175 research outputs found
Nyutveckling av Huddigs spakkonsoler för modellerna 1060 och 1260
No full textSammanfattning Författaren Kristoffer Larsson har skrivit rapporten tillsammans med grävlastarstillverkaren Huddig i Hudiksvall. Rapporten beskriver nyutvecklingen av Huddigs spakkonsoler. Bakgrunden till examensarbetet är att Huddig har haft kontinuerlig utveckling av sin interiör och hytt men spakkonsolerna har inte följt med i den utvecklingen. Målet med examensarbetet var att ta fram fyra olika prototyper med hänsyn på utformning, handergonomi, knapplacering, trängstyrningsfunktion, rototilt, materialval och tillverkningsmetod. För att författaren skulle få en bild av vad det fanns för kundsynpunkter och vad andra personen som har en relation till Huddig har för synpunkter gjordes en marknadsundersökning. Därefter följde arbetet med att bryta ned arbetet och produkten i delar med olika metoder. Åtta olika konceptförslag skissades fram och slutligen sållades sex olika delar från koncepten fram. En grupp från Huddig och författaren Kristoffer Larsson tyckte dessa delar var bäst lämpade att gå vidare med. De delar som gick vidare var: − Konisk underdel − Kantig form − Dubbla rader med knappar på vänster konsol − Utåtlutande trängstyrning − Fram/back utåtlutande − Tvåhandsgrepp för trängstyrningen − Placering av stödbensreglage Utifrån dessa kommentarer och synpunkter på de framsållade koncepten skissade författaren fram fyra koncept som valdes att göras prototyper av. Skälet till att prototyper valdes att tillverkas var att det är svårt att känna och testa om ett koncept verkligen fungerar eller inte genom att bara kolla på en skiss. Målet med examensarbetet var att generera fram unika koncept men även att tillverka prototyper av dem, vilket uppnåddes. Utifrån resultat av denna rapport och prototyperna kan Huddig fortsätta att utveckla spakkonsolerna till en genomtänkt och smart lösning.Abstract The author Kristoffer Larsson wrote this examinations paper for the excavator loader company Huddig AB in Hudiksvall. The subject for this bachelor’s thesis is development of joystick pads at Huddig. The background for the bachelor's thesis is that Huddig have been during the last years developed and redesigning the interior of the cabin. The problem is that the joystick brackets haven’t followed the same development. The goal with this bachelor's thesis is to develop and manufacture four prototypes with consideration on design, ergonomics, bottom positions, control of steering, rototilt, choice of material and manufacturing method. To get a picture of what the drivers want and theirs aspect of the development of the joysticks pads the author did a market research with Huddigs customers. After the market research was done some methods and functions solving methods was used to break down the product to different functions. Eight different concepts were generated and the finial concepts were selected of a group from Huddig and Kristoffer Larsson. They selected the concepts because they taught that they were best suited to manufacture prototypes of. These are the subjects of the concepts: − Conic underpart − Angular design − Double rows with bottoms at left bracket − Tilted steering control − Tilted transport direction shifter − Two hand grip for steering − Placement of hydraulic lifters From these comments and aspects the author drew four sketches to have as guidelines for the prototypes. The reason to make prototypes was that it is hard to anticipate if a concept works in the real life based from a sketch. The goal with this bachelor's thesis was to design and manufacture innovated concepts which have been done. From the result of the bachelor's thesis Huddig can use it to continue to develop the joystick brackets to a successful product
En rörig historia : en fallstudie över Secorocs processflöde av DTH-rör
No full textAbstract Title: A messy story – a case study of Secorocs process flow of DTH-pipes Presentation date: 2010-06-02 Course: Bachelor thesis in business Author: Kristoffer Forsman Advisor: Kjell Gustafsson Keywords: Management control, process control, lean production, process flow analysis Purpose: The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to develop an overview of the process flow for a specific product, and with the help of this mapping based on a lean production philosophy show possible improvement proposals and how these can lead to a more efficient process flow. Methodology: I have used a case study of Secorocs DTH-pipes and my primary data are gathered through interviews and observations. I have used theoretical framework to establish a process flow analysis. This is to obtain data on process activities and whether they are creating value or not. This leads to a current mapping of the situation in Secoroc on DTH-pipes and then analyzed and suggestions for improvement are developed. Conclusions: That by using the above mentioned mapping of process flow of DTH-pipes, problem areas could be illustrated. Subsequently proposals for improvement could be produced from a lean production philosophy. Process flow analysis showed the non-value-adding process activities as primarily transport and delay. These activities could be rationalized and eliminated from developed proposals for improvement which resulted in a layout flowchart (bilaga3) as a proposal on how a better flow might look for Secoroc
Why blame? Justifying our reactive responses
No full textWhy should we blame one another? That is, when are we morally responsible; what, if anything, justifies us in blaming one another? Blame seems to stand in need of justification given how unpleasant it is to blame, and, especially, to be blamed.
