The purpose of this study was to examine the threats from climate change coverage in the media. The climate threats start to appear more frequently in the media and because of that it is important to examine what the media conveys to the viewers and readers since it may effect how people act when it comes to climate threats. In this study newspaper has been examined, more specifically daily press and evening press. The papers chosen was Aftonbladet and Expressen, which represented evening press, and Dagens Nyheter represented daily press.The method applied was both a quantitative and qualitative text analysis. With the quantitative method variables were formed and tested against the material.

I Jönköpings Län och då särskilt Jönköping som stad råder i dagsläget storbostadsbrist. Bostadsbolag och fastighetsägare vill få in fler bostäder på befintligafastigheter samt bygga nya bostäder för att få Jönköping att växa och bli något utavnavet i mitten av Sydsverige. Där har uppdragsgivaren till denna rapport, Vätterhem,en stor roll, som det i dagsläget största bostadsbolaget i Jönköpings Kommun.Vätterhem planerar en nyproduktion av upp till 800 lägenheter på ett stycke mark vidVätterns västra strand 1-2 km norr om Jönköping. Dessa 800 lägenheter fördelade påtvå etapper, 400 lägenheter per etapp. Denna rapport behandlar översiktligt ett förslagtill planerad bostadsbebyggelse på denna plats, då endast etapp ett (400 lägenheter).Utifrån en genomförd områdesinventering, där rådande förutsättningar, bebyggelseoch växtlighet inspekterades, har olika förslag diskuterats fram, varav två olikapresenteras i denna rapport.

I denna rapport beskrivs användning av Bluetooth i laservapen, även en fördjupning inom Bluetooth. Vi fick i uppgift att skriva en manual om hur konfigurationen av laservapnen gick till. Vi skulle ta reda på så mycket som möjligt om Bluetooth lösningen, vilka funktioner som fanns och vilka funktioner som kunde implementeras samt att ta reda på hur man implementerar ett program till vapnen..

Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to illuminate and compare how teachers and parents are describing the homework. The study will also attempt to answer these issues; How is the purpose of the homework described from teachers and parents? How are the effects of the homework described by teachers and parents? How do teachers and parents describe the responsibility for the implementation of the homework?Methods: Qualitative study, a comparison between teachers and parents description of the homework phenomenon. The material that forms the discussion are fetched from blog forums.Summary of conclusions: The Swedish school system is based on democratic values. This means that the students are supposed to gain equal opportunity for qualified education independent of their socioeconomic backgrounds.

Denna rapport är en del i mitt examensarbete för att animera vad som händer i en jästcell när den utsätts för salt. Mälardalens Högskola deltar i ett EU-finansierat forskningsarbete kallat QUASI-projektet. Det är ett projekt som pågår mellan olika högskolor i Europa. Projektet forskar i biokemiska processer på cellnivå. Animationen är tänkt att hjälpa lärare och studenter att förstå ämnet bättre..

Detta examensarbete är framtaget för att vara till hjälp åt tekniska förvaltningen och dess entreprenörer vid snöröjning i Luleå kommun. Denna rapport tar upp vikten av planeringen av snöupplag för att minska risken för negativ påverkan samt minska miljöbelastningen. Här ges också redogörelser av åtgärder som kan förbättra upplagsytornas funktion. Produkten av examensarbetet är kartor över de arbetsområden som jag tagit fram utifrån de plogområdeskartor som tekniska förvaltningen använder..

Background: Relatives are those persons who are closest to the patient, regardless of relationship and included into the patient´s life world. When a person is in a palliative stage this affects not only the patient but also the relatives, as it implies such a big change in life for all. The nurse has an important role for both the patient and the relatives. Aim: The aim is to highlight the relative´s needs of support for palliative care. Method: A literature review based on previous research. Ten articles were found, nine with a qualitative approach and one with both qualitative and quantitative approach. Results: The analysis resulted in six themes, these were the result of the study. The six themes were, ?to be seen an confirmed?, ?good communication?, ?continuous information?, ?availability and continuity?, ?to participate? and ?to share responsibility with the staff?. Conclusion: As a nurse we come in contact with relatives of patients in a palliative setting in any form.

