The Challenges of Social Infrastructure for Urban Planning

This editorial addresses social infrastructure in relation to urban planning and localisation, drawing together the themes in this thematic issue on “Localizing Social Infrastructures: Welfare, Equity, and Community.” Having contextualised social infrastructure, we present each of the 12 contributions by theme: (a) the social consequences of the localisation of social infrastructure for individuals, (b) the preconditions for localising social infrastructure in the urban landscape, and (c) the social consequences for the long-term social sustainability of the wider community. We conclude with the openings for future research, such as the need to continue researching localisation (for example, the ways localisations of social infrastructure support, maintain, or hinder inclusion and community-building, and which benefits would come out of using localisation as a strategic planning tool); second, funding (the funding of non-commercial social infrastructure and who would take on the responsibility); and third, situated knowledge (the knowledge needed by planners, architects, social service officials, decision makers, and the like to address and safeguard the importance of social infrastructure in urban development and regeneration processes)

A healthy city for all? Social services roles in collaborative urban development

There is broad consensus among policymakers about the urgency of developing healthy, inclusive, and socially sustainable cities. In the Swedish context, social services are considered to have knowledge that needs to be integrated into the broader urban development processes in order to accomplish such ends. This article aims to better understand the ways in which social service officials collaborate in urban development processes for developing the social dimensions of healthy cities. We draw from neo-institutional theories, which set out actors (e.g., social service officials) as acting according to a logic of appropriateness, which means that actors do what they see as appropriate for themselves in a specific type of situation. Based on semi-structured interviews with social services officials in 10 Swedish municipalities on their experiences of collaboration in the development of housing and living environments for people with psychiatric disabilities, we identified that they act based on (a) a pragmatic rule of conduct through the role of the problem solver, (b) a bureaucratic rule of conduct through the role of the knowledge provider, and (c) activist rule of conduct through the role of the advocator. In these roles, they have little authority in the development processes, and are unable to set the agenda for the social dimensions of healthy cities but act as the moral consciousness by looking out for everyone’s right to equal living conditions in urban development

Cryoneurolysis for cervicogenic headache - A double blinded randomized controlled study

Background and aims: Cervicogenic headache (CEH) is a debilitating condition and analgesics have limited effect. Percutaneous cryoneurolysis is thus still in use although the clinical evidence is lacking. We present a randomized, controlled study to assess the clinical efficacy of cryoneurolysis compared with a corticosteroid combined with a local anaesthetic. Methods: In a university-based outpatient pain clinic we performed a randomized, double blinded, comparative study with an 18-week follow-up. After positive diagnostic test blocks 52 eligible patients were randomly allocated in a ratio of 3:2, 31 participants to occipital cryoneurolysis and 21 participants to injections of 1 mL methylprednisolone 40 mg/mL (Depo-Medrol®) combined with 1 mL bupivacaine 5 mg/mL. Results: We observed a significant pain reduction of more than 50% in both treatment groups, slightly improved neck function and reduced number of opioid consumers. After 6–7-weeks, however, pain intensity increased gradually, but did not reach baseline within 18 weeks. Although cryoneurolysis provided a more prolonged effect, the group differences did not reach statistical significance. Health related quality of life and psychological distress improved minimally. A large number reported minor and transient side effects, but we found no significant group differences. After 18 weeks, 29% rated the headache as much improved, and 12 (24%) somewhat improved, but a large proportion (78%) reported need for further intervention/treatment. Conclusions: Cryoneurolysis provided substantial, but temporary pain relief, and the effect was not significantly different from injections of a corticosteroid combined with a local anaesthetic. Participants were selected by a single test block, and the neurolytic procedure was guided by anatomical landmarks and nerve stimulation. A stricter patient selection and an ultrasound-guided technique might have improved the results. Cryoneurolysis provides temporary pain relief not significantly superior to corticosteroid injection, and the results question the value of occipital cryoneurolysis for a chronic pain condition like CEH. Implications: Occipital cryoneurolysis may be considered when non-invasive treatments appear insufficient, but only for patients who have responded substantially to test blocks. A risk of local scar and neuroma formation by repeated cryoneurolysis, leading to neuropathic pain has been discussed by other researchers.publishedVersio

KASVA!! - Oma animaatio

Opinnäytetyön aiheena on oman animaation suunnittelu ja toteutus, sekä animaation historian esittely lyhyesti. Opinnäytetyössä kerrotaan mistä animaatio on lähtenyt käyntiin ja ketkä ovat vaikuttaneet animaation kehitykseen. Historiaosioon on käytetty aihetta koskevaa kirjallisuutta, sekä internetlähteitä. Oman animaaion ideana oli esittää animaation kehitys ja sen kasvu. Animaatiossa kulkee kettu, joka kasvaa animaation edetessä. Kettu kuvastaa animaatioteollisuuden kasvua.The subject of this thesis was creating an animation of my own, as well as a brief of animation history. The thesis tells from where it all started and who has made a big contribution to the animation industry. The history part of this thesis is based on literature, and internet sources, of the subject in question. The concept of my own animation, is the growth of the animation industry. In the animation there's a fox that rans through a gallery and will grow through out the animation short. The fox represents the animation industry, with its growth

