This thesis is a feasibility study into how Fresenius Kabi may rationalize their destruction process in regards to cost, recycling, and work environment. The two main objectives are to identify scrap flows and the possibility to improve or replace the equipment that is now carrying out the physical scrapping. The flow has been visualized by a flow chart of the material and communication. A chart of the problem established to visualize where improvements are necessary. Based on the problems proposals are presented on how to improve the flow thru the plant.During analyze of the physical scrapping equipment it was also necessary to take a deeper look at how they are carrying out there work today, how does the procedure look like, working environment and where are the weaknesses.

During the nineties, ecological handling of urban storm water became very popular in Sweden. Together with Chalmers University of Technology and two Swedish communities, DHI Water and Environment has been doing research of storm water ponds and constructed wetlands. This thesis work is a part of that research project. The work has been applied at the Bäckaslöv storm water treatment plant in Växjö, Sweden. The plant consists of one storm water pond and a downstream constructed wetland.

In many regulated rivers, authorities have stocked hatchery salmon to compensate for loss of wild populations. However, hatchery fish have not always behaved as wild fish do, and stocking them has not always fully compensated for the loss of wild fish. The purpose of this study was to compare swimming behaviour in the river before spawning, the choice of spawning areas and body size between wild and hatchery-reared salmon in the river Klarälven. Salmon behaviour in the river before spawning was analyzed using radio telemetry. The salmon were caught at Forshaga power plant, radio-tagged and returned to Klarälven at Ekshärad, 107 km from the river?s mouth.

Pulsatilla vernalis is one of several endangered plant species that benefit from wildfires and small scale disturbance events that repel competing vegetation and create open patches in the vegetation cover. Previous studies argue that Pulsatilla vernalis is decreasing in numbers due to vegetation changes associated with the decrease in wildfires, forest grazing and changes in forest management. In this study, 17 populations of P. vernalis were inventoried in order to examine if soil and/or vegetation structures affect the population structure of P. vernalis (i.e.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att ur ett företagsperspektiv undersöka hur en linjeutvidgning påverkar varumärket samt vilka faktorer som gör att en linjeutvidgning lyckas.Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod med semistrukturerade intervjuer.Intervjuer har genomförts med marknadsdirektören för Cloetta Fazer, Sverige, en marknadschef på Leaf Sverige, en marknadschef på Kraft Foods samt med en ekonomilärare på Europaskolan i Strängnäs, med tidigare chefspositioner inom konfektyrbranschen.Vi kallar ökningen av linjeutvidgningar för en ?accelererande linjeutvidgningstrend?. Ett varumärke påverkas positivt av en linjeutvidgning när de kärnvärden varumärket står för kan föras vidare till den nya produkten. Riskerna som följer med linjeutvidgning är kannibalisering och urholkning av varumärket. Inga av företagen i studien har ett mätverktyg för att mäta kannibalisering.

Förändringar i organisationer är komplexa processer. Ofta tasutomstående konsulter in för att hjälpa till att utföra förändringar.I detta arbete har konsultföretaget Lotscenters® hantering av demotstånd som uppstår vid organisatorisk förändring studeratsoch även vilka motstånd som metoderna reducerar.En teoretisk modell som främst bygger på Kotters ochSchlesingers® teorier har använts. Den empiriska informationenhar hämtats från intervjuer med konsulter från Lots® och ävenmed en person från Arla foods, kund till företaget.Enligt resultatet av undersökningen tränar Lots® ledningen ochvissa utvalda personer i organisationen till att effektivt utföraförändringen. De inför också målstyrning som system iorganisationen. Träningen och målstyrningen har en indirektverkan på motstånden.

The practice of landscape architectural involves forming the space in our cities and suburbs, as well as the landscape surrounding. The need of exploiting green environment leads up to, among other issues, flood problem during heavy rain and overfed water environments. The problem is partially caused by the shortage of knowledge, how the environment is responding of the innovations made by the city- urban planning and how to get sustainability. Research and knowledge how to take care of our environment, in a natural way, is increasing. The object of the thesis is to propose control and balance in urban wetlands, and discuss the difference a plant design can do. The thesis deals with discourses in the field of landscape architecture, biological diversity, dam construction, limnology, planting design and management, pollution of the environment and urban design practice.