Purpose/Aim: This essay explores the framing and representation of pensioners in Swedish press during the period of 2002-2008. The aim was to investigate what meaning news give elderly people on the manifest level, and also what meaning the media texts construct on the latent level.Material/Method: For this paper I have investigated framing of pensioners using quantitative analysis of 100 news articles, followed by a qualitative hermeneutic analysis applied on the most frequent frames discovered in the quantitative study.Main results: Four frames were identified concerning pensioners: crime victims, heroes in daily dues, economically advantaged and economically disadvantaged. The dualistic result in the economy frame was investigated in the qualitative research. The study revealed that pensioners as a group may have good economic standards, although there are individual differences. Three stereotypes were discovered in the articles: ?kind granny?, ?fragile and miserable? and ?look what I can do?..

This study shows the thoughts, hopes and wishes of two male and two female music teachers, in grades 6 ? 9 from four different cities of Sweden. The emphasis lays on usage of digital tools. As the schools now stand before lots of changes in its curriculums; the use of digital tools was the main thing that caught my interest. How has the schools interpreted what this means? What does this mean in terms of purchases for the schools? We already know that many schools are lacking proper facilities to conduct music lessons so this ads on even larger needs.

During twelve weeks of practice experience at the company Sydved AB, I received the mission to develop a structure for the company?s internal communication. A part of this mission was to find out what the company?s employees thought of Sydveds internal communication and the most important; Sydveds intranet called ?Outlook?. Due to Sydveds plans of developing the intranet I designed and accomplished an inquiry-study to find out about the employee?s opinions on the company´s internal communication and in particular their intranet.The answers I want from this study are if I shaped the inquiry-study correctly the first time.

Sedan Västerås byggde Sveriges första fjärrkylnät 1992 har fler och fler städer följt med. I Stockholm finns nu världens största fjärrkylnät som fortfarande byggs ut. Fjärrkylan sprider sig norrut och Umeå byggde fjärrkyla år 2000. I Luleå centrum började fjärrkyla levereras 2006, baserat på frikyla. I Luleå finns det potentiella kylkunder som ligger utanför centrum där kylnätet inte kommer att nå inom en överskådlig framtid.

Problem formulation: What factors influence the customer?s choice of bank? How is the customer loyalty towards the customer?s current bank?Purpose: The main purpose is to see what factors are definitive to the customer?s choice of bank and how strong the customer loyalty is towards the bank. It is also interesting to see whether customers who are satisfied with their current bank may still consider switching to something else.Method: The method is both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection, with main focus on a quantitative survey. The qualitative part consists of interviews with a smaller focus group to receive a deeper insight of the consumer?s thoughts regarding the main purpose and problem formulations.Conclusion: The main factor when choosing a bank is recommendations from family or friends.

The main objective of this research was to examine description of Islam in two different schoolbooks about religion. The rapport starts with an introduction of the subject and discusses the background of the topic. After the presentation, aims, and the questions I present my methods and material used in this research. Following the method and material is earlier research where I mention some of the previous rapports and results of researchers within the discourse. The theory used to investigate the text is postcolonial and the orientalism theory presented by Edward Said.The intention of the research was to answer if the books representation contributed to an oriental description of Islam and Muslims and to see how the text and pictures where used and structured.

The purpose of this study is to understand and get increased knowledge about what it means to see artists as brands. What are the typical assets and what kind of advantages and disadvantages are distinctive when it comes to applying a brand perspective on artists. Brands are an important part of our lives today, and the benefit of seeing a company as a brand has made that not only big companies are interested in building brands. Beyond companies even persons now want to become brands. The new perspective in seeing persons as brands is interesting and something that made us curious to investigate.

Men and women in advertising - a study of the ads in the magazines Café and Elle is an essay in media and communication studies covering 15hp. The author examines what is considered masculinity and femininity in a variety of advertisements, and which products are linked to masculinity and femininity. Besides this, the author also examines the production of happiness, and how this may differ between men and women. Although stereotypes, myths and metaphors are examined. The essay is examined on the basis of gender theory, and theories about stereotypes and myths.