The purpose of this study is to examine whether religious behavior or religious identity changes when a person with Muslim background moves to a Christian country and also very secular such as Sweden. I have interviewed five people with Muslim background that have moved from Turkey to Sweden. In this study I have applied Anthony Giddens and Thomas Ziehe's theories about building up an identity but also Nader Ahmadis theory of migration and identity.The results of this study show that there is a change in the practice of religion but also that this differs between these five people who came from the same country. Nevertheless, a change in the practice of religion can on one hand be as a result of modernity and on the other hand, exclusion of family. It also proves that it is not possible to draw general conclusions on this issue instead it should be looked at from an individual perspective..

This thesis presents the work of developing and testing a programming tool specially designed for children. The purpose of this tool is to make children capable of creating visual simulations and games that consist of actors interacting in a virtual world. The name of the programming tool is Behavior Cards, which comes from the fact that actors are programmed by giving them cards representing different kinds of behaviors. Behaviors are to some extent pre-programmed and can include general events specifying how the actors should act in different situations, in contrast to specifying every possible situation that can occur. The idea is that Behavior Cards should be easier to use than a more traditional text based programming tool, but it should also be expressive within the domain of visual games.

For many individuals gambling gives an opportunity for relaxation and social relations. The positive effects of gambling are for most individual?s considerable more than the negative effects. Even if gambling gives positive effects there is individuals that cannot control there gambling and therefore develop an addiction which disturb there life situation and health. The aim of this study was to describe which personal characteristics distinguish people with a pathological gambling and which psychological, physical and social consequences this pathological gambling causes for the individual.

With a background in the 17th century?s English political events, but also the ideological scene of that time, the purpose of this essay is to analyze two concepts, freedom and happiness, in Thomas Hobbes?s political writings. Hobbes is well known for his political works, mostly for Leviathan, where his thoughts about government and religion are exposed. But what does he say about freedom? And what about happiness? The study shows that Hobbes?s political thought is quite original from this aspect too.

When a municipality is about to realize an IT investment, e.g. an economy system, theywill need to do procurement according to the laws of procurements. To perform suchprocurement takes time and energy from the everyday work at the municipalities, andtherefore they want to make a quick and efficient procurement. Unfortunately it showsthat municipalities do not always make an assessment that is sufficient enough for theirneeds, which can result in an inefficient system in a longer perspective. Municipalitiesthink more often about the hard values such as costs of the investments, and not alwaysas much when it comes to the soft values, like the user-friendliness.

Företag har ett flertal olika marknadsföringsverktyg att tillgå för att kommunicera ett varumärkes budskap till marknaden. Sponsring kan vara ett effektivt sådant verktyg för att exponera varumärket. Sponsring är ett relativt nytt fenomen som har vuxit avsevärt under de senaste decennierna. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka sponsringsverksamheten hos företag med starka varumärken samt hur dessa företag kan utnyttja sponsring för att förstärka sina varumärken.Vi har valt att genomföra denna studie ur ett företagsperspektiv. Dessutom fokuserar vi endast på företagsvarumärken.

I Europa pågår det ett projekt som har till uppgift att ta fram lagtextförslag till en gemensam europeisk civillag. Syftet med denna uppsats är att försöka förutspå hur Sverige skulle påverkas av denna civillag. Materialet till uppsatsen är främst hämtat från aktuella artiklar och Internet men viss litteratur har också hittats, trots att projektet inte är slutfört. Denna uppsats är inte uttömmande inom området utan det är förändringarna i stort som behandlas. Vi anser att Sverige behöver engagera sig mer för att kunna påverka utgången av projektet.

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to investigate the lending of video games at the public libraries in Sweden. The thesis focused around a web survey, which was sent out to all public library directors, as its research material. The results were compared with those found in a master thesis by Olle Berg and Thomas Nyström from 2008. This was done to gain a better understanding of why the libraries provided video games. The other results of the survey were analyzed with a quantitative method.The results indicate that half of the responding libraries provide video games for borrowing.

