Bakgrund. Forskning har visat att personlighetsdimensionerna Honesty-humility från HEXACO samt Agreeableness från Big Five är viktiga indikatorer på oönskat beteende på arbetsplatsen. Det finns mycket forskning kring Honesty-humility respektive Agreeableness, dock är sambandet mellan dessa två personlighetsdimensioner, så vitt vi vet, sparsamt utforskat. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur sambandet mellan Honesty-humility och Agreeableness ser ut. Material och metod. Enkäten Riks-SOM från 2018 användes för att studera sambandet mellan Honesty-humility och Agreeableness. 3500 personer i åldersspannet 16-85 blev slumpmässigt utvalda ur registret för totalbefolkningen. Multipel regressionsanalys med 5000 bootstrapiterationer användes för att studera sambandet under kontroll för bakgrundsvariabler, med ett underlag om 1635 personer. Resultat och slutsats. Studien visade på ett positivt samband mellan Honesty-humility och Agreeableness även efter att sambandet kontrollerats för ålder, kön och utbildning. / Background. Research has shown that the personality dimensions Honesty-humility from HEXACO and Agreeableness from the Big Five are important indicators of Counterproductive workplace behavior (CWB). There is a lot of research on Honesty-humility and Agreeableness, however, as far as we know the relationship between these two personality dimensions is sparsely explored. The purpose of this study was to research the relationship between Honesty-humility and Agreeableness. Material and method. The Riks-SOM survey from 2018 was used to study the relationship between Honesty-humility and Agreeableness. 3500 people between the ages of 16-85 were randomly selected from the register for the total population. Multiple regression analysis with 5000 bootstrap iterations was used to study the relationship while controlling for background variables, with a sample of 1635 subjects. Result and conclusions. The study showed a positive relationship between Honesty-humility and Agreeableness even after controlling for age, sex, and education.

<p>Syftet med denna studie är att se hur det sociala kapitalet ser ut i Sverige utifrån länsuppdelningen. Syftet är även att studera sambandet mellan det sociala kapitalet och ett antal faktorer, på individnivå och länsnivå. I denna studie har jag använt mig av material från SOM-institutet och gjort en jämförande studie för att dels beskriva hur det ser ut men även pröva teorier. Jag har använt mig av teorin kring det sociala kapitalet som främst Robert D. Putnam och Bo Rothstein har problematiserat och definierat. Jag har även tagit upp faktorer kring det sociala kapitalet, nämligen förtroende till samhällsinstitutioner, organisationsdeltagande, tidningsläsande, ekonomiska förhållanden samt utbildningsgrad. Det finns skillnader i Sverige, men inte stora skillnader. Det finns samband som kan statistisk säkerställas mellan faktorerna tidningsläsande, organisationsdeltagande och hushållsekonomi på mellanmänsklig tillit på länsnivå men inte på individnivå.</p>

Syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera hur Sverigedemokraterna agerar i sin politiska kommunikation på Youtube i fråga om drivmedels prishöjningen. Frågeställningarna är: Hur framställer Riks drivmedelsprishöjningen som skedde under mars 2022? Den andra frågan är, hur agerar Sverigedemokraterna i sin politiska kommunikation i fråga om drivmedelsprishöjningen? Riks är ett Youtube-kanal som lanserades år 2020 och är finansierad av Sverigedemokraterna. Sociala medier erbjuder nya möjligheter för spridande av politiska budskap. Det är därför relevant att undersöka hur Sverigedemokraterna agerar i sociala medier för att kommunicera deras budskap gällande de höga drivmedelspriserna. I uppsatsen används teori om gestaltning eftersom den behandlar hur problem framställs i medier. En till teori som används i arbetet är teori om populistisk politisk kommunikation i sociala medier. Metod i uppsatsen är WPR ansats som behandlar hur problem representeras i medier. Materialet för analysen är Riks videos.  Slutsatsen i uppsatsen är att kanalen gestaltar problemet på ett polariserande sätt där klyftan mellan folket och eliten betonas. l Riks framställer framför allt problemet med drivmedelspriserna med regeringen som syndabocken. På Riks beskrivs det svenska ”folket” som goda och naiva. Denna framställning är baserad på den populistiska premissen om att samhället består av två grupper nämligen det goda folket och den ohederliga eliten. Den politiska kommunikationen på Riks är typiskt för populistisk kommunikation.  Slutsatsen är alltså att Sverigedemokraterna agerar populistisk i hur den väljer att kommunicera de politiska budskapen gällande drivmedels prishöjningen. Sverigedemokraterna på Youtube kanalen Riks använder sig alltså av icke formellt och vulgärt språk för att etablera en relation med publiken, framställa sig som representanten till folket och väljer de polariserande lösningar som betonar klyftan mellan folk och eliten. Detta är typiska drag för populistisk kommunikation och gynnas i sociala medier.

