talet med IV programmet var att motivera unga att komplettera sina obehöriga betyg för att därefter söka och slutföra som lägsta nivå en nationell gymnasieutbildning. Avsikten var aldrig att programmet skulle bli permanent. Men 2010 visar det sig att programmet sedan flera år är tredje största i Sverige och orsakerna till att söka till IV har blivit så många fler. Kritiken har under åren ökat och i och med nya gymnasiereformen 2011 kommer programmet att avskaffas i sin nuvarande form. Istället splittras det i fem ettåriga program med olika inriktningar.

Kevin Roberts has extended the comprehension of strong consumer brands to a higher level where loyalty beyond reason is established. He calls this new status Lovemarks. As the concept of Lovemark has only been applied in B2C markets, this thesis is directed to find out the applicability of Lovemarks in B2B context. In order to fulfill the research purpose, three main questions are answered based on a cross-sectional research approach: What role do intangible factors play in B2B branding? Is the idea of B2C Lovemarks transferable to B2B context? How should a B2B Lovemark be characterized? The results of the qualitative interviews indicate insights of high investment and involvement, integrated brand communication, balance between function versus emotion, brand?s trustworthy personality, customer partnership, and finally, the potential establishment of B2B Lovemarks.

Detection of leukocytes in semen from boars is part of the routine control of semen quality. Leukocytes in semen can cause damage to spermatozoa that leads to impaired fertilization. In the artificial insemination (AI) industry there are standard routines for the quality control of the boars and of the neat semen before use. Since 2001, Quality Genetics has not done the leukocyte examination on semen samples from boars which are used for the production of pigs for slaughter. The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of leukocytes in semen from AI-boars. The questions addressed were whether there are boars that have leukocytes in their semen and how frequently it occurs and, moreover, if there are differences between breeds, or even between individuals whose semen was checked before use in AI-dose production compared to those which were not. The study included a total of 135 AI-boars, of which 67 were Hampshire, 35 Yorkshire and 33 Landrace, all belonging to Quality Genetics AI-station in Hållsta.

Fler personer överlever idag en svår hjärnskada, vilket har medfört att rehabiliteringen har ställts inför en utmaning avseende dessa personer. Då det gäller arbetsterapeutens behandlingsmetoder finns det liten vetenskapligt dokumenterad kunskap och ett behov av fortsatt forskning inom området. Studiens syfte var att undersöka vilka behandlingsmetoder, sett ur ett arbetsterapeutiskt perspektiv, som beskrivs i vetenskaplig litteratur samt dess effekter för vuxna personer med en traumatisk hjärnskada i ett vegetativt eller minimalt responsivt tillstånd. En systematisk litteraturstudie genomfördes. Artikelsökning utfördes i databaserna Medline, AMED, Cinahl och PsycInfo och resulterade i 10 inkluderade artiklar.

Horse keeping is gaining an increasing interest in Sweden. During 2004 to 2010 the number of horses increased with 10 - 20 %, and was estimated to be 362 700 in 2010. Julmyra Horse Center (JHC), situated in Heby municipality, is a gated community for people sharing a large interest for horses and a vision of a sustainable horse management has been formulated. This study evaluates how the horse keeping of today at JHC, and how an expansion of the horse keeping may affect the risk of enhanced phosphorus load to the nearby lake system Vansjön ? Nordsjön.

Vi har valt att utgå ifrån ett fallföretags styrdokument och dess specifika utbildningsplan i uppsatsen. Syftet med vår studie är att analysera relationen mellan specifik utbildningsplan och fallföretagets mål, visioner och värderingar ur ett handlingsteoretiskt perspektiv. Framställan och agerande är två komplexa begrepp som existerar varje dag, i varje situation för oss alla. Ser vi till en organisation hittar vi framställan i styrdokumenten och agerandet i praktiken. Vi har medvetet valt att studera endast några teorier inom ramen för handlingsteorier då vi finner just dessa relevanta för analysen av relationen mellan framställan och agerande.

BAE Systems Hägglunds has a long history of producing high performance terrain tracked vehicles (mostly for military applications), and they are now aiming at developing a tracked forwarder with similar techniques.The forwarder will be of series hybrid type where a diesel engine via a generator will power the motors (one for each drive wheel). Thanks to individually controlled motors and the gentle rubber tracks, this forwarder is calculated to have a considerably higher average speed in the terrain and to be more gentle to the soil. The forwarder with a weight of 11 metric tons and a load capacity of 15 metric tons is specified to have an average working speed of 7-10 km/h, a top speed in terrain of 15 km/h and a top speed on roads of 40 km/h.This master?s thesis aims at developing a conceptual design of the forwarder?s drive module which includes electric motor, gear unit, brake and drive wheel.To investigate if the requirements can be fulfilled a study of the dimensioning loading scenarios has been carried out. The resulting needs regarding the torque has been considered in order to determine the required gear ratios for different motor options.

