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Music education in times of trouble

EU policy documents on the effects of the global migration wave suggest that culture has an important role in promoting inclusion as well as developing and maintaining democracy. These expectations on culture places music education as a potential key factor in coping with the effects of the current refugee situation. In this paper, it is argued that European music educational systems are given a t

Bortom metoderna

De flesta musikpedagogiska forskare har på ett eller annat vis den egna musikaliska praxisen och egna musikaliska erfarenheter med sig som ursprunglig motor till valet av forskningsintressen. Trots det är det sällan vi som skrå framställer vår forskning som ”arts-based” eller ”konstnärlig”. Som norska musikpedagogen Torill Vist (2015) påpekar, är detta inte ett tecken på att musikpedagogisk forskn

Spelmanslag för integration – svensk folkmusik, El Sistema och ”kulturell allemansrätt"

I Malmö startade El Sistema 2013 i två skolor i Holma och Kroksbäck, områden där 33% av invånarna är födda utomlands. Initiativet var ett led i att skydda ”den kulturella allmansrätten” (Lorensson, 2013) för alla och att på längre sikt inkludera fler stadsdelar. Det skulle snart stå tydligt att de omsorgsfullt valda sex musiklärarna hade fått en balansakt att manövrera: dels är de konstnärliga mål

Hezbollah and the axis of refusal : Hamas, Iran and Syria

Hezbollah has acquired a dual and contradictory reputation: as a legitimate political actor in Lebanon and as a terrorist organisation in the USA and Israel. This duality can be explained if we understand that Hezbollah is a nationalist entity that defines itself primarily within the Lebanese polity, as well as an anti-imperialist party intent on countering the regional hegemony of Israel and the

Resistance, Jihad, and martyrdom in contemporary Lebanese Shi'a discourse

This article examines the contemporary Shi'a understanding of jihad, martyrdom, and resistance through an analysis of the writings of two leading Lebanese Shi'a scholars: Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah and Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din. This article shows the impact of their writings on resistance movements in the region. It maintains that their discourse is central to the ideological foundation of Hizbu

Is gender the barrier to democracy? Women, Islamism, and the “Arab spring”

In the Western political science literature of the late 20th and early 21st century, the Middle East has often been described, not only as authoritarian, but also as impervious to democracy. Institutional, structural, and cultural explanations were advanced to explain this democracy deficit. This article will debunk the notion that democratization in the Middle East is limited by entrenched Muslim

Insights from the field : Methodologies and research problems in empirical research on elites

There appear to be no methodological works on empirical research in the Arab world and only a few recent works on methodologies of elite research. The purpose of this article is not to fill the gap in empirical research on the Arab world or to present groundbreaking discoveries on methodologies for elite research. Rather, it is to pave the way for future works in that direction. Another purpose is

Disentangling ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘nature’s contributions to people’

People depend on functioning ecosystems, which provide benefits that support human existence and wellbeing. The relationship between people and nature has been experienced and conceptualized in multiple ways. Recently, ecosystem services (ES) concepts have permeated science, government policies, multi-national environmental agreements, and science–policy interfaces. In 2017, the Intergovernmental

Intact cord resuscitation versus early cord clamping in the treatment of depressed newborn infants during the first 10 minutes of birth (Nepcord III) - a randomized clinical trial

Background: Experiments have shown improved cardiovascular stability in lambs if umbilical cord clamping is postponed until positive pressure ventilation is started. Studies on intact cord resuscitation on human term infants are sparse. The purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in clinical outcomes in non-breathing infants between groups, one where resuscitation is initiated with an in

Value Destruction in Swedish Welfare Services : Frontline Workers’ Impact on Asylum-Seeking Minors’ Possibilities of Creating Value in Early Integration

The aim of this article is to investigate ways in which welfare frontline workers’ conceptualization of Swedishness destroys asylum-seeking minors’ (16–17 years) possibilities of creating value during the service process in early integration. Focus group interviews and in-depth interviews were conducted with coaches at accommodation centres, schoolteachers and social workers. The analytical approa

Intercalation of cationic peptides within Laponite layered clay minerals in aqueous suspensions : The effect of stoichiometry and charge distance matching

Clays can be synthesised to have specific functional properties, which have been exploited in a range of industrial processes. A key characteristic of clay is the presence of a negatively charged surface, surrounded by an oppositely charged rim. Because of that, clays are able to sequester cationic compounds resulting in the formation of ordered layered structures, known as tactoids. Recent resear

Production of Perdeuterated Proteins in Escherichia coli for Structural Studies by Neutron Crystallography

Neutron macromolecular crystallography (NMX) is a complementary technique to X-ray crystallography leveraging neutron scattering properties of the hydrogen isotope deuterium (2H). Production of deuterium labelled molecules together with large crystal requirements for neutron crystallography are few of several bottlenecks limiting implementation of this technique for a wider range of proteins. PerdNeutron macromolecular crystallography (NMX) is a complementary technique to X-ray crystallography leveraging neutron scattering properties of the hydrogen isotope deuterium (2H). Production of deuterium labelled molecules together with large crystal requirements for neutron crystallography are few of several bottlenecks limiting implementation of this technique for a wider range of proteins. Perd

Plasma neurofilament light associates with Alzheimer's disease metabolic decline in amyloid-positive individuals

Introduction: Neurofilament light chain (NfL) is a promising blood biomarker to detect neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other brain disorders. However, there are limited reports of how longitudinal NfL relates to imaging biomarkers. We herein investigated the relationship between blood NfL and brain metabolism in AD. Methods: Voxelwise regression models tested the cross-sectional