Yes / Foodbank use in the UK is rising but, despite high levels of poverty, Pakistani women are less likely to use foodbanks than white British women. This study aimed to understand the lived experience of food in the context of poverty amongst Pakistani and white British women in Bradford, including perspectives on food aid. Design: Sixteen Pakistani and white British women, recruited through community initiatives, participated in three focus groups (one interview was also held as a consequence of recruitment difficulties). Each group met for two hours aided by a moderator and professional interpreter. The transcripts were analysed thematically using a three-stage process. Findings: Women in low-income households employed dual strategies to reconcile caring responsibilities and financial obligations: the first sought to make ends meet within household income; the second looked to outside sources of support. There was a reported near absence of food insecurity amongst Pakistani women which could be attributed to support from social/familial networks; resource management within the household; and cultural and religious frameworks. A minority of participants and no Pakistani respondents accessed charitable food aid. There were three reasons for the non-use of food aid: it was not required because of resource management strategies within the household and assistance from familial/social networks; it was avoided out of shame; and knowledge about its existence was poor. Originality: This case study is the first examination of varying experiences of food insecurity amongst UK white British and Pakistani women. Whilst the sample size is small, it presents new evidence on perceptions of food insecurity amongst Pakistani households and on why households of varying ethnicities do not use food aid. / NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Yorkshire and Humber (NIHR CLAHRC YH)(Grant number IS-CLA-0113-10020); IKnowFood Research Programme at the University of York (https://iknowfood.org/) which is funded through the Global Food Security’s “Resilience of the UK Food System Programme” with support from BBSRC, ESRC, NERC and Scottish Government.

This research set out to explore the relationship between autistic individuals and music. Current research on autism and music education focuses primarily on the accounts of teachers, parents, and other stakeholders, and does not center autistic voices. The following research questions guided this study: (1) What can we learn from autistic adults, specifically those still involved in music, about their lifelong experiences in music and music education? (2) What insight can we gain from these experiences to create more inclusive environments for autistic individuals? To answer these questions, autistic adults who self-identified as still involved in music completed a short questionnaire. Of interested respondents, participants were recruited who represented a wide range of current music involvement and demographics. Interviews were conducted, and main themes emerged in the K-12 setting and beyond. These themes identified include ableism within academia, autistic traits manifesting in and often becoming barriers to music participation, counteracting stereotypes of autism, hyperfocus and hyperfixation, and having a special connection with music. Participants also provided advice to music educators on how to better support autistic students in the classroom. Recommendations based on their experiences and advice are provided.

This master thesis compares the main differences between CAS and IFRS in the field of long-lived assets. The aim of the thesis is to analyze differences between CAS and IFRS in the field of long-lived assets and apply these differences to the example of the concrete entity. The thesis is divided into two major parts, the first part is a theoretical part and the second part is a practical part . The theoretical part focuses on long-lived tangible and intangible assets according to CAS and IFRS. At the end of the theoretical part there is a comparison and the main differencies between both accounting systems. The practical part describes specific accounting examples, comparing the impacts of individual accounting operations of long-lived assets of CAS and IFRS. These operations concern chosen items of long-lived assets, income statement and balance sheet. It describes the impacts of these accounting operations on the income statement and the balance sheet.

<p>Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 2002</p> / digitalisering@umu

