57 research outputs found
The social worker as the Good Samaritan: When my heart did the thinking
No full textProfessionally a social worker has to pay attention to both the society’s values and to a client’s personal values. However, a social worker’s personal values are not the least of importance and can’t be ignored. Where could a sharp line be drawn between professional and private values and acting? The problem of decision-making has been pondered over since ancient times when Socrates contended that ‘everyone desires the good.’ Could it then be that for some the profession becomes a calling? This paper uses a collaborative autoethnographic approach with the narrative told by the first author, a female Swedish social worker. The story is about her meeting with a male drug addict living on the streets of London and about the decision she made. As it turned out, her decision would have consequences far beyond her and his imagination. The Introduction was written by the second author in order to provide the scientific framework embedding the first author’s story. Finally, the Discussion was written mutually as an intervie
The importance of grounded assessments and interventions: Towards a new framework for Developmental Coordination Disorder
No full textThe overarching purpose of this Thesis is to evaluate assessments and interventions
for sensorimotor therapy according to the method Retraining for Balance. The purpose of the
first study (Paper I) was to compile instruments based on the 46 diagnostic tools according to
the method Retraining for Balance (RB) in order to be able to analyse previously collected
data and thereby examine whether future studies would be of interest. Results showed that
further studies were of interest and that RB could be a complement to existing treatment
methods for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The aim of the second study
(Paper II) was to gain increased understanding of the effects of sensorimotor therapy on the
physical and psychological development of children and young people when using RB. As the
qualitative analyses proceeded three themes emerged, (a) Introductions, (b) Regressions and
(c) Transformations. The process involved in RB can thus be described as a flow in which
Introductions, Regressions and Transformations jointly pushed the individual toward an
increased physical and psychological maturity. The main purpose of study three (Paper III)
was to investigate if a group of primary reflexes are to be found in adults showing symptoms
of sensorimotor disorders, and, if so, is it possible to integrate these reflexes through
sensorimotor therapy (SMT). Results showed that the same diagnostic instruments and
treatment methods can be used for both children and adults with sensorimotor difficulties and
that the difficulties can’t be out grown. The aims of study four (Paper IV) were to (a)
compare healthy children in terms of sensorimotor maturity to untreated children diagnosed
with DCD and (b) compare healthy children to diagnosed children following completed
treatment with sensorimotor therapy. The results showed, in accordance with the first
hypothesis of the study that the Norm group performed better on all sensorimotor tests as
compared to the untreated children from the DCD group, with the exception of an audiometric
test where both groups performed at the same level. Results also showed, after controls for
natural maturing effects, that the participants from the DCD group, after sensorimotor therapy
did catch up with the healthy children, which led to that the second hypothesis was rejected.
In Paper V, which was an invited Focused Review, our central theme was the importance of
grounded assessments and interventions in regard to DCD. The paper had two aims, (a) to
follow-up Paper III and (b) to fill a gap in literature regarding assessments and interventions
of DCD. Our previous results had indicated that sensorimotor problems could be treated
within all age groups through the method RB. It was therefore concluded that the importance
of primary reflex suppression and vestibular stimulation as well as a combination of top-down
and bottom-up approaches have to be considered in order to develop effective methods for
assessment and intervention of DCD. The method RB underlines not only the importance of
gravity and its influence on the vestibular system but also the importance of parental (or
spouse) guidance during training. Therefore a Brain Body World Interaction (BBWI)
perspective including both a vertical connection (i.e., interactions between the person and
gravity) and a horizontal connection (i.e., the person who socializes, learns and acts in the
world) is proposed as a starting point for a new theoretical framework regarding DCD
The importance of grounded assessments and interventions: Towards a new framework for Developmental Coordination Disorder
