The ignored role of civil society in the Syrian War

Prosthetic and Orthotic Rehabilitation Service in Madagascar - the Staff´s Experience at two Rehabilitation Centres

BACKGROUND Madagascar is the fourth biggest island and one of the poorest countries in the world, with more than 75 % of the 24 million inhabitants living under poverty line. The health care system in the country is under development, as well as the field of rehabilitation services and the area of prosthetic and orthotic services in specific. There is very limited published research concerning reh

Implication of Manufacturing Errors on the Layout of Stabilization System and on the Field Quality in a Drift Tube Linac - RF DTL Error Study

The field flatness and the layout of the stabilization system in a drift tube linac are strongly dependent on the manufacturing errors that affect the local resonant frequency. In this paper a methodology is presented to study, firstly, the sensitivityof the resonant frequency and of the field flatness to each geometrical parameter of the drift tubes; then a set of tolerances for each parameter is

Evidence based policy or policy based evidence? : Supply and demand for data in a donor-dominant world

The Wealth and Poverty of African States : Economic growth, living standards and taxation in Africa since the Nineteenth Century

Global standards and local measures : A comment on “Indicators and the Problem of Translation: Measuring Child Rights in Tanzania”

Kan Trump lösa Israel–Palestina-konflikten?

Trace elements in patients on continuous renal replacement therapy

Purpose: Intensive care patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), treated with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) are at great risk for disturbances in plasma levels of trace elements due to the underlying illness, AKI, and dialysis. This study was performed to increase our knowledge regarding eight different trace elements during CRRT. Methods: Thirty one stable patients with AKI, treated

Rehabilitation of Historical Qanats in Syria and Iraq

Digital anthropological fieldwork; investigating the role of digital video in the Syrian uprisings

“”- abstract accepted for the March 15-16, 2016.

We used to be killed in the dark, now we are killed in the light; videos of violence in Syria

War, memories and Little Waterfall; a Syrian village that is no more

The use of YouTube videos documenting human rights atrocities in Syria for future war crime tribunals

Angeläget om brutala krigsövergrepp

Recension av Miriam Gebhardt, När soldaterna kom. Våldtäkterna mot tyska kvinnor vid andra världskrigets slut.

Välfärdsstaten träder fram : Svensk socialförsäkring 1884-1955

Learning to Reason: The Factorial Survey as a Teaching Tool in Social Work Education

The housing market in Sweden: a political-historical perspective

The price of housing in Sweden has, over the past couple of decades, increased at a much faster rate than salaries. Politicians have tried to steer the housing market towards the provision of affordable housing, but have not succeeded. After 1993, the responsibility for regulating the price of housing transferred to the market, which is more interested in building for high-income earners. Despite

Prevention of Hip Dislocation in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Psychometric properties of the original and short versions of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) in people with Parkinson's disease

Background: Fear of falling is common in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and is associated with an increased risk for future falls, activity limitations and a reduced quality of life. The Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) assesses fear of falling conceptualized as concerns about falling. The original FES-I has good psychometric properties in people with PD, but whether this applies a

Researching Music Censorship