Intergenerational relationships can be defined as interactions between members of different generations. There are two different groups of intergenerational relationships, historical and familial. The familial relationship consists of members who are familially related, while historical generations can be viewed as a cohort, or a group of people who have experienced similar historical events, because they are the same age or have lived through the same historical period. Most research in South Africa has focused on intergenerational relationships among African families. Research into these families highlights the role of grandparents as people with wisdom, life experience and the educative relationship they have with their grandchildren. Grandchildren, on the other hand, have to take care of their grandparents and respect them as older people. Members of the different generations provide social support, despite the fact that they are not familially-related. The norms that guided the interactions between these two generations provide individuals with a sense of continuity and stability. Social theories regarding intergenerational relationships are: the solidarity model, the solidarity and conflict model, and ambivalence. Current theories from the psychological perspective are: intergenerational intelligence and self-interactional group theory (SIGT). Little research has been conducted into intergenerational relationships among white familial generations in South Africa even though the phenomenon has been widely researched internationally. In order to establish the nature of the intergenerational relationship, young adults’ lived experiences of their relationships with older people was the focus of this research. This focus has been motivated by the fact that young adults and older people can benefit from effective intergenerational relationships; young adults provide a source of physical and emotional care for older people, where the older person in turn provide a source of affirmation and shared experience for young adults. This research is further motivated by the fact that it cannot be assumed that white generations in South Africa are necessarily following international trends. The study was conducted at the North-West University, at Potchefstroom in South Africa. Psychology Honours students were purposively selected to participate because of their age group as young adults, and their knowledge of human behaviour. It was thought that their description of their relational experiences would be of particular interest. Nineteen young adults (eighteen women and one man) aged 21 to 30 formed part of the study. Ethical approval for the research was obtained from North-West University. The participants gave informed consent that their participation was voluntary, and that they had been made aware that they could withdraw from the study at any time for whatever reason without any negative consequences. They were provided with the materials of the Mmogo-method®, which consist of clay, straws and colourful beads, and were invited to make a visual representation of their relationship with a person older than 60 years. When all the participants had completed their visual presentations, the researcher asked what each had made and why they had made it. An informal group discussion was conducted after each participant had told the others what they had made. During the discussion participants shared their subjective view of their experiences of their relationship with older people. The researcher employed visual data analysis and discourse analysis to analyse the data. Different guidelines were applied to ensure the trustworthiness of the research process and the findings. The results revealed that young adults experienced four types of relationships, which are presented as typologies. The two axes which describe the four types of relationships are: intimacy (physical and emotional) or distance and empathy or judgemental. The four types of intergenerational relationships that emerged from the combination of the different axes were: effective, normative-guided, ineffective, and double-bind. These findings can be used to develop programmes and interventions to promote intergenerational relationships. They also provide an opportunity for cross-cultural and international data to be compared with the four different relationship types. / MA (Clinical Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Intergenerational relationships can be defined as interactions between members of different generations. There are two different groups of intergenerational relationships, historical and familial. The familial relationship consists of members who are familially related, while historical generations can be viewed as a cohort, or a group of people who have experienced similar historical events, because they are the same age or have lived through the same historical period. Most research in South Africa has focused on intergenerational relationships among African families. Research into these families highlights the role of grandparents as people with wisdom, life experience and the educative relationship they have with their grandchildren. Grandchildren, on the other hand, have to take care of their grandparents and respect them as older people. Members of the different generations provide social support, despite the fact that they are not familially-related. The norms that guided the interactions between these two generations provide individuals with a sense of continuity and stability. Social theories regarding intergenerational relationships are: the solidarity model, the solidarity and conflict model, and ambivalence. Current theories from the psychological perspective are: intergenerational intelligence and self-interactional group theory (SIGT). Little research has been conducted into intergenerational relationships among white familial generations in South Africa even though the phenomenon has been widely researched internationally. In order to establish the nature of the intergenerational relationship, young adults’ lived experiences of their relationships with older people was the focus of this research. This focus has been motivated by the fact that young adults and older people can benefit from effective intergenerational relationships; young adults provide a source of physical and emotional care for older people, where the older person in turn provide a source of affirmation and shared experience for young adults. This research is further motivated by the fact that it cannot be assumed that white generations in South Africa are necessarily following international trends. The study was conducted at the North-West University, at Potchefstroom in South Africa. Psychology Honours students were purposively selected to participate because of their age group as young adults, and their knowledge of human behaviour. It was thought that their description of their relational experiences would be of particular interest. Nineteen young adults (eighteen women and one man) aged 21 to 30 formed part of the study. Ethical approval for the research was obtained from North-West University. The participants gave informed consent that their participation was voluntary, and that they had been made aware that they could withdraw from the study at any time for whatever reason without any negative consequences. They were provided with the materials of the Mmogo-method®, which consist of clay, straws and colourful beads, and were invited to make a visual representation of their relationship with a person older than 60 years. When all the participants had completed their visual presentations, the researcher asked what each had made and why they had made it. An informal group discussion was conducted after each participant had told the others what they had made. During the discussion participants shared their subjective view of their experiences of their relationship with older people. The researcher employed visual data analysis and discourse analysis to analyse the data. Different guidelines were applied to ensure the trustworthiness of the research process and the findings. The results revealed that young adults experienced four types of relationships, which are presented as typologies. The two axes which describe the four types of relationships are: intimacy (physical and emotional) or distance and empathy or judgemental. The four types of intergenerational relationships that emerged from the combination of the different axes were: effective, normative-guided, ineffective, and double-bind. These findings can be used to develop programmes and interventions to promote intergenerational relationships. They also provide an opportunity for cross-cultural and international data to be compared with the four different relationship types. / MA (Clinical Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

This thesis explores the dynamics of narrative production and contestation within individuals’ stories and the collective stories of the communities in which they live. The research is focused on trying to understand the relationship between public stories constructed about place and community, and the stories told by the inhabitants of those places. A case study in the city of Bradford provides a focus for inquiry. A qualitative research design is utilised, combining theory with primary data collection and analysis. A narrative analysis of national, academic and local stories about Bradford is used to disaggregate collective narratives of the city and explore the relationship between popular, political and academic discourses. It provides a context for the analysis of in-depth interviews with a range of inhabitants from a selected geographic area within Bradford, centred on how their individual stories relate to the identified collective stories of Bradford. Analysis of the fieldwork data shows that individuals are often engaged in complex negotiations of public discourse in ways that may reinforce and contest existing stories, but also complement them with parallel stories that neither reinforce nor contest but construct a different narrative. It reveals and reflects on apparent contradictions within everyday storytelling, for example, how nostalgia can be displayed about harsh times of socio-economic decline, or how attitudes to change over time can be variably positive and negative depending both on the speakers’ positioning of themselves and of the interviewer, and the speakers’ purpose in the interaction.

