: Modeindustrins negativa påverkan på en hållbar utveckling har ökat aktualiteten för hållbarhetsfrågor inom branschen. Flera fast fashion-företag har därför börjat införa hållbara åtgärder efter starkare tryck från intressenter. Trots ökad medvetenheten hos konsumenter för hållbara problem påvisar forskarstudier ett gap mellan attityd och beteende inom hållbar klädkonsumtion. Syftet med studien är därför att bidra med kunskap som ökar förståelsen för hållbart konsumentbeteende inom fast fashion på den svenska marknaden. Studien utgår från att undersöka vilka de bakomliggande motiven är till att attityd och beteende skiljer sig åt, och varför motiven ger uppkomst till ett attityd-beteende gap.

Under tio veckor har jag arbetat med skapandet av kollektionen Blandband. Utgångspunkten var ränder och lura ögat. Jag ville undersöka vad som utgör en rand och hur en tredimensionell rand ser ut. Redan i början av arbetet satte jag en färgskala bestående av dels kulörta, starka färger och dels två nyanser av grått samt svart och vitt. Jag angrep arbetet med hjälp av en designmetod bestående av fem faser: Målsättning och research, Idéutveckling, Konceptutveckling, Realisering, Presentation och kommunikation.

This paper presents the result of a master thesis project at 30 Hp, master of industrial engineering at Luleå University of Technology. The project was performed during 20 weeks, spring 2014, in collaboration with ABB Control Products in Västerås. The aim of the project was to evaluate two half-automated assembly lines for a new generation of contactors, the NAFC assembly lines (New AF Conductor). The aim and purpose of the project was achieved by answering the following questions:? How are the ergonomic working conditions at the NAFC assembly lines during spring 2014?? Which areas at NAFC assembly lines can be improved for the work environment?? How can the ergonomic work conditions improve at the NAFC assembly lines?Literature reviews were performed from earlier research papers and articles of the ergonomic, musculoskeletal and work environment subject, from where a number of chosen methods and tools were used to perform the ergonomic evaluation.

The intensity of cleaning declined dramatically in the early 1990?s in the Swedish forests. Recession, an economic depressed forestry and the new law of silviculture from 1993, where the duty of cleaning was removed have been considered as sources to the decline. This has led to a situation where huge areas of forests are untouched, which can lead to negative effects for those stands in the future. The purpose of this thesis was to find out how the individual landowner acts and feel when it concerns cleaning activities. Has the landowner noticed Södra?s campaigns about cleaning and what sort of measure should Södra implement to increase the members? cleaning activity? The thesis is based on a opinion poll made through a random draw among all Södra?s members.

In the EU the amount of waste increased by 14 percent during the years 2000 to 2010. EU?s target to reduce waste generation runs parallel with the aim of increasing the efficiency and profitability aligned with energy recovery. In Sweden the energy recovery through incineration is increasing steadily, and 46 percent of the municipal solid waste (MSW) is treated by combustion. This report aims to examine the profitability of processing MSW into Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) from an economic-, energy- and environmental perspective.

Olika erfarenheter, uppväxtmiljöer och synsätt kan göra att bara tanken på att ge sig ut i naturen kan tyckas onödig, skrämmande och farlig. En allt större del av befolkningen växer upp i tätorter utan någon naturlig kontakt med naturen. En växande del av Sveriges befolkning har invandrarbakgrund och av dessa har många inte någon eller begränsad relation till den svenska naturen. Avsaknad av naturupplevelse i barndomen kan medverka till att nästa vuxna generation kommer att sakna intresse av att vårda naturen och hushålla med naturresurserna.Mitt arbete handlar om hur man kan utforma informativa illustrationer till nyanlända invandrare som inspirerar dem till att nyttja Eskilstunas tätortsnära natur. Jag har undersökt hur man med hjälp av bilden underlättar kommunikationen till människor från andra kulturer som inte förstår det svenska språket.Jag har till stor del undersökt hur bildtolkning kan skifta beroende på sändarens erfarenheter och referenser till olika visuella representationsformer.

After the appointment of a new European Commission in 2004, ?communication? was made a top priority on the agenda. The Commission presented a new communication policy, which would establish a dialogue with the citizens, thereby bringing more democracy to the union and bridging the gap to the citizens. Three documents containing the policy were published, namely an internal action plan for the Commission, Plan D which establishes the framework for national debates and a whitepaper on EU communication policy. These documents were met by mistrust and criticism from many different actors such as journalists and experts.The aim of this master thesis is to examine this new communication policy from a deliberative democratic perspective.

