Memory in Linguistic Narrative vs. Postmodern Multitasked Multimedia Art Memory

In addition to the well-known classification of long-term and short-term memory, we are also interested in distinguishing episodic, semantic and procedural memory in the areas of linguistic narrative and multimedial semantic deconstruction in postmodernism. We compare the liveliness of memorization in literary tradition and literature art with postmodernist divisions and reverberations of traditional memorizations through human multitasking and performative multimedia art, as well as formulate the existence of creative, intuitive and superhuman paradigms.Since the memory can be physical, psychological or spiritual, according to neurobiologist Dr. J. Bauer (Das Gedächtnis des Körpers, 2004), the greatest importance for memorizing has the social role of collaboration, and consequently the personal transformation and remodelling of genomic architecture, yet the media theorist Mark Hansen thinks technology brings different solutions of framing function (Hansen, 2000). We believe that postmodern deconstruction does not necessarily damage memory, especially in the field of human multitasking that utilizes multimedia performative art by means of anthropologization of technology, thereby enhancing artistic and affective pre&post-linguistic experience while unifying technology and humans through intuitive empathy in society

Real-Time-Monitoring in der Behandlung von Zwangsstörungen: Technologie und Fallbeispiel

Background: New methods of internet-based real-time monitoring of psychotherapy processes allow for the documentation, analysis, and data-driven control of behaviour therapy. Daily ratings of the patient result in highly resolved time series of the change dynamics. Method and Patient: The Synergetic Navigation System was used in the treatment setting of a day hospital. This method is specialized in the representation of critical instabilities and pattern transitions of the process. The patient of this case report had the combined diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder and depressive episodes. Result: Quantitative time-series and qualitative data from the internet-assisted diaries mirror important features of the change process. Conclusion: The method could help optimise treatment effects of behavioural interventions by using the feedback on necessary conditions, appropriate timing, and short-term effects of these interventions. Patients' motivation for change can be enhanced and the navigation system realises the continuous documentation of treatment processes and effects

The New Relevance of Basel Basics

This presentation was part of the session : Pedagogy: Theories, Approaches24th National Conference on the Beginning Design StudentDescribed through asymmetric sans serif typography, modular grid systems and denotative photography, The Basel School of Design is often described as dogmatic and conservative in respect to post-modern trends in graphic design. While this description may accurately reflect certain aesthetic tendencies, it does not reflect the essence of its pedagogy. This paper will argue that the Basel approach to teaching design fosters formal discovery conducive to contextual awareness. The studio experience in Basel endorses form making as a structure for knowledge production. Ideas arise from the rigorous study of visual form. This approach does not impart aesthetic preference, neither does it entail adherence to a formal dogma, but rather offers a basic set of tools with which to engage the environment. The case study for this paper is based in the United Arab Emirates, a country undergoing massive infrastructural and socio-cultural transformation. A claimed capital of the world's construction activity, Dubai is home to thousands of cranes supporting ever more ambitious projects that have transformed fishing villages into dynamic urban environments. As a result, design pedagogy must address students who live in a place subject to constant change, and prepare them for a practice of improvisation. Students should primarily experience design as a process of critical observation, of assessing the past, present and potential qualities of a given situation. By analyzing the relevance of teaching methods refined in Basel to our studio-based program in visual communication design at the School of Architecture and Design, American University of Sharjah, we will discuss the significance of the Kunstgewerbeschule to contemporary design education.American University of Sharja

