Our thesis focus on how retirees perceive Tv4s news casts of economy news where we focused on five different aspects: What is the relationship between the news cast and the viewer and how does the viewer express their understanding of the news cast and the way it is constructed? What are the viewers attitude towards the news content and how do they find the news cast useful for them personally?We choosed retirees as our target group due to their vulnerable economic position in today?s society and TV as an important medium for them due to the digital divide. The study was performed with twelve qualitative interviews and one group interview where six retirees took part.We discovered a big interest for economic news in the target group. The majority had a sympathetic view of the news cast they saw but they also expressed skepticism toward the economy segment and/or news castings. The majority expressed a lack of trust for the journalists and the experts brought in to share observations and make announcements, and the financial business overall.

Bakgrund: Munnen kan inte ses som separat frÄn resten av kroppen eftersom munhÀlsan pÄverkar den generella hÀlsan. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa betydelsen av anvÀndandet av munbedömningsinstrument för vÄrdpersonalen. Metod: AllmÀn litteraturstudie. Resultat: Genom en innehÄllsanalys framkom de tvÄ subkategorierna; Ger möjlighet att upptÀcka och Tydliggör fortsatt behov av munbedömning. Dessa ledde till kategorin; Munbedömningsinstrumentet ger struktur.

AbstraktUppsala Universitet hÄller för tillfÀllet pÄ med ett nytt slags svÀnghjul som utnyttjar stor vinkelhastighet istÀllet för stort tröghetsmoment för att buffra rörelseenergi.  För att kunna nÄ hög hastighet hÄlls svÀnghjulet svÀvande med permanentmagneter och horisontellt hÄlls svÀnghjulet rakt med hjÀlp av 8 stycken aktiva magneter. Varje aktiv magnet regleras med hjÀlp av semipassiva h-bryggor. Syftet med detta projekt var att ta reda pÄ effektförlusterna i en enskild semipassiv h-brygga och sedan beskriva det med en formel med ström och spÀnning som inparameter. Den framhÄllna ekvationen: sÀger oss att med vÀrden pÄ spÀnning och ström som svÀnghjulet drivs med kommer en effektförlust ligga mellan 0.5-3.5 W i varje h-brygga. Detta ger en effektförlust i hela systemet för alla aktiva magneter mellan 3-28 W beroende pÄ inspÀnningen och inströmmen.  En tydlig slutsats som kan dras Àr att den procentuella effektförlusten minskar desto större ström och spÀnning som anvÀnds i systemet..

AbstractThis study examines how knowledge transfer works within the student nations of Uppsala. The purpose is to describe and analyze how the knowledge is transferred when the officials are being exchanged within the student nation. Furthermore the purpose is to explore if the student nations work active to preserve the knowledge and how it is done in such case. Eight out of Uppsalas thirteen nations are part of the study and the survey was conducted by qualitative interview. The study mainly assumes from Argotes theories on the organizational memory, Davenport and Prusaks theories on knowledge transfer and Nonaka and Konnos SECI-model. The study reveals that the student nations work in different ways and more and less active with knowledge transfer.

This paper is a study of Vadstena monastery's book acquisitions and book collection 1374-1595. Studying catalogue descriptions of manuscripts and incunabula in Uppsala University library, the author has aimed to examine the development over a period of time, concentrating on way and place of acquisition, and desired types of texts.A short description and history of the monastery and its library is given. The study opens with the author stating there must have existed a plan for the book acquisitions and collection. A survey investigation shows, that the usable material is too small and somewhat nonrepresenta­tive of the monastery library to form a basis for a fair analysis. Further investigations give material to form a basis for some careful statements, saying that book production and also acquisitions concentrated on sermons literature, and that this type dominated the library collection throughout the time of development, followed by the philosophical-theological university literature..