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Today, global media such as the Internet provides media audiences scattered across the globe with the possibility of cross-cultural moral interaction upon a plethora of global digital public spheres. Such trends have been the catalyst for increased academic attention to the field of media and morality and the notion of media audiences as global citizens – ‘cosmopolitans at home’, consuming a wide array of mediated, global images and thus enforcing a proximity with the ‘distant Other’. Parallel to such trends is the dichotomous relationship between rural- and urban areas that have emerged as increasingly ambivalent in ‘network society’. Due to the ‘urbanization of media culture’ and the ‘digital divide’, it is argued that rural areas, in an era characterized by global interconnectedness, are rendered dysfunctional. On the other hand however, media can be argued to promote inclusion and new possibilities for rural people.   This study set out to empirically examine the tension field between residential patterns (rural/urban), the media (Internet) and cosmopolitanism. Setting out from the research questions: (1) What variables determine a ‘cosmopolitan outlook’ in Sweden?, (2) Does media use/access promote a ‘cosmopolitan outlook’, and under what circumstances?, and (3) Is there a ‘cosmopolitan divide’ between different residential patterns – and if so: how does it relate to different patterns of media use and access?. To attend the research questions, data from the annual national survey, Riks-SOM 2008, was analysed and the findings indicated the general trends for the Swedish cosmopolitan was, in accordance with other empirical accounts, young and well educated. Furthermore, respondents ‘high’ on Internet use where more likely to be cosmopolitans – confirming theoretical accounts of e.g. Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Dick Hebdige. Also, ‘locality’ proved to be more important for rural people than for people living in metropolitan areas. Finally, men and women displayed different ‘cosmopolitan patterns’: rural women being more cosmopolitan than metropolitan women in terms of a ‘willingness to move to a country outside of Europe’ while men displayed the opposite, following the hypothesis.

<p> </p><p>Today, global media such as the Internet provides media audiences scattered across the globe with the possibility of cross-cultural moral interaction upon a plethora of global digital public spheres. Such trends have been the catalyst for increased academic attention to the field of media and morality and the notion of media audiences as global citizens – ‘cosmopolitans at home’, consuming a wide array of mediated, global images and thus enforcing a proximity with the ‘distant Other’. Parallel to such trends is the dichotomous relationship between rural- and urban areas that have emerged as increasingly ambivalent in ‘network society’. Due to the ‘urbanization of media culture’ and the ‘digital divide’, it is argued that rural areas, in an era characterized by global interconnectedness, are rendered dysfunctional. On the other hand however, media can be argued to promote inclusion and new possibilities for rural people.</p><p> </p><p>This study set out to empirically examine the tension field between residential patterns (rural/urban), the media (Internet) and cosmopolitanism. Setting out from the research questions: (1) <em>What variables determine a ‘cosmopolitan outlook’ in Sweden?</em>, (2) <em>Does media use/access promote a ‘cosmopolitan outlook’, and under what circumstances?</em>, and (3) <em>Is there a ‘cosmopolitan divide’ between different residential patterns – and if so: how does it relate to different patterns of media use and access?</em>.<em> </em>To attend the research questions, data from the annual national survey, Riks-SOM 2008, was analysed and the findings indicated the general trends for the Swedish cosmopolitan was, in accordance with other empirical accounts, young and well educated. Furthermore, respondents ‘high’ on Internet use where more likely to be cosmopolitans – confirming theoretical accounts of e.g. Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Dick Hebdige. Also, ‘locality’ proved to be more important for rural people than for people living in metropolitan areas. Finally, men and women displayed different ‘cosmopolitan patterns’: rural women being more cosmopolitan than metropolitan women in terms of a ‘willingness to move to a country outside of Europe’ while men displayed the opposite, following the hypothesis.</p><p> </p>

In Part I we found that the CYP2C9 genotype appears to influence the diastolic blood pressure response to the angiotensin II-receptor antagonist irbesartan in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Those with the *1/*2 genotype (slower metabolism) responded better than those with the *1/*1 genotype (normal metabolism), likely due to a slower elimination of the drug. We further found that a +9/-9 exon 1 polymorphism of the B2 bradykinin receptor gene – shown to affect mRNA expression - appears to influence the regression of left ventricular mass during therapy with irbesartan or the beta-blocker atenolol in the same patients. Subjects with the -9/-9 genotype (higher mRNA expression) had a greater regression than carriers of the +9 allele. In Part II we found that women on digoxin therapeutic drug monitoring have higher serum digoxin concentrations (SDCs) as compared to men (1.54±0.04 [nmol/L±SE] vs 1.20±0.05 [nmol/L±SE], p&lt;0.001), which could be of importance since an SDC &gt;1.4 nmol/L has been associated with increased mortality. We further found that coadministration of P-glycoprotein inhibitors with digoxin was common (47%) among the same patients, and that the SDC increased in a stepwise fashion with the number of P-glycoprotein inhibitors (20-60%). Lastly, we found that patients admitted to Swedish coronary care units with atrial fibrillation without heart failure and who had been given digoxin had a higher 1-year mortality than those not given digoxin (RR 1.44 [95% CI 1.29-1.60], adjustment made for potential confounders). In conclusion, Part I represents a further step in the pharmacogenomic prospect of tailoring antihypertensive therapy. Part II indicates that heightened attention to the digoxin-dose is warranted in women, that there is a need for awareness about P-glycoprotein interactions with digoxin, and that long-term therapy with digoxin is an independent risk factor for death among patients with atrial fibrillation without heart failure.

