The purpose of this study was to evaluate if verbal encouragement had any influence on handstrength measurements. Twenty subjects participated in the study, all women between the age of 20 and 62 years. A standardisation of testing conditions and verbal encouragement were designed. Three measurements were conducted during two days using T.K.K 5401 Grip D. First there was a trial set, and then Test 1 (without verbal encouragement) and Test 2 (with verbal encouragement) were conducted.

Modern semiconductor design methods makes it possible to design increasingly complex system-on-a-chips (SOCs). Testing such SOCs becomes highly expensive due to the rapidly increasing test data volumes with longer test times as a result. Several approaches exist to compress the test stimuli and where hardware is added for decompression. This master?s thesis presents a test data compression method based on a modified facsimile code.

Idre Fjäll currently has not full control of how visitors experience their site or if it has good usability. I have helped the company to do a usability test on their website to see how and where any improvements can be made on the page before the winter season 2010. I have also done a survey to investigate how users perceive Idre Fjälls website. Ten people of various ages participated in the survey. All test subjects was recorded with both audio and screen activity during the tests.

This thesis of 15 hp has been implemented at Halmstad University, incollaboration with Saab Dynamics in Linköping. Saab Dynamics is a companyoperating in the defence industry where competition is tough. This necessitatesnew ways to increase efficiency in the company, which is the basis for this thesis.Saab Dynamics wants to introduce simulation driven design. Since SaabDynamics engineers have little experience of simulation, required a usermethodology with clear guidelines. Due to lack of time, they chose to assign thetask to students, which resulted in this thesis.The aim of the thesis is to develop a methodology in mechanical design, wherethe designer uses the FE analysis early in the design process to develop thestructures' mechanical properties.

To become a successful athlete requires several different components in which one of themost significant is the ability to develop their own physical strenght. What weight exercises has the best transfer effects for skating?Participants in the study were 20 male senior hockey players from Div. II in the Västra Gö- talands Regionen in which all participants had at least 10 years of hockey experience.Test subjects had to perform a five-minute individual warm up followed by an opportunity to familiarize with the upcoming exercise. The first on-ice test was a 35 meters sprint test and the second test was an S-cornering agility test.

Denna uppsats redogör för hur standardsystem utvecklas i utvalda,undersökta miljöer. Syftet med denna uppsats är att delge kunskap omutveckling av standardsystem samt att identifiera och belysa de steg somutvecklingsprocessen innefattar. Studien är genomförd på två fallföretagsom tillverkar standardsystem och har använt kvalitativa intervjuer föratt fånga kunskapen om standardsystemsutveckling.Resultatet av studien är en utvecklingsmodell som beskriver hurutvecklingen av standardsystem går till och vilka faser den innehar samthur de avviker från konventionella livscykelmodeller. Det beskrivs ävenmer ingående vilka faser som ingår i den identifieradeutvecklingsmodellen, Förstudie, Planering, Utveckling, Test,Implementering och support. Hur de fungerar och vilken betydelse dehar för standardsystemet..

In view of the difficulty of recruiting staff to care profession and in terms of the increasing need to find ways of ensuring a good language level in the profession, have an interest in language tests been revealed. The purpose of this paper is therefore to highlight the use of language tests for admission to the care courses for adults in Värmland. What provided This is a survey of the prevalence and an examination of the validity of the test. The issue that this study assumed is: How is language test in connection with admission to the certified health and social care courses for adults in Värmland? How well correlates intent of the use of the language test with the test's validity and reliability?The methods used to seek answers to these questions has been a combination of questionnaires and experiments.

Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is considered a specific and a sensitive biomarker of cardiac disease, and due to a high inter-species sequence homology; human cTnI assays can often be used in veterinary medicine. The main aim of this study was to perform an initial evaluation of a human cTnI test, the Meritas Troponin I test, for measurement of equine plasma cTnI, in order to investigate whether the test could be a possible subject for a more comprehensive validation. The hypothesis was that the test could measure equine cTnI, as there is a good homology between equine cTnI and human cTnI. The evaluation included a dilution parallelism, an intra-assay precision study and measurement of plasma cTnI healthy horses. In the dilution parallelism and the intra-assay precision study, equine plasma with previously established high cTnI concentration, according to another cTnI assay, was used. In addition, cTnI concentration was measured in plasma, collected from 19 horses, without signs of disease at physical and ECG examinations. The obtained curve in the dilution parallelism was linear, indicating that the Meritas Troponin I test can be used to measure different concentrations of equine cTnI in plasma.

