AbstractTitle: Political Bias in Entertainment (Politisk partiskhet i underhållning)Number of pages: 38Author: Andreas GawellTutor: Göran SvenssonCourse: Media and Communication Studies CPeriod: Fall 2009University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science,Uppsala University.Purpose/Aim: The purpose of this research paper was to investigate political bias in TheDaily Show before the presidential election 2008.Material/Method: With a quantitative content analyze based on variables connected withtheory from investigating bias in news, I am looking at 19 episodes of The Daily Showstarting one month before the presidential election 2008.Main results: The results of this research indicated a liberal bias in The Daily Show favoringthe Democratic Party. Both parties was made fun of and joked about, but the Republican Partyand its candidates was a lot more frequently laughed at then its Democratic equivalent. Alsolooking at the issues that came up in the show you can see Republicans getting to talk aboutissues not on their own agenda more frequently than Democrats.Keywords: The Daily Show, political bias, presidential election 2008, Republican Party,Democratic Party

Through this project -“Projekt Pedadoggen”- I have tested dog training as a pedagogical resource at Daily activities. The study was made together with a group of persons with intellectual and neuropsychiatric disabilities, whose daily activities consist of running a day-care centre for dogs. Each participator of the project trained a dog towards a specific goal. This goal was individually formulated by each participator from his or her specific interest. The participators chose to set up a show, which was planned and performed by them selves. At the end of the project the participators were interviewed about their experiences of taking part on the project. Together with notes from the training, these interviews were the foundation of the hermeneutic influenced analysis. The theoretical outpost touches job satisfaction, work-integrated learning and the role of the pedagogue. The main conclusion is that dog training can create good conditions for personal development which favour both the work-integrated learning and the lifelong learning. The role of coaching creates opportunities for personal development, among other things by giving the participators opportunities to plan, to work towards a goal, to read and adjust another individual, to improvise, to learn about exercise psychology, etcetera. The training with dogs creates lots of opportunities for interaction, for examples between the participator and participator, between the participator and the dog, and between the participator and people outside the work place. A positive aspect which was stressed by the participators is their own job satisfaction as well as the job satisfaction of the dog. They also stressed the special friendship which can develop between human and dog.

Epilepsi är en av de vanligaste neurologiska sjukdomarna som beror på en elektrisk överstimulering av hjärnans neuron. Att leva med epilepsi påverkar många områden i livet; fysiska, psykiska, sociala, emotionella aspekter är bara några av de som berörs. Syftet med studien var att beskriva hur livskvaliteten i det dagliga livet påverkas av att ha epilepsi. Studien utfördes som en litteratur-studie där resultatet bygger på 14 vetenskapliga artiklar. Två aspekter kom fram i resultatet, sociala och emotionella. I dessa vi-sades det bland annat att personer med epilepsi är rädda att berätta om sin sjukdom för omgivningen av rädsla att bli behandlade an-norlunda. Anfallsfrekvensen påverkar familjebildning negativt och de personer som står på medicinering med antiepileptika har löper risk att vara arbetslösa. Känslor som upplevs i samband med sjuk-domen är bland annat skuld, skam, sorg, oro. De som har epilepsi kan se på sin sjukdom på olika sätt, några av dessa är; en fysisk sjukdom, ett handikapp, ett straff, en mental sjukdom med mera. För att öka samhällets kunskap om epilepsi är information av nö-den. Sjuksköterskan kan fungera som ett stöd för patienter med epilepsi och höja livskvaliteten genom att se hela patienten, inte bara de fysiska problemen. / Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, and is due to an electrical overstimulation of neurons in the brain. Living with epilepsy effects many areas of life; physical, psychological, social and emotional aspects are only some of them. The purpose of this study was to describe how quality of life in everyday life is affected by the epilepsy. The study was carried out as a literature review and the result is based on 14 research articles. Two aspects came from the result, social and emotional. They show that people hide their epilepsy from others in fright of being treated different-ly. Seizure frequency is affecting family formation in a negative way and persons under medication of antiepileptic drugs are more likely to be unemployed. Emotions connected to the epilepsy are among other things guilt, shame, sorrow, worry. People with epi-lepsy can view their condition in a number of different ways, some of these are; a physical illness, a punishment, a mental disturbance etcetera. To increase society’s knowledge of epilepsy, information is of the essence. The nurse can act as a support for the patient and increase the quality of life by seeing the whole patient, not just the physical concerns.

Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att beskriva dagligvaruhandelns lokalisering och strukturomvandling i Gävleregionen (A-region 56). Att studera dagligvaruhandeln ger en bild av samhällsförändringen över tiden och en föraning av framtida tendenser. Metod: Undersökningen genomfördes med hjälp av data tillhandahållet av Handelns utredningsinstitut (HUI). Dagligvarubutikernas lokalisering visas i geografiska kartor och de olika butikstypernas marknadsandelar studeras för att belysa strukturomvandlingen. Resultat & slutsats: Det presenterade resultatet visar ett allt glesare butiksnät med färre och större enheter. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Uppsatsen begränsas till att endast undersöka dagligvaruhandelns lokalisering och strukturomvandlingen i Gävleregionen (A-region 56). En liknande studie över ett större geografiskt område skulle ge en än bättre bild över dagligvaruhandelns utveckling. Uppsatsens bidrag: Uppsatsen kan med fördel studeras av intressenter inom samhällsplanering, fastighetsekonomi och handel. / Aim: This paper aims at describing the location and structural change of the daily retail market in the Gävle region (A- region 56). To study the daily retail market gives a picture of the social change over the time and a presentiment of future tendencies. Method: The investigation is founded on data supplied by Handelns utredningsinstitut (HUI). The retail location is portrayed in geographic maps and the evolution of the respective market shares of different store size categories are studied in order to elucidate the structural transformation. Result & Conclusions: The presented result shows a sparser shop network with fewer and larger units. Suggestions for future research: The investigation is limited to the daily retail market location and structural change in the Gävle region (A-region 56). A similar study over a larger geography area would give a better picture over the daily retail markets development. Contribution of the thesis: The results are relevant within community planning, real estate economics and trade.

The purpose of this study was to examine the media’s portrayal of young people that gamble with money. Young in this study refers to people in the age 13 to 30. The following questions were examined: How does the press, in this case three newspapers, portray young people who gamble with money? What discourses in the selected newspapers, regarding young people who gamble with money, are the most prominent? The method used in this study was Faircloughs three dimensional model for critical discourse analysis which was used together with a social constructionist point of view. The analyzed material contained 53 articles from Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Metro. The results showed that gambling with money amongst young people are mainly portrayed in negative terms and describes leading to a problem-gambling behavior. Several factors, for exampel young peoples behaviour related to youth, illusionus thoughts and the influence of gambling-companys, was identified to play a part in the portray why young people become addicted to gambling with money. The result also showed a portray of young people who gamble with money for living without being related to problem-gambling behavior, this result had no counterpart in the earlier studied research. Finally the result showed that there are mainly young people of the male gender that is described as gamblers. Keywords: Discourse

BAKGRUND: KOL är en sjukdom som drabbar allt fler personer världen över och anses bli den tredje vanligaste dödsorsaken i världen år 2020. Det finns inget botemedel mot KOL men genom omfattande omvårdnad kan patienten och anhöriga uppleva välbefinnande trots sjukdomen. Andningssvårigheterna påverkar patientens vardagliga liv och livskvalitet negativt både psykiskt och fysiskt. SYFTE: Syftet med denna studie var att belysa hur sjuksköterskor kan underlätta vid andningssvårigheter för patienter med sjukdomen KOL med utgångspunkt från både patienters önskemål och sjuksköterskors erfarenheter. METOD: Studien var en litteraturöversikt baserad på redan vetenskapligt framforskat datamaterial. Datamaterialet inom ämnet som format resultatet begränsades till nio vetenskapliga artiklar, både av kvalitativ- och kvantitativ karaktär. RESULTAT: Det framstår tre teman; kontinuerligt utbyte av kunskaper, spara på patientens krafter samt ge stöd och trygghet. Kontinuerligt utbyte av kunskaper innebär det kunskapsutbyte som sker mellan patienter och sjuksköterskor i omvårdnaden. Det andra temat beskriver hur patienters andning påverkas genom planering av vardagen och det sista temat visar på de psykiska aspekterna. DISKUSSION: Denna studie visar på vikten av en god relation mellan sjuksköterskor och patienter för att omvårdnaden ska bli av bästa kvalitet. Med en god relation skapas trygghet och tillförlitlighet vilket är det viktigaste för patienter med KOL. / BACKGROUND: COPD is a disease that increasingly affects more patients around the world; by 2020 is it is projected to be the third most common cause of death. There is no cure against COPD. Moreover, difficulty breathing affects the patient’s quality of life physically and mentally. However, with extensive care patients and their relatives can experience wellbeing in spite of the illness. PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to illustrate how nurses can ease the suffering of patients with COPD with a starting point from the patient’s wishes and the nurse’s experience. METHOD: The study was a literature review based on existing researched data material based on nine scientific articles of qualitative and quantitative nature. RESULT: Three themes emerged: the continuously exchange of knowledge; saving the patients strength; and give security and support. The continuously exchange of knowledge refers to knowledge exchange between nurse and patient during the caring process. The second theme describes how the patient’s breathing is affected by the planning of everyday life. The last theme illustrates the mental aspects. CONCLUSION: This study shows a good relationship between patient and nurse is important to create security and support which are the most important things for patients suffering from COPD.

