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Himmelmann, Kate. "Cerebral palsy in western Sweden : epidemiology and function /." Göteborg : Dept. of Pediatrics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/753.
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Kritikos, Aristeidis. "Compositional Systematics of Sphalerites from Western Bergslagen, Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-301099.
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Sphalerite is, apart from being the main global source of zinc (Zn), also one of the main source for the critical elements indium (In), gallium (Ga) and germanium (Ge), which can be extracted as by-products during Zn mining. In the westernmost part of the Palaeoproterozoic Bergslagen ore province, Sweden, In-anomalies have been reported from sulphide mineralizations. These In-anomalies can be attributed to either pre-ore formation crustal processes manifested by the local (Svecofennian, c. 1.87-1.89 Ga) syn-volcanic mineralisations, or to epigenetic metasomatic events primarily related to younger (c. 1.80-1.79 Ga) granitoids. In this study, sphalerite samples from 19 different mineralisations in westernmost Bergslagen were examined by both electron probe microanalyzer (EPMA) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), in order to firstly, measure trace element concentrations, and especially those of the critical element In, Ga and Ge, and secondly, to apply this information to gain new information on the trace element inventory and incorporation mechanisms of sphalerite. The dataset also allows for testing the ore-formation process models, not least in cases of elevated In-contents. Utilization of these two analytical methods also provided the opportunity for a direct spot-to-spot comparison of their performance in detecting trace element concentrations in sphalerite. The results verify the In-enrichment of the area, whereas Ga and Ge only follow crustal abundancies. The concentrations of the other trace elements vary significantly, even at a sample scale. The compositional variation shows several patterns between certain elements, suggesting that their incorporation in the sphalerite lattice was allowed via substitution mechanisms (e.g. In3++(Cu+,Ag+)↔2Zn2+; Fe2++Cd2++Mn2+↔3Zn2+; Cu++Mn2++In3+↔3Zn2+). In contrast, some measured high Cd, Ag and Pb concentrations are attributed to nano (or micro) inclusions of primarily galena. Other elements such as As, Sn, Sb, Se, Au, Tl, Ni, Te and Mo yielded, in almost all the samples, concentrations below the detection limit for both analytical methods. Discrimination methods based on trace element concentrations and distribution of the In-enriched mineralizations suggest that the In-anomalies are most likely related to Svecofennian volcanic to subvolcanic hydrothermal processes, forming mineralisations that were later modified during the Svecokarelian orogeny. Finally, the direct comparison of EPMA results to that of LA-ICP-MS, showed the significantly better performance of the latter method in detecting trace-level concentrations, provided that a proper calibration procedure has been followed.Sulfidmineralet zinkblände är, förutom att vara den huvudsakliga globala källan för zink (Zn), också ett av de viktigaste värdmineralen för de kritiska metallerna indium (In), gallium (Ga) och germanium (Ge), vilka kan utvinnas som viktiga biprodukter vid zinkbrytning. I den västligaste delen av malmprovinsen Bergslagen i Mellansverige har In-anomalier rapporterats från flera mineraliseringar. Dessa lokala In-anrikningar kan tillskrivas antingen processer verksamma innan och under den vulkaniska aktiviteten, eller senare geologiska händelser relaterade till yngre graniter. I denna studie har zinkblände från 19 olika mineraliseringar i västra Bergslagen karakteriserats med två olika system för mikrokemisk analys; elektronmikrosond (EPMA) och laserablativ induktivt kopplad plasma-masspektrometri (LA-ICP-MS). Detta har gjorts för att mäta spårelementhalter, och särskilt då för de kritiska metallerna In, Ga och Ge. Genom att använda dessa två metoder parallellt gavs också möjligheten till direkta jämförelser mellan dem vad gäller deras kapacitet för spårelementanalys av zinkblände. Resultaten verifierar att detta område är anomalt In-anrikat, medan halterna av Ga och Ge är låga och endast följer genomsnittshalterna för kontinental jordskorpa. Halterna av de övriga spårelementen varierar avsevärt, även på individuell provskala, och visar i flera fall systematiska mönster mellan vissa element. Dessa mönster tyder på att deras införlivande i zinkbländestrukturen gått via flera specifika utbytes-(substitutions-)mekanismer (t.ex. In3++ (Cu+, Ag+) ↔2Zn2+; Fe2+ + Cd2++ Mn2+ ↔3Zn2+, Cu++ Mn2++ In3+ ↔3Zn2+). Däremot kan förhöjda halter av Cd, Ag och Pd tillskrivas nano- (eller mikro-) inneslutningar av framförallt blyglans. Andra element, som As, Sn, Sb, Se, Au, TI, Ni, Te och Mo uppvisade halter under detektionsgränserna för båda analysmetoderna i nästan alla undersökta prov. Bildningsmässiga (genetiska) diskrimineringsmetoder baserade på spårelementhalter kombinerat med de geologiska och spatiella relationerna för de In-anrikade mineraliseringarna tyder på att de senare bildades genom svekofenniska vulkanisk-hydrotermala processer och därefter modifierats under svekokarelsk bergskedjebildning. Slutligen, i den direkta jämförelsen av EPMA gentemot LA-ICP-MS, visade den senare metoden signifikant bättre kapacitet för spårämnesanalys, förutsatt att ett korrekt kalibreringsprotokoll har följts.
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Hesson, Leila. "What Happened Last Night in Sweden? Analysis of Western news media portrayal of crime in Sweden." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24927.
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Background: The media have an influential role within society and with media becoming increasingly more accessible over a number of different platforms it is important to comprehend what information is being received by audiences in order to then understand the consequences. Sweden has a reputation of being one of the most reputable countries, however a new, less flattering image has been emerging. There is a growing interest in what is happening in Sweden, especially since US President Donald Trump made his illusive comments in February 2017. Aim: The aim of this study is to explore how news sources in the Western world portray crime in Sweden. Two central questions are examined, (1) what crimes in Sweden are reported in western newspapers, and (2) what are the dominant themes in western newspaper’s discussions of crime in Sweden? Method: Qualitative content analysis was employed to evaluate 249 newspaper articles gathered through NewsBank database. Content of these articles became data which was coded via a data-driven coding frame. Data was partially double coded in an attempt to check consistency. Results: Part one results find that the most popular crime type in Western media crime in Sweden reports are violent crimes. A total of 111 articles in the sample written exclusively about specific events, 76 of which are violent offences. Part two of results explores the broader discourse. Conclusion: The focus on violent crimes is linked to a political discussion surrounding growing support for populist politics. The predominant narratives are, that immigration is to blame for rising crime levels, and Sweden’s identity crisis.
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Morén, Björn. "Tephrochronology of the Last Glacial/Interglacial transition in western Småland, southwestern Sweden." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-27857.