Syfte: Undersökningens syfte är att undersöka hur chefer födda på 1970-talet upplever sitt chefskap. Metod: Denna studie är baserad på en kvalitativ metod. Då det empiriska materialet har samlats in parallellt med att teori har sökts, kan vår ansats liknas vid den abduktiva. Resultat: Utmaningen, ansvaret och förmånen att kunna påverka organisationen och få sina medarbetare att växa sågs som de övervägande incitamenten till att bli chef av 70-talisterna. Möjligheten att påverka framhävs som den aspekt av chefskapet som bör marknadsföras för att locka fler 70-talister till att bli chefer.

Animal welfare is of increasing concern in present society. In commercial pig farming, animal welfare problems are common. One of the causes for these problems is the barren environment in which pigs are housed, which can cause oral manipulation of pen mates. Providing straw might be one solution to this problem. Another solution could be reached through genetic selection.

AbstractThis master thesis was performed at Scania transmission department in Södertälje, where the manufacturing of gears is done. Today a large amount of manual handling is performed between the machining and the hardening process. Most of the manual handling is done at the heat treatment department. The purpose of this master thesis is to give a suggestion on how to reduce or eliminate the manual handling at the heat treatment department. The possibility to use the same packaging throughout the processes will also be investigated.

This thesis work has been performed at the Division of Assembly Technology at Linköping University for a period of ten weeks. The work is part of the project ProFlexA, which is a research project in collaboration between Linköping University, Lund University, and industrial partners such as Combi Wear Parts and Smålands Stålgjuteri AB.The casting process creates random incurred burrs and defects, which must be removed during a cleaning process to make sure that the cast can be sold. Automation has long been sought for the cleaning of castings due to, among other things, poor working conditions for staff, but this has proved difficult to implement with today's technology. Automation has for some time been available for more capital strong companies with large annual volumes, but for smaller companies with small-and medium-sized volumes, automation has not been an option.The goal of ProFlexA is to develop an automated cleaning cell aimed at small-and medium-sized volumes.The goal of the thesis is to do a pre study at ProFlexA?s partners on cleaning of castings, and develop concepts for automated cleaning of castings.By recording the process and cycle times, the cleaning of castings has been documented as it works today, and on this basis, information and statistics has been compiled.

AbstractThis master thesis was performed at Scania transmission department in Södertälje, where the manufacturing of gears is done. Today a large amount of manual handling is performed between the machining and the hardening process. Most of the manual handling is done at the heat treatment department. The purpose of this master thesis is to give a suggestion on how to reduce or eliminate the manual handling at the heat treatment department. The possibility to use the same packaging throughout the processes will also be investigated.

In the beginning of this century United Nations expressed their concern about the lack of female participation in politics through a number of resolutions and conventions. To ensure sustainable development and democracy, United Nations argued the importance of women?s participation in every level of politics within a state.Burma is a country that is in the middle of an ongoing democratization process and women are not considered to participate in this process. The purpose of this thesis is therefore to analyze the experience of politically involved Burmese women in their political participation progress.This study has been realized through semi-structured interviews with nine Burmese women, in both Thailand and Burma. The questions that have been asked are about what societal and cultural barriers women meet when they are, or want to be, political involved, both from the society and within their own political organizations.

Salmonella kan infektera de flesta av våra husdjur och produktionsdjur och är en av de vanligaste livsmedelsburna infektionerna hos människa. Salmonella smittar fekalt-oralt men vissa serotyper som Salmonella Enteritidis kan även överföras från hönan till nästa generation genom äggen. I denna litteraturstudie sammanfattas hur Salmonella, särskilt Salmonella Enteritidis, kan få en omfattande och snabb spridning inom hela fjäderfäproduktionen på grund av att bakterien inte bara sprids med avföringen utan även med äggen från infekterade djur. Smittspridningen kan bli särskilt snabb och omfattande om djuren i avelspyramidens topp infekteras. Därigenom kan smitta hos exempelvis några tusen avelsdjur spridas till miljontals kycklingar och ägg i konsumtionsledet med en massiv exponering för konsumenten, människan. Studien innehåller även hur man ska gå till väga för att minimera risken för smittspridningen. Spridningen av Salmonella Enteritidis ökade kraftigt under åren 1979-1987 och utvecklade sig till en global pandemi av Salmonellainfektion hos människor.

Metso Paper offers a front-running range of solutions and services for the pulp and paper industry. At the baling unit, design solutions are developed for manufacturing and handling of pulp bales. The machines are continuously developed to satisfy customer needs. One big step in the development of the baling line was to remove hydraulics from the machines and replace it with electrical motors and pneumatics. This was not done on the folding machine which is still driven by mainly hydraulics.