Structural robustness and earthquake resistant design

Master's thesis in Structural engineeringThe subject of the thesis is evaluation of possible modification of the structures dynamic characteristics, within the context of increasing its level of robustness and resistance to earthquake actions. The idea and suggested approach of design in this thesis is based on the solutions to the design challenges of The Rion-Antirion Bridge. The bridge is a good example of an approach of design, which gives the structure features of adapting to various load scenarios. The scope of this thesis is to assess the suitability of such an approach of design for buildings in Norway where earthquake actions are considered, and suggest design procedures for earthquake resistant design by alternative design methods within the context of structural robustness and the design approach of applying adaptive features to the structure. As assumed and discussed in this thesis, there is a direct correlation between a structures stiffness characteristics and the resulting force from earthquake actions. Approach of design methods, which gives the structure features of adapting to various load scenarios are discussed, presented and analyzed in the thesis. Based on the results of the analyses, this approach of design should be considered for structures where the probability of earthquake events are relatively low, yet sets the design criteria. Initiation to the modification of the structures dynamic characteristics are based on the principle of known failure and sacrificial elements. One of the discussed ideas is to apply viscous dampers to the wind-bracing system combined with a sacrificial element locking the damper until the system is exposed to an earthquake or similar accidental extreme events. The suggested design procedure and robustness-increasing methods discussed in this thesis are applied to a practical example of an existing structure and assessed based on results from vibration- and response spectrum analyses. Based on the analyses results, it is concluded that the suggested design procedure along with the robustness-increasing methods discussed, results in favorable and desirable features to the building. Cost-beneficial analyses (CBA) are not performed in this thesis, but since the discussed design approach gives the opportunity to design the structure based on criteria set by often-occurring environmental loads instead of unusual earthquake loads, it is assumed that it may reduce the cost factor, without compensating on the structures safety level

Möbelbranschen - hur små företag kan överleva på den svenska marknaden

The furniture retail industry in Sweden has gone trough large changes during the last decades. Today the industry is tough and in the maturity stage where few new companies enter, especially if they do not have a unique offer. The furniture companies have become larger and fewer, the changes have lead to difficulties for smaller and medium sized companies to grow and be profitable. Our purpose is to analyse, evaluate and compare three smaller companies in Stockholm with the intention to find what kind of marketing strategies they are using to survive on the Swedish market. First we interviewed the three companies to see what they do to survive on the market, then we asked 100 persons to fill in a questionnaire to see if they had the same opinion as the companies described. With help from theories we prepared questions which laid the foundation to the empirical part of the essay. The result from this study shows that the three companies differ from each other when it comes to using relationship marketing and placing the customer in the centre. All of them are aware of the importance of doing so, but because of different limits and possibilities they can not fully adjust everything to the customer. None of those three have clear formulated marketing strategies, but they all tend to focus on service in the stores and good quality products. A conclusion is that small companies have to focus on a start position in the market which the larger competitors have not notice, or have chosen to ignore. If they do not have a unique offering, it may not be worth entering this competitive and mature market. The most important competitive factors are quality and service, since the small companies can not compete with the larger competitors on the price

Dental hygienists use of pictorial support when meeting children in a dental environment

Syfte: Syftet med studien var att undersöka tandhygienisters användning av alternativ kompletterande kommunikation i form av bildstöd i möte med barnpatienter. Metod och material: En digital enkät bestående av 15 frågor skickades ut till samtliga (102 stycken) verksamma tandhygienister i Region Jönköpings län. Antal deltagare var totalt 57 stycken, 54 kvinnor och 3 män. Resultatet redovisades i absoluta – och relativa frekvenser, samt medelvärde. p-värde ≤ 0,05 ansågs statistiskt signifikant. Chi2test användes för jämförelse mellan grupper. Resultat: Intresse för användning av bildstöd fanns bland tandhygienisterna. Totalt var det 32 % som använde bildstöd. Inom specialisttandvård använde samtliga tandhygienister bildstöd och bland tandhygienisterna inom allmäntandvård användes bildstöd av 23,5%.. Resultatet visade även att 55,6% av tandhygienisterna använde bildstöd på alla barn inte bara enstaka grupper. Det fanns inget statistisk signifikant samband mellan användning av bildstöd och längden på tandhygienistutbildningen, men tandhygienister med en treårig utbildning använde sig av bildstöd i större utsträckning än tandhygienister med kortare utbildning. Slutsats: Bildstöd har visat sig vara ett bra hjälpmedel vid möte med barnpatienter inom tandvården. Trots detta använder inte alla tandhygienister sig av bildstöd pga. bland annat tidsbrist. Därför behövs mer kunskap om bildstöd samt om deras användning och fördelar inom tandvården.Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the use of pictorial support among dental hygienists when meeting children in a dental environment. Method and material: A digital questionnaire with 15 questions was send out to all (102) actively working dental hygienists in the county of Jönköping. There were a total of 57 participants, 54 women and 3 men who answered the questionnaire. Results were presented with absolute and relative frequencies, mean value and Chi-square test. Results: There was an interest in using pictorial support among dental hygienists. All dental hygienists in special dental care used pictorial support. Among dental hygienists in public dental care 23.5% used pictorial support. Results showed that the majority of dental hygienists preferred using pictorial support on all children. There was no statistically significant difference between using pictorial support and the length of dental hygienist education, but participants who finished a three-year education used pictorial support more often. Conclusion: Pictorial support has found to be a useful tool in dental care, still there are dental hygienists that don’t use it. More knowledge and research are needed about pictorial support so the effect of augmentative and alternative communication can be evaluated

