This essay discusses the use of history, and primarily how the current Swedish society perceives and uses the Viking age. The analysis is based on a literature study as well as a case study of the planned theme park in Fullerö north of Uppsala, Sweden. The aim of the essay is to understand the regional debate which arose in media regarding the planning of Fullerö Park and how it reflects the contemporary use of history. Research about the use of history has become increasingly common in recent years and deals with how history is actively being used in society in order to meet its existing needs. These needs varies among different groups and individuals and results in a multitude of usages, where the interests of the different actors may be contradictory.

Sandra OjanpÀÀ: Att testa hifiapparater. Psykoakustik och testmetodik. C-uppsats. Institutionen för musikvetenskap, Uppsala universitet. Vt 2004.Syftet med uppsatsen Àr att visa pÄ en metod för att testa apparater inom hifi genom mÀtningar och lyssningstest och att testa hur de testobjekt som valts ut klarade sig i de testerna.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out how much influence underlying factors have in connection to the internationalization of Born Global firms. Methodology: This study has a qualitative approach in which data is obtained mainly through interviews and secondary data which consists previous theories about the internationalization in small and medium sized firms and recent theories that entitle these firms as Born Global. Conclusion: Based on the existing theories and the qualitative data, we have concluded that the underlying factors for the Born Global firm?s internationalization are abilities and opportunities to create insidership in relevant networks. The most crucial underlying factors for Born Global firm?s internationalization are the ability to create processes to break old patterns of thoughts and the ability to ally with right partners. .

This is a master thesis from Uppsala University in collaboration with B Locket AB (more known as www.blocket.se). B Locket AB is a large ad-company from Sweden, located in Stockholm.Search engines on the market today are becoming more and more complex. When they were first introduced, they only had one function and that was to produce search results containing the string that the user had typed. Today, users want it to be able to spellcheck, produce more results and sort search results on specific fields as well. Preferably, all these features should not affect the performance as a whole.The reason to why these demands have come up is that users are getting more and more used to internet services as a whole and they want everything to be as easy as possible.The user ability has become a substantially more important area in the computer industry and this needs to be taken into account when it comes to B Locket AB and its search engine.

This paper is an account of the inventory I've made of documents in the archive at Museum Gustavianum, Collections storage Husbyborg, relating to the excavations in Asine, Greece, in the 1920s. The aim of this inventory has been to establish which of the documents in the Husbyborg archives that belong to the department of Classical Studies at Uppsala University. Documents belonging to other archives have been found alongside the one mentioned above and those are the Original documentation (loan from Carolina) and the personal archive of Professor Axel W. Persson. The documents have been arranged according to the General Archive Scheme (AllmÀnna arkivschemat) seeing that the department of Classical Studies already had a series named Documents relating to the departments archeological collections, and the inventory I've made will be incorporated with that.

I dagens multinationella och hektiska samhÀlle stÀlls allt högre krav pÄ de faktorer som knyter den enskilde individen nÀrmare gemensamma nÀtverk. En mycket viktig resurs och kanal inom detta informationssamhÀlle Àr Internet. Kanalen Internet Àr en informationskanal som erbjuder ett snabbt och enkelt sÀtt att kommunicera med andra mÀnniskor och organisationer. SÄvÀl storstadsmÀnniskan som landsbygdsbefolkningen vill ha en snabb och smidig anslutning till Internet. Dagens landsbygd och dess invÄnare kommer att via den expansiva utbyggnationen av bredbandsnÀtet i Sveriges kommuner att bli erbjudna en snabb uppkoppling mot den globala vÀrld och miljö som Internet Àr.

This thesis describes the introduction of Web 2.0 education into Swedish LIS education with emphasis on the driving forces and obstacles in the process. It also discusses the possibilities of estimating the appropriate time for the start of new educational courses introducing new technologies, when it is uncertain if the technologies in question will sustain for a long enough period of time to make the educational effort worthwhile. The data on the Web 2.0 education was collected during the spring of 2010 from the Web pages of the five LIS departments in Sweden, namely BorÄs, Lund, UmeÄ, Uppsala and VÀxjö, as well as by 10 interviews during November and December 2010 with two representatives from each LIS department..The key finding is that Web 2.0 is covered in Swedish LIS education and embracing both practical and theoretical issues. The main driving forces have been both the needs of the profession and an academic research interest. It is concluded that Rogers??S-curves? as described in ?Diffusion of Innovation? can be used as a tool in order to improve the understanding of when to introduce education in new technologies.

Calle Strand: Brian Wilson presents Smile! ? a study of the circumstances surrounding theabandonment of Smile - Uppsala University, Department of Musicology, C-essay.This essay is about the course of events that led to the abandonment of the Beach Boys albumSmile in 1967. The purpose of the essay is to differentiate the medial assumption of why Smilewas never released and also investigate to what extent media have influenced this assumption.The medial assumption is compared to actual events of the time of the abandonment andthe difference is then being discussed in a media-theoretical perspective.The theoretical framework is based on theories by Denis McQuail. His ideas aboutmedia's influences on the reception of its audience are of great importance for the essay andthe notions of agenga-setting and framing has a central role.Finally the conclusion is drawn that the medial assumption is a simplified and distortedexplanation to why Smile was never released. The actual events discover several alternativereasons, but media choose to focus on the assumption that gain them the most (they set theagenda and frame the information to their advantage) and present it as the only reason to theabandonment of Smile..

