520 research outputs found
The role of imagination in Bergman, Klein and Sartre
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel UniversityThis thesis provides an inter-disciplinary study of selected works by Ingmar Bergman. I explore how key concepts from Melanie Klein and Jean-Paul Sartre apply to the focus on characters in a state of heightened imagination; and the value placed on imagination in the construction of these films. This involves recognition of the way an active response from the viewer is encouraged.
Klein, Sartre and Bergman also attend to contextual factors that challenge any notion of subjectivity as sovereign and the power of imagination is frequently placed in a social context. All three figures develop their ideas within specialised fields drawing on the influence of others. Chapter 2 shows how Klein’s ideas relate to the influence of Freud before exploring how her work can be applied to Bergman’s films through the example of Wild Strawberries. Chapter 3 concentrates on Sartre’s early work, The Imaginary and considers how this is significant in relation to some of Sartre’s better-known philosophical ideas developed during and after the Second World War. These ideas will lead to an exploration of The Seventh Seal.
Chapters 4, 5, and 6 focus on three films from distinct parts of Bergman’s career: Summer with Monika, The Virgin Spring and Hour of the Wolf. In Chapter 4 this will be preceded by a brief over-view of three more films from the early part of Bergman’s career. These chapters explore how Kleinian and Sartrean ideas can be incorporated in close analysis, and alongside selected critical responses to the films. The analysis integrates key points from Klein and Sartre in a methodology specific to film studies. This will include analysis of cinematic elements such as camera work and lighting, and recognition of narrative structure and character developmen
Individuell Utveckling och Adaption
No full textDet longitudinella forskningsprogrammet Individuell utveckling och adaptation (IDA) startades 1964 av David Magnusson och har letts av honom till 1996 då Lars R. Bergman tog över huvudansvaret. Syftet är att bidra till förståelsen av de mekanismer som påverkar individers anpassning och välbefinnande i olika avseenden. Det är ett av Sveriges största beteendeveten skapliga forskningsprogram och har hittills resulterat i närmare trehundra internationella publikationer. Programmet har tvärvetenskapliga inslag med ett tjugotal ingående forskare från flera olika vetenskaper
Hjalmar Bergman
No full textShort presentation of Swedish author Hj. Bergman and translation of the short story Från andra sida
Business Cycle Synchronization in Europe: Evidence from the Scandinavian Currency Union
No full textThis paper studies business cycle synchronization in the three Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden prior to, during and after the Scandinavian Currency Union 1873-1913. We find that the degree of synchronization tended to increase during the currency union, thus supporting earlier empirical evidence. Estimates of factor models suggest that common Scandinavian shocks are important for these three countries. At the same time we find evidence suggesting that the importance of these shocks does not depend on the monetary regime.european union, eu, denmark, sweden, norway, jonung, bergman, scandinavian currency, union synchronisation of cycles, co-movement of cycles, monetary unions symnetry, symmetry european business cycles
Deciding where to put them: sensitivity tests and independent evaluation are critical when using species distribution models to inform conservation translocations.
No full text<p>R Scripts used for all analyses presented in the manuscript entitled "Deciding where to put them: sensitivity tests and independent evaluation are critical when using species distribution models to inform conservation translocations." (Finn et. al. 2024). Code largely written by Jayna Bergman (co-author)</p>
ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS AND MIDDLE HANKEL-OPERATORS ON BERGMAN SPACES
No full textWe introduce a sequence of Hankel style operators H(k), k = 1, 2, 3,..., which act on the Bergman space of the unit disk. These operators are intermediate between the classical big and small Hankel operators. We study the boundedness and Schatten-von Neumann properties of the H(k) and show, among other things, that H(k) are cut-off at 1/k. Recall that the big Hankel operator is cut-off at 1 and the small Hankel operator at 0.MathematicsSCI(E)12ARTICLE157-7510
The quality in qualitative methods
No full textQuality concerns play a central role throughout all steps of the research process in qualitative methods, from the inception of a research question and data collection, to the analysis and interpretation of research findings. For instance, the type of instrument or procedure to collect data may be evaluated in relation to quality criteria, and these may be different from those which are used to judge the data obtained from such instruments or procedures. All these may yet again be different from quality criteria that may apply to the qualitative analyses of data. A national resource center for qualitative methods can contribute to the establishment and maintenance of certain quality standards. In this article, we will explore some of these quality criteria and how they can be established and maintained by a national resource center for qualitative methods.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs050234
The interpretation of single individuals’ measurements
No full textThis article concerns the interpretation and construction of measurements for single observational units, including the crea-tion of scales or indexes to improve the quality of the measurements. The focus is on the individual as the observational unit in psychology, but to present a broader perspective related measurement issues in official statistics are also discussed. It is concluded that when individual measurements are to be interpreted, measurement precision must be given priority and taken into account in the research design. Unfortunately, most measures in psychology are not highly reliable, and examples are given demonstrating that such measures do not normally allow the researcher to make inferences about single individuals. Methods for testing questionnaires in a cognitive laboratory that have been developed within survey research can provide useful tools to increase both reliability and validity of single questions/items
Why Has CEO Pay Increased So Much?
No full textThis paper develops a simple competitive model of CEO pay. It appears to explain much of the rise in CEO compensation in the US economy, without assuming managerial entrenchment, mishandling of options, or theft. CEOs have observable managerial talent and are matched to assets in a competitive assignment model. The marginal impact of a CEO's talent is assumed to increase with the value of the assets under his control. Under very general assumptions, using results from extreme value theory, the model determines the level of CEO pay across firms and over time, and the pay-sensitivity relations. We predict that the level of CEO compensation should increase one for one with the average market capitalization of large firms in the economy. Therefore, the eight-fold increase of CEO pay between 1980 and 2000 can be fully attributed to the increase in market capitalization of large US companies. The model predicts the cross-section Cobb-Douglass relation between pay and firm size and can be used to study other large changes at the top of the income distribution, and offers a benchmark for calibratable corporate financeExecutive compensation, wage distribution, Pareto distribution, wage inequality, assignment, incentives, pay performance sensitivity
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