The southern part of Sweden, Skåne, is frequently exposed to storms causing great damage to Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) stands. A storm during the winter 1999/2000 raised the attention of the problem. A lot of forest owners got large areas of spruce stands wind thrown during this storm. Can naturally regenerated birch (Betula sp.) be an alternative on these wind-exposed sites? This was the main question I was facing when discussilig the problems with Esben Möller Madsen, Söderåsens forest district. The aim of this master thesis was to present an economic analysis of Norway spruce versus birch.

With an estimated 250 ethnic groups, Nigeria, no doubt, has been grappling with the problem of pluralism of ethnic nationalities. It is not news in Nigeria that extreme ethnic consciousness of its citizens has led to the victimization of one ethnic group by another. This victimization has come in the form of exclusions in the distribution of both wealth and power in the country.Amidst all the exclusions, the unity of the country has been ironically regarded as sacrosanct, and should not be negotiated. It is often said that fate brought all the ethnic nationalities in order to form one great country. I subscribe to this belief that fate brought us together for the above purpose, especially now that several countries around the world are merging in one way or the other to form a formidable force to reckon with both politically and economically.

The problem area was identified due to the fact that research within internal audit is fragmented and insufficient, simultaneously to internal audit becoming more common in the public debate. Crises and scandals in companies such as Enron in the US and Skandia in Sweden have resulted in new regulations regarding how companies should be governed. These regulations have been established in Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) in the US, and in Sweden the Swedish code for corporate governance will be implemented in 2005. The regulations imply that companies must provide sound internal control and to accomplish that, companies should have an auditing and consulting internal audit function. The Swedish code for corporate governance denotes that companies can decide to comply or explain why the code is not complied.

The society has always tried to get rid of those who do not "fit in". They doesn't follow the normal behaviour and rules and have to be "dismissed". The community has developed different kinds of institutional care for individuals with dysfunctional behaviour. Those institutions are mental hospitals and prisons. Many of these institutions put the individuals in an extreme situation since they loses their independence and freedom.

The purpose of this master?s thesis is to examine from a psychoanalytic point of view how Mare Kandre narrate the complex process when girl becomes woman. Earlier theoretical work concerning Mare Kandre is sparse and limited to narrow cut-outs of her authorship. There are two dissertations, but none with Kandre and her unique fictional works alone in focus. Most frequently she is presented as part of different groups of authors.

Syftet med föreliggande studie är att undersöka hur skolledare, lärare och elever på en gymnasieskola i södra Sverige resonerar om bedömning och betygsättning samt att ta reda på hur betygsfördelningen ser ut vid antagning till och avgång från gymnasiet för årskullen 2008-2011 på den aktuella skolan. Genom insamling av listor med jämförelsetal för de elever som antagits 2008 och över jämförelsetal vid avgång 2011 har diagram över procentuell fördelning av jämförelsetal skapats. Intervjuer med en skolledare, tre gymnasielärare samt tre elever i årskurs tre har gjorts. Min studie visar att det inte finns någon nedskriven bedömningspolicy på den aktuella gymnasieskolan samt att det i relativt stor utsträckning är upp till varje enskild lärare att hitta sätt att förklara bedömning och betygssättning för eleverna. De intervjuade lärarna hade olika strategier för att nå förståelse hos elever för bedömning och betygssättning.

Denna uppsats behandlar de intressekonflikter som uppstår vid MBO-transaktioner, dvs. företagsförvärv där företagsledningen köper ut hela eller delar av det företag i vilket de verkar. I samband med en sådan transaktion uppstår ofta en intressekonflikt mellan aktieägarna (säljarna) och företagsledningen (köparna). Denna intressekonflikt förklaras med principal-agentteorin, enligt vilken ledningen är en syssloman (agent) i förhållande till aktieägarna (principalen). Härvid föreligger en risk för att ledningen handlar på ett opportunistiskt sätt, och använder sig av sin överlägsna kunskap om målföretaget för att köpa upp det.I uppsatsens empiriska del har vi samlat primärdata om hur lagstiftaren och marknaden har tacklat de risker som denna intressekonflikt kan ge upphov till.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka medvetenhet om uppnåendemål i idrott och hälsa enligt den nationella kursplanen i Lpo94. Vid instiftandet av Lpo94 infördes mål- och kunskapsrelaterad styrning och läroplanen har alltså haft sjutton år att implementeras. Idrott och hälsa är det enda ämnet där pojkar i större utsträckning når högre betyg än flickor. Undersökningen har genomförts med elever i årskurs 9 på sex olika skolor i Sverige. Vi har använt oss av två olika metodansatser, en kvantitativ del i form av enkäter och en kvalitativ del bestående av intervjuer.