In the philosophical literature, blame is typically justified on the basis of backwards-looking considerations; did the purportedly blameworthy person manifest the right kind of free-will, or control, and epistemic awareness in order to be held responsible? Much of this debate has, historically, turned primarily on theoretical and metaphysical considerations. For example, it has been argued that the fact that our present action is entirely the product of the past states of the world in conjunction with the laws of nature, and we entirely lack control over both those past states of the world and the laws of nature, but that these may, in conjunction, fully explain our present action. Thus, one might worry that we never actually fully manifest the free-will, or control, necessary to be held responsible.
This dissertation is not centrally concerned with this sort of metaphysical debate. Instead, I argue that even putting this metaphysical debate aside, evidence from psychology research poses several grave, and perhaps insurmountable, challenges for accounts justifying blame on the basis of backwards-looking considerations.
These are, first, the Situationist Threat, considered in chapters 1 and 2, according to which fine-grained situational features have a surprisingly large effect on our capacity to act in line with moral considerations in circumstances in which those features are present. For example, merely being in a group of people, being exposed to loud noises, or being asked to do something by a man in a white lab coat, might, surprisingly, undermine our free-will. This both threatens several theoretical assumptions made by standard retrospectively-justified accounts of moral responsibility, but also suggests that we may lack free-will more often than we might have thought.
In addition, in chapters 2 and 3, I develop the argument that the Manipulationist Threat poses a potentially intractable problem for such backwards-looking justifications of blame. This threat is that we might be subject to a particularly pernicious form of manipulation—what I call valuational manipulation—much more often than we might have thought. Valuational manipulation is the manipulation of our beliefs and desires in a way that bypasses our evaluative control, i.e., our capacity to adjudicate our beliefs and desires in a manner reflective of our take on the world. I claim, citing evidence from psychology research on choice blindness, confirmation bias, and the truth effect, that we may be far more commonly subject to valuational manipulation than we might have thought, and in particular over social media. This is a problem both because it suggests we may commonly be subject to manipulation—and hence, arguably, diminished in our moral responsibility—but also because it targets what I claim are the theoretical roots of backwards-looking justifications of blame. These are that most such accounts adjudicate blameworthiness on the basis of an assessment of whether or not an agent’s action is appropriately reflective of the agent’s own beliefs and desires. The concern here is that if an agent has been manipulated, then why should this sort of correspondence suggest that the individual manifests the right kind of control, or free-will, to be held responsible?
I suggest that these considerations should motivate us towards a set of alternative accounts of the justification of blame, presently emerging in the philosophical literature. These alternative accounts—called instrumentalist accounts—justify blame on the basis of its effects. That is, they claim that blame is justified given that it serves to cultivate moral agency, i.e., the capacity to act appropriately in line with shared moral considerations. These instrumentalist accounts claim, further, that blame is a central and critical explanation of how we develop into moral agents. One benefit of these accounts, I suggest, is that they do not seem to me to be similarly vulnerable to the Situationist Threat and the Manipulationist Threat.
However, in chapter 4, I (along with my co-author for this chapter, Makan Nojoumian) claim that instrumentalist accounts are, instead, vulnerable to other empirical evidence from psychology research. That is, if one justifies blame on the basis of its effects, then it is critical that the evidence shows that blame actually has those effects. However, we argue that the evidence appears to show that blame does not have these effects. Or, at least, we suggest, it does not have these effects directly on those subject to blame. Instead, we claim, citing evidence from the moral development and prosocial behaviour psychology literature that blame might, instead, primarily be indirectly effective on those who witness that blame, but not on those subject to it. This should be unsurprising: we are not ourselves often subject to blame, but we regularly witness moralized behaviour among friends, colleagues, relations, and in media. This, we claim, explains what might otherwise be puzzling, which is how we develop an awareness of moral norms absent being blamed for failing to adhere to those norms ourselves.
