166 research outputs found
: A modular product development process with focus on function, aesthetics and thenordic climate
No full textThis report presents a bachelor’s thesis in Innovation and Design at Karlstads University, comprising 22,5 ECTS credits. The project was carried out by Agnes Eklund Ramböl and Frida Danielsson during the spring of 2025 in collaboration with the company Invencon AB. The aim was to develop a modular product solution for physical activity and well-being in garden environments, with focus on user needs, Scandinavian design and adaptation to nordic climate.The goal was to create a functional, aesthetic and flexible solution that enabled training at home. This provides healthier lifestyles, lower emissions and long-term economic benefits for users. The modularity of the system allows it to be customized based on the individual's needs and preferences.The project followed a structured product development process, which included project planning, a pre-study, specification, concept development and construction. The work involved literature reviews, market research, interviews, surveys, competitor analysis and a patent study.The result is a modular wooden furniture designed for use in garden environments, combining different outdoor training exercises with opportunities for rest and relaxation with the integrated bench. It also includes a planter which contributes to the outdoor aesthetics. This design approach ensures that the product serves both practical and visual purposes, aligning with the problem statement
Den avgörande uppfattningen : En kvalitativ studie av konsumenters uppfattningar av åtta svenska modeföretag
No full textTitle: The decisive opinion - A qualitative study of consumers opinions of eight Swedish fashion companies. Seminar date: 2008-01-14 Course: Candidate thesis media and communication, 15 ECTS, Authors: Micela Danielsson, Frida Åhs Advisor: Larsåke Larsson Five keywords: Profile, Image, Brand, Fashion and Advertising Purpose: The purpose with this study is to evaluate and discuss the connection between profile and the companies’ image in the eye of the consumer. Methodology: A qualitative method has been used in the paper, focusgruops interview with respondents from Örebro. Theoretical perspectives: The overall theory of the paper is describing fashion theory. profile, identity and image and advertising. Empirical foundation: Consumers from Örebro have made a contribution to the basis of our empirical study. Conclusions: The results show that fashion and clothes play a big part for the consumers and they ascribe it the part as a way to show their identity, image and express them selves. For none of the companies profile and image did not have a full connection, but a lot of times there were parts of the profile and image that had a connection. The questioned states that they get their opinions from merchandise, stores, store employees and different kinds of advertising. The respondents situation as students had an effect on their opinions, primarily because of their economical situation. They also had a larger opinion of the fashion companies that are larger fashion chains than the companies that represented the smaller ones and the questioned stated that it could depend on that the larger fashion chains focused more on a wider market than the smaller ones. The result showed also that different communication strategies that the respondents primarily noticed were TV-commercials but also other forms of advertising
Effect on muscle building associated with alcohol intake after exercise
No full textSahlgrenska Academy
At University of Gothenburg
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition
Abstract:
Titel: Effect on muscle building associated with alcohol intake after exercise
Author: Frida Bond och Linnea Danielsson
Supervisor: Frode Slinde
Examminer: Anna Winkvist
Programme: Dietician study programme, 180/240 ECTS
Type of paper: Examination paper, 15 hp
Datum: May 26, 2014
Background: Drinking alcohol is often used as something to spice up weekdays as well as more festive occasions. The reverse aspect of alcohol consumption is that the body sees alcohol as toxic and therefore the basis for a number of diseases. Exercise and physical activity have been proven to be good for several welfare diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Among people in general, opinion is divided as to how exercise combined with alcohol affects muscle building, but what do science say? Objective: The purpose of this review article is to analyze and summarize the existing scientific data about how the structure of muscles is affected in relation to alcohol intake after exercise. Search strategy: A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed and Scopus with the keywords alcohol drinking, exercise, muscle strength, free testosterone, ethanol. Selection criteria: Inclusion criteria: RCT or crossover study design, written in English or Swedish, healthy adult (18 +) people. Exclusion criteria: Review articles, articles that are not available in full text, studies done on people with alcohol dependence. Studies that do not include measures outcomes for muscle building. Data collection and analysis: Seven studies remained after the selection. The study quality was graded according to quality assessment of randomized trials. Outcome was evidence graded according to the GRADE system.
