This thesis analyses how a radiology department at the largest hospital in Sweden, Karolinska University Hospital, most profitably could expand its capacity for investigating cancer patients using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The queues today for patients waiting to be scanned are long, which delays the start of cancer treatments. Meanwhile the hospital has a budget deficit of half a billion SEK, which make any expansion hard. In this thesis we evaluate the alternatives of investing in new machinery; utilize the current machinery better by using them more days annually or through a shift work system. Finally we evaluate a combination of these.

Construction production always contains different disciplines whose priorities andinterests can be very diverse. Good communication and coordination are essential tominimize misunderstandings and achieve good quality in the end result. This makesplanning a central part of the production management. In a world where conditionscan change as often as daily, being well prepared increases the opportunities to stayflexible and decrease negative effects of the changes.This study has been done in association with Skanska Foundations district North inStockholm in order to investigate how visual planning can be used in the productionmanagement to optimize the coordination and the quality.The history of Lean started at Toyota, but the concept are now spread over theworld and are used wide outside of the car industry nowadays. What?s challengingabout Lean in foundation projects is to embrace a long-term perspective and invest insolutions that are profitable in the longer term, instead of solve problems by onlytreating the symptoms.A holistic perspective is crucial in order to truly understand Lean.

This master?s degree project concerns the combination of a multi dwelling passive house with solar energy for the generation of electricity and domestic hot water (DHW). Different alternatives with either solar thermal systems or photovoltaic (PV) systems are compared with two reference alternatives producing DHW from electricity or district heating. The economical comparison uses a life cycle cost (LCC) perspective based on the present value of expenditures for investment, energy and annual operating and maintenance.The energy yields from the solar energy systems were calculated by hand and with simulation software. Calculation and dimensioning of PV systems were carried out with a software called PVSYST.

Ingen visste riktigt vilka konsekvenserna skulle bli för aktörerna på fastighetsmarknaden i samband med finans och fastighetskrisen 2008. Kriser av detta slag sker alltför sällan för att man med säkerhet ska kunna förutspå utgången men tillräckligt ofta för att aktörerna tvingas att strategiskt skydda sig.Denna uppsats tittar närmare på hur aktörerna strategiskt använder sig av olika kända skyddsåtgärder i syfte att klara konjunkturnedgångar såväl som att få ut maximal avkastning vid konjunkturuppgångar. Berörda aktörer återfinns inom segmenteninstitutioner, börsnoterade, fonder, utländska samt opportunistiska.Den svenska fastighetsmarknaden har på kort tid upplevt stora förändringar. Utvecklingen lär även fortsätta i högt tempo framöver. Detta medför ett allt större krav på en tydlig strategi som inte bara tar hänsyn till idag, utan som även klarar av att möta morgondagen.Av empirin framgår det att aktörerna på den svenska fastighetsmarknaden har olika strategier.

The aim was to study the factors that contributed to the prescription of physical activity on prescription (PaP) by the professions in primary healthcare. A qualitative method was used in the study. The sample consisted of six participants; two doctors, two physiotherapists and two district nurses in primary healthcare in Uppsala County. The data were collected with semi-structured interviews and were analyzed with a thematic approach. The results show a great variety in which type of patient that receive PaP, however people with lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity are often more represented.

Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka och diskutera möjligheterna för miljöhistorisk undervisning baserat på den litteratur som finns. Jag har gjort en kunskapsöversikt över dels det miljöhistoriska forskningsfältet och dels det historiedidaktiska forskningsfältet ifråga om miljöhistoria. Miljöhistoria är ett brett och välutvecklat akademiskt ämne, som utvecklats sedan ca 1970-talet medan det endast existerar tre publicerade historiedidaktiska verk som anknyter till ämnet. Miljöhistoria behöver lyftas fram på ett tydligare sätt för att nå undervisningen på ett bredare plan via någon sorts lärarhandledning..

In this examination paper I have studied how teachers can help children who are in crises. For example when children end up between parents divorce or someone close to them dies. The purpose of this essay is to know more about how children react in crises and how we as teachers can help them in the best way possible. I have also looked at school?s crise plans to see how and if they work.

