This paper examines the continuity, change and adaptation of blat – as a Soviet time, informal, economic transaction network, that existed as a response to a non-functional economy. The analysis is based on 33 in-depth interviews conducted in 2009 during a pilot field study in Ukraine and Belarus. The main focus is on individuals’ descriptions, justifications and explanations of their ongoing info

Genus är ett samlingsbegrepp för det forskningsfält som rör frågor om kön, genus och feministisk teori, men även jämlikhet och jämställdhet. Detta fält som från början kallades kvinnoforskningen etablerades i Sverige på 1960- och 1970-talen, då frågan om huruvida "manligt" och "kvinnligt" är socialt och historiskt konstruerade företeelser stod i fokus. Begreppet genus började därför användas för a

The experience acquired over a period of 15 years of diagnostic electron microscopy of fine needle aspirates and surgical specimens constitutes the base for this thesis. Some of the tumors analyzed represent rare soft tissue tumors, and consequently not very often ultrastructurally described. In locations where sarcomas are rare and unexpected, electron microscopy may contribute to a correct tumor

Women at the managerial level are an interesting group considering that there are few women managers, especially at the senior level. One purpose of the present study was to examine how individual and situational factors have influenced women managers' career development. A second aim was to find out the personal views of women managers on different aspects of their career and also how they combin

In this thesis, the developments of two different low-cost scanners for positron emission tomography (PET) based on 3D acquisition, are presented. 3D reconstruction methods for these systems are also presented. The first scanner consists of two rotating scintillation cameras, and produces quantitative images, which have shown to be clinically useful . The second one is a system with two opposed se

The plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase is a predominant membrane enzyme that provides the energy for secondary active transport across the plasma membrane. Consequently, the H+-ATPase is thought to play a major role in many cell processes, and it is implicated to be regulated by a number of factors, including hormones, blue light, and fungal toxins The plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase is regulated vi

Att denna lokalisering av den dömande och ekonomiska verksamheten i Europa varit bra för lilla Luxemburg är entydigt, men är en dylik rättskoncentration bra för Europa? Detta inlägg granskar de problem domstolen står inför, diskuterar de alternativ som erbjuds och om en utlokalisering av den högsta rättsskipningen i Europa kan vara ett alternativ till en fortsatt koncentration till Luxemburg. Avsl

Inom skådespelarutbildningen vid Teaterhögskolan i Malmö ingår mer omfattande reflektionsuppgifter på åtminstone tre utbildningsnivåer: kandidat, magister och master. Inga av dessa kan till vare sig omfattning, innehåll eller framställningsform förväntas vara direkt jämförbara med konventionella akademiska uppsatser vid andra fakulteter. Det finns på det konstnärliga området ingen lång tradition a

Synthesis of metal-oxide nanoparticles and utilization of these particles as gate materials for field-effect sensor devices is reported. Improved selectivity to specific gases is expected by modulating the size of the oxide nanoparticles or impregnating them with catalytic metals. Another objective is to improve the long-term thermal stability of the sensors, since the metal loaded nanoparticles m

This thesis is a summary of five papers concerning endocyclic cleavage of glycosides and related acetals. Simple lactol ethers undergo endocyclic cleavage to give acyclic chain extended products on treatment with organoaluminium and organotitanium reagents. The first examples where organotitanium reagents induced alkylative endocyclic cleavage of carbohydrates is presented. The best conditions for