As scientific knowledge grows, it often engenders controversy. The aim of the particular case of controversy studied here, in a series of letters exchanged between two phoneticians, is to capture vacillations of a discipline (phonetics) and its “actants” (phoneticians and their equipment), described at a key moment in the history of the discipline (an historical “turning point”), i.e. when phoneti

Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling handlar om skapandet, användningen och avfärdandet av ett socialt begrepp ? utbrändhet. Avhandlingen är ett försök att förklara den komplexa interaktionen mellan individers handlande och deras sociala miljö samt hur detta producerar ett transient fenomen ? utbrändhetsdiagnosen (en ny olycklig människotyp). Följaktligen handlar det om en analys av ett koThis is a thesis about the genesis, use, and decline of burn-out as a social concept in Sweden. The burn-out concept is treated as social because its classification of people interacts with the people classified. As a consequence of this, burn-out is studied in a dynamic holistic way, as an entirely social system within Swedish society. Hence it follows that the main question examined in the thesi

Theever-increasing test data volume for core-based system-on-chip(SOC) integrated circuits is resulting in high test times andexcessive tester memory requirements. To reduce both test time andtest data volume, we propose a technique for test-architectureoptimization and test scheduling that is based on core-levelexpansion of compressed test patterns. For each wrapped embeddedcore and its decompres

Do certain humans and animals have greater value than other humans and animals? The question will be discussed using some examples from pre-Christian burial practices and other depositions of human and animal bones in Scandinavia. During the pre-Christian period it seems that certain humans and certain animals were buried in graves made for the purpose, while other humans and animals were deposite

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