In the end of the 1980s and in the beginning of the 1990s Europe and the world witnessed the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the mid-1990s the member states of the European Union decided to enlarge the Union towards the Eastern Europe. Thus European integration entered into an unprecedented phase. Integration of the Eastern Europeans with the Western Europe contributed to the debates on the notions of European identity and the idea of Europe. Adherence of the East Europeans to the ideals of the Western European civilization brought up some questions about the changing identities and shifting boundaries of Europe. Various theories deal with the problems of identity in general and European identity in particular. However to a great extent they are limited within a rigid description of self-other relationship. They do not intend to investigate the real motives or purposes behind these transformations of the prevailing identities and shifting of the boundaries of Europe. So, it will be argued that, in order to understand construction/reconstruction process of the new European identity, one should also take into consideration the more dynamic effects on changing European identity and shifting borders of Europe.

檔案整合目錄檢索系統是利用單一介面檢索多種檔案資料庫，旨在於鼓勵大眾能更普遍知道檔案價值並應用檔案，系統設計者應考量使用者的使用需求。有鑑於目前「檔案資源整合查詢平台(ACROSS)」為國內檔案目錄查詢之重要窗口，故本研究選擇ACROSS系統作為研究個案，融合Jakob Nielsen的優使性五大構面及十項評估準則，由使用者角度探討其優使性，包括記憶性、學習性、容錯性、效率性與滿意度等五個面向。 　　本研究採用問卷調查法及訪談法蒐集使用者對ACROSS系統之意見，優使性問卷發放對象為北部七間大學的歷史碩博士班學生；訪談對象為十位歷史碩博士班研究生，訪談內容包括對系統之看法、建議及滿意程度，以了解其主觀想法。 　　本研究結論根據整體優使性評估結果，分析使用者針對「檔案資源整合查詢平台」(ACROSS)介面的正反面意見如下： 　　使用者感受較正面的功能：(1) ACROSS系統介面各選項功能與操作步驟容易記憶，不需反覆摸索，即能在短時間內，利用該系統順利查檢所需資訊。(2) ACROSS系統架構容易理解，畫面區塊分割情形簡單明瞭。(3) ACROSS系統有助於使用者發現新資訊與獲得新想法。 　　使用者反應值得改善的功能：(1) ACROSS系統介面字體顏色大小與首頁資源分類應提供較為明顯的彈性調整。(2)ACROSS系統使用指引或錯誤說明品質有待提升。(3) ACROSS系統可視使用者需求彈性調整檢索條件。(4)使用者有檢索需求時會先選擇自身熟悉的檢索工具，而以ACROSS系統作為補充輔助之用。(5) ACROSS系統可因應國際化趨勢，增設英文、日文或是繁簡轉換介面。(6) ACROSS系統無法取代個別資料庫檢索介面。 　　根據研究結果，另提出四點建議：(1) 改善ACROSS系統之檢索功能與檢索結果之呈現。(2) 以使用者為需求作為整合檢索系統設計主要考量。(3) 落實ACROSS系統整體行銷概念，提昇網站使用的品質與數量。(4) ACROSS系統主管機關可依據優使性評估結果改善系統功能。 / Integrated search system on archives performs simultaneous searches across heterogeneous archival electronic resources through a single entry. In order to allow the public to know value of archives and use archives, the system designers should pay attention to users' needs. Because of the importance of Archives Cross Boundaries on archival search system for Taiwan, this study aims to investigate the usability of Archives Cross Boundaries, and to understand users’ viewpoints toward this system. Five structural perspectives and ten assessment criteria from Jakob Nielsen were analyzed: memorability, learnability, efficiency, error frequency and severity, and Satisfaction. This study evaluated history graduate students’ perceptions of usability and satisfaction of Archives Cross Boundaries. The methodology in this study includes Questionnaire survey and In-depth interview. Questionnaire data were collected from department of History graduate students of seven universities in northern Taiwan. Ten history graduate students were chosen as Interview subjects. In-depth interview was used to collect data, including views on the system, suggestion, and degree of satisfaction. The results were summarized from positive and negative views of the analysis of the user interface for Archives Cross Boundaries as follows: The positive function of users’ feelings :(1) Each option features and the steps of Archives Cross Boundaries easy to remember, and users can find information fast without operating system repeatedly. (2) The architecture of Archives Cross Boundaries is easy to understand, and screen block segmentation situation is clear. (3) The system helps users discover new information and new ideas. The improvable function of users feelings :(1)The font color and home resource classification should provide significant flexibility to adjust.