In chapter 5, I consider another problem for such instrumentalist accounts: who, precisely, should we blame to cultivate moral agency? I argue that extant instrumentalist accounts appear to cast this net either too widely, or too narrowly; they either expand, or constrict, the set of appropriate targets for blame too much. I construct an emendation to what I take to be the least problematic instrumentalist account in order to avoid this problem. However, I suggest that insofar as such accounts are justified in terms of cultivating moral agency, that it is perhaps a mistake that they focus so squarely on blame as being what centrally cultivates moral agency. Instead, I gesture towards additional research in psychology suggesting that whether or not people develop an appropriate responsiveness to shared moral considerations in a given situation may turn on a variety of considerations presently underexplored in the philosophy literature
Fan Fiction and Authorship. Secondary Authors and Their Role in the Evolution of the Author Construct and Canonicity
No full textThis thesis explores the author role as a complex construct in relation to the notion of
canonicity, investigating the relationship between authors, their original works, fan authors
and fan authors’ works of fan fiction. Four major works have been chosen for analysis,
Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study In Scarlet (1887), J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows (2007), Anthony Horowitz’ The House of Silk (2011) and an online work of
fan fiction by “gyzym” called What We Pretend We Can’t See (2017). Through the analysis
of two original works and works of fan fiction derived from each, as well as the author role,
copyright concerns, and the challenges of defining canonicity, this thesis seeks to show that
fan fiction is productive and useful for the core text, and that secondary authors have the
capacity to produce texts that can qualify as canonical to the original works according to
certain criteria
Optimizing COPD treatment in patients with lung- or head and neck cancer does not improve quality of life – a randomized, pilot, clinical trial
No full textBackground: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common comorbidity in patients with lung and head- and neck cancer. Patients with lung cancer who also suffer from COPD have a worse prognosis than patients with lung cancer and no COPD. It has previously been shown that diagnosis and treatment of concomitant COPD in patients with newly diagnosed lung- or head and neck cancer need optimization. In this randomized, controlled trial we aimed to assess if intervention directed at improving treatment for COPD in these patients improved health-related quality of life (QoL). Methods: During 2014, we randomized 114 patients referred for oncological treatment at a large university hospital in the Capital Region of Denmark, to either usual care or intervention regarding concomitant COPD. The intervention consisted of two visits in an out-patient clinic established at the oncological department and staffed with a pulmonary physician. At baseline, week 13 and week 25, all patients filled out the cancer- and COPD-specific QoL questionnaires CAT and EORTC, respectively. The primary outcome was change in CAT-score between control- and intervention group. The secondary outcome was change in EORTC. Results: There was no change in CAT-score by week 13 or 25 between the groups. For the EORTC there was a statistically significant improvement only in the fatigue domain at week 13 (p = 0.03), but not at week 25. There was a trend towards less dyspnea in the intervention group at week 13, measured by EORTC (p = 0.07). Mortality by week 25 was similar in both groups. Conclusion: In this population of severely ill cancer patients, we did not find that this intervention, focusing on inhaled COPD medication, for the management of COPD had any convincing positive impact on the patients’ perceived quality of life compared with usual care. Further studies are needed.</p
Prevalence and management of pulmonary comorbidity in patients with lung and head and neck cancer
No full textBACKGROUND: The simultaneous presence of cancer and other medical conditions (comorbidity) is frequent. Cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for as well head and neck cancer (HNC) and lung cancer (LC) as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is the most common comorbidity in LC patients, and presence of COPD worsens the prognosis of HNC and LC. COPD is under-diagnosed and under-treated in the Danish population. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of COPD in a HNC and LC population, and to determine the need and feasibility of a randomized controlled phase II trial comparing usual care with optimized medical treatment of COPD in cancer patients.MATERIAL AND METHODS: All patients with HNC or LC referred for oncologic treatment in a university hospital during a 10-month period were invited to attend a pulmonary clinic for evaluation of lung function. Patients who were found to have concomitant COPD were randomized to intervention or usual care. Primary endpoints were prevalence of COPD among the referred patients with either LC or HNC, and further whether the patients that were diagnosed with COPD already received treatment in accordance with Danish COPD guidelines. Secondary outcome was feasibility, i.e. the proportion of eligible patients that accepted follow-up in the pulmonary clinic for 24 weeks in addition to oncological treatment. The design of the randomized trail is described in detail.RESULTS: In total 130 patients of whom 65% had LC and 35% HNC have been screened during the first seven months of this ongoing trial. Sixty-eight percent of LC patients and 22% of HNC patients had COPD. All but one of 68 eligible patients accepted randomization. Nearly one third (31%) of the LC and HNC patients with COPD were diagnosed prior to study entry, and of these, only 33% were receiving correct treatment according to current guidelines.CONCLUSION: For patients with LC, and to a lesser extend HNC, there is a need for improved diagnosis and treatment of concomitant COPD. Furthermore, patients found it acceptable to be scheduled for a 24-week follow-up in a pulmonary clinic along with their oncological treatment.</p
EXPLORING TEACHERS' PERFORMANCE HANDLING MULTIPLE ANCILLARY FUNCTIONS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY
No full textAbstract: This study utilized a multiple case design to describe and gain insights from the performances of teachers handling multiple ancillary functions in South Fatima District under the City Schools Division of General Santos City, Philippines. This study used an in-depth interview to gather the data needed. Findings of the study revealed six different cases of the participants such as elementary school teacher 1 as the passionate and committed; elementary school teacher 2 as the versatile and diligent; elementary school teacher 3 as the strategic and proud teacher; while secondary school teacher 1 as the ever-patient and job-oriented; secondary school teacher 2 as the eager to serve with integrity and being optimistic; and secondary school teacher 3 as the loving and selfless teacher. The study implied that these teachers entails life-long commitment in order to perform well despite of handling multiple ancillary functions. It was a complete package on sacrifice, persistence and determination. Handling multiple ancillary functions means being prepared holistically, aside from being optimistic and determined; they should also need to be strategic.
Keywords: Teachers’ performance, multiple ancillary functions, multiple case analysis, educational management, Philippines.
Title: EXPLORING TEACHERS’ PERFORMANCE HANDLING MULTIPLE ANCILLARY FUNCTIONS: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY
Author: DONNA CLAIRE C. VILLANUEVA, LYNDON QUINES, KRISTOFFER FRANZ MARI R. MILLADO
International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning
ISSN 2394-9686
Vol. 9, Issue 5, September 2022 - October 2022
Page No: 1-16
Novelty Journals
Website: www.noveltyjournals.com
Published Date: 15-September-2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7078862
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https://www.noveltyjournals.com/upload/paper/EXPLORING%20TEACHERS’%20PERFORMANCE-15092022-1.pdfInternational Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning, ISSN 2394-9686, Novelty Journals, Website: www.noveltyjournals.co
SponsorSHIP – En identifiering av kritiska faktorer vid titelsponsring.
No full textAbstract Title: SponsorSHIP – an identification of critical factors for title sponsoring. Author: Linus Alenvret-Larsson, Calle Hökby & Kristoffer Thuresson Tutor: Carl R. Hellberg, Pavla Kruzela Purpose: To identify and analyse critical factors for title sponsoring of global itinerant sport events in the multimillion category. Method: The state of purpose for this thesis was formed after a broad research of present theory within the field of sponsorship. The choice for empirical research fell upon a single case study of the event Volvo Ocean Race, this was because the event is a unique concept of an itinerant global sport event. With a starting point in the wide array of empirical material that is obtainable with reference to the Race we also conducted two interviews, this was to make sure that the available information was accurate and up to date. With the narrow focus of the thesis and the single case study it will be hard to use the results for generalising upon sponsorship in a wider perspective. However, it is relevant to consider the future potential of the results. With a growing globalisation and a world economy that becomes increasingly integrated we see opportunities of an increase for events like the Volvo Ocean Race. Result: I n order to attain progress with sponsorship it is essential for companies to use all five critical factors in the authors extended model, Five motives to sponsorship. The extension of the model with the internal marketing factor is based on both theoretical and empirical sources. With the use of all five factors, association, exposure, relations, integrated marketing communication and internal marketing benefits of scale may be attained. If the sponsorship is used in accordance with