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This paper deals with midwives learning to do ultrasound scans in around week 17 of pregnancy and a central aspect of that learning: seeing and communicating the (ab)normal. It is an investigation into acquiring what Charles Goodwin refers to as a “professional vision” (1994) and into what that vision entails in terms of embodied skills. The focus is on “what we learn how to see” (Haraway 1991:190

Arbetsbyte för kompetensutveckling är en metod som ofta diskuteras men som verkar svår att genomföra i praktiken. Projektbidrag från Helsingborgs kommun gjorde det möjligt för Helsingborgs stadsbibliotek och Campus Helsingborgs bibliotek att pröva arbetsbyte för elva medarbetare under vintern 2008 – 2009. Detta paper bygger till stor del på de korta rapporter som projektdeltagarna skrev efter av

The paper deals with the use of visual stereotypes in virtual pedagogical agents and its potential impact in digital learning environments. An analysis of the concept of visual stereotypes is followed by a discussion of affordances and drawbacks as to their use in the context of traditional media. Next, the paper explores whether virtual pedagogical characters introduce anything novel with regard

Grade changes in polyethylene reactors, i.e., changes of operating conditions, are performed on a regular basis to adapt to market demands. In this paper, a dynamic optimization procedure is presented built upon the Modelica language extended with Optimica constructs for formulation of optimization problems. A Modelica library for the Borstar R multistage polyethylene reactors at Borealis AB, cons

Social movements are series of sustained interactions and collective actions, contentious performances, displays and campaigns by ordinary people outside established political institutions. Yet, why do certain movements persist over a significant period of time while some do not? How do those that persist, sustain themselves and overcome constraints over time, especially those imposed by non-liber

This thesis consists of two parts. The first part deals with building integrated solar energy, mainly from an architectural point of view. It is based on a literature review and discusses solar energy, the building as a system, the concept building integration (definition, motives, criteria, examples) and the relation between architecture and solar energy. The second part presents a novel design o

Five universities from three different continents held a legally-oriented conference in Vietnam on the subject of Sustainable Technology Transfer. The event was one of the final elements of a twelve yearlong project financed by the Swedish Development Agency (SIDA) under the title ‘Strengthening Legal Education in Vietnam’ and carried out by the Faculty of Law of Lund University. Over the course o