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This paper aims at determine how a new accident investigation method should be designed in order to bring a more holistic view of the system of a manufacturing industry. This is especially important for an organization like Xylem, since complex systems needs methods that can handle the complexity. In order to do this the author has performed interviews and a study of accident reports from a compan

Author: Ylva Tornestrand Title: The child’s social worker, what does it mean in practise? Supervisor: Bodil Rasmusson Assessor: Norma Montesino The aim of this essay is to examine how the new legislation is applied in practice when it comes to children placed in foster homes should have their own social worker. This has been done through the perspective of the child’s social worker. The stud

During the last decade there has been a surge of smart devices on markets around the world. The latest trend is devices that can be worn, so called wearable devices. As for other mobile devices, effective localization are of great interest for many different applications of these devices. However they are small and usually set a high demand on energy efficiency, which makes traditional localizatio

Purpose – This paper attempts to increase understanding of industry renewal as a subject of research within the field of entrepreneurship. It provides insights for future research in economics and industrial organization. We make use of research findings on entrepreneurial motivation, cognition and the environment. Furthermore, it attempts to answer the question: ‘Why do entrepreneurs become activ

Aim. To investigate personality, alexithymia and personal relations in a cohort of seven women with superficial dyspareunia based on either LPV (localized provoced vestibulodynia) or painful vaginism. The purpose was to find background personality variables to address later in psychotherapy. Methods. Personality measurements were performed using Cloninger`s Temperament and Character Inventory – re

Cementeringens Politik är en studie som med hjälp av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys ämnar närma sig mediernas framställning av nya politiska partier. Det empiriska materialet utgörs av artiklar publicerade av Dagens Nyheter och Aftonbladet. Gemensamt för alla artiklar är att de på något sätt har ett innehåll som kan kopplas till de svenska politiska partierna Piratpartiet (PP) eller Feministiskt In

In order to reach the climate targets for the society, with significant lower proportions of CO2 emissions than today, certain actions are required. To be able to decrease the emissions, one alternative is to increase the amount of people who uses public transportation as opposed to using cars. The municipality of Åstorp is one of the districts that emits most CO2 per person and day in Scania, and

This report describes the process of a bachelor thesis carried out for the consulting company Devv.it. Devv.it’s a new company with five employees working in different areas. The problem for Devv.it is that their current recruitment process is not efficient enough, it is long and some parts take much time. The task is to develop a safe test tool that optimize their current recruitment process thro

Hur ser behovet ut av att energieffektivisera byggnader under miljonprogrammet? Finns det idag energieffektiva fasadsystem anpassade för miljonprogrammets byggnader? Vad borde dessa system lösa för utmaningar? Finns det möjlighet till förbättring av systemen? Detta är bakgrunden till detta arbete vars syfte är att redogöra för miljonprogrammets status samt göra en marknadsundersökning där energief

In Sweden the authorities’ demands gets higher and higher concerning moisture safety in the building process. Nowadays all new constructions need special planning regarding moisture safety, according to Boverkets byggregler. To fulfil their demands regarding a moisture safe building process, Boverkets byggregler recommends a method called ByggaF. This is a method for including moisture safety in t

The thesis is based on a problem formulated by the company to implement and realize an automated transportation system utilizing a SCADA system and transportation rails. The report contains a theoretical part that explains the SCADA system and it’s components, and a practical part that explains how the SCADA system is connected, the communication between different units and the programming of the

In the food industry, increasing market competition has seen intensified efforts in finding new solutions for safer, more efficient and higher quality production systems. If the established conditions of the production allows for the automation of processes, there is a substantial potential to achieve those various improvements throughout the production. Since each production system is unique and

Buildings from the so called Million programme has a high use of energy and in addition, there are many such houses. The need for them to be retrofitted is big. The City of Helsingborg has set a climate goal which states that the city in 2035 should be neutral in energy use which put a lot of pressure on the real estate owners in the city. All new buildings has to be energy efficient and older bui