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This study was designed to be the first step in an empirical investigation of the female offender, using biographical information. It Is the goal of the research to eventually be able to predict probable criminal activity among women. The most readily delineated group for study was female prisoners. The purpose of the study was to determine if factor clusters could be produced which were representative of women in prison. Specific objectives were to organize descriptive biographical information of incarcerated women and to correlate bio-data results with important current and post-incarceration events. This study makes it clear that merely labeling behavior as criminal—connoting a deviant class of behavior—is highly inexact in identifying it. The female offender cannot as yet be defined in the same way as a person suffering from depression, hypochondriasis, or schizophrenia—that is, by distinctive response groupings. While this study made many inroads, generating descriptive factors and significant behavioral/life-history correlates, incarcerated female offenders as a class cannot as yet be identified by responses that make up a valid category of behavior.

Bakgrund: Lustgas har konstaterats vara ett mycket bra alternativ för smärtlindring av barn vid kortvarig procedurrelaterad smärta. Lustgasen har snabbt insättande effekt och biverkningar av lustgas är få eller av mild karaktär. Lustgas påverkar miljön negativt men en del av detta kan avhjälpas med effektiva ventilationssystem. Sjukvårdspersonal som exponeras för lustgas regelbundet utsätts för hälsorisker, dessa risker är dock inte helt kartlagda i nuläget. Sjuksköterskor som administrerar lustgas ställs inför en komplex situation med många faktorer att ta hänsyn till. Lustgasens betydelse i vården har studerats ur ett patient-, hälso- och miljöperspektiv. Enligt vår kännedom saknas studier som fokuserat på specialistsjuksköterskans eller blivande specialistsjuksköterskors upplevelser av lustgasadministrering till barn. Syfte: Att undersöka specialistsjuksköterskors och sjuksköterskor under pågående specialistutbildnings upplevelser av att administrera lustgas till barn i samband med procedursmärta på akutmottagning. Metod: En kvalitativ deskriptiv intervjustudie med induktiv design tillämpades. Strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med tio specialistsjuksköterskor och blivande specialistsjuksköterskor på ett medelstort sjukhus i Sverige. Intervjuerna transkriberades och analyserades därefter genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Analysen resulterade i tre huvudkategorier; Sjuksköterskans strategier vid lustgasadministrering, Utmaningar i samband med lustgasadministrering och Lustgasens begränsningar och möjligheter. Vidare abstraherades 11 underkategorier. Övervägande positiva erfarenheter av lustgasadministrering till barn framkom under intervjuerna. I resultaten framkom att sjuksköterskan behöver kunna anpassa sig efter barnets förutsättningar. Även betydelsen av ett välfungerande teamarbete, hur arbetsmiljön påverkar lustgasadministrering och betydelsen av tydliga riktlinjer framträdde. Upplevelser av trötthet och det känslomässiga engagemanget vid lustgasadministrering beskrevs. Diskussion: Teamarbetets framgång kopplas till god kommunikation. Resultaten tyder på att hög arbetsbelastning påverkar hur väl riktlinjer följs och i förlängningen skulle detta kunna innebära att patientsäkerheten påverkas negativt. Lokala skillnader kan ha gått förlorade då studien utgår från ett sjukhus, skillnader mellan olika verksamheter skulle kunna ha bidragit med viktig information. För att belysa sjuksköterskors personliga erfarenheter användes strukturerade intervjuer. Det är möjligt att frågorna styrt svaren och att ämnen som inte togs upp kunnat ge värdefullt information. Slutsats: Sjuksköterskors upplevelser av att administrera lustgas är övervägande positiva och det finns en önskan om att utöka användandet av lustgas inom barnsjukvård. Välfungerande teamarbete och tydliga riktlinjer framträder som väsentligt för att framgångsrikt kunna administrera lustgas till barn inom akutsjukvård. Vidare forskning bör inkludera flera sjukhus för att identifiera viktig information om likheter och skillnader i användandet av lustgas samt jämföra upplevelserna hos dem som administrerar lustgasen.

