The purpose of this study was to examine how the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet wrote and constructed their articles about the FIFA World Cup 2018 and the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019. The other purpose was to see if the Sweden men’s national football team and the Sweden women’s national football team got the same space in the newspaper and to see if the teams are portrayed in different ways. This study is based on both a quantitative content analysis and a critical discourse analysis. To do so we analyzed all of the articles that were published during both of the World Cups group stages. In total, the study examines 291 articles, split between two time periods. For our critical discourse analysis, we used six articles, all written the day after a game in the group stage.   The great conclusion that was made in our study showed that Aftonbladet more often wrote about the Sweden men’s national football team then they did about the Sweden women’s national football team. It was also common that the articles constructed about the men’s team were more likely to be about their achievements and their game on the pitch when the articles about the women’s team were more likely to be about feelings and their personal life. A pattern that we could follow during our study was that it was more often male journalists wrote about the men’s World Cup and that women wrote about the women’s World Cup.

The recommendations in Sweden following the coronavirus has led to a group of elderly people feeling discriminated – as some might not relate to the stereotypical view of people above the age of 70. This is just somewhat example how a negative stereotype towards elderly people could take form. A view similar like this towards elderly people that includes prejudicial attitudes or negative stereotypes is a form of discrimination, and goes by the name of ageism – which also might be our most accepted form of discrimination today. Sweden is a home for over 1.6 million people above the age of 70, which makes up for around 16 % of the total population. That makes the group a large target for discrimination. It might not be easy to reach out to all these people by yourself, but it’s certain that big media corporations have the power to do so. Our goal with this thesis was to study how two of the largest dailies in Sweden – Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter image distribution of the elderly people look like in terms of representation during the restrictions and recommendations of the coronavirus. In order to achieve this we used Lars Anderssons interpretation of ageism as our theoretical starting point, but also Stuart Hall’s theory about representation to answer in which way elderly people are being represented. The first level of analysis for this thesis was quantitative, as we wanted to see in frequencies which way the subject for this study is portrayed. This then gave us a broader picture we can work with for our qualitative analysis, where we then focused on analyzing semiotically of the elderly looks like in the news pictures during the given time frame for this study from 1ˢᵗ of April to 30ᵗʰ September. The results presented in this thesis did not share a similar result with most of the recent studies in the same field – which reveals how elderly people are portrayed in a negative ageing stereotype as well as underrepresented in the media.

The diploma theses named The media response of the company Knižní klub (1992-2018) examines how had the Czech media refered about the publishing house Knižní klub. In the first part of this theses can be found the description of the development of the book market and also of the publishing market throughout the years, starting with the progress of the book printing followed by the description of the historical phases that had impact on the book market. The second part of the diploma theses is dealing with the company Knižní klub and everything related to that. The following chapter describes all the companies that had ever owned the company Knižní klub during the time it has been active on the Czech market. The analysis itself is divided into two big chapters accoring to the time periods. The first chapter analyses chosen printed media that had been active during the years from 1992 to 2013. The second chapter is examining the medialization of the company Knižní klub within the years 2014 to 2019 and for the analysis of the medialization had been used not only printed media but also online media as their influence grew with time. A quantitative analysis has been used to get the results of the analysis in this second chapter.

Prostatectomy, surgical resection of the whole prostate is a common treatment for high- risk prostate cancer. Common side effects include long-time urinary and or erectile dysfunction due to damage inflicted to periprostatic nerves. The aim of this study was to identify an optimal magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging protocol for visualization and quantification of these nerves, as pre-surgery visualization may help nerve-sparing surgery. Both scanner filter, parameters for accelerated scan techniques, diffusion-related acquisition parameters and post- processing tractography parameters were investigated. Seven healthy volunteers were scanned with a state-of-art 3 T MRI scanner with varying protocol parameters. Diffusion data were processed and analysed using Matlab and Explore DTI. The resulting protocol recommendation included a normalized scanner filter, a parallel imaging acceleration factor of 2, partial Fourier sampling of 6/8, a right-left phase encoding direction, a b-value of 600 s/mm2, monopolar gradient polarity with applied eddy current correction, four acquisitions of 12 diffusion- sensitizing gradient directions, and a reverse phase encoding approach for correction of geometrical image distortions induced by static field inhomogeneity. For post-processing tractography, the recommended parameters were a lower limit for fractional anisotropy of 0.05, a minimum tract length of 3 centimetres and a maximum turning angle between voxels of 60 degrees. The limited parameter range that was tested and the low number of volunteers can be regarded as limitations to this study. Future work should address these issues. Furthermore, feasibility of periprostatic nerve tracking with the optimized protocol should be tested in a patient study.

