The division of Engineering Materials at Linköping University, department of Management and Engineering, conducted a research project concerning Fatigue life of thermal barrier coatings during 2009. During this project equipment to provoke these fatigue failure by rapidly heating and cooling test subjects in cycles, was ordered.Design and manufacturing of the equipment was handled internally at LIU.The equipment was built using a furnace that is lowered and raised over the table where the test subject is placed. To keep the temperature of the furnace a lid slides in place to close the downward facing opening of the furnace when it is in the raised position. On this door there is nozzle that is used to cooling of the test subject by air.To make sure that the equipment can work independently you need an automation controller that can evaluate if movement can occur without danger of collisions. The control system also needs to monitor that all elements are performed according to plan.This degree project is based on a modular system from OPTO 22 and includes the configuration of a PLC that will be supplied with logic and a user interface.The degree project resulted in a graphic interface in which a user can set desired values for different parameters and get information about current values for them.

Detta a?r en uppsats som underso?ker hur barn relaterar till platsen de bor pa? samt hur platsen pa?verkar hur de ser pa? sin identitet. Uppsatsen a?mnar a?ven granska barns syn pa? sin framtid utifra?n uppva?xten pa? denna plats. Platsen som underso?ks a?r Tierps kommun och barnen som deltar i studien ga?r i la?g -och mellanstadieklasser pa? grundskolor i kommunen.

PÄ grund av ojÀmstÀlldheten mellan kvinnor och mÀn pÄ den svenska arbetsmarknaden undersöks i föreliggande studie vem som blir chef baserat pÄ skillnader i mÀngd socialt kapital. Syftet Àr att undersöka om det existerar ett samband mellan nÀtverksstorlek, kontaktintensitet i nÀtverkslÀnkar samt andelen kontakter som Àr mÀn och socioekonomisk position. Syftet Àr Àven att undersöka om sambandet skiljer sig Ät mellan kvinnor och mÀn. Studiens hypoteser bygger pÄ teorier om strukturella processer och homofili samt styrkan i svaga lÀnkar. Studiens material bestÄr av kvantitativa data hÀmtat frÄn LevnadsnivÄundersökningen (LNU) 2010.

The increasing importance of human rights within the international community over the past fifteen years has raised the issue of humanitarian intervention. This concept is a complex one, and in the debate surrounding this issue can be heard arguments from and within legal, political and ethical standpoints. There is not yet a unified definition or agreement as to the nature of humanitarian intervention but it is clear that it is an important issue internationally and it is therefore interesting to see how this has affected the debate within individual countries. This study will thus examine the international development surrounding humanitarian intervention in relation to the official position taken by the Swedish government. The developments and discussion surrounding humanitarian intervention internationally and two central difficulties within this concept, legality vs.

Syftet med denna studie ?r att kvalitativt unders?ka hur elever med behov av extra anpassningar och s?rskilt st?d beskrivs fr?n 1962 fram till idag i Sveriges l?roplaner. Studien ?mnar ?ven att unders?ka hur de delar som behandlar fritidshemmet beskriver elever i behov av st?d. Materialet analyserades genom en Foucauldiansk inspirerad diskursanalys d?r diskursbrott och utest?ngningsprocedurer anv?nds f?r att studera analysmaterialet.

Background: An effective management of the healthcare's organization on one disaster site is considered as a condition in order to decrease damages and suffering at them as been hit of an accident. In KAMEDO-reports is described true accidents, how among other thing organizational parts been implemented and evaluations of which importance different decisions had. Aim: The aim of the study was to examine KAMEDO-reports concerning prehospital medical management on disaster sites. Method: Eight KAMEDO-reports was examined with focus on organization and management. Results: Four areas in which all could be influenced by the healthcare personnel in leading position was described: Management and Co-operation, Load and Go - Stay and Play, Priority and Triage.

NÀrstÄende till personer som drabbas av demens upplever att hela livssitua- tionen pÄverkas. Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva de nÀrstÄendes upplevelse hur relationen förÀndrades till den anhöriga med demenssjuk-dom. Nio vetenskapliga artiklar analyserades med kvalitativ innehÄllsanalys. Detta resulterade i fyra kategorier: Förlust av anhörigs personlighet och svÄ-righet att möta nya behov, förlust av kontroll och framtidshopp, oro och för-lust av frihet, samhörighet och kÀrlek. Kategorierna gav en inblick i hur nÀr-stÄende upplever tillvaron att leva tillsammans med en dement anhörig.

Hedersmorden p? Pela Atroshi och Fadime Sahindal v?ckte stor uppm?rksamhet p? den sociopolitiska agendan i Sverige i b?rjan av 2000-talet och blev startskottet p? en splittrad hedersdebatt, om huruvida morden kunde f?rklaras kulturellt eller som en del av det universella patriarkatet. Idag ?r de flesta politiker och forskare eniga om att hedersrelaterat v?ld och f?rtryck ?r kulturellt betingat och fenomenet har f?tt ett erk?nnande i det svenska samh?llet. Denna kvalitativa studie unders?ker socialsekreterares f?rst?else och resonemang kring kulturella f?rest?llningar i relation till v?ld och f?rtryck i hederns namn samt hur hedersv?ld utm?rker sig fr?n v?ld i n?ra relation.

