202 research outputs found
Profilering i offentliga sektorn : En studie i varför statliga förvaltningsmyndigheter bedriver profileringsarbeten
No full textTitle: Branding the public sector Author: Rasmus Bergmark and David Backman Tutor: Magnus Fredriksson Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to examine branding in the public sector. The frame extends to government agencies and authorities in the Swedish public sphere, and aims to identify ulterior motives for their work with branding. Method/Material: The material used in this thesis consists 102 graphic manuals for government agencies in the Swedish public sector. The examination was based on an inductive survey where we extracted prominent motives among the graphic manuals. Main results: The main results of this survey shows which ulterior motives are more prominent than others, why they are more prominent and correlations between different motives. Number of pages: 53 Course: Media and Communications studies C University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information sience, Uppsala university Period: Fall 2013 Keywords: Corporate branding, public sector, motives, market communicationDenna studies syfte är att undersöka vilka motiv som myndigheter anger vara skäl till att arbeta med profilering och vilka av dessa motiv som är de mest framträdande. Uppsatsen bygger på en övergripande frågeställning och tre stycken mer specificerade frågor som berör den övergripande frågan på en närmare nivå. Den övergripande frågan är: Varför vill man profilera sig som myndighet? Vidare är de tre andra frågorna som uppsatsen ämnar besvara dessa: Hur motiverar svenska myndigheter sitt arbete med profilering? Vilka motiv är vanligast förekommande? Hur beskrivs det att myndigheter arbetar med profilering? Undersökningen baseras på en kvantitativ studie och genomfördes med hjälp av en innehållsanalys. Studien är utförd på samtliga tillgängliga profilmanualer för statliga förvaltningsmyndigheter i Sverige. Utifrån dessa har vi utformat ett eget ramverk med kategorier baserat på vad vi kunnat utläsa ur manualerna. Genom detta ramverk har vi kunnat ta fasta på vad och hur svenska myndigheter motiverar sitt arbete med profilering. Undersökningens resultat visade vad som motiverar svenska myndigheter att bedriva arbete med profilering. Resultatet i underökningen visade i vilken utsträckning myndigheterna angav dessa motiv. Majoriteten angav tydlighet som motiv till att bedriva arbetet med profilering och detta motiv tycks även vara grundläggande för resterande faktorer i deras arbete. Vidare kan vi konstatera att det är viktigt att arbetet bedrivs konsekvent då majoriteten av svenska myndigheter angav detta som ett motiv
Visualizing the Marrow of Science
No full textThis study proposes a new methodology that allows for
the generation of scientograms of major scientific domains,
constructed on the basis of cocitation of Institute
of Scientific Information categories, and pruned using
PathfinderNetwork, with a layout determined by algorithms
of the spring-embedder type (Kamada–Kawai),
then corroborated structurally by factor analysis. We
present the complete scientogram of the world for the
Year 2002. It integrates the natural sciences, the social
sciences, and arts and humanities. Its basic structure
and the essential relationships therein are revealed,
allowing us to simultaneously analyze the macrostructure,
microstructure, and marrow of worldwide scientific
output
Relationships between biomarkers of exposure and neurological effects in a group of workers exposed to acrylamide
No full textA study was performed among 41 workers heavily exposed to a mixture of acrylamide and acrylonitrile in the city of Xinxiang, Henan province, People′s Republic of China. The workers underwent a complete medical and neurological examination and provided blood and urine for the determination of several biomarkers of exposure. Among the exposed workers, signs and symptoms indicating peripheral neuropathy were found with statistically significant increased frequencies compared to a group of controls from the same city. Based on neuropathic signs and symptoms and quantifiable indicators of peripheral nervous dysfunction, such as vibration thresholds and electroneuromyography measurements, a neurotoxicity index (NIn) specific for acrylamide-induced peripheral neuropathy was designed. The NIn, which adequately predicted the clinical diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy, was significantly correlated with the levels of mercapturic acids in 24-hr urine, hemoglobin adducts of acrylamide, accumulated in vivo doses of acrylamide, employment time, and vibration sensitivity. The NIn was correlated also with hemoglobin adducts of acrylonitrile, which was explained primarily by a correlation between acrylamide and acrylonitrile exposure in this workshop. However, it was not significantly correlated with momentary measures of exposure such as concentrations of acrylamide in the air or in the plasma of exposed workers. This study is the first in which adduct monitoring has been applied to the same group of individuals in which adverse health effects have been observed. The results seem to indicate that hemoglobin adducts are useful as predictors of acrylamide-induced peripheral neuropathy and that measurements of vibration thresholds are useful for identifying early neurotoxic effects in workplaces with hazardous exposures to acrylamide. © 1994 Academic Press, Inc
'Living lightly on the Earth': Building an ark for Prince Edward Island, 1974–76 by Steven Mannell (review)
No full textLiving Lightly on the Earth is a shining example of publicly engaged scholarship in the environmental humanities. Steven Mannell, an architect and director of Dalhousie University’s College of Sustainability, is not a historian but, rather, a public scholar, and, like the college, this book is an accomplishment in interdisciplinary public teaching and research. Mannell curated an exhibit at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown in the months prior to the book’s publication. The book’s “project team” lists three members, including Mannell as author and exhibit curator, Lukas Bergmark as assistant curator, and Megan Peck as research and curatorial assistant. Full credit is also given to the two original architects, two curators at the Confederation Centre, one additional writer (historian Daniel A. Barber wrote a short introduction), and four other collaborators. The ratio of authors to words published is thus substantially higher than most of the books reviewed in this journal, but the result is a richly illustrated, well-researched, and deeply personal account of this unique moment in architectural and environmental history
