AbstractBackground: An elective surgery can be something new that is frightening and unpleasant. The children and their individual needs are not always considered when surgery is prepared. Children?s needs differ and depend on their sense of coherence. Aim: The purpose of this study was to illuminate how children experience preparations before elective surgery.

AbstractHuvudsyftet med uppsatsen Àr att fÄ en större uppfattning och förstÄelse för sekundÀra intrÄng i gravar under förhistorien dÀr koncentrationen ligger pÄ skelettgravar i Skandinavien. Genom en jÀmförelse av arkeologers tolkningar av sekundÀrt manipulerade gravar har jag kartlagt sekundÀra intrÄng dÀr det visar sig att fenomenet inte varit vida förekommande under förhistorien. Skillnader frÄn mesolitikum till yngre romersk jÀrnÄlder kan spÄras i frÄga om vad som har plockats ur gravarna dÀr koncentrationer gÄr frÄn kroppsdelar till artefakter. Dock gÄr det inte att spÄra vilka exakta gravar som har varit utsatta. PÄ frÄgan varför sekundÀr manipulation har skett kan endast olika tolkningsmöjligheter appliceras sÄsom sociala, ekonomiska och symboliska konsekvenser som möjliga förklaringsbegrepp till varför fenomenet skett..

AbstractSyftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka hur lÀrarna i förskolan arbetar för att ta tillvara pÄ och synliggöra matematiktillfÀllena som ges ute. Vi vill ocksÄ undersöka hur lÀrarna i matematiktillfÀllena anvÀnder sig av naturen och de material som finns. Studiens syfte Àr Àven att undersöka om barnen ser och uppfattar nÀr lÀrarna anvÀnder sig av matematik. Vi har anvÀnt oss av kvalitativ metod och gjort intervjuer med fem lÀrare och fem barn pÄ olika förskolor i södra Sverige. VÄrt resultat av studien Àr, utifrÄn vÄr tolkning av den litteratur vi tagit upp och de intervjusvar vi analyserat, att lÀrarna Àr vÀl medvetna om hur de kan arbeta för att synliggöra matematiken bÄde inne och ute.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the correlation between the price of electric power and investments within the Swedish basic industry. Using regression analysis, the authors test for correlation between the electricity prices and the basic industry, defined as the pulp and paper industry, the mining industry, the steel and metal industry and the basic chemical industry. Moreover, five variables found in the literature on investment decisions are being used as a means of comparison. The results suggest that the electricity price affects the investment decisions within the basic chemical industry as well as the steel and metal industry. On a more abstract level, this thesis contributes to the understanding of one of the properties of the Swedish GDP..

AbstractIn this study you are going to meet the Nordic Good Thor. I will present a short historic presentation of the Nordic mythology, about the Ragnarok and also I will give a short presentation on several other Gods. I have done three film analyses on movies about Thor. The movies are Thor, The Avengers and Thor- the Dark World. I have compared these three movies about Thor with the Thor that is presented in the literature. I have seen closely on the appearance of Thor, his character and his family situations.

According to statistics, requirements management is identified as a major source of error to failed IT-projects. Moreover communication is identified as a factor affecting the require-ments management and can lead to deficiencies in the requirements. The requirements analyst is responsible for managing the requirements from the different stakeholders, act as a com-munication accommodator and to translate abstract requirements expressed by users to more specific requirements that developers can implement. The purpose of this thesis is to study the role of the requirements analyst to investigate the problems that may arise in working with requirements management.  To achieve the purpose we have performed a requirements management process in which we ourselves took the role as the requirements analysts. The requirements management process consisted of three phases: gather requirements, document requirements and validate require-ments.

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to examine the work situation and career opportunities among women police. We use a gender perspective as a guideline during the examination. Despite words of being, and work to create, gender neutral organization, women police is greatly underrepresented. The interviewed women gave a picture of an organization in which they had to work harder than their male colleagues to advance. The biggest problem seems to lie in the hierarchy dominated by male police officers and the fact that women, during pregnancy, are missing out on valuable time at work, and thus, also essential experiences for future career advancement.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay is to examine the organizational culture at a specific hotel. To do this we have chosen to use interviews with both managers and employees. We have also done some minor observations and also studied written documents. The questions are as follow:? How is the organizational culture seen by managers and employees?? In which way is the organizational culture described in documents?? What differences and similarities are visible when comparing the opinions of employees and managers and the description in documents?It is mainly Edgar H.

