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Managing impressions and forests
No full textSocial interaction is an important—and often forgotten—aspect of conflicts in natural resource management (NRM). Building on the theoretical framework of symbolic interaction, this article explores how the concept of impression management during social interaction can help understand NRM conflicts. A qualitative study was carried out on a Swedish case involving a conflict over clear-cutting of a forest. To explain why the conflict escalated and destructivity increased, we investigated how the involved actors interpreted each other’s actions. For an individual, role confusion occurs when a particular interaction creates a conflict between the presented self and the self expected from the social situation (Goffman 1956). The analysis shows that actors could not use
their established social arenas to address dissatisfaction due to the fear of role confusion. Instead, they avoided informal face-to-face meetings and changed the conditions of the social situation to avoid role confusion
Low concentrations, potential ecological consequences: Synthetic estrogens alter life-history and demographic structures of aquatic invertebrates.
No full textContraceptive drugs are nowadays found in aquatic environments around the globe. Particularly, 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) may act even at low concentrations, such as those recorded in natural ecosystems. We evaluated the physiological effects of EE2 on cyclopoids and calanoids, common copepods in both marine and freshwater communities. We used three EE2 concentrations and assessed its impact on activity of different physiological endpoints: Acetylcholinesterase (neurotransmission), Glutathione S-transferase (detoxifying system), and Caspase-3 (apoptosis). While EE2 exerts, distinctive effect on detoxifying and apoptotic systems, no effect on AChE was observed at environmental doses. Our results show that EE2 exposure affects differently copepod physiology endpoints, altering moulting process, adult recruitment in calanoids and calanoid to cyclopoid ratio. The ecological consequences of this underlying physiological process may affect since life history to population and community structures, and this represent a new aspects of this xenobiotic in natural systems.Fil: Souza, María Sol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Hallgren, Per. Lund University; SueciaFil: Balseiro, Esteban Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; ArgentinaFil: Hansson, Lars Anders. Lund University; Sueci
Implementing a person centred collaborative health care model : A qualitative study on patient experiences
No full textBackground: Collaborative Health Care (CHC) is a unique model in which ambulance services, home health care, hospital care and the national telephone helpline for healthcare in Sweden – Swedish health care direct (SHD1177) collaborate to provide the fastest possible health care for inhabitants living in eleven municipalities in western region of Sweden. Aim: To explore how patients experience and perceive health care received in the CHC. Method: Qualitative descriptive study using open-ended individual telephone interviews with fifteen community dwelling persons with experiences of care throughthe model CHC were conducted. Results: Two main categories and six subcategories were identified. The category “Thoughts of time in regard to acute health care” include “CHC leads to shorter waiting time for health care”, “Knowledge about the staff working hours” and “To alert or not alert”. The category “Thoughts on unplanned health care from CHC” involved “Receiving health care in my home”, ”Coordination from SHD1177 surprises” and “Accessibility of health care values higher than continuity”. Conclusion: Integrated health care models such as CHC are time saving and highly appreciated by community dwelling persons. The benefits of provision of coherent health care like in CHC, addresses the need to implement innovative integrated healthcare models in today's health care. CC BY 4.0© 2021 The Author(s)Corresponding author: [email protected] (J. Hallgren)</p
Does Active Labour Market Policy Work? Lessons from the Swedish Experiences
No full textThe Swedish experiences of the 1990s provide a unique example of how large-scale active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper discusses the mechanisms through which ALMPs affect (un)employment and surveys the empirical studies of the effects of ALMPs in Sweden. The main conclusions are: (i) there is hardly any evidence for a positive effect on matching efficiency; (ii) there are some indications of positive effects on labour force participation; (iii) subsidised employment seems to cause displacement of regular employment, whereas this appears not to be the case for labour market training; (iv) it is unclear whether or not ALMPs raise aggregate wage pressure in the economy; (v) in the 1990s, training programmes seem not to have enhanced the employment probabilities of participants, whereas some forms of subsidised employment seem to have had such effects; and (vi) youth programmes seem to have caused substantial displacement effects at the same time as the gains for participants appear uncertain. On the whole, ALMPs have probably reduced open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in Sweden in the 1990s are not an efficient means of employment policy. To be effective, ALMPs should be used on a smaller scale. There should be a greater emphasis on holding down long-term unemployment in general and a smaller emphasis on youth programmes. ALMPs should not be used as a means to renew unemployment benefit eligibility.Active; Labour; Market; Policy
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift : Volym 14: Häfte 1, 1920
No full textINNEHÅLLSFÖRTECKNING. LARS-GUNNAR ROMELL: Sur la règle de distribution des fréquences. GUNNAR SAMUELSSON: De nordiska Sagittaria-arterna. CARL MALMSTRÖM: Trapa natans L. i Sverige. J. SVENSSON: En gammal berättelse om sjönöten i Småland. SMÄRRE MEDDELANDEN: J. E. PALMÉR: Hippophaës rhamnoides L. i Bohuslän. HENRIK HESSELMAN: Agrostis clavata Trin., en växt under utbredning i vårt land? HENRIK HESSELMAN: Några tillägg till ”Stockholmstraktens växter”. HENRIK HESSELMAN: Cotoneaster melanocarpa Lodd i Södermanland. ERIK SÖDERNERG: Sektorial panaschering hos Juniperus sabina. C. B. HALLGREN: Om Scirpus radicans Schkuhr. vid Sunne i Värmland. CARL TH. MÖRNER: Calypso i Norrbotten. BJÖRN HOLMGREN: Upprop. IN MEMORIAM (nekrolog): H. WILH. ARNELL: Baard Kaalaas. SVENSKA BOTANISKA FÖRENINGEN. NOTISER