Main Results: In these studies, alcohol doses varied between 0.5 g alcohol/kg body weight - 1g alcohol/kg body weight. The larger the volume of alcohol consumed the greater the reduction in muscle strength the succeeding hours. Regarding testosterone results show heterogeneity, where the testosterone level provides three different results from three studies. Creatinekinase increases after exercise independently of alcohol. Cortisol appears to increase in the intervention groups. The evidence for all outcomes are low (++) to moderate (+++) besides strength having low evidence (++).
Conclusions: Today's evidence is highly ambiguous about alcohol effects on muscle building after exercise, since all outcomes, except for creatine kinase are heterogeneous. The future needs to provide more research, where larger doses are tested and where blinding occurs in whenever it is possible.Sahlgrenska Akademin vid Göteborgs universitet Avdelningen för invärtesmedicin och klinisk nutrition
Sammanfattning:
Titel: Påverkan på muskeluppbyggnad i samband med alkoholintag efter träning
Författare: Frida Bond och Linnea Danielsson
Handledare: Frode Slinde
Examinator: Anna Winkvist
Linje: Dietistprogrammet, 180/240 hp
Typ av arbete: Examensarbete, 15 hp
Datum: 2014-05-26 Bakgrund: Drycken alkohol berikar och förgyller stämning i både vardagstid så som festligare sammanhang. Alkoholkonsumtion har även en baksida, då det för kroppen behandlas som ett gift och därmed ligger till grunden för ett flertal sjukdomar. Träning och fysisk belastning av kroppen är bevisligen bra för att förebygga flera välfärdssjukomar så som diabetes och hjärt- och kärlsjukdomar. Bland folk i allmänhet går åsikterna isär när det gäller hur träning i kombination med alkohol påverkar muskeluppbyggnad, men vad säger vetenskapen?
Syfte: Syftet med denna översiktsartikel är att analysera och sammanfatta det befintliga vetenskapliga underlaget kring hur uppbyggnaden av muskler påverkas i samband med alkoholintag efter träning.
Sökväg: En systematisk litteratursökning genomfördes i databaserna PubMed och Scopus med sökorden alcohol drinking, exercise, muscle strength, free testosterone, ethanol.
Urvalskriterier: Inklusionskriterier: RCT- eller crossover studiedesign, skrivna på engelska eller svenska, vuxna(18+), friska människor. Exklusionskriterier: Översiktsartiklar, artiklar som ej finns i full text, studier gjorda på personer med alkoholberoende. Studier som inte innefattar effektmåtten för muskeluppbyggnad.
Datainsamling och analys: Efter urvalet återstod sju studier. Samtliga kvalitetsgranskades enligt en mall för randomiserade studier. Aktuella effektmått evidensgraderades och betygsattes enligt GRADE.
Resultat: I studierna har alkoholdoser varierat mellan 0,5g alkohol/kg kroppsvikt - 1g alkohol/kg kroppsvikt. Ju större volym alkohol som konsumeras desto mer minskar muskelstyrkan de efterföljande timmarna. Gällande testosteron visar resultaten på heterogenitet, där testosteronhalten ger tre olika resultat utifrån tre studier. Kreatinkinas ökar efter träning oberoende av alkohol. Kortisol ger ett tecken av att öka i interventionsgrupperna. Evidensen för alla effektmått är låg (++) till måttlig (+++) förutom styrka som har låg (++).
Slutsats: Dagens underlag är ytterst mångtydigt kring alkoholeffekt på muskeluppbyggnad efter träning, då samtliga effektmått, förutom kreatinkinas är heterogena. Framtiden behöver ge oss mer forskning, där större doser prövas, där blindning sker i största möjliga utsträckning
We are also part of the adjustment period
No full textFöräldrar har en större möjlighet till deltagande i förskolan idag än de hade för ungefär 40 år sedan. Det innebär att de vill kunna påverka förskolans verksamhet så mycket de kan och framför allt inskolningen som är starten på barnets tid på förskolan. För att det ska kunna fungera är det viktigt att tänka på anknytningens vikt, föräldrar och förskollärares bemötande samt föräldrars delaktighet och möjlighet till inflytande.