This report is a case study of ?citizen forums? in the municipality of Uppsala. These forums are arranged to make people participate more in local politics. The aim of this study is to find out if the opinions and the wishes coming from the citizens are later involved in the planning process etc made by the authorities. The aim is also to explain why or why not the opinions from the citizens are of any importance.My empirical data come from interviews that I have made with seven different respondents, both politicians and civil servants.

Mikael Tuominen: Fri improvisation - hur tÀnker musikern?  Uppsala Universitet, musikvetenskap vt -98.Syftet med uppsatsen Àr att undersöka musikestetiken bakom fri improvisation sedd ur musikerns synvinkel. Undersökningen Àr framför allt baserad pÄ litteratur skriven av verksamma musiker inom genren och pÄ artiklar som delvis bygger pÄ intervjuer med musiker. I arbetet med texterna anvÀnds hermeneutisk och komparativ metod.I uppsatsen visas att genrebegrÀnsningen för fri improvisation ligger i metoden. Denna gÄr ut pÄ att musiken skapas i nuet.

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..

The work is performed at Forsmark Group AB as a final step in the Bachelor ofScience program in nuclear engineering at the University of Uppsala in 2013.The work is part of an ongoing process of streamlining project system model FKA.Streamlining the project model is an important aspect that affects all largecompanies that somehow have a project governing body when there is muchfinancial resources to save. Although the quality of the projects is positivelyaffected by efficiencyThe aim is to find possible common weaknesses and strengths of the project systemby interviewing a number of project managers, and using the systems in placeexamine the model.As part of the work also includes examining what project managers have to adjust tothe newly implemented system VPMM, and other newly introduced elements thathave been added to improve the efficiency in the futureProject System is a complex system that is influenced by many different parametersand participating individuals' attitude and personality. But then small changes in themodel could have major economic consequences.The thesis has generated results that show common weaknesses among the variousprojects and their project managers' general opinions about the project model. It alsopresents some possible solutions based on own thoughts and those interviewedobjects suggestions and comments..

I linje med tidigare forskning bör adoptivförÀldrar bli mer öppna för att adoptera ett barn med funktionsnedsÀttning eftersom det Àr fÀrre och fÀrre friska barn som blir aktuella för adoption (Glidden, 2000, s.397; SOU 2003:49, s.144-145). Studiens syfte var att öka kunskapen om hur nöjda adoptivförÀldrar Àr med samhÀllets stöd före, under och efter genomförd adoption av ett barn med funktionsnedsÀttning. Studiens frÄgestÀllning var om adoptivförÀldrar till barn med funktionsnedsÀttning anser att de har fÄtt tillrÀckligt med stöd frÄn samhÀllet före, under och efter genomförd adoption. För att besvara frÄgestÀllningen anvÀndes en kvantitativ metod, vilket bestod av en enkÀtundersökning som var riktad till 31 adoptivförÀldrar. Efter inkomna svar gjordes analys av empirin och en resultatredovisning dÀr vi anvÀnde teorierna om anknytning och empowerment.

Uppsatsens syfte har varit att undersöka lÀrarstudenters instÀllning till grannsprÄksundervisning i den egna framtida yrkesutövningen. Mer specifikt har jag undersökt om instÀllningen styrs av egna tidigare erfarenheter, utbildningen inom lÀrarprogrammet och/eller geografisk placering av lÀrosÀte.Resultaten utgörs av svaren pÄ den enkÀt som delats ut till lÀrarstudenter inom Àmnet svenska pÄ Malmö högskola, Linköpings universitet, Karlstad universitet, Uppsala universitet och UmeÄ universitet. Totalt 85 informanter har deltagit i undersökningen.Av resultaten att döma har tidigare grannsprÄkskontakt och geografisk placering av lÀrosÀte inte sÀrskilt stark pÄverkan pÄ lÀrarstudenters instÀllning till grannsprÄksundervisning, istÀllet Àr det grannsprÄksundervisning under lÀrarutbildningen som pÄverkar lÀrarstudenters instÀllning. Enligt mina resultat bör grannsprÄk alltsÄ ingÄ som enskild kurs inom lÀrarprogrammet vid alla lÀrosÀten, om en positiv instÀllning till grannsprÄksundervisning Àr mÄlet. Dock verkar det krÀvas mer Àn en positiv instÀllning om grannsprÄksundervisning ska fÄ ökad prioritet i svenskÀmnet..

The aim of this study is to combine queer theories with quantitative methods. In social sciences, queer theories are being widely and increasingly used. Quantitative method is also widely used, and as a traditional method it can be regarded as a cornerstone in social sciences, sociology in particular. However, the two perspectives, queer theories and quantitative method, seem at a first glance to be very different in their understanding of social phenomena. Queer theories have, with some exceptions, mainly focused on qualitative research concerning such phenomena as sexuality, while the field of science is quite diverse.