More than half of the land area in Sweden is covered by forests and therefore forestry is, and has been, a huge part of the Swedish culture and economy. In just a few generations the forestry methods have developed from a man with a saw to using computerized forest machines. Especially in the early 1960s the development of forestry methods due to mechanization were rapid. But this was not only the forestry methods that developed, at the same time the environmental movement took its first steps. This led to a situation of many conflicts about the forestry methods used from an environmental perspective and in this study these conflicts are studied between the years 1960-1980. The conflict is studied through a social constructivism of technology perspective in purpose to give a new perspective on how the debate created a context where the development of the forestry methods took place. In order to do this the main topics in the environmental forestry debate are identified and the values that the groups involved in this debate see in the forestry. In conclusion it is possible to see how the debate changes topic over time, and also the values seen from the groups. In summary  the environmental debate goes from being strictly centered around anthropocentric values in the 1960s, to also being focusing on biocentric values in the late 1970s. One can also see that the debate topic in the early 1960s is mainly about saving biotopes, to being centered around clear cuts of forests and chemicals in the 1970s. This insight could contribute to an environmental and sociotechnical perspective of the development of forestry in Sweden during this era.

This thesis explores identity in early mediaeval Scotland (ca 800-1300AD) using biological and burial deposition data. During this period Scotland was developing as a unified kingdom. The Norse, Scots, and Anglo-Saxons battled for political power. The Saxon and Irish Churches were pressuring for superiority over each other and over local beliefs. Many research areas in bioarchaeology have moved away from the more simplistic processual approach after a renewed understanding of the complexities of human existence. However, this newer methodology has not been sufficiently applied to early mediaeval Scottish studies. Common doxa still permeates the discipline despite the lack of critical assessment. Doxa tends to separate the early mediaeval Scottish world into the circumscribed categories of Norse (or ‘Viking’) and native, Christian and pagan. These commonly accepted site designations regarding ethnicity and religion were used to assess three hundred and twenty-one individuals from 21 sites. These individuals were analysed macroscopically for age, sex, stature and limb ratios, craniometrics, joint degeneration and disease, musculo-skeletal stress markers, dental pathologies, and overall health and disease. This data was compared to the available documentation for the sites considering site location, body position, cemetery type, grave enclosures, and grave furnishings. Statistical and qualitative methods were used to compare the data. Results suggest that there are slight differences within the population that may suggest some legitimacy for common site designations; however, the overall conclusion implies caution in the use of oversimplified categorising and a generally egalitarian view of identity for the early mediaeval people in Scotland.

