This thesis aimed to, with the help of a case study, investigate and discuss state responsibility towards climate refugees. The state of Tuvalu was selected because of their vulnerability as a low-lying island state. This was fulfilled by on-site study how the state Tuvalu acted to climate threats, determine if the future migrants from Tuvalu can be counted as climate refugees and find out if they are by that definition included by the UN Refugee Convention. The result indicated that the state of Tuvalu is adapting to climate threats, that in the future the population can be seen as climate refugees, if they are forced from their homes due to climate change, and that they, despite that definition, can not be included by the UN Refugee Convention. The study also indicates a need for greater international protection of climate refugees by, for example, an expansion of the UN Refugee Convention so that these vulnerable people do not fall into oblivion due to a question of definition..

The use of vision applications are growing and the demand for integration and connectivity with other industrial automation control devices is increasing. Some businesses that are using vision technology follow US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) regulation concerning audit trail. This thesis investigates the possibility to use vision technology for counting objects, achieving connectivity and to follow FDAs audit trail regulation. A market survey has been used to select suitable hardware and software to be used in the design of an application that is able to count objects and that uses standard industrial network connection i.e. OPC data access and Microsoft?s .NET components over Ethernet.

This essay analyses the use of history in the video game Assassin's Creed 2. How have the developers used history in their game? The paper also analyses how the game can stimulate, arouse and mobilize the historical consciousness of the player. The essay presents a theoretical analysis of the uses of history and historical consciousness. This analysis is then linked with the results.

Målet med detta examensarbete var att skapa ett program som ska detektera kanterna på brädor med en smart senor för att optimera fräslinjerna, vilket senare kommer att leda till minskat virkesspill. Men för att detta ska gå att göra krävs det att den smarta sensorn genomgår en kalibrering för att bl.a. omvandla mätpunkter till mm. I samband med kalibreringen behöver en utgångsposition bestämmas för att kunna säkerhetsställa att fräslinjerna hamnar rätt. Programmet ska även ha ett grafiskt användargränssnitt för att underlätta ändringar av inställningar och för att kunna beskåda brädan i en topografisk bild baserad på höjddata från den smarta sensorn.

BAE Systems Bofors AB är ett svenskt försvarsmaterielföretag som ligger i Karlskoga. Bofors ägs av BAE Systems AB. BAE Systems AB ägs i sin tur av BAE Systems som är ett multinationellt försvarsmaterielföretag. Tidigare tillverkade Bofors försvarsmateriel, så som vapensystem, kanoner och ammunition, för den svenska och internationella marknaden. Nu ligger fokus på att utveckla försvarsmateriel.

Logistics and supply chain management in the construction sector is an area with great potential for improvements. Today, a lot of the workers time is spent on non-value adding activities. Research has shown that waste is a large proportion of the total production cost in building projects today.The purpose of this report is to analyze problems concerning logistics in the construction sector. Two of Skanska?s construction projects in Uppsala have been analyzed to identify problems.

In the Darfur region, located in the West of Sudan, there is a conflict between rebel groups and the government-supported Janjaweed militia. The fighting?s, which started in 2003, has caused the loss of at least 200 000 human life and more than 2 million people have fled their homes. The conflict has been described as a? prolonged Rwanda?.

Under de senare åren har media visat på en stor konflikt mellan elektronikjättarna Apple och Samsung gällande olika immateriella rättigheter avseende så kallade smartphones och läsplattor. Ett av dessa immatrialrättsliga områden är designskydd. Frågan om hur och i vilken omfattning dessa produkter skyddas är därför aktuellt och det uppsatsen behandlar.Design skyddas i Sverige normalt genom Mönsterskyddslagen, men även Upphovsrättslagen kan tänkas skydda ett bruksföremåls utseende, som till exempel mobiltelefoner och läsplattor. Vid sidan av den svenska lagstiftningen finns även ett EU-rättsligt skydd från Mönsterskyddsförordningen.Upphovsrättslagen kan eventuellt tänkas ge skydd åt mobiltelefoners och läsplattors utseende, men rättsläget är osäkert. Det är något som författaren kritiserar då detta inkräktar på området för det normala skyddet för designskydd.

The purpose of this study was to find out how caregivers experienced their psychosocial work environment at three municipal homes for old people. The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) was used in order to study different dimensions of the work environment, and questions about health, sickness presence and sick leave were included. The questionnaire was answered by 86 out of 112 participating caregivers (77%). The results showed that the caregivers experienced high demands at work. The degree of feedback and influence at work was low, but they reported that their work was highly meaningful and that they usually received social support at work.

Background: In Sweden the healthcare has moved from the homes to the hospitals, as the system has developed. Parents were not allowed to visit their children when they were hospitalised in the past. It was noticed in the beginning of the 20th century that it might be harmful for the children to be left without parents at the hospital. Today it is considered a fact that the parents should stay with their hospitalised children and the healthcare is based on a family-centered care. Aim: The aim of this literature study was to elucidate parents experience when having hospitalised children.

With help from Hälsoteknikcentrum the need for storage of medical items in the home care section has come to our attention by an investigation that Hälsoteknikcentrum did. Facilea and the nursing stuff at Eketånga home care have developed a product specified to improve the work situation for both the nursing staffs and the patients.The trolley is equipped with a special module to make the trolley more adjustable for the recipients and the nursing staffs needs and desires. The product also collect all the care items in one place. Which gives the care patient and its relatives a possibility to gather all the medical items in one place and don?t have to put these in bookshelves etcetera.After surveys, interviews and home visits a prototype was built.

Portable IT devices such as laptops, smart phones and computer tablets are becoming ever more ubiquitous. At the same time, the population of the Western world is growing older, with aging bringing about changes with regards to individuals' physical and mental capabilities. These facts raises important questions about how well suited these devices are for use by elderly people. This study focuses on the cognitive aspects of the devices' usability, using the concept of mental models to analyze the users' understanding of a computer tablet. It also draws upon theory of graphical user interfaces in its analyses.

Idag, när industriernas storhetstid är över i Sverige, har nya områden för utveckling öppnats upp. Det handlar om ytor som förr tillhörde industrin men idag blivit något som kallas ruderatmark. För att spara på värdefull naturmark utanför städernas gränser väljer många städer att idag förtäta på dessa marker. Ruderatmark benämns även som skräpmark som trots namnet är en yta som ofta innehåller unika habitat för flora och fauna och är en speciell stadsbiotop som bidrar till en rik biodiversitet i städerna. Samtidigt är den i många fall förorenad med gifter och ses som ett hot mot människorna i staden. Ruderatmarkerna är dessutom i allra högsta grad en kulturell betingelse.

Tylö AB is the leading manufactor of sauna cabins in Europe, but there is a lack of a sauna lightning produced by Tylö. The project of developing a new sauna lightning series was assigned two students at the developmentengineering program at Halmstad University. The main problem with lightning in the sauna is the heat and security aspect. The selection fell on LED technology as the lightning source, thanks to its small measures and low heat emission. The work of constructing of a lightning armature which the capability of cooling down the LED lightning was carried out during autumn ?06 and spring ?07.

Tylö AB is the leading manufactor of sauna cabins in Europe, but there is a lackof a sauna lightning produced by Tylö. The project of developing a new saunalightning series was assigned two students at the developmentengineeringprogram at Halmstad University. The main problem with lightning in the saunais the heat and security aspect. The selection fell on LED technology as thelightning source, thanks to its small measures and low heat emission.The work of constructing of a lightning armature which the capability of coolingdown the LED lightning was carried out during autumn ?06 and spring ?07.