46 research outputs found
Approaches and Methods in Architectural Research [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textThis anthology is the proceedings publication from the 2019 NAF Symposium “Approaches and Methods in Architectural Research”. Addressing what methods and approaches architects, landscape architects, and urban designers use in their work, why and how, this publication initiates critical reflection on their relevance, qualities, pitfalls, representations, and discursive positionings. Editors: Anne Elisabeth Toft, Magnus Rönn and Morgan Andersson Contributing authors: Abdulaziz Alshabib, Morgan Andersson, Isabelle Doucet, Susanne Fredholm, Freja Frölander, Kiran Maini Gerhardsson, Ellen Kathrine Hansen, Mette Hvass, Thomas H. Kampmann, Karl Kropf, Ann Legeby, Nils Olsson, Jarre Parkatti, Sam Ridgway, Magnus Rönn, Mari Oline Giske Stendebakken, Tony Svensson, Anne Elisabeth Tof
Approaches and Methods in Architectural Research
No full textThis anthology is the proceedings publication from the 2019 NAF Symposium “Approaches and Methods in Architectural Research”.Addressing what methods and approaches architects, landscape architects,and urban designers use in their work, why and how, this publication initiatescritical reflection on their relevance, qualities, pitfalls, representations, anddiscursive positionings. \ua0Editors: Anne Elisabeth Toft, Magnus R\uf6nn and Morgan AnderssonContributing authors:Abdulaziz Alshabib, Morgan Andersson, Isabelle Doucet, Susanne Fredholm, Freja Fr\uf6lander, Kiran Maini Gerhardsson, Ellen Kathrine Hansen, Mette Hvass, Thomas H. Kampmann, Karl Kropf, Ann Legeby, Nils Olsson, Jarre Parkatti, Sam Ridgway, Magnus R\uf6nn, Mari Oline Giske Stendebakken, Tony Svensson, Anne Elisabeth Tof
El delito informático en la legislación colombiana
No full textPara abarcar el tema de la delincuencia informática cabe resaltar que este tópico se originó con el auge del internet en el mundo a mediados de los noventa y así fue aumentando proporcionalmente con su desarrollo en el ámbito internacional. Se debe entender como delito informático toda acción u omisión realizada por un ser humano mediante un medio tecnológico que cause daño a personas sin que su autor se obtenga un beneficio propio o para terceros. En esta especialidad de delito intervienen el sujeto activo, el cual posee características particulares como lo son los conocimientos elevados acerca del funcionamiento de la informática y de cuáles eran sus debilidades, mientras que el sujeto pasivo es indeterminado, debido a que cualquier esfera social es
susceptible a este nuevo y complejo flagelo. En Colombia se tipificaron estas conductas punibles con entrada en vigencia de la Ley 1273 de 2009, después de una prolongada y lenta evolución legislativa, que adoptó experiencias internacionales de países en donde ya venían enfrentando esta problemática. Dicha ley brindó un marco jurídico sostenible en el cual se permitiera sancionar con severidad y efectividad la delincuencia informática además de reducir los índices de impunidad que se registraban por la atipicidad de muchas conductas realizadas a través de medios tecnológicos.To cover the issue of cybercrime is worth noting that this topic originated with the rise of the Internet in the world in the mid-nineties and it was increasing in proportion to its development internationally. It should be understood as computer crime any act or omission by a human being through a technological medium that causes harm to people without the author to obtain a benefit or for others. This specialty of offense involved the offender, which has particular characteristics such as high knowledge about the workings of the computer and what their weaknesses, while the victim is unknown, because any social sphere is susceptible this new and complex scourge. In Colombia, classify this conduct punishable with effective date of Act 1273 of 2009, after a long, slow change in legislation, which adopted international experiences of countries which were already facing this problem. This law provided a legal framework in which sustainable allow severely punish cybercrime and effectiveness while reducing levels of impunity that were recorded by the unusualness of many behaviors made through technological means.Barrios Solano, Santiago Andrés-d06f0c43-e27b-4e47-a8bc-94199058abab-
An assessment of potentially inappropriate medications to improve senior consumer safety in an outpatient mental health setting
No full textPurpose of Project: To improve older adult consumer safety within a large outpatient mental health organization (pseudonym: “Jersey Health”) by identifying potential problem areas of prescribing safety through use of a medication chart review.
Methodology: A retrospective chart review (guided by 2019 American Geriatrics Association Beers Criteria) examining potentially inappropriate prescribing trends of PIMs and polypharmacy for senior consumers over a one-year period in this outpatient setting.