(2) Guidelines or error description of the quality should be improved. (3) Archives Cross Boundaries should be in accordance with user needs flexibility to adjust the search criteria. (4) Users will choose familiar search tool first, and Archives Cross Boundaries as the use of supplementary aids. (5) For responding to international trend, Archives Cross Boundaries can be added to English, Japanese or character conversion interface. (6) Archives Cross Boundaries can’t replace individual search function completely. Based on the findings, and the other put forward four suggestions:(1) Improving the presentation of the search functions and search results of the Archives Cross Boundaries.(2) Integrated retrieval systems to user needs as the main design considerations.(3) The implementation of Archives Cross Boundaries as a whole marketing concept to enhance the quality and quantity of website use. (4) The competent authorities of Archives Cross Boundaries may improve system functionality based on the results of the assessment of the usability.

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As many of the world’s nuclear power plants are near the end of their supposed life span a need arise to assess the components crucial to the safety of these plants. One of these crucial components is the concrete reactor confinement; to assess its condition, non-destructive testing (NDT) is an attractive method. Traditional testing of concrete structures has comprised of drilling out a sample and performing stress tests on it, but because of the radioactive environment inside the containment this method is far from ideal. NDT is of course possible to use at any structure but at reactor containments the benefits from not creating holes in the structure are prominent; NDT is also an attractive option from an esthetical point of view because it leaves the structure intact. The NDT method pertaining to this study is the impact echo method which comprise of applying a force on the structure, usually a hammer blow, and measuring the response with a receiver. The impact will excite waves propagating in the structure which gives rise to Lamb modes. Lamb modes are structural oscillations of the wall and it is the frequency of these modes that are used to determine the thickness of the wall. The elastic properties of the structure can in turn be obtained by measuring the velocities of the waves propagation. It is also possible to use the impact echo method to detect irregularities in the structure such as cracks or delamination. To simulate the dynamics of a system using NDT numerical methods such as finite element modeling (FEM) is often used. The purpose of this study is to assess the possibility to utilize absorbing layers using increasing damping (ALID) in models to reduce the computational time of FEM analyses. ALIDs are used at the edges to simulate an infinite system and are thus supposed to cancel out incoming waves to prevent unwanted reflection from the edges. The models in this study have all pertained to two dimensional plates utilizing infinitesimal strain theory; the decrease in computational time is significant when using ALIDs and for three dimensional models it would be even more so. The ALIDs are specified by length and maximum mass proportional Rayleigh damping (CMmax), in this study three different lengths are tested, 0.5, 1.5 and 4.5 m for CMmax ranging from 103 to 2*105 Ns/m. The damping is increased with increasing distance into the ALID with specified maximum value at the back edge. However, it should be noted that the increase in damping causes difference in impedance between elements and if this difference is too large it will cause reflections of waves at the boundary between the elements. The ALID must thus be defined so that