The goal of this project is to explore how 23 different bird species respond to 3 climatic attributes. These attributes are lower than average temperatures, wind speed and precipitation level. Information about the bird species and all of the data associated with them is provided by Project FeederWatch (PFW). This is a citizen based survey study that provides key information about bird species abundance through the use of backyard and community feeders. The study volunteers from across the United States and Canada monitor these bird feeders and note important information about the species such as the number of individuals seen. Other standard information is also included such as location data and date. An original data collection pipeline was developed for this study to append climate data from Weather Underground (WU) to the PFW bird feeder data. The final dataset helped to explore how exactly the birds are reacting to winter temperatures, wind speeds and rain levels. Our results indicate that birds species in general visit the bird feeders more often as temperatures dip below average. We found that the body mass of the bird plays no role in the number of visits. Birds don't seem to be significantly affected by precipitation or wind speed as our results indicate no relationship between these climatic factors and abundance at the feeders.

This paper outlines a first-person engagement with energy systems and materiality and shows how somaesthetic design is one possible means by which we can cultivate and design for new ways of ethical being in relation to energy systems. The climate crisis does not afford a continued pace of our current technological design and development. There is a need to reframe our relationship to energy, particularly in a Western energy context, like Sweden, where we have plentiful access and no meaningful barriers to thoughtless use. Sustainable Interaction Design (SID) has attempted but fallen short of bringing forth meaningful interventions. This project argues that facilitating a new way of being in relation to energy will help us open an unexamined design space. Soma design is about designing ways of being in the world, but soma design as a method uses how we are in the world to find designerly ways of contributing to a transformational becoming. Through a deep engagement on the individual level, I did design work around energy system relations. Autobiographical design work revealed a trajectory of fatalism and extreme restriction to a slow loosening up – an opening into a more holistic relationship with energy. As the process unfolded, it became clear that sustainability is not a somaesthetic sensibility but that it can be appealed to via soma design methodology which reveals underlying notions and values that benefit sustainability. This contributed to a new understanding of how we relate to energy somatically and how we might tap into relational ethics in interaction design research and practice to encourage a felt sense for the materiality of energy. / Denna artikel skisserar ett förstapersonsengagemang med energisystem och materialitet och visar hur somaestetisk design är ett möjligt sätt genom vilket vi kan odla och designa för nya sätt att etiskt vara i relation till energisystem. Klimatkrisen har inte råd med en fortsatt takt i vår nuvarande tekniska design och utveckling. Det finns ett behov av att omformulera vårt förhållande till energi, särskilt i ett västerländskt energisammanhang, som Sverige, där vi har gott om tillgång och inga meningsfulla hinder för tanklös användning. Sustainable Interaction Design (SID) har försökt men misslyckats med att ta fram meningsfulla interventioner. Detta projekt argumenterar för att underlätta ett nytt sätt att vara i relation till energi kommer att hjälpa oss att öppna ett outforskat designutrymme. Soma design handlar om att designa sätt att vara i världen, men soma design som metod använder hur vi är i världen för att hitta designmässiga sätt att bidra till ett transformerande tillblivelse. Genom ett djupt engagemang på individnivå gjorde jag designarbete kring energisystemrelationer. Självbiografiskt designarbete avslöjade en bana av fatalism och extrem begränsning till en långsam uppluckring – en öppning till ett mer holistiskt förhållande till energi. Allt eftersom processen utvecklades blev det tydligt att hållbarhet inte är en somaestetisk känslighet utan att den kan tilltalas via soma designmetodik som avslöjar underliggande föreställningar och värderingar som gynnar hållbarhet. Detta bidrog till en ny förståelse för hur vi förhåller oss till energi somatiskt och hur vi kan utnyttja relationsetik i interaktionsdesignforskning och praktik för att uppmuntra en känsla för energins materialitet.

Clinical observations of individual patients are the cornerstones for furthering our understanding of the human body, diseases, and therapeutics. Traditionally, clinical observations were communicated through publishing case reports and case series. The effort of identifying and investigating unusual clinical observations has always rested on the shoulders of busy clinicians. To date, there has been little effort dedicated to increasing the efficiency of identifying unique and uncommon patient observations that may lead to valuable discoveries. In this thesis, we propose and implement an augmented intelligence framework to identify potential novel clinical observations by combining machine analytics through outlier analysis with the judgment of subject-matter experts. Preeclampsia is a significant cause of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity, and advances in its management have been slow. Considering the complex etiological nature of preeclampsia, clinical observations are essential in advancing our understanding of the disease and therapeutic approaches. Thus, the objectives and studies in this thesis aim to answer the hypothesis that using outlier analysis in preeclampsia-related medical data would lead to identifying previously uninvestigated clinical cases with new clinical insight. This thesis combines three articles published or submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. The first article (published) is a systematic review examining the extent to which case reports and case series in preeclampsia have contributed new knowledge or discoveries. We report that under one-third of the identified case reports and case series presented new knowledge. In our second article (submitted for publication), we provide an overview of outlier analysis and introduce the framework of augmented intelligence using our proposed extreme misclassification contextual outlier analysis approach. Furthermore, we conduct a systematic review of obstetrics-related research that used outlier analysis to answer scientific questions. Our systematic review findings indicate that such use is in its infancy. In our third article (published), we implement the proposed augmented intelligence framework using two different outlier analysis methods on two independent datasets from separate studies in preeclampsia and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. We identify several clinical observations as potential novelties, thus supporting the feasibility and applicability of outlier analysis to accelerate clinical discovery.

