Av Schmidts & Hunters (1998) Meta-analys framgår att det efter 85 år fortfarande saknas tillfredsställande verktyg för att förutspå framtida beteende. Hur Maruyamas (1980) teori om mindscapes skulle kunna bidra med säkrare prediceringar, utforskas i relation till McCraes & Costas (1985) big five, Gardners (1983) multipla intelligenser och Schutz (1958) FIRO-modell. Mindscapeteorins validitet undersöktes genom att lägga grunden för ett kvantitativt test att identifiera mindscapetyper med, vilket i förlängningen skulle kunna användas i kombination med befintliga prediceringsverktyg. Sjuttiosju personer deltog i undersökningen som resulterade i fyra faktorer, i enlighet med Maruyamas fyra mindscapetyper. Testets prediceringsförmåga undersöktes med ett kvalitativt uppföljningstest och fanns vara underkänd, men innan definitiva slutsatser kan dras krävs ytterligare studier..

Rökning är ett stort problem i hela världen. 5 000 000 dödsfall varje år kan vara tobaksrelaterade. Nikotin ärden viktigaste farmakologiskt aktiva substansen i cigaretter. Den verkar på nikotinerga receptorer (nAChRs),som är en typ av acetylkolin-receptorer. När man röker riskerar man att utveckla cancersjukdom, hjärtkärlsjukdomeller KOL.

This paper describes the redesign of a site (Kolonn.se). Some of the problems with the site were a lack of structure and a design that was unclear both visitor and search engines. The site now has a new design and structure that has been taking form in Axure prototypes that has been tested and applied into WordPress. The results are a site with a new main menu, new graphic profile and logo. Also SEO-adapted content such as correctly structured headers, meta tags, descriptions and key words that has been implemented in the content.

Mainstream contemporary phenomenology understands the phenomenology of movement and dance through ?the lived body? of Merleau-Ponty. This paper rather suggests a phenomenology of movement and dance based on an understanding through ?the danced body? with ability to meta-feeling. It is here argued that we need to use a phenomenology of dance to understand the phenomenon of movement whatsoever.

Title: The Relationship between Internationalization and Firm Performance Seminar date: 5 June, 2008 Course: Masters thesis in Business Administration, Programme for Managing People, Knowledge and Change, 15 University Credit Points (15 ECTS). Authors: Cheng Hsun Chiang and Márton Pap Advisor: Dan Kärreman Key words: Internationalization, Performance, Multinationality, Degree of Internationalization (DOI), Country of Origin Purpose: To illuminate various crucial aspects of internationalization by systematically contrasting the different models of the multinationality-performance relationship and searching for underlying reasons. Methodology: Meta-analysis on previous theoretical and empirical research. Our emphasis in this paper has been put on the qualitative aspects of the previous research unlike many other conventional Meta-analyses that focus on the comparison of the empirical data. Theoretical perspectives: Five main models have been developed by earlier studies to describe the relationship between internationalization and performance: positive linear, no or ambiguous relation, inverted U-shaped, standard U-shaped and S-shaped curve.

Introduction: All women can be subjected to intimate personal violence by theirpartner, but the older woman's vulnerability to violence is not highlighted in research.Consequences of violence can be severe and it is essential from a public healthperspective to explore the issue even for the older woman. Objective: The objective ofthe study was to generate a deeper understanding of the problems of older woman'svulnerability to violence by their spouse / partner. The research questions focused onwhat characterized their situation and how a gender perspective can illuminate theproblem. Method: A structured search for scientific studies was carried out in thedatabases: Pubmed, Cinahl, PsykArticles and Scopus in the area of interest. A qualityassessment of the articles was preformed and 12 qualitative studies were included in thestudy.

Det finns en stark koppling mellan historisk markanvändning och biologisk mångfald. Flera ängs- och betesmarksarter gynnas eller är beroende av traditionell hävd såsom slåtter och bete. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om olikheterna i den historiska markanvändningen har påverkat den biologiska mångfalden. Genom att studera kartor från olika tidsperioder kan förändringar i landskapet tydas. Arkivstudier kan sedan kopplas till kartor och komplettera de historieluckor som kartorna inte visar.