The nurse´s opportunities to and use of humour in nursing care

Bakgrunden: Sinne för humor är individuellt, är en del av personligheten samt kan vara ett viktigt verktyg i omvårdnadsarbetet. Humor kan vara en gratis medicin som rätt anpassad kan ha positiva effekter på patienten som att lindra smärta, ge avslappning och hjälpa patienten att skapa distans till svårigheter. Trots det inbjuder sällan sjuksköterskan till humor med patienten i omvårdnadsarbetet. Syftet var att beskriva sjuksköterskans möjligheter till och användning av humor i omvårdnadsarbetet. Metod för fördjupningsarbetet var en allmän litteraturstudie baserad på 11 kvalitativa och kvantitativa artiklar. Resultatet presenteras utifrån kategorierna Sjuksköterskans möjligheter till humor och Sjuksköterskans användande av humor. Resultatet visar att sjuksköterskan både har inre och yttre möjligheter att använda humor, men att det inte i första hand används i omvårdnaden av patienten, utan som stresshantering för sjuksköterskan. Slutsatsen är att sjuksköterskan behöver hjälp att hantera svåra eller stressfulla situationer på andra sätt än genom humor, för att humor ska bli möjligt och kunna användas som en positiv del i omvårdnadsarbetet med patienten. Hantering av svåra eller stressfulla situationer kan ske genom handledning eller etiska reflektioner, enskilt och i grupp.Background: The sense of humour is individual, a part of the personality and can be an important tool in nursing care. Humour can be a free medicine and if used correctly, it has positive effects on the patient concerning relieving pain, providing relaxation and helping the patient to create a distance to difficult situations. Despite the knowledge, the nurse seldom initiates humour with the patient in nursing care. The aim was to describe the nurse's opportunities to and use of humour in nursing care. Method for the composition was a general literature review based on 11 qualitative and quantitative articles. The results are presented through the categories The nurse´s opportunities to humour and The nurse's use of humour. The result shows that the nurse has both internal and external opportunities to use humour, but it is not primarily used in the care of the patient, instead it is used by the nurse to cope with stressful situations. The conclusion is that the nurse needs help to deal with difficult or stressful situations in other ways than through humour, in order for humour to be used in a positive way with the patient in nursing care. Dealing with difficult or stressful situations could happen through tutoring or ethical reflections, individually and in groups

Teknikundervisning förmedlar flera olika bilder av teknik

En studie visar att elever i förskoleklass i sin teknikundervisning fick lära sig en mängd saker om teknikens förhållande till människor, samhälle och natur utöver lektionsinnehållet. Budskap om att teknik ibland även kan påverka människor och miljö negativt var ovanliga. Copyright (c) 2023 Per Högström, Maria Sparf

The Challenges of Social Infrastructure for Urban Planning

This editorial addresses social infrastructure in relation to urban planning and localisation, drawing together the themes in this thematic issue on “Localizing Social Infrastructures: Welfare, Equity, and Community.” Having contextualised social infrastructure, we present each of the 12 contributions by theme: (a) the social consequences of the localisation of social infrastructure for individuals, (b) the preconditions for localising social infrastructure in the urban landscape, and (c) the social consequences for the long-term social sustainability of the wider community. We conclude with the openings for future research, such as the need to continue researching localisation (for example, the ways localisations of social infrastructure support, maintain, or hinder inclusion and community-building, and which benefits would come out of using localisation as a strategic planning tool); second, funding (the funding of non-commercial social infrastructure and who would take on the responsibility); and third, situated knowledge (the knowledge needed by planners, architects, social service officials, decision makers, and the like to address and safeguard the importance of social infrastructure in urban development and regeneration processes)

Contemporary accommodation services for people with psychiatric disabilities : the simple taxonomy for supported accommodation (STAX-SA) applied and discussed in a Swedish context

This article focuses on the stock of accommodation service units for people with psychiatric disabilities in Sweden and the classification of supported accommodation. We examined 122 units in 12 municipalities in Sweden and classified them according to the Simple Taxonomy for Supported Accommodation (STAX-SA). We found an obvious variation in the field and a movement into a recovery-oriented direction and towards individuality. There is an emphasis on Move-On that seems to expand into and beyond floating outreach support, and there is a relaxation of service units’ boundaries concerning commitment and target groups. The correspondence to STAX-SA was quite low (48%), and the applicability to ‘real world’ services was not satisfactory. When capturing variation and change in a rich dataset, STAX-SA is too reductive. However, STAX-SA was a successful point of departure in the analysis that opened up for identifying diversities and movement. We suggest some adjustments to increase its applicability