Couch grass (Elymus repens (L.) Gould) is a severe weed in Sweden, and since both the use of herbicides and cultivation should be decreased, it will become increasingly problematic to control couch. The present work is meant to, by literature studies and an experiment, give some answers to the question if cutting and competition can depress the growth of couch. The experiment was carried out in the growing season 2001 at Ultuna, Uppsala, in plastic boxes. The design was three-factorial randomised complete blocks. The factors were plant combination, nitrogen level and cutting strategy.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att ur ett företagsperspektiv undersöka hur en linjeutvidgning påverkar varumärket samt vilka faktorer som gör att en linjeutvidgning lyckas.Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ metod med semistrukturerade intervjuer.Intervjuer har genomförts med marknadsdirektören för Cloetta Fazer, Sverige, en marknadschef på Leaf Sverige, en marknadschef på Kraft Foods samt med en ekonomilärare på Europaskolan i Strängnäs, med tidigare chefspositioner inom konfektyrbranschen.Vi kallar ökningen av linjeutvidgningar för en ?accelererande linjeutvidgningstrend?. Ett varumärke påverkas positivt av en linjeutvidgning när de kärnvärden varumärket står för kan föras vidare till den nya produkten. Riskerna som följer med linjeutvidgning är kannibalisering och urholkning av varumärket. Inga av företagen i studien har ett mätverktyg för att mäta kannibalisering.

Uppsalahem is the leading housing corporation in Uppsala with its over 160 real estate properties. Uppsalahem is owned by the municipality of Uppsala, which has a climate and energy goal that aims for 100 MW of solar energy to be installed in Uppsala by 2030. The 100 MW goal, combined with Uppsalahem?s environmental policy, is a strong incentive to investigate the possibility of installing PV modules on the many available roof areas that Uppsalahem possesses. The objective of this thesis is to create a foundation for future decisions regarding PV systems for Uppsalahem.

In the pilot plant at Hammarby Sjöstad, Sjöstadsverket, several new methods are tested in order to achieve a good use of resources. When a new technique is considered it is often the performance of the technique itself, under given conditions, that is evaluated. However, in order to evaluate the overall function the whole picture is needed. With a system analysis it becomes possible to make a comparison where all the positive aspects are put up against the negative ones, for the technique itself as well as its requirements. In this way the influence that minor components have on an entire system can be considered.This report presents a system analysis of an anaerobic membrane reactor (MBR) with a VSEP-membrane (Vibratory Shear Enhanced Process).

This report was written by Lisa Bengtson and Hanna Paradis and describes the degree thesis "Environmental impacts of solid waste treatment in the Metropolitan Region, Santiago, Chile ? a comparison between current system and incineration with energy recovery". The purpose of this thesis was to investigate if incineration with energy recovery could be motivated through an environmental perspective as an alternative to landfilling of solid waste in Santiago, Chile. The study was performed with Life Cycle Analysis as a theoretical base. In Santiago, situated in the thirteenth region of Chile, Región Metropolitana, lives 6,5 million inhabitants. The major part of the solid waste produced in the region is landfilled on three different sanitary controlled landfills situated outside the city center.

Examensarbetet är utfört på Mälardalens högskola våren 2007. Arbetet hardiskuterats och utformats inom ramen av ämnet informationsdesign.Idea plant, uppdragsgivare för arbetet, förespråkar vikten av designadkommunikation. De anser att företag vet för lite om designad kommunikation ochvill därför, genom föreläsningar, visa hur lönsam denna kunskap är för företag.Under arbetet har jag utgått ifrån att besvara följande fråga:Hur bör ett informationsmaterial se ut för att vara god designad kommunikation?Min uppgift har varit att ta fram ett före- och efter material till Idea plantspresentationer om designad kommunikation. En analys av tre företag som ärverksamma inom samma bransch har gjorts.

Every year the Swedish government invests capital in different projects. In recent years the Swedish government has chosen to invest in design. The reason for this is that the government wants industry to use design as a competitive source. Two organizations, Svensk Form and Stiftelsen Svensk Indistridesign, have been assigned to improve industry and society?s under¬standing of design.

Contemporary plant design can be examined by how it relates to two extremes - Nature and Art. This idea is explained by Noel Kingsbury in the book The Dynamic Landscape where he places designers and their projects on a gradient (Kingsbury, 2004). Nature, one of the extremes can be represented by a dynamic, species-rich plant design with native species and with nature as the ideal. The other extreme - Art implies a more static view on plant design. Here, the designs consist of colourful flowers, exotic species and cultivars with double flowers.