This thesis is concerned with uncovering the organisational structure underpinning Open University television programmes in scientific and technological fields. Using a genre analysis which takes into account the unique contextual configuration in which vision and pedagogical purpose play a vital part a rhetorical structure is revealed. This structure is based essentially on a string of Episodes.

Rapporterna utgör redovisningen av projektet Äldre Boende Design 2005-2008 som med en konsekvent aktionsforskningsinriktad ansats stött äldre människors initiativ till social förändring och medverkan i teknikutveckling. Rapporterna är skrivna för tre olika målgrupper: Den röda rapporten för äldre som vill ta egna initiativ: Att åldras på sina egna villkor. Resultat från ett forskningsprojekt. Tryc

Erland Nordenskiöld, son till den berömde Adolf Nordenskiöld, Nordostpassagens upptäckare, var liksom sin far forskningsresande, men hans blickar riktades mot sydligare områden. Han startade sin karriär som zoolog med en resa till Patagonien 1899. Under följande expeditioner till Argentina, Bolivia och Peru kom dock hans intresse att allt mer koncentreras till den indianska befolkningen – med den

The development of real-time ultrasound in the 1970's made indelible inpact on antenatal care. Assessing foetal growth and detecting deviations from normal in both growth and foetal anatomy became fesible. Expectant parents could also 'see' their foetus. Normal foetal growth parameters at term were consituted and selected parameters from the second trimester were evaluated in the detection of chro

In this article I discuss and analyse what is referred to as the standard account of discrimination as measured against a number of requirements any viable account of discrimination should satisfy. I also discuss how the standard account fails to explain how differential treatment based on genetic factors can be regarded as discriminatory.

In Russia, as the confrontation over the constitutional distribution of authority raged, Boris Yeltsin's economic program regularly wended its way in and out of the Constitutional Court until Yeltsin finally suspended that court in the aftermath of his clash with the hard-line parliament. In Europe, French and German legislators and executives now routinely alter desired policies in response to or

Background: Assessment of DNA profile quality is vital in forensic DNA analysis, both in order to determine the evidentiary value of DNA results and to compare the performance of different DNA analysis protocols. Generally the quality assessment is performed through manual examination of the DNA profiles based on empirical knowledge, or by comparing the intensities (allelic peak heights) of the ca

There are many possible definitions of “technology” and I will discuss some of these in this book. However, in this introduction let me use a definition of Svante Lindqvist who defines technology very intuitively as “those activities, directed towards the satisfaction of human wants, which produce change in the material world.” He says also “the distinction between human “wants” and more limited h