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Estmating groundwater changes in the Rufiji basin by using data from the GRACE satellites
No full textHG 13 2014 Preface This Bachelor's thesis is Carl Lindgren's degree project in Hydrology and Hydrogeology at the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University. The Bachelor's thesis comprises 15 credits (one half term of full-time studies). Supervisor has been Steve Lyon at the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University. Examiner has been Ian Brown at the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University. The author is responsible for the contents of this thesis. Stockholm, 11 July 2014 Lars-Ove Westerberg Director of studies Estimating groundwater changes in the Rufiji basin by using data from the GRACE satellites 1 Abstract Groundwater is an important water resource and vital for providing water to sustain human life and livelihoods around the world. It is a renewable resource but recharge is often a slow process and there is therefore a significant risk for overuse. It is therefor of importance to monitor how groundwater develops over time, which is a difficult process as changes in groundwater are difficult and expensive to measure. This becomes an even larger issue in developing countries or areas where measurements in the field cannot be performed due to political or economic reasons. The launch of the GRACE satellites in 2002 made it possible to follow groundwater developments through remote sensing and this possibility has been used in numerous studies around the world. This study used the methods developed in previous studies to measure groundwater developments in the Rufiji basin in Tanzania. For the study period 2003 to 2012 no clear trends could be identified in groundwater and the larger variations that occurred during the period coincided with years of more or less precipitation than average precipitation. There is a strong seasonality in groundwater with the lowest levels prior to the rainy season and the highest levels at the end of the rainy season that clearly could be identified from the GRACE data. Although data from the GRACE satellites are a very powerful tool to monitor groundwater developments the low spatial resolution limits its practical applications. For the Rufiji basin, which has large variation in topography and human concentration, groundwater developments are likely to be unevenly distributed which cannot be measured using GRACE due to this spatial limitation
Functions of autoreception: Karl Ove Knausgård as author-critic and rewriter
No full textKarl Ove Knausgård made his entry into the literary field as a critic in the 1990s, and he has
since 1998 made his mark as a novelist and essayist. The six-volume autobiographical work
Min kamp (2009-2011) is in essence about what it means for him to be an author. This thesis
investigates Knausgård’s strategies as a critic, essayist, and as the author of Min kamp to
position himself and his poetics within the literary field and a literary tradition. Specifically,
it examines the functions of autoreception, i.e. self-criticism, implicit in Knausgård’s role as
an author-critic, an author who writes literary criticism, and as a rewriter, an author who
rewrites his own texts and the context and poetic intentions of his previous texts. Thus, this
thesis aims to answer the question what are the functions of criticism and of rewriting for Karl Ove
Knausgård as an author?
Part I outlines a new framework of autoreception devised for examining the functions of
criticism and rewriting. The proposed common denominator is that both function to
establish, position, and validate an author-image. Ultimately, a new understanding of the
narration in Min kamp as autoreceptive is offered. Part II examines a largely unexplored area
of Knausgård’s work, namely the strategies of Knausgård as a critic prior to publishing his
first novel, and how Knausgård rewrites himself during this period in Min kamp. Part III
focuses on Knausgård’s rewriting of the period between writing his second novel and up
until he begins writing Min kamp. It investigates the strategic functions of the narrative
structure, the functions of the essayistic and critical passages, and the functions of the
distance and unity between past and present author-images that Knausgård creates in his
rewriting.
This thesis thus aims to contribute to the scholarship regarding Karl Ove Knausgård by
conducting an author-study that examines the relationship between criticism and poetics. In
addition, it aims to contribute to a broader field of research by offering a theoretical and
methodological framework of autoreception, which works across the boundaries of critical,
essayistic, and literary texts
Mot ett nytt tandvårdssystem
No full textI denna artikel presenteras och belyses olika förutsättningar och förslag att förändra nuvarande försäkringssystem inom tandvården. Strävan att förändra tandvårdsförsäkringen hänger samman med den förbättrade tandhälsan och innehållet i den nya tandvårdslagen.
