Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2009. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Stockholms universitet, 2008. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Det här examensarbetet, på kandidatnivå, har omfattat 15 Hp och har pågått under tio veckor. Arbetet har utförts vid Högskolan på Gotland och har varit ett samarbete med företaget Stylt Trampoli AB i Göteborg. Projektets mål har varit att skapa en kristallkrona till Stora Hotellet i Umeå. Utgångspunkten har varit att återspegla Stora Hotellet nya inredningskoncept och dess värdeord. Arbetet har omfattat designprocessens faser. Det har inneburit en faktainsamling och analys av det berörda området. Samt en redogörelse av idégeneringsarbetet och realiseringensfasens utveckling. Processen och utfallet presenteras i text och bild i rapporten. Resultatet är en 12,5 meter lång kristallkrona bestående av stora kristaller i akrylplast, hängande i hampa rep från taket på fjärde våningen. Tre ljusrör av LED-belysning är placerade i kristallkronan för att sprida ljuset inifrån och ut. Resultatet uppfyller de krav som varit grunden för projektet. / This report presents the Examination Project in a Bachelor of Industrial Design. The project has been created at the University of Gotland and in collaboration with a company named Stylt Trampoli in Gothenburg. The goal of the project has been to create a cut-glass chandelier to Stora Hotellet in Umeå. The foundation has been to reflect the inertialdesign concept of Stora Hotellet and its keywords. The project has included the phases of the design process. The process contains research of facts, analyses and explanations regarding the creative work and development. The process and the outcome are presented in words and images in the report. The result is a 12.5 meter long cut-glass chandelier containing of large crystals made of acrylic, hanging in hemp ropes from the roof on the 4thfloor. Three light pipes of LED-lights are placed within the cut-glass chandelier to spread the light from the inside and out. The result meets the demands which have been the foundation of the project.

Inledning: Mikroskopisk analys av urinsediment anses i dagsläget vara gold standard inom urinsedimentdiagnostik, trots att metoden ofta är otillräckligt standardiserad. En rad automatiserade instrument, såsom UF-5000, finns idag tillgängliga och kompenserar för problematiken med den gamla metoden. Analys av urinsediment är avgörande vid flertal njursjukdomar, där bland annat erytrocyter, leukocyter, epitelceller, cylindrar och kristaller är av stort diagnostiskt värde. Syfte: Syftet var att utvärdera det automatiserade urinpartikelinstrumentet UF-5000 samt att jämföra metoden med manuell ljusmikroskopering av urinsediment. Metod: Vid metodjämförelse analyserades 69 prover med instrumentet UF-5000 samt i mikroskop. Data bearbetades med Passing Bablok-regression, Bland-Altman differensanalys samt Spearmans rangkorrelationkoefficient. Resultat: Statistisk signifikant skillnad förekom vid metodjämförelsen. Utvärderingen av instrumentet visade hög mätnoggrannhet med undantag för variationskoefficienten vid låg leukocytkoncentration samt avvikelser för instrumentets linjäritet. Diskussion: Då ljusmikroskopering av urinsediment är en otillräckligt standardiserad metod kunde statistiskt signifikanta skillnader ses, vilket kan bero på den bristande referensmetoden. Fortsatta studier där automatiserad metod jämförs med en mer standardiserad manuell mikroskopi är av stor vikt. Även reducering av cut-off för diverse parametrar kan vara aktuellt. Instrumentutvärdering visade en generell mätnoggrannhet med enstaka undantag vilket kan bero på felhantering vid analys. För vidare analys av linjäritet skulle ett ytterligare instrument som komplement kunna användas. / Introduction: Microscopy is gold standard for urine sediment analysis, although the method is often insufficiently standardized. Several automated instruments, such as UF-5000, are commercially available on the market. Urine sediment analysis is crucial for diagnosis of kidney and urinary tract diseases where elements such as erythrocytes, leukocytes, epithelial cells, casts and crystals can be identified. Aim: The aim was to evaluate the performance of UF-5000 and compare the method with manual microscopic analysis of urine sediment. Method: Analysis with UF-5000 and microscopy was conducted on 69 samples. Data were processed with Passing Bablok-regression, Bland-Altman bias plot and Spearman's rank order correlation. Result: Comparison showed statistical significance between the two methods. Performance evaluation showed high accuracy apart from the coefficient of variation for low concentration of leukocytes and systematic error for linearity. Discussion: Since microscopy of urine sediment is an insufficiently standardized method, differences were acknowledged caused by discrepancies in the reference method. Further studies where UF-5000 is compared to a more standardized manual microscopy with a larger amount of pathological urine samples is of great importance. Reduction for cut-off may also be relevant. For further analysis of linearity, an additional instrument should be used as a complement.

The purpose of this study is to examine how people express their beliefs in crystals through the comments section of one of Sweden's largest crystal retailers. The aim of the thesis is to gain a deeper understanding of contemporary religious expressions of crystal users. In total the study material consists of 172 comments collected from the website Ohlamoon.se written between January 2019 and September 2023. The study is conducted using a thematic content analysis and follows an abductive approach. Stark & Finke's Rational Choice Theory (2000) has been employed as the primary theory against which analysis questions are posed, the thesis also utilizes Heelas & Woodhead's (2005) description of The Subjective Turn as a secondary theory against which the results are discussed. The conclusions from the study revealed that crystals are described as possessing positive qualities that in various ways, reinforce, support, or comfort users. In this way crystals can be likened to personal pillars of support that actively contribute to users' lives with their properties and agency. Users form personal relationships and feelings of affection towards the crystals, utilizing their energy and presence in daily life as well as during meditation and rituals to achieve a sense of deeper spiritual states.