Search results

This article argues that George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (1860) aligns natural catastrophe with the image of the disastrous female body in order to challenge contemporary geological readings of nature as a balanced, self-regulating domain. Both incorporating and revising the work of Charles Lyell, Oliver Goldsmith, and Georges Cuvier, Eliot emphasises the interconnectedness of human and plane

The euro as a common currency has recently been the subject of harsh criticism by economists from both sides of the Atlantic, including claims that citizens in some Eurozone countries are turning against it. This contribution argues that, in fact, the euro currently enjoys comfortable popular support in each of the 12 original member states of the Eurozone and that potential upcoming referenda in

This study investigates binomial consumer brand engagement (vs. advertising avoidance) in the social media context. Grounded in social exchange theory, the relationships between personalized advertising, information control, privacy concerns, advertising avoidance, and consumer brand engagement are analyzed by drawing on a survey comprising n = 429 participants. The findings reveal that personaliz

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

Analysis of a 13-year long, high-resolution data series on beach profiles, surveyed from 1981 to 1993 by the Army Field Research Facility (FRF) at Duck, North Carolina, in the United States, was analyzed in order to understand the temporal and spatial characteristics of the dune response. Various statistical methods were employed in this analysis. The profile survey data set was analyzed with rega

This study investigates how smallholder differentiation can be reconciled with processes of rural development. Conventional theories and policies are primarily based on assumptions of an undifferentiated smallholder sector. Conversely, some agrarian political economy scholars argue that smallholder differentiation may be correlated with dynamic rural development. To contribute to the debate, rural

When performing acoustic simulations with the purpose of auralization, there is a trade-off between accuracyand speed. In real-time simulations of virtual reality, finding the balance of this trade-off is paramount to achiev-ing the desired result. If successful, the simulation speed is sufficient to provide a seamless acoustic experienceas the agent moves around the space, while still being accur

This study highlights the need to increase our understanding of the interplay between sensor drift and the performance of the automatic control system. The impact from biased sensors on the automatic control systems is rarely considered when different control strategies are assessed in water resource recovery facilities. Still, the harsh measurement environment with negative effects on sensor data

The term “polyamory” stands for love relationships between more than two romantic or sexual partners, or loving more than one person. It means being open to engaging in consensual non-monogamous love relationships at the same time and in this way it is different from serial monogamy (having only one romantic partner at a time, but several during one's lifetime). In a broader sense, polyamory is al

This paper discusses the growing regional socio-economic disparity in Sweden and investigates two regions’ power relationship with the economically and politically dominant Stockholm region: one region with a negative economic trajectory and the other with a positive economic development over 25 years. The conceptual framework is based on the topography/topology nexus, using the key concepts of ‘r