The intention of this final thesis is to look into the improvement of small and run down railway stations. Many railway stations are today derelict and decaying. The purpose of this essay is to propose alternative strategies of action by discussing the ecology, the history and the social function of the railway station. There is also an overview of projects already completed. In the analysis part of the thesis, the genius loci or the spirit of place is put forward as means of reaching a solution.

In contemporary encryption the vast amount of text subject to cracking has brought about the demand for methods distinguish files more likely to be encrypted. The encryption software Truecrypt can encrypt files that are not possible to identify with a file signature. To solve the detection problem, an algorithm sensitive to the absence of structure in the very code of files was developed. The program was written in the programming language EnScript which is built into the forensic software suite EnCase. The essential part of the algorithm therefore deployes the statistic of a chi-square test for deviance from a uniform distribution to distinguish files with contents that appear to be random.

The purpose of this study is to show what melancholy and irony in my poems express and what techniques that are used to accomplish these effects. Many theorists, among them Sigmund Freud and Julia Kristeva, characterize melancholy as an experience of loss, and therefore one of my questions is what kind of losses appear in my poetry. In search for an answer I analyze the texts from both a psychoanalytic and a sociological point of view. In the latter perspective I discuss the postmodern society using concepts from contemporary thinkers like Zygmunt Bauman, Fredric Jameson and Jean Baudrillard. Finally, I also examine if melancholy has an influence on the form of the poems.

The construction industry has not undergone the same logistical development as the manufacturing industry; this, in combination with increased material price, leads to the fact that the construction industry must be improved. This master thesis is a part of the research cooperation Brains & Bricks goal of reducing production costs for the construction sector by 25 percent. Brains & Bricks is a cooperation between Linköping University, Peab and Katrineholms municipality. The master thesis aims to identify improvements in the flow of material, the Supply chain operation reference, SCOR, model has been used and the work has been carried out on one of Peab?s construction sites. At present the business is characterized by bad communication both between the construction site and the office as well as between the construction site and suppliers.

Den här vetenskapliga essäns syfte är att belysa svårigheterna i att hantera en mångkulturell skola och vikten av att ha en interkulturell kompetens. Essän bygger på tankar kring att bejaka kulturell identitet och tankar om allas lika värde. Jag vill också visa på hur läroplanen förhåller sig till kulturell identitet och allas lika värde. Essän speglar egna erfarenheter som används i en utvecklande process och ett reflekterande skrivande. Slutsatsen visar att fritidspedagogerna i dagens mångkulturella skola möter flera hinder.

The aim of this essay is to get a view of the contemporary approach to children´s learning and how children´s learning and development are influenced by the preschool year for six- year olds, by analyzing the Swedish curriculum. What is the purpose of the preschool- year for six year-olds? What does the curriculum say about what children need when entering primary school? I also wish to investigate how through the curriculum common norms and standards, as far as children´s learning are concerned, are shown and discussed. My result show that the curriculum does not mention much about the preschool year for six-year-olds at all. It seems that this year in school is not given priority, which makes it difficult for the teachers to work with the children of this age and to know what their assignment is.

This essay concerns sponsorship of libraries within Sweden. It takes its starting-point in the libraries economical situation where resources are decreasing. The main purpose of the essay is to investigate how sponsorship is used in public libraries. The main questions are:o Why are sponsorships appealing to libraries? o What does the processes of sponsoring look like? o What are the possible risks concerning sponsor-ships ? could it endanger libraries democratic role? o How does library staff reflect on the role of libraries in contemporary society? In our study we chose to investigate the sponsorship issue from the sponsored libraries perspective.

The subject of this essay in archaeology is the economy at the mining village of Saladuringthe 16th and early 17th century. The silvermine in Sala was once the foremost producer of silver in Sweden, and the mine as well as the mining village had had a long and rich history. This history can be seen in historical documents as well as in archaeological findings. The lure of silver attracted many different people to the mining village. This in turn madetrade an important part of the mining village.