Jag har utifrån min studie valt att använda intervju som metod och utifrån mina intervjuer med föräldrar angående deras upplevelser av sina barns inskolning lyfter de framför allt påverkan, bemötande och samarbete. Jag har utifrån mina frågeställningar valt att fokusera på föräldrars påverkan av inskolning, förskollärares bemötande av föräldrar samt vilka faktorer som har påverkat inskolningen och hur. Det är därmed viktigt att klargöra hur mycket föräldrarna får påverka inskolningen i dagens samhälle, vad som behövs för ett fungerande samarbete mellan föräldrar och förskollärare samt vilka följder ett icke-fungerande samarbete kan innebära. Mitt syfte med studien är inte att lyfta vilka inskolningar som har varit bra och mindre bra. Jag har valt att fokusera på vad som har påverkar mitt resultat i studien av inskolningen och hur. Därmed är mitt syfte att belysa inskolningen utifrån föräldraperspektivet och undersöka hur föräldrarna upplever inskolningen utifrån pedagogernas bemötande och interaktion under inskolningen.Parents have a greater opportunity to participate in preschool today than they were some 40 years ago. This means that they want to influence pre-school activities as much as they can and especially induction which is the start of the child's time in preschool. For it to work , it is important to consider the extension's weight , parents and preschool teachers' attitude and parental involvement and the opportunity to influence.
I have based my study chosen to use the interview method and based on my interviews with parents about their perceptions of their children's induction highlights the particularly impact, response and cooperation. I have based my questions chosen to focus on parents' influence of acclimatization, pre-school teacher's treatment of parents and the factors that have affected the induction and how. It is therefore important to clarify how much parents can influence the induction of today's society, what is needed for effective cooperation between parents and preschool teachers as well as the consequences of a non-functioning cooperation may entail. My purpose of this study is to highlight the inskolningar who have been good and less good. I have chosen to focus on what has been affecting my results in the study of induction and how. Hence my purpose is to highlight the induction based on parental perspective and examine how parents perceive induction based on teachers' attitude and interaction during induction
Spring för livet : En studie om barns fysiska aktivitet på rasten i förskoleklass
No full textSyftet med studien är att undersöka barns fysiska aktivitet i den fria leken i en förskoleklass. I denna fältstudie används observationer under tider då barn leker fritt. Studien kompletterats även med intervjuer. Avsikten med studien är att skapa en förståelse för vad barn väljer att leka och aktivera sig med på en tid som är fri och inte styrd av pedagog, men också om hur pedagoger och miljön är påverkande för barns val av lek. Studien grundar sig på en sociokulturell teori. Forskning visar på att barn idag är inaktiva och det har många negativa påföljder. De slutsatser som studien visar är att de barn som ingår i studien är samtliga fysiskt aktiva i den fria leken, men att pojkar och flickors lekar ser delvis olika ut. Det framkommer i studien att miljö och pedagoger är viktiga komponenter för barns fysiska aktivitet
Integration of RNA and protein expression profiles to study human cells
No full textCellular life is highly complex. In order to expand our understanding of the workings of human cells, in particular in the context of health and disease, detailed knowledge about the underlying molecular systems is needed. The unifying theme of this thesis concerns the use of data derived from sequencing of RNA, both within the field of transcriptomics itself and as a guide for further studies at the level of protein expression. In paper I, we showed that publicly available RNA-seq datasets are consistent across different studies, requiring only light processing for the data to cluster according to biological, rather than technical characteristics. This suggests that RNA-seq has developed into a reliable and highly reproducible technology, and that the increasing amount of publicly available RNA-seq data constitutes a valuable resource for meta-analyses. In paper II, we explored the ability to extrapolate protein concentrations by the use of RNA expression levels. We showed that mRNA and corresponding steady-state protein concentrations correlate well by introducing a gene-specific RNA-to-protein conversion factor that is stable across various cell types and tissues. The results from this study indicate the utility of RNA-seq also within the field of proteomics. The second part of the thesis starts with a paper in which we used transcriptomics to guide subsequent protein studies of the molecular mechanisms underlying malignant transformation. In paper III, we applied a transcriptomics approach to a cell model for defined steps of malignant transformation, and identified several genes with interesting expression patterns whose corresponding proteins were further analyzed with subcellular spatial resolution. Several of these proteins were further studied in clinical tumor samples, confirming that this cell model provides a relevant system for studying cancer mechanisms. In paper IV, we continued to explore the transcriptional landscape in the same cell model under moderate hypoxic conditions. To conclude, this thesis demonstrates the usefulness of RNA-seq data, from a transcriptomics perspective and beyond; to guide in analyses of protein expression, with the ultimate goal to unravel the complexity of the human cell, from a holistic point of view.QC 20161121</p
