Insecticides will be removed from Swedish forestry, at present insecticides are used to treat our seedlings to avoid them from being attacked by pine weevils. With the forthcoming ban on insecticides alternative protective measures will have to be tested. Holmen Forest Ltd has aimed to find an alternative and have developed a mechanic pine weevils protection accessory as well as a new concept on planting pipes. Studies have been conducted on the behalf of Holmen Forest Ltd to see how planting with the newly developed mechanical protectors and plant pipe stands up against the conventional methods used today. The study was conducted over a three week period. Three factors were compared regarding planting quality including i) pressure around the plant, ii) the depth the plant ended up in, iii) plant angle. Mechanical plant pipes were used in the study, and where tested like a one-handed and a two-handed pipe. The study concludes that further development is needed for the mechanic plant protector to live up to the speed and quality of conventional methods.

Examensarbetet handlar om hur en skola varit framgångsrika med att höja kvaliteten bland rastvaktspersonalen och på så sätt minskat konflikterna på rasterna. Studiens syfte är att studera om konflikterna under rasterna och resten av skoldagen kan minska om man har samma personal som rastvakter och konfliktmedlare alltid. Varför beslutade sig skolan för att ändra sina rutiner under rasterna? Hur har denna skola gått tillväga för att höja kvalitén bland rastvakterna? Vad tycker personal och elever på skolan? Känner eleverna att de får med hjälp nu jämfört med innan till att lösa konflikter som uppstått under rasterna? Detta var några av alla de frågor som dök upp när jag fick höra talas om skolan och deras nya system. Genom intervjuer med rektor, personal och kamratstödjare på skolan samt 85 stycken enkätundersökningar med elever i år 2,4 och 6 har jag sammanställt ett material som övergripande visar att skolan använder sig av en bra metod under rasterna samt för konflikthantering och konfliktlösning efter rasterna. Studien är förlagd en liten byskola i Skåne som jag av en händelse fick nys om.

In this report, a case study of conditions for Swedish language development in children of immigrant origin is presented, and its results explored. The boundaries of the case study are defined as preschool pedagogues? facilitation of Swedish language development through co-learning, in children of immigrant origin in an ethnically segregated urban area. Concepts central to the report include dialogue, second language learning and perspectives on language difficulties. For the theoretical background of the report, a basic sociocultural theorem is used, which links language as well as other areas of development to verbal interaction in a social context.

AimThe aim of this study has been to examine how health enhancement teachers in Montana, USA, view the value of physical activity from a lifelong perspective.In what way does the health enhancement teacher think the importance of physical activity from a lifelong perspective could be presented?What resources are available for teachers to present the value of physical activity from a lifelong perspective?MethodThe issue has been answered through qualitative interviews consisting of six health enhancement teachers, four women and two men, in Montana, USA. One of the teachers worked at an elementary school (for 30 years), three teachers worked at middle schools (20, 10 and 8 years of work experience) and two of the teachers interviewed worked at a high school (30 and 3 years).  ResultsThe majority of teachers feel that a wide variety of activities, adapted to an individual level, and the understanding of a healthy lifestyle are important in order for the teacher to present the value of physical activity from a lifelong perspective.The teachers felt they had sufficient material in order to present the value of physical activity, where the school budget provided the teachers with materials every year. In addition to the budget, all the teachers had 12 hours of professional development every year where they could attend conferences or their own choice of professional development.ConclusionWith the help in forms of professional development offered by the school, conferences, meeting with other teachers, and their own choice of development, the teachers instruction techniques could increase which could help the teachers to find the pupils? interest for different kinds of physical activities.KeywordsPhysical education and health, physical activity, SOC, sense of coherence..

The aim with this study is to explore if and how linguistic learning takes places when four pairs ofstudents in grade one writes on the computer. Observations of eight students took place duringtwelve lessons to investigate what happened during their writing processes. This study isimportant because students? computer writing is a relatively new phenomenon in the Swedishprimary school.It is clear that the peer collaboration creates a complex interaction that becomes the platform, andalso the prerequisite, for successful language training. The method can clearly give students profitsin their linguistic development.

During the last years the need for real-time database services has increased due to the growing number of data-intensive applications needing to enforce real-time constraints. The COMponent-based Embedded real-Time database (COMET) is a real-time database developed to meet these demands. COMET is developed using the AspeCtual COmponent-based Real-time system Development (ACCORD) design method, and consists of a number of components and aspects, which can be composed into a number of different configurations depending on system demands, e.g., Quality of Service (QoS) management can be used in unpredictable environments. In embedded systems with requirementson high up-time it may not be possible to temporarily shut down the system for reconfiguration. Instead it is desirable to enable dynamic reconfiguration of the system, exchanging components during run-time.

This report aims to describing the work behind the development of a masonry heater.The masonry heater is developed in collaboration with the company Transient Design KB that is a product development company located in Alingsås. The company sees a possibility to cover a market segment where modern technology and design are missing.The report presents those methods and approaches that have been used and gives an overview to how the project has been carried out. It describes how the ideas behind the final results have produced and how they have been developed during the project's time. In the report you can also read about the final concept with its choices of construction and materials.The report is completed with a presentation of a final concept and a ground for possible future production..