it sufficiently cancels out the wave without causing unwanted reflections due to impedance differences. The conclusion is that the 0.5 m long ALID does not provide good results for any choice of maximum mass proportional Rayleigh damping. Both the 1.5 and 4.5 m long ALIDs are, however, concluded to be applicable; the 1.5 m ALID having 2*104 < CMmax <5*104 Ns/m and the 4.5 m ALID having 5*103 < CMmax < 104 Ns/m are choices that have shown promise in the performed simulations. The hope is that the results obtained in this study will aid in the development of numerical analysis techniques for NDT methods that can be used in the construction of new reactor confinements and/or maintenance of existing reactor confinements and other thick concrete structures. / Många av världens kärnkraftverk närmar sig slutet på sin beräknade livslängd och ett behov uppstår då att kunna utvärdera de komponenter som är väsentliga för säkerheten på dessa verk. Reaktoromslutningen i betong är en av dessa komponenter och oförstörande provning (NDT) är en attraktiv metod för att bedöma dess tillstånd. Traditionellt har utvärdering av betongkonstruktioner bestått av stresstester på borrprover men p.g.a. den radioaktiva miljön på insidan av omslutningen är denna metod ej att föredra. NDT är självklart möjligt att använda på allsköns betongkonstruktioner då det ger både konstruktionsmässiga och estetiska fördelar. NDT metoden som rör denna studie kallas impact echo och går ut på att man med en hammare slår till en punkt på väggen och mäter responsen en bit därifrån. Lasten ger upphov till vågor i form av deformation som propagerar i väggen och dessa ger i sin tur upphov till Lamb moder. Lamb moderna är strukturella oscillationer av väggen och genom att studera dess frekvenser kan väggens tjocklek bestämmas. Elastiska egenskaper i väggen erhålls utifrån de olika vågornas propageringshastigheter. Impact echo metoden kan även användas för att finna strukturella oegentligheter inuti väggen så som sprickor och delaminering. För att utföra numeriska simuleringar av dynamiska system med NDT-metoder är finita elementmetoden (FEM) användbar. Syftet med denna studie är att bedöma vilka möjligheter som finns för att implementera absorberande ränder med ökande dämpning (ALID) i datamodeller för att minska beräkningstiden av FEM-analyser. ALID används vid kanterna för att simulera ett oändligt system, dess uppgift är att dämpa bort inkommande vågor så att dessa ej reflekteras tillbaka och stör mätningarna. Samtliga modeller i denna studie är två-dimensionella med antagen oändligt liten spänning i normalriktningen. Vinsten i beräkningstid av att använda ALID är stor och ökar ytterligare om modellen utökas till tre dimensioner. Ett ALID definieras genom dess längd och maximala massproportionerlig Rayleigh-dämpning (CMmax). I denna rapport har längderna 0.5, 1.5 and 4.5 m använts med CMmax i intervallet från 103 till 2*105 Ns/m. Dämpningen ökar med ökat avstånd in i ALID med det specificerade maxvärdet vid den bakre kanten. Det bör noteras att skillnad i dämpning mellan element leder till skillnad i impedans; reflektioner av vågorna uppstår vid övergång från ett element med lägre impedans till ett med högre impedans. Ett ALID måste således vara definierat så att det dämpar bort tillräckligt av de inkommande vågorna utan att oönskade reflektioner i ALID uppstår. Studien pekar på att ett 0.5 m långt ALID inte åstadkommer önskvärda resultat för något av valen för CMmax som använts i denna rapport. Både det 1.5 och 4.5 m långa ALID har däremot get bra resultat; ett 1.5 m långt ALID bör ha 2*104 < CMmax <5*104 Ns/m och ett 4.5 m långt ALID 5*103 < CMmax < 104 Ns/m. Förhoppningen med studien är att resultaten skall underlätta utvecklingen av NDT-metoder som kan användas vid konstruktion och underhåll av reaktoromslutningar och andra tjocka betongkonstruktioner.

