The thesis of this essay is that the concept of governance is a product of the neo-liberal dominant ideology and that the implementation of governance ideas will lead to a weaker nation-state. Using critical theory the essay constructs an ideal type of neo-liberalism and compares its core values with these of the governance concept as treated by the main literature in the area. The essay then focuses on the issue of the state, and discusses whether the changes leading to a demand for governance have actually weakened the state. Furthermore, the essay presents the practical use of the term governance in the EU and Sweden and problemizes the changes that the neo-liberal domination has led to in terms of power and democracy. Finally the essay discusses alternative views on the changing role of the state.

Introduktion: Diabetes Typ 2 är ett världsomfattande hälsoproblem. Sjukdomen är ärftligmen beror till största del på levnadsvanor. Livstilen påverkar allvarlighetsgraden avsjukdomen. Denna rapport fokuserar uteslutande på typ 2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Hur välegenvården fungerar påverkar prognosen hos personer med T2DM.

Introduktion: Diabetes Typ 2 är ett världsomfattande hälsoproblem. Sjukdomen är ärftligmen beror till största del på levnadsvanor. Livstilen påverkar allvarlighetsgraden avsjukdomen. Denna rapport fokuserar uteslutande på typ 2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Hur välegenvården fungerar påverkar prognosen hos personer med T2DM.

This essay is a qualitative study that examines seven teachers ? views on argumentative texts. The aim is to examine how teachers work and discuss argumentative texts, and how they work to develop students ? writing. The main question is: What are the teachers experience, perception and attitude about working with argumentative text? Furthermore: What specific features are important when they mark this type of text? : How do teachers work with formative grading in terms of writing this type of text? Research shows that Swedish students ? ability to write argumentative texts are inadequate.

Introduktion: Diabetes Typ 2 är ett världsomfattande hälsoproblem. Sjukdomen är ärftligmen beror till största del på levnadsvanor. Livstilen påverkar allvarlighetsgraden avsjukdomen. Denna rapport fokuserar uteslutande på typ 2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Hur välegenvården fungerar påverkar prognosen hos personer med T2DM.

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur patienter upplevde patient-undervisningen samt hur sjuksköterskans roll såg ut i patientundervisningen. Metod: Uppsatsen har genomförts som en systematisk litteraturstudie. Artiklar har sökts i databaserna ELIN samt Cinahl. Artiklar publicerade mellan 1999-2009 och som var tillgängliga i fulltext inkluderades i resultatdelen som omfattade 14 kvalitativa studier samt en litteraturstudie. Resultat: I resultatet framgick att patienterna upplevde att gruppundervisning var ett bra alternativ till enskild undervisning då de kunde ta del av andras erfarenheter och på det sättet få mer kunskap om sjukdomen.

The purpose of our study is to find out if insiders in Sweden generate abnormal earnings through insider trades. We want to pinpoint the cause for abnormal earnings by dividing transactions after company market value, size of the trade and type of insider. A quantitative approach using the market model have been used. We have conducted an event study over two short term event windows. We conclude that insiders in Sweden generate positive abnormal earnings for sales and negative for purchases in our ?long? event window.

The female dog has a unique reproductive endocrinology, with high levels of progesterone throughout the 70-day long luteal phase. In this project, markers of glucose metabolism were studied and compared from the aspects of breed group and time in oestral cycle. The parameters studied were: glucose, insulin, progesterone, fructosamine and the newly introduced analysis of HbA1c. Hba1c was also further evaluated and discussed as a diagnostic tool in canine medicine.No differences in terms of glucose markers were found between a group of purebreed dogs of various breeds compared to a group of dogs with high risk of dioestrus diabetes, namely the Norwegian and Swedish elkhounds.No differences were found between the two sample occasions, anoestrus and dioestrus, concluding that there is no need for relating test results to the time of the oestrous cycle in middle-aged intact female dogs.There were statistically significant higher values of all glucose markers in diabetic dogs than in non-diabetic dogs. When it came to HbA1c, however, there was a larger overlap between the two groups, compared to fructosamine.