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift : Volym 14: Häfte 1, 1920
No full textINNEHÅLLSFÖRTECKNING. LARS-GUNNAR ROMELL: Sur la règle de distribution des fréquences. GUNNAR SAMUELSSON: De nordiska Sagittaria-arterna. CARL MALMSTRÖM: Trapa natans L. i Sverige. J. SVENSSON: En gammal berättelse om sjönöten i Småland. SMÄRRE MEDDELANDEN: J. E. PALMÉR: Hippophaës rhamnoides L. i Bohuslän. HENRIK HESSELMAN: Agrostis clavata Trin., en växt under utbredning i vårt land? HENRIK HESSELMAN: Några tillägg till ”Stockholmstraktens växter”. HENRIK HESSELMAN: Cotoneaster melanocarpa Lodd i Södermanland. ERIK SÖDERNERG: Sektorial panaschering hos Juniperus sabina. C. B. HALLGREN: Om Scirpus radicans Schkuhr. vid Sunne i Värmland. CARL TH. MÖRNER: Calypso i Norrbotten. BJÖRN HOLMGREN: Upprop. IN MEMORIAM (nekrolog): H. WILH. ARNELL: Baard Kaalaas. SVENSKA BOTANISKA FÖRENINGEN. NOTISER
Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift : Volym 14: Häfte 1, 1920
No full textINNEHÅLLSFÖRTECKNING. LARS-GUNNAR ROMELL: Sur la règle de distribution des fréquences. GUNNAR SAMUELSSON: De nordiska Sagittaria-arterna. CARL MALMSTRÖM: Trapa natans L. i Sverige. J. SVENSSON: En gammal berättelse om sjönöten i Småland. SMÄRRE MEDDELANDEN: J. E. PALMÉR: Hippophaës rhamnoides L. i Bohuslän. HENRIK HESSELMAN: Agrostis clavata Trin., en växt under utbredning i vårt land? HENRIK HESSELMAN: Några tillägg till ”Stockholmstraktens växter”. HENRIK HESSELMAN: Cotoneaster melanocarpa Lodd i Södermanland. ERIK SÖDERNERG: Sektorial panaschering hos Juniperus sabina. C. B. HALLGREN: Om Scirpus radicans Schkuhr. vid Sunne i Värmland. CARL TH. MÖRNER: Calypso i Norrbotten. BJÖRN HOLMGREN: Upprop. IN MEMORIAM (nekrolog): H. WILH. ARNELL: Baard Kaalaas. SVENSKA BOTANISKA FÖRENINGEN. NOTISER
“There are two of us“ : Registered nurses’ experience of teamwork and working alone in the Swedish ambulance service—a qualitative interview study
No full textIntroduction: In ambulance services, personnel often work together in teams. There are two personnel in ambulances, at least one of whom is a registered nurse. Besides leading nursing work, the registered nurse should be able to lead and work in teams. The registered nurse develops an intuitive approach through work experience, enabling them to act without analysing their actions. Aim: This study illuminates registered nurses’ perceptions of factors affecting teamwork and solo work in ambulance care. Method: The sample consisted of ten registered nurses from ambulance stations in western Sweden. Semi-structured individual interviews were analysed using qualitative content analysis, according to Graneheim and Lundman (2004). Results: Ambulance healthcare nurses emphasise continuous teamwork, where clear roles and effective communication are key. Team continuity fosters trust among colleagues for a safer work environment. Striking a balance between new and experienced staff is crucial. Experience and reflection are vital for building professional knowledge, instilling confidence, and fostering an intuitive approach. Conclusion: Secure teamwork and solo work require experience, continuity, distinct roles, communication, and reflection.CC BY 4.0Corresponding author at: School of Health Sciences, University of Skövde, Högskolevägen, Box 408, 541 28 Skövde, Sweden. E-mail address: [email protected] (J. Hallgren).No funding from any organisation or institution was received for this study.</p
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No full textThe aim of this dissertation is to study the interaction between agents in natural resource management. The attention is especially directed to changes in the agents’ trust to the interaction, and the consequences of these changes on resource management. Natural resource management is seen as social interaction in which the outcome depends on the actors’ acting and their interpretation of others acting. Conflict is seen as a form of interaction and is defined as social interaction through which the agents’ trust to the interaction is decreasing. The social interaction in managing a watershed called Ån (fictive name) is investigated. This interaction is characterised by conflict and signs of decreasing trust are observed. The agents’ trust to the interaction seem to decrease when they experience the answers from others as inadequate to their actions and /or when they presuppose the others’ actions to reduce their own influence over the interaction. Situations in which the interaction is increasing the agents’ trust to the interaction are also observed. The relations between agents in conflict with each other are observed to be characterised by assumptions about the other’s destructivity. This does not imply that the actors ignore each other. On contrary they are very conscious about each other and take notice of each other’s actions. They interpret each others’ action, purposes and pay attention to the situations and preconditions of eachother. In the dissertation the concepts social responsivity and responsorium are used to describe this phenomenon. In the attempts to restrain the supposed destructivity, the agents may try to restrain each others’ acting, which might reduce the agents’ reciprocal trust to interact. This is the process of conflict escalation. The concepts used and developed in the dissertation make it possible to distinguish and describe the forms and processes of natural resource management. The normative conclusion of the study is that agencies involved in natural resource management need competence in social interaction. When conflicts occur process facilitators schould make deliberative interventions aimed at increasing the actors trust in the interaction. Trust is a prerequisite for development of the knowledge needed to make well-grounded decisions
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