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DNA aneuploidy, which reflects changes in nuclear DNA-content, as determined cytometrically is a candidate prognostic factor in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The aim of this study was to compare two different preparation methods with respect to their use in detecting aneuploid tumor cell populations in malignant tumors of the head and neck. Fresh frozen tumor material was used. The
First International Symposium on Problems with cold work at Grand Hotel Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm, Sweden on November 16-20, 1997. Organised by, National Institute for Working Life, Solna, Sweden in co-operation with National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, USA; National Institute of Occupational Health, Moscow, Russia; National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan, unde
The aim of the present study was to model apparent serum half-lives of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with 7-10 bromine substituents. Workers with occupational exposure to PBDEs have elevated serum levels of PBDEs, but these substances are also found in the general population and are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. The calculations were based on exposure assessments of rubber worker
During the last few years the alcohol consumption has increased and is now the highest in 100 years, one usually count that 10 % of the grown up population abuse alcohol and/or drugs and most of them are hidden abusers with families and work. This leads to great costs for the companies. But the much greater cost for the companies are the much larger group of risk abusers. According to the Swedish
The purpose of this paper has been to explore how Internet is perceived, with reference to youth, risk and responsibility, by a section of the population in North-West Skåne in Sweden. The questions central to our area of interest were: - Where does the responsibility for a safe Internet environment lie? - What measures are believed to be able to make Internet safer? - Are the opinions about sa
Eight libraries, seven public libraries and one college library, in the northeast of Skåne serve as foundation in a collaboration where students and adult learners are placed in the center of attention. The aim of this Master's thesis in library and information science was to study how the students and adult learners in the northeast of Skåne perceive the library services that are developed wi
Uppsatsens övergripande problematik handlar om normalitet och avvikelse och deras betydelse för vad som kommer att uppfattas som gott och dåligt moderskap. Studiens specifika syfte är att undersöka hur några kvinnor, vars livsstil på olika sätt avviker från det "normala", förhåller sig till och formulerar sig kring sitt moderskap och samhälleliga förväntningar på detsamma. Mitt material
The aim of this report is to obtain a greater understanding of the relationship between work and family for highly educated employed women with children and to elucidate which factors make this relationship more or less conflict-ridden and stressful. The qualitative empirical investigation consists of in-depth interviews with eight women combined with a questionnaire to measure their general well
I detta arbete intresserar vi oss för mötet mellan unga kvinnor och talet om och från pornografin, i syfte att förstå hur detta tal upplevs av individerna. Studien bygger på utskrifter från två fokusgruppsintervjuer. Informanter var fem unga kvinnor. Diskursanalys användes som metod för bearbetningen av materialet och resultaten diskuterades utifrån för ämnet relevant litteratur, i huvudsak femini
The main purpose of this essay was to study how the social service and the lawcourt have implemented the UN Convention on the Right of the Child, particularly incorporating the childs best interest in social services, child welfare investigations and the lawcourts judgement. We considered how the needs of the child, and the will and view of the child was documented. Also how the parents capacity a
In using a qualitative method have I interviewed six women and six men taking care of their wives respectively husbands suffering from physical disease, disfunction or demental disease. The purpose was to find out whether male and female caretakers were differently influenced in their situation, relationship and in their partners, when they became caretakers of their spouse, depending on what the
The main purpose of this essay was to study the program "Nationellt stöd för kunskapsutveckling inom socialtjänsten" ("National support for knowledge development within the social services") from the National Board of Health and Welfare on the basis of how such a development, as represented by the program, could affect clients' possibilities to participation and influence w
Teorival betecknar den handling varmed forskarsamfundet väljer mellan två eller flera uppkomna och inbördes konkurrerande vetenskapliga teorier. Detta sker för att därefter kunna bedriva vetenskaplig verksamhet som är styrd av den valda teorin. Det handlar således om en vetenskaplig revolution, där teorivalet är höjdpunken och avgörande för revolutionens seger. I denna bemärkelse har teorivalsfrå
William G. Lycan undersöker i sin bok Philosophy of Language: a Contemporary Introduction möjligheten att förklara lingvistisk mening utifrån verifikationismen. Han lägger fram en mängd invändningar som tillsammans skall omkullkasta projektet. Då jag läst Lycans argument några gånger slås jag av det attraktiva med verifikationismens idé och av att jag vill syna kritiken lite närmre. Sammanfattning
Vad som kanske kan kallas den traditionella förklaringsmodellen för metaforer inom filosofin, hänvisar till metaforisk mening, en mening som sägs uttryckas av metaforer parallellt med deras bokstavliga mening. Det har också gjorts försök att skissera system för hur den metaforiska meningen kan vaskas fram ur den bokstavliga. I ?What Metaphors Mean? kritiserade Donald Davidson sådana teorier och f
China has stepped into a new phase of women's movement with the evolution of women's organizing context. Women's organizations and activities in China have been mostly state-led., focusing on monolithic womanhood and socialist feminism. Since the mid 1980s, self-initiated women's organizations have developed to promote gender equality landscape, responding to various female identit
Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka skillnader avseende somatisering, affektmedvetenhet och internaliserad skam mellan kvinnor med diagnostiserad vulvavestibulit och en kontrollgrupp. Dessutom undersöktes sambandet mellan dessa faktorer i vestibulitgruppen. I undersökningen deltog 18 kvinnor med vulvavestibulit och 18 friska kvinnor i samma ålder. Samtliga kvinnor besvarade tre självskattningsfo
I uppsatsen undersöks förutsättningar och möjligheter för att genom Öresund Networks medlemsnätverk kommunicera varumärket Öresund till externa målgrupper. Nätverksmedlemmars uppfattningar och behov analyseras utifrån varumärkes- och nätverksteori. Det empiriska material som legat till grund för analysen har samlats in med kvalitativa intervjuer. Resultaten visar att varumärket har en positiv ima
After the last election Sweden has got a government that claims to be feminist. This thesis discusses whether the change of labels has also brought along policy formulated in a feminist way, arguing that the way policy is expressed affects how people see a certain problem. Three policy proposals are analysed, and in only one case the government seems to have been influenced by feminist ideas. The