Jeanine Basingers bok The World War II Combat Film presenterar en annars vÀldigt oupmÀrksammad genre, den amerikanska Andra VÀrldskrigs-stridsfilmen. UtifrÄn den mall som Basinger beskriver i boken har jag hÀr diskuterat och analyserat hur Saving Private Ryan hÄller sig till mallen som skapats av tidigare stridsfilmer. Mallen bestÄr i korthet av en mÀngd element som anvÀnds genomgÄende i genren; sÄsom gruppen, hjÀlten, mÄlet och fienden. Dessa element förekommer frÄn den första andra vÀrldskrigs-stridsfilmen Bataan frÄn 1943 och har konsoliderats och utvecklats sedan dess. Slutsatsen blir att Àven om SPR blivit kÀnd som en nydanande och orginell film sÄ Àr hÄller den sig nÀstan slaviskt till mallen, det enda som möjligt kan skilja den lite frÄn andra filmer i genren Àr det ursprungliga mÄlet, det Àr inte vanligt att ha ett sÄpass politiskt inkorrekt mÄl som att rÀdda en enda man..

This report describes the development of a sample loader for my diploma work at Q-linea AB in Uppsala. The sample loader will replace the process of loading fluid samples into Q-linea?s instrument for biomolecule analysis. The earlier process was done by hand and was a time consuming and inefficient task.The work was initiated with a design phase where an overview of the system was created. The sample loader will be receiving text commands from a PC that coordinates all the subsystems like pumps and lasers on the analysis instrument.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare equations used to calculate BMR to values of BMR obtained from measurements in order to determine the most suitable equation to be used on children and adolescents with CF.Design: The participants where children and adolescents with CF. Data was collected from the division of Clinical Nutrition at Uppsala Akademiska Sjukhus. Age, weight, height, BMI, BMR, FFM and FM was recorded from 27 measurements. BMR from the participants collected from the indirect respiratory calorimetry was compared to the results obtained from five equations used to obtain a calculated value of BMR.Results: Tverskayas equation was best correlated with the measured BMR for the whole group. The equation underestimated BMR for the participants with a measured BMR over 1400 kcal/24h and overestimated BMR for participants with a measured BMR under 1400 kcal/24h.

Den hÀr uppsatsen undersöker om styrdokumenten och förskolornas arbetsmetoder har stöd i forskningen vad gÀller sprÄkkunskaper, sprÄkutveckling och kognition hos tvÄsprÄkiga barn. I uppsatsen presenteras en litteraturöversikt för att sammanfatta nÄgra forskningsresultat nationellt och internationellt, samt en empirisk studie omfattande fyra kommuner i Uppsala lÀn, dÀr syftet Àr att undersöka mer konkret hur kommunerna arbetar med modersmÄlsstöd i förskolorna. En del av uppsatsen undersöker ocksÄ möjligheten för modersmÄlsstöd i de nationella minoritetssprÄken.Litteraturen visar att mÀngden input Àr viktig vad gÀller sprÄkkunskaper i allmÀnhet, samt att risken Àr stor för sprÄkbyte ifall det inte finns nÄgot stöd utifrÄn för att stötta utvecklingen av ett minoritetssprÄk i ett majoritetssprÄksamhÀlle. Resultatet av kommunstudien visar att kommunerna har svÄrt att följa styrdokumenten fullt ut i frÄga om att barn med annat modersmÄl ska kunna utveckla sitt modersmÄl. Inputen riskerar att bli vÀldigt begrÀnsad, sÄ som de undersökta kommunerna arbetar med modersmÄlsstödet idag..

Studien bygger pÄ undersökningar gjorda av FN:s klimatpanel och Svenska klimatberÀkningar som bedömer att översvÀmningsrisken kommer att öka dÄ antal extrema nederbördsperioder och mÀngden nederbörd kommer att öka. Men Àven dÄ havsnivÄn kommer stiga. Studiens syfte Àr att studera hur tvÄ svenska kommuner arbetar, redan i översikts- och detaljplaner, för att minimera de ekonomiska, sociala och ekologiska konsekvenserna av översvÀmningar. Metoden har varit att studera översiktsplaner samt detaljplaner frÄn vardera kommun. Ett antal kriterier har tagits fram utifrÄn olika forskares syn pÄ hur man kan klimatanpassa i kommunernas planlÀggning.

