Power system fault detection is conventionally achieved using current and potential measurements. An alternate and unconventional form of protective relaying is feasible using rigid bus conductor motion as the means of detection. The research presented focuses on the detection of power system faults using visual displacement of conductor spans. Substation rigid bus conductor motion is modeled using dual spring-mass systems for accurate representation of conductor response to electromagnetic forces generated during system faults. Bundled rigid conductors have advantages including detection independent of system load currents and improved ability to detect polyphase and single phase faults. The dynamic motion of the conductors during the fault is optically monitored with a laser detection system. Timeovercurrent characteristics are derived for the application of fault detection. The response time of the conductor detector system is slower than conventional relays due to the natural frequencies of the conductor span limiting the speed of its displacement. This response time makes the fault detection system using conductor displacement an ideal candidate for a backup relay in power system protection schemes.

Early identification practices in assessment are crucial to preventing academic failure as well as identifying students at-risk for later learning disabilities. The PAM Early Numeracy Screening is a set of subscales designed to measure early numeracy in kindergarten students in a group setting. Given that the existing early numeracy measures are individually administered, the purpose of the current study was to explore the psychometric properties of the PAM Early Numeracy Screening. Correlational analysis was the primary research design used to investigate the evidence of reliability, criterion-related validity, and construct validity of the PAM Early Numeracy Screening. Criterion measures included the KeyMath-3 Diagnostic Assessment, Metropolitan Achievement Tests, Eighth Edition, Early Math Measures Study Teacher Rating of Students’ Math Proficiency, and the Early Numeracy Indicators. The sample consisted of 97 kindergarten students from a school district in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area. Results support the PAM Early Numeracy Screening as a promising group administered measure of early numeracy in kindergarten. Implications for future research include investigating the internal structure of the subscales and exploring evidence of predictive validity of the subscales, specifically the Quantity Discrimination subscale to independently predict later math achievement.

The general intention of recent Swedish legislation concerning adults with intellectual disabilities has been to provide care and support for this group in small settings in the community. It has been shown that adults with intellectual disabilities are better equipped to exert influence over their own care and support when living in group homes in the community and other forms of independent living as opposed to large institutional settings. Recent research on this group has to a great extent concerned the study of how life is in small group homes for this group and has highlighted obstacles preventing them from participating in society. Previous research has indicated that living in institutional settings makes it difficult for them to exert influence on their lives. A small number of large institutional care settings still exist, however, in Sweden and there is a dearth of research that focuses on how adults with intellectual disabilities experience everyday life in such settings. In addition, little research has been carried out on the role of the care workers who work in such settings. The aim of this research has thus been to describe the experiences of adults with intellectual disabilities and care workers of living and working in an institutional care setting in Sweden.   An ethnographic approach including participant observation and in-depth interviews was used to gain a deeper understanding of how adults with intellectual disabilities and staff experience their everyday life in an institutional care setting. The result showed that the residents experienced;  I) a sense of belonging, which was connected to having access to a private sphere and being part of social togetherness;  II) a feeling of insecurity in relation to other residents and care workers;  III) a longing for independence and a desire to get away. The study of the staff revealed three main themes that represent their approach; I) creating a family-like atmosphere; II) making the everyday life ordered and structured; III) being exposed to stress factors.   The results revealed the importance of paying close attention to what adults with intellectual disabilities and their care workers have to say about their everyday lives when living and working in an institutional care setting. It may be concluded that adults living in an institutional care setting experience their everyday lives in existential terms such as belonging, insecurity and longing. For caring science and in caring practices of people with intellectual disabilities, it is not satisfactory that residents experience such an insecure existence in a care setting. In order to provide individual care and support, staff need to be more open and vigilant as to the residents’ vulnerability and be able to guide them in matters  concerning emotional aspects. It was seen that care workers in their everyday work with residents in an institutional care setting used experiences from their personal lives in situations where they lacked formal care training. Such experiences may have helped to create meaningfulness but at the same time risked preserving inequality and gender stereotyping. In order to avoid these risks care workers should receive clear directives from the management about the care objectives, and guidelines about how best to care for adults with intellectual disabilities and offer them individualized care. Furthermore, it also became evident that care workers need additional support, training and opportunities for reflection to cope with their complex work situation. The results of this research can contribute to a greater insight and deeper knowledge of what adults with intellectual disabilities experience in an institutional care setting in the 2000’s , enabling the staff and management to further enhance the well-being for this group of individuals. The findings can provide feedback to staff, managers and researchers working in the intellectual disabilities field.   Keywords: adults with intellectual disabilities, care, care workers, ethnography, institutional care setting, Sweden

