Hedonism Before Bentham

The hedonistic theories of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill are both widely known. Hedonism before Bentham, however, is much less known and, hitherto, no systematic presentation of hedonism’s early history has been written. In this paper I seek to fill this gap in the literature by providing an overview of hedonism in early Indian and ancient Greek thought (Sections 1-4), in Roman and Medieval thought (Section 5), and from the Renaissance until the Enlightenment (Section 6)

Do Norwegian bond funds create value?

Performance evaluations of Norwegian bond mutual funds have until this date received limited attention. The introduction of updated credit-indices by Nordic Bond Pricing, has allowed for new opportunities to analyse funds of this major asset class. The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate whether Norwegian bond mutual funds are capable of creating value. In the study, we examine investment grade funds over two separate sampleperiods from 2010-2019 and 2015-2019. The thesis employ three separate approaches for evaluating whether funds are able to create value, namely active return, value added and factor models. Our findings indicate that the average Norwegian bond fund is capable of creating value compared to proper benchmarks. However, none of the generated value benefits investors. Further, we find that the apparent value creation relates to exposure toward common risk factors and not from fund managers possessing skill. When employing factor models, not a single fund exhibit a positive significant performance neither gross nor net of expenses. The sign and significance are robust across all factor models applied. The results of this thesis are important as funds for a long period of time have been compared to inappropriate indices, misleading investors. As an extension of the performance analysis, we consider whether it is possible to identify funds by examining their characteristics. Fund age, assets under management (AUM) and expense ratio are evaluated. Our findings suggest that funds with a high AUM are able to outperform others both gross and net of expenses. In addition, we find evidence that funds with high expense ratios generate higher returns gross of expenses. Keywords – Bonds, Bond funds, Nordic Bond Pricing, Active management, Factor exposure, CAPMnhhma

Utilization of Hydrogen Gas Produced Through Sodium Borohydride

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of Minnesota Dulut

Utilization of Hydrogen Gas Produced Through Sodium Borohydride

UROP paper, 2014, Chemical EngineeringUndergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of Minnesota Dulut

How can the nurse provide patient care in a situation where mechanical restraints is used?

Bacheloroppgave sykepleie, 2017Bruk av tvang i psykisk helsevern er et tema som har stort fokus i den offentlige debatten. Lovverket som regulerer psykisk helsevern hjemler bruk av tvang i behandlingen av mennesker med psykiske lidelser, samtidig som tvangsbruken i stadig større grad problematiseres av brukere, politikere og fagpersoner. Sammen med egne erfaringer som sykepleierstudent i flere belteleggingssituasjoner, er dette bakgrunnen for valg av tema. Følgende problemstilling er valgt: Hvordan kan sykepleier gi omsorg i en situasjon der det brukes mekanisk tvang. Denne bacheloroppgaven er en litterær studie, der problemstillingen søkes besvart med relevante forskningsartikler og faglitteratur. Etter søk i anerkjente databaser er fire forskningsartikler inkludert i studien, i tillegg til faglitteratur av forfattere som Strand, Martinsen, Hummelvoll, Eide og Eide m.fl. Oppgaven drøfter hvordan sykepleieren kan yte omsorg til pasienten i situasjoner der det brukes mekanisk tvang. Sykepleierens viktigste oppgave er å utøve omsorgsfull sykepleie til pasienten fra belteleggingen begynner til tvangstiltaket avsluttes. Omsorgen har både faglige, moralske, etiske og juridiske aspekter, som sykepleieren må legge til grunn for sine vurderinger, beslutninger og i utøvelsen. Å yte omsorg til pasienter under beltelegging innebærer at sykepleieren må ivareta pasientens grunnleggende behov, både fysisk, psykisk og sosialt. Kunnskap om kommunikasjon og relasjoner er grunnleggende, sammen med en praktisk tilnærming. Videre må sykepleieren ha kunnskap om pasientens juridiske rettigheter, opprettholde verdighet og unngå umyndiggjøring, samt være empatisk og respektfull. Til sammen vil dette kunne bidra til at beltelegging kan gjennomføres med minst mulig negative virkninger, i øyeblikket og på lengre sikt

The ethics of wild animal suffering

Animal ethics has received a lot of attention over the last four decades. Its focus, however, has almost exclusively been on the welfare of captive animals, ignoring the vast majority of animals: those living in the wild. I suggest that this one-sided focus is unwarranted. On the empirical side, I argue that wild animals overwhelmingly outnumber captive animals, and that billions of wild animals are likely to have lives that are even more painful and distressing than those of their captive counterparts. On the normative side, I argue that as long as we have duties of assistance towards humans suffering from natural causes, and we reject anthropocentrism, we also have duties of assistance towards animals suffering in the wild. Article first published online: 22 MARCH 201

Kontraktshjelperansvaret ved skade på forbrukers eiendom

Postponed access: the file will be accessible after 2021-12-10MasteroppgaveJUS399MAJUR-2MAJU

Support for Research Data Management among U.S. Academic Institutions: Results from a National Survey

Report on survey results on research data management among United States academic institutions

The Case for an Adaptive Integration Framework for Data Aggregation/Dissemination in Service-Oriented Architectures

Abstract The migration to Service Oriented Architectures (SOA

Open Access to UNT Faculty's Scholarly Publications

This presentation discusses open access policies at the University of North Texas (UNT). The topics include an introduction to open access, a discussion of open access policies, and implementation ideas for workflow and technology support