The issue of this article is the direction of the Swedish compulsory school. The article is based upon the results of a longitudinal study of four schools participating in a probation, initiated by the Swedish government, where they are allowed to work without the timetable. What regulates school activity when there is no timetable that prescribes the amount of time for each subject? What are the

Sommaren är loppmarknadernas tid. I trakten där jag bor är det vanligt med någon loppmarknad varje helg. Det är stora tillställningar där den arrangerande idrotts- eller hembygdsföreningen under ett år har samlat in begagnade grejer som säljs till mycket låga priser. För många föreningar är vinsten från försäljningen en viktig post i budgeten. Poängen med loppmarknaden är att föremål som i någons

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen analyserar romanen "Lustgården" av den ryska författaren Nina Sadur (på ryska 1997, på svenska 2001). Feministisk litteraturteori används för att problematisera receptionen av Sadurs verk samt för att motivera valet av verk för analys. Avhandlingen är indelad i två delar: Del ett presenterar en linjär läsning av romanen, där den läses som ”avikande diskursThis doctoral dissertation is an analysis of the novel 'The Garden' (1997), by the Russian author Nina Sadur. Drawing on feminist literary criticism, it aims at providing a woman-authored text with the in-depth study the novel’s literary sophistication calls for. The dissertation is divided into two parts: Part One presents a linear reading of the novel in which it is read as ‘aberrant discourse’

A numerical synthesis method for optimally robust control isproposed. The method applies to the case of linear dependenceon uncertain parameters in the characteristic polynomial. Aprimal/dual pair of infinite-dimensional convex problems is solvedby successive finite-dimensional approximations. The primal/dualpair has no duality gap, and both upper and lower bounds produced by theapproximations con

This dissertation considers two different aspects of health economics; (i) stated preference methods and (ii) empirical analyses of equity. The first essay deals with the issue of the choice of econometric models when analysing data from a closed-ended contingent valuation survey in health economics. The features of provision, either compulsory or voluntary, and the fact that certain individuals m

Managing hemophilia becomes particularly difficult in patients with inhibitory antibodies, especially in those requiring surgery or with refractory bleeding events. Equally challenging are those patients who develop autoantibodies against factor VIII (FVIII) in the absence of a prior history of FVIII deficiency (acquired hemophilia). Physicians seeking both short- and long-term treatment strategie

The monoclonal antibody 10E4, which recognizes an epitope supposed to contain N-unsubstituted glucosamine, is commonly used to trace heparan sulfate proteoglycans. It has not been fully clarified if the N-unsubstituted glucosamine is required for antibody recognition and if all heparan sulfates carry this epitope. Here we show that the epitope can contain N-unsubstituted glucosamine and that nitri

1 The immunomodulator Linomide has been shown to protect against septic liver injury by reducing hepatic accumulation of leukocytes although the detailed anti-inflammatory mechanisms remain elusive. This study examined the effect of Linomide on the production of CXC chemokines, including macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC) and interleukin-

A high precision, time-of-flight hodoscope has been constructed to analyse the secondary pion beam at GSI, Darmstadt. The hodoscope comprises three scintillator planes with the individual scintillator rods read out by photomultipliers in both ends. A new active base of the emitter follower type has been developed for stabilization of voltages at the last dynodes of the photomultiplier. The time re

Control methods are being used increasingly for uncertainty management and QoS in modern web server systems. Previous approaches have suggested combined feed-forward and feedback control strategies, using queuing theory for feed-forward delay prediction. While queuing theory allows one to predict delay as a function of arrival and service rates, the prediction applies only to long-term averages, a

In this paper, a number of challenges, which need to be overcome if multivariate monitoring of wastewater treatment operation is to be successful, are presented. For each challenge, one or several solutions are discussed. The methodologies are illustrated using an example from full-scale wastewater treatment operation. Some guidelines regarding choices of methods and implementation aspects are giv

Popular Abstract in Swedish Medievärlden är idag föremål för drastiska förändringar. Förutom de traditionella medierna såsom böcker, TV och radio, introduceras interaktiva digitala medier. Dessa förändringar berör inte mins barnens och ungdomarnas liv. Allteftersom de får tillgång till sofistikerade elektroniska och digitala medier blir deras fritid alltmer teknifierad. Vi är all medvetna om hur mWe are all aware of how many different media have become a familiar equipment in the home, perceived as any other furnityre. The media have become more or less unconsciously intertwined in everyday routines. As the media environment is continously in a phase of transformation, it is crucial to gain knowledge about children´s and adolescents´own understanding and interpretation of their mediarelate

I sin avhandling i historia undersöker Larsson mötet mellan den kyrkliga överheten och församlingsborna vid biskopsvisitationerna i Växjö stift 1652–56, 1691–1702 och 1750–59. Han söker fånga stiftspartikularismen före 1686 års kyrkolag, vilket genomslag lagen sedan fick, och vad som hände när kyrkan fick ”konkurrens av andra religiösa rörelser”. De båda första tidssnitten är naturliga, men det tr

We present a detailed chemical analysis of 22 stars along thecolour-magnitude sequence of the intermediate-age (1.7 Gyr) open clusterIC 4651, based on high-resolution, high S/N ratio spectra from UVES/VLT.IC 4651 thus becomes one of the few open clusters for which a detailedcomposition analysis exists for stars spanning 3.5 mag, from solar-typemain-sequence stars to giants above the RGB clump. In

The aim of this report has been to perform a risk analysis of ABB Automation Products activity in building 358. The risk analysis consequences are expressed in economical terms and the measurement of the risk is presented as the expected annual cost due to fire. The model used is based on an event tree which describes what happens if a fire breaks out in the building. The effect of different fire

Background and purpose: A new concept for the inhibition of CGRP signalling has been developed by interaction with the CGRP molecule per se by using a CGRP antibody or a CGRP binding RNA-Spiegelmer (NOX-C89). We have compared these CGRP scavengers with two known receptor antagonists (CGRP8-37 and BIBN4096BS) on CGRP-induced relaxations in the rat middle cerebral artery (MCA). Furthermore, the role

Background: As a secreted protein, cystatin C is assumed to play its role in the extracellular compartment, where it can inhibit virtually all cysteine proteases of families C1 ( cathepsin B, L, S) and C13 ( mammalian legumain-related proteases). Since many of its potential target enzymes in the eye reside in intracellular compartments, we sought evidence for a cellular uptake of the inhibitor in