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Bakgrund: I och med utvecklingen av informations- och kommunikationsteknik har gränserna för var och när arbetet kan utföras suddats ut. Arbetet har med andra ord blivit gränslöst. Även om det möjliggör flexibilitet över arbetstiderna, valfrihet gällande platsen för var arbetet kan utföras samt en ökad kontroll över arbetet kan det också leda till överbelastning och arbetsrelaterad stress, som i sin tur kan ha en negativ inverkan på arbetslivsbalansen och därmed välbefinnandet. Det kan i förlängningen även påverka organisationen negativt då det kan yttra sig genom minskad produktivitet, sjukfrånvaro och personalomsättning, vilket är förenat med ökade kostnader. Som lärare inom akademin finns långtgående möjligheter att förlänga arbetsplatsens tid och rum till följd av utbredningen av informations- och kommunikationsteknik, varpå den här studien behandlar högskolelärares upplevelser av det gränslösa arbetet och hur det kan inverka på hälsan. Syfte: Syftet med föreliggande studie är att undersöka högskolelärares upplevelser av det gränslösa arbetet inom akademin för att öka förståelsen för hur det gränslösa arbetet kan inverka på hälsan och därmed öka förståelsen för på vilket sätt det kan vara en friskfaktor eller riskfaktor. Metod: Då föreliggande studie syftade till att fånga enskilda individers upplevelser, tankar och beskrivningar avseende deras arbetssituation i det gränslösa arbetet på ett nyanserat sätt, valdes en kvalitativ metod. Insamlingen av empirisk data gjordes genom tio individuella semistrukturerade intervjuer på en högskola i Sverige. Slutsatser: Studiens resultat påvisar att det sociala stödet är viktigt i ett gränslöst arbete och kan bland annat bidra till att stressfyllda perioder upplevs som mindre krävande. Att ständigt vara tillgänglig kan däremot påverka hälsan negativt i och med den upplevda stressen som följer med tillgängligheten via e-post. Vidare tyder resultatet på att egenkontroll och frihet i arbetet både kan vara en risk- och friskfaktor beroende på hur gränsdragningar gentemot det övriga livet sker, vilket kan bero på individens egna krav och karriärutsikter, liksom glädjen till sitt arbete. Det innebär att den individuella gränsdragningsförmågan blir fundamental i ett gränslöst arbete. / Background: Due to the development of the information and communication technology the boundaries of where and when to carry out your work have faded. In other words, the work has become boundless. Although this allows for flexibility over working hours, place of work and increased control over your work it can also lead to overload and work related stress, which can have a negative impact on work life balance and therefore health. Also, in the long run it can adversely affect the organization as it can lead to reduced productivity, sickness absence and staff turnover, which is associated with greater costs. As a teacher at the academy there are far reaching opportunities to extend the workplace’s hours and location due to the prevalence of information and communication technology, where this study examines the experiences university lecturers have of the boundless work and its impact on health. Aim: The aim of the present study is to investigate university teachers' experiences of the boundless work within the academy to increase understanding of how boundless work can affect health and thereby increasing understanding of how it may be a health factor or risk factor. Method: As the present study aimed at capturing individual peoples’ experiences, thoughts and descriptions regarding their work situation with boundless work in a nuanced manner, a qualitative method was chosen. The gathering of empirical data was done through ten individual semi- structured interviews at a university in Sweden. Conclusion: The study's results indicate that social support is important in boundless work and can, among other things, help stressful periods to be perceived as less demanding. Continuously being available, however, can affect health negatively, with the perceived stress that comes with availability via email. Furthermore, the result suggests that self-control and freedom at work can be both a risk and a healthy factor depending on how boundaries occur to the rest of life, which may depend on the individual's own requirements and career prospects, as well as the joy of his work. This means that the individual’s ability to create boundaries between work and private life is fundamental in a boundless work.