Bakgrund: Då en patient får en diagnos eller sjukdom kan vården vara inriktad på kuration eller palliation. Vård med kurativ inriktning syftar till att bota sjukdom medan palliativ vård syftar till att lindra genom stödjande åtgärder. Att genomgå en transition är något som påverkar människans alla dimensioner. En av sjuksköterskans uppgifter är att stödja patienten genom transitioner, för att kunna göra det krävs en förtroendefull relation mellan patient och sjuksköterska. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa patienters upplevelser av transitionen från kurativ till palliativ vård. Metod: Metoden som använts är en litteraturöversikt som syftar till att skapa en överblick över det valda kunskapsområdet. Resultatet har författarna skapat av tio kvalitativa originalartiklar som identifierades i databaserna: Cinahl Complete, Pubmed och Medline. Resultat: Analysen resulterade i fyra huvudteman och tre subteman. Med det första temat “Vårdrelationen” och subtemana “Behovet av att få information” och “Stödet från sjuksköterskan” beskrivs patienters upplevelser av att få information och att bli introducerad till palliativ vård och upplevelsen av stödet från vårdpersonalen. Det andra temat “Från att vara självständig till att bli beroende” skildrar patienters upplevelse av förändrade och en rädsla för att bli en börda för någon annan: Det senare framgår av subtemat ”Rädslan för att bli en börda för andra”.  Det tredje temat “Tankar om framtiden” handlar om patienters upplevelser och tankar om framtiden vid transitionen från kurativ till palliativ vård. Det fjärde temat “Upplevelser av att anpassa sig till sin nya situation” beskriver patienters upplevelse av att försöka anpassa sig till sin nya situation. Diskussion: Utifrån Meleis transitionsteori diskuterades resultatet som var relaterat till patienternas upplevelse av transitionen från kurativ till palliativ vård. Att få information har varit viktigt för patienterna i denna transition, något som även transitionsteorin bekräftar. I diskussionen lyfte författarna även problematiken kring rollförändringar och upplevelsen av hopp. / Background: When a patient receives a diagnosis or contracts a disease, treatment can be focused on curation or palliation. Care with a curative orientation aims to cure the disease, whilst palliative care aims to relieve through supportive measures. Undergoing a transition affects all human dimensions. One of the nurse's tasks is to support the patient through transitions, doing so requires a trusting relationship between patient and nurse. Aim: The aim was to highlight patients´ experiences through the transition from curative to palliative care. Method: The method used was a literature review that aims to create an overview of the chosen field of knowledge. The authors created the result using ten original articles from the databases: Cinahl Complete, PubMed and Medline. Results: The result of the literature overview shows four main themes and four subthemes. The first theme "The nursing relationship" has two subthemes "The need to get information" and "The patients´ experience of the support from the nurse" describes patients´ experience of getting information and introduction to palliative care and the experience of the support from the nurse. The second theme "From independent to dependent" portrays patients' experience of changing roles and a fear of becoming a burden to someone else with one subtheme "The fear of being a burden to someone else". The third theme "Thoughts on the Future" is about patients' experiences and thoughts about the future during the transition from curative to palliative care. The fourth theme "Experiences of adapting to their new situation," describes patients' experiences of trying to adapt to their new situation. Discussion: Based on Meleis transition theory the results were discussed and related to the patient's experience of the transition from curative to palliative care. Getting the information has been important for the patients in this transition, which also confirms by the transition theory. The authors highlighted the problem of role changes and the experience of hope in the discussion.

