This thesis aims to explore how musicologists reason about publishing their articles in open-access journals. What is the challenge they face and what are the possibilities musicologists are concerned about? For the method I used open-ended and structured interviews based on four factors: trustworthiness, accessibility, reaching the readers and status of the publishing media. Musicologists are positive to the open-access concept and are willing to submit their papers to open-access journals. They think that the accessibility of the articles is going to increase when they publish them in open-access journals. Furthermore, in order to submit their articles to open-access journals, the musicologists expect that these journals have a peer-review system. Less than half of the musicologists want these journals to have high impact factor. The rest of them are not concerned about the status of the publishing media. Some of the musicologists thought they could reach more readers by means of the traditional printed journals, some thought they could do it better by open-access journals. / Uppsatsnivå: D

<p>In this paper we examine the need of navigational aids when designing interfaces for e-newspapers </p><p>– newspapers presented on a digital paper built on E-Ink technology. By reviewing literature on </p><p>navigation, and by handling input from both newspaper designers and potential e-newspaper </p><p>adopters, we have suggested a number of navigational aids for the future e-newspaper. Our </p><p>suggestions have been tested through a prototype using a modification of the Cooperative </p><p>Usability Testing model (CUT) on a total of fifteen potential users. The results show that most </p><p>users prefer a linear organization of the e-newspaper. To render a sense of depth in this flat </p><p>medium, page-numbering is essential. Several different interaction possibilities will also be </p><p>needed to ease the navigation and our suggestions include a blend of page-turning and hyper </p><p>linking, combined with an index to give the user a better overview of the content.</p>

In this paper we examine the need of navigational aids when designing interfaces for e-newspapers – newspapers presented on a digital paper built on E-Ink technology. By reviewing literature on navigation, and by handling input from both newspaper designers and potential e-newspaper adopters, we have suggested a number of navigational aids for the future e-newspaper. Our suggestions have been tested through a prototype using a modification of the Cooperative Usability Testing model (CUT) on a total of fifteen potential users. The results show that most users prefer a linear organization of the e-newspaper. To render a sense of depth in this flat medium, page-numbering is essential. Several different interaction possibilities will also be needed to ease the navigation and our suggestions include a blend of page-turning and hyper linking, combined with an index to give the user a better overview of the content.

Denna uppsats har en deskriptiv intention och syftar till att verka som stöd förformgivare och förläggare genom att bidra med kunskap om hur olika visuella strategierkan användas i arbetet med e-publicering. För att genomföra undersökningen harbokomslag till två romaner från två olika förlag valts ut för att representera olikaförhållningssätt till formgivningen: Malin på Granlunda av Anne-Lise Boge utgiven avSaga Egmont och Serien om Stina Pihlgren av Alice Lyttkens, utgiven för Bonniers5000-projekt. Materialet analyseras genom en semiotisk analys samt i en paratextanalys.Resultatet analyseras med grund i teoretiska perspektiv inom semiotik, representation,paratext och materialitet. Teori används också till viss del för att beskriva relationermellan en huvudtext och dess paratext. Resultatet visar på två visuella strategier sompåverkas av förlagens uppfattning om böckernas målgrupp. I Serien om Stina Pihlgrenanvänds formgivningen för att framställa författaren som en feministisk pionjär och iMalin på Granlunda används formgivningen för att boken enkelt ska kunna identifieras avpotentiella läsare i ett flöde av bilder på Storytel.