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Tephrochronology, or the dating and correlation of stratigraphic sediment sequences by the use of tephra, is a dating method that has been much refined in the last decade. This refinement has enabled the detection of cryptotephra, which has expanded the known distribution of different tephras. At the site Lake Mulakullegöl in the southwest of Sweden, three distinct tephra horizons have been detected, of which two have been geochemically identified. The identified tephras are the Vedde Ash (ca 12,000 cal. yrs BP) and the Hässeldalen Tephra (ca 11,500 cal. yrs BP), both of Icelandic origin. These tephras were deposited during the middle of the Younger Dryas Stadial and the Younger Dryas/Preboreal transition, respectively. The Vedde Ash is one of the most widespread tephras of Icelandic provenance, while the Hässeldalen Tephra so far only has been found at two sites in southeastern Sweden, prior to the current study. A third, unidentified, tephra was also detected. Based on the stratigraphic position, this tephra might be the Borrobol Tephra, which has been dated to ca 14,400 cal. yrs BP. This might indicate that warming had not yet occurred in this part of Sweden. The extended known distribution of especially the Hässeldalen Tephra, but also the Vedde Ash, has enabled a higher potential for correlations between different records deposited during the Last Glacial/Interglacial transition.
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Andersson, Stefan. "Deformation, metamorphism and remobilisation in the Hornkullen polymetallic deposit, western Bergslagen, Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-223246.
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The polymetallic Hornkullen deposit is situated in the western part of the Bergslagen ore province, Sweden. It is hosted by an inlier of approximately 1.90-1.88 Ga Svecofennian volcanic and sedimentary metasupracrustal rocks enclosed in a significantly younger, c. 1.8 Ga TIB granitoid (Filipstad granite). Although being mined intermittently for silver during the last 100s of years in addition to been the subject for more recent exploration work, the genesis of this deposit and others in a similar geological position is poorly understood. The hypothesis is that the Hornkullen deposit represents a metamorphically overprinted, syn-volcanic Svecofennian mineralisation. The main ore assemblage comprises magnetite, pyrrhotite, galena, chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite with subordinate pyrite, sphalerite, ilmenite and löllingite. Pb-Fe-Ag-Sb sulphosalts include boulangerite, meneghinite, jamesonite, freibergite-tetrahedrite, pyrargyrite, and stephanite, which mainly occur in trace amounts. Gudmundite and molybdenite are rare accessories. Generally, galena, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite have accommodated strain in a ductile manner. Locally, this can also be seen in boulangerite, meneghinite and sphalerite. Magnetite, arsenopyrite and pyrite frequently have been deformed in a brittle way. The contrast in competence resulted in the remobilisation of the more ductile minerals into fractures in the more competent minerals. In massive parts, this contrast also resulted in more fragmented clasts of competent minerals within a less competent matrix, similar to “ball ore” texture. Recrystallisation is particularly evident in magnetite and pyrrhotite but also seen in coarser aggregates of ilmenite. Additionally, these minerals and also pyrite and arsenopyrite frequently exhibit euhedral morphology when occurring within less ductile minerals. Inclusions of ore minerals in porphyroblastic garnet are abundant. Geothermobarometry of arsenopyrite and sphalerite suggests temperatures and pressures of 525°C (between 440°C and c. 590°C) and c. 300-400 MPa, consistent with regional Svecokarelian amphibolite facies metamorphism, albeit with some caveats. Fluid inclusion entrapment conditions were determined to c. 440°C (between 400°C and 600°C) and c. 280 MPa. The observed textures are a result of deformation and remobilisation of diverse ore minerals during the Svecokarelian orogeny. Remobilisation was possibly initiated during prograde metamorphism, followed by additional and more extensive modification during retrograde conditions, at least to temperatures below 200°C. Sulphosalt formation is considered to reflect an evolution from prograde through retrograde metamorphism, although most of them formed during the retrograde stage, including the Ag-minerals. No evidence for any additional introduction of elements from later TIB magmatism is present. The combined observations can most easily be reconciled with a metamorphically overprinted syn-volcanic Svecofennian mineralisation.Den polymetalliska mineraliseringen vid Hornkullen är belägen i västra Bergslagen i Mellansverige. Den uppträder i ca. 1,90-1,88 miljarder år gamla Svekofenniska metavulkaniska- och sedimentära ytbergarter inneslutna i en yngre, ca. 1,8 miljarder år gammal intrusiv bergart, så kallad Filipstadsgranit. Trots att mineraliseringen ganska nyligen varit ett mål för prospektering samt tidigare brutits på silver, saknas fortfarande information om dess malmmineralogi och hur den bildats. Hypotesen är att Hornkullen utgörs av en metamorft överpräglad synvulkanisk Svekofennisk mineralisering. Den domineras av magnetit, magnetkis, blyglans, kopparkis och arsenikkis och i mindre mängd pyrit, zinkblände, ilmenit och löllingit. Pb-Fe-Ag-Sb-sulfosalter finns lokalt och inkluderar boulangerit, meneghinit, jamesonit, freibergit-tetrahedrit, pyrargyrit, och stephanit. Gudmundit och molybdenglans är andra sällsynta accessoriska malmmineral. Blyglans, kopparkis och magnetkis har deformerats plastiskt men lokalt också boulangerit, meneghinit och zinkblände. Magnetit, arsenikkis och pyrit har deformerats sprött. Denna tydliga skillnad i kompetens har resulterat i att inkompetenta mineral ommobiliserats och kommit att fylla sprickor i de mer kompetenta mineralen. I massiva delar av mineraliseringen har denna skillnad även resulterat i en textur av kulmalmstyp. Granoblastisk omkristallisering är särskilt tydligt i magnetit och magnetkis, men även i grovkorniga aggregat av ilmenit. Vidare så förekommer dessa mineral liksom pyrit och arsenikkis ofta som euhedrala kristaller i mindre kompetent matrix. Inneslutningar av malmmineral i porfyroblastisk granat är vanligt förekommande. Geotermobarometri på arsenikkis och zinkblände gav temperatur och tryck på 525°C (mellan 440°C och ca. 590°C) och ca. 300-400 MPa, vilket överensstämmer med regional Svekokarelsk amfibolitfaciesmetamorfos. Förhållandena vid infångandet av synmetamorfa vätskeinneslutningar har uppskattats till en temperatur på ca. 440°C (mellan 400 och 600°C) och tryck på ca. 280 MPa. Merparten av de observerade texturerna är resultat av deformation och ommobilisering relaterad till de förhållanden som rådde under den Svekokarelska orogenesen. Ommobiliseringen av vissa mineral startades förmodligen redan under prograd metamorfos, vilket sedan följdes av mer omfattande modifikation under retrograda förhållanden, åtminstone till temperaturer under 200°C. Bildningen av sulfosalter reflekterar en utveckling från prograd till retrograd metamorfos där de flesta bildats under den senare, retrograda fasen, däribland de olika silvermineralen. Alla observationer resulterar sammantaget i tolkningen att Hornkullen är en regional-metamorft överpräglad och deformerad synvulkanisk Svekofennisk mineralisering.
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Ahmed, Kanwal. "A Study of the Rise of Sweden Democrats (SD)." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22419.
