Nature and Nature Values in Organic agriculture an analysis of contested consepts and values among different actors in organic farming

The relationship between agriculture and nature is a central issue in the current agricultural debate. Organic Farming has ambitions and a special potential in relation to nature. Consideration for nature is part of the guiding principals of organic farming and many organic farmers are committed to protecting natural qualities. However, the issue of nature, landscape, and land use is not straightforward. Nature is an ambiguous concept that involves multiple interests and actors reaching far beyond farmers. The Danish research project Nature Quality in Organic Farming has investigated the relationship between nature and organic farming. This article will focus on an expert workshop held in connection with the project that investigates the way different actors conceptualize nature. Farmers, scientists, and non-governmental organizations came together to discuss their experiences of nature and expectations of organic agriculture. From this interaction, it was clear that nature is a contested notion. Different understandings of nature exist within the three groups and there is disagreement as to whether emphasis should be given to biological qualities, production values, or experiential and aesthetic perspectives. This complexity provides a challenge to organic farming as well as to the implementation of nature considerations in general. It illustrates an underlying battle for the right to define nature and nature quality and essentially decide what organic farmers should work towards. We argue that successful implementation requires organic farmers to carefully consider what expectations they wish to meet. Optimally it is dependent on a dialog between stakeholder interest groups that allows for multivocality and pluralism

EXPLORING VISUAL MEDIA IN THE PROCESS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK

This paper discusses the benefits of using film in ethnographic fieldwork. During the fieldwork for Kamilla’s Ph.D. project about elderly people’s health and social relations, we have experimented with the use of video. In this paper we focus on the results of and reactions to using self-produced film material in focus group discussions conducted in an activity centre for retired people in Copenhagen. The method applied turned out to be beneficial in expected but also positively surprising ways that enabled us to gain insights beyond those of solely word-based approaches. Please view our short film clip Bodil in the Snow (http://vimeo.com/59180448) which we used for accessing knowledge about health issues among the elderly in Copenhagen, as discussed in the article

Primary follicular lymphoma of the fallopian tube found incidentally in a patient treated for endometrial carcinoma: a case report

We report a rare case of primary lymphoma of fallopian tube in a 68-year-old woman who underwent total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for endometrial carcinoma. The specimen showed a well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma with superficial myometrial invasion. The left fallopian tube revealed a 1 cm nodule that histologically showed diffuse lymphoid follicles consisting of small cleaved lymphocytes and occasional larger cells. The cells were immunopositive for CD20, BCL-2, and BCL-6 but negative for CD3 and CD43. Polymerase chain reaction confirmed a monoclonal B-cell population. Fluorescence in-situ hybridization revealed at (14, 18) translocation. The patient had absent lymphadenopathy and negative CT scan of chest, abdomen, and pelvis. The findings were consistent with a primary low grade follicular lymphoma of fallopian tube. She did not receive chemotherapy and remained disease free for 13 months after surgery. Our case suggests that primary lymphoma of fallopian tube may be associated with a favorable prognosis

Incretin mimetics: a novel therapeutic option for patients with type 2 diabetes – a review

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease associated with low quality of life and early death. The goal in diabetes treatment is to prevent these outcomes by tight glycemic control and minimizing vascular risk factors. So far, even intensified combination regimen with the traditional antidiabetes agents have failed to obtain these goals. Incretin mimetics are a new class of antidiabetes drugs which involve modulation of the incretin system. They bind to and activate glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptors on pancreatic beta-cells following which insulin secretion and synthesis are initiated. Since the compounds have no insulinotropic activity at lower glucose concentrations the risk of hypoglycemia – a well-known shortcoming of existing antidiabetes treatments – is low. Additionally, incretin mimetics have been shown to be associated with beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk factors such as weight loss, decrease in blood pressure and changes in lipid profile. Current clinical data on the two available incretin mimetics, exenatide and liraglutide, are evaluated in this review, focusing on pharmacology, efficacy, safety and tolerability. The review is built on a systematic PubMed and Medline search for publications with the key words GLP-1 receptor agonist, exenatide, liraglutide and type 2 diabetes mellitus up to January 2009

Et etnografisk øjeblik med Lotte Meinert: Fortalt til Katrine Broch Hansen

“Tiden på feltarbejde skal forsvares, og det gør jeg gerne fra min position. Det er den dér indlevelse i verden og andre men- neskers liv, som er vores særkende i an- tropologien. Selvfølgelig kan man rigtig meget med interviews og fokusgruppedis- kussioner. Men det er ved de oplevelser, som jo kun melder sig når man har været afsted i lang tid, når tingene begynder at gå sin gang, og man bliver sovset ind i det hele på godt og ondt, det er dér man kom- mer et spadestik dybere. Dér hvor man forstår på sin egen krop, hvad det vil sige at leve under de givne vilkår