Spring för livet : En studie om barns fysiska aktivitet på rasten i förskoleklass
No full textSyftet med studien är att undersöka barns fysiska aktivitet i den fria leken i en förskoleklass. I denna fältstudie används observationer under tider då barn leker fritt. Studien kompletterats även med intervjuer. Avsikten med studien är att skapa en förståelse för vad barn väljer att leka och aktivera sig med på en tid som är fri och inte styrd av pedagog, men också om hur pedagoger och miljön är påverkande för barns val av lek. Studien grundar sig på en sociokulturell teori. Forskning visar på att barn idag är inaktiva och det har många negativa påföljder. De slutsatser som studien visar är att de barn som ingår i studien är samtliga fysiskt aktiva i den fria leken, men att pojkar och flickors lekar ser delvis olika ut. Det framkommer i studien att miljö och pedagoger är viktiga komponenter för barns fysiska aktivitet
Lärare - därför förkunnare : En undersökning av kristendomslärarinnan Astri Heimers morgonböner och hennes roll som morgonbönsförrättare 1938-1954
No full textUnlike previous research, this thesis considers the possibility of regarding the morning prayers in Swedish schools as preaching, rather than teaching. 28 morning prayers, delivered in the church of S:t Johannes in the city of Malmö during 1939-1954 by the religious teacher Astri Heimer (1889-1986), constitutes the material for analysis. The purpose of this thesis is to examine if Heimer's morning prayers may be regarded as preaching, and to discuss the significance of this, in particular considering her role as leader of morning prayers. The examination is conducted in three steps. The first step investigates how morning prayers in general ought to be understood - as teaching or preaching? This is done by describing and comparing the literary genres of religious teaching and preaching, looking into the rules and principles which define the field of application. The aspects considered are purpose, form, and contents of the text. The second step of the examination analyses how Astri Heimer's morning prayers most likely are to be understood. Judging by form and content, they clearly belong to the genre of preaching. Despite the fact that she never explicitly call it preaching herself, her choice of contents and method points to how she perceived her activities, and how she wanted it to be interpreted by her audience. The third and final step examines which role Astri Heimer takes on when leading the morning prayers. Is she a teacher or a preacher? Due to the relations between church and society/school during this period of time, the role of the religious teacher was contradictory. Teachers were required both to be objective, and to have a passively positive attitude towards the Swedish church. The preacher's role contained on the other hand no contradiction, as it was closely related to the priest's office. Since women during this period of time weren't allowed access to this office, the conclusion seems to be that Heimer was perceived as a teacher. This conclusion is questioned by the line of argument conducted by Karen L. King in the book Women Preachers and Prophets through Two Millennia of Christianity, in which she discusses strategies used by women during the history of the church to be able to preach in public. She shows how women took advantage of the difficulties to define what preaching really is and its close relation to the activity of teaching. This thesis suggests that Heimer is taking advantage of the contradictions in her role as religious teacher in the Swedish school, to in practice be a preacher in the Swedish church. The plausibility of this suggestion is revealed in what she does (the contents, form and purpose of her morning prayers), who she is (the question of authority), and what she claims to be in texts, poems and articles
”Hon stämde inte in på profilen när det gäller en mördare” : En tematisk innehålls analys om hur offer förövare och genusföreställningar framställs inom svensk true crime
No full textThe purpose of this essay is to investigate and discuss which gender stereotypes are found in the representation of victims and perpetrators within the true crime genre. This is carried out with the help of the questions: How are victims portrayed in the series I huvudet på en gärningsman? How are perpetrators portrayed in the series I huvudet på en gärningsman ? Theoretically, the work is based on Christie’s (1986) theory of the ideal victim and the ideal perpetrator, as well as Connell’s (1987) concept pair of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity. Pettersson’s (2020) concept of potential for violence is also used as an analysis tool. The study has been carried out using a thematic content analysis, and the material examined consists of four episodes from the series I huvudet på en gärningsman. The results show that the portrayal of victims and perpetrators is kind of gender stereotypical, but with some notable exceptions. The case that, based on the theoretical starting point, appears to be the most ideal when men murder women. A conclusion of the study is that true crime has developed since the genre's start but still sometimes conveys a fictitious picture of reality
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