Vårt syfte med den här studien är att undersöka om eleverna i matematikundervisningen kan vara hjälpta av bilder. Studien belyser också elevernas utvecklingsväg till att bli goda problemlösare. Vi studerar elevernas utveckling ur tre perspektiv. Elevernas förmåga att läsa och förstå texten i problemlösningsuppgifter, deras utveckling från analoga representationer till symboliska representationer och deras utveckling från att använda konkreta strategier till abstrakta strategier. Vi frågar oss också slutligen om eleverna generaliserar sina kunskaper.Eftersom vi bland annat undervisar elever med läs- och skrivsvårigheter och döva/hörselskadade elever valde vi att genomföra intervjuer i form av kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer.

In view of the difficulty of recruiting staff to care profession and in terms of the increasing need to find ways of ensuring a good language level in the profession, have an interest in language tests been revealed. The purpose of this paper is therefore to highlight the use of language tests for admission to the care courses for adults in Värmland. What provided This is a survey of the prevalence and an examination of the validity of the test. The issue that this study assumed is: How is language test in connection with admission to the certified health and social care courses for adults in Värmland? How well correlates intent of the use of the language test with the test's validity and reliability?The methods used to seek answers to these questions has been a combination of questionnaires and experiments.

När språkliga svårigheter uppträder hos barn är kontakt med logoped aktuell för att kunna identifiera vilken typ av svårighet som föreligger hos barnet och för att kunna planera interventionen. En språklig aspekt som bör undersökas är den fonologiska förmågan som vanligen undersöks med hjälp av ett test. LINUS är ett sådant test som nyutvecklat och används i föreliggande studie för att undersöka fonologin hos barn i åldrarna 5-6 år med typisk utveckling.Syftet i föreliggande studie var att undersöka fonologin hos barn med typisk utveckling och ta fram referensdata för kortversionen av LINUS för barn i åldrarna 5-6 år. Av intresse var även att undersöka om det förelåg skillnader i resultat mellan pojkar och flickor och mellan åldrarna 5-5;6 och 5;6-6.De barn som deltog i studien hade alla svenska som modersmål, ingen hade känd hörselnedsättning eller någon tidigare eller pågående kontakt med logoped/talpedagog. Hela gruppen bestod av 70 barn; 35 pojkar och 35 flickor.

To automate software testing is an investment, and that makes it important to have good knowledge about automation before an implementation is made. In this master thesis a study about automated testing is carried out. The study also includes a closer look at the testing tool TestComplete. TestComplete is one out of many tools on the market that is developed for automated GUI testing and the goal is to get a picture of how well the tool can adjust to CC Systems own applications. Studies show that it is hard to write lasting test scripts.

Context. Performance and resource usage is often an important factor for database driven services. Depending on the purpose of the application, choosing the wrong type of database may require unnecessary hardware upgrades or replacements. Objectives. This study investigates the differences in performance and resource usage between different SQL- and NoSQL-databases.

Introduction: Dolomite AB was in need of a dummy arm for crutch testing, to complement their existing test capabilities. Background: A large number of people need crutches on a daily basis. For them it is essential that their crutches do not fail. ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) conducts ongoing work to guarantee the durability and function of e.g. crutches.

In view of the difficulty of recruiting staff to care profession and in terms of the increasing need to find ways of ensuring a good language level in the profession, have an interest in language tests been revealed. The purpose of this paper is therefore to highlight the use of language tests for admission to the care courses for adults in Värmland. What provided This is a survey of the prevalence and an examination of the validity of the test. The issue that this study assumed is: How is language test in connection with admission to the certified health and social care courses for adults in Värmland? How well correlates intent of the use of the language test with the test's validity and reliability?The methods used to seek answers to these questions has been a combination of questionnaires and experiments.