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This paper presents the results of a research project in which a patented system for asynchronous communication (“ippi”) is used as the basis for a prototype communication device utilizing the participants’ televisions as the primary interface. The aim was to study the extent to which older people’s lifelong experiences watching TV reduced their uncertainty when faced with TV-based applications. T
Studien har undersökt par som kommer på nybesök till familjerådgivning, deras vuxen anknytningsmönster, undvikande copingstil, samt om det fanns ett samband mellan vuxenanknytning och undvikande copingstil. Sextionio individer deltog i studien och fyllde i en enkät som bestod av instrumenten Experiences in Close Relationships Revised (ECR-R) som mäter vuxen anknytning, och Young-Rygh Avoidance InvThe study investigated couples who attended their first visits at Family Counseling Centers, their adult attachment patterns, avoidance coping style, and whether there was an association between adult attachment patterns and avoidance coping style. Sixty-nine individuals participated in the study and completed a survey that consisted of the Experiences in Close Relationships Revised (ECR-R) Measur
This study aims to problematise if and how an organisation can steer discourses in a crisis situation. The study brings knowledge to the field of strategic communication from a single case study regarding a product recall made by a multinational corpora-tion. Previous research on the topic covers the proactive planning and strategies used during the crisis, but does not cover the complexity concer
Background: Sandvik is in the middle of a great investment, the so called Green Field investment, which will imply a new factory for parts of their stone crush production. The facility is, at current situation, in engineering phase and the preparations are in focus and running at high speed. Purpose: The aim of this master thesis and final course in the education is to give an insight and valuable
Syftet med denna studie är att få insyn i hur professionellt verksamma musikpedagoger upp-lever en arbetssituation där de undervisar i fler instrument än sitt huvudinstrument. En kvalita-tiv undersökning i intervjuform har genomförts och fyra pedagoger som representerar två oli-ka instrumentgrupper (sträng och brassinstrument) har deltagit i studien. Resultatet visar att det finns olika anledningThe purpose of this study is to gain insight into how active music teachers experience a work-ing situation where they teach other instruments than their main instrument. A qualitative study in interview form has been implemented and four teachers representing two different instrument groups (string and brass instruments) participated in the study. The results show that there are various reasons w
Long-distance migrants face numerous challenges during their migration, with the spring migration timing being particularly important, as early arrival at the breeding grounds often enhances breeding success. Both innate and environmental factors influence migration timing in birds, and the earlier arrival of males than females is common among songbirds breeding in temperate zones. The great reed
This study investigates the long-term social consequences of early-life exposure to adverseconditions in nineteenth-century Poznań. Using linked individual-level records from thePoznań Historical Population Database for birth cohorts 1830–1855, we examine howprenatal stress, infant mortality, early-childhood disease burden, and fluctuations in rye pricesinfluenced the likelihood of marriage and in
The purpose of this essay is to examine the concept of competence within the social services. More specifically it aims to find out how the social workers themselves look upon their own competence in social investigations concerning children. As the study was based on focus groups the main questions were vague at the beginning and were cleared later on during the group sessions. In three focus gr
The aim of this study was to investigate how social workers look at the boundaries between their private sphere and working hours. Furthermore, it is intended to study how social workers look at work-related situations that may occur in their leisure time and how they handle them. The selection of respondents consisted of social workers who had a social education and had a regular professional con
Why certain decision-making actors frame different conditions as problems within policymaking depends on various political factors. However, in the end, these actors aim to attract attention and cause change. The actors who produce these problem frames can from a theoretical point of view be perceived as problem brokers. A new model, titled Social Impact Bonds, has during the past years attracted
Alla dör, men våra upplevelser av livets slut ser olika ut beroende på hur vårt liv och våra relationer sett ut. Denna avhandling undersöker hur genus, ålder och relationer påverkar människors erfarenheter och möjligheter under livets slutskede. I en tid då såväl hälso- och sjukvårdssystemen som informellt vård- och omsorgsgivande är satta under press är det extra viktigt att utveckla kunskap om The way that we die and care for the dying today is changing, related to extended life expectancy, neoliberalization, as well as shifting caring roles in relation to gender. In a time of “care crisis”, both formal and informal care resources are under duress, making the question of how to provide “a good death” complex and contested in new ways. Scholars in public health have posited a health prom
Introduction: Chronic pain negatively impacts a range of sensory and affective behaviors. Previous studies have shown that the presence of chronic pain not only causes hypersensitivity at the site of injury but may also be associated with pain-aversive experiences at anatomically unrelated sites. While animal studies have indicated that the cingulate and prefrontal cortices are involved in this ge
After the Arab spring, states in the MENA-region that were enrolled in the popular uprisings are now entering different settings. Some have been more successful, and reaching all the way to democratic consolidation. Others like Egypt are currently experiencing severe backlashes. In this post revolution context, time is starting to run out for an escape out of the transitional maze. Tunisia is not
Pågående konflikter i Syrien, Afghanistan, Somalia och Sudan har inneburit att antalet flyktingar i världen stigit till nivåer som inte uppmäts på decennier. Barn och ungdomar utgör en stor del av de människor som befinner sig på flykt, varav vissa av dessa flyr ensamma utan stöd eller närvaro av föräldrar, syskon eller nära släktingar. I en svensk och internationell kontext benämns dessa barn somOngoing conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan has meant that the number of refugees worldwide has risen to levels not measured in decades. Children constitute a big part of these refugees, some of them fleeing their homes without a parent or a legal guardian. In a Swedish and international context these children are often referred to as ”unaccompanied”. This term referrers to the chil
Abstract Authors: Helena Solberg and Martina Andersson Title: Pregnant addicts and their fetus – a qualitative study from the professional perspective on the dilemma of compulsory treatment during pregnancy. Supervisor: Helena Hansson The purpose of this study was to examine and interpret the situation with pregnant women with alcohol-or drug addiction from a professional perspective. Our study a
How the molecular programs of differentiated cells develop as cells transit from multipotency through lineage commitment remains unexplored. This reflects the inability to access cells undergoing commitment or located in the immediate vicinity of commitment boundaries. It remains unclear whether commitment constitutes a gradual process, or else represents a discrete transition. Analyses of in vitr
This article is based on a research in the project "The Employment Effects of Computer- Based Technologies in the Office-Service Sector of Developing Countries: a Comparative Study of Banking in India, Malaysia and Singapore", supported by SAREC (Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries). At the time of this study (1987 to 1990) , Indian bank management was in the process
Recent experiments exposing migratory birds to altered magnetic fields simulating geographical displacements have shown that the geomagnetic field acts as an external cue affecting migratory fuelling behaviour. This is the first study investigating fuel deposition in relation to geomagnetic cues in long-distance migrants using the western passage of the Mediterranean region. Juvenile wheatears (Oe
Popular Abstract in Swedish Vårdcentralspraktik är viktig för blivande läkare När du som patient besöker din vårdcentral, kan det hända att du erbjuds att få prata med och att få bli undersökt av en läkarkandidat, innan du träffar din läkare. Naturligtvis kan du tacka nej, men nästan alla patienter tycker att det är en positiv upplevelse. De flesta distriktsläkare är entusiastiska och duktiga hand
