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Sobolev Spaces in Mathematics I : Sobolev type inequalities
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sobolev spaces and inequalities are fundamental tools in the theory of partial differential equations, analysis, differential geometry, mathematical physics, etc. Introduced 70 years ago, they turned out to be extremely useful in many different settings and continue to attract the attention of new generations of mathematicians. Recent advantages in the theory of Sobolev spaces and in applications are presented by globally recognized specialists in topics covering Sobolev-type spaces of functions in metric spaces, various aspects of Sobolev-type inequalities, boundary value problems for differential operators, spectral problems, approximations, optimal control, important problems of mathematical physics, analysis, partial differential equations, geometry, etc.The book is dedicated to the centenary of S.L. Sobolev and includes biographical articles supplied with the bibliography of Sobolev's works in the 1930s and archive photos of Sobolev previously unpublished in the English-language literature.
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Sobolev Spaces in Mathematics II : Applications in Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Sobolev spaces become the established and universal language of partial differential equations and mathematical analysis. Among a huge variety of problems where Sobolev spaces are used, the following important topics are in the focus of this volume: boundary value problems in domains with singularities, higher order partial differential equations, local polynomial approximations, inequalities in Sobolev-Lorentz spaces, function spaces in cellular domains, the spectrum of a Schrodinger operator with negative potential and other spectral problems, criteria for the complete integrability of systems of differential equations with applications to differential geometry, some aspects of differential forms on Riemannian manifolds related to Sobolev inequalities, Brownian motion on a Cartan-Hadamard manifold, etc. Two short biographical articles on the works of Sobolev in the 1930's and foundation of Akademgorodok in Siberia, supplied with unique archive photos of S. Sobolev are included.
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Afro-regions : the dynamics of cross-border micro-regionalism in Africa
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This collection focuses on the making and unmaking of cross-border micro-regions in Africa. Its main emphasis is that micro-regions are not givens, but are constructed and reconstructed through social practice, political economy and, in discourse, by a variety of states, corporations and non-state actors. The region-builders are the focus -- that is, those actors that build and make micro-regions and their associated region-building strategies. Key research questions are: for whom, for what purpose and with what consequences are micro-regions being made and unmade? There is also special emphasis on how people on the ground and local communities create their own region-building strategies and how they respond to the region-building strategies of others. The case studies -- by leading scholars of African studies and the result of extensive fieldwork -- include a wide selection of micro-regions all over Africa, such as the Maputo Development Corridor, the Zambezi Valley region, the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique Growth Triangle, Walvis Bay, the Sierra Leone-Liberia border zone, cross-border micro-regions on the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region, North Africa, and so forth.
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Communicating Politics. Political Communication in the Nordic Countries
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Modern politics is mediated politics, and the media constitute the most important source of information and channel of communication between the governors and the governed. Media and politics are thus inextricable linked together, with the media playing an important role in contemporary democracies and for political processes. While this is true for virtually all advanced democracies, there are still important differences between countries depending on, for example, their media systems and political systems. The purpose of Communicating Politics: Political Communication in the Nordic Countries is consequently to de-scribe and analyze both the political communication systems and cases of political communication processes in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Taken together, the chapters explore differences as well as similarities between the Nordic countries, and provide a broad view of political communication systems, practices and research perspectives in the Nordic countries.
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Media Accountability Today... and Tomorrow. Updating the Concept in Theory and Practice
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Tony Blair demands it, Reuters wants it, the Spokane Spokesman-Review practices some of it and scholars try to define it – media accountability. The need for media accountability was formulated more than 100 years ago and made manifest with codes of ethics and ”bureaus of accuracy”. The Hutchins Commission used the concept in 1947 as a way to avoid government prescription of media content. The practice of media accountability has since been fueled by market expansion, looser regulation of public service and a technological facilitation of media/public interaction. In March 2007 these issues were discussed in a two-day international conference at the School of Communication and Design, University of Kalmar, Sweden. Scholars gave overviews of Media Accountability Systems (MAS), media journalism, media blogs and the effects of market-driven journalism on media accountability. Practitioners presented cases dealing with victims of the media in the United Kingdom, news ombudsmen and media critique in Scandinavia, and transparency in Spokane, Washington, USA. To the presentations from Kalmar the conference-initiator Torbjörn von Krogh has added a background chapter on the origins and rise of media accountability and some thoughts on its future. He also offers a new working definition of media accountability, building on the work of European and North American scholars: Media accountability is the interactive process by which media organizations may be expected or obliged to render an account (and sometimes a correction and/or excuse) of their activities to their constituents. The values and relative strength of the constituents vary over time and are affected by media systems and media technologies. Includes following articles: Ten things i want community leaders to know about journalism. A former (external) Ombudsman at the spokesman-review teaches media literacy (Gordon S. Jackson), Chink in a stone wall. A presentation of a readers’ Ombudsman at Bergens Tidende, Norway (Terje Angelshaug), When readers wonder. A column in Bergens Tidende with a comment (Terje Angelshaug), Watching the watchdog-watching Dog. A call for active press-councils (Claude-Jean Bertrand), “Constructive criticism” vs public scrutiny. Attitudes to media accountability in and outside Swedish news media (Torbjörn von Krogh), and Final words – new starting points (Torbjörn von Krogh).
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- Nyman, Charlott, et al.
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Dela rätt är inte lätt
- 2008
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Ingår i: Jämställdhetens pris. - Umeå : Boréa. - 9789189140530 ; , s. 175-193
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Swedish Studies in European Law - Volyme 2
- 2008
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Swedish Network for European Legal Studies is happy to announce the second volume in this new series of annual publications which acts as a forum for the publication of studies on European law by Swedish scholars. The annual contains peer-reviewed articles aimed at spreading Swedish legal research on European law to a wide international audience. The editors of the yearbook are Professor Per Cramér and Associate Professor Thomas Bull. The articles in the volume are concerned with European law, its development, impact and reform; furthermore they are original, analytical contributions to doctrinal debates and questions, by legal researchers mainly, but not exclusively, connected with the Swedish universities.
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