O objetivo do estudo foi investigar os efeitos do autoestabelecimento de metas na aprendizagem de habilidades motoras realizada com diferentes regimes de CR. Para tanto, três experimentos foram realizados, todos eles com três grupos distintos - meta autoestabelecida espontaneamente e de forma induzida e meta externamente controlada ou atribuída - para investigar a aprendizagem da habilidade motora de subir a escada de Bachman, realizada com CR, sem CR e com CR autocontrolado. Os grupos de cada experimento foram tratados como variáveis independentes. Os desempenhos dos participantes foram considerados como variáveis dependentes. As observações originais foram obtidas no ambiente de coleta do experimento por meio da anotação dos degraus subidos pelo aprendiz em cada tentativa. Os desempenhos foram analisados por meio da taxa de desempenho (TxD) caracterizada pelo número de degraus subidos dividido pelo número de degraus possíveis de serem alcançados. Foi realizado um ANOVA two way (3 grupos X 6 blocos) para medidas repetidas no fator bloco. Os dados foram organizados em blocos de 10 tentativas, sendo dois blocos referentes à fase de aquisição (AQ1, AQ30) e dois blocos referentes a cada teste (RET1, RET2, TR1, TR2). Os resultados em todos os experimentos foram semelhantes e os grupos não se diferenciaram entre si. Conclui-se que o processo de aprendizagem dos participantes que estabeleceram suas próprias metas e dos que tiveram a meta atribuída foi semelhante. Assim sendo, o estabelecimento de metas em si, seja atribuída ou externamente controlada (grupo yoked), autoestabelecida espontaneamente ou de forma induzida é favorável para a aprendizagem da tarefa de subir a escada de Bachman, e isso independe se o CR é fornecido, não é fornecido ou é autocontrolado. Conclui-se que pelo fato de tanto o estabelecimento de metas quanto o CR serem reconhecidos como fatores motivacionais eles se neutralizaram e não afetaram a aprendizagem motora de subir a escada de Bachman / This study aimed to investigate the effects of self-set goal on motor skills learning with different KR regimens. Three experiments were carried out, all of them with three distinct groups - spontaneously self-set goal and spontaneously self-directed goal and externally controlled or assigned goal - to investigate the learning of Bachman ladder climbing motor ability, performed with KR, without KR and with self-controlled KR. Groups of each experiment were the independent variables. Participants\' performances were the dependent variables. The original observations were obtained at the experiment data collection environment by notes of the steps reached by the apprentice in each attempt. Performances were analyzed by performance rate (TxD), obtained from the ratio between the number of reached steps and the highest possible step. Two way ANOVA (3 groups X 6 blocks) was performed for repeated measures in the block factor. Data were organized in blocks of 10 trials, two blocks referring to the acquisition phase (AQ1, AQ30) and two blocks referring to retention and transference tests, respectively (RET1, RET2, TR1, TR2). Results in all experiments were similar and its groups not differed from each other. In conclusion, the learning process of the participants who established their own goals and those who had the assigned goal was similar. Thus, goal setting itself, whether attributed or externally controlled (yoked group), self-established spontaneously or in an induced manner is beneficial for learning the Bachman ladder climbing task, regardless if KR is provided or not or if is self-controlled. It is conclued that as the goal setting and KR are both motivational factors, their effects were neutralized and didn\'t affect the motor learning of Bachman ladder task

Syfte och frågeställningar: Uppsatsens syfte är att med utgångspunkt i hur en av dagens opinionsbildare kommer till uttryck i olika medieformat bidra till ökade kunskaper om hur unga vuxna uppfattar opinionsbildningsprocesser i dagens medielandskap. Utifrån syftet formulerades en huvudfråga och tre följande forskningsfrågor: “På vilka sätt beskriver unga vuxna att en av dagens opinionsbildares mediala uppmärksamhet haft för betydelse för synen på miljöfrågor i allmänhet och klimathotet i synnerhet?”, “På vilket sätt upplever unga vuxna nyhetspridningen och sociala mediers villkor?”, “På vilket sätt beskriver unga vuxna betydelsen av en av dagens opinionsbildare och dess roll?” samt “På vilka sätt beskriver unga vuxna betydelsen av opinionsbildning i sociala medier jämfört med opinionsbildning i traditionella medier?”. Metod och material: I uppsatsen har vi använt ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av tidigare forskning om klimatfrågor, opinionsbildning samt internetanvändning. Ramverket utgörs av Agenda-setting Theory och tvåstegshypotesen. Uppsatsens metod baseras på kvalitativa fokusgruppsintervjuer, innefattande tre grupper med tre deltagare i vardera. Huvudresultat: Studiens resultat visar att de unga vuxna upplever att Greta Thunbergs uppmärksamhet i media kommit att få en större effekt på den yngre generationen likaväl som allmänheten, snarare än på dem själva samt politiken. Respondenter uttrycker att hennes engagemang och aktivism i medier bidrar till en ökad kunskap om miljöfrågor för befolkningen. Vidare upplever de unga vuxna att opinionsbildningen både snabbare, lättare och i större utbredning kommer till uttryck i sociala medier, jämfört med traditionella medier.