This paper discusses the relationship between rhetoric and hermeneutics. It is a studyconducted through a generative method where two different rhetoric students haveanalyzed three rhetorical objects and afterwards have compared their results and theninterpreted the differences and similarities. The purpose is to find what makes aninterpretation legitimate and plausible and what binds rhetoric and hermeneuticstogether through meta analysis. The study shows that doxa is a fundamental elementthat connects rhetoric to hermeneutics and that it is more relevant to discussintersubjectivity than legitimacy, which is harder to define and achieve. An importantresult is also that the dialogue in the interpretation process has been found to be acatalyst for new research findings and of increased knowledge..

Detta arbete är en teoretisk studie där syftet är att se om s.k. Health TechnologyAssessment (HTA) är ett arbetsverktyg som leder till evidensbaserad vård vidöverburenhet. Definitionen överburen graviditet är när graviditetslängden är mer än 42+0graviditetsveckor, eller mer än 294 dagar. Under januari ? mars 2007 genomfördes ettmini-HTA vid Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset för att granska artiklar gällandeöverburenhet.

High school students of today frequently come into contact with the English language throughradio and television. Many students even manage to read instruction manuals and understandhow technical devices work, such as, for example, computer games. However, most teachersunderestimate their students? ability and persist in using Swedish to explain how the Englishlanguage works. I have analysed how high school students manage when they take an Englishgrammar test in English.

In this essay different aspects of the motif of the criminal have been traced in Lotta Lotass?s Min röst ska nu komma från en annan plats i rummet and Vladimir Nabokov?s Lolita. By seeking its representation in the texts, the intention was to show how themes, stylistic patterns and narrative functions interrelate in the construction of the motif. The perpetrator?s position within the narrative structure and its consequences have also been assessed.By discussing the meta-fictive aspects of the novels I stressed the importance of the reader?s function, arguing the reader?s participation in the construction of the motif..

This Masters thesis examines the position of films in Swedish public libraries. We have, by way of comparing various statistical data, determined that the status of film in public libraries is week. We have completed earlier research by mapping what genealogical, discursive patterns that could be outlined in the Swedish government reports from 1949 until today, focussing on the activity goals and media policy of the public library. We have, on the basis of Foucaults theories on genealogy and archaeology, where text documents are considered to be meta-descriptions giving each other authority, analyzed if there any discursive excluding or contextual formulations exist in the usage of the language concerning the goals and the media attitude of public libraries. We have mapped contextual discursive formulations that to the commissioners have become neutral starting points for their assumptions and conclusions.

Mainstream contemporary phenomenology understands the phenomenology of movement and dance through ?the lived body? of Merleau-Ponty. This paper rather suggests a phenomenology of movement and dance based on an understanding through ?the danced body? with ability to meta-feeling. It is here argued that we need to use a phenomenology of dance to understand the phenomenon of movement whatsoever.

Syfte: Syftet är att kritiskt granska en eventuell bostadsbubbla i Sverige utifrån tre rapporter och erfarenhet från tidigare bubblor.Bakgrund: Huspriserna i Sverige har ökat markant de tio senaste åren och skuldsättningsgraden har följt samma mönster. En ökad oro för bostadsbubbla har uppkommit och debatterats om i media. Tidigare finanskriser visar på att det finns likheter med dagens situation. Dessa finanskriser har slagit hårt mot ekonomin, därför är det essentiellt att upptäcka och stoppa en framtida finanskris.   Metod: Tre rapporter granskas genom en litteraturstudie.

The purpose of doing this essay was to illustrate how people living with chronic disease, dependent on medical technology experience their life situation. The study includes people with either dialysis therapy, mechanical ventilator or chronic oxygen therapy. A meta-synthesis was used as a method where a systematically review of studies that are made in a given issue compiles. Findings of the studies resulted in a synthesis of three themes: Limitations in life as a consequence of life-long treatment, to take responsibility for your life provide self-esteem and safeness, and to be cared for in different contexts ?help or prohibit.