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.

The purpose of this master?s thesis is to investigate the culture for children in the age of 10-12 year-old at the library in a small town and to see if the library and children shared the same view of the libraries missions. We have interviewed 3 groups of 5-7 children at two times. We have also interviewed a children librarian about her opinion of her work and childrenculture. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child works as our theory in this thesis.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using more promotion material to enhance the in-store communication of sales promotion. In the retail industry today the research regarding the benefits from using various in-store promotion materials is limited, thus this study was carried out to bring clarity to this subject. The study is carried out in two pharmacies and the design of the study was to add more promotion materials to one store, while keeping the other store in its normal condition and then let the stores change conditions after one week e.g. latin-square design. The data collection of this study consists of four different methods: sales data, a questionnaire with 182 customers, an observation study of 300 consumers and an eye-tracking experiment with 41 participants.

The principal aim of this thesis is to test if extracts, produced by the automatic summarizer "Copernic Summarizer", are possible to use as abstracts. The aim is also to give a picture of what automatic summarization is and why it is motivated. Three questions are asked: What is automatic summarization and what can it be used for? Is it possible to replace the author-written abstracts with extracts from "Copernic Summarizer"? Is automatic summarization motivated for the different areas of use that are identified in the first question? An automatic summarizer is a program that is intended to summarize text automatically and it can be used for different purposes, for example for summarizing WebPages or scientific articles. To answer the second question an experiment is carried out.

The aim of this study is to investigate how mathematics teachers use formative assessment to make the course objectives clear to the student. This is part of a wider aim in Sweden to find ways for improving mathematics teaching. Qualitative semi-structrured interviews and observations were used for collecting data. Different approaches to integrate formative assessment in their classrooms is discussed: questioning, discussions in whole-class, group work and assessment and feedback. The analysis of the results indicated that the teachers thought differently about how to integrate the course objectives in their planning.

The idea of using algae in different areas and exploring its possibilities is nothing new. Already in the early 1950s microalgae was explored as a possible food resource because of its high protein content. Lately there has been an increased interest in its potential for industrial use. Wastewater treatment is a possible use of algae since the algae grow well on the nutrients present in the water. This offers the possibility to grow algae for nutrient reduction and use the biomass for energy or animal feed since many alga species has a good nutritional value. Approximately 800-1000 m3 water is applied per 1000 m2 of greenhouse area during one season in a tomato production.

Sammanfattning:Detta examensarbete har gått ut på att ta fram ett arbetsmaterial inom det naturvetenskapliga området med inriktning fysik och kemi, anpassat för förskolebarn. Arbetsmaterialet har bestått av handledningar till olika experiment och lådor med tillhörande hjälpmedel. Det framtagna arbetsmaterialet bör ses som ett komplement i förskolans arbete inom det naturvetenskapliga området och ska kunna bidra till att förskolans strävansmål inom naturvetenskap uppnås. För att kunna utforma materialet studerades Läroplanen för förskolan, Lpfö98 samt naturvetenskaplig litteratur. Materialet testades av pedagoger på sju avdelningar och efter varje tillfälle fick de svara på en enkät om hur de upplevde att arbeta med materialet.

The purpose of the study is to explain whether the introduction of a new and different brand by means of a brand extension affects consumers? perceptions of the product category that the brand is launched in. An experiment was carried out to study the following aspects: associations and constellations of associations to the product category, interest, perceived variation, and the perceived similarity with the category from which the brands were extended. In the study, brand breadth in the original product category was used as moderating variable. Aspects found to be affected by the brand extensions were associations to the product category, the constellations of these associations and the perceived similarity with the category from which the brands were extended.

This report is an analysis of the gender representation in Swedish sports media, a comparison between sport in public service television for adults and children. The study explores the differences between the number of male and female sports in the matter of air time and also the number of male and female appearances in the TV shows. The programs studied in this report are the Swedish SVT?s Sportspegeln and Lilla sportspegeln. When we began this analysis we were under the impression that men would be over-represented, but that representation in sports television for children would be more gender equal than the adult counterpart. The result of the analysis confirmed previous studies stating that men dominate the sports programs in Swedish public service television.

