201 research outputs found
Digital audio workstations in music therapy: An interpretivist study of how music therapists in a mental health setting experience working with digital audio workstations.
The use of digital audio workstations (DAW) in music therapy is has been little researched. This interpretivist study explores how music therapist in a mental health setting experience the use of DAWs in their praxis. The aim of the study was to give praxis accounts of using DAW in therapeutic contexts, for the benefit of other music therapists DAWs, and contribute to the discourse on music therapy and music technology. The empirical data material was collected through four semi-structured interpretivist interviews and analysed using a hermeneutic approach and social constructivist perspective toward epistemology. Findings were categorised into four major themes: 1) a structuring resource, 2) aesthetic experience, 3) using clients strength and resources and, 4) making things and connectedness. The findings suggest that therapeutic goals such as agency, empowerment and mutual collaboration and constructing positive identities are facilitated and reinforced by creative processes using DAWs. Significant findings were discussed in relation to other research on music therapy and DAWs and relevant humanistic theory surrounding the field of mental health and mental health recovery.Master's Thesis in Music TherapyMAHF-INMUTMAHF-MUTPMUTP35
Varieties of beliefs and practices among young Muslims in Norway : a discourse analytical approach
Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D), VID Specialized University, Centre of Mission and Global Studies, Stavanger 2021Research on young Muslims in Norway has tended to focus more on those who are active in
Muslim organisations than those who construct their beliefs and practices mainly apart from
such settings and communities. The aim of this study is to increase our knowledge regarding
the religiosity of young Muslims who are situated in highly secular and religiously pluralistic
social contexts outside of their family. The approach is discourse analytical, and the research
aim is to investigate what discourses that are reproduced, combined, transformed, and
contested in a sample of young Muslimsâ articulation of their beliefs and practices. Interviews
with fifteen (Sunni) Muslims aged 20-32 are analysed. The findings are presented and
discussed in three articles and in the extended abstract. An overarching finding is a great
variation in the discursive repertoires, and thereby in ways to âbe a Muslimâ, and that this
variation is connected to belonging and identification with different environments outside the
young Muslimsâ family of origin.
The first article taps into discussions regarding the extent and forms of religious
individualisation among young Muslims in Western Europe. In line with the discourse
analytical framework, individualisation is conceptualised as a liberal moral discourse
becoming authoritative in the shaping of peoplesâ beliefs and practices. The article
investigates how this discourse is negotiated in relation to the Islamic orthodox discourse
which revolves around ideas of submission and obedience to a normative framework. It finds
a variety of ways to negotiate and combine the two discourses, and thereby highly different
religious identities, depending on which discursive premises and logics that are dominant in
the individual Muslimâs repertoire. It is argued that the variation is connected to the young
Muslims different degrees of identification with and situatedness in dominantly âMuslimâ
social environments on the one hand, and highly secular-pluralistic environments on the other.
The second article looks at how the Islamic orthodox and the liberal moral discourse intersect
in different ways with a âtherapeuticâ religious discourse. While this vocabulary and outlook
is found to be highly dominant in the material, there are also examples of how the
âindividualistic ethosâ of the therapeutic discourse is limited by, or adjusted to, an alternative
Islamic orthodox conceptualisation of self-realisation. The study also finds a different
religious vocabulary among some of the interviewees which centers more on social
transformation and activism rather than personal transformation and wellbeing.
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The third article looks at a sub-sample of the interviewees who distinguish themselves by
constructing their religious identity explicitly in opposition to the Islamic orthodoxy and
whose interpretations of Islamic concepts and practices are highly âsubjectivistâ in that they
are dominantly grounded in their own reasoning and experiences. It is argued that the
commonalities in these young Muslimsâ interpretations of Islam point to a convergence
between the discourse of contemporary spirituality and non-orthodox Islamic discourses such
as âprogressive Islamâ and Sufism. Finally, it is argued that this convergence represents an
alternative Muslim identity to the more secular or revivalist variants among young Muslims in
Europe.Forskning pÄ unge muslimer i Norge har i stor grad fokusert pÄ de som er aktive i student- og
ungdomsorganisasjoner og mindre grad pÄ de som i stÞrre grad former sin tro og praksis pÄ
utsiden av slike felleskap. MÄlet med denne studien er Ä Þke vÄr kunnskap om religiÞsitet
blant unge muslimer som fĂžler sterk tilhĂžrighet til sekulĂŠre og pluralistiske sosiale kontekster.
Studiens tilnĂŠrming er diskursanalytisk, og temaet er hvilke diskurser som blir reprodusert,
kombinert, transformert og utfordret i et utvalg av unge muslimers formuleringer av sin tro og
praksis. Kvalitative intervjuer med et utvalg (Sunni)muslimer i alderen 20-32 Ă„r analyseres.
