The interest in small-scale electricity in Sweden has increased strongly in recent years. The interest is noticeable both among politicians to increase the share of renewables in the energy mix, and among electricity consumers to partially replace purchased electricity with self-produced. This has resulted in a significant increase of electricity production in low voltage grids in recent years, and the Trend appears to continue in the coming years. The majority of the new production plants are solar cells, followed by wind turbines, and it is also in these the greatest efforts are made in this paper.Distributed generation is often seen as something positive since it will contribute to reduced transmission losses and reduced voltage drop in the networks, and that it increases the share of electricity from renewable sources. In cases where the grids are not strong enough, or in other ways not adapted to manage the installed production, power quality may be adversely affected.

I takt med den ökade internationaliseringen så ökar osäkerheten för företagen vad gäller valutakurser, räntor, inflation, efterfrågan och konkurs. I dagsläget utsätts i stort sätt alla företag för någon form av valutaexponeringen, antingen direkt eller indirekt. Olika företag skyddar sig på olika sätt beroende på storleken på företaget. Vare sig om det är ett stort eller litet företag är det är extremt viktigt att skydda sig mot valutarisker som uppkommer då man gör affärer utomlands. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda om det är någon skillnad på hur stora och små företag hanterar och skyddar sig mot valutarisker, vilka metoder som är vanligast och varför man väljer det ena före det andra.

Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka företeelsen gemensamt värdeskapande i relationen mellan kongressarrangörer och beställarna. En Trend är att företag i allt större utsträckning involverar kunden i värdeskapandet. Vi vill undersöka i vilken utsträckning gemensamt värdeskapande förekommer vid skapandet av en kongress och vidare hur det tar sig uttryck i själva skapandeprocessen. Frågeställning: Vilka faktorer påverkar och skapar förutsättningar för gemensamt värdeskapande?Hur gestaltas gemensamt värdeskapande mellan kongressbyrånoch beställaren?Metod: Kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer med kongressarrangörer och beställare av kongresser.

The aim of the study was to examine both 1) how aware teachers in a specific area are about ICT tools in teaching ; and 2) how likely teachers are to use ICT tools to reverse the Trend of unmotivated students and low achievement scores . I will look for answers through the following questions:How extensive is the knowledge of the teachers on digital and social media in education? How have teachers in the past year used various social media in their teaching? In what grade does ICT-supported teaching lead to higher motivation, participation and achievement? Is there a difference between the sexes, different stages (1-3, 4-6, 7-9) and number of years in the profession in knowledge of and openness to the use of ICT in education?The method used is a questionnaire in which a number of respondents have answered a number of questions about ICT tools in teaching. Validity of the study can be said to be high when the survey has measured what it intended to measure, however, I need to be careful in draw full account of the result as the response rate is low with only 39%. In summary, the results show that there is low awareness among respondents about the methods and the digital and social tools I lift in the survey.Mainly the respondents use some of the methods and the digital and social tools in preparation for the lesson.

This project investigated how elevation and vegetation type influences variation in plant litter phenolic content and protein precipitation capacity among and within common plant species for two different vegetation types, heath and meadow, in a subarctic ecosystem in the Abisko region of northern Sweden. As nutrient availability generally decreases with increasing elevation as a result of decreasing temperature, I hypothesised that phenolic content would increase with elevation and be higher on the heath than the meadow. To test this, the total phenolic content and protein precipitation capacity was estimated in leaf litter from 13 species in both heath and meadow vegetation across an elevational gradient ranging from 500 to 1000 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l.) in the study region. The results showed that elevation and vegetation type both had a strong impact on both variables. Total phenolic concentrations decreased with elevation for the meadow, and were greater for the heath than the meadow.

Uppsatsens titel: Förändringar på bilmarknaden ? Strategiska åtgärder ur återförsäljarnas perspektiv. Ämne: Företagsekonomi, strategic management, Business to BusinessFörfattare: Kristiansson Anders, Skiöld OlaHandledare: Holmberg Leif, Rudenstam Nils-GunnarNyckelord: Strategic management, synergieffekter, konkurrensfördelar, distributionssystem, IO ?teori, strategiska analyser Syfte: Analysera återförsäljarpektivet utifrån nya förutsättningar på bilmarknaden. Metod: I studien undersöker vi vad de nya så kallade gruppundantagen har haft för inverkan för personbilsåterförsäljarna ur strategisk synpunkt med fokus på det externa IO-synsättet.

Final assignment for Bachelor Degree in Business Administration,Mid Sweden University in ÖstersundSpring term 2008Title: Abolishment of statutory audit ? a qualitative research on banks attitude when credit rating small businessesAuthor: Rima Harouki, Carina HoffmannSupervisor: Anna-Maria JanssonBackground & problem: In Sweden the statutory audit has been mandatory for every corporation since 1983. With the membership in European Union it became possible to allow exception from statutory audit for small businesses, according to the fourth commission of EG. Today, in the European Union, there are few countries that still have statutory audit for smaller businesses, Sweden is one of them. There are discussions about whether Sweden should follow the Trend of abolishment and an analysis management by the justice of the Supreme Court Bo Svensson was recently presented, which ended in the conclusion that statutory audit ought to be abolished.