The aim of this study was to increase our understanding of how secondary schools handle the different forms of bullying in different arenas. The questions we were asking us was how schools work to prevent and treat against bullying based on plans of action, how the schools are responsible in the bullying issues and how the schools and welfare officers have taken account of sex linkage in bullying issues. Our study is based on the result from seven qualitative semi- structured interviews with secondary school welfare officers in Sweden.  The study results show that traditional form of bullying takes place through verbal assault, physical violence, ostracism and glances. Welfare officers coincide that there are gender differences in the approach of bullying.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the companies approach to sustainability and to examine the relationship between the report content and the sustainability efforts businesses are making in practice.Method: The study has a qualitative perspective with semi-structured interviews and content analysis as method to collect data. Three companies were interviewed; Tekniska Verken AB, Apoteket AB and Max hamburgerrestauranger AB. The content analysis was used when collecting data from the three companies? sustainability reports.Frame of reference: Legitimacy theory, Stakeholder theory, Institutional theory, the Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility.Results: The result showed that all companies are prepared to work for sustainable development and that they view sustainability as an integrated part of their work. The sustainability report is the basis for sustainability reporting, which is a way for companies to demonstrate to their stakeholders what they stand for and what they implement in practice.

Ingen visste riktigt vilka konsekvenserna skulle bli för aktörerna på fastighetsmarknaden i samband med finans och fastighetskrisen 2008. Kriser av detta slag sker alltför sällan för att man med säkerhet ska kunna förutspå utgången men tillräckligt ofta för att aktörerna tvingas att strategiskt skydda sig.Denna uppsats tittar närmare på hur aktörerna strategiskt använder sig av olika kända skyddsåtgärder i syfte att klara konjunkturnedgångar såväl som att få ut maximal avkastning vid konjunkturuppgångar. Berörda aktörer återfinns inom segmenteninstitutioner, börsnoterade, fonder, utländska samt opportunistiska.Den svenska fastighetsmarknaden har på kort tid upplevt stora förändringar. Utvecklingen lär även fortsätta i högt tempo framöver. Detta medför ett allt större krav på en tydlig strategi som inte bara tar hänsyn till idag, utan som även klarar av att möta morgondagen.Av empirin framgår det att aktörerna på den svenska fastighetsmarknaden har olika strategier.

The purpose of the study was to find out how Swedbank Insurance view of health characterizes wellness work at the company. It was a qualitative study in which five persons involved in their health and wellness work were interviewed. Their business plan was based generally on the basis of the biomedical approach, but the results proved otherwise. The four categories that were set up after the results were; Health is to feel good physically as well as psychologically, health is the absence of illness, wellness is to do things together in a healthy environment and wellness is to challenge their co-workers with different kinds of challenges..

This thesis is a product development project that was performed at Alfa Laval Tumba AB. In the past Alfa Laval have manufactured gas separators for engines where gas flows were cleaned from oil. A new business area for this kind of technology has shown to be the manufacturing industry where oil mist has to be separated from the vented air. Therefore a new and bigger design is needed to be able to handle the greater gas flows. A product like that would be a strong competitor on the market when the maintenance would be low in comparison to today?s equipment.During the project several concept suggestions were developed using customer interviews and research as input.

The information market is constantly changing. With new and improved information technology more people get access to more information faster. However, the number of people educated to handle information also increases. Business intelligence has for a long time been a well-known tool for companies to be competitive. Because of the increased access to information the competition between companies has intensified and more people have become aware of the advantages of business intelligence and how it can help them compete.

I uppsatsen jämförs Terry Pratchetts roman Sourcery (1989) med svenska översättningen Svartkonster (2002) av Peter Lindforss. Pratchett är känd för sin humor, vilket gör det intressant att undersöka om och hur humor förändras vid en översättning. Uppsatsen behandlar humor på ett generellt plan men fokuserar på översättning av (humoristiska) ordlekar..

Detta examensarbete vill beskriva de nya förutsättningar för att behandla vindkraftsetablering i tematiska tillägg till översiktsplaner, som uppstått i och med att prövningen av vindkraftsverk 2009 till stor del förts över från plan- och bygglagen till miljöbalken. Examensarbetet omfattar också ett förslag till tema-tiskt tillägg till Motala kommuns översiktsplan. Där prövas en analys av hur estetiska och landskapsrelaterade bedömningar kan göras. Fokus har lagts vid hur bedömningar kommer att hanteras när vindkraftverk som bygglovbefrias enbart genomgår en tillståndsprövning. Reflektioner och slutsatser bygger på egna tankar från utarbetandet av det tematiska tillägget och erfarenheter av efterföljande arbete inom Motala kommun med att omvandla planförslaget till en kommunal produkt Dessutom har intervjuer gjorts med representanter från kommunens stadsbyggnadsenhet, bygglovenhet och från länsstyrelsen. Utifrån redovisade förutsättningar och analys av hur vindkraftens omgivningspåverkan kan komma att bedömas har riktlinjer har utarbetats.