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Цель исследования – разработка методологии исследования нарративов в средствах массовой информации. Объект исследования – информационное поле средств массовой информации. Предмет исследования – нарративы и методологии их исследования. Научная новизна заключается в разработке нового подхода к анализу и интерпретации материалов, используемых в СМИ, использованию современных инструментов и технологий в целях более эффективного исследования и классификации нарративов в больших объемах информации. Апробация разработанной методологии включает тестирование методологии на большой выборке материалов из различных СМИ, а также участие в научных конференциях в ходе разработки методологии. Результаты работы – практическим результатом работы стала разработка методологии исследования нарративов СМИ и рекомендации по возможному использованию и улучшению результатов. / The purpose of the study is to develop a methodology for studying narratives in the media. The object of research is the information field of the media. The subject of the study is narratives and methodologies for their research. Scientific novelty lies in the development of a new approach to the analysis and interpretation of materials used in the media, the use of modern tools and technologies in order to more effectively study and classify narratives in large volumes of information. Approbation of the developed methodology includes testing the methodology on a large sample of materials from various media, as well as participation in scientific conferences during the development of the methodology. Results of the work - the practical result of the work was the development of a methodology for studying media narratives and recommendations for possible use and improvement of the results.

No / In this article we explain how the development of new organization theory faces several mutually reinforcing problems, which collectively suppress generative debate and the creation of new and alternative theories. We argue that to overcome these problems, researchers should adopt relationally reflexive practices. This does not lead to an alternative method but instead informs how methods are applied. Specifically, we advocate a stance toward the application of qualitative methods that legitimizes insights from the situated life-with-others of the researcher. We argue that this stance can improve our abilities for generative theorizing in the field of management and organization studies.

The main purpose of this study was to determine: * If there is a relationship between certain personality traits and participation in sport. * Whether cricket players possess certain personality traits in general and with regard to levels of play, playing positions and age. The literature study indicated that the study of personality tend to be complex and showed a relationship between personality traits and participation in sport. Furthermore the literature study showed that personality is not static, but dependant on acquired traits and responses. The empirical study revealed that certain personality traits in cricket players figure stronger than others regarding levels of play, playing positions and age, for example cricket players on club level tend to have more self control than school players and bowlers tend to show a larger tendency to disregard social rules and tend to be more enthusiastic, and greater risk-takers than batsmen and wicketkeepers. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Guidance and Counselling)

Text in English / The Student Self-Empowerment and Enrichment Programme (SSEEP), formed a resourceful context for this study, which was action-oriented and experience-based. The aim of the SSEEP was to disseminate knowledge, and to create a domain for dialogue that facilitated connection with others and created spaces for the telling and sharing of stories. The philosophy which informed this study was that individuals interpret their experiences and make sense thereof through narratives or stories, which are socially constructed through language. Qualitative research methods were used to interpret the data. Facilitators' and students' experiences in the SSEEP were recorded in field notes, and photographs and 'memory boxes', which were analysed using a hermeneutic method. Personal interviews with four students were analysed using narrative analysis. The purpose of this study was to identify the processes, themes and meanings that contribute to the enhancement of students' personal resources. Facilitators and/ or students co-constructed alternative stories to ones that thwarted their growth, or subjugated them, which led to the creation of new realities that individuals could 'perform', and to recreating themselves in new ways. They could not but be changed by the encounter, and moved from the anonymity of silence to the healing of affirmation through narrative. The promotion of healing, the provision of support or education, and improvement of self-understanding and personal efficacy, were goals that seemed to have been attained. It was also hoped that personal growth would bring life-enhancing contributions to other contexts as well, such as the students' personal, family and community contexts. The guidelines proposed in this study could be of value to those who wish to become involved at grassroots level in designing and implementing their own programmes in the tertiary-education context. They are particularly relevant within present day South Africa taking the diversity of the population into account. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)