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Beyond rhythmanalysis : Towards a territoriology of rhythms and melodies in everyday spatial activities

The recent, rich scholarship on rhythms, following in the wake of Lefebvre’s book Éléments de rythmanalyse (1992), proves that rhythmanalysis is an important sensitising notion and research technique. Despite its increasing recognition, however, rhythmanalysis has not yet become a proper science as its proponents had hoped. In this article, we argue that rhythmanalysis could benefit from being fur

Community as a Key Word: : A Heuristic for Action-Oriented Sustainability Research

In this article, I outline the foundations of a consistent and systematic approach to conceptualizing communities in action-oriented sustainability research. More specifically, I develop a conceptual heuristic based on key questions related to ontology, epistemology, methodology and motivation that should be useful for researchers regarding the process of initiating, clarifying and reporting on re

A critical realist inquiry in conducting interdisciplinary research : An analysis of LUCID examples

The scale and complexity of contemporary sustainability challenges necessitates interdisciplinarity in research and pluralism in practice. In recent year, however, a strong natural science hegemony has predominantly framed our understanding of the dynamics of nature and society. This strong hegemonic conceptualization of global predicaments is troublesome given both the drivers of sustainability c

On the Accuracy Problem in Identification

The estimates obtained from data from an identification experiment depend on a number of items, such as the identification method used, the model structure used and the input signal generation. Effects of these items on the accuracy of the estimates are investigated. Linear, discrete-time systems are treated. Special attention is paid to systems operating in closed loop and to the effects of the f

Human Rights Due Diligence and the Root Causes of Harm in Business Operations : A Textual and Contextual Analysis of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

Following John Ruggie’s UN mandate (2005-2011) the notion of human rights due diligence (HRDD) has become widely used by policymakers, corporations, NGOs and professionals. The question is whether this HRDD concept, as developed in the UN Guiding Principles (GPs), adequately addresses the deeper causes of human rights infringements in business operations. This article provides a textual and contex

HAVOSS: A Maturity Model for Handling Vulnerabilities in Third Party OSS Components

Security has been recognized as a leading barrier for IoT adoption. The growing number of connected devices and reported software vulnerabilities increases the importance firmware updates. Maturity models for software security do include parts of this, but are lacking in several aspects. This paper presents and evaluates a maturity model (HAVOSS) for handling vulnerabilities in third party OSS and

Gastrointestinal microbiota contributes to the development of murine transfusion-related acute lung injury

Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is a syndrome of respiratory distress upon blood transfusion and is the leading cause of transfusion-related fatalities. Whether the gut microbiota plays any role in the development of TRALI is currently unknown. We observed that untreated barrier-free (BF) mice suffered from severe antibody-mediated acute lung injury, whereas the more sterile housed s

Conceptualization and Schematization of Mesoscale Sustainable Drainage Systems: A Full-Scale Study

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) can be considered the joint product of water engineering and urban planning and design since these systems must comply with hydraulic, hydrologic, and social-ecological functions. To enhance this joint collaboration, a conceptual model of mesoscale SuDS is introduced based on the observed rainfall-runoff responses from two catchments with SuDS and a pipe-bound c

Att visa tillit genom val av ersättningsmodell – effekter av anslagsfinansiering i hälso- och sjukvården i Region Skåne

Detta kapitel handlar om ersättningsmodellens betydelse inom sjukhusvårdeni Region Skåne. År 2012 återgick regionen till traditionellanslagsfinansiering efter att under perioden 2006–2011 ersatt sjukhuseni efterskott utifrån antalet producerade vårdkontakter; så kalladDRG-baserad ersättning.DRG-baserad ersättning har stått i centrum för kritiken mot NewPublic Management inom sjukhusvården. Såväl f

‘It is completely ok to give up a little sometimes’ : Metaphors and Normality in Swedish Cancer Talk

The clichéd conceptualization of cancer illness as a battle, which the patient can either win or lose, can be problematic. For patients referred to palliative care, it can cause feelings of guilt and failure. This framing of cancer, here referred to as ‘the battle script’, has been questioned in previous research, and there seems to be awareness among health practitioners that battle metaphors shoThe clichéd conceptualization of cancer illness as a battle, which the patient can either win or lose, can be problematic. For patients referred to palliative care, it can cause feelings of guilt and failure. This framing of cancer, here referred to as ‘the battle script’, has been questioned in previous research, and there seems to be awareness among health practitioners that battle metaphors sho

Measuring Knowledge of Multiword Items

This chapter discusses fundamental considerations related to the measurement of knowledge of multiword items (MWI). Central concepts like validity and reliability are accounted for, as are steps for linking theoretical and operational definitions with scoring procedures. Next, different approaches for MWI measurement are presented. This includes an account of traditional pencil-and-paper test form