De acuerdo con Gordillo (2014), la mayoría de los proyectos de construcción en el Perú no desarrollan una adecuada gestión de sus riesgos desde la etapa de licitación lo que conlleva a importantes falencias durante la elaboración de estimaciones de costo y a una toma de decisiones carentes de una visión integral del proyecto ocasionando el incumplimiento de los objetivos de costo. Como consecuencia, se presenta una afectación directa de la utilidad planteada e importantes fondos para las empresas que, a su vez, afectan su reputación en el mercado y desincentivan a los stakeholders a invertir en nuevos proyectos. La presente investigación propone un procedimiento de evaluación de riesgos enfocado a identificar y mitigar desviaciones que impacten la utilidad en proyectos de construcción empleando la técnica de Simulación Monte Carlo (SMC), elegida por su alta capacidad de procesamiento de datos y practicidad de aplicación. El procedimiento se compone de cinco procesos: la Identificación de Riesgos, para identificar y documentar los riesgos; Análisis Cuantitativo, para la modelación empleando la técnica SMC; Planificar la respuesta a los riesgos; Controlar los riesgos durante la ejecución; y Actualizar los activos de la organización propuestos como la Estructura de Control de Costos (ECC), el Registro de Ratios de Costos (RRC), el Registro de Lecciones Aprendidas (LLAA) y un Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS), los cuales permiten un manejo adecuado de la información histórica de costos y riesgos. El procedimiento elaborado fue validado a través de juicio de expertos por profesionales especializados para aumentar la base de conocimientos de un área poco desarrollada como es la gestión de riesgos en el país. / According to Gordillo (2014), most construction projects in Peru does not apply an adequate risk management since its bidding phase which leads to important deficiencies during the cost estimating and decision-making processes impacting the achievement of the project cost objectives. As a result, expected profits and funding for the contractor company are affected which, at the same time, detriments its reputation and discourages stakeholders to invest in new projects. This investigation proposes a risk evaluation procedure focused on identifying and mitigating cost variances that can impact construction project profits by using the Monte Carlo Simulation technique, selected by its high capacity data processing and application practicality. The procedure is composed by five main steps: Identify risks; Quantitative Risk Analysis, modeling risks by using the Monte Carlo Simulation technique; Plan Risk Responses; Control Risks during construction; and Update proposed organizational assets such as the Cost Control Structure, Cost Ratio Register, Learned Lessons Register and Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS). These assets allow to perform an adequate cost and risk information management. This procedure was validated through expert judgement by professionals specialized in risk evaluation and computerized tools. The proposal contributes to expand the knowledge of an area as risk management in the country. / Tesis

Health is an interesting and highly relevant subject today. Physical health is something we see everywhere, in newspapers, on tv and social media, what to eat, how to exercise etc. Mental health however is still taboo even though it’s a growing problem in today’s society. Mental health is associated with many problems in our society such as lower school result and depression. This paper compare how mental health is treated compared to physical health in upper secondary school literature. This comparison is made by a comparative and a thematic analysis of six books intended for the biology and nature science classes in Swedish high school. All investigated literature has a more comprehensive section when it comes to physical health compared to mental health. There is a positive trend where the newer literature has a more extensive mental health section compared to the older literature. It´s important to increase knowledge about mental health because it is one of the most important factors in increasing well-being, and increased well-being results in better school results. In the future it’s important to identify success factors for a successful health education.

本論文では，近現代日本語小説を分析対象とし，社会的文体の経時的変化と個人文体の意図的な変化をめぐって統計的分析法及び機械学習法のアプローチで計量分析を行った。まず，口語体が確立されてから日本の近現代小説の文体にどのような変化が起こっているかについて考察した。そして，現代作家の水村美苗が近代文学への憧れを原点として創作した一連の作品を取り上げ，水村の意図的な文体変化について分析した。 / 博士(文化情報学) / Doctor of Culture and Information Science / 同志社大学 / Doshisha University

Yes / Computational models are perceived as an attractive alternative to mathematical models (e.g., ordinary differential equations). These models incorporate a set of methods for specifying, modeling, testing, and simulating biological systems. In addition, they can be analyzed using algorithmic techniques (e.g., formal verification). This paper shows how formal verification is utilized in systems and synthetic biology through qualitative vs quantitative analysis. Here, we choose two well-known case studies: quorum sensing in P. aeruginosas and pulse generator. The paper reports verification analysis of two systems carried out using some model checking tools, integrated to the Infobiotics Workbench platform, where system models are based on stochastic P systems. / EPSRC

This study sought to explore if a relationship exists between cognitive load and student satisfaction with learning online. The study separates academic performance (a.k.a., 'learning') from cognitive load and satisfaction to better distinguish influences on cognition (from cognitive load) and motivation (from satisfaction). Considerations that remain critical to the field of instructional design, as they apply to learning online, were described and used to guide a review of the literature to find directions to fulfill the goal of this study. A survey was conducted and 1,401 students responded to an instrument that contained 24 items. Multiple analysis techniques found a positive, moderate, and significant (p > .01) correlation between cognitive load and satisfaction. Most importantly, the results found that approximately 25% of the variance in student satisfaction with learning online can be explained by cognitive load. New constructs emerged from a Principal Components Analysis that suggest a refined view of student perspectives and potential improvement to guide instructional design. Further, a correlation, even a moderate one, has not previously been found between cognitive load and satisfaction. The significance of this finding presents new opportunities to study and improve online instruction. Multiple opportunities for future research are briefly discussed and guidelines for developing online course designs using interpretations of the emerged factors are made.

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