AbstractTitle: Relevant factors that affect three small and midsize enterprises during an ERP-system implementationAuthors: Fredrik Dreimanis and Thomas JylhäTutor: Peter EkmanKeywords: ERP, implementation, SMEProblem: Which factors has relevance for small and midsize enterprises during an ERP-system implementation?Purpose: The purpose with this essay is to describe and analyze what distinguishes an implementation for small and midsize enterprises.Methodology:The authors have answered the problem with help of theories and articles within the subject of IT and economics and five interviews with companies in different areas of business.Theoretical framework:The most difficult part with adapting a new ERP- system is the implementation phase. (Muscatello et al. 2003) The reason is that the standardization and changing of business processes is a common occurrence during an implementation. (Gattiker and Goodhue.

The purpose of this work is to develop and test a design process where quick decisions and model building has a prominent role. The goal is to develop a number of products and build prototypes to be shown during the Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies spring exhibition 2012. I?m also writing a report describing my work.To reach my goal I have each day during the first phase conducted a short research and found a concept based on that days name day. Then I have continued in the workshop and worked with three-dimensional models.

Bemötandefrågorna får allt viktigare betydelse i dagens polisarbete. Detta gäller i möten med såväl vuxna personer som barn. En bra kommunikation mellan barn och vuxna kan ha en avgörande roll i en brottsutredning. Med denna rapport vill vi belysa vikten av ett bra förhör med barn, hur ett barnförhör skiljer sig från ett förhör med en vuxen person, och varför det skiljer sig. Vi studerar faktorer som påverkar barnet i samband med ett förhör och i hur stor utsträckning barnets ålder och utveckling inverkar på förmågan att minnas.

Titel: Inflation: Ger kointegration bättre prognoser Ämne/Kurs: NEK691, Examensarbete C, 10 poäng Författare: Kristofer Månsson Handledare: Thomas Elger Nyckelord: Inflationsprognoser, indirekt metod, kvantitetsteori, kointegration Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om eventuell kointegration mellan inflation och penningmängd ger bättre inflationsprognoser. Metod: Jag använder mig av svensk kvartalsdata för inflation och penningmängd (mätt som M0 och M3) mellan 1993:1 och 2005:4, för att se om modeller med en felkorrigeringsterm ger bättre prognoser än VAR-modeller, AR-modeller och RW-modeller. Jag prognostiserar med indirekt metod och använder tre olika prognoshorisonter, t+1, t+4 och t+8. Slutsats: Kointegration ger inte bättre prognoser oavsett prognoshorisont. För t+1 är AR-modellen bäst och för t+4 och t+8 är VAR-modellerna bäst.

Complete tumour regression is the optimal outcome of cancer therapies. There are however types of tumours that naturally regress. Most of these are benign, dermatological and have an early onset in life. This literature study aims to elucidate the mechanisms behind spontaneous tumour regression. In Libechov Melanoblastoma-Bearing minipigs, an animal-model specifically bred to develop malignant melanoma, the tumours usually involute within three months.

The purpose of this study has been to follow how the Swedish press covers the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. To do so, I have followed how the image of The Ark, a Swedish rock group, changed in the press during Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. They won in Sweden, but in the big European finale they ended up in 18th place. The study is based on a discourse analysis with the focus on the social dialogue of the band in the newspapers. I have applied the analysis on 14 articles published the day after Melodifestivalen and a week ahead, and 14 articles published the day after the Eurovision Song Contest and a week ahead.

Sammanfattning - Abstract Titel: Kritiska aspekter i en intern varumärkeskampanj och betydelsen av demEn studie om anställdas attityder i ett fallföretagFörfattare: Martina Karlsson och Susanna Vestin Handledare: Thomas Michel Institution: Blekinge tekniska högskolaKurs: Kandidatarbete i företagsekonomi, 15 högskolepoäng Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att analysera och identifiera vilka kritiska aspekter som finns i samband med en intern marknadsförings kampanj. Metod: En kvantitativ enkät kommer användas vars svar kommer testas i en hypotes.Slutsats: Regionala skillnader råder vilket kopplas till de kritiska aspekterna.Viktiga aspekter för att lyckas med en intern varumärkeskampanj är uppföljning, återkoppling, tydlighet och strategi. Nyckelord: intern varumärkeskampanj, kritisk aspekt, Swedbank, varumärkesplattform.