Non‐maturing liabilities, such as savings accounts, lack both predetermined maturity and reset dates due to the fact that the depositor is free to withdraw funds at any time and that the depository institution is free to change the rate. These attributes complicate the risk management of such products and no standardized solution exists. The problem is important however since non‐maturing liabilities typically make up a considerable part of the funding of a bank. In this report different modeling approaches to the risk management are described and a method for managing the interest rate risk is implemented. It is a replicating portfolio approach used to approximate the non‐maturing liabilities with a portfolio of fixed income instruments. The search for a replicating portfolio is formulated as an optimization problem based on regression between the deposit rate and market ratesseparated by a fixed margin. In the report two different optimization criteria are compared for the replicating portfolio, minimizing the standard deviation of the margin versus maximizing the risk‐adjusted margin represented by the Sharpe ratio, of which the latter is found to yield superior results. The choice of historical sample interval over which the portfolio is optimized seems to have a rather big impact on the outcome but recalculating the portfolio weights at regular intervals is found to stabilize the results somewhat. All in all, despite the fact that this type of method cannot fully capture the most advanced dynamics of the non‐maturing liabilities, a replicating portfolio still appears to be a feasible approach for the interest risk management. / QC 20110701

Arbetsmiljöverket gav år 2009 kommun K anmärkning för bristande rutiner beträffande årlig uppföljning i det systematiska arbetsmiljöarbetet, vilket har föranlett ett kommunövergripande arbetsmiljöarbete från HR avdelningens sida bl.a. i form av utbildningsinsatser. HR avdelningen inom kommun K har velat se resultat av förvaltningarnas arbete med rutinerna inom området och har eftersträvat effekter av arbetsmiljöarbetet som helhet, även om sjukfrånvaron har bedömts som låg.    Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka hur rutiner i det systematiska arbetsmiljöarbetet kan förbättras och hur de kan bli integrerade i den dagliga verksamheten i samverkan med kvalitetsutvecklingsarbetet inom äldreomsorgens verksamhet i kommun K.     Materialet har varit 15 enhetschefer med operativt ansvar för ca 30-45 medarbetare (undersköterskor och vårdbiträden) per enhetschef, vilka samtliga har arbetat under socialtjänstlagen (SoL). Metoderna har varit att observera 4 arbetsplatsträffar på den operativa nivån och att genomföra 4 fokusgruppintervjuer med efterföljande återkopplingar. Med interaktiv och fenomenologisk forskningsansats har organisationens nuläge och förändring analyserats. Genom ett gemensamt lärande mellan forskare och praktiker har metoderna också haft en katalyserande effekt i en tid när behov av organisationsutveckling har funnits, samtidigt som den har fungerat som stöd för de enhetschefer som har velat uppnå förbättrade förutsättningar för sitt ledarskap.   Studien visar att tillämpningen av rutinerna i det systematiska arbetsmiljöarbetet brister inom äldreomsorgens verksamhet i kommun K. Vidare framkommer att det systematiska arbetsmiljöarbetet inte är betraktat som en strategiskt viktig fråga inom socialförvaltningen, vilket leder till brister i den psykosociala arbetsmiljön på operativ nivå. Enligt den teoretiska modellen avseende psykosociala faktorer i arbetslivet, utvecklad av Stressforskningsinstitutet i Stockholm i samarbete med Siegrist, brister det i modellens samtliga dimensioner för enhetscheferna på operativ nivå, som genom arbetskraven kan orsaka stressymptom och ohälsa.   Studien visar att arbetsplatsträffarna som forum mellan enhetscheferna och vårdpersonalen i kommun K inte följer Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting’s samarbetsavtal FAS 05’s intentioner för verksamhetsutveckling.             Av studien framkommer även att ledarskapet som enhetscheferna bedriver har effekt på vårdpersonalens arbetsmiljö och kvalitetsutvecklingsarbetet gentemot vårdtagarna. Rutinerna i det systematiska arbetsmiljöarbetet kan förbättras om organisationen skapar en kultur och ett arbetsklimat som stimulerar till ett innovativt lärande och uppmuntrar värderingar som gör att medarbetarna vill och kan engagera sig i en kontinuerlig förändringsprocess. Genom att medarbetarnas erfarenheter i samband med arbetsplatsträffarna kanaliseras och bearbetas i verksamheten kan organisationens inneboende förmåga utvecklas och ett återkommande förbättringsarbete kan uppstå, med positiva effekter på arbetsmiljö, kvalitet och verksamhetens effektivitet. Ett förändringskompetent och utvecklingsinriktat ledarskap är förutsättningen för det. / The Swedish Work Environment Authority gave in 2009 complaints about deficiencies in practices in the systematic work environment at the Municipality K, which led to a municipality wide training in best practice work environment, initiated from the HR department. The HR department in the Municipality K wanted to see improvements in the way the various Administrations perform their routines in the field of work environment. The Municipality also desired an overall better result of efforts related to the work environment, even if the sick leave has been considered as low.   The purpose of this study has been to investigate how the practices of the systematic work environment can be improved and how it can be integrated into the daily operations in collaboration with quality development work in the home-care operation in the Municipality K.   The material has been 15 unit managers with operational responsibility for approximately 30-45 employees (care staff) per unit, all of whom have worked under the Swedish Social Services Act within home-care. The methods in the study have been to observe four workplace meetings and to conduct four focus group interviews at the operational level with subsequent feedbacks. With interactive and phenomenological research approach, the organization's present situation and change has been analyzed. Through a joint learning between researcher and practitioner, the methods have had a catalytic effect as well, in a time when organizational development was needed. They also served as support for managers who wanted to achieve improved conditions for their leadership.   The study has revealed deficiencies in application of practices in the systematic work environment in the home-care operation in Municipality K. Furthermore, it is found that the work environment is not considered as a strategic issue in the Social Administration, which has led to deficiencies in the way environment work is carried out at the operational level. According to the theoretical model developed by the Stress Research Institute at the Stockholm University in cooperation with Siegrist, the unit managers do not perform in line with all dimensions of the model at an operational level. This may cause stress symptoms and illness as a consequence of the work requirements.   The study shows that the workplace meetings, as a forum between unit managers and care staff in the Municipality K, do not follow the intentions for development according to the FAS 05 cooperation agreement between The Municipalities and Regions of Sweden.   The study also puts forward that the leadership, carried out by the unit managers, has an impact on the outcome regarding the work environment for employees and the quality work in relation to care recipients. The routines in the work environment can be improved if the organization creates a culture and a working climate that stimulate innovative learning and encourage values ​​that make employees want to, and being able to, engage in a continuous process of change. Through channeling and processing the expertise of employees in the workplace meetings at the operational level, the inherent ability in the organization can develop and a recurring change agenda can occur with positive effects on work environment, quality and operational efficiency. A change prone and development oriented leadership is the prerequisite for this.