Regnvatten, smÀltvatten och spolvatten som rinner av frÄn hÄrdgjorda ytor kallas dagvatten. Dagvatten Àr ofta förorenat av tungmetaller eller svÄrnedbrytbara organiska Àmnen, som kan göra stor skada om vattnet inte renas innan det nÄr recipienten. I dagslÀget finns det inga nationellt fastslagna riktvÀrden för föroreningshalter i dagvatten. Dagvattengruppen pÄ Vattenfall AB VÀrme Uppsala har tillsammans med miljökontoret i Uppsala tagit fram riktvÀrden för föroreningshalter frÄn kvarteret BrÀnnugnen, som omrÄdet som studerats i detta examensarbete kallas. Vattenfall har idag problem med att klara dessa riktvÀrden för bland annat metaller i en del av kvarterets dagvattenbrunnar.

This master thesis is an in-depth study of an existing heating system at a household cooperative in Uppsala that has been converted from district heating to a bedrock heat pump system. The study focuses on an economical system optimisation of the building?s complete heating system. The aim was to determine how well a heat pump system in large buildings actually work, find out possible ways to optimize the existing system and point out important system parameters for new heat pump installations in larger buildings.The project points out a possible energy cost reduction of 45 % without investment and further cost reductions with equipment investments. A reduction by 30 % is possible by improvements in the regulation system and 15 % is possible by maintaining the brine system.

A trend in modern landscape architecture is to design pedestrian streets so that vehicles and people move in the same area. By doing this, traffic tends to slow down. On the market though, there is a lack of furniture that corresponds to the requirements of these kinds of public places. Therefore, I have designed this furniture, called VOX, which is planned to be used on streets, schoolyards and squares. One objective has been to promote the product to the industry.To achieve this, I have been in contact with people from different professions, which have all influenced my designprocess.

Each year, the coffee machines at Ericsson in Kista produce around 100 tons of ground coffee waste.The companies Coor Service Management, Löfbergs Lila and Selecta are all responsible for differentstages in the logistical chain in delivering coffee and, together with Ericsson, they want to increasetheir environmental benefit. The plan is to produce biogas through anaerobic digestion instead ofincinerating the coffee waste in a heating plant. The results are to be presented as different businesscases in which different biogas plants are compared with the reference case (heating plant),comparing costs and environmental impacts.There are two major environmental benefits from producing biogas; reduced carbon dioxideemissions from when fossile fule is replaced by carbon neutral biogas, and reduced emissions fromreturning digestate from the bio reactor to farmland instead of using industrial fertelizer.In order to determine the biogas potential in coffee waste, a couple of properties had to bedetermined in a laboratory. Properties such as the dry substance content, heating value, moisturecontent and ash content. The results show that 100 tons coffee waste could produce around 16 500Nm3 biogas which would contain 163 MWh.The biogas reactor and upgrade plant both need energy gas to function and uses around 14 MWh ofthe produced gas.

AbstractTitle: Message sent ? SUDD AB:s internal communication in the digital age (Message sent ? SUDD AB:s interna kommunikation i den digitala tidsÄldern)Number of pages: 40 (44 including enclosures)Author: Lea KaufmannTuthor: Göran SvenssonCourse: Media and Communication Studies CPeriod: HT 2006University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: Analyze whether a small long distance company such as SUDD AB can obtain a well-functioned internal communication by using new communication technologies.Material/Method: The analysis is based on qualitative interviews with SUDD AB:s complete staff.Main results: Proven that internal communication is a complicated and very important process also within a small company. New communication channels do not necessarily guarantee an uncomplicated and efficient internal communication but the need to collaborate with old-fashioned channels persists.Keywords: communication, information, channels, effects, content, effectiveness.