To be a farmer and have suckler cows is a difficult combination especially considering the economy. Because of the increased feed costs, the margins have become tighter. The meat price from beef cattle has increased a little when this text is written (spring, 2008), but not so much that it covers the cost for feed etc. I have a small suckler cow production on approximately 30 cows and 2 bulls plus followers as a part-time business. The herd is tied in the old dairy stable built in the late seventies.

Utgångspunkten för studien ligger i att, efter 1-1,5 år efter de avslutat familjeprogrammet De otroliga åren (the Incredible Years, Webster-Stratton), undersöka och belysa föräldrars upplevelser och erfarenheter av ? om och hur deltagandet i programmet påverkat/förändrat tänkandet kring den egna föräldrarollen? hur deltagandet i programmet påverkat/förändrat deras eget beteende? hur deltagandet i programmet påverkat/förändrat barnens beteende och ? att använda sig av programmets metoder på egen hand.Utifrån en kvalitativ metod intervjuades tio föräldrar som deltagit i och avslutat programmet i Familjemottagningen i Majornas, regi under höst- respektive vårterminen 200X. Under intervjun fick de även fylla i två strukturerade formulär; Eyberg Child behavior Inventory (ECBI), som används för att uppskatta tidiga beteendeproblem och för utvärdering av behandling, samt ytterligare ett formulär som ber föräldrarna uppskatta vilken nytta de haft av programmets metoder/tekniker i sitt samspel med barnen, när det gäller att minska deras ?oönskade? beteende. Analysen av intervjuerna och formulärsvaren visar att de flesta av föräldrarnas, och barnens, beteende påverkas och förändras avsevärt efter deltagandet, och att man oftast lyckas bevara effekterna och de nya beteendemönstren.

It is important for today?s farmers to minimize the costs for crop establishment, because of decreased prices and support from the EU. Farmers, who plow in autumn on heavy clay soil, often do some kind of tillage in autumn to get better soil structure before spring seeding. This is especially important when growing small seed crop, e.g. sugar beet and oil plants.

Not enough attention has been paid to the correlation between the failure of peacekeeping operations and the actual source of civil wars. This text is an attempt to fill that gap. Hence the question: under which conditions is it possible for peacekeeping operations to replace the responsibility of the state concerning the security aspects of the social contract? The outset of the text, using the theories of Robert Nozick, is a theoretical approach towards the founding of states, described as the merging of entities. The theory serves a purpose since it, in combination with identity, illustrates in what manner the glue of society occurs and the rallying around other kind of loyalties like clans and ethnicities.

AbstractDuring the last five years there has been a considerable immigration from the Netherlands to Värmland in Sweden. INVA, Invest in Värmland, wanted to highlight this phenomenon and therefore contacted Karlstad University to make a survey about how extensive the immigration is and what consequences it brings for the business life and municipalities in Värmland. We were luckily chosen to perform this research and the main focus in this study has been the following questions:? Why do the Dutchmen choose to buy their house in Värmland?? What are the main reasons for leaving the Netherlands?? What consequences does the immigration cause for the business life in Värmland?? How do the Dutchmen experience the contact with Swedish authorities?To answer the questions we designed a questionnaire that was sent to 200 Dutch house purchasers. The ambition was to survey all the Dutch house purchasers in Värmland, but with the time constrains and the municipalities having problem to find complete data, we limited the survey to 200 households.

The Swedish Cellulosa Companiy, SCA, has today 280 000 ha planted with lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) (?C?) which is equivalent to 14 % of its total forest area. Exotic lodgepole pine has in previous experimental stands shown a superior growth than the native Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) (?S?).But also the comparison could be questioned because stand histories were was unknown and also differences in age between C and S existed.

Measurement of plasma concentrations of natriuretic peptides have been suggested to be of diagnostic and prognostic value in canine cardiac disease. In several previous canine studies, however, a considerable overlap between investigated groups has been identified. A reliable natriuretic peptide test for use in clinical practice requires establishment of reference values for natriuretic peptides in healthy dogs and cut-off values for subclinical disease as well as for clinical signs of congestive heart failure. Numerous physiological, pathological and pharmacological factors, aside heart function, may influence concentration of natriuretic peptides. A potential effect of dog breed on natriuretic peptide concentration has been suggested but has, to our knowledge, not previously been specifically studied.

The city of Uppsala and its surroundings are a very expansive area. A prerequisite for a sustainable development of the area is well-functioning supply of drinking water. In Uppsala municipality, the Uppsala esker and Vattholma esker are the groundwater storages for drinking water. Besides the eskers, other sources of qualitative groundwater in the Uppsala municipality are relatively poor and more than half of the area consists of ground conditions with a risk of saline groundwater. The neighbourhood of Vreta-Ytternäs is situated 10 km south of Uppsala, in the area with risk of saline groundwater but outside the municipal water supply.