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Popular Abstract in Swedish Under senare år har datorn kommit att bli ett vanligt inslag i förskolans dagliga verksamhet. Visioner och planer har formulerats, inte minst politiskt. Det har sedan varit upp till pedagogerna att organisera och genomföra datoranvändandet i den lokala förskolevardagen. Avhandlingens övergripande syfte är att studera datoranvändandets praktik i förskolan. Avsikten är däThe purpose of this thesis is to study the computer using practice within pre-school activity, or more specifically, to study aspects of meaning-making as afforded when the computer is in use in pre-school. In the study a socio-cultural perspective is used as the point of departure combined with an Ecological approach to visual perception and Positioning theory. Data was collected in three pre-sch

Introduction: In Sierra Leone, West Africa, there are many people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation services after a long civil war. Sierra Leone is among the ten least developed countries in the world and half of the population live under the absolute poverty line with an income less than $1.25 a day. Aim: The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of prosthetic an

The  forces of globalization  and  the  enabling  characteristics of internet communication have impacted the nature of research and innovation. Knowledge and innovation processes are both more dispersed and more openly accessible. In addition, we witness a shift in the global knowledge and innovation geography with both being  increasingly generated  and developed in  regions outside Europe, Nort

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe clients' experiences of a work rehabilitation process. Method: Ten clients who had participated in work-related rehabilitation at a rehabilitation centre in the northern parts of Sweden were interviewed using a narrative approach. The interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis focusing on clients' descriptions of the goals, contents a

Control loops that are closed over a communication network get more and more common. A problem with such systems is that the transfer delays will be varying with different characteristics depending on the network hardware and software. The network delays are typically varying due to varying network load, scheduling policies in the network and the nodes, and due to network failures. Two network mod

The article considers various ethical issues in the supervision of doctoral students. Narratives collected at seven Swedish universities describing problematic situations in supervision were analyzed against the background of basic ethical principles, professional ethics of European psychologists, a list of critical incidents from the US, and a code of conduct for supervisors at Oslo University. A

The goal of this master thesis was to examine some of the available development tools for augmented reality in mobile applications. The best development tool were then used in development of an application for Android or iOS. The thesis has two main parts, the analysis of development tools and the application development. During the analysis ve dierent commercial development tools for augmented re

There is no doubt that the construction industry needs to streamline its processes. There are four different ways to streamline the processes; Building Information Modelling (BIM), Lean Construction, industrialized building and partnering. In this examination paper we have investigated the possibility to streamline a specified company’s processes whit lean and BIM. More specific we have investigat

The integration of immigrants affects social stability in host countries, which becomes a potential and heat issue discussed by all walks of life. How well the immigrants integrate into the society largely relates to their economic status in host countries. This paper aims to study the relationship among ethnicity, ethnic identity and the outcomes of immigrants in labour market in thirteen selecte

This master thesis has been carried out as a part of the research project TESSPA, with commission from the department of Industrial Production at Lund University. The purpose is to further develop and verify a method o calculate the process cost at smaller companies with discrete part manufacturing and to identify improvement- and development potential. The work has been carried out in cooperation

Currently sedimentation is one of the major issues to deal with, for professionals, as it causes continuous loss of storage and hinder the intended purposes of a dam. More research and case-specific studies are required to understand the behavior of sediment transport mechanism in order to propose remedial measures. Sakuma dam on Tenryu River in Japan is one of the largest dams in Japan and it is

Preferred acoustic characteristics in a room can vary depending on the purpose of the room. A room adjusted to e.g. teaching may not be suitable for music practice and a room suitable for one type of instrument may not fit another. The judgement of what defines good and bad acoustics is subjective and differs among individuals. Practice rooms at music schools are good examples of rooms were the ac

In Sweden freedom of Speech is declared as a fundamental civil and serves as a prerequisite to the freedom of opinion within its constitutions, and is also enhanced by Sweden’s implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Sweden’s constitutional system also protects and regulates freedom of speech further through a divided and delegated system. However, as a result of difficult econo

The public health agency of Sweden has shown an increasing prevalence of mental illness among college students. At the same time studies show that students choose to not seek any help, and often don’t know where they would even find the help they might need. The aim of this study was therefore to map the prevalence of mental illness among students of Social Work at Campus Helsingborg, and examine

The outbreak of Covid-19 has resulted in major changes on office work. Many office workers have been almost exclusively working from home for the past year, which has led to different advantages and obstacles for the workers. A lot of studies have investigated the acoustic environment of offices, to distinguish which sound sources that are the most disturbing. The consequences of disturbing noise

The main purpose of this study was to investigate how social services work to reduce criminality among the youth, with children and adolescents that have already developed a criminal behaviour. We have also examined if and, in such cases, how social workers experience that their discretion is restricted by factors such as the law, routines and guidelines. The study is a qualitative one, based on t

The digital era has mercilessly affected the media landscape by changing the way information and news are disseminated and consumed. This has led to an increased need to move activities online and an outdated business model among newspapers. The Swedish newspaper industry has so far struggled to do business in the digital world. Hence, the need for business model innovation is greater than ever. I

Bakgrund: Reumatoid artrit (RA) är en av de vanligaste reumatiska sjukdomarna i Sverige och är vanligast förekommande bland kvinnor. Många personer med RA drabbas av den kroniska tröttheten fatigue, vilket på sistone har uppmärksammats som ett av de mest besvärliga symtomen vid RA. Att det idag inte finns tillräckligt med forskning kring hur RA-relaterad fatigue påverkar vardagen anser författarnaBackground: Reumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common rheumatic diseases in Sweden and is most frequent among women. Many people with RA get affected by the chronic tiredness fatigue, which lately has been noted as one of the most difficult symptoms along with RA. Since there is a lack of research regarding how RA-related fatigue affects everyday life, the authors consider this as a knowl