Declarative Specialization for Object-Oriented-Program Specialization

The use of partial evaluation for specializing programs written in im- perative languages such as C and Java is hampered by the di-culty of controlling the specialization process. We have developed a simple, declar- ative language for controlling the specialization of Java programs, and in- terfaced this language with the JSpec partial evaluator for Java. This lan- guage, named Pesto, allows declarative specialization of programs written in an object-oriented style of programming. The Pesto compiler auto- matically generates the context information needed for specializing Java programs, and automatically generates guards that enable the specialized code in the right context

Plant Biomarker Pattern, Screening Programme for Phytochemical Differences in Plants Exposed to Stress

A screening programme is developed to investigate phytochemical differences in plants xposed to stress compared with non-exposed plants. The screening programme, in its resent form or in a more simplified form, can be utilized in several different areas as a preliminary broad screening. The screening programme covers the most general groups of compounds found in plants. The following groups of phytochemical compounds are included in the programme: Unspecific compounds, organic acids, lipids, phenolic compounds, carbohydrates, terpenoids and N-, S- and P-containing compounds

Seksualitet, seksualisering og kvindelige livsperspektiver

The different forms of sexuality and especially the importance by which sexuality is presently considered is rooted in more recent societal developments. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries sexuality was discussed as never before. This was due not only to the fact that sexuality was »installed« in social life, as written by Foucault. Also the new »mediated « relation between individual and society created sexuality as a new and central reality in human life. This mediated relation, however, did not offer the same possibilities of development for all individuals. People lived different lives, according to social class and sex, and this was of extreme importance to sexual development. For the men in the bourgeois class sexuality became a central element of the new cultivated and individualized way of life. Compared to this both the working class and women were seen as »natural« and different:The working class as bestial and women as being without sexuality. The forthcoming development shows how women's sexuality and the way it was seen was based both on women's societal opportunities and status and on the repressive ideology concerning female nature. For this reason it is obvious that the changing and more equal social conditions for men and women have brought the question of sexuality, and especially women's sexuality, in focus of discussion.Seksualitetens former og den betydning, seksualitet aktuelt tillægges, har nyere samfundshistoriske rødder. 1700- og 1800-tallet var en periode, hvor man diskuterede sex som aldrig før. Dette skyldtes ikke kun, at seksualitet her »installeredes« i menneskers liv, som Foucault har skrevet det. Sagen er sikkert også den, at seksualitet blev en ny og central realitet i menneskers liv med den samfundshistorisk udviklede, formidlede relation mellem individ og samfund. For forskellige klasser og de to køn indebar relationen imidlertid forskellige udviklingsbetingelser, og det samme kom også til at gælde seksualitetens placering. Det var for borgerskabets mænd, den i første række fik ny betydning som væsentligt element i den kultiverede, individuelle livsførelse.Både arbejderklassen og kvinderne fremstod i forhold hertil som naturlige og »anderledes«: Arbejderne som dyriske og kvindernesom aseksuelle. Den videre udvikling viser, hvorledes kvindernes seksualitet og opfattelsen heraf til stadighed har været knyttet til kvindens samfundsmæssige livsmuligheder og placering, men også til regressive ideologiske forestillinger om kvinders væsen og kvinders plads. Og endelig er det tydeligt, at seksualitet i løbet af de seneste årtier -med den stigende ensgørelse af livsbetingelserne - også er kommet i fokus for kvinderne i en ny forstand

Psykologiske forholds betydning for kræft

En anmeldelse af Thomas Nielsen:Psyke og Cancer: Om psykologiske faktorers betydning for udvikling af kræftsygdomme.Dansk psykologisk Forlag, 411 sider, kr. 224,-En anmeldelse af Thomas Nielsen:Psyke og Cancer: Om psykologiske faktorers betydning for udvikling af kræftsygdomme.Dansk psykologisk Forlag, 411 sider, kr. 224,