We live in a high tech era of electronic media, which is changing our lives (Giddens, 1999). Apps are examples of technologies that affect our lives. An interesting question in this context is what apps will have for significance; on one hand for the development of technology, and on other hand for humans? relation to technology. Since the development and change process are central issues in the science of education I will explore the development of applications.

Menopause is a complex, paradoxical totality and every menopausal experience is differentfrom the other. This essay aims to capture some of the experiences surrounding it.The main questions is what it is that the women of the study share about menopause, andhow they talk about it. The material consists of interviews with eight women from the ages 51to 81, all of whom are either in menopause or have come out of it, and narratives collectedpartly on my own website ?Övergången? (?Transition?) and on the Internet via blogs and adiscussion board on menopause.Using Goffmans theories on interaction and roles and theories about gender and age as asocial construction I discovered that it is ambiguous messages that are thrown at the middleaged woman in menopause. Menopause is not always a welcome part of the role as a woman.The menopause is also associated with aging and a woman is expected to experiencemenopause during a certain age and period in the life schedule, often the middle age.

Title: GMO Food ProductsThe issue of marketing and selling them in Europe - A Business and Legal Perspective.Author: Shane KingSupervisors: Anneli Carlsson and Ewa RabinowiczProblemThe European Unions regulations in regard to GMO?s and the approval process for both release into the environment, and onto the market, has been under fire by the USA along with Canada and Argentina. The WTO has ruled on this issue in favour of USA et al.The problem that was identified was in regard to consumer opinion in the EU. How could the EU meet its numerous international trade obligations while at the same time meetingthe needs of the citizens of the Union? Added to that was the issue of whether or not the?EU? perspective was indeed an EU perspective or rather the perspective of a fewMember States.

Malassezia otitis in dogs is a common cause of visit to a veterinary service. In otitis externa due to Malassezia overgrowth the dog has a higher number of yeast organisms and/or a local inflammatory response to the micro organism. Common clinical signs include pruritus, erythema, swelling and increased exudate production. Clinical symptoms and results from cytology of ear swabs from the ear canal is the mainstay for diagnosis. Any underlying condition has to be identified and corrected to avoid relapse. The treatment options for infective otitis externa are based upon topical administration of eardrops containing antibiotics, steroids and antifungals.

Unga människors sexualitet utvecklas till stor del i samklang med den egna könsspecifika kamratgruppen. Det bidrar till att göra mötet med det motsatta könet sårbart och präglat av den egna kamratgruppens förväntningar. En angelägen uppgift för skolans sex- och samlevnadsundervisning är därför att ge utrymme för samtal mellan pojkar och flickor i frågor som rör sexualitet samt att medverka till att bryta könsstereotypa föreställningar. Elever, som efter obligatoriska skolan ej antagits till gymnasieskolans nationella program, erbjuds plats på ett så kallat individuellt program (IV). Fler elever vid individuella programmet än gymnasieskolans övriga elever tycks ha ett riskbeteende med avseende på sexuell och reproduktiv hälsa.

The sludgebark and to a certain extent the bark were until a decade ago waste products without any economic value that were thrown away. A number of environmental laws and increcing energy prices have improved the prerequisites for increasing the use of these materials. At Seskarö sawmill they burn the sludgebark and a great deal of the bark in the sawmill furnace. The sludgebark has a number of disadvantages compared to bark during burning. The sludgebark is often wet which means the energy net from burning often gets low.

This study was conducted at the University of Bath, UK, from September to December 2014 as part of an ongoing research project aimed at elucidating how the Grb10 gene might act as a mediator of long-term health effects (such as predisposition to obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypertension) caused by environmental factors during development. This phenomenon is known as developmental programming. The purpose of this thesis was not primarily to answer any of the broader questions posed by this research project at large since this would require much more data than is reasonable to acquire over the course of a few months, but rather to evaluate the methods used in this project and reveal whether they are working the way they are presumed to. In the research project, which employs mice with the Grb10 gene knocked out as well as wild-type control mice, a dietary restriction model is utilized during gestation, which is supposed to generate offspring with lower birth weight and subsequent detrimental health effects in adulthood. This is supposed to be achieved by restricting the protein content of the pregnant mothers? diet to 9 % (as opposed to the control diet of 20 %) throughout gestation.