En 2000, la loi SRU engendre une multiplication du nombre de Scot dans un contexte européen de relance de l'activité de planification territoriale, ou planification stratégique spatialisée, après une période de substitution du plan au profit du projet localisé. En France, les Scot se heurtent à des incertitudes croissantes quant à leur capacité à orienter le développement des territoires. Les expériences récentes et les évolutions du contexte législatif insistent sur la mise en œuvre : la planification est un processus continu qui commence au moment où le plan est en préparation. A travers le passage des orientations à l'action, la thèse interpelle l'ensemble du processus de planification territoriale dans le sens d'un renforcement de son effectivité. Durant la période 2009-2012, le travail de recherche-action s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une Convention industrielle de formation par la recherche (Cifre) au sein de l'Agence d'urbanisme de Lyon, animatrice de l'inter-Scot. Au sein de ce dispositif de coordination entre les treize Scot de l'aire métropolitaine lyonnaise, les Espaces d'interface métropolitains (EIM) sont des secteurs à enjeux localisés à la frontière de plusieurs démarches de planification et autour desquels les élus se sont engagés à accroitre leurs actions de coopération. Deux EIM constituent ainsi les terrains d'étude principaux de la thèse : les territoires autour de l'aéroport Lyon-Saint Exupéry et autour du barreau autoroutier A89 reliant Lyon à Balbigny. Identifiés autour d'éléments de structure majeurs, ou invariants territoriaux, ils constituent des leviers de mise en œuvre : la thèse introduit à ce titre le concept de lieux transactionnels comme nouveaux lieux à privilégier de projets du processus de planification territoriale. En confrontant le cas lyonnais, le système Français et des expériences de planification sélectionnées en Angleterre, Allemagne, et Italie, la thèse accorde une place centrale aux interactions entre les acteurs de la planification, les éléments de structure du territoire et la dynamique des lieux de projet dans des contextes métropolitains. La thèse esquisse finalement les premiers traits d'une théorie des lieux transactionnels. / In 2000, the solidarity and urban renewal act leads to an increase of territorial planning (or strategic spatial planning) in a European context of planning activity boosting after a substitution period of plan to benefit localised projects. In France, territorial planning exercises (Scot) cope with increasing uncertainty about their capacity to manage territorial development. Recent experiences and changes in the legislative environment insist on implementation: planning is a continual process starting while the plan is being prepared. From orientations to actions, the thesis questions the whole territorial planning process in terms of enhancing its effectiveness. During the period 2009-2012, the research-action work resulted from an industrial research agreement (Cifre) within the Lyon Urban Planning Agency, coordinator of the territorial planning for the Lyon metropolitan area (inter-Scot). Within this coordination mechanism, Metropolitan interface areas (EIM) are places at stake on the border of several planning approaches and where politicians committed to increase their cooperation actions. Two EIM constitute the main fields of study related to the thesis: areas surrounding Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport and the A89 motorway between Lyon and Balbigny. These territories are identified around major structure elements, or territorial invariants, and form important levers of implementation: the thesis introduced as such the concept of transactional places as new places projects to be prioritized today in territorial planning process. By comparing the Lyons case of study with the global French system and planning experiences selected in England, Germany and Italy, the thesis gives a central place to interactions between the stakeholders responsible for planning, the territory structural elements and the dynamics of projects places in metropolitan contexts. The thesis finally outlines the first features of a transactional places theory.

Cette thèse repose sur la mise en exergue du concept d’intermédiation territoriale, considérée comme une dynamique relationnelle et organisationnelle entre acteurs locaux, variable dans le temps et dans l’espace. Le territoire, fruit des interactions et des constructions sociales, jouant ici comme un véritable révélateur de leurs comportements, de leurs pratiques et des processus qui les animent. La réflexion focalise sur l’inscription spatiale des activités économiques, de même que sur les rapports entre acteurs territoriaux qui conduisent à sa formation et sa gestion. La planification stratégique spatialisée, en tant que vision à moyen-long terme de l’organisation spatiale des activités, constitue aussi bien l’objet privilégié d’analyse de ce travail, qu’une porte d’entrée permettant d’interroger le rapprochement entre les pratiques en aménagement et les politiques de développement économique à l’échelle locale. L’enjeu est de pouvoir observer et analyser les cohérences qui sont à l’oeuvre, et demandées à la PSS, autant qu’une nécessité accrue de durabilité. Dans quelles mesures la planification stratégique spatialisée, orchestrée par l’action publique locale, s’inscrit-elle dans un processus d’intermédiation territoriale, voire de façon plus générale, de développement territorial durable ? / This thesis is therefore based on the emphasis of the concept of territorial intermediation we consider a relational and organizational dynamics between local actors, variable in time and space The territory, the result of interactions and social constructs, playing here as a true indication of their behaviors, practices and processes that drive them. Reflecting our focus on spatial registration economic activities, as well as the relationship between territorial actors that lead to its formation and management. The strategic spatial planning as a vision in the medium - long term spatial organization of activities, also constitutes the privileged object of this work as input to query the connection between the door management practices and policies of economic development at the local level. The challenge is to observe and analyze the consistency, required the PSS, as an increased need for sustainability. To what extent the strategic spatial planning, orchestrated by the local public action, it enrolled in a territorial intermediation process, or more generally, for sustainable territorial development ?

No description available.