The kitchen is one of the most important rooms in our homes. It is a place for social engagements, meetings between people and activity. How the kitchen looks today is a concept sprung from the Swedish kitchen standard of 1952. Eventhou this standard no longer exists it is a model of how kitchens are designed today. The kitchens most often sold today come from one of four major kitchen manufacturers in Sweden.My thesis investiges an alternative kitchen concept.

The purpose of my study has been to find out how mother tongue teachers working in preschools where a majority of the children have a mother tongue other than Swedish make use of fictional children?s books during the mother tongue support lessons. In order to determine this, I am asking the following questions:- What is the range of children's books in the children's mother tongue available at the preschool?- In what ways are the native language teachers encouraging literacy development through the usage of children's books?- How do native language teachers view the childrens? linguistic development as well as the enhancement of cultural identity through the usage of the books?These questions have formed the basis of the methodical approach, which is based on a qualitative research method. The data collection consists of three parts; the observation of mother tongue support, interviews with language teachers as well as with the nursery manager and lastly a survey of children's books in languages other than Swedish at the preschool.The essay has as its theoretical basis the socio-cultural view of learning and development.

For the success of universities, it is very important that the personnel are well motivated through internal marketing. The purpose of this report was to identify which activities universities uses to motivate their teaching and researching personnel and how the activities are valued by this group of employees. The study was conducted in the form of a case study. One interview with the chief administrator at Luleå University of Technology was conducted, and a questionnaire was sent to all the teaching and researching personnel at the same university. The result indicates that Luleå University of Technology uses many internal marketing activities to motivate their employees.

Inkludering och integrering är begrepp som kommer på tal allt oftare i skolans värld. Nästan hela Europa är på väg mot en mer heterogen skola där alla elever vistas tillsammans. De elever som tidigare har varit differentierade från sina klasskamrater på grund av till exempel handikapp ska vara inkluderade i undervisningen. Frågan är vad personalen i skolan tycker om inkludering. I denna studie har en enkätundersökning gjorts för att ta reda på skolpersonalens attityder till inkludering av elever med utvecklingsstöning.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur och med vilket syfte intermarknadsföringsliknande aktiviteter utförs på anslagsfinansierade teatrar. En pilotstudie utfördes på Briggen Teaterproduktion AB, ett teaterproduktionsbolag ägt av Benny Andersson och Björn Ulvaeus, i syfte att åskådliggöra tankegångarna kring intern marknadsföring i en kreativ miljö. Vald metod för studien var fallstudie, vilken utfördes på Västerbottensteatern AB, en anslagsfinansierad teater belägen i Skellefteå, baserad på personliga intervjuer och observationer. Studien visade att intern marknadsföring användes för att motivera personal, skapa och främja företagskultur, förebereda personal att uppfylla kundens behov..

From underwater boat to submarine ? The development of the Swedish submarine service 1945-1960 The scope of this essay is the development of the Swedish submarine service during the period 1945-1960. The aim is to answer the following questions:- What kind of new technology did Sweden acquire when salvaging the German type XXI submarine off Gothenburg at the end of World War II?- In what respect did this technology differ from that of the Royal Swedish Navy and did it subsequently contribute to the tactical and operational development?- What tactical and operational development was accomplished between 1945-1960?The timeframe, 1945-1960, was chosen since this is when the analysis of the salvaged type XXI submarine and related effects was conducted. Furthermore, it is also during this time that the Swedish submarine service is beginning to evolve as a result of the new knowledge mentioned above and the experiences made by both the allies and the Germans during World War II.The theoretical framework primarily refers to the theories on naval warfare by Sir Julian Corbett.

This report is written for a consultant networking company with the purpose to review the development ofthe company's remote connections from a user friendly and security perspective.This includes an investigation of the possibilities to consolidate existing authentication methods foraccessing customers. The problem lies in the amount of methods being used. Through case study wefound that smart cards, SMS-service, software and hardware tokens exist.The only method feasible from a security perspective is smart cards. Since the method is not commonlyused by the company's customers a standardization of it would be counterproductive.Also, the purpose of this report is to investigate how the ongoing internal development of the remoteconnection will affect the company's clients. Within this framework we have also verified a designsuggestion.We interpret, after the completion of the case study, that the internal development of the remoteconnection is marginally affected by legal perspectives.

Mitt syfte med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur personalen på familjeförskolan och personal på förskolor i området ser på familjeförskolans verksamhet och dess funktion. Jag vill också ta reda på hur samarbetet mellan familjeförskolan och förskolor i området fungerar. Mina frågeställningar har varit att ta reda hur personalen på familjeförskolan respektive förskolepersonalen i samma område definierar sin egen samt den andres verksamhet och funktion. Vidare har min frågeställning handlat om vilka skillnader mellan de båda verksamheterna som personalen uppfattar att det finns. Jag har också i min frågeställning undrat hur samarbetet fungerar.Med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer har jag fått ett resultat som visar att personalen på förskolor i området där familjeförskolan ligger inte vet särskilt mycket om familjeförskolans verksamhet.