Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, OTEC, a technology using the temperature difference between cold deep seawater and warm surface water, can extract the work in the form of electricity. OTEC gives also synergies of drinkable fresh water. The temperature difference has an impact on the efficiency of the technology, which means that the feasibility of OTEC is geographically limited. The project intends to explore the possibility of replacing the atoll Tarawa?s present electricity generation with an OTEC plant and to explore synergies. In the present situation all of Tarawa?s electricity is generated by fossil fuels.

SyfteVårt syfte är att få en djupare förståelse för vad som motiverar företag som erbjuder köpeskalas och hur dessa företag genom värdefulla kundupplevelser och effektiva arbetsprocesser tillfredsställer både barn och föräldrar samtidigt som verksamheten är lönsam. Med koppling till detta syfte har vi valt att använda följande tre forskningsfrågor:Varför motiveras företag att erbjuda köpeskalas?Hur kan företag erbjuda en köpeskalasupplevelse som gör både barn och föräldrar nöjda?Hur bör företag utforma köpeskalaserbjudandet för att vara lönsamma?MetodVi har valt att ha en kvalitativ metod då syftet med studien har varit att få en djupare förståelse för köpeskalasbranschen. När vi har arbetat med teorin och empirin har vi växlat mellan en induktiv och deduktiv forskningsansats, alltså har vår studie varit abduktiv. Empirin består av semistrukturerade intervjuer med respondenter från olika företag i Kalmar.SlutsatserVår studie har kommit fram till att företag motiveras att erbjuda barnkalas för att skapa och utveckla långvariga relationer, generera positiv word-of-mouth, bidra till ökad inkomst, förbättra tillgängligheten och forma en bättre arbetsplats.

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, OTEC, a technology using the temperature difference between cold deep seawater and warm surface water, can extract the work in the form of electricity. OTEC gives also synergies of drinkable fresh water. The temperature difference has an impact on the efficiency of the technology, which means that the feasibility of OTEC is geographically limited. The project intends to explore the possibility of replacing the atoll Tarawa?s present electricity generation with an OTEC plant and to explore synergies. In the present situation all of Tarawa?s electricity is generated by fossil fuels.

Approximately 4000-5000 hectares, of SCA´s forest land area in Västerbotten, are in need of pre-commercial thinning (PCT) every year. Within the management district, the areas annually treated with PCT must increase, in order to decrease the area with an urgent need for PCT. This can be done by employing more forest workers or entrepreneurs, by mechanized PCT or by an extended season for PCT. Positive experiences from a private forest owner, who started to carry out PCT when the first snow came and then continued for several months, gave an idea to investigate the possibilities to prolong the season of PCT. The purpose of this experiment was to compare PCT carried out when there was snow on the ground with PCT performed when there was no snow on the ground.

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att djupstudera hur publiken uppfattar sanningshalten i dokumentärfilmen Sacrificio av Erik Gandini och Tarik Saleh som sändes i Sveriges Television år 2001. Filmen handlar om vem som avslöjade gerillaledaren Che Guevara. Vi har utgått från tre grupper som fått agera publik och tittat på dokumentärfilmen under tre separata tillfällen. Dessa grupper har sedan blivit intervjuade som en enhet och därefter har svaren tolkats som tre enheter. Grupperna har varit åldersbaserade och bestått av fyra till fem personer.

In a time of fierce global competition, where an immense amount of commercial messages reaches consumers around the clock and in every conceivable context, companies constantly seek to find new ways to reach out with their product. One way to do so, that has increased in popularity in recent years, is the use of gift bags. A gift bag may contain samples, miniature products and even products in full size, as a rule from several different brands, which the recipient receives free of charge. The gift bag is typically distributed at some form of event, such as store openings, fashion shows, theme parties and the like, and the receiver of the gift bag can then evaluate the content without any obligation to purchase. The ambition of the companies that choose to participate with their products in a gift bag is, of course, that the recipient will find their products satisfactory, and ideally, that he or she will continue to consume the brand in the future.There are numerous scientific research contributions related to the use of free samples, but very few that concern the gift bag, where a collection of samples from different sources and brands appear.

AIM This report studies the Swedish vintage store company Myrorna from a branding perspective.METHOD The study has applied the qualitative method where four personal interviews have taken a fundamental ground. The four respondents are taken from different professionals and from different positions by the reason that the brand would be based on a fair assessment. The study is obtaining data that further was collected from the library of University of Gävle, the articles from Emerladinsight.com and remaining pictures- and text materials is taken from the organization Myrorna. The theoretical material have been adapted on the brand Myrorna and then been used to analyze the empirical part. From the general impression that portrays the brand the researcher leads the discussion.RESULT AND CONCLUSION The result shows that the brand Myrorna in some extent do not fulfill the image the brand in the media mediate, between the illusion and the reality there is an empty space according to the research.

Banks carry a great responsibility when it comes to the financial systems in our society. Disturbance in the credit system affects both lender and borrower. All financial institutions must therefore carefully estimate their risk exposure. This assessment enables them to cover themselves from losses with appropriate capital buffers as main guardian. In order to prevent bank crises and also to maintain financial stability in general, new regulations concerning analysis and preventive actions were introduced on the 1st of February 2007.