2002年中，政府擬在中小學推行「電子書包教學」之訊息開始廣泛為新聞媒體報導，帶動社會大眾關注。「電子書包」彷佛是繼教育電視、電腦輔助教學之後，另一個運用科技進行教學的里程碑。然而，本論文認為，不可一昧地將電子書包的出現和發展視為理所當然，而應探討其發展歷程和影響其中轉變的權力（即政治）運作，方能瞭解電子書包問世和停滯的問題所在。 不同於過去文獻探討教學科技發展時，多著重教學科技的工具性角色與其影響，忽略了科技發展所牽涉的社會條件與社會關係運作，本論文採取科技與社會相互建構、共同構成一個整體的立場，並採取「科技框架」為研究概念、個案研究作為研究方法，分析電子書包的意義如何在社會與科技相互建構的過程中產生和轉變，以及其中的權力運作意涵。以此探討社會運作如何影響電子書包發展，也看社會和科技構成的整體又如何賦予或限制社會運作。 研究分析發現，整體而言，提倡或早期採用電子書包的社會團體成員，出自對創新科技運用的認同，仍將電子書包定義為用來達成教學／學習目的「工具」並重視討論其影響和應用方式；電子書包在官方與學界聯手推動下，進一步被界定為中小學生的學習工具，卻受到「電子書包」名稱蘊含的符號意義所限制、引發相關社會、教育爭議，為研究和推動工作帶來社會干擾和壓力，反限制原行動目的，於是便再欲以「行動學習載具」再正名，希望主導電子書包的「正確定義」。 然而，電子書包或說行動學習載具，雖透過教學實驗，讓更多相關社會團體開始互動，其各自對電子書包的定義和問題界定仍存在諸多岐見，相關行動者的行動或互動反而朝各自重視的方向進行、優先解決各自重視的問題，例如政府機關未能解決利益衝突問題而暫緩擴大實施、研究人員聚焦於完成研究工作、硬體廠商開發新市場以解決獲利問題等。也就是說，電子書包的定義要由具詮釋彈性到逐漸穩定下來、形成某種具共識的雛型、達到理想，仍待許多努力。行動者的各自的科技框架、市場利益、電子書包與教學情境的互相形塑，皆實際影響、限制了行動者選擇硬體的條件，甚至限制行動教學順利進行。

This thesis explores identity in early mediaeval Scotland (ca 800-1300AD) using biological and burial deposition data. During this period Scotland was developing as a unified kingdom. The Norse, Scots, and Anglo-Saxons battled for political power. The Saxon and Irish Churches were pressuring for superiority over each other and over local beliefs. Many research areas in bioarchaeology have moved away from the more simplistic processual approach after a renewed understanding of the complexities of human existence. However, this newer methodology has not been sufficiently applied to early mediaeval Scottish studies. Common doxa still permeates the discipline despite the lack of critical assessment. Doxa tends to separate the early mediaeval Scottish world into the circumscribed categories of Norse (or ‘Viking’) and native, Christian and pagan. These commonly accepted site designations regarding ethnicity and religion were used to assess three hundred and twenty-one individuals from 21 sites. These individuals were analysed macroscopically for age, sex, stature and limb ratios, craniometrics, joint degeneration and disease, musculo-skeletal stress markers, dental pathologies, and overall health and disease. This data was compared to the available documentation for the sites considering site location, body position, cemetery type, grave enclosures, and grave furnishings. Statistical and qualitative methods were used to compare the data. Results suggest that there are slight differences within the population that may suggest some legitimacy for common site designations; however, the overall conclusion implies caution in the use of oversimplified categorising and a generally egalitarian view of identity for the early mediaeval people in Scotland.

This thesis examines martial race ideology in the British Army during the mid-nineteenth century. A “martial race” was a group of people that the British considered to excel in the art of warfare due to biological and cultural characteristics. This thesis examines perceived “martial” natures or lack thereof of the Highland Scots and the Irish during this era. Central to this analysis are the Crimean War (1853-1856) and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 which provided opportunities for soldiers to display their “martial” qualities. The Crimean War was the first war where the daily newspapers covered every aspect of the war using correspondents, and it gave soldiers the chance to gain recognition through this medium. The Indian Mutiny represented a crisis for Britain, and it gave soldiers the opportunity to be recognized as “stabilizers of the empire.” However, despite their similarities, the Highland regiments became some of the most revered regiments while the Irish came to be seen as untrustworthy, leading many in the British government to initiate efforts to decrease the role that the Irish played in Britain’s conflicts. This reluctance was due to the turmoil that erupted as a result of the anti-Union Fenian Brotherhood in Ireland during the 1860s. The difficulty in stabilizing Ireland in the wake of Fenian terrorist attacks also exposed old prejudices of the Irish related to religion, race, and class. This was evidenced through parliamentary debates and British newspapers reporting on the crises.

