The following is a study into the importance of "free play". Through interviews- and study into research in child psychology and different theories of interaction I aim to reach a conclusion as to whether the occurrence of "free play" has a fundamental importance in the development of the preschool child. Interviews have been formed to address the adult reflections in relation to play, and addresses the views and opinions as to what extent the adult should merely supervise or partake and thus steer the outcome of play. A question is also formed to determine the omni-importance of play. The interviews have been conducted with 6 adults responsible for children in pre-school institutions. The interviewees are employed at three separate locations. The study looks into several theoretical perspectives and thus also draws its conclusions from these. The perspectives and research are studied under method, and comparison of answers are noted in results and analysis. The most important outcome of the study is that all are in agreeance that play has a huge importance to the children's both physical and social development, thus enabling the child for future engagements in adulthood.

Background: Rewriting the approach to automotive software development, AU-TOSAR introduces a standardized structure that enhances adaptability, facilitatescollaboration among multiple stakeholders, and optimizes the development process. However, the complexity introduced by AUTOSAR's modular structure also presentschallenges, particularly in understanding the evolution of the software over time. Asautomotive software projects evolve, tracking changes in software repositories basedon AUTOSAR becomes crucial for comprehending the impact on various systemfeatures and ensuring the overall integrity of the software. In response to these chal-lenges, there is a need to provide a systematic and efficient technique for analyzingthe evolution of the software based on AUTOSAR, offering insights into code modi-fications, and their impact on both software and repository evolution. Objectives: The primary objective of this thesis is to develop and evaluate AR-MINE, a specialized tool for automating the mining of software repositories basedon AUTOSAR. By doing so, the thesis aims to provide a comprehensive solution forunderstanding the evolution of automotive software built on the AUTOSAR archi-tecture. Methods: The research employs a design science research methodology, involv-ing the design, development, and evaluation of the AR-MINE tool. The iterativeprocess includes understanding the challenges faced in software repository miningbuilt on AUTOSAR architecture, designing a solution to address these challenges, implementing the tool, and evaluating its effectiveness in a real-world context. Results: The results of this research showcase the effectiveness and utility of AR-MINE in understanding evolution of software built upon AUTOSAR and how it could potentially benefit various people involved in the software development life-cycle. The feedback survey provided valuable insights into the tool's usefulness andfeasibility. Conclusions: The findings and insights derived from the development and eval-uation of AR-MINE, showcase the challenges and opportunities in understandingthe evolution of automotive software built upon the AUTOSAR architecture. By analyzing ARXML files and offering an intuitive interface, the tool could be an ef-fective sidekick in reducing the complexities involved in understanding the softwarebased on AUTOSAR. The tool's industrial validation confirmed its capabilities andpracticality, making the tool a valuable asset. Enhancing AR-MINE by adding morefeatures that are relevant and applicable to a much larger scale and improving itsefficiency by incorporating third party plugins in extracting and analyzing data fromsoftware repositories, are key steps towards its refinement.

Freshwater scarcity leads to serious effects on the socioeconomic and commercial development of a country. The management of freshwater resources will be one of the most pressing issues of this millennium making it a catalyst for war and peace. Some of the most water-scarce countries in the world are small island developing states that are mainly supplied by freshwater through groundwater and rainwater due to their natural conditions. Small islands in the Eastern Caribbean are geographically prone to suffer from water scarcity due to their natural circumstances. Due to systematic failures, the small island developing state of Anguilla has few renewable freshwater resources. To meet the Sustainable Development Goals and respect Human Rights, Anguilla needs to invest in finding new ways of securing freshwater for its inhabitants. Leading technologies in the insurance of freshwater security are desalination, wastewater clearing and the import of freshwater. Three case studies of Kuwait, Cyprus and Singapore have been analysed as best practices as these countries are experienced and have sophisticated water strategies for dealing with water scarcity. The three technologies and the knowledge and practices from the case studies have then been applied to Anguilla. Due to the economic situation, Anguilla will most likely keep relying on freshwater imports but also on treating wastewater for irrigation and flushing uses to release stress on freshwater. The option of implementing a water conservation tax or fiscal subsidies would be an additional incentive for inhabitants and tourists to reduce water consumption and release stress on freshwater scarcity in Anguilla.

Every product has economic, environmental, and social impacts whether or not those impacts are explicitly considered. These impacts affect society and are an important part of engineering design. "Triple Bottom Line Sustainability" focuses on economic, environmental, and social sustainability and has become an important goal for those designing products. Economic considerations are an established part of the engineering design process. Environmental considerations are increasingly being considered in design including the development of design standards and widely used methodologies. Social impact considerations, however, lack the standardization and wide inclusion of economic and environmental considerations. This results in reduced and unbalanced consideration of social impacts compared to economic and environmental impacts. Improved consideration of social impacts in engineered products would benefit society in many areas of life. While many tools and methodologies for assessing social impact exist and are used in the social science and development fields, these tools are not broadly used in the engineering community. Some reasons these methods are not more standardly practiced include designers not being aware of the methods, methods not being widely applicable or adaptable, methods being too complicated or time intensive to use, or methods not being useful in product development processes. The purpose of this research is to classify and organize design tools for social impact and create methods that fill holes in the social impact design tool space. The classification and organization is done through the classification of 374 papers in the EGD literature along several dimensions including method purpose, industry sector, social impacts considered, sustainable development goals, paper setting, and data inputs required. This will increase awareness of available methods and help designers find relevant research to aid them. Additionally, this research describes two methods developed by the author to fill specific gaps identified in the literature.