Results: 25.6% of all prescriptions issued to seniors were PIMs, and 53.8% of the total sample were prescribed one or more PIMs. Benzodiazepines were the most frequently prescribed PIMs. The polypharmacy rate was only 5.0%, but medications prescribed to consumers in other settings were omitted from this study so this number is likely much higher.
Implications for Practice: Jersey Health should set a quality improvement target of lowering their PIM rate, specifically targeting their high benzodiazepine prescription rate, and aiming deprescribing interventions at both prescribers and consumers. Further, the true rates of polypharmacy were not detected as Jersey Health’s electronic medical record (EMR) does not integrate primary healthcare information with behavioral healthcare information. Jersey Health should consider an alternative EMR that will link their consumers’ behavioral and primary health information together to enhance medication transparency and reduce the risk for drug-drug interactions and polypharmacy.DNPIncludes bibliographical reference
Svininfluensan i svensk medierapportering : En studie om Aftonbladets och Svenska Dagbladets ledarsidor
No full textThe purpose of this study was to understand Aftonbladet’s and Svenska Dagbladet’s opinion pieces discussion regarding the swine flu of 2009, the safety measures, the vaccine and the massvaccination that happened during the pandemic. To answer these questions, the author read Aftonbladet’s and Svenska Dagbladet’s opinion pieces. The study concluded that Aftonbladethad a negative view of how the pandemic was handled, and they criticized Sweden's dependency on pharmaceutical companies. Svenska Dagbladet had another perspective; they believed that the Swedish government handled the pandemic well and that the country was well-prepared for future pandemics. However, both newspapers stated that the side effect of narcolepsy, which some people were affected by after taking the vaccine, was unacceptable
Svininfluensan i svensk medierapportering : En studie om Aftonbladets och Svenska Dagbladets ledarsidor
No full textThe purpose of this study was to understand Aftonbladet’s and Svenska Dagbladet’s opinion pieces discussion regarding the swine flu of 2009, the safety measures, the vaccine and the massvaccination that happened during the pandemic. To answer these questions, the author read Aftonbladet’s and Svenska Dagbladet’s opinion pieces. The study concluded that Aftonbladethad a negative view of how the pandemic was handled, and they criticized Sweden's dependency on pharmaceutical companies. Svenska Dagbladet had another perspective; they believed that the Swedish government handled the pandemic well and that the country was well-prepared for future pandemics. However, both newspapers stated that the side effect of narcolepsy, which some people were affected by after taking the vaccine, was unacceptable
"Taking Culture to Court" - Considering the Use of the Concept of Culture in a Cultural Defence
No full textThis thesis is a result of an initial interest in multiculturalism – how states to deal with cultural plurality and the role of the concept of culture in this process – which led to a particular interest in the use of “culture” as a defence plea in courts; what is referred to as a “cultural defence”. With reference to two empirical cases it explores the legal, political and anthropological discussion on the cultural defence and how the concept of culture has been presented in the trials. The argument of the author is that there needs to be a focus on the very concept of culture itself before it can be decided if and how we should accommodate culture in court. In particular it is argued that an essentialist notion of culture cannot be at the base of a cultural defence as a cultural defence needs to adjust to the changing nature of culture and acknowledge the issues related to culture and authority. This argument is in part driven by alternative notions of culture and cultural representation such as those provided by Wikan, Barth, Ardener and Baumann
Exploring the Uniqueness of Tulu: An Empirical Investigation of the Three Past Forms in the Dravidian Language of Tulu Nadu
No full textThis thesis investigates three different so-called “past tense forms” in Tulu, a Dravidian language spoken in the south-western Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala. Through fieldwork material collected by the author, this thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the usage and functions of the three forms in Tulu. It expands upon previous research, which has acknowledged the forms’ existence but not described their functions or provided examples of their usage. Previous research has also often referred to the forms with contradictory names; for example, one form has been called both “immediate past” by one source (Bhat, 1998:166) and “distant past” by another (Krishnamurti, 2003:334), with little explanation of the choice of these labels. In this thesis, they are called Past1, Past2 and Past3 as they all refer to events that have already happened, but the study shows that the distinction between them is one of aspect and validity of results and not of remoteness in tense. The investigation also shows that the three forms have differentiating and contrasting functions and can, in most cases, not be replaced by the others. Past1 is favoured to express perfectivity, event-focused actions, and consecutiveness. Past2 is used for continuous statives, states resulting from past events and events that have happened at least once, as well as introducing a new topic in a narrative. Past3 refers to both punctual or completed events and states that can hold for some time with other events happening in between, and