The aim of this master thesis is to study the reliefs of a Romanesque tombstone from 1130 AD, with the intention to form a plausible understanding of their meaning. During the course of the investigation, my main focus will be on collecting materials of an iconographical and historiographical nature, as they appear in previous studies. I will also use performative analysis when examining the tombstone. Consequently this thesis can be seen as a survey of history and place; early Christian iconology as well as the experience of the viewer. As a result, the 900-year-old tombstone will not only be seen as a memorial in this text, but also as a performance of one man?s faith and as representing the core message of the early Christian church.The tombstone is a rarity in Swedish art history and well worth a closer examination.

I detta examensarbete har en undersökning om hur gymnasielärare resonerar kring begreppenbedömning, betygssättning och likvärdighet genomförts. Avsikten med undersökningen var att ökaförståelsen för hur lärare ser på sin egen bedömning och betygssättning samt vilka underlag deanvänder sig av vid betygssättning. Slutligen var avsikten att undersöka hur lärarna tolkar begreppetlikvärdighet och hur de arbetar för att uppnå likvärdighet i sin bedömning. De centrala frågorna fördenna studie var vilken roll lärare uppfattar att bedömningen har inom det egna ämnet, vilkaunderlag lärare använder sig av vid betygssättning, hur lärare tolkar begreppet likvärdighet ochvilka metoder lärare använder sig av för att uppnå likvärdighet vid bedömning. Studien bestod avkvalitativa intervjuer med fem gymnasielärare verksamma inom mediaområdet.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurological disease which causes a slow degeneration of the body. Living with this disease means being exposed to severe strain and every day could bring new losses. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis does not cause any harm to the intellect, the mind remains unaffected. The aim of this study was to achieve an understanding, and to shed light on the nature of positive life experiences of people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This literature study is based on detailed examination of three person's narrations taken from their autobiography and biographies.

This essay is a study of  textbooks in religious education for middle school. Textbooks are for many, the first contact with religion and they contain a shorter description of different religions. The study is supported by theories of 'Islamofobi' by Mattias Gardell as well as oriental studies by Edward W. Said. The purpose of the study is to examine how textbooks describe islam and muslims' situation in Sweden.

This essay examines the international communitys intervention in Bosnia. The purpuse i to give the reader a deaper understanding of the problems appeared in re-building the bosnianstate. Office of the higher representive (OHR), was to become the koordinator of therecontruction of the institutions and governance. The theory used fore the examination isstate-building, whith an alingnment of state-building trough the international community.The second part of the essay examine the ideas of the High representive (HR) trough threedifferent dimensions. The idea-analysies search to present the core of ideas of OHR, nationalparties and the reconstuction of media.

Syftet med undersökningen är att förstå hur provet som examination ute i ?skolverkligheten? påverkar eleverna och undervisningen. Fokus är framförallt på historieämnet i grundskolan (högstadiet). Inriktningen är på provets påverkan på elevernas upplevelse av stress, självkänsla, motivation, kunskapssyn samt historiesyn. Metoden är kombinerat kvalitativ (gruppintervju och elevdagböcker) och kvantitativ (enkät och analys av elevkonstruerade prov).

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurological disease which causes a slow degeneration of the body. Living with this disease means being exposed to severe strain and every day could bring new losses. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis does not cause any harm to the intellect, the mind remains unaffected. The aim of this study was to achieve an understanding, and to shed light on the nature of positive life experiences of people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This literature study is based on detailed examination of three person's narrations taken from their autobiography and biographies.

Sahlgrenska Academyat University of GothenburgDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical NutritionAbstractTitle: Oral intake of green tea and its effect on the appearance of UV-induced erythema, erythema solare ? A systematic literature reviewAuthors: Ernita Antoni Mulliqi and Pernilla GustafssonSupervisor: Sofia KlingbergExaminer: Ingrid LarssonProgramme: Dietetics programme, 180/240 ECTSType of paper: Examination paper, 15 hpDate: April 10, 2013Background: UV irradiation of the skin can cause erythema, clinically called erythema solare. The condition can exert pain as well as discomfort and may in the long term lead to negative effects including skin cancer. Green tea contains catechins which are substances with anti-inflammatory effect that may have positive effects on the skin. The intake of green tea is believed to have a protective effect against UV irradiation, since green tea extracts in lotions in previous studies have shown to increase the skin tolerance level against UV irradiation.Objective: To examine the scientific basis and determine whether an oral intake of green tea has a protective effect against UV-induced erythema.Search strategy: Searches in the scientific databases PubMed and Scopus were made to find suitable articles.