ABSTRACTPurpose/aim: Are there any differences between how ?old? and ?young? groups within social movements in Sweden view (value) and use alternative and mainstream media?Material/method: The answer to the research problem is sought by conducting qualitative research interviews with representatives of four different groups: Alternativ Stad, Folkkampanjen mot KÀrnkraft-KÀrnvapen, Attac Sverige and Ingen MÀnniska Àr Illegal. The theoretical framework consists of research on social movements, especially on their relation to media, and on alternative media.Main results: There exist some, but not great, differences between how ?old? and ?young? groups view and use mainstream and alternative media. The differences are relatively small when it comes to views on media and somewhat larger concerning media use.

AbstractThe purpose of this investigation is to find out how the pupils can discover and to feel joy in their creative art activity and also to believe in their own ability. The aim is to figure out if creative art activity is able to raise the pupil?s self-image. By literature, pedagogue interviews, and interviews with pupils at the age of ten years old and by action research is the way that I have searched for an answer for my question. The main result is that fantasy, creativity, courage and lust are important parts to develop in the job of raising the self-image.

AbstractIn this thesis I will discuss the relationship between the European Union and the regions of Europe. The development of the European Union has meant that many decisions are taken in Bruxelles. Many actors participate in the policyprocess ranging from national goverment to policynetworks of different kinds. An emerging actor has been the regions of Europe. Their influence on the policyprocess have grown and today almost all of them are represented in Bruxelles through Region Offices.

The aim of this masterÂŽs thesis is to investigate how Aftonbladet/Sportbladet is describing the Swedish national men team in football during the European Championship years 1992, 2004 and 2008. Reading over 200 articles gave me an excellent overview of the differences and similarities between the three chosen periods. The theoretical framework has three key terms which circulates around the paper. The terms are discourse, stereotype and national identity. Several results are presented and discussed; some are included in this abstract.

AbstractKonstenshus.nu Àr en organisation som jobbar för Uppsalas generella konstscen. Idag Äterfinns Uppsalas konstmuseum i  den södra flygeln pÄ Uppsala slott. Lokalerna anses oflexibla och fyller inte de krav som stÀlls pÄ ett modernt konstmuseum. Konstenshus.nu utforskar möjligheten om en ny byggnad skulle kunna uppföras för att husera Uppsalas konstmuseum och dess verksamhet pÄ ett bÀttre sÀtt.En tomt invid det nya resecentumet i  den centrala delen av Uppsala har pekats ut som en potentiell plats för uppförandet av ett nytt konstmuseum, som bereder möjlighet till en framtida utveckling av verksamheten.Det har kandidatarbetet Àr resultatet av hur ett konstmuseum som uppförs pÄ kattalin-tomten, invid Uppsala resecentrum skulle kunna se ut. Arbetet kretsar kring att undersöka hur ett potentiellt nytt konstmuesum skulle kunna bidra med estetiska kvalitéter den omkringliggande stadsvÀven, igenom att utifrÄn ett arkitektoniskt perspektiv gestaltas med ett eget och unikt uttryck..

AbstractThe purpose of this essay was to study the parental education for adoptive parents. ItÂŽs provided by law since 1/1-2005 that parents have to participate in this education-program before they adopt. We wanted to look at what caused the change and made the education compulsory and to find out where the initiative came from, what purpose the education is supposed to fulfil, if it can facilitate for adopted children during their growth and whether the parental education can support the idea of what is best for a certain child always has to come first, according to the UN convention on the Rights of the child and the Haag-convention.The study was based on eight qualitative interviews, four with social workers, three with representatives of adoption-organisations and one with a representative of the public authority of international adoption (MIA). The conclusions of our study are that there is a risk that the education can not fulfil its purpose to prepare parents for their task, that it looses the idea of whatÂŽs best for the child and focuses on the parent instead. It seems to be more of a try out to not violate conventions signed and thereby fulfil a symbolic purpose..