Since 2004, wind power has had the largest installation of new capacity compared to other energy sources in Sweden. Accommodating new wind power may require strengthening or rebuilding of the existing grid in areas where the grid is already loaded to maximum capacity. This master thesis examine the possibility of a new 400/130 kV substation in Yttermalung, Sweden, with a connection to the two neighboring regional grids in Dalarna and Värmland owned by Fortum. This substation would provide a new connection point to the Swedish transmission system as well as an interconnection of the two, currently separated, regional grids. Different expansion scenarios where a substation with and without series compensation or a phase shifting transformer (PST) to control active power flow were studied.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att titta närmare på hur svenska företag angriper och bearbetar kulturella skillnader mellan Sverige och Indien. Frågor som hur dessa skillnader påverkar en företagsrelation och hur ett företag anpassar sig till dessa kommer att tas upp. I det teoretiska kapitlet så tas grunder om kultur upp samtidigt som skillnader mellan Sverige och Indien behandlas grundligt. Modeller kring anpassningskurvan, anskaffning av kulturell kompetens och Hofstedes model om de fem dimensionerna kring ett lands kultur. Hela uppsatsen genomsyras utav en stark fokus på kulturella inslag vid en etablering. Det empiriska kapitlet innehåller de svar som vi samlat in från de fyra intervjuer som vi haft, kapitlet är uppbyggt person för person och svaren kommer i den ordning de besvarats. Analyskapitlet jämför den teoretiska basen med den insamlade empirin från våra intervjuer.

The thesis strives to reveal the dynamics between a central and a peripheral shopping area in Kalmar, Sweden. The establishment of larger shopping centers has become a hallmark of postindustrial cities. Cities globally are at risk of creating an urban economic rift between the central and peripheral shopping areas. By establishing major shopping venues around the traditional central business districts, cities hope to create a larger customer hinterland and thereby also increased economic growth. The aim of this thesis is answered by two research questions regarding collaboration and competition between two shopping areas; the central Kvarnholmen and peripheral Hansa City Mall.

The purpose of the thesis was to map the hydraulic load on the Knivsta river from stormwater runoff, and build a platform for further studies of pollution loads on the rivers ecosystems. New residential areas are planned to be built in Knivsta municipality and it will have an impact on stormwater flows to Knivsta river. To examine the impact this will have, simulations were made in the area as it stands today and after expansion work. The work includes calculation of flows from the populated areas but also from the catchment area around it consisting of woodlands and fields. Because of expected climatic changes which may affect rainfall, the simulations have been performed with different return periods for rainfall data.

The scope of this project is to make a comparison of costs associated with wind and nuclear power in order to decide which one of these is the most suitable in the case of an increased demand for electricity. It is also investigated if there are other factors that can influence the choice of energy source.An average cost is calculated in terms of kronor per kilowatt-hour (SEK/kWh) using cost of investment, operation & maintenance and taxes & subsidies. Total investment cost is recalculated to production cost using the annuity method at three different interest rates (6%, 9% and 12%).The comparison is made between three cases of wind power and two cases of nuclear power. For wind power there are two ocean-based (300MW and 100MW installed capacity, respectively) and one land-based (60MW) wind farm. For nuclear power there is one EPR-reactor (1600MW) and one AP1000-reactor (1100MW).

Massmedia har en stor makt över tonåringar idag, vilka spenderar en tredjedel av sin vakna tid med att använda media. Dokusåpor är ett populärt mediefenomen där det kontinuerligt lanseras idealbilder. Det underliggande budskapet i idealbilderna handlar om att den graciösa kroppen och smilgroparna i ett attraktivt ansikte är nyckel till lycka. I takt med medias expansion har det skett en oroväckande ökning av den psykiska ohälsan bland tonåringar, detta innefattar oro, sömnproblem och andra stressrelaterade problem. Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka om det finns någon samvariation mellan de icke-hälsobefrämjande budskapen i dokusåporna Big Brother samt Top Model och tonårstjejers självkänsla, bruk av alkohol samt upplevda stress.

New Economy Firms (NEFs) are considered being important drivers of economic development and growth in Sweden. Also, entrepreneurship is a widely discussed topic that is considered being essential for firms that are making business in a fast moving landscape. Usually, the growth of companies is put in context of the life cycle. The life cycle further implies that as a company moves from the startup-stage along the curve, the organizational structure increases. Further, increased structure is claimed to impede the entrepreneurial culture within the firm.

Abstract Title: PR consultants and bloggers; a win-win situation? -  A study of PR consultants? new adaptations in the labour market due to the emergence of fashion bloggers. Authors: Cecilia Girell, Sandra Kjellstro?m Tutor: Ylva Ekstro?mPurpose: With the expansion of the Internet, fashion bloggers have gotten more power. A few companies have understood this powerful and reasonable cheap marketing channel. Despite this, most companies still feel powerless, but what has happened to the work of PR consultants in this constant changing media environment? The ones whos purpose is to act as intermediaries between companies and various media channels.