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The rise of the populist parties in last decades throughout the Europe provide the ground for researches and studies. The recent success of Sweden Democrats (SD) in Swedish 2014 elections, and getting third major party position has been subjected to several studies. The present study for the dramatic rise of Sweden Democrats (SD), is based on the analysis of economical and cultural factors to find out this success, provides an analytical basis for understanding the reasons behind this phenomenon. This study tests two hypotheses by statistical data analysis, and analyses the economic and cultural perspectives by scholarly literature and provide new findings by testing these hypotheses. The study provides outcomes that reasons for the rise of Sweden Democrats (SD) in Swedish society lies somewhere in economic conditions and cultural diversity intolerance.
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Hillring, Petra. "Western Riders Association of Sweden : En kartläggning och genusteoretiskundersökning av Wras historia 1982-2006." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172102.
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This essay is a survey and a gender-theoretical study of Western Riders Association of Sweden(from here on: Wras) between 1982-2006. The purpose of the study is to contribute to equestrian historical research as well as gender historical research by examining Wras from a gender theoretical perspective. The aim is broken down to two research questions: • What did the organization, as well as collaboration with other organizations and authorities,look like in Wras between 1982-2006, and can this be connected to the gender structures within the association? • What was the gender structure in leading positions within Wras and in competitions held by the association between 1982 and 2006, and how did this change over time? The material in this paper consists of various documents from Wras, including documents from board meetings, results from competitions, magazines and letters. The study uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative method, as both were considered necessary to fulfil the purpose of the essay. In the qualitative study texts has been interpreted and analyzed. The quantitative study has collected the number of men and women in charts and based on these figures interpreted the result.The results of the study have been compared to Hirdman's theory of gender regarding gender segregation.The survey shows that when Wras was formed in 1982, the association was male-dominated.The association invested in educating the Swedish western riders. During the 1990s, Wras cooperated with several other organizations and authorities, which in some cases led to competition and some fragmentation between western riders.During the 1990s, more women became members in Wras, having leading positions and competed. The study shows that several competition classes were feminized and became female dominated when more and more women started to compete. This mainly applied to classes that within the rodeo was gender coded as feminine, or classes where assessment was on appearance and therefor required a well-groomed horse. The classes associated with the rough work on the ranches were given a male gender coding. In America, this division between classes and gender distinction had already taken place in the western riding and rodeo, and Sweden took notice. The result shows that Hirdman's theory of gender segregation can be applied to western riding where men and women are divided according to the characteristics they are considered to have.
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Vesslén, Anna. "Case study of the extreme precipitation events in the south-western part of Sweden, August 2014." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten och landskapslära, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-252633.
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In August 2014, parts of south-western Sweden were flooded due to intense precipitation. It caused large material damages and problems in the infrastructure. Since the sea surface temperature (SST) was higher than normal during the month, it was speculated that it was one of the reasons for the heavy precipitation. In this study, the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model was used to simulate two of these extreme precipitation events. Nested domains with 25, 5 and 1 km resolutions were configured. In order to find the best model setup for this study, three different microphysics schemes: WRF singlemoment 3-class (WSM3), Thompson and Morrison, and two different cumulus schemes: Kain-Fritsch and Grell-3 were tested. The results were compared with observations with focus on evaluating the amounts, location and timing of the simulated precipitation. Furthermore, the sensitivity of precipitation to SST was investigated by changing the SST in the entire domain by +2 and -2ºC, compared to a reference simulation. The results showed that the WRF model was able to reproduce the maximum precipitation amounts, but not in the correct location. The timing of the precipitation was captured fairly well in the beginning of the simulations. Increased uncertainties with time indicate the importance of choosing a proper initialization time. Grell-3 cumulus scheme performed better than Kain-Fritsch, which often underestimated the precipitation. This was most pronounced for 5 and 1 km resolutions. The differences may be related to a better adaptation to finer grids in the Grell-3 scheme, e.g. by allowing subsidence effects to be spread also in the surrounding grid columns. It was also found that using cumulus scheme at 5 km was generally preferable, since the resolution was not high enough for treating the small scale convection explicitly. The results were not that sensitive to choice of microphysics scheme. This indicates that it, in some cases, may be enough to use the relatively simple WSM3 scheme that only represent precipitation as rain or snow, instead of the more sophisticated Thompson and Morrison schemes which describe also graupel and hail. Probably, the precipitation during the two chosen days did not involve hail or graupel, why this were not needed to be represented by the schemes. The simulated precipitation was highly sensitive to changes in SST. A 2ºC increase in SST led to an increase of precipitation of about 30-50 % in the most affected areas, which indicate that the relatively high SST in August, in combination with the present weather situation, may have contributed to the extreme precipitation amounts.Augusti 2014 blev extremt regnig i sydvästra Sverige. För vissa platser i Halland och Västergötland var det den regnigaste kalendermånaden som någonsin observerats där. Under några av dagarna föll det extra stora regnmängder, med värden på över 90 mm under ett dygn, vilket är ganska ovanligt i Västra Götaland. Den högsta dygnsnederbördsmängden på 133,7 mm uppmättes i Hällum i Västergötland, vilket är det tionde högsta värdet i Sverige sedan 1961. Det spekulerades om att en tänkbar bidragande orsak till de kraftiga regnen var att ytvattentemperaturen i Västerhavet var högre än normalt. Nederbörden orsakade stora problem i samhället då många områden blev översvämmade. Det uppstod störningar i infrastrukturen och ett flertal människor fick sina hem förstörda. För att kunna förebygga eventuella faror och skador i samband med översvämningar är det viktigt med noggranna väderprognoser. I denna studie användes vädermodellen WRF (Weather, Research and Forecast) för att undersöka hur bra den kunde simulera nederbörden för två av dagarna då extrema nederbördsmängder observerades. Simuleringar gjordes för fyra domäner med upplösningarna 25, 5 och 1 km. För att beskriva processer som har med bland annat molnbildning och igångsättandet av nederbörd att göra använder sig modellen av mikrofysik- och cumulusscheman. Tester utfördes för tre olika mikrofysikscheman: WSM3 (WRF single-moment 3 class), Thompson och Morrison, och två cumulusscheman: Kain-Fritsch och Grell-3, för att hitta den bästa modelluppsättnignen för denna studie. Resultaten jämfördes med observationer med fokus på att utvärdera timingen, mängden och placeringen av den simulerade nederbörden. Vidare undersöktes hur känslig nederbörden var för en ändring i ytvattentemperatur genom att höja respektive sänka den med 2ºC, jämfört med en referenssimulering. Resultaten visade att WRF-modellen var bra på att återge de höga nederbördsmängderna, men inte på rätt plats. Timingen av nederbörden fångades ganska väl i början av simuleringarna, men blev sämre med tiden. Grell-3 cumulusschema presterade bättre än Kain-Fritsch, som oftare underskattade nederbörden. Skillnaderna var störst för upplösningarna 5 och 1 km. Anledningen till att Grell-3 var bättre kan vara att det är bättre anpassat för högre upplösningar. Cumulusschema brukar inte alltid behövas för upplösningar som är bättre än 10 km, eftersom modeller ofta kan beskriva processer som regnskurar ganska bra utan. I det här fallet var det generellt bättre att använda cumulusschema även vid en så pass hög upplösning som 5 km. Resultaten var inte så känsliga för olika val av mikrofysikschema. Det fungerade lika bra att använda det relativt enkla WSM3 som endast kan representera regn eller snö som nederbörd, jämfört med Thompson och Morrison som även kan beskriva olika typer av hagel. Antagligen kan det delvis förklaras med att det inte förekom hagel under de två valda dagarna. Den simulerade nederbörden var känslig för ändringar i ytvattentemperatur. En ökning med 2ºC ledde till att nederbörden ökade med ca 30-50 % i de mest drabbade områdena, vilket indikerar att den relativt höga havstemperaturen i augusti, i kombination med den rådande vädersituationen, kan ha bidragit till de extrema nederbördsmängderna.