Syftet med denna studie är att se hur det sociala kapitalet ser ut i Sverige utifrån länsuppdelningen. Syftet är även att studera sambandet mellan det sociala kapitalet och ett antal faktorer, på individnivå och länsnivå. I denna studie har jag använt mig av material från SOM-institutet och gjort en jämförande studie för att dels beskriva hur det ser ut men även pröva teorier. Jag har använt mig av teorin kring det sociala kapitalet som främst Robert D. Putnam och Bo Rothstein har problematiserat och definierat. Jag har även tagit upp faktorer kring det sociala kapitalet, nämligen förtroende till samhällsinstitutioner, organisationsdeltagande, tidningsläsande, ekonomiska förhållanden samt utbildningsgrad. Det finns skillnader i Sverige, men inte stora skillnader. Det finns samband som kan statistisk säkerställas mellan faktorerna tidningsläsande, organisationsdeltagande och hushållsekonomi på mellanmänsklig tillit på länsnivå men inte på individnivå.

The aim of this study is to analyse political-security risk in Uganda. It emanates from the research question: Does Uganda pose a political-security risk to prospective foreign investment or involvement? The need to move beyond a political risk analysis without entering into a country risk analysis, poses the research problem to develop a political-security risk analysis framework and to apply it to Uganda. This problem generates three subsidiary questions: How appropriate (or inappropriate) are existing risk analysis frameworks? Do existing frameworks contain generic elements that can provide a basis for a synthesised framework? To what extent is a country specific framework applicable to other countries? Therefore, three sub-problems are addressed, namely to determine the appropriateness of selected frameworks; to identify generic elements to construct a synthesised framework; and to assess the applicability of this framework for the analysis of political-security risk in other African countries. Following a definition of the concepts risk, country risk, political risk and political-security risk (analysis), selected frameworks for risk analysis were analysed. The generic elements of these frameworks, namely The Economist (EIU), Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI), International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) and Political Risk Services (PRS) frameworks, were reduced to three categories and synthesised into a single framework which was applied to Uganda. The categories of risk indicators pertained to security, political and socio-economic risks respectively. These indicators and the allocated risk scores were used to construct a political-security risk index in respect of which the summed scores provided an index figure of risk that was interpreted in accordance with an interpretation scale. In respect of Uganda, its more recent political history was described and the political, security and socio-economic circumstances prevailing in the country analysed. These conditions were assessed and measured against the indicated risk factors and according to the risk index. The summed political-security risk index score for Uganda was 55.5 out of a maximum of 100. In accordance with the interpretation scale, this constitutes an intermediate risk. Based on this Uganda is not, at present, the most suitable destination for foreign investment or involvement. This does not disallow investment or involvement but if indeed the case, it should be done with circumspection. The situation is volatile to the extent that it can rapidly change for the better or the worse, depending on trends concerning the risk categories, or more specifically a turn of events in respect of a particular key risk indicator. Since the synthesised risk analysis framework is able to accommodate key variables pertaining to politics and security in African states, and since it has provided an indication of risk in respect of Uganda, it is suggested for application to other African states. The need for modification, based on the particularities of other countries, is not excluded. It is also proposed that similar exercises be conducted at intervals of six months. This will indicate whether the variables used were, in fact, valid and reliable, and whether additional variables should be included. The repetition of the analysis also indicates risk trends and allows for the monitoring of risks, which will be conducive to risk management. / Dissertation (MSS (Political Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Political Sciences / unrestricted

Planläggningen av de empiriska och tidigare forskningar som forskats i denna studie sammanfattar, sociologiska problemet ungdomskriminalitet bland unga män i Sverige. Studien använder en kvalitativ metod med ett semistrukturerad intervjuval. Urvalet bestod av sex intervjudeltagande med erfarenhet av att arbeta inom kriminella nätverk bland ungdomar. Varav tre av samtliga deltagande är från Unga Kris och tre från Statens institutionsstyrelse, SiS. Syftet med denna undersökning är att bygga förståelse för helheten av ungdomskriminalitets beteendemönster. Vilka är de bakomliggande orsakerna till ungdomsbrott, vad har familjen för betydelse och hur kan samhället bidra till att minska riskfaktorerna. / The planning of the empirical and previous researches researched in this study summarizes, the sociological problem of juvenile delinquency among young men in Sweden. The study uses a qualitative method with a semi-structured interview choice. The sample consisted of six interview participants with experience of working in criminal networks among young people. Of which three of all participants are from Unga Kris and three from the Swedish National Board of Education, SiS. The purpose of this study is to build an understanding of the totality of juvenile delinquency behavior patterns. What are the underlying causes of juvenile delinquency, what is the significance of the family and how can society contribute to reducing the risk factors.