No full textThe overarching purpose of this Thesis is to evaluate assessments and interventions for sensorimotor therapy according to the method Retraining for Balance. The purpose of the first study (Paper I) was to compile instruments based on the 46 diagnostic tools according to the method Retraining for Balance (RB) in order to be able to analyse previously collected data and thereby examine whether future studies would be of interest. Results showed that further studies were of interest and that RB could be a complement to existing treatment methods for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). The aim of the second study (Paper II) was to gain increased understanding of the effects of sensorimotor therapy on the physical and psychological development of children and young people when using RB. As the qualitative analyses proceeded three themes emerged, (a) Introductions, (b) Regressions and (c) Transformations. The process involved in RB can thus be described as a flow in which Introductions, Regressions and Transformations jointly pushed the individual toward an increased physical and psychological maturity. The main purpose of study three (Paper III) was to investigate if a group of primary reflexes are to be found in adults showing symptoms of sensorimotor disorders, and, if so, is it possible to integrate these reflexes through sensorimotor therapy (SMT). Results showed that the same diagnostic instruments and treatment methods can be used for both children and adults with sensorimotor difficulties and that the difficulties can’t be out grown. The aims of study four (Paper IV) were to (a) compare healthy children in terms of sensorimotor maturity to untreated children diagnosed with DCD and (b) compare healthy children to diagnosed children following completed treatment with sensorimotor therapy. The results showed, in accordance with the first hypothesis of the study that the Norm group performed better on all sensorimotor tests as compared to the untreated children from the DCD group, with the exception of an audiometric test where both groups performed at the same level. Results also showed, after controls for natural maturing effects, that the participants from the DCD group, after sensorimotor therapy did catch up with the healthy children, which led to that the second hypothesis was rejected.In Paper V, which was an invited Focused Review, our central theme was the importance of grounded assessments and interventions in regard to DCD. The paper had two aims, (a) to follow-up Paper III and (b) to fill a gap in literature regarding assessments and interventions of DCD. Our previous results had indicated that sensorimotor problems could be treated within all age groups through the method RB. It was therefore concluded that the importance of primary reflex suppression and vestibular stimulation as well as a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches have to be considered in order to develop effective methods for assessment and intervention of DCD. The method RB underlines not only the importance of gravity and its influence on the vestibular system but also the importance of parental (or spouse) guidance during training. Therefore a Brain Body World Interaction (BBWI) perspective including both a vertical connection (i.e., interactions between the person and gravity) and a horizontal connection (i.e., the person who socializes, learns and acts in the world) is proposed as a starting point for a new theoretical framework regarding DCD
Rumkowski’s Scapegoat? : The Case of Lodz Ghetto Functionary Maks Szczesliwy at a Rabbinic/Honor Court in Helsinki, 1949–1953
No full textThis article analyzes the honor court trial of Maks Szczesliwy, former head of the Lodz ghetto Provisioning Department and one of Chaim Rumkowski’s closest associates, accused of “crimes against humanity.” In order to determine whether Szczesliwy could be accepted as its member, the Jewish Community of Helsinki established a tribunal under rabbinical authority. The tribunal contacted Jewish institutions for assistance and advice in Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, and Israel, and ultimately took the case to the Rabbinic High Court of Israel. The author investigates how shifting attitudes among the transnational survivor community towards former members of Jewish councils and other alleged collaborators shaped the final outcome of the case.This article analyzes the honor court trial of Maks Szczęśliwy, former head of the Łódź ghetto Provisioning Department and one of Chaim Rumkowski’s closest associates, accused of “crimes against humanity.” In order to determine whether Szczęśliwy could be accepted as its member, the Jewish Community of Helsinki established a tribunal under rabbinical authority. The tribunal contacted Jewish institutions for assistance and advice in Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, and Israel, and ultimately took the case to the Rabbinic High Court of Israel. The author investigates how shifting attitudes among the transnational survivor community towards former members of Jewish councils and other alleged collaborators shaped the final outcome of the case.Peer reviewe
Modulo (1,1) periodicity of Clifford algebras and generalized (anti-)Möbius transformations
No full textMariage et partenariat de même sexe en Europe [Vingt ans d’expérience]
No full textSame-sex marriage and partnership in Europe. Twenty years of experience.