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Lindblom, Anders. "Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in Sweden : Aspects of Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations and Co-infections." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Klinisk mikrobiologi och infektionsmedicin, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-302137.
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The spotted fever group rickettsiae are emerging diseases. They cause damage in their hosts by invading the endothelium in small to medium-sized blood vessels, which results in vasculitis that can cause clinical manifestations from most organs. The present thesis describes the prevalence of Rickettsia helvetica in ticks, the incidence of rickettsial infection based on seroreactivity and seroconversion in humans and their symptoms, from different parts of Sweden and the Åland Islands in Finland. This was accomplished through serological analysis of both retrospective and prospective serum samples from confirmed and suspected tick-bitten individuals compared to individuals with no knowledge of tick exposure (blood donors). We found a comparable seroprevalence to Rickettsia spp. in different geographical areas where ticks are present; it was also comparable to the seroprevalence of Borrelia spp. Seroprevalence was also more common, as suspected, in the tick-exposed group compared to blood donors. In comparison with co-infections with other tick-borne infections (Anaplasma spp. and Borrelia spp.), we could conclude that co-infections do exist and that, based on clinical findings, it is difficult to distinguish which microorganism causes certain clinical manifestations. For reliable conclusions regarding the causative microorganism, the diagnosis should basically rely on diagnostic tests. In comparison with Borrelia spp., seroconversion to Rickettisa spp. was more common in the areas we investigated, indicating that rickettsiosis is a common tick-borne infection in Sweden and most likely underdiagnosed. When investigating patients with meningitis, we found R. felis in cerebrospinal fluid from two patients with subacute meningitis. This was the first report in which R. felis was found and diagnosed in patients in Sweden. The patients recovered without sequelae and without causal treatment. To provide guidelines on when to treat Rickettisa spp. infections, more investigations are needed. The present thesis shows that Rickettsia spp. are common in ticks and do infect humans. Rickettsial infection should be considered in both non-specific or specific symptoms after a tick bite. It was also shown in the thesis that flea-borne rickettsiosis (R. felis) occurs in Sweden and may cause invasive infections
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Wijbrands, Koenraad. "Innovation in Eastern and Western societies: A qualitative analysis of Startup Weekend events in Sweden and Taiwan." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-44733.
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Innovation contests have become a fruitful strategy to strive for innovation over the last decades. This study takes place in the context of an open access innovation contest in Sweden and Taiwan. Prior research shows a difference in the number of projects that continues after the event. Therefore, this research aims to find out how these events are organised and facilitated. A review of existing literature on project success identified four key areas of success and an ethnographic study that included the observation of project teams during innovation contests in Taipei and Stockholm showed that local adaption of the format contributes to the outcome of the event.
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KISER, EDGAR VANCE. "KINGS AND CLASSES: CROWN AUTONOMY, STATE POLICIES, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN WESTERN EUROPEAN ABSOLUTISMS (ENGLAND, FRANCE, SWEDEN, SPAIN)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184073.
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This dissertation explores the role of Absolutist states in the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Western Europe. Three general questions are addressed: (1) what are the determinants of variations in the autonomy of rulers? (2) what are the consequences of variations in autonomy for states policies? and (3) what are the effects of various state policies on economic development? A new theoretical framework, based on a synthesis of the neoclassical economic literature on principal-agent relations and current organizational theory in sociology, is developed to answer these three questions. Case studies of Absolutism in England, France, Sweden, and Spain are used to illustrate the explanatory power of the theory.
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Cako, Stefan. "Politics and ethics of the information retrieving and access in the western modern state: The case of Sweden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-176940.
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Issues relating to individual legal certainty and security in Sweden, tensions between governmental actions to secure the collectives needs and violations of the individual’s privacy are explored. Due to the tensions between privacy and securitization, this will be achieved through the securitization framework of the Copenhagen school in international relations. A qualitative content analysis using archived files from the Swedish Data Inspection Board for the period of 2001 to 2014 is presented. Changes in discourses, diversions between the individual’s legal certainty and governmental action are noted. Needs for revision of old legal texts and rhetoric are highlighted.
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Elfving, Karin. "Epidemiological and Bacteriological Aspects of Spotted Fever Rickettsioses in Humans, Vectors and Mammals in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Klinisk mikrobiologi och infektionsmedicin, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-197277.
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Rickettsiae are obligate intracellular gram-negative bacteria transmitted by arthropod vectors. Rickettsiae sometimes cause disease in humans, typically with high fever, headache and occasionally an eschar. In Sweden, Rickettsia helvetica, belonging to the spotted fever group, is the only tick-transmitted rickettsia found free in nature. The pathogenic roll of R. helvetica has not been fully investigated, but it has been implicated in aneruptive fever and cardiac disease. This thesis describes parts of the transmission pathways of rickettsiae in Sweden. Rickettsia infection rates in ticks collected from birds were analysed, and the birds’ role as disseminators and reservoirs was studied. We found that more than one in ten ticks was infected with rickettsia bacteria, predominantly R. helvetica, and that migrating birds contribute not only to long-distance dispersion of bacteria, but also to an inflow of novel and potentially pathogenic rickettsia species, in this case R. monacensis and R. sp. strain Davousti-like species, into Sweden. Further, wild and domestic animals were found to have seroreactivity against R. helvetica, which shows that they are exposed and susceptible to rickettsia. Their role as reservoirs has not been determined, yet they may indirectly be involved in transmission of rickettsia to humans by infected ticks feeding on them. The seroreactivity in humans was also studied. Patients investigated for suspected Borrelioses and blood donors had detectable antibodies against Rickettsia spp., with the highest prevalence detected in the suspected Borreliosis group. This shows that humans in Sweden are exposed to and develop an immune response against rickettsia. The suspicion that R. helvetica may cause severe symptoms was verified by a patient with subacute meningitis where