The object of analysis in the present document is a residential house in Sätra. This building has a hydronic space heating system with radiators spread around the house and a heating recovery system ventilation which also use water for reheating. Water for space heating, ventilation and hot tap water is nowadays heated in an electric boiler.The aim of this project is to make a diagnosis of the current situation, evaluate different alternatives for supplying hot water to the house, and to study costs and possible savings by comparing the actual facilities with the proposals done.

Background: Malnutrition is a nursing issue that causes both physical and psychological suffering of those who are affected. In order to achieve care that is safe and has a good quality, it must be based on the assessment and actions of the state. District nurses play a central role in this work. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the district nurses' work with identifying and addressing malnutrition in older people in nursing Home Care of the Community. Method: Six interviews with district nurses were conducted. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis with an inductive approach Results: From the results of the analysis two categories emerged: observations for finding signs of malnutrition, treatment and following up by malnutrition. Conclusion: Cooperation in the form of communication and information within the care team, together with the patient and their relatives, were found to be important for the patient's nutritional needs and should be identified and addressed in order to avoid the risk of malnutrition. The results that emerge can contribute to new knowledge that can help to identify older persons in order to get early and appropriate interventions and thus reducing the suffering that is caused by malnutrition. / Bakgrund: Malnutrition är ett omvårdnadsproblem som medför både fysiskt och psykiskt lidande för den som drabbas. För att uppnå en vård som är säker och har god kvalitet, måste den baseras på bedömning samt åtgärder av nutritionsproblemet. Distriktssköterskan har en central roll i detta arbete. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva distriktssköterskors arbete med att identifiera och åtgärda malnutrition hos äldre personer inom kommunal hemsjukvård. Metod: Sex intervjuer med distriktssköterskor genomfördes. Datamaterialet analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys med induktiv ansats. Resultat: Ur analysen av datamaterialet framträdde två kategorier; Observationer för att finna tecken på malnutrition, behandling och uppföljning av malnutrition. Konklusion: Samarbete i form av kommunikation och information inom vårdteamet och tillsammans med patienten och dess anhöriga, visade sig vara av vikt för att patientens nutritionsbehov ska kunna identifieras och tillgodoses för att inte riskera malnutrition. Resultatet som framkom kan bidra med kunskap som kan underlätta att identifiera äldre personer tidigt och med adekvata insatser förmå att minska lidandet som malnutrition medför.

The inner city has been the site of many efforts to respond to economic decline and social stresses. Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) represent a new form of governance that plays an important role in the revitalization of inner-city districts. This work considers how the Strathcona Business Improvement Association (BIA), a BID located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada can contribute to the sustainable social and economic development in the Downtown Eastside district. The Strathcona BIA is distinguished from most other North American BIDs as its territory includes a large number of industrial properties. Low-income residents and industry in Strathcona currently face the prospect of being displaced by the construction of market housing. A review of literature that considers the processes affecting the inner city is combined with a review of best practices of BIDs to inform recommendations for the Strathcona BIA. A vision for Strathcona that meets the Vancouver Agreement's key objective of 'revitalization without displacement' involves three main components: 1) a public realm that is truly open to everybody; 2) a hub for cultural performance and production where artists can make, display, and sell their work; and 3) a green, specialized industrial cluster that employs local residents and innovates in a competitive marketplace. There are a multitude of activities that the Strathcona BIA may undertake to assist in the sustainable revitalization of the neighbourhood. A good starting point for the BIA involves a partnership with the stakeholders in the community to participate a municipal urban planning process to institutionalize a vision of the community in an Official Development Plan (ODP). The ODP can then serve as an important tool that guides interventions and activities pursued by the multitude of stakeholders in the community, including the BIA.