This article offers a comparative analysis of the frequency with which same-sex couples register in twelve European Union member States. Where this is possible, the author uses statistics published by national statistics offices. However, estimates cannot be avoided to offset the lack of statistics concerning same-sex couples. The comparative analysis also uses legal factors and political debate through an analysis of the press, opinion polls and sociological surveys of same-sex couples. The results highlight major contrasts between countries. Scandinavian countries and Germany, which tend to serve as precursors, recorded a low rate of registered partnerships. Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg), France and Spain were average. The United Kingdom and Switzerland recorded a high rate. Various usages refer to the different statuses (universel or specific for same-sex couples) of the legal arrangments. They also refer to the values accorded to the family and the welfare state.Cet article propose une analyse comparative de la fréquence de l’enregistrement des couples de même sexe dans douze pays de l’Union européenne. Quand cela est possible, l’auteur utilise les statistiques publiées par les bureaux nationaux de statistiques. Toutefois, le recours à des estimations est souvent inévitable pour pallier l’absence de statistiques concernant les couples de même sexe. L’analyse comparative mobilise également des éléments juridiques, les débats politiques à travers une analyse de presse, les sondages et les enquêtes sociologiques auprès des couples de même sexe. Les résultats montrent de forts contrastes entre les pays. Les pays scandinaves et l’Allemagne, plutôt précurseurs, affichent un faible usage des partenariats enregistrés ; les pays du Benelux (Belgique-Pays-Bas-Luxembourg), la France et l’Espagne, un usage moyen ; le Royaume-Uni et la Suisse, un usage élevé. Les différents usages renvoient, d’une part, au statut différent, universel ou spécifique, auquel les couples de même sexe ont accès et qui conditionnent les droits afférents. Ils renvoient, d’autre part, aux valeurs accordées à la famille et à l’État-providence.Banens Maks. Mariage et partenariat de même sexe en Europe [Vingt ans d’expérience]. In: Politiques sociales et familiales, n°99, 2010. pp. 73-84
A tale of two Peters: an analysis of the life of Peter Green using collaborative/community autoethnography and digital team ethnography
No full textThe purpose of this analysis was to mirror the late guitarist Peter Green’s life experiences through insights from Andrew Voyce, who recovered from mental illness, and expertise from Peter Bryngelsson, a Swedish professional musician and author.
The authors used a mixed method of collaborative autoethnography, psychobiography and digital team ethnography.
Despite having not previously attracted academic interest, Peter Green’s experiences of mental health problems and his return to recording and performance provide a rich data source when mirrored and compared to the lives and experiences of Andrew Voyce and Peter Bryngelsson.
The main limitation of this piece of work is that Peter Green died in 2020. During the process of writing the authors have had to follow different, mostly unacademic, sources which have described various parts of Peter Green’s life. The authors have given examples and drawn conclusions from their own lives as well as from academic sources, which they have found appropriate.
Both Andrew Voyce’s and Peter Bryngelsson’s stories would be helpful when it comes to a deeper understanding as to why Peter Green ‘took a left turn’ i.e., turned his back on an accepted life style.
Acid casualty is a problem connected to both mental distress and to the music industry. Peter Bryngelsson’s story tells us that one can remain sane and drug free and still be an influential and creative musician.
The analysis has brought together two stories of mental distress in combination with insights
Multilateralism, government policy and the public opinion: Dutch views on the Sustainable Development Goals: A Discrete Choice Modelling Research
No full textA multilateral organ, a national public and a national government are three entities that are inseparably intertwined. Together they form the dynamic policy triangle: a vibrant political system, constantly changing due to insights in the scholarly and public debate. This vibrancy leads to the fact that, despite an abundance of performed academic research, the relationship between the three entities remains a relevant field of investigation. A relatively unexplored aspect of the dynamic policy triangle is the working of a multilateral policy package within the relationship between national public and national government. An example of such a multilateral policy package is the United Nations’s collection of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The general assumption is that all the goals are of equal importance, and that no country should be left behind when attempting to achieve them. National governments seem to follow this rationale, and claim not to make any prioritisation of one SDG over another. However, literature has shown that prioritisations of certain SDGs are likely to be made by national governments. Additionally, it is conceivable that citizens also prioritise certain goals over others. Both seem previously unexplored in academic literature and government publications. This research partially fills these gaps in knowledge by performing a Discrete Choice Modelling experiment within the domain of the Netherlands. This is a method in which respondents of a survey are asked to review several