The main objective of this ethnological thesis is to investigate the linkage between everyday life with a genetic disease and intrinsic patterns of modernity. The thesis is a compilation thesis that contains four individual articles each addressing the everyday experience of a genetic disease from different angles, with different research questions and theoretical presumptions. Each of the four ar

The objectives of this dissertation are 1) to describe what child protection services actually do when assessing risk and deciding on interventions, and 2) to analyze this practice in the light of institutional expectations, organizational demands and professional technology. The field work was carried out in two Danish municipal social service agencies. Data consist of records on families subject

This book presents a theoretical discussion of the creation of meaning in language, with special focus on the functions that adjectives fulfil in this process. The discussion rests on a dynamic view of meaning and interpretation, according to which there are no fixed linguistics meanings – not even for single lexemes. Instead of symbolising meaning in a more or less static and ‘eternal’ fashion, l

A number of Roman Marble heads in Swedish Royal possession since the 17th century may be traced back to the collection of the burgomaster Rockox in Antwerpen. Four of these occur in the famous painting by Frans Francken the Younger representing a feast in Nicholaas Rockox' home. Althoug more marble heads to be found in the Stockholm collection may be traced back to Rockox two of the heads in the p

Based chiefly on textual sources, the article treats of the nine planetary deities of Hinduism, their origin and historical development, major mythology, iconography, rituals, and their relation both to the greater Hindu pantheon and to astrological concepts.

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen behandlar den svenska författarinnan Marika Stiernstedts drama Attentatet och regissören Alf Sjöbergs uppsättning av det på Dramaten 1944. Produktionsprocessen följs från dramats tillkomst till uppsättningens möte med publiken. Avhandlingen undersöker vad dramat och uppsättningen berättar om tidens oro och om politiska och etiska motsättningar. Fokus liggerThe thesis deals with the Swedish author Marika Stiernstedt's drama The Outrage and Alf Sjöberg's production of it at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1944. The production process is followed from the birth of the drama to the production's encounter with the audience. The thesis examines what the drama and the production tell about the unrest of those times and about political and ethical antagonisms

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A method for the inversion of wavefield spectra in non-destructive testing of pavements is outlined. Data acquisition and processing is based on the Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) method. The inversion of a vertical-shear wave velocity profile is conducted on the full wave field spectrum using the Fast Simulated Annealing (FSA) algorithm. This procedure avoids dealing with discrete