The purpose of this report is to investigate teachers views of whether pupils with Asperger Syndrome, autistic symptoms or ADHD shall go in ordinary classes or special groups. The study tells you about what difficulties these pupils often have, what adjustments they need in their schoolsituation and the positive and negative effects of joining a special group.A teacher for special needs, two teachers in special groups and two teachers in ordinary classes have been intervjued and earlier made researches have been studied.The conclusions of this study are that the decision of whether a pupil shall go in a normal class or a special group must be made individually. Most pupils who are capable to profit from the training in a normal class and pass their examination, shall go in a normal class. The greater part of the recommended adjustments are possible to do in a normal class. But it requires more resourses and teachers with better knowledges about theese handicaps..

Alla elever i den svenska skolan ska varje termin ha ett utvecklingssamtal där lärare, elev och föräldrar diskuterar elevens utveckling. Den individuella utvecklingsplanen (IUP) ska stödja elevens fortsatta lärande och fr.o.m. juli 2008 infördes krav på skriftliga omdömen i elevens IUP. Bedömningen ska enligt skolverket ha en formativ funktion d.v.s. att beskriva elevens nuvarande kunskaper i förhållande till de kursmål man arbetat mot och förslag på hur elevens fortsatta lärande ska ske.

Det här examensarbetet handlar om problematiken iarbetet med omdömen och framför allt i arbetet med den summativa och den formativa bedömningens -även kallade bedömning av lärande respektive bedömning för lärande? implementering under lärandeprocessen. Det handlar också om att de krav som sfi-lärarna och sfi-eleverna har på sig att uppfylla kunskapsmålen kan betraktas som grunden till problematiseringen. Syftet har varit att försöka belysa hur samspelet mellan dessa två bedömningsformer ser ut ur lärarnas och elevernas perspektiv i klassrummet genom att fokusera på hur de implementeras, används och uppfattas av både lärare och elever och hur det påverkar deras relation till varandra. Resultatet visar att det fortfarande finns att göra för att implementera ett samspel mellan båda bedömningsformerna och att det trots allt finns en viss medvetenhet om vart man är på väg att bedöma efter lärarnas agerande. Vidare verkar det vara relativt svårt att få eleverna att inse att det inte bara gäller att skriva det nationella provet och att det är en lärandeprocess.Det finns en viss brist på samsyn bland lärarna i frågan trots kollegiala satsningar på samförståelse. Litteraturen förstärker känslan av att arbetet med båda bedömningsformerna ger positiva effekter vilket arbetet delvis ger belägg för, åtminstone inom den aktuella skolan. Det går egentligen inte att dra generella slutsatser på grund av att undersökningen bara genomfördes i en skola och därför föreslås någon typ av vidare forskning i området med andra variabler och större antal informanter..

AbstractRunning an individual bookstore is not an easy task. And then to do it in a profitable way is even harder.In this study you will read about what matters to the profitability in a bookstore. There are several aspects of this but it may be of interest to know what is affecting most of a bookstore's profitability.These three theories were researched by examination of previous research. The theories were then compared to the empirical research of an individual bookstore. Developing the empirical research qualitative and quantitative data collection methods was used.

In my study I have chosen to examine the mathematics in children's free play and everyday situations, with focus on sorting and classification. The purpose of the study was to see how children express their mathematical knowledge. I have chosen to use a qualitative method in my examination, here I did observations in a children's group where the children were between three and six years old. I also did interviews with the teacher's on the department to see how they relate to the mathematics and how they formulate the department to achieve as good a learning environment as possible.The result shows that the teacher's approach is incredible important to the children's learning ability and that they are always present to challenge and discuss together with the children. The observation indicates that children use mathematics all the time in their everyday situations and that it is the interaction between individuals and environment that affects children's development. .

The aim of this examination paper is to investigate the use of linguistic feedback among male senior high school students. Two groups consisting of male students preparing for ensuing studies, and two groups consisting of male students taking vocational studies, was interviewed in four separate interviews. By comparing how these four groups used linguistic feedback in conversation noticeable differences has been identified. For example, the boys preparing for ensuing studies used linguistic feedback the most. Also, all interviewed groups used linguistic feedback the most when they agreed with each other.

In this paper we examine how young women present themselves on their weblogs. The main purpose of this study is to get their own opinions and thoughts about their own blogging, to see if we can find norms for how they present themselves and how the presentation online matches themselves offline. We put this in relation to information technologies, social software and Computer mediated communication, CMC. It´s also in our interest to see how the phenomenon of blogs, its role and methods of communication have changed and developed in the last few years, and whether there are differences in the way people use it according to age. The major finding is that, unlike previous research, the women in our study tend to be themselves in their weblogs and they do not manipulate their identities.