In order to stay competitive and to be the first choice for customers in a world driven by a high level of competitive advantage, it is important for companies to stay ahead of the competition by conducting thorough market research. Even if this tends to be the case, many products still fail when reaching the market, leaving companies with great losses. The reason for this could be that the development of existing research methods has stagnated, or that they simply lack the ability to find the true answer as to what intentions underlie consumer?s decision making when shopping. Many believe that a new method is desired in order to get a better picture of what customers really think.

Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka och jämföra verksamma mellanstadie- och gymnasielärares syn på sitt motivationsarbete. Den genomförda studien är kvalitativ och semistrukturerade intervjuer har tillämpats som metod för att inhämta empiri.Resultatet visar att lärare som deltog i studien delgav främst intressevisande och aktivt deltagande i undervisningen som kännetecken för en motiverad elev. En elev som var omotiverad beskrevs som motsatsen, alltså ointresserad och frånvarande. Samtliga lärare ansåg att läraren likväl som eleven själv var av betydande roll för elevers motivation.Skillnaden mellan lärare undervisande på gymnasiet och mellanstadiet låg i deras uppfattning angående huruvida de förutsatte motivation hos elever eller ej.I resultatet presenteras en rad olika strategier lärarna använde sig av för att öka eller underhålla elevers motivation. De främsta av dessa var att involvera och göra elever delaktiga i utformningen och till viss del innehållet av undervisningen samt att denna var varierad.

The aim of this paper is to empirically examine the ideological Trends and positioning of the Swedish liberal party with the Danish social liberal party. This paper also aims to analyze the reasons behind the Trends. By examine the development in these two Nordic liberal sisterparties, this paper contributes to our understanding of why and how party change is initiated. The paper commences with an intuitive notion that the Swedish party has in fact, made a lurch towards the right, during the past ten to fifteen years while the Danish party has retained their social-liberal position in the centre of the Danish political spectrum. The questions then asked are: can this hypothesis be verified empirically? If so, how can this phenomenon of divergence, be explained?The method used in this thesis is process-tracing and the empirical material does to a large extent rely on interviews with central agents as they are specified in the theory of each party.

This project investigated how elevation and vegetation type influences variation in plant litter phenolic content and protein precipitation capacity among and within common plant species for two different vegetation types, heath and meadow, in a subarctic ecosystem in the Abisko region of northern Sweden. As nutrient availability generally decreases with increasing elevation as a result of decreasing temperature, I hypothesised that phenolic content would increase with elevation and be higher on the heath than the meadow. To test this, the total phenolic content and protein precipitation capacity was estimated in leaf litter from 13 species in both heath and meadow vegetation across an elevational gradient ranging from 500 to 1000 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l.) in the study region. The results showed that elevation and vegetation type both had a strong impact on both variables. Total phenolic concentrations decreased with elevation for the meadow, and were greater for the heath than the meadow.

This report is a documentation of a Master?s thesis of 20 credits performed at the educational program of Technical Product- and Production Development with Design at Halmstad University. The project is carried out in cooperation with Hafa AB in Halmstad.The purpose of this project was to bring forth a concept of a bathroom cabinet for Hafa?s new selection Young through creative design methods. The selection is supposed to attract the younger purchaser but also a target group that dare to experiment with home furnishing and appreciates new design.

Public health is important to many areas of society. It is important to have different goals to focus the work with health promotion in different sectors, one such area is the school. In the society of today there are a lot of public health issues like stress, overweight and physical inactivity. To experience well-being physical activity, sense of coherence (SOC) and the individual experience of stress have important functions. School is an important part of the student?s learning, development and socialisation.

I enlighet med den Trend som råder inom den tekniska utvecklingen i samhället i stort, introduceras nu ett sätt för bankers kunder att ha personliga rådgivningsmöten via Internet. Tidigare har sådana möten skett ansikte mot ansikte på det bankkontor som kunden tillhör. Det finns en rad fördelar med att tjänster sker online som exempelvis tideffektivitet, geografiskt oberoende och mer flexibelt i allmänhet. Den här kvalitativa studien handlar om en underökning kring hur personliga (finansiella) rådgivare upplever att arbeta med den här typen utav möten, närmare bestämt vilka faktorer som de anser viktiga när möten som skett ansikte mot ansikte kan komma att ske online. Studien innefattar ett induktivt tillvägagångssätt i syfte att ta reda på dessa faktorer samt att granska dem utifrån ramverket datorstött samarbete och synsättet kroppsbaserad kognition.

SammanfattningGeocaching är en sport och hobby som blir allt mer populär i Sverige. Antalet användare ökar ständigt och det finns inget som tyder på någon avtagande Trend.  I Sverige finns Allemansrätten, som ger alla rätt att fritt röra sig i skog och mark. Den fria rörligheten gör att aktiviteter och sporter så som geocaching utövas på platser långt ut i skog och mark. Utövandet av geocaching har nu blivit så omfattande att det finns behov av vetenskapliga studier. Behovet av fler studier kring ämnet geocaching belyses genom avsaknaden på publikationer samt att det uttrycks ett behov i de få skrifter som redan finns.  För att undvika framtida konflikter, på grund av nedskräpning i vår omgivning, i samband med utövandet av geocaching, syftar studien till att undersöka huruvida en geocache kan bedömas som nedskräpning eller ej.