Excerpt: A majority of the early settlers on the Appalachian frontier were immigrants from Lowland Scotland or from Northern Ireland (the Scots-Irish, who descended primarily from Lowland Scots).

Magistro darbe tiriama žėlimo ypatumai grynuose pušynuose po atvejinių kirtimų Norulių girininkijoje. Darbo objektas - Druskininkų miškų urėdijos Norulių girininkijoje 2005 – 2012 metais neplynaisiais (atvejiniais) kirtimais iškirstos brandžių pušynų kirtavietės. Darbo tikslas - ištirti žėlimo ypatumus atvejinių kirtimų pušynų kirtavietėse nederlingose augavietėse. Darbo metodai – tyrimai vykdyti 1 – 6 metų Norulių girininkijos atvejinių kirtimų kirtavietėse, kuriose buvo tolygiai išdėstytos apskaitos aikštelės sąlyginai – vienodais atstumais sklypų įstrižainių kryptimis, siekiant atlikti žėlinių apskaitą ir įvertinti jų kokybę. Kadangi mūsų vertinami žėliniai buvo reti arba vidutinio tankumo - atitinkamai apskaitos aikštelės buvo imamos po 20 m2 arba 10 m2 . Kiekvienoje apskaitos aikštelėje atlikti šie vertinimai: savaiminkų rūšis ir gausa, savaiminukų gyvybingumas, pažeidimai ir galimos priežastys, žolinės dangos agresyvumo laipsnis. Darbo rezultatai – tirtose 57 kirtavietėse vidutinis žėlinių tankis buvo 860 vnt./ha. Išretintose pušynų kirtavietėse Na augavietėje vyrauja reti beržo ir pušies žėliniai, kurių vidutinis tankis buvo 670 vnt./ha. Nb augavietėje vidutinis žėlinių tankis 1050 vnt./ha. Pušies žėlinių tankis didėjant kirtavietės amžiui kinta nežymiai, o beržo tankis – didėja. Žėlimo skatinimui mineralizuojant dirvą plūgu PKL – 70, pušis intensyviau (60 %) želia vagos viršuje Na augavietėje. Papildomas pušies sėjimas Na augavietėje 50 % padidina žėlinių tankį, Nb... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The Master’s thesis analyses peculiarities of pure pine forests after occasional deforestation cases in Noruliai forestry district. Object of the thesis – non smooth cutting zones of mature pines appeared after occasional cuttings in Druskininkai forestry region, Noruliai forestry district in the year 2005 – 2012. Aim of the thesis – to analyse growth peculiarities in the zones of occasional pine deforestation zones in the areas of poor soil. Methods used – researches were performed in the occasional deforestation zones, dating the period of 1 – 6 years, in Noruliai forestry district. Each non smooth cutting area was divided into equal distances in diagonal directions while trying to do accounting as well as to evaluate their quality. As our considered growing areas were gappy or of medium density, the sites were chosen of 20 m2 or 10 m2. The following assessments were performed in each of the recording sites: spontaneous type and their abundance, vitality of spontaneous type, the level of aggression while speaking about grass cover. Results of the thesis – the average growth density in the researched 57 cutting zones was 860 unit/ha. In the researched pine cutting zones, Na growing zones, the most common turned to be birches and pines. Their average density was 670 unit/ha. The average growing density in Nb growing zones turned to be 1050 unit/ha. The density of pine sprouts while enlarging cutting zones changes marginally when the time goes by, but the density of birches... [to full text]