Hälsofrämjande arbete har under de senaste aren fatt en allt mer framträdande och viktig roll inom primärvården och har blivit en central del i distriktssköterskornas arbete. Syftet med studien var att belysa distriktssköterskors syn på hälsa och upplevelser av att arbeta hälsofrämjande. Metoden var kvalitativ med en deskriptiv design. Urvalsgrupp var åtta distriktsskoterskor på sex olika vårdcentraler i ett län i mellersta Sverige. Resultatet visade på att halsa ses som en individuell upplevelse som handlar om mer an att "må bra".   Det finns en stark vilja och ett intresse att arbeta hälsofrämjande hos distriktssköterskor.   Det finns dock hinder for genomförandet på organisatorisk respektive individnivå. Ytterligare utbildning efterfrågas liksom ökat tidsutrymme. Hälsosamtal med hälsoformulär i kombination med metoden motiverande samtal, ses som ett bra sätt att nå fram till personer och hjälpa dessa till livsstilsförändring, något som ansågs vara en viktig del av distriktssköterskans arbete. Samarbetet med andra professioner ses som mycket viktigt för det hälsofrämjande arbetet. Konklusionen ar att det finns en vilja och ett intresse att arbeta hälsofrämjande och distriktsskoterskorna kampar for att övervinna de hinder som finns.   Det finns en önskan om ytterligare och uppdaterad kunskap inom ämnet och inställningen till fortsatt utveckling av hälsofrämjande arbete är mycket positiv.

Eismo įvykių tyrimas yra labai aktuali tema tiek teoriniu, tiek praktiniu požiūriu. Lietuva pagal eismo įvykių skaičių yra pirmaujanti Europos Sąjungos valstybė. Žvelgiant Lietuvos mastu, Klaipėdos apskritis padaromų eismo įvykių skaičiumi jau kurį laiką taip pat yra lyderiaujančiose pozicijose. Eismo įvykių skaičiumi ją lenkia tik Vilniaus ir Kauno apskritys. Šiame darbe yra nagrinėjami kriminalistiniai ikiteisminio tyrimo, atliekamo dėl eismo įvykių aspektai. Jame yra pateikiama teisinė nusikalstamų veikų eismo saugumui charakteristika, kriminalistinė eismo įvykių charakteristika, analizuojami ikiteisminio tyrimo veiksmai, atliekami tiriant baudžiamąsias bylas dėl eismo įvykių Klaipėdos apskrityje. Nagrinėjamos teorinės ir praktinės problemos, su kuriomis susiduria pareigūnai ir tarnautojai, ikiteisminio tyrimo eigoje. Darbe nurodomi pagrindiniai ikiteisminio tyrimo veiksmai eismo įvykių bylose, detalizuojama šių veiksmų metodika ir taktika. Pagrindinė darbo išvada – pasenusi eismo įvykių tyrimo metodika yra nepritaikyta prie pasikeitusios ikiteisminio tyrimo koncepcijos įtvirtintos naujajame baudžiamojo proceso kodekse. Nėra atliktų šios srities kompleksinių tyrimų, o tai iš dalies neigiamai atliliepia eismo įvykių tyrimo praktikai. Nėra suformuotos vienodos eismo įvykių tyrimo praktikos. / Traffic accidents investigation is very topical so in theoretical and utilitarian attitude. Lithuania according to number of road traffic accidents is leading European Union state. View Lithuanian extent, Klaipeda district is in leading posture with number of road traffic accidents. Just Vilnius and Kaunas district overtake Klaipeda district with it’s number of road traffic accidents. In this work is criticizing criminal by judicial investigation, experimented because of traffic accidents, aspects. In it is presenting legal criminal actions for traffic safety characterization, criminal traffic accidents characterization, treating by judicial investigation actions, experiment analyzing the prosecutions because of traffic accidents in Klaipeda district. It is criticizing theoretical and utilitarian problems, with which collide officers and staff, in proceedings of by judicial investigation. In the work directed the main by judicial investigation actions in traffic accidents files, detailing this action method and tactics. The main work conclusion – dated traffic accidents investigation’s method is not adapted on changed by judicial investigation competence, established in new criminal process code. It is not performed this realm complex investigations, that partly negatively tell on traffic accidents investigation practice. There is not shaped the same traffic accidents investigation practice.