Det er du som er protagonisten, ikke jeg. Nei, ikke du heller : En studie av 2. personfremstillingen i nordisk litteratur

Masteroppgave nordisk språk og litteratur NO500 - Universitetet i Agder 2018In this master thesis I do a text-imaging, narratological and thematic analysis via a comparative method. I analyse 16 texts in the novel genre and short story genre, in relation to the use of second-person narration. I analyse the texts in relation to how the narrator is located locally and temporally in the second-person narration, and how the second-person narration is used to support certain themes. I have divided the analysis into two, where I analyse the genres individually in terms of the genre's premise. I have rendered key points of the field of second-person narration and tested the theory from prominent researchers within the field, Monika Fludernik, Brian Richardson, Irene Kacandes, Helmut Bonheim and Rolf Reitan respectively. A key finding in the thesis is that the theory of the field requires an update. In the years after the theory has been summarized, many new texts have been published that use a second-person narration, and these often use the technique differently from what has been defined in the theory. The narrative theory also has its short comings on certain points. The previous research of the field has mostly focused on the narrator, but in the analysis, I have discovered a very interesting aspect of how this form of narration is used to support a specific theme in the text. The form of narration is widely used to give the impression that the protagonist has an external feeling to himself and his surroundings, by telling his own story and actions in you-form. In these texts, the discourse itself creates an expression of exclusion, which I claim is distinctive to the second-person narration. This technique is also particularly prominent in texts that alternate between different narrations and in short story texts. In the analysis I have tested the question "Who is narrating?" on all the texts and this has proved difficult to answer. In a second-person narration there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the narrator, and it is often manifold. As a reader of a text in second-person narration, one can both feel addressed and still understand that it is the protagonist who is being addressed

Fremtidens revisor : Fire ulike scenarioer for digitaliseringens potensielle innvirkning på revisjonsprosessen og revisors verdiforslag de neste fem årene

Masteroppgave revisjon og regnskap BE508 - Universitetet i Agder 2019Formålet med masterutredningen er å undersøke hvilken potensiell innvirkning AI og robotisering vil ha på revisjonsprosessen og revisors verdiforslag de neste fem årene. De digitale verktøyene har allerede påvirket revisjonsprosessen ved at rutinepregede oppgaver i stor grad harblitt automatisert. Videre er det forventet at den digitale transformasjonen vil være i stand til å skape helt nye og forbedrede forretningsmodeller. Dette vil i stor grad avhenge av hvordan usikre faktorer blir håndtert. Vanlige feil ved en ledelses beslutninger innebærer ofte en over-eller undervurdering av forventede fremtidige hendelser. Det foreligger en del forskning rundt hvilken innvirkning teknologien vil ha på revisjonsbransjenog samfunnet for øvrig. I artikler blir teknologi og automatisering omtalt med alt fra at detvil erstatte arbeidstakere, til at detvil skape nye arbeidsplasser. For å forstå hvilken påvirkningskraft teknologien faktisk vil kunne ha, er det viktig å vurdere de ulike betingelsene for at endringer skal inntreffe. Scenariometodikk har derfor blitt valgt for å besvare problemstillingen, hvor formålet har vært å finne et balansepunkt som revisjonsbransjen kan posisjonere seg etter.De mest avgjørende usikkerhetsfaktorene er blitt vurdert til å være hvorvidt myndighetene vil utarbeide et lovverk som er tilrettelagt de mulighetene teknologien fører med segog i hvilken grad revisjonsbransjen vil være i stand til å utvikle og tilby nye tjenester. I forbindelse med dette er det blitt utarbeidet fire mulige fremtidsscenarioer. I scenario 1 («stoppestedet») venter revisjonsbransjen på at det skalbliutarbeidet et tilrettelagt lovverk, før de ønsker å ta i bruk AI i større grad. Dette har dermed ført til hindringer rundt digitaliseringen av revisjonsprosessenog videre revisors verdiforslag. I scenario 2 («dørene i markedet åpnes») er lovverket i stor grad tilrettelagt. Det har derimot fremkommet uforutsette hendelser som gjør at revisor ikke er i stand til å møte kundenes behov. Dette har resultert i at det har kommet konkurrerende aktører inn på markedet som truer revisors praktisering. I scenario 3 («kundens behov i fokus») er det lovmessig tilrettelagt for den teknologiske utviklingen. Mentaliteten i dette scenarioet er at de selskapene som ikke er i stand til å møte klientenes behov vil stå i fare for å forsvinne. I scenario 4 («et politisk kaos») er det ikke blitt utarbeidet er tilrettelagt lovverk. Revisjonsbransjen har likevel begynt å tilby nye tjenester i form av revisjonsnær rådgivning. I hvilken grad revisjonsprosessen og revisors verdiforslag vil bli påvirket de neste fem årene vil dermed avhenge ettersomhvilket scenario som vil finne sted