I antologibidraget visas att lärande, eller kanske snarare deltagande i olika former av utbildning, rättfärdigas på olika sätt beroende på om de som utbildas är barn eller vuxna. Rättfärdigandet sker genom retoriska konstruktioner av samhället som närmast kan ses som motsatser: barnens skolgång rättfärdigas genom att samhället konstrueras som en, åtminstone värdemässig, konstant; vuxnas deltagande

Popular Abstract in Swedish Insekter använder sig av kemiska signaler i de flesta sammanhang. De söker efter föda, partners eller äggläggningsställen med hjälp av dofter. Signalerna tas emot via antennerna och utlöser ett visst beteende, exempelvis anflygning till eller äggläggning på födan. Mottfjärilar, såsom indiskt mjölmott (Plodia interpunctella), kvarnmott (Ephestia kuehniella) och mandelmotMoths use chemical signals emanating from food to find sites for oviposition and subsequent larval feeding. By identifying these odours, novel approaches to pest management can be developed, such as monitoring of females in pest populations. The pyralid moths studied in this thesis, the almond moth (Ephestia cautella), the Mediterranean flour moth (E. kuehniella) and the Indian meal moth (Plodia i

Popular Abstract in Swedish Värmebehandling (termoterapi) av tumör baseras på kunskap om den celldödande effekten av värme. Den har begränsats av svårigheten att kontrollera temperaturutbredningen så att en selektiv och tillräcklig effekt erhålls, och detta gäller särskilt djupt belägna tumörer. Interstitiell laser termoterapi (ILT) med Nd:YAG laser är en ny behandlingsform som ger de tekniska förInterstitial laser thermotherapy (ILT) is a method well suited for selective local destruction of malignant tumours. In the present work, a laser thermotherapy system based on feedback temperature control of energy delivery (through computerised feedback system) was developed. Temperature control was excellent in experiments without carbonization and with preserved light penetration, whereas tempe

A scheme for lidar measurements of multicomponent gas mixtures in the mid-IR region using a newly developed fast-switching, frequency-agile optical parametric oscillator (OPO) system combined with multivariate statistical methods has been implemented and tested. The scheme adopted was able to predict the composition of the remote hydrocarbon gas mixture within the uncertainty of the pre-determined

Commonly used definitions of plagiarism are misleading in that they seem to indicate that 1) plagiarism is associated with either intent or ignorance and that 2) the requirements for claiming ownership can be uniquely defined. However, the differences between coexisting socio-cultural contexts are large enough that a clear case of plagiarism in one context might even be considered as good practice

Popular Abstract in Swedish Brist på fria radikaler kan ge artrit Fagocytiska celler i vårt immunförsvar producerar fria syre-radikaler för att eliminera fagocyterade (uppätna) mikroorganismer. Produktionen av dessa syre-radikaler sker med hjälp av ett enzymkomplex (NADPH oxidas) i cellmembranet samt i membranet på de fagosomer, innehållande mikroorganismer, som bildas i och med fagocytos. MännisThe aim of this thesis is to defend a novel mechanism that triggers arthritis susceptibility in both rats and mice through reduced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), but also to introduce a novel model for chronic relapsing arthritis. Five papers are included, all of which employ animal models for rheumatoid arthritis and one that also uses animal models for multiple sclerosis. Paper I a

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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

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

Popular Abstract in Swedish De allra flesta människor har vid något tillfälle tagit ett läkemedel. Till exempel vaccineras nu för tiden alla svenska barn mot bland annat stelkramp. Vad nog de allra flesta däremot inte har gjort är att fundera på vad ett läkemedel är. Kanske sträcker man sig till att ha kollat upp ett läkemedel i FASS, och kanske får man då syn på en figur som består av streck och A method to accurately estimate the binding affinity of a small molecule to a receptor would be indispensable in numerous fields. For instance, most drugs exert their action by binding to a macromolecule target. Thus, a lot of time and resources could be saved in drug design by predicting affinities by computer programs. In a series of 15 papers, we have tested, compared, and improved the most p