Redovisning av goodwill under IAS 36 : Bestämmande faktorer som påverkar aktualisering av goodwillnedskrivning hos företag på Nasdaq Stockholm

Denna studie undersöker företagsspecifika ekonomiska faktorer och opportunistiska incitamentrelaterade faktorer hos företagsledare som är bestämmande för aktualisering av goodwillnedskrivning i den svenska kontexten. År 2005 implementerade International Accounting Standard Board principbaserade riktlinjer avseende redovisning av goodwill enligt IAS 36 mot tidigare systematiska avskrivningar av goodwill. Implementeringen avsåg att förbättra redovisning av goodwill genom att förse användarna av finansiella rapporter med mer värderelevant information avseende tillgångens underliggande prestation. Dock har det nya principbaserade reglementet kritiserats av forskare mot bakgrund av diskretionen som medföljer av IAS 36 vid nedskrivningsprövningar som kan ge upphov till opportunistiska incitament hos företagsledare. Undersökningen avgränsas till Nasdaq Stockholm i betraktande av att tidigare forskning visat inkonsekventa forskningsresultat avseende vilka faktorer som är bestämmande för goodwill nedskrivning samt att det föreligger få empiriska belägg och olika argument inom redovisningslitteraturen. Undersökningen utgörs av totalt 285 företag på Nasdaq Stockholm över fem undersökningsår, vilket efter täckningsfel och bortfall resulterar i 1090 företagsobservationer. Det empiriska resultatet tyder att företagsledare i den svenska kontexten under diskretionen som medföljer av IAS 36 agerar opportunistiskt för att uppnå eftertraktade resultat vid nedskrivningsprövningar, specifikt vid positionsbyte av den verkställande direktören och resultatutjämning vid abnormt höga resultat, och inte fullständigt följer företagsspecifika ekonomiska kriterier som följer av IAS 36 vid bedömning av kassagenererande enheters återvinningsvärde. Det subjektiva utrymmet vid nedskrivningsprövningar medför praktiska och teoretiska implikationer för användare av finansiella rapporter, utövare och normgivare.This study examines factors associated to business specific characteristics and factors associated to opportunistic incentives by executives that are determining for actualization of goodwill impairment losses in the Swedish context. In 2005, the International Accounting Standard Board implemented principle-based guidelines regarding the recognition of goodwill in accordance with IAS 36 against previously systematic amortization of goodwill. The implementation was issued to improve the recognition of goodwill by providing users of financial reports with more value-relevant information regarding the asset's underlying performance. However, the new principle-based regulations have been criticized by researchers considering the discretion that follows with IAS 36 in impairment tests that may give rise to opportunistic incentives on the part of executives. The study is limited to Nasdaq Stockholm, owing to previous research showing inconsistent results regarding the factors that determine goodwill impairment losses and that there are few empirical evidence and different arguments in the accounting literature. The survey consists of a total of 285 companies on Nasdaq Stockholm over five examination years, which after coverage errors and omissions results in 1090 observations. The empirical result indicates that executives in Sweden under the discretion that are incorporated with IAS 36 act opportunistically to achieve coveted results in impairment tests, specifically in the change of position of the CEO and in managing of earnings by equalizing results in periods of abnormally high results, and do not fully follow business specific financials criteria that follows from IAS 36 when assessing the recoverable amount of cash generating units. The subjective scope of impairment tests entails practical and theoretical implications for users of financial reports, practitioners and normsetters