Sömnstörningar hos ungdomar anses vara ett växande problem. Det finns misstankar om att ungdomarnas ökade användning av Informations- och Kommunikationsteknik (IKT) är boven i dramat. Ungdomar upplevs spendera en allt större del av sin tid framför datorn, samtidigt som mobilen går varm av samtal och SMS. Det saknas dock utförlig forskning kring sambanden mellan IKT-användande och sömn. Syfte: Att undersöka huruvida ungdomar lider av sömnstörningar och om det i så fall kan kopplas till deras IKT-användande.

In 2007 Swedish Meats, the dominant Swedish meat-producers cooperative sold its slaughtering and processing industry. The goal of a producer cooperative structure is to create value for members through vertical integration, and to strengthen members? market position. When Swedish Meats sold the slaughtering and processing components, it ceased in some respects to serve the function of a cooperative. This is a lost opportunity for both members and non-members, because Swedish Meats as a functioning cooperative could have exploited its dominant market position to positively effect producer?s prices.

?Unga tjejer med invandrarbakgrund i mellanöstern och deras upplevelser i det svenska samhället? är en kvalitativ studie om hur invandrartjejer, med bakgrund i Mellanöstern, ser på sig själva i det svenska samhället, med ett särskilt fokus på deras sociala relationer, deras position i familjen och erfarenheter av hur de blir kategoriserade/stämplade som ?invandrartjejer?. Genom olika frågor kring: förhandlingar inom familjen, tjejernas sociala umgänge & kärleksrelationer, tjejernas position i det svenska samhället i förhållande till socialisation, självidentitet& identitetsskapandet, grupptillhörighet& etnisktillhörighet, etnicitet& etniskidentitet har vi ur ett sociologiskt perspektiv genomfört dessa i vår studie.  Anledningen till att vi just valt att studera detta område är att vi anser att det kan finnas en annan bild av dessa tjejer med invandrarbakgrund vilket media inte belyser. Samhället ser på att tjejer med invandrarbakgrund är förtryckta, strängt hållna och kontrollerade, men vi vill påvisa att det finns en annan bild av dessa tjejer. För att komma fram till resultatet så har vi använt oss av en kvalitativ metod med hermeneutisk ansats tematiskt strukturerade intervjuer.

The division of Electricity at Uppsala University is developing a wave energy converter(WEC) consisting of a linear generator connected to a bouy at the water surfacethrough a wire cable called the connection line.During extreme conditions, the wave power plant will experience forces up to 500kN, which lead to unnecessary wear and will ultimately cause the failure of theconverter. To prevent this there is a need for a damper.The wave energy converter works at a maximum efficiency when the translator?sare centered with respect to the stator. Due to tidal movements the position of thetranslator can deviate. There for a mechanical divice that will compensate for this isneeded.This report describes the further development of an earlier project where a tidalwave compensator for a wave energy converter of Seabased AB was developed.

På grund av brister i byggbranschen har avtalsformen partnering introducerats i Sverige. Beroende pa? hur mycket erfarenhet inom a?mnet och position de olika aktö?rerna har, upplevs partnering olika.Ett särskilt projekt har följts upp. Målet var att underso?ka om besta?llaren gjorde ra?tt val i att bortprioritera ett incitamentsavtal. .

This masters thesis aims at a discussion about whether the public library will be an educating and cultivating society institution in the future. The method used is a combination of interviews with library staff in leading position and studies of the public librarys relationship to cultivation and adult education in a changeable society. The work concentrates on two main questions. One is about what, and in which way, changes, that are important for the public library and that take place in society now or within the next ten years, affect the future activities of the library. The other is about the public librarys relationship to cultivation in general and in the future.

SYFTE: Syftet med denna uppsats är att med Decuma som utgångspunkt kartlägga de möjligheter och svårigheter, som är specifika för ett born globalföretags förmåga att skapa en konkurrenskraftig position. METOD: Uppsatsen bygger på en fallstudie av Decuma för att få djupare insikt i problematiken kring born globals och hur de kan uppnå konkurrensfördelar genom strategiska relationer. Vi presenterar en bred fallstudie som sedan analyseras med utgångspunkt från vår teoretiska referensram som berör internationaliseringsprocessen för små hig-tech företag med behov av samarbeten och relationer. SLUTSATSER: För att ett born globalföretag ska kunna skapa möjligheter på en global marknad är det viktigt att de har förmåga att bibehålla sin flexibilitet trots att de får större krav från marknaden i takt med att de växer. Det är även viktigt att företaget kan erbjuda en specialiserad och kundanpassad produkt.