The application of the LSS law and how the public organization (Municipality of Hudiksvall) later had to reform their organization to fit the new demands is the foundation to this master's thesis. An internal evaluation was performed due to this reorganisation process within the social care department (LSS unit). The aim was to investigate and evaluate if the reorganization resulted in a better working environment and if the work load (distribution of work) became more evenly divided between the different unit managing directors. The primary empirical information to this master's thesis is collected from that evaluation report. The main aim of this master?s thesis is to answer if the organisational choice between specialised or de-specialised working tasks has an effect (experienced and measured) on the level of stress among the unit managing directors.

Sweden has an obligation to report child abuse suspicions to Social Services. According to Socialtjänstlagen (swedish constitution) 1 § Chapter 14, all employees in agencies affecting children, such as schools, have a responsibility to report their suspicions. Research shows that many abuses are not reported. The consequence of this is that Social Services does not hear about all cases of abused and harmed children. One profession where reporting is mandated is school counselors.

Enligt skollag och läroplan har skolan två huvuduppgifter, att ?ge eleverna kunskaper och färdigheter? och att ?främja deras harmoniska utveckling till ansvarskännande människor". Att i praktiskt arbete i klassrummet genomföra dessa båda uppgifter är ofta svårt. Av tradition dominerar kunskaps- och färdighetskraven skolans arbete och stödet för att utveckla arbetet kring värdegrundsfrågor har länge varit eftersatt.Under läsåret 2004-2005 har jag tillsammans med mina elever i årskurs tre arbetat med samtal kring moral och etik. Våra samtal har utgått från litteratur och film.

Den här uppsatsen behandlar vad det innebär att vara KME-pedagog i förskolan och hur denna roll förhåller sig till en officiell bild av ämnet KME. Syftet med uppsatsen är att jämföra den officiella bilden av huvudämnet Kultur, medier och estetik med hur utbildade KME-pedagoger upplever att de arbetar i förskolan. Kvalitativa intervjuer har använts i undersökningen och sex pedagoger har intervjuats om hur de upplever att de arbetar med KME i förskolan. Pedagogernas svar har jämförts med hur ämnet KME officiellt beskrivs i dokument som redogör för vad huvudämnet KME är. Resultatet visar på att förskolans ramar och miljö har stor inverkan på i vilken mån pedagogerna arbetar med KME och hur de arbetar.

The aim of this study is to provide an investigation of an ?old? political phenomenon that over the recent years has enjoyed a considerable revival across Europe. This study about nationalism is mainly based on empirical second hand source material from literature and articles providing us with both a historical as well as a contemporary insight in this ideology. This study shows us the complexity and the difficulties that the academia is facing regarding nationalism due to the dynamic nature of the ideology, in the sense that it simply means different things to different peoples in different cultures across different points in time. The study is conducted by using a phenomenological, qualitative and inductive method of gathering and interpreting information.  A handful of books have formed the foundation through the gathering of relevant empirical information, along with articles from both scientific publications as well as the mainstream media. The data have been studied and laid out to make key points regarding nationalism and the theory behind it clear for the reader.

Partly as a reaction to a perceived crisis in contemporary democracy, the nineties witnessed an upsurge in different forms of citizens? fora, dedicated to the promotion of increased participation by the citizen in the political process. Youth councils are a special point in case as they entail the general characteristics of a deliberative forum, with an emphasis on political learning. This study aims to undertake an evaluation of a regional youth council in the region of Skåne in the south of Sweden. Through qualitative analysis, the study aims to portray the origin, purposes and consequences of such a forum.

Enligt skollag och läroplan har skolan två huvuduppgifter, att ?ge eleverna kunskaper och färdigheter? och att ?främja deras harmoniska utveckling till ansvarskännande människor". Att i praktiskt arbete i klassrummet genomföra dessa båda uppgifter är ofta svårt. Av tradition dominerar kunskaps- och färdighetskraven skolans arbete och stödet för att utveckla arbetet kring värdegrundsfrågor har länge varit eftersatt.Under läsåret 2004-2005 har jag tillsammans med mina elever i årskurs tre arbetat med samtal kring moral och etik. Våra samtal har utgått från litteratur och film.