Profit in first commercial thinnings of today is hard to achieve. This is because of prevailing pulpwood prices and because of high costs of logging and transport. To reduce these costs higher productivity is advocated. One way to increase the productivity is the use of multi-tree handling harvester heads. The aim of this study was to calculate logging and transport costs in first thinnings, where multi-tree handling has been used.

This paper aims to explore the phenomenon urban wind energy, its visual effect on built environment and the factors that affect the opinion towards new elements in the city. A place study of the city Gävle serves as a complement to the theoretical part of the paper. The theoretical discussion opens with an account for the technical and economical conditions of urban wind energy. It presents the technical basics, different types of turbines and a discussion occurring wind related techniques in built environment. Today, the knowledge of how the wind moves and acts in the rural landscape is quite good.

Detta är en kvalitativ undersökning om hur Sveriges Television arbetar med mångfald med fokus påfunktionshindrade i dramaproduktion och hur medarbetarna integrerar det i sitt arbete. För att kunna ta reda på hur det går till har vi utgått ifrån dramaserien Livet i Fagervik som fallstudie och gjort kvalitativa intervjuer med personer som varit delaktiga i produktionen av första säsongen av dramaserien. De personer som vi har intervjuat är: Stefan Baron, programchef på SVT Drama, MikaelSyrén, upphovsman till Livet i Fagervik, Calle Marthin, kreativ producent, Man Chiu Leung Carlson, projektledare, Harald Hamrell, regissör, Maria Kiisk, rollbesättare och Johannes Wanselow, skådespelare. Vi har även gjort intervjuer med personer på Handikappförbundens samarbetsorgan, HSO som har ett samarbete med SVT, Emil Erdtman, utvecklingsledare, HSO och Mia Ahlgren, projektledare, HSO. Intervjuer har även skett med Johan Hartman, CSR- Chef på SVT, och Christoffer Lärkner, handläggare hos Granskningsnämnden.Förutom de elva kvalitativa intervjuerna som vi har genomfört så har det empiriska materialet bestått avRadio och TV-lagen 1996, dramaserien Livet i Fagervik (12 avsnitt á 45 minuter), samt följande dokument: Sveriges Televisions mångfaldsplan 2008, överenskommelsen mellan SR, UR och SVT gällande fördelning för olika slags insatser rörande program om och för funktionshindrade 2008, Public service-redovisningen 2008, Anslagsvillkor 2008, Sändningstillstånd för 2007-2009 och Beställningsskrivelse.Den teoretiska ramen som denna uppsats utgår ifrån och som vi har kopplat vårt resultat till, är teorierkring identitet och representation, produktion och makt samt den sociala ansvarsteorin.Resultat visar att de som arbetar med att producera dramaserier, till stor del har tänkt på begreppet mångfald, men då i ett större perspektiv och inte specifikt på enskilda grupper.

SummaryThis master thesis in ethnology examines the practices around the phenomena of vintage andsecond-hand clothing in the early twenty-first century. The resurgence of vintage and retro confirmsa craze for the style periods of the past and are linked to a more widespread interest in yesterday'sfashion and objects. Television and other media outlets showcasing vintage display that it issomething that interests many in society today. More vintage dealers are pushing to change theoutlook and perspective on an old, worn in object or piece of clothing. The idea is that this objector piece of clothing holds the magic of the past and therefore becomes valuable or sought after.

The Effects of dietary biotin supplementation on hoof health in Swedish dairy cows - a controlled cohort field study. The aim of the present degree project was to investigate the effects of biotin supplementation on hoof health in dairy cows. The experiment was performed as a controlled cohort study in three commercial farms in western Sweden from January 2002 to October 2002. The cows were all housed in cubicle systems with transponder concentrate feeding systems. Within each farm the cows were allocated to either biotin or control treatment. The biotin groups received 20 mg of biotin per cow and day, starting 14 days before expected calving.

En fusion innebär att ett företag övertar ett annat företags tillgångar och skulder utan en mellanliggande likvidation. För företag som är i behov av att gå samman i större enheter, för att rationalisera verksamheten och uppnå synergieffekter, kan en fusion kan vara lösningen. EG-direktivets regler utgör grunden till den skatterättsliga definitionen om fusion och har implementerats i svensk skatterätt i 37 kapitlet IL om fusioner och fissioner. Grundtanken bakom inkomstskattebestämmelserna kring fusioner är att fusionen inte ska leda till en skattebelastning för företaget. Verksamheten behöver inte upphöra och kan fortsätta vidare fast i en annan regi.

The purpose with this essay is to study the public support givers view of the concept innovation and to study how the public support givers discuss and act around the division of public support to entrepreneurs innovations. The purpose is further to describe if the division of public support favour or not favour environmental innovations and to examine if the public support givers consider the industry for environmental innovations is profitable for the society?s economy.We have done several case studies where we have interviewed eight public support. Support givers in this essay are defined as public authorities and other organisations on local, national and/or international level that gives public support to innovations. The public support givers that take part of the essay is VINNOVA, ALMI Stockholm, Innovationsbron, Energimyndigheten, SU Holding AB, KTH Holding, Västra Götalandsregionen and MISTRA.Our theoretical starting point is Silverman and Baums theory ?Picking Winners or Building Them?.