Denna studie ämnar kartlägga fysisk aktivitet på tre gymnasieskolor i Uppsalaområdet och förstå samband mellan barn och ungdomars fysiska aktivitet kopplat till socialt kapital med en sociologisk utgångspunkt. Barn och ungdomars idrottande har förändrats över tid där allt fler barn och ungdomar i nuläget är mer fysiskt inaktiva än tidigare. Vilka barn och ungdomar som blir fysiskt aktiva eller inaktiva beror till stor del på vilket eller vilka sociala fack man placeras in i genom sin bakgrund och de socioekonomiska förutsättningar man har. Föräldrars utbildning, yrkesposition och idrottsliga bakgrund är något som påverkar barn och ungdomars inställning till idrottandet.  Denna studie innefattar en enkätundersökning med 185 enkäter på Celsiusskolan, Fyrisskolan och Lundellska skolan, tre centrala skolor i Uppsalaområdet. Enkätundersökningen användes för att skapa en uppfattning om vad gymnasieungdomar gör på sin fritid, hur många som är fysiskt aktiva samt att se hur de utvalda faktorerna; föräldrars utbildning, föräldrars sociala position samt föräldrars träningsvanor påverkar och påverkat dem att vara fysiskt aktiva eller inaktiva.Trots att Celsiusskolan, som är ett idrottsgymnasium, generellt har de mest fysiskt aktiva eleverna visade det sig även på de övriga två skolorna att eleverna generellt sett är fysisk aktiva.

The purpose of this thesis has been to assess whether leaching from one particular Swedishlandfill site, Skörbytippen, is contributing to elevated levels of heavy metals in a ditch runningfrom the landfill site to the lake Mälaren in the communal region of Håbo kommun. Since theditch is stretching approximately five km downstream from the landfill site, in situ observationsand maps with known points of inflow was utilized to determine appropriate test points for thecollection of samples.Soil, water and sediment samples were collected and analyzed for content of organic material, pHand conductivity. Data on plant-available elements and total amounts of heavy metals wasacquired through ICP-analysis.The results show that the Skörby landfill is currently in the methane-forming anaerobedevelopment phase, which indicates that the concentration of free and complex-bound metals inthe leachate water should be low due to chemical binding with other landfill compounds. The pHof the sediment samples was generally one unit higher than the soil samples and some of themeasured data, such as pH and conductivity, show that an environmentally disturbing dischargeof some kind of strongly alkaline chemical(s) has been made from Benders? takpanneindustri inclose proximity to the landfill.

Energy is an important issue in the current world which significantly affects sustainability and development. Energy generation and use are major sources of CO2 emissions which is one of the most important driving factors in global climate changes. The amount of energy used in house hold section can lead to estimation of the amount of CO2 emitted within this section which subsequently would be a ground to better management and maintaining a sustainable society. This study which is a bachelor?s project in sustainable energy, deals with estimation of CO2 emission from different types of residential houses in Sweden. An extensive literature review on energy use in Sweden by different residential sectors has been conducted.

There is currently no activity or behavior meters validated for sows under Swedish conditions where the sows are loose-housed during farrowing and nursing. An activity meter could in particular be used to detect sows that are getting ready for farrowing. Assistive technology in order to register different behaviors would be extremely useful in research and breeding. In this study, a HOBO Pendant G data logger was validated for two different functions. First, the function as a pure activity meter in which the accelerometer's ability to detect an upcoming farrowing was evaluated, and second, the accelerometer's ability to distinguish between the behaviors standing up, sitting down, lying ventrally and lying laterally on the right and left sides was evaluated. The accelerometer was attached to a collar around the sow's neck, and was recording its location every two seconds for six hours a day for ten days on a total of twelve sows.

Frigoscandia Freezer AB have seen themselves as an entrepreneur company for a long time, but have lately begun to realise that they have to go against a more administrative era. With that insight they have begun to examine their enterprise in order to achieve this. The division Team Spare Parts has started a project with the intention of checking-up the inventory management, and improving it for the future. To get support for this and other point of views, they decided to let us do our exam thesis as a part of the project.The first part of the thesis deals with the appropriate inventory theory. All calculations in the other parts of the thesis have been based upon this.

The Swedish model for developing the national infrastructure is based on increasing the cooperation between municipalities, government and businesses. The method to establish the infrastructure in Sweden is the geodatastrategin. The effort to implement the geodatastrategin has resulted in an interaction model, Geodatasamverkan. The purpose of this study is to alert municipalities and to investigate the usefulness of their participation in Geodatasamverkan. The study also presents examples of different applications where geodata can be used within a municipality. The report is based on literature reviews, surveys and interviews. Online Surveys were sent to some of Sweden's municipalities to get an overall idea of ??how they make use of geodata and their general attitude towards Geodatasamverkan.

This project investigated how elevation and vegetation type influences variation in plant litter phenolic content and protein precipitation capacity among and within common plant species for two different vegetation types, heath and meadow, in a subarctic ecosystem in the Abisko region of northern Sweden. As nutrient availability generally decreases with increasing elevation as a result of decreasing temperature, I hypothesised that phenolic content would increase with elevation and be higher on the heath than the meadow. To test this, the total phenolic content and protein precipitation capacity was estimated in leaf litter from 13 species in both heath and meadow vegetation across an elevational gradient ranging from 500 to 1000 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l.) in the study region. The results showed that elevation and vegetation type both had a strong impact on both variables. Total phenolic concentrations decreased with elevation for the meadow, and were greater for the heath than the meadow.

