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- Balkmar, Dag, 1974-, et al.
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A Reconsideration of Two "Welfare Paradises" : Research and Policy Responses to Men's Violence in Denmark and Sweden
- 2009
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Ingår i: Men and Masculinities. - : Sage Publications. - 1097-184X .- 1552-6828. ; 12:2, s. 155-174
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article compares the situation in Denmark and Sweden regarding research and policy making around the issue of men-s violence to women and children. It does so by drawing on two comprehensive reviews of academic and policy data in those countries that were part of a broader European Union-funded project. Although the picture emerging from this comparison is complex, the overall conclusion is that in Sweden over recent years many more examples can be found of a critical, power-oriented approach than is the case in Denmark.
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- Brav, Agneta, 1955-, et al.
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Group initiative and self-organizational activities in industrial work groups
- 2009
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Ingår i: European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1359-432X .- 1464-0643. ; 18:3, s. 347-377
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Autonomous work groups are involved in goal setting and planning and hence can define their jobs and the outcome idiosyncratically. Our interest lies in how job design restricts or creates possibilities for groups to redefine their work and thus go beyond formal requirements. The aim was to test a model of the relationships between dimensions of job design, group processes, group initiative, and self-organizational activities. The results are based on work task analyses and questionnaires administered to 31 work groups at four Swedish industrial companies. The theoretical input-process-output model received substantial support. Dimensions of job design affect whether a group, through collective reflexivity, can redefine work and proactively create conditions and organize work so that uncertainty can be handled and new tasks mastered. Group processes such as cooperation and social support enhance group initiative to achieve such meaningful change. In this study, reflexivity does not impact on group initiative, but does explain the major amount of variance in self-organizational activities. Work task analyses can be a useful tool for providing groups with the prerequisites for self-organizational activities. We believe these to be essential for the groups' capacity to be involved in the innovation process from idea to finished product.
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- Elgh-Dalgren, Kristin, et al.
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Anaerobic bioremediation of a soil with mixed contaminants : Explosives degradation and influence on heavy metal distribution, monitored as changes in concentration and toxicity
- 2009
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Ingår i: Water, Air and Soil Pollution. - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands. - 0049-6979 .- 1573-2932. ; 202:1-4, s. 301-313
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Two soils with explosives and metals were evaluated for the degradation efficiency of explosives by native microorganisms under anaerobic conditions. The commercially available method Daramend®, amended with zero-valent iron (ZVI), was compared with a horse-manure amended compost and a treatment with ZVI alone. In a moderately contaminated soil, Daramend® and ZVI treatment gave significantly higher removal rates compared to compost and control treatments (Tukey’s test, P<0.05). The largest overall decrease in ecotoxicity, measured with bioluminescent bacteria (Vibrio fischeri), was achieved with ZVI-treatment. In a more contaminated soil no degradation of contaminants and no decline in soil toxicity could be distinguished after the same time period. Problems with establishment of anaerobic conditions during parts of the remediation process and low microbial activity due to acute toxicity of contaminants are plausible explanations. Redistribution that could potentially lead to mobilization of the co-contaminant Pb was not observed in either of the soils during the biological treatments.
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- Elgh-Dalgren, Kristin, 1980-, et al.
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Laboratory and pilot scale soil washing of PAH and arsenic from a wood preservation site : Changes in concentration and toxicity
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Hazardous Materials. - Amsterdam : Elsevier. - 0304-3894 .- 1873-3336. ; 172:2-3, s. 1033-1040
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Soil washing of a soil with a mixture of both polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and As was evaluated in laboratory and pilot scale, utilizing both single and mixtures of different additives. The highest level of decontamination was achieved with a combination of 0.213 M of the chelating agent MGDA and 3.2xCMC* of a nonionic, alkyl glucoside surfactant at pH 12 (Ca(OH)2). This combination managed to reach Swedish threshold values within 10 min of treatment when performed at elevated temperature (50°C), with initial contaminant concentrations of As = 105±4 mg/kg and US-EPA PAH16 = 46.0±2.3 mg/kg. The main mechanisms behind the removal were the pH-effect for As and a combination of SOM-ionization as a result of high pH and micellar solubilization for PAHs. Implementation of the laboratory results utilizing a pilot scale equipment did not improve the performance, which may be due to the shorter contact time between the washing solution and the particles, or changes in physical characteristics of the leaching solution due to the elevated pressure utilized. The ecotoxicological evaluation, Microtox®, demonstrated that all soil washing treatments increased the toxicity of soil leachates, possibly due to increased availability of contaminants and toxicity of soil washing solutions to the test organism.