hypothetical scenarios and to choose their preferred option out of a finite set of choices. In total, 36 Discrete Choice Models were estimated, either for the total sample of respondents, or for the samples of Dutch citizens and policy makers separately. The results provide indicative evidence that Dutch citizens and Dutch policy makers are to a great extent aligned in terms of their SDG preferences. For the main part, both groups do not prioritise certain goals over others. Also, when comparing individual SDGs between the two groups, no significant differences are to be found. The results, however, do suggest several differences between the two groups. Firstly, Dutch citizens relatively reject SDG 17 - to revitalise global partnership for sustainable development - to several others. In this finding, a preference for planet- and people related SDGs becomes apparent. Policy makers do not show this behaviour. Secondly, Dutch policy makers prefer SDG 15 over SDGs 7, 8, and 9 in the Netherlands. This shows that biodiversity in their own country is prioritised, and that certain economical and innovative SDGs are deemed of lesser importance. Citizens do not show this behaviour. The results suggest a preference for SDG action in the Global South; 13% more weight is attributed to SDG action in the Global South than in the Netherlands. This preference does not significantly differ between the two study groups. Also, the results indicate that both groups are loss-averse in the SDG context, meaning that SDG action is considered more important in a scenario when a certain SDG decreases than when it increases. It was found that citizens are more loss-averse than policy makers.Engineering and Policy Analysi
Cladonotus humbertianus
No full textI) Decurved Sri-Lankan twighopper, Cladonotus humbertianus (Saussure, 1862) Tettix (Cladonotus) humbertianus: Saussure, 1862: 478. Cladonotus humbertianus: Walker 1871: 842, Bolívar 1887: 209, Hancock 1904: 113, 1907: 16, 1915: 62, Kirby 1910: 9, 1914: 17, Sandrasagara 1950: 136, Blackith 1992: 22, Hollier 2013: 211. Distribution. Sri Lanka: Peradeniya (see Table 1), Trincomalee (N8.594306, E81.167916) (Saussure 1862), Kandy (for coordinates see Table 1), Gammaduwa: Mavusakanda (= probably Mousakanda Estate) (N7.568020, E80.696309) (Sandrasagara 1950). Habitat. Rainforests. Notes. The decurved Sri-Lankan twighopper has been reported once (Sandrasagara 1950) since the description (Saussure 1862). Syntypes were collected more than 150 years ago, around Peradeniya and Trincomalee (Saussure 1862). In the original description, Saussure (1862) placed this species in the genus Tettix Charp., newly founded subgenus Cladonotus. Because the original combination was Tettix (Cladonotus) humbertianus, the author should be written in brackets according to Article 51.3. of the International Code of the Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999). Besides the type material (MHNG), there are a few specimens of this species in the Colombo Museum, Sri Lanka (Sandrasagara 1950), which should be studied and digitalized in future.Published as part of Tumbrinck, Josef, Deranja, Maks, Adžić, Karmela, Pavlović, Marko & Skejo, Josip, 2020, Cockscomb-shaped twighopper, Cladonotus bhaskari sp. n., a new and rare pygmy grasshopper species from Sri Lanka (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae), pp. 333-342 in Zootaxa 4821 (2) on page 337, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/439871
Maks Kavčič 1909–1973
No full textRokopisno gradivo Univerzitetne knjižnice Maribor je pomemben in najbolj dragocen del fonda knjižnice. Predstavlja zbirko edinstvenega, včasih zasebnega gradiva, ki je s predajo v hrambo knjižnici postalo del narodove in univerzalne kulturne ustvarjalnosti ter s tem kulturne dediščine. Svoj izvor ima v osebni avtorski stvaritvi, ki postane javnosti znana šele ob objavi. Gradivo je pestro tako po vsebini kot obliki in načinu nastanka. Večina gradiva v zbirki je bila podarjenega (posamično ali v sklopu večjih zapuščin), manjši del pa je bil pridobljen z nakupi. Osebne zapuščine pričajo o naravi osebnih, literarnih in drugih stikov ustvarjalcev, razkrivajo genezo posameznih literarnih, znanstvenih in umetniških del in so relevantno biografsko gradivo. Več kot dvajsetim osebnim zapuščinam, ki so bile pridobljene v zadnjih dvajsetih letih v Rokopisno zbirko UKM, se je kot donacija pridružila tudi osebna zapuščina akademskega slikarja, scenografa, restavratorja in pedagoga profesorja Maksa Kavčiča.The manuscript material of the University Library of Maribor is the most valuable part of the library\u27s collection. It represents a collection of unique, sometimes private material, which, by being handed over to the library for safekeeping, has become part of the nation\u27s and universal cultural creativity, and thus cultural heritage. It has its origins in a personal author\u27s creation, which becomes public only when it is published. The material is varied in content, form and manner of creation. Most of the materials in the collection were donated (individually or as part of larger legacies), and a smaller part was acquired through purchases. Personal legacies testify to the nature of personal, literary and other contacts of creators, reveal the genesis of individual literary, scientific and artistic works and thus relevant biographical material. More than twenty personal legacies acquired in the last two years in the UKM Manuscript Collection were joined by a donation from the personal legacy of academic painter, set designer, restorer and pedagogue Professor Max Kavčič
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