The purpose of this study was to find out what some young adults who have grown up in Husby themselves for perception of the area, what do they think they brought with them of their childhood there, and find out what they think others do not live in Husby has view of the area. In our study we also tried to find out what the young adults raised in Husby think about the media's influence on public perception of the area Husby, and what they think about the neighborhood's future. The main results that we believe we have come up with is that the media seems to have a big role in the creation of our beliefs. The respondents indicate that they think the media portrays an unfair picture of the suburb and its inhabitants. We believe it is very important that people meet to avoid the categories "us" and "them" to be formed. We have also seen that the boys stamp as suburban guys have both advantages and disadvantage depending on context. Several of the guys expressing a frustration that they sometimes needs to take responsibility for the actions of others just because of their appearance or the area they live in. They also tell that they mostly have negative reactions when they say that they come from Husby. Sometimes they feel that they are not beeing seen for the person they are. Some positive things they have brought with them from their childhood in Husby is the multicultural mix and they have learned to meet people from different cultures. Other benefits they have brought with them is the love and the community that childhood was marked by. There are different opinions about Husby's future in our interviews. Everyone likes the area but many of the interviewees say that they do not want to live there in the future when they start families. because they want their children to grow up in a more integrated setting than what they think Husby is today.

The purpose of this essay is to investigate the term equableness in the Swedish elementary school with a take-off point in the free school reform from 1992. This essay starts with the political background of the terms equableness and freedom of choice and the official governmental guidelines. Research from Bo Malmberg and Gabriel Sahlgren act as a framework for the whole essay as their theories are tested. The main problem is presented as the question: is the debated concern regarding a lowered equableness since 1992 justifiable? Both researchers define equableness as a difference in grades but undertake a collective versus a more individual approach. Their ways of measuring equableness together with the two factors segregation and grades makes the theoretical part of this essay. In conclusion the main problem is answered with a yes, the concern of a lowered equableness is justifiable. Not because it is proven lowered but as a result of the vague and wide definition of the term. This can be traced back to the political arena where opposite sides of the political ideologies gave equableness its own definition. Since the 1980s the term has been broadened and defined in many directions. This essay requests a narrower definition of the term equableness. Not until that is done evaluations can be carried out regarding what impact reforms has had on schools and students, one of them being the free school reform.

I detta examensarbete användes en enkätundersökning som undersökningsmetod. I enkätundersökningen medverkade 110 stycken respondenter ifrån Lundellska skolan i Uppsala. Skolans ekonomi- och samhällselever var de som omfattades av studien. Syftet var att studera vilket samband som fanns mellan föräldrarnas yrke och utbildningsnivå och elevernas prestationer i grundskolan och deras vidare val under skolkarriären. Uppsatsens syfte studerades både ur ett köns- och ett segregationsperspektiv för att undersöka hur de olika ovanstående faktorerna fördelade sig geografiskt och könsmässigt. Resultaten analyserades med hjälp av Bourdieus utbildningssociologiska perspektiv och hans begrepp; habitus och kapital. I undersökningen framkommer det att Lundellska skolans elever är en grupp med ett mycket stort nedärvt kapital. De flesta eleverna på skolan med ett högt nedärvt utbildningskapital hade också lyckats konvertera detta till ett stort egenförvärvat kapital inom skolans fält. Anmärkningsvärt var att hela 93 procent av eleverna på skolan ville studera vidare efter avslutade gymnasiestudier. Detta trots att över hälften ansåg att de lärde sig nya saker lättare om dessa inte var skolrelaterade. Eleverna som sökte till Lundellska skolan hade överlag ett habitus med sig hemifrån som förmedlade goda attityder till utbildning. I elevgruppen på skolan skapades ett habitus som uppmuntrade dess elever till att studera vidare, även om elevernas egna förmågor inte alltid överensstämde med de uppställda förväntningarna. Tjejerna hade högre förväntningar på sig själva än killarna, fler tjejer ansåg att de hade svårt att lära sig i skolan trots att deras resultat i allmänhet var bättre än killarnas. För att killarna skulle lyckas i skolan var de i högre utsträckning än tjejerna beroende av ett stort nedärvt utbildningskapital. Desto högre utbildningskapital desto mer jämlikt presterade tjejerna och killarna i skolan.