This thesis examines the way that subversivity is produced in relation to the name of the author, as understood by Foucault, and what potential for ressistance that can be glimpsed there. This from the reading of three text that in different ways relate to that theme.Firstly, throught the reading of "Isis mamma a?r genusvetare, skribent och konstna?r, min mamma a?r f.d. sta?derska, kokerska och dagisfro?ken, numera fo?rtidspensiona?r med diagnosen fibromyalgi" by Lidija Praizovic?, a text that actively work with the internal production of different exteriorities.

The Animal Protection Agency was in 2006, commissioned by the Government to: Evaluate how free range animals in the winter, can be kept and managed with special emphasis to animal welfare. The Animal Protection Agency was closed later in 2006 and the commission moved to the Swedish Board of Agriculture. The keeping of free range out wintered cattle, certain basic requirement are needed: by regulation, cattle should have access to a lying hall or other building that gives protection against aversive weather and wind and should offer a dry and clean lying area. There is a possibility for farmers that get an exemption from this regulation. But cases regarding farms which have had difficulties for this exemption has led to a discussion about if the animals can get the same protection in the nature which is comparable to a lying- hall.

Denna studie handlar om psykosocial arbetsmiljö utifrån variablerna krav, kontroll och socialt stöd. Huvudsyftet har varit att undersöka hur vårdare som arbetar på privat drivna gruppbostäder upplever den psykosociala arbetsmiljön samt vilket slags psykosocial arbetsform som dominerar på gruppbostäderna. Karasek och Theorells (1990) krav- och kontroll modell och Johnsons (1986) teori om socialt stöd utgör de teoretiska grunderna för uppsatsens huvudsakliga syfte. Ytterligare syfte har varit att undersöka inlåsningsproblematiken, hur omfattande den är och vad som orsakar den. Att befinna sig i en inlåst position kan orsaka att arbetstagare upplever en bristande psykosocial arbetsmiljö (Astvik m.fl.

This master thesis deals with the Nobel Prize and highbrow culture as portrayed in Karin Alvtegen?s Skugga. From a sociology of literature perspective, it aims to analyze how these highbrow themes can be understood in relation to Alvtegen?s position in the literary field as a lowbrow crime novelist. The method used is hermeneutic, and the analysis is based on two theoretical models: Pierre Bourdieu?s cultural sociology, and the postmodern tradition where the distinction high/low and its traditional hierarchy is said to be decomposed.

ABSTRACTStatistics show that breastfeeding prevalence for Sweden has fallen since the mid 90´s. Studies show that breastfeeding offers health benefits to both mother and child and that the mothers' belief and confidence in their ability to breastfeed is a key factor to having a positive breastfeeding outcome. In 2010, Amningshjälpen in collaboration with Sensus studieförbund, started a nursing course, for mothers-to-be, who wished to breastfeed their babies and its aim was to prepare them for a successful and enjoyable experience.Objective: To examine whether a preparatory breastfeeding course can affect mothers' confidence in their ability to breastfeed and if that ability can affect the breastfeeding outcome when the child reaches four months. A further aim is to investigate the experience of  perceived problems surrounding breastfeeding and what affect these might have on the mothers' confidence in breastfeeding when the child reaches four months.Design/Methods: A quantitative approach with prospective experimental design was used to evaluate the study. The questionnaire Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form (BSES-SF) was used three times to measure women's trust in lactation.

The purpose of this paper is to explore the female experience as it is spoken of in the novel Sindhia written by Rut Hillarp (1954) and how the main character in the book violates the experience from a queer perspective. My aim is to through a close reading highlight a number of discourses that underpin the book's imminent theme of love and submission.According to Norman Faircloughs critical-discourse analysis, the text one reads produces a certain amount of discourses that one consumes. This way there is a dialectical interaction that can be set into a practical analysis together with a suitable academic perspective. This is the method I use in this thesis.The academic perspective I add isJudith Butler's queer theoriessupported by Michel Foucaults social genealogyin order to understand/analyze the woman?s position in relation to a social empirical history.I came to the conclusion that Sindhia produces the woman's discourse from an ancient biblical/ mythological time up to modern time.

Background: First Line Managers are expected to create a health promoting work environment. Research has shown that the prerequisites for accomplishing a health promoting leadership are not always the best. Aim: The aim was to elucidate the prerequisites for a health promoting leadership as First Line Manager at a University hospital in Sweden based on competence, role, support structures and own durability. Results: First Line Managers at the chosen hospital seems to have rather good conditions for conducting a health promoting leadership. All respondents did have a university degree and most thought that their competence corresponded well with the role.

AimThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physical strain and recovery in dancers at The Ballet Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. Research questions used to guide the study were: How great is the dancers experience of physical strain? Do any of the dancers show mental or physical signs of overtraining syndrome?MethodPhysical strain was studied by letting the dancers fill out a booklet catloging their intensity during practice. Utilizing a questionnaire, data was gathered regarding preceding year. To give more nuance to the data gathered, The Profile of Mood States was used to detect possible mood disturbance.