Will I see you at work? Ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden 1985–2002*
No full textWe study ethnic workplace segregation in Sweden using linked employer-employee data covering the entire working-age Swedish population during 1985–2002. Segregation is measured as overexposure to a particular group, taking into account the distribution of human capital, industry and geography. We find considerable workplace segregation between immigrants and natives but the results differ substantially between ethnic groups. Segregation has increased during the period, mainly due to changes in the ethnic composition. Immigrants are particularly overexposed to workers from their own birth region but also to other immigrants. Children to immigrants are only overexposed to immigrants from their parents region of birth. Segregation—particularly in the immigrant-native dimension—is in general negatively correlated with economic status.Workplace segregation; ethnic minorities; immigrant assimilation
Hormonal consequences, replacement therapy, and lost workdays after cervical cancer treatment
No full textBackground: Uterine cervical cancer affects women of all ages and has a generally favorable prognosis. Many survivors live long with the consequences of the disease and its treatment, and therefore it is important to characterize potential treatment-induced morbidity.Aims: To investigate different hormonal aspects and work loss among cervical cancer survivors, by treatment modality.Methods: In a pilot study, we analyzed serum levels of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) as measurements of ovarian function, as well as estradiol and androgens in serum, and assessed sexual function before and after treatments in a one-year cohort of cervical cancer patients (N = 71). We also used Swedish national registers to investigate use of hormone therapy after cervical cancer treatment, and lost workdays due to sick leave and disability pension among 837 and 1971 patients, respectively.Results: Serum levels of AMH were undetectable one year after salpingooophorectomy or radiotherapy among patients Conclusions: Serum levels of AMH were reduced after radical hysterectomy with ovarian preservation, indicating a possible risk of early ovarian failure. Testosterone in serum was reduced after radiotherapy, but was not associated with sexual function in this pilot setting. Less than half of cervical cancer survivors likely to have therapy-induced early menopause used hormone therapy at, or close to, the recommended dose, and the use decreased during follow-up. All treatment modalities for cervical cancer except fertility-sparing surgery were associated with long-term work disability.List of scientific papersI. Hallqvist Everhov A, Bergmark K, Smedby KE, Hirschberg AL, Flöter Rådestad A. Anti-Müllerian hormone in premenopausal women following treatment of uterine cervical cancer. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2014 Sep;93(9):949-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12448 II. Everhov AH, Flöter Rådestad A, Nyberg T, Smedby KE, Bergmark K, Hirschberg AL. Serum androgen levels and sexual function before and one year after treatment of uterine cervical cancer: a pilot study. [Submitted]III. Everhov AH, Nyberg T, Bergmark K, Citarella A, Rådestad AF, Hirschberg AL, Smedby KE. Hormone therapy after uterine cervical cancer treatment: a Swedish population-based study. Menopause. 2015 Jun;22(6):633-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000000357 IV. Everhov AH, Ekberg S, Hirschberg AL, Bergmark K, Flöter Rådestad A, Glimelius I, Smedby KE. Lost workdays in uterine cervical cancer survivors compared to the general population: impact of treatment and relapse. J Cancer Surviv. 2015 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-015-0496-1 </p
The High Resolution <em>L</em><sub>2,3</sub> <em>MM</em> and <em>M</em><sub>4,5</sub> <em>NN</em> Auger Spectra from Krypton and <em>M</em><sub>4,5</sub> <em>NN</em> and <em>N</em><sub>4,5</sub> <em>OO</em> Auger Spectra from Xenon
No full textAutomatic Extraction of Reference Linking Information from OnlineDocuments
No full textThe Web, with its explosive growth, is becoming an efficient resource for up-to-date information for the scientific researcher. Informal online archives are repositories for technical reports. Proceedings are more and more commonly published on the Web. The collection of online journals is growing. Indeed, a good number of online journals are "born digital". Many researchers simply put their papers up on their own web site. The large volume of online material makes it quite desirable to be able to access cited documents immediately from the citing paper. Implementing this direct access is called "reference linking". Some reference linking services exist today. A number of commercial publishers, recognizing the significant value-added nature of reference linking, have banded together to form the CrossRef organization. The CrossRef publishers share their metadata, which enables them to interlink their journals. This metadata is not, however, available without a fee to organizations or individuals outside of CrossRef. The vast majority of online scholarly literature is accompanied by little or no metadata. Since it is desirable to link up this literature as well, the problem of automatically reference linking online scholarly literature in the absence of metadata and author intervention is a problem very much worth considering. This paper explores this problem in detail, and presents some algorithms for extracting metadata from online texts and linking full-text documents together. The extent to which reference linking of the online literature can be done automatically is therefore the main topic of this paper
A new technique for building maps of large scientific domains based on the cocitation of classes and categories
No full textOur objective is the generation of schematic visualizations as interfaces for scientific domain analysis. We propose a new technique that uses thematic classification (classes and categories) as entities of cocitation and units of measure, and demonstrate the viability of this methodology through the representation and analysis of a domain of great dimensions. The main features of the maps obtained are discussed, and proposals are made for future improvements and applications
A structural analysis of the PIM-1 and CRYA-1 genes within the t-complex of wild-derived mice.
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