the bacterium was shown for the first time to cause an invasive infection with CNS involvement and where the bacterium was isolated from the patient’s cerebrospinal fluid. Growth characteristics and morphology of R. helvetica were studied to better understand invasiveness and virulence. The findings indicate that the invasiveness is comparable with other rickettsia, though R. helvetica seems to have a stable but slightly slower growth. Rickettsia helvetica is endemic in Sweden and therefore needs to be considered when investigating disease after a tick bite.Rickettsia är en liten, strikt intracellulär, gramnegativ bakterie som sprids med vektorer som fästingar, löss och loppor. Bakterien kan orsaka Rickettsios hos människa, en sjukdom där de vanligaste symtomen är hög feber, huvudvärk, muskelvärk och i vissa fall ett bettmärke (eschar). I Sverige är Rickettsia helvetica, som tillhör spotted fever gruppen (SFG), den enda fästingöverförda rickettsia bakterien som hittats allmänt i naturen. Patogeniciteten för R. helvetica är ofullständigt utredd, men ”aneruptive fever” och hjärtmuskelinflammation har rapporterats. Avhandlingen beskriver delar av smittkedjan för SFG rickettsia i Sverige. Bakteriernas förekomst i fästingar plockade från fåglar har studerats, likaså det ekologiska tryck som flyttfåglars bärarskap av infekterade fästingar bidrar med när de korsar olika världsdelar. Mer än var tionde fästing var infekterad med rickettsia bakterier, i huvudsak R. helvetica. Det visade sig att flyttfåglar bidrar inte bara till långväga spridning av bakterier utan även till införsel av nya potentiellt patogena rickettsiaarter, i detta fall identifierades R. monacensis och en R. sp strain Davousti liknande art. Vidare analyserades seroreaktivitet mot Rickettsia helvetica hos både tamdjur och vilda djur, vilket visade på antikroppsutveckling, som uttryck för smittexposition, i mer än vart femte djur. Djurens roll som reservoar för bakterien är inte klarlagd, men oavsett är djuren indirekt involverade i spridningen av bakterien till människa via infekterade fästingar som suger blod. Seroreaktivitet hos människa har också studerats. Patienter, provtagna på grund av misstanke om borreliainfektion, samt blodgivare hade detekterbara antikroppar mot Rickettsiae, med högst prevalens i gruppen med misstänkt borreliainfektion. Fynden visar att människor i Sverige är exponerade för och utvecklar en immunreaktion mot rickettsia. Att R. helvetica skulle kunna ge allvarlig sjukdom verifieras av ett patientfall med subakut meningit där bakterien för första gången visats ge invasiv infektion med påverkan på nervsystemet (CNS engagemang) och där bakterien isolerats från patientens ryggmärgsvätska. Morfologi och tillväxtegenskaper för R. helvetica undersöktes för att bättre förstå bakteriens invasivitet och virulens. Fynden indikerar att invasiviteten är jämförbar med andra rickettsiaarter men R. helvetica verkar ha en stabil men något långsammare tillväxt. Rickettsia helvetica är endemisk i Sverige och måste tas i beaktande vid sjukdomsutredning efter ett fästingbett.
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Hansson, Jessica, and Malin Henriksson. "Western NGOs representation of“Third World women” : - A comparative study of Kvinna till Kvinna (Sweden) and Women for Women International (USA)." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Institutionen för ekonomi och it, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5490.
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The purpose of this descriptive study is to examine how two Western women‟s NGOs represent women in the “Third World”. The examined cases are the progressive NGOs Kvinna till Kvinna (Sweden) and the American counterpart Women for Women International (US).Qualitative research methodology has been utilized throughout this study. This thesis is also based on the social theory of constructivism and its ontological assumptions. Since both Sweden and USA are said to be strong promoters of gender equality- a comparative study design, examining two progressive NGOs is one suitable way to analyze the specified research questions. The analysis is based upon the article “Under Western Eyes” (1986) in which Chandra Mohanty discusses Western feminists‟ representation of “Third World women”, summarized in six main stereotypes. Mohanty‟s six claims regarding Western representation of “Third World women” designed the framework that has been used to analyze the collected data, which consists of the two organization‟s own material that is available on their individual websites. The formulated research questions asks whether Kvinna till Kvinna and Women for Women International represent “Third World women” as a homogeneous group sharing a similar experience of oppression in the ways described by Mohanty and if there are any differences in the ways of representation when comparing Kvinna till Kvinna and Women for Women International.
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Nordqvist, Bengt. "Coastal adaptations in the mesolithic : a study of coastal sites with organic remains from the boreal and atlantic periods in Western Sweden /." Göteborg : Göteborg university, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38979226w.
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Rosenqvist, Lars. "Afforestation of former arable land in north-western Europe : nitrate leaching, carbon sequestration and water recharge /." Uppsala : Dept. of Forest Soils, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2007. http://epsilon.slu.se/200702.pdf.
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Michel, David. "All Negative on the Western Front: Analyzing the Sentiment of the Russian News Coverage of Sweden with Generic and Domain-Specific Multinomial Naive Bayes and Support Vector Machines Classifiers." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447398.
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This thesis explores to what extent Multinomial Naive Bayes (MNB) and Support Vector Machines (SVM) classifiers can be used to determine the polarity of news, specifically the news coverage of Sweden by the Russian state-funded news outlets RT and Sputnik. Three experiments are conducted. In the first experiment, an MNB and an SVM classifier are trained with the Large Movie Review Dataset (Maas et al., 2011) with a varying number of samples to determine how training data size affects classifier performance. In the second experiment, the classifiers are trained with 300 positive, negative, and neutral news articles (Agarwal et al., 2019) and tested on 95 RT and Sputnik news articles about Sweden (Bengtsson, 2019) to determine if the domain specificity of the training data outweighs its limited size. In the third experiment, the movie-trained classifiers are put up against the domain-specific classifiers to determine if well-trained classifiers from another domain perform better than relatively untrained, domain-specific classifiers. Four different types of feature sets (unigrams, unigrams without stop words removal, bigrams, trigrams) were used in the experiments. Some of the model parameters (TF-IDF vs. feature count and SVM’s C parameter) were optimized with 10-fold cross-validation. Other than the superior performance of SVM, the results highlight the need for comprehensive and domain-specific training data when conducting machine learning tasks, as well as the benefits of feature engineering, and to a limited extent, the removal of stop words. Interestingly, the classifiers performed the best on the negative news articles, which made up most of the test set (and possibly of Russian news coverage of Sweden in general).
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Wallménius, Katarina. "Studies of Spotted Fever Rickettsia - Distribution, Detection, Diagnosis and Clinical Context : With a Focus on Vectors and Patients in Sweden." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-280667.