If Swedish companies are to compete with companies in low-cost countries they have to achieve a more efficient production. The purpose of Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM) is to increase the company's profitability by increasing the productivity. TPM is a method that involves all employees and aims to prevent failures in order to increase the availability of existing equipment.The aim of this paper is to evaluate the implementation process of TPM and give recommendations for the further implementation process. The conclusion and the analysis are based on a case study done at a production department at ABB Cewe-Controls facilities in Nyköping. The case study consists mainly of qualitative data from participation observations, surveys and interviews.Commitment of the management is a key factor in the implementation process of TPM.

A Monte Carlo simulation of the ELECTRA reactor using (U,Zr)N fuel and a liquid lithium coolant is performed using the Serpent simulation code. The results show a reactor with a total reactivity coefficient of the coolant, fuel and material expansion that is strongly negative. These properties make the ELECTRA reactor a good candidate for a safe space reactor that could be used for propulsion of manned and unmanned space vehicles to Mars and other parts of our solar system..

Föreliggande kandidatuppsats är en kvalitativ studie som syftar till att studera vilken betydelse sociala nätverk har på arbetsmarknaden utifrån sex rekryterares perspektiv. Vi har genomfört sex intervjuer med personer som arbetar med att anställa personal på sex olika företag. Tre frågor som undersöks närmare i denna uppsats är i vilken mån rekryterarna använder sitt sociala nätverk i sitt arbete, använder de främst nära relationer eller bekanta i anställningsprocesser, samt vilken betydelse och vilka konsekvenser anser de att användningen av sociala nätverk vid rekrytering har på arbetsmarknaden. Vi utgår från Lins teori om socialt kapital och hur det kan leda till social skiktning samt Granovetters teori om starka och svaga länkar. Det framkommer i våra intervjuer att rekryterarna på de olika företagen använder sina sociala nätverk vid tillsättning av tjänster i olika stor utsträckning.

This is a study on how a group of ten pupils choose their upper secondary schools (gymnasium). All pupils are ninth graders in a middle school in Husby which is a suburb of Stockholm. Like the big majority of Husby citizens, they all have immigrant backgrounds and their time in Sweden varies; some are born here while others are born abroad and migrated later with their parents. My aim was to understand their upper secondary school choices through own and their parents? "cultural capital".

Bootstrapping kan användas som komplement eller substitut till externfinansiering som metoder för resursanskaffning till lägsta möjliga kostnad.Samtliga respondenter föredrog internt genererade medel framför banklån.Ökning av eget kapital med hjälp av externa finansiärer visade sig vara detminst önskvärda alternativet för kapitalanskaffning.Studien visade attägartillförda medel och nyttjande av släkt och vänner var de vanligastförekommande metoderna för bootstrapping i de tillfrågade företagen.Av de tillfrågade företagen var de som ansåg sig existera på en riskfylldmarknad mer benägna att använda sig av bootstrappingmetoder..

This final thesis is performed on commission of Torsby forestry administration, Stora Enso Skog. Stora Enso Skog is one of the major forestry companies of Sweden. The main business area is located in and around the region of Bergslagen. During the last decade the practice of forest management has rapidly changed due to a new forest legislation. The new law has resulted in that the production goal is equal to the environmental goal within forestry.

AbstractObjectivePatients with Parkinson?s disease often have symptoms of dysphagia. These swallowingproblems have consequences for quality of life as well for the physical wellbeing of thepatients. AimThe aim of this study was to describe and correlate Swallowing Quality of Life (SWAL-QOL)scores, self-assessment of swallowing function using a visual analogue scale and the resultsfrom a fiber endoscopic evaluation of swallowing function in patients who had been selectedfor Deep Brain Stimulation in caudal zona incerta. A secondary aim was to correlate diseaseduration with results from SWAL-QOL and the fiber endoscopic evaluation of swallowingfunction.MethodTen male Parkinson?s patients (age 45-69 yrs, median 61.5 yrs) who were selected for DeepBrain Stimulation completing the Swallowing Quality of life form, as well as rating theirswallowing function using a visual analogue scale and undergoing a fiber endoscopicevaluation of their swallowing function.    ResultsThe median total SWAL-QOL score was 94% while the mean was 91%.

AbstraktDenna uppsats bygger på en kvalitativ undersökning och fokus ligger på åtta akademiker med invandrarbakgrund som jobbar inom yrkestrafiken vilka vi intervjuade. Med hjälp av dessa åtta intervjuer vill vi få fram hur dessa personer upplever sin situation på arbetsmarknaden och vad de själva tror ligger bakom deras svårigheter att etablera sig på arbetsmarknaden utifrån deras respektive utbildningsnivå. För att kunna analysera våra insamlade data har vi valt att använda oss av teorier skrivna av Pierre Bourdieu och Erving Goffman. Genom vår uppsats har vi kommit fram till att dessa åtta informanter trots sina ansträngningar har misslyckats med att få ett kvalificerat arbete. Det finns ett antal olika orsaker, våra informanter beskrev att de tror att det existerar en rädsla hos arbetsgivare för att anställa en akademiker med invandrarbakgrund och att det dels förekommer diskriminering på arbetsmarknaden.