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Reconstruction with a Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator (DIEP) flap is considered to be the first choice forautologous breast reconstruction. Skin and fat are transplanted from the lower abdomen to the chest were theblood vessels are reconnected through microsurgery. A total of 309 patients with unilateral DIEP flap and 23patients with expander prosthesis (EP) reconstructions were included in th
This article critically appraises a process of recognising prior learning (RPL) using analytical tools from Habermas' theory of communicative action. The RPL process is part of an in-service training program for health care assistants where the goal is to become a licensed practical nurse. Data about the RPL process were collected using interviews and observations. Through appraising RPL as a soci
Building on narratives of students in adult education in Sweden, where the majority of the students are young adults, this paper argues that adult education has both negative and positive aspects in helping individuals to be recognised as valuable. Students, often part of the precariat class, have not always been able to survive in the job market and have a history of failing in upper secondary sc
Responding to increasing concerns with the quality of care in both Sweden and England, this paper explores the way in which caring practice emerges out of the interplay between personal and social agency. Working from a socio-cultural perspective, results from an English and a Swedish study conducted independently of each other were used to explore the construction of caring practice. The English
This paper analyses a recognition of prior learning (RPL) placement process where health care assistants' prior learning is recognised through dialogue with and observation by tutors. This process is part of a procedure that uses RPL for accreditation through the administration of an in-service training program in the health care sector. The aim of the reconstructive analysis in this paper is to e
This paper argues for the significance of Axel Honneth's theory of recognition for understanding recognition of prior learning (RPL). Case studies of the experiences of RPL by paraprofessional workers in health and social care in the UK and Sweden are used to explicate this significance. The results maintain that there are varying conditions of recognition. These conditions are often fluid, negoti
This article focuses on a process of recognition of prior learning (RPL) in higher education. It is based on experiences from a project carried out in collaboration between the University of Lund, Linköping University and two trade unions in Sweden. The aim of the project was to find ways of recognising prior learning for accreditation of course credits at university level. In the project and its
This article discusses a process of recognition of prior learning for accreditation of prior experiential learning to qualify for course credits used in an adult in-service education program for health care assistants at the upper-secondary level in Sweden. The data are based on interviews and observations drawn from a field study, and Habermas's theory of communicative action is used for analysis
This article explores the role of the interactive researcher by drawing on Jürgen Habermas's theory of communicative action to develop the concept of virtual participant. An ideal interactive research project is used to explore the issues faced by interactive researchers in three phases - initial, implementation and conclusion. In each phase, an interactive research project is used to demonstrate
University start-ups are, in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and European Union (EU) policy setting, viewed as important means to transform scientific advances into innovations, corresponding both to market and societal needs (Mowery & Sampat, 2005; Rider, Hasselberg, & Waluszewski, 2013). The high expectations on the ability to directly transform social a
This paper adopts the industrial marketing approach to investigate how companies strategize in networks, and to link network strategies to different effects. Based on a case study from the optical recording media industry, the paper finds five types of strategies: complementary, shared, copying, company-rooted, and challenging. Effects indicate how the focal company's strategies triggered reaction
All around the world there is an increased understanding among policymakers that the establishment of start-up companies is the backbone of future economic growth. It is argued that the development of new companies can increase the innovation rate and contribute to industrial change. This belief is also championed by the Chinese government, which has especially emphasised the possibility of start-
The book is a collection of the articles the author has published between 2003-2015, in Romanian or English, in various academic journals. Some of them are concerned with the dramaturgy of Mihail Sebastian (Jocul de-a vacanța), of Marin Sorescu (Paracliserul), the translations and versifing of the Psalms by Dosoftei, Derrida's deconstruction philosophy as opposed to Saussure's structuralism, teach
Intermarriage with natives has the potential to enhance immigrant integration, as intermarried immigrants gain access to resources such as language skills, information about institutions and customs, and native networks. Due to these spillover effects, immigrants in intermarriages are more likely to be successful in the labour market. However, a positive relationship between intermarriage and econ
Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) based distributed algorithms can attain the largest capacity region asthe centralized Max-Weight policy does. Despite their capabilityof achieving throughput-optimality, these algorithms can eitherincur large delay and have large complexity or only operateover non-fading channels. In this letter, by assuming arbitraryback-off time we first propose a fully distr
It has been known that load unaware channel selection in 802.11 networks results in high level interference, and can significantly reduce the network throughput. In current implementation, the only way to determine the traffic load on a channel is to measure that channel for a certain duration of time. Therefore, in order to find the best channel with the minimum load all channels have to be measu