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- Ericsson [Kask], Johan, 1980-, et al.
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From flirting with Darwin to implementing an evolutionary ontology : towards an evolutionary theory of multichannels
- 2009
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Ingår i: Marketing and entrepreneurship. - Ankara : Siyasal Yayın Dağıtım. - 9786055782061 ; , s. 1053-1063
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Over the past 111 years since Thorstein Veblen (1898) introduced his proposal for evolutionary theories in social science influences from evolutionary theory have been used in marketing from time to time. In a couple of very recent articles in marketing there has been a more explicit use of Darwinian ideas. In this paper, however, reasoning is taken one next step further by introducing not only a theory or a perspective that draws inspiration from evolutionary ideas but actually is evolutionary on the ontological level in the original Darwinian sense that it builds on the three basic evolutionary elements of retention, variation and selection. Thus, the aim of this paper is to show the importance of going from merely flirting with Darwinian ideas by using biology analogies and metaphors to developing a truly evolutionary meta-theory in order to more firmly integrate and create structure in the rather fussy bundle of ideas that in different parts contributes to an evolutionary model of explanation. In this paper we use the evolving relationships in multichannel settings as one illustration to start such a debate.
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- Höglund, Linda, 1972-
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Affinities In Corporate Entrepreneurship : A Literature Review
- 2009
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Ingår i: Marketing and Entrepreneurship. ; , s. 1-17
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper is a literature review of the theoretical field of corporate entrepreneurship. As the term is growing in popularity previous research has seen the field as disparate and that the lack of consensus is evident. Only a few researchers have, more or less, focused on commonalities or similarities. In this paper a comparative analysis of the literature is made trough a lens of affinities and some conclusions are made e.g. when it comes to notions, methodology and the use of perspectives.
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- Ibragimova, Nina, 1978-, et al.
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Field trial of ICF version for children and youth (ICF-CY) in Sweden – logical coherence, developmental issues and clinical use
- 2009
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Ingår i: Developmental Neurorehabilitation. - Oxfordshire : Informaworld. - 1751-8423 .- 1751-8431. ; 12:1, s. 3-11
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Introduction: For ICF-CY to be used in clinical practice several issues have to be resolved concerning the logical coherence in the model, developmental and functional issues as well as clinical feasibility.Purpose: The aim is to investigate feasibility of ICF-CY as expressed by ICF-CY questionnaires in assessment prior to intervention.Methods: One hundred and thirty-nine professionals working with intervention for children with disabilities used ICF-CY questionnaires in assessment. The professionals rated and commented on the feasibility of ICF-CY and ICF-CY questionnaire. Logical coherence, developmental issues and clinical use were investigated.Results: The logical coherence on component level was good (KMO = 0.126, p<0.005). To investigate developmental and functional issues in the model children, four age groups were compared with the help of one-way ANOVA. Significant differences were found between children younger than 3 and children 3-6 and 7-12 in four chapters in the component Activities/Participation. Professionals consider that ICF-CY is feasible in intervention but experience difficulties when using the components and qualifiers in the ICF-CY and suggest changes.Discussion: ICF-CY as expressed in ICF-CY questionnaires is a feasible tool in assessment and intervention. However, several issues can be developed and discussed to facilitate implementation of ICF-CY in clinical practice.
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