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The spotted fever rickettsia, Rickettsia helvetica, is an endemic tick-borne bacteria in Sweden. It causes infections in humans, manifested as aneruptive fever, headache, arthralgia and myalgia, and sometimes an inoculation eschar or a rash. There have also been two known cases of human infections with R. felis in Sweden. The present thesis starts by investigating dispersal of ticks and Rickettsia spp. by migrating birds flying from Africa to Europe. Almost 15,000 birds were searched and 734 ticks collected, mainly of the species Hyalomma marginatum complex. Almost half (48%) of the ticks were infected with Rickettsia spp., 96% of which was R. aeschlimannii, the remaining R. africae and undefined species. The next study focused on questing ticks over a large area in Sweden and determining the prevalence of Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp. and Coxiella burnetii. Rickettsia spp. was found in 9.5-9.6% of the ticks and A. phagocytophilum in 0.7%; no C. burnetii was found. The last three papers in the thesis focused on the clinical presentation of rickettsiosis, the symptoms associated with the infection in general and particularly in patients with neurological complications. A tick-exposed population in Sweden was investigated to gain a better understanding of symptoms due to rickettsioses, also in relation to co-infections with other tick-borne bacteria. Based on symptoms, it was not possible to distinguish what pathogen caused the infections. Most patients had erythema migrans, some had serological reactions to Rickettsia spp., Borrelia spp. or co-infections by Rickettsia spp., Borrelia spp. and/or Anaplasma spp. In the fourth and fifth papers, we found associations between antibodies against Rickettsia spp. and sudden deafness (in 10-24% of patients) and facial nerve paralysis (in 8.3-25% of patients). In three patients R. felis was detected in the cerebrospinal fluids. Briefly, the thesis helps to clarify our knowledge about tick dispersal, shows a narrower prevalence estimate of Rickettsia spp. in Swedish ticks, and illuminates symptoms of rickettsioses and co-infections with other tick-borne infections. It also shows that presence of erythema migrans may be explained by more than Lyme disease and indicates a possible association between rickettsiosis and sudden deafness and facial nerve paralysis.
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Jajji, Tiagoun Ivonna. "Sverige och Rysskräcken?" Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-49396.
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Media har en väldigt betydande roll i hur vi uppfattar det som sker runt om i världen. Uppfattningen vi får utifrån en händelse beror till stor del av hur media rapporterar kring den händelsen. Ryssland anses vara ett land som idag kan väcka en del känslor i olika sammanhang, allt från utrikespolitik till idrottsvärlden. I början av 2014 skrevs det mycket om Ryssland i samband med Ukraina konflikten. En konflikt som FN och västvärlden fördömt Ryssland för. Studien syftar till att förstå hur rysktalande och svenska medborgare upplever medierapporteringen kring Ryssland. Målet har varit att ta reda på om media kan ha påverkat människors uppfattning om Ryssland beroende på hur rapporteringen sett ut men även hur relationen mellan Sverige och Ryssland upplevts. Den metod som valdes för studien var kvalitativ intervju där intervjupersonerna var både rysktalande samt svenska medborgare. Resultatet har visat att samtliga respondenter upplevt att medierapporteringen kring Ryssland har varit negativ. Anledningarna till att rapporteringen upplevts negativ har varit olika både bland rysktalande och svenska medborgare. Samtliga respondenter menar även att nyhetsrapporteringen i media kan påverka ens uppfattning om Ryssland på så sätt att läsaren antingen inte är insatt i ämnet eller inte kritiskt granskat informationen som tagits del av och bildat sin uppfattning utifrån det media valt att framhäva. Vidare menar respondenterna att media med all rätt kan ifrågasätta den ryska politiken men menar samtidigt att det inte rättvist att svartmåla Ryssland. Den dåliga relationen mellan Sverige och Ryssland beror säkerligen på staternas olika ideologier, värderingar och intressen som varit en stor påverkan för hur relationen ser ut men även en förklaring till varför medierapporteringen ser ut som den gör.The media has a significant impact on how we perceive the things that occur around the globe. The perception we receive about a specific incident has a lot to do with the way media reports about that significant incident. Russia is a nation that stirs up emotions in different contexts, it can be anything between politics and sports. In the beginning of 2014, there were a lot of reports about Russia concerning the Crimea crisis and the Ukrainian conflict which ended up with the west and USA condemning Russia. The purpose of this study is to give an insight on how the Russian speaking community and Swedish citizens experience the way the media reports on Russia. The goal is to figure out whether the media has an impact on people’s opinions because of the reports and because of the unstable relations between Sweden and Russia. The method that was used was a qualitative interview with Russian speaking Swedish citizens. The results has shown that all respondents agreed that the media reporting about russia has been negative. The Russian speaking community and the Swedish citizens have different reasons behind those feelings. All the respondents have also indicated that the news reporting in the media can affect a persons perception about russia, especially individuals who hasn’t done their own research because they will form their own opinion from the medias reporting.The respondents feel like the media has a right to question the politics in Russia but it’s not fair to put Russia in a bad light because of that. The bad relations between Russia and Sweden exists because of the different ideologies, values and interests of the two nations, which has had a huge impact on the relationship and it’s also an explanation to why the media reports on russia they way it does.
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Lindh, Magnus. "Regionen och EU? : Uppfattningar och attityder till EU-relaterade frågor i Västsverige." Doctoral thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för samhälls- och kulturvetenskap, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-46958.
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This thesis explores perceptions and preferences on regional action in EU-related frameworks among regional actors in Western Sweden. Building upon the literature on Europeanisation and the Fusion approach, three dimensions of Europeanisation are clarified and explored– download, upload and crossload – and together with a set of five variables that constitute the Micro Fusion Framework; a comprehensive analytical tool is developed. The thesis analyses the intense debate among the members of West Sweden that took place from 2011 to 2013 that focused on how to functionally organise the regional office in Brussels in order to meet future challenges. Surprisingly, the members eventually decided to terminate their cooperation and close the jointly owned office in Brussels in spite of the fact that it has been widely regarded as successful and effective. Diverging perceptions and preferences is understood in terms of three positions on regional action; a download-, upload- and a coherent oriented position. Finally, the thesis presents the empirical findings and discusses in relation to three fusion scenarios, infusion, defusion and clustered fusion. In terms of Micro Fusion Framework, the dynamics shaping why West Sweden was finally regarded as a dysfunctional arena for regional action are explained by a shift of attention and action among regional actors in Western Sweden that led to pressure for further institutional adaptation in order to meet the demand of how ‘to get the best out of the EU’. Further, this redefinition of how to handle EU-affairs within the upload-oriented position was accompanied by positive attitudes towards the potential to bypass the state and thereby pursue regional priorities directly in Brussels given the compound nature of the EU. In contrast, those regional actors that are found to be more download-oriented often question the benefits of uploading activities in practice and advocate close relations to the state. A coherent oriented position recognises the importance of activities related to both of the vertical dimensions of Europeanisation.I avhandlingen studeras regionala aktörers uppfattningar och attityder till regionalt handlande i EU-relaterade frågor. För att hantera EU-frågor etableras ofta regionala representationskontor i Bryssel. Ett av de största och framgångsrikaste regionala kontoren i Bryssel var West Sweden som representerade västsvenska kommuner och regioners intressen i EU. År 2011 inleds en intern diskussion bland dess medlemmar om hur kontoret bör utvecklas för att möta nya utmaningar i en föränderlig omvärld. Diskussionerna är intensiva, och något överraskande beslutar dess medlemmar att lägga ned verksamheten ett par år senare. I avhandlingen analyseras diskussionen utifrån ett europeiseringsperspektiv. Med hjälp av en analysram som definierar tre dimensioner av europeiseringsprocesser identifieras tre olika positioner i diskussionen; en download-, upload- respektive sammanhållen position. Det kan vara frestande att förstå West Swedens nedläggning som ett uttryck för att subnationella aktörer ”drar sig tillbaka” och föredrar aktiviteter inom nationalstatens domäner. Avhandlingen argumenterar för att så är inte fallet. Nedläggningen av West Sweden förstås som en konsekvens av ökade spänningar mellan regionala aktörer som anammar ett download- respektive upload-orienterat förhållningssätt.