Fo?religgande studie redogo?r fo?r faktorer som pa?verkar elever i sina val av moderna spra?k i a?rskurs 6, da?r na?gra utav Pierre Bourdieus sociologiska begrepp om symboliskt kapital utgo?r en teoretisk ka?rna. Studien bygger pa? en enka?tunderso?kning da?r sammantaget 82 elever fra?n Tiundaskolan, Vaksalaskolan och Tunabergsskolan i Uppsala deltog. Resultaten ger indikationer pa? att elevernas sociala klasstillho?righet och ko?n i viss ma?n tycks pa?verka spra?kvalet, vilket blir tydligt i en klassanalys av de medverkande eleverna inom de olika spra?ken.

I en stadsmiljö som innehÄller stora mÀngder geografisk information pÄ en begrÀnsad yta finns det flera faktorer som stÀller till problem vid kartlÀggning och positionering. MÄlet med detta arbete var att skapa en dynamisk stadskarta för webben med visualisering av byggnader i flera plan, att skapa ett anvÀndarvÀnligt grÀnssnitt med möjlighet till relevanta dataurval samt att undersöka vilka metoder som Àr anvÀndbara för positionering dÀr en GPS-mottagare inte har tÀckning. Den metod som frÀmst var av intresse att undersöka Àr en teknik benÀmnd WiFi Positionering, vilken med hjÀlp av trÄdlösa accesspunkter berÀknar anvÀndarens position.Ett system för datalagring och tillhandahÄllande av data via ett webbaserat anvÀndargrÀnssnitt dimensionerades och implementerades. De programvaror som anvÀndes till detta var PostGIS (databashanterare), GeoServer (kartserver) och OpenLayers (kartapplikation). Systemet installerades i en testmiljö som tillhandahölls av Compare Testlab.AnvÀndargrÀnssnittet Àr ett webbaserat program vilket utvecklades med en teknik som stöds av webblÀsare i smartphones samt till datorers dito.

Author: Nilsson LindaTitle: Appraisal talk- new ideals and new formsThe purpose of this study was to examine the concept of the appraisal talk. More specifically its aim was to find out more about the function and the meaning of the appraisal talk, for the organization, managers and co-workers point of view, and if there was any specific method applied. Two of the central questions were: How did the managers and co-workers describe the function and the meaning of appraisal talks? Were there any differences or similarities of the respondent?s point of view, depended of their position in the organization? The method of analysis was qualitative with a critical reflective approach. The study was based on interviews with three managers and four co-workers, in the public service of elderly care in Kalmar municipality.

Author: Nilsson LindaTitle: Appraisal talk- new ideals and new formsThe purpose of this study was to examine the concept of the appraisal talk. More specifically its aim was to find out more about the function and the meaning of the appraisal talk, for the organization, managers and co-workers point of view, and if there was any specific method applied. Two of the central questions were: How did the managers and co-workers describe the function and the meaning of appraisal talks? Were there any differences or similarities of the respondent?s point of view, depended of their position in the organization? The method of analysis was qualitative with a critical reflective approach. The study was based on interviews with three managers and four co-workers, in the public service of elderly care in Kalmar municipality.

The competition between the Swedish municipalities has increased as the world has become more globalized, which means that they need to become more attractive for sustaining sound finances and not to find themselves to have a downward trend. One possibility to show the attractiveness of a place is by using place marketing and therewith attaining a stronger brand position. There are 20 suburban municipalities in the county of Stockholm, of which six are multicultural or are having a minimum of 20 percent immigrants among the residents. These immigrant areas are segregated based on class, income and culture. Problems associated with these areas have historical aspects that dates further back than modern immigration does.

This paper addresses how political parties make decisions. Parties often have to choose between conflicting objectives such as influence on policy, control of the government, and support among the voters. This paper examines the behavior of the two Swedish parties on one of their particular policy positions: Swedish withdrawal from the EU. The aim is to describe why the Left Party (VÀnsterpartiet) and the Green Party (Miljöpartiet) retain thisspecific policy position when it on one hand seems damaging to their chances of getting into government, and on the other seems to be an unrealistic policy to realize. I undertake a twocase study of the two Swedish parties, which I assume to represent a population of Nordic parties critical to the EU.

Middle managers in social care find themselves in a middle position. The middle management position involves demands from several interested parties. The demands affect and generate feelings both within themselves and within others and the middle managers have to deal with them all.The aim of this study was to investigate the social care middle manager?s personal experiences of emotions in work.We have completed interviews with four middle managers who are assigned to carry out social care. When doing the interviews we used an interview guide divided into different interview areas.