De ulike diskursene som kombineres og forhandles i deres beskrivelser og fortellinger
presenteres og diskuteres i tre artikler som analyseres videre i âkappenâ. Et samlet hovedfunn
er stor variasjon i sammensetning av diskursive repertoarer, og dermed i mÄter Ä uttrykke sin
identitet som âMuslimâ pĂ„, og dernest at denne variasjonen er nĂŠrt knyttet til sosialisering og
tilhĂžrighet i ulike grupper av jevnaldrende.
Den fĂžrste artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i en diskusjon om omfanget av og formene for religiĂžs
individualisering blant unge muslimer. I trÄd med det diskursanalytiske rammeverket, blir
individualisering forstÄtt som at en liberal moralsk diskurs blir autoritativ i konstruksjonen av
religiĂžs identitet. Artikkelen undersĂžker hvordan denne liberale moralske diskursen
forhandles sammen med den islamske ortodokse diskursen som involverer normer som
underkastelse og lydighet til et normativt rammeverk basert pÄ guddommelig vilje.
UndersÞkelsen finner en rekke mÄter Ä forhandle og kombinere de to diskursene pÄ som igjen
reflekteres i ulike religiĂžse identiteter, avhengig av hvilke diskursive premisser og strukturer
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som er dominerende i den enkeltes repertoar. Basert pÄ de unge muslimenes narrativer og
refleksjoner knyttet til eksklusivisme versus pluralisme argumenters det for at variasjonen
henger sammen med ulik grad av identifikasjon med og deltakelse i henholdsvis âmuslimskeâ
sosiale miljÞer pÄ den ene siden og sekulÊr-pluralistiske miljÞer pÄ den andre.
Den andre artikkelen ser pÄ hvordan de to overnevnte diskursene, den islamsk-ortodokse og
den liberale moralske diskursen, komplimenteres av andre diskurser som strukturer
formidlingen av tro og praksis pĂ„ bestemte mĂ„ter, og i dette tilfelle i en âterapeutiskâ retning. I
hvilken grad og hvordan den terapeutiske religiĂžse diskursen gjenspeiles i de unge
muslimenes formulering av sin tro og praksis, undersĂžkes og diskuteres. Et hovedfunn er at
den terapeutiske diskursen gjenspeiles i betydelig grad, men at det individualistiske premisset
som denne diskursen bygger pÄ ofte justeres basert pÄ en alternativ, islamsk-ortodoks
forstÄelse av selvrealisering. Studien finner ogsÄ blant noen av de unge muslimene, spesielt
mennene, at en religiĂžs diskurs som sentrer omkring sosial transformasjon og aktivisme er
mer dominerende enn den terapeutiske.
Den tredje artikkelen ser pÄ et mindre utvalg av de femten deltakerne i studien som skiller seg
ut ved at de konstruerer sin religiĂžse identitet eksplisitt i motsetning til den islamske
ortodoksien, og hvis forstÄelse og tolkning av islamske begreper og praksiser er preget av
subjektivisme pÄ den mÄten at de legitimerer sine tolkninger i hovedsak med egen tenkning
og opplevelser. Et sentralt argument er at fellestrekkene i de unge muslimenes âalternativeâ
formuleringer av Islamsk tro og praksis peker mot en interdiskursiv sammenbinding av
liberale islamske diskurser med repertoarer fra en ânyĂ„ndeligâ diskurs. Denne âspirituelleâ
varianten av islam hevdes videre Ă„ representere et alternativ til de mer sekulĂŠre eller
vekkelsesorienterte variantene av islam blant unge muslimer i Europa.submittedVersio
Hvordan kan sykepleiere bidra til en best mulig postoperativ smertelindring hos lÄrhalsbruddpasienter?
