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Diffractive excitation is usually described by the Good-Walker formalism for low masses, and by the triple-Regge formalism for high masses. In the Good-Walker formalism the cross section is determined by the fluctuations in the interaction. By taking the fluctuations in the BFKL ladder into account, it is possible to describe both low and high mass excitation in the Good-Walker formalism. In high
This thesis suggests that neither the cue nor the result of a diffusion process need be manifested in a policy-change, but can indeed be simply the maintaining of the status quo, or rather, the hindrance of transformation. Also, it attempts to use this theory of regional diffusion of stability to explain the robustness of the authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and Northern Africa. This thesi
In this study, the aim is to show how the social services fails to implement a specific rights law (LSS) wich is supposed to have the function of protecting the wellfare and provide specific rights to people with severe mental disabilities. By applying chritical theory on this case the aim is to provide an alternative answer on why it is possible for the social services to ignore these peoples rig
Semantic change in the case of Japanese second person pronouns becomes instantly apparent to a student of the Japanese language. Words which once contained an exalting meaning may now be used only by close friends to refer to one another, if not as an insult. This thesis describes the path taken by Japanese second person pronouns such as anata and kisama and tries to pinpoint the reason as to why
We investigate how light samples disordered porous materials such as ceramics and pharmaceutical materials. By combining photon time-of-flight spectroscopy and sensitive laser-based gas sensing, we obtain information on the extent to which light interacts with solid and pore volumes, respectively. Comparison with mercury intrusion porosimetry shows that light predominantly interacts with the solid
Time spent waiting is frequently regarded as time wasted, and therefore as something to be avoided or at least minimized. In this article, however, waiting is viewed from an organizational perspective: delay and waiting are seen as integral to the strategic functioning of organizations, and to their handling of individual requests. Various kinds of waiting or intended organizational delays are des
This paper briefly summarizes a research project aiming at analyzing the scaling up of extreme programming (XP) in a market driven context for embedded software and the integration of XP towards management processes in this context. Both the scaling of XP and market driven software development issues are not addressed by the original XP methodology as it relies on developing software by simplifyin
Presumption of Equality requires that individuals be treated equally in the absence of relevant information that would discriminate between them. Our objective is to make this principle more precise, if viewed as a principle of fairness, and to determine why and under what conditions it should be obeyed. Presumption norms are procedural constraints, but their justification can be sought in the pos
This thesis attempts to clarify how gairaigo is being used in blogs pertaining to the daily life of the blogger. The study was executed by one person who manually counted between 350 and 500 words in each of 12 blogs, where 6 blogs were authored by male bloggers and 6 blogs were authored by female bloggers of varying ages. It was found that while the study is small in scope, it gives indications t
Abstract in UndeterminedIn this paper I criticize the standard argument for deontological egalitarianism, understood as the thesis that there is a moral claim to have an equal share of well-being or whatever other good counts. That argument is based on the idea that equals should be treated equally. I connect the debate over egalitarianism with that over comparative justice. A common theme is a ge
Data utgör idag en kritisk resurs som genom bearbetning och öppet tillgängliggörande kan bidra till och ligga till grund för effektiviseringar, nya innovationer och tillika ett öppnare och mer demokratiskt samhälle. Mycket av detta värde skapas dock först när datan bearbetas, berikas och kombineras med annan data från andra källor utanför sin organisations.Genom öppen samverkan och delning av data
Tidigare forskning har pekat på ökad instrumentalisering i regional kulturpolitik i Sverige efter Kultursamverkansmodellens införande. Denna studie visar på förändringar i Region Skånes kulturpolitiska argumentation som tvärtom innebär förstärkning av konstens och kulturens egenvärde, och vikten av utrymme för konstnärligt utvecklingsarbete. Den visar också på att Region Skåne provar nya sätt att