it is commonly used to mark a situation or result not holding anymore. When events in the past are within the same scope, or an event is elaborated upon, the Past3 is also used, as well as when referring to events completed or started before a time reference in the past. The description of these forms' functions will fill a knowledge gap in the description of Tulu, providing a comprehensive understanding of the tense and aspect system in the language. Furthermore, the analysis and data can advance future Tulu and general typological studies about tense and aspect systems. Tulu has several unique features compared to other Dravidian languages. The so-called past tense forms have been claimed as one of them (Subrahmanyam, 1971; Krishnamurti, 2003). By describing them and including a brief comparison with other Dravidian languages, this thesis contributes to understanding the Dravidian language family. It provides material for the study of language change and the family's genealogy. In addition, the data released with the thesis includes sentences from Tulu and basic vocabulary lists from various Dravidian languages that can likewise be used in historical research of the family
Exploring the Uniqueness of Tulu: An Empirical Investigation of the Three Past Forms in the Dravidian Language of Tulu Nadu
No full textThis thesis investigates three different so-called “past tense forms” in Tulu, a Dravidian language spoken in the south-western Indian states of Karnataka and Kerala. Through fieldwork material collected by the author, this thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the usage and functions of the three forms in Tulu. It expands upon previous research, which has acknowledged the forms’ existence but not described their functions or provided examples of their usage. Previous research has also often referred to the forms with contradictory names; for example, one form has been called both “immediate past” by one source (Bhat, 1998:166) and “distant past” by another (Krishnamurti, 2003:334), with little explanation of the choice of these labels. In this thesis, they are called Past1, Past2 and Past3 as they all refer to events that have already happened, but the study shows that the distinction between them is one of aspect and validity of results and not of remoteness in tense. The investigation also shows that the three forms have differentiating and contrasting functions and can, in most cases, not be replaced by the others. Past1 is favoured to express perfectivity, event-focused actions, and consecutiveness. Past2 is used for continuous statives, states resulting from past events and events that have happened at least once, as well as introducing a new topic in a narrative. Past3 refers to both punctual or completed events and states that can hold for some time with other events happening in between, and it is commonly used to mark a situation or result not holding anymore. When events in the past are within the same scope, or an event is elaborated upon, the Past3 is also used, as well as when referring to events completed or started before a time reference in the past. The description of these forms' functions will fill a knowledge gap in the description of Tulu, providing a comprehensive understanding of the tense and aspect system in the language. Furthermore, the analysis and data can advance future Tulu and general typological studies about tense and aspect systems. Tulu has several unique features compared to other Dravidian languages. The so-called past tense forms have been claimed as one of them (Subrahmanyam, 1971; Krishnamurti, 2003). By describing them and including a brief comparison with other Dravidian languages, this thesis contributes to understanding the Dravidian language family. It provides material for the study of language change and the family's genealogy. In addition, the data released with the thesis includes sentences from Tulu and basic vocabulary lists from various Dravidian languages that can likewise be used in historical research of the family
Exposure to gestational diabetes is a stronger predictor of dysmetabolic traits in children than size at birth
No full textContext and ObjectiveBeing born small or large for gestational age and intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes (GDM) increase the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the offspring, however, the potential combined deleterious effects of size at birth and GDM exposure remains unknown.We aimed to examine the independent effect of size at birth as well as the influence of GDM exposure in utero on cardio-metabolic traits, body composition, and puberty status in children.Design, Participants and MethodsThis study is a longitudinal birth cohort study. We used clinical data from 490 offspring of mothers with GDM and 527 control offspring aged 9-16 years, born singleton at term from the Danish National Birth Cohort with available birth weight data.ResultsWe found no evidence of a U-shaped association between size at birth (expressed as birth weight, sex and gestational age adjusted z-score) and cardio-metabolic traits. Body size in childhood and adolescence reflected size at birth, but was not reflected in any metabolic outcome. No synergistic adverse effect of being born small or large for gestational age and being exposed to GDM was shown. However, GDM was associated with an adverse metabolic profile and earlier onset of female puberty in childhood and adolescence independently of size at birth.ConclusionIn childhood and adolescence, GDM is a stronger predictor of dysmetabolic traits than size at birth. The combination of being born small or large and being exposed to GDM does not exacerbate the metabolic profile in the offspring