Le carbure cémenté (WC-Co) est un système biphasé constitué de grains de carbure de tungstène enrobés dans un liant à base de cobalt. Dans ce matériau composite, qui allie donc la dureté du carbure à la résilience du cobalt, la maîtrise de la microstructure est un paramètre clef pour l’optimisation des propriétés mécaniques.Le but de ce travail est de mettre au jour les mécanismes régissant le développement des joint de grain et des joints de phase lors du frittage. L’effet de la teneur en liant, du taux de carbone et du temps de frittage ont été particulièrement étudiés.Ce travail est basée sur la caractérisation du matériau par EBSD (Electron BackScattered Diffraction), une méthode qui facilite la séparation des grains et donc l’utilisation de techniques d’analyse d’image pour étudier la microstructure. En outre un programme basé sur les données d’orientation des grains collectées par EBSD et permettant l’analyse de la texturation des joints de grain et des joints de phase a été développé pour cette étude.L’étude de la contiguité montre qu’elle ne dépend pas du taux de frittage ni de la teneur en carbone du liant, mais essentiellement de la fraction volumique de liant. Cela implique que l’encombrement et l’imbrication des particules sont les principaux paramètres entrant en compte dans l’établissement de la contiguité. Un grossissement plus rapide et plus marqué a été observé dans les échantillons riches en carbone, ainsi que dans ceux présentant un fort taux de liant. Un grossissement anormal a été observé dans les échantillons riches en carbone et à fort taux de liant. La désorientation aux joints de grains est caractérisée par un couple axe/angle décrivant la rotation liant les deux cristaux. L’étude de la distribution des axes a révélé que trois rotations sont particulièrement abondantes : celles autour de [101 ̅0], [21 ̅1 ̅0] et [0001]. Elles représentent environ 30% de la surface totale des joints de grains. Pour chacune des rotations particulières ont été détectées : [101 ̅0]/90°, [21 ̅1 ̅0] / (48°- 60°- 90°) et [0001]/90°. L’étude de la géométrie de ces joints suggère que leur remarquable stabilité est due au fort taux de cohérence dans le plan de joint. L’analyse statistique des plans de joint de grain et de joint de phase montre que la plupart d’entre eux correspond à un plan basal ou prismatique pour au moins l’un des deux grains (70% environ de la surface totale de joint de grain, et 50% environ de la surface totale de joint de phase). Sur la base de ces résultats, un scénario décrivant l’évolution de la microstructure durant le frittage est finalement proposé. / WC-Co cemented carbide is a two phase system constituted of a cobalt based binder matrix embedding hard tungsten carbide grains. This material is especially used in fields such as metal cutting or mining, where high mechanical properties are required. Therefore, the microstructure is a key parameter to control to optimize the mechanical properties of the alloy.This work aims at understanding the mechanisms of grain boundary and phase boundary development during sintering, and how they may influence the final microstructure. The effect of the binder content, carbon content and sintering time was especially investigated.Electron BackScattered Diffraction characterization was chosen to conduct this study. First because the precise separation of grains in the resulting images makes possible automation of the measurements, and thus allows a statistical analysis of several microstructural parameters (as grain size, contiguity) on numerous samples. Secondly because orientation data collected by this way make possible the analysis of grain boundary and phase boundary texture. To this end, an automated method was developed for analysis of grain boundaries and estimation of remarkable boundary planes fraction from 2D EBSD measurements.The study of contiguity shows that it does not depend on sintering time or carbon content in the binder, but essentially of the carbide grain volume fraction. This result implies that impingement is the first order parameter in the evolution of contiguity. Grains appear to grow faster and in a larger extent in samples with a carbon rich binder, as well as in high binder content samples. Abnormal grain growth seems to be favored by high binder content in carbon rich samples. All grain boundaries were characterized by a couple of rotation axis and misorientation angle. Three particular rotation axes were identified: [101 ̅0], [21 ̅1 ̅0] and [0001]. They represent around 30% of the total grain boundary surface area. In addition, specific rotations were found to be particularly abundant in the microstructure: [101 ̅0]/90°, [21 ̅1 ̅0] / (48°- 60°- 90°) and [0001]/90°.A study of their geometry suggests that their stability would be due to a particularly coherent boundary plane. A statistical analysis shows that most grain boundaries and phase boundaries have a habit plane parallel to a basal or prismatic plane (about 70% of the total grain boundary surface area and 50% of the total phase boundary area. Finally, a scenario is proposed for the microstructure development model during sintering of cemented carbides on the basis of the results.

