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Aim: This study aims at exploring how persons with hearing impairments, using cochlear implants, create and negotiate meaning in relation to soundscapes in modern society. Methods: Participants were contacted through national organisations for persons with hearing impairments. Data was gathered by means of a combination of interviews and an ethnological questionnaire. Results: For persons with coc
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The African genus Xanthodactylon is circumscribed and compared with the cosmopolitan genus Xanthoria. The two genera are best distinguished by their ascospores. The South African species Xanthodactylon turbinatum is shown to be heterogeneous. A new species Xanthodactylon wirthii is segregated and the new combination X. alexanderbaai is proposed. Four species are thus included in Xanthodactylon. In
This chapter aims to raise awareness about the usefulness and importance of simulation in support of software engineering. Simulation is applied in many critical engineering areas and enables one to address issues before they become problems. Simulation – in particular process simulation – is a state of the art technology to analyze process behaviour, risks and complex systems with their inherent
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Poor public perception can obstruct a construction project in a damaging way. Knowledge about public opinion should be considered as a relevant area of expertise for project managers and as an essential cost element in the planning and completion of construction projects. A consensual approach to a siting controversy requires informal face-to-face interaction among chosen representatives from all
Popular Abstract in Swedish POPULÄRVETENSKAPLIG SAMMANFATTNING (Popularized summary in Swedish) Alkohol inta's för sina effekter på hjärnan och ger upphov till välbehagskänslor och berusning. Alkoholmissbruk är dock skadligt för hjärncellerna. När alkoholmissbruket dessutom är för långvarigt, uppstår förändringar i hjärnan, som avser att kompensera för alkoholeffekten, vilket medför att alkohol mThis thesis focused on the mechanisms involved in the effects of long-term ethanol treatment on mAChRs and their coupled-signal transduction pathway in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. All 5 subtypes of mAChRs were expressed in these cells. Acute ethanol exposure induced a minor and transient decrease in the number of cell surface mAChRs, which could not account for the previously described pron
Abstract in Danish Kapitlet sætter fokus på, hvordan sygeplejestuderende kan udvikle professionelle kompetencer i den kliniske del af sygeplejerskeuddannelsen. Indledningsvis reflekteres over kompetencebegrebet knyttet til professionsbacheloruddannelsen, og begrebet læring defineres som henholdsvis erhvervelse og deltagelse. Erhvervelse som læringstilgang er den mest dominerende forståelse af læri
Popular Abstract in English In Mozambique, many wild fruit species occur naturally in forest environments. Most of the wild fruits are consumed fresh because of their short shelf-life when ripe. Forests play an important role in rural communities as a source of food and medicinal and social/cultural services and also provide a source of income when fruits are sold at local markets. Some parts of MVangueria infausta (African medlar) is a wild fruit found in southern and central Mozambique. The ripe fruit has a leathery skin enclosing three to five seeds embedded in a soft pulp that tastes like apple. It plays an important role in the diet of the rural population and has the potential for commercial use. The fruit is mostly eaten fresh, and sometimes mixed with porridges, but in some parts