Förardistraktion, prestation i en sekundär föraruppgift samt subjektiv arbetsbelastning studerades för att undersöka effekten av kompletterande haptisk feedback på 18 yrkeschaufförers prestation i ett simulerat förargränssnitt. Undersökningen utformades som ett experiment med upprepade mätningar. Förardistraktion mättes i LCT (lane change test), prestationen i den sekundära föraruppgiften i ett experimentprogram och subjektiv arbetsbelastning med NASA-RTLX. Utöver detta utfördes en kompletterande intervju. Undersökningen jämförde tre former av feedback i en sekundär föraruppgift: enbart visuell, visuell tillsammans med haptiska hack samt visuell tillsammans med haptiska hack och textur.

Förardistraktion, prestation i en sekundär föraruppgift samt subjektiv arbetsbelastning studerades för att undersöka effekten av kompletterande haptisk feedback på 18 yrkeschaufförers prestation i ett simulerat förargränssnitt. Undersökningen utformades som ett experiment med upprepade mätningar. Förardistraktion mättes i LCT (lane change test), prestationen i den sekundära föraruppgiften i ett experimentprogram och subjektiv arbetsbelastning med NASA-RTLX. Utöver detta utfördes en kompletterande intervju. Undersökningen jämförde tre former av feedback i en sekundär föraruppgift: enbart visuell, visuell tillsammans med haptiska hack samt visuell tillsammans med haptiska hack och textur.

Hästar är flockdjur som (enligt de flesta) har en tydlig dominansstruktur, i alla fall när resurserna är begränsade. För att människan ska kunna lita på hästen och få hästen att lita på en och lyda ens kommandon, måste även människan passa in i hästens flock. Hästens perception och kommunikation har studerats, liksom människans sätt att visa dominans mot varandra. Studien har visat att det inte fungerar att vara dominant mot hästen på samma sätt som vi är dominanta mot andra människor, när det gäller att få hästen att lyda. Hästen tolkar antagligen inte våra dominanstecken så som vi önskar.

I takt med medielandskapets föraändring så utvecklas möjligheterna för medier att positionera sig digitalt alltmer. Denna kandidatuppsats har som syfte att undersöka hur denna förändring påverkar de svenska dagstidningarna när det kommer till Apples iPad. Vår frågeställning är således; hur tar svenska dagstidningar sig an iPad som en ny medieplattform?Vi har valt att använda oss utav kvalitativa intervjuer med de ledande aktörerna på den svenska dagstidningsmarknaden. Eftersom det här är ett så pass nytt och outforskat område finns det begränsat med relevant teori att tillgå.

Background: Triage is the sorting of patients according to the severity of medical assessment. Triage has a long history of use in Anglo-Saxon countries but is a fairly new method in Sweden. Researchers have described the Manchester triage group method (MTS) and a literature review of the concept; working contentment and competence focusing on triage. Aim: The ambition with this study was to describe a number of triage nurses working conditions. The research questions were; working with MTS- does it bring work contentment? What kind of competence is needed? Method: Data was collected from 74 triage nurses by a questionnaire containing 37 questions and two questions provided the nurses the opportunities to describe their triage experiences.

The aim of the study was to examine the competence of dental hygienists among Clinic Director´s within the Public Dental Service and Private dentists in the county of Skåne . The study was quantitative and consisted of an electronic questionnaire sent out to all Clinic Directors in the county of Skåne. A total of five hundred and thirty eight questionnaires were sent out. The inclusion criteria were the Clinic directors who employed dental hygienists who had obtained their professional degree during the last four years. Twenty nine Clinic directors responded to the study.The results showed that in general clinic directors are pleased and feel that dental hygienists are proficient in periodontology and dental caries diagnostics.