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Sawwan, Charbel, and Nathan Lercier. "International Diversification for Swedish investors : A comparative study of different national and international scale portfolios." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160407.
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This thesis aims to investigate the benefits of international diversification from a Swedish perspective. It presents a comparative study of the performance of different portfolios based on their degree of international diversification with a focus on Swedish investors frame of reference. Such a study is motivated by the contradictory literature about portfolio diversification and information portfolio theory that advocate for a more concentrated portfolio. It focuses solely on comparing portfolios constituted with major indices of a representative sample including countries from different parts of the world. The different scales of those portfolios start from a divided part of the Swedish economy to end with a global portfolio. We observed that international diversification can outperform the domestic portfolios when considering risk and return. In addition, we observed that the best performing portfolios over the periods are systematically concentrated on emerging countries and that the high return of those emerging countries is often not associated with a correspondingly high standard deviation as it should be expected. The best levers of performance that we identified as a result of this comparative study are, first, the strategy consisting in focusing on the most concentrated portfolios in order to maximize the return and then trying to time the market, thanks to a specialized information collection strategy, but this bear a high undiversifiable risk. Or second, adopting an intentionally diversified portfolio and collecting information about the most promising emerging markets that will be then over weighted in the portfolio to lower the risk and higher the return. Lastly, the study recommend that home-biased investors should change their behavior and consider international investments when building a portfolio.
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Hamrin, John, and Julia Eriksson. "Outsourcing av logistikfunktionen : inom västsvenska textilföretag." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-22091.
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Sammanfattning Problemformulering och bakgrund: Textilföretag är i behov av en effektiv logistik. En sådan finns att tillgå externt hos tredjepartslogistiker. Det finns begränsad forskning som påvisar riskerna som outsourcing av logistikfunktionen innebär. Därför vill vi i denna studie jämföra risker med fördelar applicerat på den västsvenska textilmarknaden. Företagens utlåtande kring deras outsourcing av logistikfunktionen värderas och lyfts. Syfte: Syfte för den här studien är att undersöka hur användandet av tredjepartslogistik ser ut inom västsvenska textilföretag. Vi vill skapa förståelse kring vilka risker och fördelar som outsourcing av logistikfunktionen innebär. Fortsatt vill vi även undersöka hur situationen ser ut för textilföretag belägna i Västsverige, och vilka faktorer som spelar in i deras outsourcing av logistikfunktionen. Metod: Vi inledde vår kvalitativa forskning med att genomföra en litteraturöversikt, som vi därefter använde för att skapa en intervjuguide. Under intervjuerna följde vi guiden, men lät även respondenterna tala mer fritt vid behov. En sådan intervjumetod kallas för semi-strukturerade intervjuer. För att nå en slutsats ställde vi referensramen mot empirin. På så sätt kunde vi besvara våra forskningsfrågor. Diskussion och slutsats: Efter analys av vår empiri kom vi fram till att de västsvenska textilföretagen i stora drag delar den bild som litteraturen ger gällande de risker och fördelar som finns vid outsourcing av logistikfunktionen. Däremot finns vissa olikheter. Företagen anser att risken för beroendeförhållande samt vikten av kommunikation inte har samma betydelse som litteraturen anser. Vi slår fast att företagen resonerar likt litteraturen när det gäller eftersträvan av diverse konkurrensfördelar. Förslag på vidare forskning: Studiens urval är för litet för att kunna dra några generella och övergripande slutsatser kring västsvenska företags outsourcing av logistikfunktionen, annat än i de tre specifika fall som vi studerat. Därmed efterfrågar vi att framtida studier utökar antalet deltagande företag. Här hoppas vi att vår studie kan ge en god grund att bygga vidare på.Formulation of Problems and Background : Textile companies are in need of effective logistics. This is available externally from third party logistics suppliers. There is limited research which demonstrates the risks involved in outsourcing of the logistics function. Therefore, we want in this study to compare the risks with the benefits applied to WesternSwedish Textile Companies. Purpose : The purpose of this study is to investigate the usage of third party logistics in Western Swedish Textile Companies. We also want to create an understanding of the risks and benefits that outsourcing of the logistics function entails. Further, we also want to investigate what the situation looks like for textile companies located in Western Sweden, and what factors are involved in their outsourcing of logistics. Method: We began by conducting a literature review which we later used to create an interview guide. The interview guide was used when interviewing three Western Swedish Textile Companies. During the interviews we followed the guide, though we also allowed the respondents to speak more freely if they chose. This methodology is called semi-structured interview. In order to reach a conclusion and answer our research questions, we compared the frame of reference against our empirical data. Discussion and conclusion: When analyzing our empirical data, we found that the companies broadly share the same impression as the literature regarding the risks and benefits involved when outsourcing logistics. We conclude that the companies included in our study put forth arguments which resemble what the literature emphasizes. However, there are some differences. Companies do not consider the risk of dependence on a third party, neither the importance of communication, as serious as the literature implies they should. Various competitive advantages are gained through the outsourcing of logistic functions. These outweigh any associated risks according to the companies involved in our study. Proposals for further research: The selection of companies in this study is too small to draw any general and comprehensive conclusions about the outsourcing of logistics function made by Western Swedish Textile Companies. This means that future studies will have to increase the number of participating companies in order to put forth a conclusion that is generalizable.
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Lange, Christian. "Samiska Fornlämningar Då, Nu & Alltid : En kvalitativ-komparativ litteraturstudie om dagens samiska relation till fornlämningar i det samiska kulturlandskapet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-91187.
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The work investigates the relationship the Swedish indigenous people, the Sámi people, have towards their cultural remains in the Sámi cultural landscape. It is investigated through a qualitative-comparative literature studie which is primarily conducted through an analysis of four websites; two Sámi controlled websites and two swedish county administration controlled websites. The relationship the Sámi people have towards their ancient cultural remains can be seen through studies of their relationship towards graves and old settlement remains, (swe:kåtatomter) which reflects a relationship that is contested by factors such as the threat of exploitation of the Sámi cultural landscape, and by the challenges that comes with repatriation cases. The work emanates from a postcolonial perspective which can be seen throughout the entire work and which is primarily based on reconciliation as a concept within postcolonial theory
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Gellrich, Arne L. "...And Reconcile Us With Evil : A Critical Investigation of the Imagery of Good and Evil in Western Religion, Film and Politics." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-311275.