Varje dag drabbas cirka 100 personer av hjärtinfarkt i Sverige, vilket visar att hjärtinfarkt är ett stort samhällsproblem. Det är viktigt att skapa en samlad bild av dessa patienters upplevelser av hälsa och välbefinnande i vardagen för att vårdpersonal ska kunna genomföra en god omvårdnad. Syftet med studien är därför att med hjälp av Katie Erikssons hälsokors belysa patienters upplevelser av hälsa och välbefinnande i vardagen efter en hjärtinfarkt. Metoden som har använts är en kvalitativ litteraturstudie som baserats på självbiografier. I resultatet togs sju kategorier fram som speglar patienternas upplevelser i vardagen. Kategorierna är Känsla av osäkerhet, En stressad livssituation, En livslång sjukdom, Längtan efter en normal vardagstillvaro, Behov av stöd och information, Livsstilsförändringar samt En andra chans. Varje kategori har kopplats till Katie Erikssons hälsokors för att få en bild av patienternas upplevelse av hälsa och välbefinnande. Resultatet visar att alla fyra hälsopositionerna i hälsokorset finns representerade i vardagstillvaron hos patienter som genomgått hjärtinfrakt. Upplevelsen av hälsa och välbefinnande är skiftande beroende på situation, omgivning, vårdpersonalens engagemang samt hjärtinfarktens svårighetsgrad. Resultatet visar att patienter har lättare att uppleva hälsa och välbefinnande ju längre tiden går efter insjuknandet. / Approximately 100 people suffer from heart attacks in Sweden every day, showing that myocardial infarction is a major problem in society. In implementing good health care it is important for health professionals to create an overall picture of these patients' experiences of health and wellbeing in their daily life. The purpose of this study is therefore to emphasize patients' experiences of health and wellbeing in daily life after a heart attack, with Katie Eriksson's health positions as theoretical base. A qualitative study based on seven autobiographies was conducted. Analysis of the data revealed seven major categories, showing the patients' experiences  the daily life after a heart attack: Feeling of insecurity, A stressful life situation, A lifelong disease, Striving for a normal daily life, The need for support and information, Lifestyle changes and A second chance. To get a picture of the experiences of health and wellbeing in these different situations, each category was added to Katie Eriksson's health positions. The findings show that all four health positions are represented in the daily life of patients' suffering from a heart attack. Patients are more likely to experience health and wellbeing as time passes after the heart attack.

The purpose of this study was to examine two medium-sized municipalities are working to people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to go from daily activities to a paid employment in the regular labor. Work is seen as a civil right and is a measure of participa-tion in society. The Swedish government believes that the work must be available to all that includes people with intellectual disabilities. Even so, daily activities, the contribution of LSS is increases the most. The daily activities will offer incentives, development, and community and shall contribute to people get access to work or studies. I conducted five interviews based on an interview guide with managers and consultants whose field of work is daily activities with a focus on labor-oriented jobs with an individu-al investment. The areas identified during the study and who were important in the work for a wage em-ployment were: preparation for work, business contacts and step into paid work. The anal-ysis is based from the perspectives of: inclusion-exclusion and citizenship. The conclusion was that the labor-oriented works with individual placement are an alternative for those who want and have the ability to be in a workplace. The transition to paid work, however, was not common. Factors that influenced this were: that companies do not have the finan-cial means, the knowledge of providing support from employment services and lack of cooperation between different agencies, but also an uncertainty factor of the individuals themselves Key words: LSS, daily activities, work, performing mental Disabilities

Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is predominately caused by mutations of the MECP2 gene. As neuronal apoptosis is not observed in RTT patients and MeCP2-deficient mice, the neurological deficits may be reversible. To address this, we reactivated MeCP2 expression ubiquitously in MeCP2-deficient mice after symptom onset. Our results showed that life span, behavioural performances, EEG activity, thermoregulation, and daily rhythmic activity were significantly improved after MeCP2 reactivation. Furthermore, the extent of improvement was dependent upon the efficiency of MeCP2 reactivation. To assess the role of the catecholaminergic system in Rett syndrome pathophysiology, we selectively preserved MeCP2 function within tyrosine hydroxylase expressing cells. We observed a significant improvement in the life span of male rescue mice and reduced sudden unexplained death rates in female rescue mice. Behavioural performances and EEG patterns were also significantly improved.

Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is predominately caused by mutations of the MECP2 gene. As neuronal apoptosis is not observed in RTT patients and MeCP2-deficient mice, the neurological deficits may be reversible. To address this, we reactivated MeCP2 expression ubiquitously in MeCP2-deficient mice after symptom onset. Our results showed that life span, behavioural performances, EEG activity, thermoregulation, and daily rhythmic activity were significantly improved after MeCP2 reactivation. Furthermore, the extent of improvement was dependent upon the efficiency of MeCP2 reactivation. To assess the role of the catecholaminergic system in Rett syndrome pathophysiology, we selectively preserved MeCP2 function within tyrosine hydroxylase expressing cells. We observed a significant improvement in the life span of male rescue mice and reduced sudden unexplained death rates in female rescue mice. Behavioural performances and EEG patterns were also significantly improved.