Det har länge funnits en önskan om att etablera ett globalt regelverk med redovisningsstandarder för att främja internationell handel och investeringar. Gemensamma standarder skulle bidra till större förståelse, öka transparensen, kvaliteten och jämförbarheten av finansiella rapporter på en global nivå. År 2014 infördes bestämmelser om att större onoterade företag var tvungna att antingen adoptera K-regelverket eller att redovisa enligt frivillig IFRS. K3-regelverket står för bokföringsnämndens allmänna råd om årsredovisning och koncernredovisning och är en nationell svensk standard. IFRS står för International Financial Reporting Standards och är en global redovisningsstandard som används i cirka 170 länder. Adoptering av IFRS har ökat världen över och tidigare forskning har visat att tillämpning av IFRS leder till högre redovisningskvalitet. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om det finns gemensamma faktorer hos svenska onoterade företag som väljer att redovisa enligt frivillig IFRS. Studien kommer att utgå från 5 hypoteser som grundar sig i egenskaper hos företag vi tror påverkar i vilken utsträckning ett företag redovisar enligt frivillig IFRS eller inte. Hypoteserna är baserade på tidigare forskning och teori. Studien har genomförts med ett urval på 149 företag där 93 redovisade enligt frivillig IFRS och 56 företag redovisade enligt K3-regelverket. Genom logistisk regressionsanalys undersökte vi påverkan av företagsspecifika egenskaper på valet av redovisningsstandard. Studiens resultat visar att ett företags storlek är en faktor som påverkar valet av att adoptera frivillig IFRS. I de andra faktorerna som vi undersökte vilka var lönsamhet, tillväxt, skuldsättningsgrad samt om företaget använde sig av någon av big 4 redovisningsbyrå, kunde vi inte finna något samband kopplat till att redovisa enligt frivillig IFRS. / There has long been a desire to establish a global regulatory framework with accounting standards to promote international trade and investment. Common standards would contribute to greater understanding, increased transparency, quality, and comparability of financial reports at a global level. In 2014, provisions were introduced requiring larger unlisted companies to either adopt the K-standard or to report according to voluntary IFRS. The K3 standard represents the Swedish Accounting Standards Board's general advice on annual and consolidated financial reporting and is a national Swedish standard. IFRS stands for International Financial Reporting Standards and is a global accounting standard used in approximately 170 countries. The adoption of IFRS has increased worldwide, and previous research has shown that the application of IFRS leads to higher accounting quality. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether there are common factors among Swedish unlisted companies that choose to report according to voluntary IFRS. The study will be based on 5 hypotheses that are based on characteristics of companies that we believe affect to what extent a company reports according to voluntary IFRS or not. The hypotheses are based on previous research and theory. The study was conducted with a sample of 149 companies, of which 93 reported according to voluntary IFRS and 56 companies reported according to the K3 standard. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine the impact of company-specific characteristics on the choice of accounting standard. The study's results show that a company's size is a factor that influences the choice to adopt voluntary IFRS. In the other factors we investigated, which were profitability, growth, leverage, and whether the company used any of the big 4 accounting firms, we could not find any relationship linked to reporting according to voluntary IFRS.

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School violence is a problem and particularly in Jamaica where it seems to be more pronounced in coeducational schools. Keen qualitative data garnering driven by the theory of symbolic interaction provides insight. Recently, Northern Caribbean University Radio announced that, in Jamaica, there is a high rate of violence in schools, and that there have been more reports of violence in coeducational schools than in single-sex schools (NCU Radio FM 91). We need to know is why this is the case? This qualitative research investigates the relationship between school structure and the incidences of violence. For a considerable period of time, the arm of the government, namely, the Ministry of Education, has been trying to stem the continuous wave of violence in schools, apparently with very little success. To date, coeducational schools have recorded more student violent activities than single-sex schools. This study will seek to ascertain why there is more violence in coeducational schools. The primary source of data for this study will be interviews with principals and vice principals, deans of discipline, guidance counselors and classroom teachers in both single-sex and coeducational schools. Another data source will be documents relating to violence in coeducational schools. / Educational Leadership

