Detta arbete syftar till att undersöka hur lärare och elever förhåller sig till de uppgifter och den bedömning som förekommer i samband med skönlitterär läsning i ämnet svenska på gymnasiet. Studien inriktade sig mer specifikt på en elevstrategi, som getts begreppet genvägsläsning, där elever inte själva läser föreskrivna verk utan istället läser sekundärkällor om verket. Som teoretiskt ramverk an

An alternative energy and chemicals must be found to meet the future demand. A possible source of renewable energy is plant oil since it has a close chemical structure to fossil oil with less refining requirement. However, vegetable oil has not made a significant contribution to replace fossil oil as an energy source because of high demand of fossil oil. It is possible to substitute fossil-based c

Lignin is found in nature as one of the most abundant biopolymers. The large amounts of lignin generated as a by-product or waste from mainly pulp and paper industry have great potential as a source of renewable (aromatic) carbon and could be applied for production of platform chemicals in the proposed circular economy/biorefinery concept. Due to the heterogenous lignin polymer structure, its degr

Malware has proven to be a persistent problem with an increasing amount of variations, and new attack vectors are constantly being taken advantage of. Security specialists are always on the hunt for new technologies useful in the fight against malware. Blockchain technologies bring promises of high integrity, decentralization, and transparency. The technology is very much in its infancy, but previ

The aim of this thesis was to investigate how social counsellors employed in health care reasoned on transgender persons as a group and their work with transgender persons, as well as analyse the knowledge they use in that work. The method used for collecting data was qualitative interviews with social counsellors working in health care. Social counsellors interviewed were selected by way of conve

The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) is a non-indigenous species to the Baltic Sea that has drawn the attention of many researchers in the last decade due to its rapid spreading and its impact on the local fauna. With recent concerns about the dispersal of the round goby towards the North Sea, the aim of this study was to determine if the native shore crab could compete with the invaders and pr

Uppsatsen undersöker röst, perspektiv samt den rytmiska och stilistiska presentationen av dessa i Kristina Sandbergs roman Liv till varje pris. Uppsatsen undersöker romanens mångstämmighet och därmed dess eventuella polyfoni och dialogicitet.

This research explores the processes of articulation between indigenous-ancestral knowledge practices of childbirth and the biomedical logic that articulates the field of medicine and state interventions. It unravels the question of: how do government policies in Ecuador construct the discourse around the dynamics between traditional-indigenous childbirth and biomedical interventions, and what imp

This thesis examines the possibility of modelling trajectory and estimating distance during a walk using only a smart phone attached to the waist. Due to GPS not functioning indoors, a navigation system without the need of external communication could be the perfect complement for closed spaces. This thesis considers such a system, where the smart phone contains accelerometer and gyroscope sensors

Caldicellulosiruptor species are regarded as the best microorganisms to produce hydrogen due to their ability to break down many types of sugars and hydrogen yields near the theoretical maximum. The major drawback is their low volumetric hydrogen productivity (QH2), which makes the current process setup economically non-viable. In this study, the natural capability of Caldicellulosiruptor species

Denna kvalitativa studie har haft som syfte att förstå hur den globala kampanjen #metoo har påverkat intervjupersonerna och deras inställning till sexuella övergrepp. Avsikten med #metoo har varit att uppmärksamma omfattningen av kvinnors utsatthet för sexuella övergrepp. Tidigare undersökningar och statistik visar på ett stort mörkertal när det kommer till offer för sexuella övergrepp och det är

The study was carried out to identify critical factors for processed fruit shelf life in Tetra Recart packages. To investigate the importance of package volume and headspace volume, vitamin C was chosen to be the indicator. Oxygen in headspace, headspace volume, dissolved oxygen in product, oxygen transmission rate (OTR) and the concentration of vitamin C along storage time were measured to unders

The transport sector is one of many markets facing new challenges in the pursuit of reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The people at Volvo Powertrain in Malmö are continuously working to develop new and improved techniques that are able to live up to the ever-increasing legislations. A well performing turbocharger is an essential part of the combustion engine in order to reduce the fuel consumption

Ljus som styr ljus - går det? Att styra ljus med ljus kan låta som en befängd idé, för att i vår vardag upplever vi inte något sådant: när du lyser på solljus med en ficklampa så ser du ingen skugga av ficklampans stråle - så uppenbarligen ändrar inte solens strålar sin riktning för att du lyser på dem! Du ser inte heller någon förändring i färgen på solstrålarna efter att de passerat ficklampansRecent developments in opto-optical modulation technique calls for improved temporal control of light modulation processes of coherent XUV light. This thesis project evaluates an experimental method aimed at achieving redirection and amplitude modulation of XUV-light, by using precise determination of decay times in states of noble gases that are deemed suitable for opto-optical control. It is pos

Using Jacques Lacan’s theories of subjectivity, this dissertation analyses the relationships between the ideal selves and the romantic desires of characters in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondous Life of Oscar Wao. Lacan argues that there is an inherent lack in all human beings, stemming from incompleteness and early helplessness, and emp

Den stressrelaterade ohälsan har ökat såväl i Sverige som i övriga världen och däribland utmattningssyndrom som har ett långvarigt läkningsförlopp. Det pågår på olika ställen intensiv forskning kring vad som kan förändra och påverka sjukdomsförloppet vid utmattningssyndrom. Forskningen fokuserar i huvudsak på arbetsåtergång som mål med behandlingen. Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att undeStress-related illness has increased both in Sweden and abroad, among it burnout syndrome, which has a prolonged healing process. Intense research is carried out worldwide on which factors can change and affect the course of the illness. The research is mainly focused on return to work as a goal of the treatment. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate both patients’ and psychothe

The aim of this study is to illustrate the complex phenomena of workrelatad violence within the emergency care, and explain the phenomena by applying a perspective of sociology of law. Our interest emerged from the frequent reports about emergency personnel being threatened and abused by patients. Our main question is: "How do healthcare personnel perceive work related violence?”. We used the

Abstract In order to be able to calculate how an energy system should be controlled to achieve minimal overall cost in advance,energyproducers often use software for economic operational optimization. In order for the software to make good optimizations, the model of the energy system needs to be realistic. It is also important for the user that optimizations do not take too long and that it is e

This project started out of love for the enjoyment of healthy food. A summer in France opened up my world to the wonderful beverage that is natural wine and the beautiful process of making it. But, there is a strong critical agenda in the Nordic countries, and the natural wine has not gotten a warm welcome. I found a potential to increase interest by introducing natural wine in a new way tha