surrounding activities that fulfil the motives stated above, a greater good can be created. Such benefits of scale along with integrated marketing may provide an increased credibility in the conveyed message. The point is, the greater the investment, and the greater the engagement is, more of the authors chosen benefits, change/improvement of image, attention, loyalty, credibility and pride within the internal organisation can be attained. Sammanfattning Titel: SponsorSHIP – En identifiering av kritiska faktorer vid titelsponsring. Författare: Linus Alenvret-Larsson, Calle Hökby & Kristoffer Thuresson Handledare: Carl R. Hellberg, Pavla Kruzela Syfte: Att identifiera och analysera kritiska faktorer för titelsponsring av globala och rörliga sportevenemang i mångmiljonklassen. Metod: Utifrån en bred efterforskning av teori inom sponsringsfältet utformandes uppsatsens syfte. Valet av empirisk undersökning föll på en enskild fallstudie av evenemanget Volvo Ocean Race, detta då det är ett unikt evenemang i sitt slag. Med utgångspunkt i den breda empiri som finns tillgänglig kring evenemanget genomfördes två intervjuer, detta för att säkerställa att vi hade tillgång till uppdaterad information i övriga källor. I och med uppsatsens smala fokus och enskilda fallstudie blir det svårt att tillämpa resultatet genom att generalisera i en större skala. Däremot blir det relevant att beakta slutsatsernas framtida potential. Med en ökad globalisering och en världsekonomi som blir alltmer integrerad ser vi möjligheten i att evenemang liknande Volvo Ocean Race blir fler. Resultat: För att nå framgång inom sponsring är det av största vikt för företag att använda sig av samtliga fem kritiska faktorer i författarnas utökade modell, Fem motiv till sponsring. Utökningen av modellen med faktorn intern marknadsföring, är påbyggd då både teoretiska och empiriska källor betonar detta nyckelperspektiv hos företag. Genom att arbeta med samtliga fem faktorer, associationer, exponering, relationer, integrerad marknadskommunikation och intern marknadsföring kan storskalsfördelar uppstå. Att använda sin sponsring tillsammans med kringaktiviteter som uppfyller ovanstående motiv kan ett större mervärde således att skapas i sponsringen. Sådana storskalsfördelar tillsammans med en utarbetad integrerad marknadsföring kan vidare ge en ökad trovärdighet i det förmedlade budskapet. Poängen är att ju större investeringen är och ju mer helhjärtat den görs desto fler av författarnas valda fördelar; imageförändring/-förstärkning, uppmärksamhet, lojalitet, trovärdighet och stolthet hos den interna organisationen, kan ros i hamn
Culture on trial: law, morality, and the performance trial in the shadow of World War I
No full textThis dissertation analyzes three specific American trials, each taking place between 1921 and 1926: the State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes; the murder trial of Frances Stevens Hall; and the murder trial(s) of silent film star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. Despite the trials’ disparate facts, each became prominent nationally, covered by a variety of media and heavily attended by live audiences. This was not unprecedented. Throughout American history, trials have often been subjects of public fascination. At times, individual cases have become cultural phenomena, followed and discussed by onlookers across the country, reaching a point of national cultural relevance. I call these types of trials “performance trials” and argue that they are valuable and overlooked resources for historians. The three trials analyzed in this dissertation are especially instructive. The 1920s are a fertile time for performance trials, evidenced in part by this cluster of three such trials taking place within five years of each other. In the wake of World War I and the culmination of reform efforts such as Prohibition and the woman’s suffrage movement, the early 1920s were a time of cultural fragmentation and reorganization. Various groups—including Protestants, moral reformers, women, scientists, “modernists,” businesspeople, and “laypeople” alike—were struggling to find their place in the shifting culture and preserve their power within it. These three trials became phenomena because they captured one part of that cultural negotiation: the argument over the moral future of American culture and where moral authority should rest. Through the use of newspaper reports, trial transcripts, audience reactions, and other sources, this dissertation presents the narratives of these trials and analyzes them in order to illuminate these cultural skirmishes over moral authority. The dissertation presents and breaks down the competing versions of modernity offered by the various groups, including both those who embraced the new culture and those who argued that a new moral reform movement was needed in order to rein it in. Viewing the trials through the eyes of Americans responding to an early version of the “culture wars,” the dissertation provides insight into the cultural turmoil of the early 1920s.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Kristoffer M. Shield
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