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With an eye on the current social and political situation in Europe, and with regards to the so-termed refugee crisis, this study aims to map the discourse on assumed good and evil shared among Western cultures, as represented by Sweden, Germany and the United States. The thesis takes its point of departure from essayistic reflections of the philosophical tradition and theological and religious analytical positions respectively. These are then followed by two investigative main chapters, designed along the lines of Norman Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA). The first of these chapters studies the narratives of good and evil employed in the mainstream cinema of the past ten years in the mentioned countries. The second analysis is made up of three case studies, in turn looking at similar narratives in the campaigns of the two main competitors in the 2016 presidential race, a German protest movement against free trade agreements, and the everyday political communication of Swedish Facebook users. In a final chapter, findings from all four preceding chapters are brought together in an attempt to sketch an image of the congruences and discrepancies of narratives on good and evil in the overall discursive field. The thesis finds that the discursive field shared by the three investigated societies is largely homogenous, with certain imagery permeating all analysed orders of discourse. Many of the reoccurring images are however likely rooted in the human psyche and therefore less dependent on discourse practice. Furthermore, certain principles are agreed upon in theory while not reproduced in social practice. Themes assigned to either good or evil often seem to take on secondary functions next to assumed fixed identities of in- and out-groups. Being a qualitative study, this thesis aims at giving an overview and delivering a base for further investigations rather than providing definitive answers.
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Ostergren, Robert C. "A community transplanted : the trans-Atlantic experience of a Swedish immigrant settlement in the upper Middle West, 1835 - 1915." Madison, Wis. : Univ. of Wisconsin Pr, 1988. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0709/88000211.html.
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Haught, Amanda Clare. "Home Swede Home: The Archaeology of Swedish Cultural Identity at a Western Homestead." The University of Montana, 2010. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-08292010-190640/.
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In the summer of 2003, the University of Idaho conducted an archaeological field school at the Nora Creek site under the direction of Dr. Mark Warner at a Swedish homestead just east of Troy, Idaho. The field school unearthed a plethora of historical artifacts including metal, glass, ceramic, and faunal items left behind by the inhabitants of the Johanson homestead in Nora, Idaho. Historical documentation indicates that the Johansons immigrated to America from Sweden in 1882 and they arrived in Nora in 1891. The research goal of this thesis is to determine whether and how a signature of Swedish identity may be manifested in the material culture of the Nora Creek site. The glass and ceramic assemblages, as well as the faunal collection, are integrated with historical research to examine this topic. In order to pursue an archaeology of Swedish identity, it is essential to consider the ways in which class, gender, and cultural identity contributed to a Swedish identity in the Nora Creek assemblage versus general homesteading assemblages contemporary to the time frame of the site.
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Krzic, Maja. "Tillage-planting systems and cover cropping for sweet corn production in the western Fraser Valley." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25082.pdf.
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Prapti, Sedijani. "The use of mutagenic agents to increase the protein content and improve the amino acid composition of sweet potato (Ipomea batatas Lam.) /." View thesis View thesis, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030925.092030/index.html.
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Thesis (M. Sc.) (Hons.) -- University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1997.Thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Science (Honours), School of Horticulture, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1997. In Chapter 1, figures 1.1 and 1.2 are not reproduced in the text. Bibliography : leaves 112-135.
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Hooi, Mavis. "Neither victim nor fetish : ‘Asian’ women and the effects of racialization in the Swedish context." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, REMESO - Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälle, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-157400.
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People who are racialized in Sweden as ‘Asian’—a panethnic category—come from different countries or ethnic backgrounds and yet, often face similar, gender-specific forms of discrimination which have a significant impact on their whole lives. This thesis centres women who are racialized as 'Asian', focusing on how their racialization affects, and is shaped by, their social, professional and intimate relationships, and their interactions with others—in particular, with white majority Swedes, but also other ethnic minorities. Against a broader context encompassing discourses concerning ‘Asians’ within Swedish media, art and culture, Swedish ‘non-racist’ exceptionalism and gender equality politics, the narratives of nine women are analysed through the lenses of the racializing processes of visuality and coercive mimeticism, and epistemic injustice.
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Matsuo, Emiko Villanueva. "Working with parental mental health problems in complex parent-infant relationships: a study on the power implications of approaches used in infant services in Western Sweden." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/17526.
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In psychological, science and social research, infancy has been highlighted as a period of
rapid cognitive, psychological and physical development in response to the environment the
infant grows up in. In addition, these traditions of research have also emphasized how
parental mental health problems can affect a parent’s ability to meet their infant’s needs. The
approaches used in this practice area have not been analysed in the Swedish context
considering their power implications to date. Following a qualitative research strategy, this
thesis analysed descriptions of the approaches used in infant services work from the
perspective of the workers. The four research questions focused on the descriptions of the
circumstances around the families’ attendance to the service, ideal parent-infant relationships,
the approaches used, the challenges encountered and the power implications for the parentinfant and worker-parent relationships. Semi-structured interviewing in English and Swedish
was used to gather the data and thematic analysis to analyse it. The data was analysed using
attachment theory, the motherhood constellation, the social approach to mental distress, the
four modes of power and the concepts of care and control in social work. The data was coded
into 7 themes that revealed a strong link between structural disadvantage and individual
problems in relation to parental mental health problems, an eclectic approach to social work
practice in infant services, focusing both on the internal representations of and on the
behaviours in relationships. The study also revealed the strong effect of the care and control
tensions on relationship building between workers and parents, intervention and on the
emotional well-being of both parents and workers. The underlying themes of social control
elements in infant services were interpreted as an example of the risk rhetoric in social work,
while infant services practices also demonstrated elements of intuitive social work knowledge
production evident in flexible role perception and the promotion of bonding and bridging in
infant group sessions. The study advocates for a stronger emphasis on power relations
analysis, on reflection about risk and for a more active dialogue between practice and research
in social work with families facing parental mental health problems.
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Viguers, Leslie M. "Survey of leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) in integrated production and non-integrated production vineyards of western Oregon using yellow sticky traps and sweep net methods." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/32752.
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Leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) were surveyed in Western Oregon
vineyards in 1999. Four sites were sampled for leafhoppers using a sticky trap
method, and 29 vineyards were sampled for leafhoppers using a sweep net method in
the summer of 1999. The sticky trap and sweep net methods were chosen based on
cost, ease of use, and the fact that they are commonly used tools available for growers
and IPM programs. Populations varied according to sample method, date, location,
height, agricultural practices, and growing region. Each method resulted in the
capture of different leafhopper species. Sticky traps attracted, and caught mobile
insects such as the winged adults. The sweep net captured leafhoppers of all stadia
from the vegetation. There was seasonal variation seen for each leafhopper group.
Greatest numbers of leafhoppers were caught on the border and edges of the vineyard,
presumably because of the surrounding vegetation providing refuge and food. The
height of catch was dependent upon the preferred host plant of the leafhopper.
Species that feed on the grapevine were generally found in the canopy from 90 to 150
cm above the soil surface. Vineyard management influenced abundance and diversity
within the sites. Those vineyards using the least input had the highest diversity and
lowest overall abundance of leafhoppers. Chemical use, irrigation, and cover crop
choice influenced the species composition of the vineyard. The sites to the south of
the Willamette Valley had a higher abundance of the species Psamotettix sp. The
community structure of leafhoppers appeared to be more similar in the southern sites
to California.
The vineyards that had a diverse mix of plants in the cover crop had a more
diverse population of leafhoppers. Most species found in this study feed on
herbaceous plants that are common as vineyard ground cover. The cover crop that
most low input management sites use may increase the number of leafhoppers that
feed on the vine, but the presence of a cover crop has many advantages in the
vineyard system.Graduation date: 2001