This paper examines women's positions in the music industry. By quantitatively investigate ten major companies on the swedish music market, the authors have been able to mapp positions that are dominated by women and as well as men. The essay discusses several theories of both gender in organizations and gender in society in order to analyze the quantitative results. The aim of the paper is to highlight the current segregation of careers in the music industry as well as to lay a foundation for further research on why it is segregated. Clear graphs shows the gender distribution between women and men in business but also the distribution of gender in occupations / positions in similar companies. In the analysis the authors reflects on the results using relevant gender theories. In the conclusion, the authors explain the result generated by the analysis and illustrates the prevailing segregation that exists in the music industry. This paper has concluded that a seemingly even distribution between men and women in business organisations can sometimes be misleading. The majority of the companies studied had an equal gender distrubution but at the same time gender segregated.  The authors saw signs that certain professions and positions were gender-marked by an over-representation of a particular sex. The essay provides a basis for further research on the topic. / Denna uppsats undersöker kvinnors positioner inom musikbranschen. Genom att kvantitativt undersöka tio stora aktörer på marknaden har författarna kartlagt vilka positioner som domineras av så väl kvinnor och män. Uppsatsen tar upp flera teorier om kön i organisationer samt i samhället för att kunna analysera de kvantitativa resultaten. Syftet med uppsatsen är att belysa den rådande segregationen av yrken i musikbranschen samt att lägga en grund till fortsatt forskning kring varför det ser ut som det gör. Tydliga diagram visar könsfördelning mellan kvinnor och män i företagen men även könsfördelningen mellan yrken/positioner inom liknande företag. I analysen reflekterar författarna över resultaten med hjälp av relevanta teorier. I slutsatsen förklarar författarna de resultat som har uppkommit genom analysen och belyser den rådande segregation som finns inom musikbranschen. Denna uppsats har kommit fram till att en till synes jämn fördelning mellan kvinnor och män inom företag kan ibland vara missvisande. Majoriteten av de studerade företagen hade en jämn könsfördelning men att inom företagen fanns segregering mellan könen. Författarna såg även tecken på att vissa yrken samt positioner var könsmärkta genom en över representation av ett visst kön. Uppsatsen ger en grund för fortsatt forskning i ämnet

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This work examines the fundamental behaviour of granular materials in packed/moving beds under simplified blast furnace conditions. Such study has a significant impact on the development of new technology such as pulverized coal injection and the performance of blast furnace operation. Experiments have shown that a number of interesting phenomena appear in blast furnace operation. These phenomena involve rich granular dynamics which currently attract strong interest from a wide scientific and engineering. However, previous work on this area, limited by the research techniques, is predominantly at large scales focusing on phenomenological descriptions, but rarely touching on the basic fundamentals governing these phenomena. A novel discrete element simulation at an individual particle level can overcome these problems. For this purpose, this work conducts a systematic study of these important phenomena, including crater formation, coke collapse, creep motion and particle percolation, by use of the discrete element method (DEM). The experiments and simulations conducted in the impact of a particle stream onto a particle bed using a 20 slot model suggest that the DEM can reproduce the experimental results well under comparative conditions. The crater size is shown to be affected by the discharging rate, discharging height and materials properties, and is related to the ratio of the input energy from the falling stream to the inertial energy from the original packing. Fundamental understanding of coke collapse based on three different configurations: batch charging, self loading and load impact have been investigated. It was found that coke collapse is a kind of continuous avalanche due to top layer particles spreading. Apparent frozen layer under rapidly flowing layer is not stationary and slowly creep motion can be detected at an arbitrary depth. The mean velocity of creep motion decays exponentially with depth. Percolation happens due to both gravity and strain. The percolation velocity under gravity is much greater than that under shear. Size ratio effect is most significant. For size ratio smaller than threshold gravity induced percolation dominate otherwise shear due to the descending of the packed bed. Additionally, this work demonstrates the value of DEM as a tool for complementing experimental observations.

Thesis (M.S.)--Butler University, 1965. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-127).

Diss. Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2006.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1979. / Title from title page screen, viewed Feb. 14, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Ronald Laymon (chair), J.H. McGrath, Larry Kennedy, Ned Lovell, Rodney Riegle. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-89) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-41).