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Statistics / Paul I. Nelson / Rank based inference using independent random samples to compare K>1 continuous distributions, called the K-sample problem, based on precedence probabilities is developed and explored. There are many parametric and nonparametric approaches, most dealing with hypothesis testing, to this important, classical problem. Most existing tests are designed to detect differences among the location parameters of different distributions. Best known and most widely used of these is the F- test, which assumes normality. A comparable nonparametric test was developed by Kruskal and Wallis (1952). When dealing with location-scale families of distributions, both of these tests can perform poorly if the differences among the distributions are among their scale parameters and not in their location parameters. Overall, existing tests are not effective in detecting changes in both location and scale. In this dissertation, I propose a new class of rank-based, asymptotically distribution- free tests that are effective in detecting changes in both location and scale based on precedence probabilities. Let X_{i} be a random variable with distribution function F_{i} ; Also, let _pi_ be the set of all permutations of the numbers (1,2,...,K) . Then P(X_{i_{1}}<...<X_{i_{K}}) is a precedence probability if (i_{1},...,i_{K}) belongs to _pi_. Properties of these of tests are developed using the theory of U-statistics (Hoeffding, 1948). Some of these new tests are related to volumes under ROC (Receiver Operating Characteristic) surfaces, which are of particular interest in clinical trials whose goal is to use a score to separate subjects into diagnostic groups. Motivated by this goal, I propose three new index measures of the separation or similarity among two or more distributions. These indices may be used as “effect sizes”. In a related problem, Properties of precedence probabilities are obtained and a bootstrap algorithm is used to estimate an interval for them.

Researchers have suggested that Blacks who express linked racial fate are ideologically liberal. Given the prominence of Black philosophical thought and salience of race, I suggest that linked racial fate results in conservative ideology, which exists on a separate ideological dimension than the traditional conservative ideological dimension. This new ideological dimension, referred to as conservatism among Blacks, is vital to understanding Black political thought in the 21st century. Using data from the 1996 National Black Election Study, 2008 National Annenberg Election Study, and focus group data I argue that the conservative ideas espoused by Blacks, specifically members of the Talented Tenth, actually support Black advancement in the same way that Blacks express support for Democratic candidates or ideals as a result of linked racial fate. Moreover, conservatism among Blacks does not result in a specific partisan identification or support for certain candidates; instead, conservatism results in explicit support for policies and ideas that align with the ideas and philosophies of Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus M. Garvey. This dissertation fills the gap in the literature that does not utilize Black philosophers, Black political leaders, or college educated Blacks to explain Black political thought and behavior. The study of members of the Talented Tenth provides a framework for understanding how Blacks negotiate various political philosophies, challenging traditional Black American political thought while remaining racially linked to the Black community

L’étude des organismes vivants, la biologie, s’étend sur de nombreux domaines et notamment s’applique à comprendre le fonctionnement des êtres vivants. Les organismes les plus complexes comme les êtres Humains possèdent plusieurs niveaux d’organisation : ils sont constitués successivement d’organes, de tissus, de cellules, de biomolécules. On trouve plusieurs types de biomolécules dont les protéines, qui sont comme des minuscules outils qui permettent aux cellules de vivre et d’interagir avec leur environnement. Pour cela, les protéines doivent entrer en contact les unes avec les autres de manière très précise et déterminée. Cette thèse teste l’existence de forces électrodynamiques de longue portée qui leur permettraient d’interagir de manière rapide et guidée, via l’étude de l’absorption ou l’émission de ce type d’onde par des protéines, puis la diffusion de ces protéines en solution pour observer leur comportement. / The study of living organisms, biology, extends over many fields and in particular, applies to understanding the functioning of living beings. The most complex organisms, such as human beings, have several levels of organization: they are made up successively of organs, tissues, cells, and biomolecules. There are several types of biomolecules including proteins, which are like tiny tools that allow cells to live and interact with their environment. To do this, proteins must come into contact with each other in a very precise and determined way. This thesis tests the existence of long-range electrodynamic forces which would allow them to interact in a rapid and guided way, by studying the absorption or emission of this type of wave by proteins, then the diffusion of these proteins in solution to observe their behavior.