This work is an example of a CFD-assisted design and characterization process for thermal energy storage vessels. A general modeling technique for future works is also proposed. The Short-Term Thermal Storage (STTS) tanks at the Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) were used as the principal case study. The performance characterization of the STTS tanks and the evaluation of other tank designs were made under solar charging conditions and for the STTS “Hot Tank” only. Three sets of simulations were undertaken for each tank design, each representing a different state of inlet conditions reflected in the DLSC’s operational manual. Characterization of the STTS tanks was done mainly by applying a set of 2nd Law characterization indices, both existing and new, using exergy as the primary Figure of Merit. It was evident that significant mixing occurs in the current STTS tanks due to the ineffective placement of the inlet ports and the lack of an appropriate flow diffuser to prevent mixing. For example, at the end of the simulations exhibiting constant inlet temperature and flow rate, the total exergy in the original STTS tank was only 68% of a perfectly-stratified vessel. A modified design of the STTS tanks, which only shifted the position of the inlet port and center baffle, significantly improved this value to over 90%. Additional analysis also indicated that the STTS tanks would benefit from a simple flow distributor or inlet manifold that would address stratification issues inherent to variable temperature inlet conditions. However, further analysis on this particular design configuration is needed. The characterization methods employed in this work represent an effective means to differentiate between the stratification effectiveness of various thermal storage vessel designs. This work would further benefit from a future study that compares changes to the STTS tanks’ stratification efficiency with changes to the DLSC’s overall performance, including a cost-benefit analysis. / Thesis (Master, Mechanical and Materials Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2009-09-18 05:50:58.362

<p>Delays in seeking effective treatment for tuberculosis increase the level of disease morbidity and mortality rate as well as the risk of its transmission in the community (WHO, 2006b). In Somalia, Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the greatest health threats as it is the leading cause of death in the economically active age groups and in people living with HIV/AIDS (WHO, 2004). This study was carried out with the aim of determining factors influencing delays in seeking TB treatment in Belet-Weyne district.</p>

<p>&nbsp / <span style="font-size: 12pt / font-family: &quot / Times New Roman&quot / ,&quot / serif&quot / mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman' / mso-ansi-language: EN-US / mso-fareast-language: EN-US / mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">District Six was a community that was forcibly removed from the centre of Cape Town after its demarcation as a white group area in 1966. In 1989, the District Six Museum Foundation was established in order to form a project that worked with the memory of District Six. Out of these origins, the District Six Museum emerged and was officially opened in 1994 with the museum in the 1980s occurred at the same moment that the social history movement assumed prominence within a progressive South African historiography. With the success of <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Streets, the decision to &lsquo / dig deeper&rsquo / into the social history of District Six culminated in the opening of the exhibition, Digging Deeper, in a renovated museum space in 2000. Oral history practice, as means of bringing to light the hidden and erased histories of the area, was embraced by the museum as an empowering methodology which would facilitate memory work around District Six. In tracing the evolution of an oral history practice in the museum, this study aims to understand how the poetics involved in the practices of representation and display impacted on the oral histories that were displayed in Digging Deeper. It also considers how the engagement with the archaeological discipline, during the curation of the Horstley Street display as part of Streets, impacted on how oral histories were displayed in the museum.</span></span></p>

The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of women principals in high schools when executing their management functions at Obonjeni District. It is hoped that the study would contribute to the understanding of the challenges woman principals encounter on their work and how they dealt with them. The methodology used was qualitative. A case study method was adopted. Data was gathered through semi-structured interviews with two school principals, two deputy principals and four heads of department in two selected high schools. Documentary analysis was used to triangulate data obtained through the interviews. Two high schools at Obonjeni District were purposively selected for the study. The data gathered was transcribed, coded, organised into themes, categories and sub-categories. Finally, the data was analysed using content analysis technique. The study was located in feminist theory; this is because what is happening in high schools today can be explained in terms of assertions made in feminist theory. This theory provides an explanation as to why women are under-represented in management positions. Findings indicate that staff members that were of the view that women principals were incapable of leading based this view on gender stereotypes, societal norms and cultural factors. Furthermore, some staff members view female principals as capable of managing and providing effective leadership in high schools. The study also revealed that women principals experience challenges, but despite them, they managed to perform their official duties effectively and also provided good leadership quality in these schools. The study recommended that in-service training, sufficient workshops and seminars must be organised to empower women in leadership positions. Again, it was recommended that women principals must avail themselves with numerous educational opportunities to upgrade their knowledge. / Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood, 2011.

No abstract available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1965.