This qualitative study aimed to explore how to handle aggression in therapy from a Gestalt perspective. In order to reach the aim of this study a conceptual framework was done exploring terms central to this project including aggression and Gestalt Play therapy. Unstructured, telephonic interviews were then conducted with seven Gestalt Play therapists working with children in the Western Cape exploring ways to handle and treat aggression in therapy. The data collected during these interviews were then analyzed and several themes were identified and explored by conducting a literature control. Guidelines were then formulated and written on how to handle aggression in therapy from a Gestalt perspective as part of the concluding chapter of this research report. / Social Work / M. Diac (Play Therapy)

A presente tese trata da chamada “Questão de Limites” entre as províncias de Santa Catarina e Paraná, de 1853 (momento de emancipação da comarca de Curitiba) a 1889 (ano que marca o fim do Império do Brasil). O tema insere-se no contexto de estruturação política/econômica provincial e de construção da unidade nacional no Brasil oitocentista. Unidade aqui pensada com base na complexa interface entre esta e a formação do Estado, do território e da nação. O foco de análise concentra-se no exame das iniciativas tomadas pelas elites provinciais e pelo governo central, nos espaços imperiais de poder, a respeito da delimitação de uma fronteira “aberta” e extremamente “complexa”. Defende-se que, a contenda entre catarinenses e paranaenses se constituiu num problema de significativa importância política e econômica na fronteira sul, pois contemplava assuntos considerados centrais – “consideração política”, administração pública, desenvolvimento fiscal e expansão da colonização – inerentes ao processo de constituição da unidade nacional a partir das relações estabelecidas entre o centro (Corte) e as partes (províncias). A partir daí, sustenta-se que a não resolução da pendência de limites pode ser explicada através da própria natureza da organização política brasileira daquele período. Cabia ao Legislativo a definição do impasse, havia, porém, muitos interesses regionais e nacionais conflitantes em jogo durante os debates, os projetos, as negociações, os encaminhamentos e as decisões efetuadas pelos parlamentares. Apesar do centro (governo estabelecido no Rio de Janeiro) não ter interferido efetivamente na resolução do impasse fronteiriço entre duas unidades administrativas consideradas “pequenas”, o mesmo demonstrava muitos interesses com a organização interna do território. Santa Catarina e Paraná não possuíam uma ampla representação política no cenário nacional, mas eram apontadas pelas narrativas como fundamentais por estarem localizadas num espaço estratégico para a delimitação espacial do Estado Nacional. Nesse sentido, a continuidade de problemas com pendências territoriais entre muitas das províncias era vista como prejudicial para o desenvolvimento econômico e para a manutenção da estabilidade política. Assim, ao contrário do que se possa imaginar, a Questão de Limites revelou-se como um tema importante para se compreender – guardadas as devidas proporções de um caso específico – a organização política e econômica provincial, bem como o próprio processo de formação do território do Brasil. / This thesis deals with the so-called "Matter of Boundaries" between the provinces of Santa Catarina and Paraná, from 1853 (time of the emancipation of the district of Curitiba) to 1889 (year that marks the end of the Brazilian Empire). The theme is inserted in the context of provincial political / economic structuring and the construction of the national unity in the nineteenth-century Brazil. Unit, here, is based on the complex interface between it and the formation of the State, the territory, and the nation. The analysis focus on examining the initiatives taken by the provincial elites and the central government in the imperial areas of power regarding the delimitation of an "open" and extremely "complex" frontier. We believe that the dispute between the people of Santa Catarina and the people of Paraná constituted a problem of significant political and economic importance on the south frontier, for it contemplated issues considered central, like "political consideration", public administration, fiscal development and the expansion of colonization. All of them inherent in the process of the constitution of the national unity based on the relations established between the center (Court) and the parties (provinces). Thenceforth, it is sustained that the non-resolution of the pendency regarding limits can be explained by the very nature of the Brazilian political organization of that period. The definition of the impasse was in the Parliament hands. However, there were many conflicting regional and national interests at stake during the debates, the projects, the negotiations, the referrals and the decisions made by the Members of Parliament. Although the center (government established in Rio de Janeiro) did not effectively interfere in the resolution of the border impasse between two small administrative units, the central government (established in Rio de Janeiro) showed a lot of interest in the internal organization of the territory. Santa Catarina and Paraná did not have a very broad political representation on the national scenario, but according to the narratives, they were fundamental because they were located in a strategic space for the spatial delimitation of the National State. In this regard, the continuity of the pending territorial problems among many of the provinces was seen as detrimental in terms of economic development and the maintenance of political stability. So, contrary to what one may think, the Boundaries Matter has proven to be a relevant theme in the understanding – preserved the due proportions of a specific case – of the provincial political and economic organization, as well as the very process of the Brazilian territory formation.