During the last years, there has been a vital discussion about the lack of apartments in Stockholm. But it is not only permanent residences missing. Stockholm is a popular tourist destination and each year thousands of tourists arrive. Unfortunately more than 1500 hotel rooms are missing each year. This project will improve this situation by implementing a new hotel on the rock of Fåfängan.

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<p>To self-archive is to make research publications freely accessible by depositing them in an open digital archive or on a public website. The aim of this thesis is to explore what Swedish scientists think of self-archiving, what they know about it and how they make use of it, in order to understand why they do not self-archive more actively.</p><p>A web survey was conducted which was answered by 296 scientists at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Results show that only 24 % have previous experience of self-archiving, but that a majority is willing to self-archive if there are no legal objections or if it is demanded by the research funder. The most important reasons why many scientists do not self-archive are that they feel uncertain about copyright issues and/or lack knowledge about self-archiving.</p>

To self-archive is to make research publications freely accessible by depositing them in an open digital archive or on a public website. The aim of this thesis is to explore what Swedish scientists think of self-archiving, what they know about it and how they make use of it, in order to understand why they do not self-archive more actively. A web survey was conducted which was answered by 296 scientists at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Results show that only 24 % have previous experience of self-archiving, but that a majority is willing to self-archive if there are no legal objections or if it is demanded by the research funder. The most important reasons why many scientists do not self-archive are that they feel uncertain about copyright issues and/or lack knowledge about self-archiving.