This paper is interested in Swedish psychiatry during the period between 1930-1950,localized to Mariebergs hospital in Sweden. The purpose of this paper has been to testSjöstroms evidence of the pattern that he used to create three analytical concepts, roughlytranslated to; morally educative discipline-treatment, the production process and the idealinstitution citizen. Sjöström motivates that his concepts gives insight into one aspect of thepsychiatric expansion between 1860-1960 as well as creates an understanding of psychiatryas an institution. The source material for this paper has been patients' medical notes writtenby the chief physician of the institution. Via a method which mainly different from Sjöstromin its selection, categorization and more thorough presentation, this paper has seen the samepatterns which Sjöström has created his three concepts from.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the Management Control System is affected by a change in the owner structure from family owned to not-family owned. The study also tries to identify explaining factors behind the possible effects to the Management Control System. The study is based on a comprehensive case study on the company Alcro-Beckers which, in year 2001, was acquired from the owner Lindéngruppen fully owned by Ulf G Lindén. The acquirer was the non-family owned company Kemira OY, a Finnish stock listed group. The empirical foundation mainly comes from interviews conducted with people who were/are directly connected to the company, either as employees or as representatives for the owner.

Den höga graden av inflyttning till städer idag, med en hög efterfrågan på mark i centrala lägen, bidrar till att priset på ett liv i staden ökar. En effekt av det är att nedgångna stadsdelar tas över av en samhällsklass med en bättre ekonomi än de ursprungliga invånarna. Fenomenet kallas gentrifiering och kan ses i området Hornstull i Stockholm. Media beskriver Hornstull som en stadsdel som har gått från ruffig till trendig. Syftet med det här arbetet är att genom en fallstudie av Hornstull i Stockholm, att undersöka fysiska och sociala faktorer av gentrifiering från ett näringsidkarperspektiv. I fallstudien intervjuades småföretagare baserat på hur länge de verkat på platsen och vilken typ av verksamhet de bedriver. Tre sakkunniga med olika yrkesroller inom stadsplanering intervjuades för att bidra med yrkesspecifika åsikter om gentrifiering i allmänhet och mer specifikt om processen i Hornstull.

Ingen som läser tidningar, surfar på Internet eller tittar på TV kan undgå att lägga märke till pokerns lavinartade expansion. Poker på Internet och live på TV, i s.k. pokerklubbar och privat, har blivit allt mer accepterad och därmed mer synlig. Spelmarknad på Internet såväl i Sverige som internationellt expanderar varje dag. Utvecklingen har lett till en kraftig ökning av antalet webbsidor där i princip alla, som är över 18 år, har ett kontokort och tillgång till dator med Internetuppkoppling, kan prova lyckan i poker.

New national curriculums are issued in order to change the present state of the educational system in a nation. In 2011 the old curriculum, the Läroplanen för de frivilliga skolformerna (LPF94) was replaced by the Läroplan, examensmål och gymnasiegemensamma ämnen för gymnasieskola 2011 (GY11). As future teachers we are interested in how a new curriculum affects the work of teachers concerning planning, teaching and examination from the teacher?s point of view.We conducted interviews with five teachers working at upper secondary schools (16-19 year olds) in Kalmar county. Our theoretical framework is based on curriculum theory and concepts of Leonard Bernstein: framing and classification.

Att uppmärksamma och kartlägga en organisations inre liv kan hjälpa till ökad förståelse för medarbetarens tillfredsställelse och öka beredskapen för framtidens förändringar. Denna studie är ett försök till en helhetlig bild av ett företag i förändring genom delarna organisationsklimat, arbetstillfredsställelse och personalomsättning. Organisationsklimatet kartläggs utifrån en modell där komponenter som ledarskap, personalpolitik, individer m.m. ligger till grund för ett antal intervjuer. Studien visar att klimatet som präglar valda undersökningsrena kategoriseras av snabba beslut och ett på grund av företagets expansion och historia, både personalmässigt och strukturellt haltande.

Two ecological models of nitrogen processes in treatment wetlands have been evaluated and compared. These models have been implemented, simulated, and visualized in the Modelica language. The differences and similarities between the Modelica modeling environment used in this thesis and other environments or tools for ecological modeling have been evaluated. The modeling tools evaluated are PowerSim, Simile, Stella, the MathModelica Model Editor, and WEST. The evaluation and the analysis have been performed using McCall?s factors for software quality (McCall et al, 1977), a correlation analysis and the Constant Comparative Method (Glaser&Strauss, 1999).