Den här studien handlar om den växande gruppen utövare (s.k. sessionsgivare) inom komplementärmedicin och nyandlighet. Studiens syfte är att undersöka huruvida de uppfattar sig som varande i en yrkesroll, hur de förhåller sig till denna samt deras förhållningssätt gentemot klienter, i och utanför sin praktik. Ansatsen är explorativ och syftar främst till att förstå intervjupersonernas erfarenheter och upplevelser. För att möta syftet ställs tre frågor: (1) Hur förhåller sig intervjupersonerna till sin professionella respektive privata roll och vilka rollkonflikter kan uppstå? (2) Hur beskrivs emotionella aspekter av arbetet och hur hanteras emotioner som uppstår i mötet med klienter? och (3) Vilka utmaningar och strategier beskrivs gällande gränser och gränssättning gentemot klienter? Metoden är kvalitativ och intervjuer har genomförts med fem personer som möter kriterierna för studiens syfte. I analysen används socialpsykologiska teorier om social interaktion, roller och emotioner.  Resultatet visar på variation i synen på roller, från att arbetet är ett slags kall till att det ses främst som en yrkesroll. Det framgår att intervjupersonerna eftersträvar öppenhet och autenticitet i mötet med klienter och önskar minimera diskrepansen mellan det de visar upp i sin roll som sessionsgivare och hur de är privat. Resultatet visar vidare att rollkonflikter och rollförvirring kan uppstå när intervjupersonerna möter klienter utanför sin praktik och att de i vissa fall upplever utmaningar i att upprätthålla personliga gränser. En slutsats från analysen är att intervjupersonerna ägnar sig åt emotionell hantering och härbärgering i sitt arbete och påverkas av känslo- och uttrycksregler samt att de har utarbetat individuella strategier för att hantera detta. / This study is about the growing group of practitioners (so-called session givers) in complementary medicine and contemporary spirituality. The aim of the study is to explore whether such session givers perceive themselves as being in a working role, how they relate to this role, and their attitude towards clients, inside and outside their practice. The approach of the study is explorative and aims primarily at understanding the interviewees' experiences. To achieve this aim three questions are asked: (1) How do the interviewees relate to their professional and private roles respectively, and what role conflicts can occur between the two? (2) How are emotional aspects of the work described and how are emotions that arise during meetings with clients handled? and (3) What challenges and strategies do the interviewees describe regarding boundaries and setting limits towards clients? The method is qualitative and interviews have been conducted with five session givers. In the analysis social psychological theories of social interaction, roles and emotions are used.  The result shows variations in the view of roles, from work being a kind of calling to seeing it as a professional role. It also shows that the interviewees seek openness and authenticity in the meeting with clients and wish to minimize the discrepancy between what they display in their role as session givers and how they act in private. The result further shows that role conflicts and role confusion can occur when interviewees meet clients outside of their practice and that they, in some cases, experience challenges in maintaining personal boundaries. A conclusion from the analysis is that the interviewees are performing emotion work and are influenced by feeling rules and rules of expression and that they have developed individual strategies to deal with this.