I denne oppgaven er problemstillingen âhvordan kan sykepleiere bidra til en best mulig
postoperativ smertelindring hos lĂ„rhalsbruddpasienter?â. Metoden jeg har benyttet for Ă„ finne
svar pÄ problemstillingen er et litteratursÞk. FÞrst i oppgaven presentere jeg den teorien som
jeg har valgt Ă„ bruke som den teoretiske plattformen. Deretter presenteres de artiklene som
skal tas med i drĂžftningen. Etter den presentasjonen kommer en drĂžftningsedel. Den er inndelt
i tre deler. FÞrst drÞftes sykepleierens lindrende rolle. Der ser jeg pÄ hvilke rolle sykepleieren
har i forhold til smertelindring, og hva som er hennes oppgaver og ansvar. Videre kommer en
del om medikamentell smertelindring der sykepleierens rolle i den medikamentelle
smertelindringen drĂžftes. Sist kommer en drĂžftning av ikke-medikamentell smertelindring og
sykepleierens rolle i forhold til bruk av denne typen tiltak. Oppgaven avsluttes med en
oppsummering og konklusjon. I konklusjonen kommer det frem at sykepleieren har et stort
ansvar innenfor smertelindring. Deres kunnskaper kan vÊre med pÄ Ä bidra til at pasienten fÄr
en tilstrekkelig smertelindring. Sykepleieren mÄ bÄde ha kunnskaper om medikamentell og
ikke-medikamentell smertelindring, og de mÄ kunne sette sammen ulike tiltak fra begge
grupper for Ă„ gi hver enkel pasient en optimal smertelindring. I tillegg er det viktig at
sykepleiere som jobber med postoperativ smerte er klar over den positive effekten som
informasjon har, og at hun benytter seg av dette i den daglige pleien
The genomic basis of lipid accumulation in Mucor circinelloides VI 04473
Den dimorfe muggsopparten Mucor circinelloides kan akkumulere opp til 80% av ens egen biomasse i lipider som er av interesse for ernĂŠring og fĂłr (som for eksempel flerumettede fettsyrer). Derfor er den et lovende alternativ til dyr og planter som rĂ„materiale. Ă
optimere utbyttet er dermed av stor industriell interesse. Dzurendova et al. (2021b) viste at fravÊr av kalsium, kombinert med ulike nivÄ av fosfor, Þkte lipid-produksjonen i Mucor circinelloides VI 04473. MÄlet med denne avhandlingen var Ä undersÞke det genomiske grunnlaget for lipid akkumulering, og den regulatoriske gen-responsen pÄ fravÊr av kalsium, i MC VI 04473. Fenotypiske data fra gasskromotografi og Fouriertransformasjon infrarÞd spektroskopi kombinert med genuttrykksdata fra RNA sekvensering ble analysert.
Fenotypiske data viste at den stÞrste Þkningen i lipidakkumulering forekom i behandlingen hvor kalsium-fravÊr ble kombinert med lave nivÄ av fosfor. Interessante funn av nedregulerte gener i denne behandlingen omfattet nedbrytning av fettsyrer, lipid signalisering, lipid transport, og kalsium-bindende proteiner. Interessante funn blant oppregulerte gener var relatert til cellevekst, polyfosfat- og karbohydrat-metabolisme, og stresstoleranse.
Analysen av differensielt uttrykte gener mellom kalsium-fravÊr og kalsium-nÊrvÊr resulterte i utpekningen av enkelte gener som var relatert til bÄde lipidakkumulering og kalsium-fravÊr. Dog, videre forskning kreves for Ä kunne belyse sammenhengen mellom kalsium og lipidakkumulering. Forbedring av genom-annotasjonen til MC VI 04473 kan bidra til Ä belyse denne sammenhengen.The filamentous dimorphic fungi Mucor circinelloides can accumulate up to 80% of its biomass in lipids of interest to feed and nutrition (like polyunsaturated fatty acids). This makes it a promising raw material alternative to animals and plants. Optimizing the lipid yield is therefore of great industrial interest. Dzurendova et al. (2021b) demonstrated that calcium starvation, combined with different levels of phosphorus, increased the lipid production in Mucor circinelloides VI 04473. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the genomic basis of lipid accumulation, and the gene regulatory response to calcium starvation in MC VI 04473. Phenotypic data from gas chromatography and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy combined with gene expression data from RNA sequencing was analyzed.
Phenotypic data showed that the greatest increase in lipid accumulation occurred in the treatment with a combination of calcium starvation and low level of phosphorus. Interesting findings in downregulated genes under this treatment included degradation of fatty acids, lipid signaling, lipid transportation and calcium binding proteins. In upregulated genes, findings were related to cellular growth, polyphosphate and carbohydrate metabolism and stress resistance.
The analysis of differentially expressed genes between absence of calcium and presence of calcium resulted in the identification of some genes relevant to both lipid accumulation and calcium starvation. However, further studies are needed to elucidate the relationship between calcium and lipid accumulation. Improved genome annotation for MC VI 04473 can assist in further analysis of this relationship
Microlepidoptera of Croatia: a bibliography and review of the published and some unpublished records of species from the families Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae, Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae and Tischeriidae, and Alucitidae and Pterophoridae
A bibliography and review of the published records of species from several Microlepidoptera families in Croatia are presented. Altogether 274 species from eight superfamilies, 12 families and 55 genera of Microlepidoptera occurring in Croatia are presented. The paper is a summarization of available published records, from historical publications to recent studies. It also includes material collected during field surveys conducted by the second and third author in 2018 and 2019 in Croatia. Eight out of the 61 recorded species were not previously reported from that country and are considered new to its fauna. Furthermore, the findings of 10 species reconfirm their occurrence in the fauna of Croatia, as they are the first recent records in 100 years or more.