Lars G Petersson är docent och klinikchef vid Odontologiska specialistkliniken i Halmstad och Ingvar Westerberg fil. dr. och högskolelektor, Ekonomiska institutionen, universitetet i Linköping
Reptricket. Förord till Lars Gustafsson: Mot noll
No full textIntroduction to a collection of philosophical essays by Swedish author Lars Gustafsson (b. 1936)
Author Functions in Lars Kepler\u27s The Hypnotist: An Analysis
No full textThis paper examines Foucault\u27s notion of the author function as it pertains to Lars Kepler\u27s bestselling 2011 crime thriller, The Hypnotist. Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of a Swedish husband-wife writing duo, making him the perfect subject for analysis centering on illusory notion of the author. This paper will answer these questions: Who is the true author of The Hypnotist? What factors influence the author function of this bestelling novel? And what can The Hypnotist phenomenon tell us about the relationships between authors and their readers? This paper will demonstrate that no literary works may be ascribed to an individual person, and that authors hold no privileged knowledge of the works they produce, because authors cease to be authors the moment pen is lifted from page
In the eye of the beholder : bias and stochastic variation in cover estimates
No full textCover estimates by eye is a prevailing method to assess abundance. We examined cover estimates with regard to bias and random variation. Ten observers working with a national forest vegetation survey estimated sixteen 100 m(2)-plots, placed in two different vegetation types. These had similar species composition but were clearly distinguishable in the field. In species-wise analyses, observer bias varied greatly, with Dicranum spp., Vaccinium vitis-idaea and Vaccinium myrtillus having the largest bias. Experience had a surprisingly small impact on variation. Power analysis revealed only small differences between observers in the ability to distinguish the two vegetation types, and little value in averaging the assessments from two, three or four observers. Cover estimates did better than presence/absence data in separating the two vegetation types and multivariate analyses were more powerful than univariate ones.The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com:Johan Bergstedt, Lars Westerberg and Per Milberg, In the eye of the beholder: bias and stochastic variation in cover estimates, 2009, PLANT ECOLOGY, (204), 2, 271-283.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-009-9590-7Copyright: Springer Science Business Mediahttp://www.springerlink.com
Geomorphology and pedology of the Engaruka archaeological environment, Tanzania, and the effects of the 1997–1998 El Niño flash-flood
No full text”Lärda nyheter” i Peter Hernquists korrespondens till Carl von Linné och Abraham Bäck - med kommentarer och utvikningar
No full textI detta Meddelande nr 55 från Veterinärhistoriska museet har författaren - professor emeritus Lars-Erik Appelgren - gjort ett urval av den korrespondens som Peter Hernquist hade med sina mentorer Carl von Linné och Abraham Bäck under sin vistelse i Frankrike, varvid ”Lärda nyheter” varit en ledstjärna för urvalet. Speciellt har breven till Bäck försetts med författarens personliga kommentarer men även kompletterats med faktaupplysningar från andra källor än breven om berörda nyheter. För att underlätta läsningen har dessa kommentarer omgetts med enkelkonturerad och utvikningarna med dubbelkonturerad ram. Lars-Erik Appelgren har inte bara genom sitt veterinärhistoriska författarskap utan också genom att ställa sina fackliga kunskaper och sin eminenta estetiska läggning till förfogande gjort Veterinärhistoriska museet ovärderliga tjänster. Det är med stor glädje jag noterar att region Uppsala nyligen visat sin uppskattning genom att tilldela Lars-Erik sitt Medicinhistoriska stipendium med motiveringen att de vill ”lyfta fram ett viktigt men ofta förbisett område inom medicinhistorien: veterinärmedicinen”. Med de varmaste gratulationer
Interpreting Wage Bargaining Norms
No full textFrom the mid-1990s onwards, Swedish wage bargaining has been characterised by informal co-ordination of the wage claims of big unions and bargaining cartels. In particular, it has been understood that the manufacturing sector should lead by first agreeing on a pay increase, whereafter the service sector and public sector unions choose a similar increase. We analyse his setup with two possible theoretical interpretations: (i) the manufacturing sector as a tackelberg leader and (ii) a normative role for the manufacturing sector’s pay increase, upported either by unmodelled social pressure or a modeled loss aversion (envy) of the heltered sector unions. The conclusion of the analysis is that the normative or leading role of one sector – in the Swedish case the manufacturing sector – can potentially bring big benefits for employment and output. Generalising an idea suggested by Lars Calmfors and Anna Larsson, our analysis also generates a rudimentary theory of why the wage increase norm sometimes binds and sometimes not. A comparison of the model predictions and the observed outcomes of the last five wage bargaining rounds in Sweden suggests that the model is generally consistent with the empirical observations: wage moderation and norm observance are stronger when the manufacturing industry’s initial relative wage is low.wage bargaining; bargaining co-ordination
Dan Andersson
No full textSpecial feature issue on the Swedish author Dan Andersson, with articles by Anders Hallengren, Nisse Munck, Lars Furuland, Lars Järnemo (2), Gösta Ågren, Inge Mattsson, Arne Säll, and Bure Holmbäck.</p
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