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The GAIA astrometric mission has recently been approved as one of thenext two ``cornerstones'' of ESA's science programme, with a launch datetarget of not later than mid-2012. GAIA will provide positional andradial velocity measurements with the accuracies needed to produce astereoscopic and kinematic census of about one billion stars throughoutour Galaxy (and into the Local Group), amounting to a

A detailed study of ultraviolet spectra of the symbiotic star AG Peg has been undertaken to derive the atomic excitation mechanisms and origin of formation for the lines common in symbiotic systems. More than 600 emission lines are observed in spectra from IUE, HST and FUSE of which 585 are identified. Population mechanisms and origin of formation are given for a majority of those lines. Based on

This bachelor thesis explores the intersection of Christian identity and postmodern critique through the concept of profilicity and related concepts. By examining the perspectives of theologians and philosophers, particularly with the help of the works of Medi Ann Volpe and her sources and synthesizing them with the works of Hans-Georg Moeller and Paul J. D’Ambrosio and their sources, various conc

De första universiteten i Europa grundades i en tid då samhället var strikt hierarkiskt. Det bestod av sammanslutningar, så kallade korporationer, med olika rättigheter och skyldigheter sinsemellan. Universitetet utvecklades till att bli en sådan korporation. Efterhand tillerkändes vissa korporationer privilegier, inledningsvis av den andliga makten och sedan av den värdsliga. Ett av de privilegieThe first universities in Europe were founded during a time when society was strictly hierarchical. It consisted of various associations, so called corporations, each with their own different rights and obligations. The university developed to become such a corporation. Subsequently, certain privileges were granted certain corporations, at first by the spiritual power and later by the worldly powe

Social movements have become an integrated component in our western society with almost every contested issue having a social movement associated to it, on at least one side of the debate. When we think of social movements in practice, we might picture rallies and marches, chants, and demonstrations but with the emergence of social media more and more activists and movement adherents have moved to

Arbetstillfredsställelse har under lång tid varit ett omtalat ämne inom forskning och det har visat sig att arbetstillfredsställelse korrelerar med många olika konstrukt, såsom self-efficacy, socialt stöd och stress. Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur mycket self-efficacy, upplevelsen av socialt stöd och stress tillsammans predicerade arbetande personers arbetstillfredsställelse. Syftet var ävenJob satisfaction has long been a popular topic in previous research and it has been shown that job satisfaction correlates with many different constructs such as self- efficacy, social support and stress. Therefore, the study aimed at examine how much employees’ self-efficacy, experience of social support and stress together predicted job satisfaction. The aim was also to examine whether self-effi

Bakgrund: Hemfödsel förekommer i begränsad omfattning i Sverige och planeras årligen av ett mindre antal kvinnor. Att föda på sjukhus utgör normen och barnmorskors råd och stöd utgår vanligen utifrån den sjukhusbaserade förlossningsvården. Denna utgångspunkt kan prägla hur valet att föda hemma bemöts och diskuteras i mödrahälsovården. Tidigare studier visar att kvinnor kan möta ifrågasättande och Background: Home birth occurs to a limited extent in Sweden and is planned annually by a small number of women. Hospital birth constitutes the norm, and midwives’ advice and support are typically based on hospital-centered maternity care. This perspective may influence how the choice to give birth at home is received and discussed within antenatal care. Previous studies have shown that women may e

PURPOSE: RAD51, a central player in the response to DNA damage, has been suspected to contribute to tumour resistance to therapy. A single-nucleotide polymorphism, RAD51 135G>C, in the untranslated region of the RAD51 gene elevates breast cancer risk among BRCA2 carriers. In this study, it was investigated whether this polymorphism is related to prognosis of breast cancer and RAD51 protein express

Purpose: This study aims to examine the price transmission among ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) and their underlying shares, US market index and Hong Kong market index. We will attempt to capture how a shock in the home market is transmitted to the foreign (and vice versa). In addition we will attempt to assess the relative weight of each variable in the system generating unexpected variation

Vacant commercial facilities are an increasing concern in many developed countries. Despitethe low occupancy rates in existing facilities, new commercial facilities that betteraccommodate the needs of modern end-users are constantly developed. In addition to financialconcerns, under-utilized spaces are a great environmental burden, as buildings account forapproximately one third of the global ener

We have previously reported recurrent clonal chromosomal aberrations in synovia, osteophytes and articular cartilage from patients with osteoarthritis (OA). In particular, gain of chromosomes 5 and 7 was found to be strongly associated with OA. In order to exclude the possibility of in vitro artefacts, we studied three to four parallel, independent cultures from ten samples of synovia and three sa

The capacity of an artificial recharge field to alter organic matter and the bacterial flora of surface water was assessed by following changes in bacterial communities and composition of natural organic matter (NOM) over the first meter of infiltration depth. The sampling strategy applied in this study ensured that water samples consisted only of infiltrated water, excluding natural groundwater.

IMPORTANCE: There is a lack of agreement on what constitutes successful outcomes for the process of health care transition (HCT) among adolescent and young adults with special health care needs.OBJECTIVE: To present HCT outcomes identified by a Delphi process with an interdisciplinary group of participants.DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A Delphi method involving 3 stages was deployed to refine

Presupposition is surely one of the most debated notions in the linguistic and philosophical literature. Historically, there are two main theoretical approaches to presuppositions. According to the first one, the semantic view, presuppositions are semantic implications, that is, truth-conditional relations between propositions and statements. In this sense, presuppositions are considered propertie

Pollination is a key ecosystem service for global agriculture but evidence of pollinator population declines is growing. Reliable spatial modelling of pollinator abundance is essential if we are to identify areas at risk of pollination service deficit and effectively target resources to support pollinator populations. Many models exist which predict pollinator abundance but few have been calibrate