This master thesis has been done in cooperation with Sweco Viak AB in Sundsvall. The aimwith the project is to investigate the purifying effect of percolation filter due to iron andmanganese. The overall goal was to investigate how the parameters surface load,sandfractions, and burden time affect the purifying effect. The expectation is to optimize thedesign and find a demouldning of the filter that gives sufficient purifying with a highersurface load. As an attempt to accelerate the Curing of the filter, experiments with a layer ofsand which surface has been covered with manganese ore (MnO2) on top of the filter havebeen done.As test filters 10 L bars were used and the experimental work was performed at thewaterworks in Hassela and Munkbysjön.In Hassela different sandfractions were tested.

The results from 13 interviews and one opinion poll answered by resident physicians were interpreted as stories about identity as primary material for this thesis. The resident physicians stress the importance of considering whether their work primarily concerns Curing people from diseases or if the process of working with sick people also includes how to handle the pressure of work, either by adapting to it or changing it, and the search for balance between work and private life. Residents separate themselves from older physicians by saying that younger physicians accentuate empathy to a greater extent while older physicians emphasise a high work load. Identity seems to effect how the residents perceive and relate to their work, themselves as residents and different types of patients..

Efterbehandling på sprutbetongen skall enligt regelverk som BV-tunnel och Tunnel 2004 ske direkt efter sprutning. Fukthärdning av sprutbetongen behöver tillämpas då den relativa luftfuktigheten understiger 90 % vid betongytan. Fukthärdning skall då utföras så att betongytan ständigt är fuktig, under hela härdningsperioden fram tills att betongen har fått tillräcklig hållfasthet. Då cementet hydratiseras bildas olika kristaller som ger cementmaterialet dess hårdhet och hållfasthet. Med krympning menas här rörelser i betongen som orsakas av vattenavgång i form av avdunstning från betongen och genom kemiska reaktioner i hydratationsprocessen.

Efterbehandling på sprutbetongen skall enligt regelverk som BV-tunnel och Tunnel 2004 ske direkt efter sprutning. Fukthärdning av sprutbetongen behöver tillämpas då den relativa luftfuktigheten understiger 90 % vid betongytan. Fukthärdning skall då utföras så att betongytan ständigt är fuktig, under hela härdningsperioden fram tills att betongen har fått tillräcklig hållfasthet. Då cementet hydratiseras bildas olika kristaller som ger cementmaterialet dess hårdhet och hållfasthet. Med krympning menas här rörelser i betongen som orsakas av vattenavgång i form av avdunstning från betongen och genom kemiska reaktioner i hydratationsprocessen. Syftet med denna rapport har varit att studera effekten av varierande fukthärdning på sprutbetongen.

Due to recent legal enactments regarding carbon dioxide emissions, the car industry is facing higher demands. An effective way of reducing these emissions is to minimize the weight of the vehicle. This thesis constitutes a feasibility study on whether or not it is applicable for the car industry to utilize an inner floor structure comprising composite materials. The principal was the projectSåNätt, in which the main participant was Volvo Cars Corp. In consultation with a reference group, consisting of delegates from the industry and KTH, a specification of requirements was produced.

Product development is a risky business; many products never yield profit, but it is also ne-cessary for a company?s survival in a competitive business where the costumers change their requests constantly. Consumer-led product development is developed from the wish to fill the consumer?s needs and expectations and thereby be more likely to succeed. Lindell?s Gårdsslakteri AB is a local slaughter and meat processor in Västergötland.

AbstractConcrete foundation slabs are usually exposed to unilateral drying during the Curing process. The unilateral drying causes an axial shrinkage and a concave curvature of the construction. The curvature results from the fact that the upper part of the slab is drying and shrinking faster than the lower part. This is called gradient shrinkage.A problem occurs when the slab is considered fully restrained by adjoining structural parts. The deformations caused by axial contraction due to the constant part of the shrinkage and the curvature caused by gradient shrinkage of the slab are then prevented by the fact that the slab is fully restrained.

Due to recent legal enactments regarding carbon dioxide emissions, the car industry is facing higher demands. An effective way of reducing these emissions is to minimize the weight of the vehicle. This thesis constitutes a feasibility study on whether or not it is applicable for the car industry to utilize an inner floor structure comprising composite materials. The principal was the projectSåNätt, in which the main participant was Volvo Cars Corp. In consultation with a reference group, consisting of delegates from the industry and KTH, a specification of requirements was produced.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Sweden held about 15-20 certified health resorts that wanted to improve peoples? health with vegetarian food and alternative medicine. This essay aims to explore the popularity of health resorts through a patient?s perspective. What did the patients look for at the resort, which they could not find in the official health care? A basis for the analysis is Bonnie Blair O´Connor?s theory of Health Belief Systems.

I Sverige produceras varje år grovt uppskattat ca. 1,5?2,0 miljoner m2 industrigolv av betong [1]. Resultaten är varierande och det vanligaste felet hos dessa golv är sprickor [2]. I sprickorna letar sig vatten och i vissa fall klorider ned och förorsakar armeringskorrosion.

Mastitis, inflammation in the udder tissue, caused by S. aureus is a big problem in dairy cattle production. It causes suffering for the cow and Curing or replacing the infected cow is costly for the farmer. It is known that beef cattle also suffer from mastitis caused by S. aureus.