Except for the families Pyralidae and Crambidae, no checklists for Croatian microlepidopterous families have been published in the form of journal articles. This paper represents a first summary of available published records and a first species list of the families Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae, Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, Heliozelidae, Adelidae, Prodoxidae, Incurvariidae and Tischeriidae, and Alucitidae and Pterophoridae in Croatia. By making data about the occurrence of species from these families in Croatia available, this list is a major contribution to the overall knowledge of the Croatian fauna of Microlepidoptera. It aims at increasing the interest in these micromoth families in that country and inspiring future research into this group. It is also hoped that it will encourage the creation of checklists of these microlepidopterous families or even all micromoths in Croatia
Lesestiler og lesemetoder i praktisk matematikk, 1P
Masteroppgave i matematikkdidatikkMAT699VID-MAUMA
Maleri, tekstil, slakt og honning
Skriftlig del av masterprosjekt. Avdeling Kunst og hÄndverk, 202
Nine aditions to the Croatian pyraloid moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)
During the last few years, numerous surveys were undertaken to improve the knowledge of the Croatian pyraloid moth fauna. The first author carried out research from 2016 until 2022 on the island of BraÄ in Dalmatia. The second and third authors carried out research in 2018 and 2019 in the area around Zadar in Dalmatia and the region of Lika. The fourth author collected specimens in 2012 and 2022 in the area of Ć ibenik, Dalmatia, and the fifth author in 2008, in the area of Split, also in Dalmatia.
A list of all recorded species from several locations in Dalmatia and Lika is presented, containing the first data on pyraloid moths from the island of BraÄ. Throughout these surveys, a total of 163 species were recorded, of which nine are new to the Croatian moth fauna. From the family Pyralidae, the following species were recorded for the first time: Aphomia foedella (Zeller, 1839), Apomyelois bistriatella (Hulst, 1887), Delplanqueia inscriptella (Duponchel, 1836), Epischnia asteris Staudinger, 1870, Melathrix coenulentella (Zeller, 1846), Phycita asselbergsi Slamka, 2019 and Phycitodes saxicola (Vaughan, 1870). From the family Crambidae the following species were reported for the first time from Croatia: Hyperlais lutosalis (Mann, 1862), and Pyrausta rectefascialis Toll, 1936. The rare and endangered thermophilic species Ostrinia quadripunctalis (Denis & SchiffermĂŒller, 1775) and the myrmecophilous Aglossa signicostalis Staudinger, 1870 were also identified. These findings are the second records from Croatia and hereby represent a contribution to their known distribution in Croatia. The finding of two specimens identified as Evergestis infirmalis Staudinger, 1870 â previously unreported from Croatia and the Balkan Peninsula â is presented. DNA barcode data reveal a possible misidentification with all the Evergestis caesialis (Herrich-SchĂ€ffer, [1849]) identified from Croatia. Images of the imago and the genitalia, as well as the DNA barcode sequences, are also presented.
With these nine additions to the checklist, the Croatian pyraloid moth fauna now numbers 406 species
New species and new combinations in Afrotropical \u3ci\u3eEucosmocydia\u3c/i\u3e Diakonoff, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
Eight new species of Eucosmocydia Diakonoff are described and illustrated from the Afrotropical region: E. pappeana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Kenya); E. deinbolliana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Kenya); E. ugandensis Aarvik, new species (TL: Uganda); E. lecaniodiscana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Kenya); E. nigeriana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Nigeria); E. panÂcoviana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Kenya); E. kirimiriana Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Kenya); and E. macabensis Brown and Razowski, new species (TL: Mauritius). Three additional species are transferred to the genus: E. hymenosa (Razowski, 2013), new combination (TL: Nigeria); E. chlorobathra (Meyrick, 1911), new combination (TL: Seychelles); and E. trigonoptila (Meyrick, 1921), new combination (TL: Mozambique). We also transfer to the genus E. catamochla (Meyrick, 1932), new combination (TL: Indonesia), the first species recorded outside the Afrotropical region. We recognize two species groups in Eucosmocydia, and this contribution focuses on the oedipus Diakonoff, 1988 group (n = 13 species), the males of which are characterized by a unique flattened lobe from the base of the hindwing. Six species from Kenya were reared exclusively from native fruit of Sapindaceae; E. mixographa (Meyrick) was formerly reported from Fabaceae and Euphorbiaceae
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