<p>Studien undersøker studenters sorgerfaringer som fenomen. Den fokuserer levd erfaring i handlingsperspektiv og meningsperspektiv. Innledningsvis redegjøres det for foreliggende forskning om sorgerfaring. Deretter introduseres teoretiske perspektiv som anvendes i studien. Ut fra respondentenes erfaring analyseres de rom for handling og meningsdannelse som finnes på studiestedene.</p><p>Studiens formål er å utvikle dypere forståelse for hva det innebærer i studenters daglige liv å erfare sorg. Studien anvender en hermeneutisk-fenomenologisk metode, inspirert av van Manen. Datainnsamlingen ble gjennomført ved semistrukturerte forskningsintervjuer med seks respondenter, to intervjusamtaler med hver med +/- fire måneders mellomrom. I intervjuingen er det lagt vekt på meningsfortetning og tolkning i samtalene. Respondentene er tre kvinner og tre menn mellom 22 og 30 år, alle studenter som har mistet foreldre eller søsken ved dødsfall. De avdøde var fra 25-60 år, relasjon til respondenter: Tre fedre, en mor og to brødre.</p><p>Databearbeidingen har foregått ved lytting og gjenlytting, skriving og analysering av lydfiler og transkriberte tekster fra forskningsintervjuene. I prosessen er det analysert fram betydningsbærende elementer fra studentenes fortellinger som så er forsøkt rekontekstualisert i møte med teoretiske perspektiv. Framstillingen sikter mot å formidle en kunnskap som er kongruent med sorgerfaringen som fenomen.</p><p>Resultatet presenteres først som seks fortellinger som formidler noe vesentlig ved sorgerfaringen og skaper resonans. Deretter presenteres åtte tema som har utkrystallisert seg gjennom analysen: Å være merket (1), Sårbarhet (2), Fravær (3), "Det som har skjedd, er en del av meg" (4), Å føre noe videre (5), Dødsfall kan komplisere nære relasjoner (6), Lengsel etter den reine sorgen (7), Å holde kontakt (8). For det tredje redegjøres det for studentenes opplevde rom for handling. Til sist utvikles meningstolkning i dialog mellom studenters sorgerfaring, slik den er analysert fram i studien, nyere sorgforskning og teoretiske perspektiv. Fortellingens rolle som grunnlag for mening og konstruktiv handling viser seg avgjørende.</p>

The thesis reflects on the dichotomy of language and speech. The separation, introduced by Ferdinand de Saussure and successfully interpreted and developed by Merleau-Ponty, is analyzed from a phenomenological perspective where the individual speech appears as live and intentional act; from this perspective, it gains advantages against the language as a system of signs. The problem of the diacricity of the meaning of speech is articulated keeping in mind that sensory perception is also diacritical. Moreover, sensory perception is expressive initially and always correlates to the expressivity of the lived body; therefore, the semantics of the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty represents embodied semantics. The author of the thesis agrees with the insight of Merleau-Ponty and his postulates that artistic painting, literature, and philosophy are forms of speaking whose resources are incrusted in the corporeity of human beings. Representing the extension of gestures and being determined by natural willingness of human beings to say and express something new, such forms of expression disclose the initial relationship of human beings with the world and witness the creativity of the linguistic activities of human beings. Defining the object of the research, it is reasonable to set the philosophical style and unmatched manner of speaking of Merleau-Ponty. It deliberates and substantiates the possibility of individual relationship of every human being with his/her speaking, and opens the... [to full text] / Disertacijoje apmąstoma kalbos ir kalbėjimo dichotomija. Ferdinando de Saussure’o įvesta ir Merleau-Ponty interpretuota bei vaisingai išplėtota perskyra analizuojama todėl, kad individualus kalbėjimas, pasitelkus fenomenologinę perspektyvą, atsiskleidžia kaip gyvas ir intencionalus, – šiuo požiūriu jis įgyja pranašumų kalbos, kaip uždaros ženklų sistemos, atžvilgiu. Kalbėjimo reikšmės diakritiškumo problema darbe artikuliuojama, turint omenyje, kad juslinis suvokimas yra diakritinis. Dar daugiau, juslinis suvokimas pirmapradiškai yra išraiškingas ir visada koreliuoja su gyvenamo kūno ekspresyvumu, todėl Merleau-Ponty filosofijoje semantika yra įkūnyta semantika. Disertacijos autorei pritariant Merleau-Ponty įžvalgai, postuluojama, jog tapyba, literatūra bei filosofija taip pat yra kalbėjimo formos, kurių šaltinis inkrustuotas žmogaus kūniškume. Pratęsdamos gestą ir būdamos apspręstos prigimtinio žmogaus troškimo išreikšti ir pasakyti kažką vis naujai, jos išreiškia pirmapradį žmogaus patiriamą santykį su pasauliu bei liudija kalbinės žmogaus veiklos kreatyvumą. Formuluojant šio tyrimo objektą, tikslinga išskirti ir paties Merleau-Ponty filosofavimo stilių bei ypatingą, analogo neturinčią kalbėjimo manierą. Ji išlaisvina bei pagrindžia kiekvieno žmogaus giliai asmeninio santykio su jo paties kalbėjimu galimybę ir atveria kelią naujai filosofavimo tendencijai, kuri numano žmogiškojo aš savęs bei jo prasmingo pasaulio ap-klausimą. Taigi, sekdama filosofo pavyzdžiu bei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]