This report is a preliminary exploration of the issues concerning traditional media and weblogs at two points in time. It examines the difference between the American mainstream media’s utilisation of weblogs during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001, and the utilisation of weblogs in the hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005. The mainstream media’s response to the weblog form during the attacks in September 2001 and the hurricane Katrina disaster in 2005 are examined, together with an exploration of the traditional coverage. It reveals how weblogs have become a more significant part of disaster coverage by mainstream media in the United States. These processes and the implications of these changes are explored for an understanding of how the weblog is altering our understanding of the construction and dissemination of news for the traditional media institution in the United States.

Thesis advisor: William Stanwood / The Daily Show with Jon Stewart's ascendance into the mainstream consciousness has reached a point where many not only consider it to be a source of news, but also Stewart to be one of the most respected and important journalists in the country. This study investigated The Daily Show’s impact on the general public using the theoretical framework of agenda-setting. After grounding the study in existing scholarly research, data, content and textual analyses were performed on 12 Daily Show episodes, as well as data analysis on the corresponding network news broadcasts. It was then concluded that The Daily Show has no significant impact on what people think about no matter what variables were analyzed. Thus, Stewart likely has been right all along in his claim that he and his team are not journalists – rather, they are merely producing a comedy show that happens to involve news and parodies news broadcasts. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2011. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: College Honors Program. / Discipline: Communication Honors Program. / Discipline: Communication.

Colombia is a country with a most controversial reputation, carrying associations of drugs, violence and terrorism. In 2016, following 52 years of civil war and violence Colombia finally found itself in a state of peace, since the government and one of the largest and most active guerrilla groups of all times FARC-EP agreed to lay down arms.Two and a half years later there are still many of us that associate Colombia with all these negative factors that are tied to its history. In this study I will be looking into how Colombia have been portrayed in Swedish media since the signing of the peace-agreement. I have also created a survey in an attempt to find out how people in a small Northern- European country like Sweden think of this diverse place on earth.

Accounting regulation, like any other institution, must be legitimate in order to be complied with. A key component for the legitimacy achievement is a legitimate regulation process. Consequently, the legitimacy of the accounting regulation process has real economic consequences for society as a whole. By building on a framework of prerequisites for a legitimate standard-setting process, the study develops a theoretical model for the analysis of an accounting regulation process’ legitimacy. The empirical setting of the study is distinct from the empirical setting of the literature included in the literature review, as it captures the regulation process of the new municipal accounting act in Sweden. By analyzing all the official documents corresponding to the regulation process of the new municipal accounting act, the study analyses the legitimacy achievement of the accounting regulation process. The results of the study showcase a heavily politically influenced regulation process, where there were deficiencies with the legitimacy achievement. Based on the results of the study, avenues for further research are suggested.

Kvinnliga och manliga politiker porträtteras olika utifrån sitt kön i frågor om deras privatliv i de traditionella medierna (SVT nyheter 2017). Syftet med denna uppsats är att få en överblick över de stereotypa könsrollernas framställning i det moderna mediet poddradio. Vi undersöker de manliga respektive kvinnliga politikernas talutrymme och hur många frågor de får gällande deras privatliv. Tidigare forskning slår fast att kvinnliga politiker får färre frågor kring deras yrkesroll och den politiska dagordningen men desto fler frågor om yttre attribut och hur de får ihop vardagspusslet. Uppsatsen bygger på en kvantitativ innehållsanalys där vi undersökt våra olika variabelvärden ur 40 poddavsnitt i fem olika poddar. Poddarna vi valde att undersöka var Ekots Lördagsintervju, Framgångspodden, Roos möter partiledarna, Söndagsintervjun och Värvet. Undersökningen tar avstamp utifrån två teorier; gender agenda setting och personifiering som ska konkretisera vårt underlag. Resultatet pekar på små marginaler mellan de olika könen, där den största skillnaden var de olika ämnena inom privatlivet som tilldelades de olika könen. De kvinnliga politikerna fick  flest frågor kring psykisk hälsa samtidigt som männen fick flest frågor kring familj/släkt, vilket var ett oväntat resultat om man jämför med tidigare forskning. Kan vi utifrån detta se en tendens till förändring inom medievärlden där även de traditionella medierna går i en mer jämställd riktning, eller är det medieformatet poddradion som är unik i sitt slag? Detta är något som framtida forskning får utvisa.