On board ships different type of maintenance activities take place. Some of those require working with vibrating handheld tools. Traditionally there is a high awareness of the risks with different type of duties such as protecting the skin from oil or other chemicals, the eyes from splashes and hearing from high noise levels. The experience we have from our time as on-board cadets are that there is less information about vibration hazards available compared to the information concerning other hazards on board.There are threshold values that workers, by law, are not allowed to exceed when working with handheld vibrating tools. The purpose of this study is to investigate how common the use of this type of equipment that can cause damage by vibrations, to the hands and arm amongst the deck crew, and if the crew informed about the risks involved.

Children and youth inactivity and sedentary at school is increasing. This means that some of the students have a significant unhealthy lifestyle with physical inactivity, which in turn implies risks of suffering from various diseases, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, all related to a sedentary lifestyle. To prevent illness, it is important that children and young people early get a positive attitude towards physical activity.The purpose of this study was to study the causes of child and adolescent physical inactivity in school, based on teachers 'and parents' perspectives.A qualitative research has been selected. To achieve the study objectives, the author has conducted seven semi-structured interviews, with an appropriate choice of five teachers and two parents with children in school. Data was analyzed with a manifest content analysis.The results show that teachers and parents felt that physical activity is a protective factor for children's health.

Diabetes typ-2 är en sjukdom som kräver regelbunden medicinering för att patienten ska ha möjlighet att leva ett normalt liv med så få komplikationer som möjligt. Den här studien undersöker följsamheten till orala diabetesläkemedel bland patienter i åldern 70-79 år. Följsam anses en patient vara som tar medicin mellan 80-120 procent av ordinationen och i denna studie har vi likställt det med mängd uthämtat läkemedel i förhållande till ordinationen och utköpsfrekvensen. Avsikten med projektet är att med hjälp av det nya nationella läkemedelsregistret studera följsamheten samt bedöma om de som har indikationen utskriven på receptet har bättre följsamhet än de som inte har det. Materialet till studien kommer från data som registrerats på apoteken i Sverige.

During the last decade a number of studies have been published that investigate how the most fundamental aspect of political organization, the regime type, affects population health. The results unanimously show that citizens of democracies live longer and healthier lives than citizens of non-democracies. Many explanations for this have been suggested, among these are that democracies redistribute more and invest more in salutogenic resources, and that the tendency of dictatorships to control the media negatively affects the ability to spread information crucial to public health. When these mechanisms are controlled for, however, it turns out that democracy has a large residual correlation with for example life expectancy, which suggests that other mechanisms are also involved.In this paper two new mechanisms regarding the possible psychosocially mediated health effects of the regime type are investigated, namely political repression, and the possible negative effects this might have on the levels of chronic stress, and autonomy, which connects to a large previous literature in social epidemiology. In the paper an ecological cross-country design is used and country-level data, provided mainly by the World Bank and Freedom House, is analyzed with a simple multiple OLS-regression model.

Introduktion: Diabetes Typ 2 är ett världsomfattande hälsoproblem. Sjukdomen är ärftligmen beror till största del på levnadsvanor. Livstilen påverkar allvarlighetsgraden avsjukdomen. Denna rapport fokuserar uteslutande på typ 2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Hur välegenvården fungerar påverkar prognosen hos personer med T2DM.

Denna uppsatssyfte var att ta reda på vilken kännedom som finns om de svenskanäringsrekommendationerna hos människor på ett antal svenska arbetsplatser. Syftet har även inne-fattat att ta reda på huruvida man använder sig av denna kännedom eller inte.Metod: Enkvantitativ ansats i en tvärsnittsstudie har använts i denna undersökning och hundratio enkäter har blivit besvarade. Dessa enkäter har analyserats både kvantitativt och kvalitativt.Resultatetvisade att majoriteten av respondenterna inte kände till de svenska näringsrekom-mendationerna. Majoriteten var också omedvetna om hur den procentuella energifördelningen såg ut. Jämförbart med tidigare studier så underskattade männen rekommendationerna för grönsaker medan kvinnorna hade mer kännedom om rekommendationerna som helhet.

This bachelor thesis contains the findings of an investigation into the laying of wedge sawn wood flooring. The advantage of wedge sawn wood flooring is the usage of more material from each board reducing waste. The boards follow the natural profile of the tree where the root part of the board is wider, and the top part is narrower. The technique involves placing boards side by side with adjacent boards in opposite directions. The thick base of one board is neighbored by the narrow top of another, this creates a pattern of wedges in alternating directions, known as a ?root and top? system. Existing literature into this type of flooring is sparce.