This thesis describes the impact of the notion of a calling on the development of the nursing profession during the period 1850–1933. The focus of the study is on how perceptions andnotions of a calling were altered over time, and in which way this historically shaped conceptinfluenced the professionalisation of the female health care work. Some contexts of relevancefor the notion of a calling and which are emphasised in the thesis are the women’s rights movement, the expansion of the civil servants’ movement, the professionalisation and modernisationof the health care system as well as the general secularisation of society. The study consists of three parts. The first part constitutes a conceptual background tothe notion of a calling and here the Christian heritage of ideas is examined. The second partof the thesis describes three leading institutions of nursing education: the Ersta Institution ofdeaconesses (1851), the Red Cross education (1867), and the Sophia Home (1884). The study shows how Lutheran features influenced these educational institutions, mainly the educationof the deaconesses. The meaning of the calling differed between the deaconesses and thenurses of the Sophia Home. The deaconnesses’ notion of a calling emphasised the value ofhumbly serving fellow beings, whereas the Sophia Home attached more importance to theelevated and noble aspect of the calling. The third part of the thesis is the most comprehensive one. It is here analysed how the circlearound the Swedish Nursing Association (SNA), used and related to the notion of a calling during the period 1910–1933. The description is structured under four themes. The first describes how the notion of a calling expresses a particular professional ideal and an ethical attitude characterised by a Lutheran work ethics with strong altruistic features. Under the second theme, the gendered perception of the vocation is discussed. It is claimed that the nursingprofession was not unambiguously permeated by feminine gendered perceptions. Instead the nurses’ professional ideal espoused a mixture of masculine and feminine gendered metaphors.Under the third theme, it becomes clear that the nurses’ proclamation of a calling strengthened and increased the status of the profession. Under the fourth theme, the nurses’notion of a calling is related to two male professional groups, doctors and clergymen, and thepessimistic and sombre spirit of time at the turn of the century, 1900. The general secularisation of society, and the gradual modernisation of the health care sector seemed to have contributedto a need for a professional corps, marked by strong tradition, apparently considereda guarantee for a health care system that would still comprise Christian love. / Diss. Umeå : Univ., 2002

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Since several decades, field crickets of the subfamily Gryllinae under order Orthoptera have been used as a model group by researchers working in the field of neuroethology, behavioural ecology and bioacoustics. Subfamily Gryllinae is a much diversified group and members are diverse in their biological traits however the most commonly used model systems in the research fields belong to only three genera: Gryllus, Teleogryllus and Acheta. All the three genera are related to each other therefore, they fail to represent the wide diversity of ecological and behavioral traits that are encompassed by other members of Gryllinae. To understand the diversity in an evolutionary framework in field crickets, it is thus necessary to take into account the evolutionary background of the model systems. A phylogenetic analysis is a prerequisite for all evolutionary studies. A phylogeny hypothesizes the relationship among the studied taxa on the basis of homology drawn from all the characters that were used for the analysis. The phylogenetic tree is a branching diagram where related taxa are grouped together at nodes and the terminal ends of the branches are the studied taxa. The characters are mapped on to this tree thus indicating the hypothetical ancestral state of each character at the nodes and explaining the transformational stages of each character that gave rise to the current character state. This procedure helps in understanding the evolutionary history and understanding the patterns of relationships among taxa that in turn also help in identification of species. This process of identification and classification by phylogenetic reconstruction is formally known as “phylogenetic systematics”. The main goal of this thesis work was to understand the phylogenetic relationships among field crickets of the subfamily Gryllinae. This study is of importance in the field of orthopteran classification because since the 19th century, taxonomists proposed several taxonomic rankings and various classificatory schemes either by describing new classificatory levels or by upgrading existing taxonomic levels to higher levels. In addition, different sets of morphological characters have been used in proposing the classification hypotheses which in turn leads to the existence of several mutually exclusive hypotheses. Although there have been several changes in the taxonomic positioning of these crickets under Gryllinae, none so far have been based on a phylogenetic hypothesis. Therefore, I described 100 characters based on external and internal morphological structures of crickets belonging to 17 genera to test all the previously proposed classificatory hypotheses, provide a scheme for classifying these crickets under different hierarchical levels under Gryllinae and a strong base for conducting further evolutionary studies. The results lend full support to one of the previously proposed hypotheses for classification. Subfamily Gryllinae is a monophyletic clade where all the field crickets should be grouped under two tribes. The results also invalidate several tribes that have been erected in recent years. The second aim was to test species concepts by examining concordance in species boundaries generated from different data sets and to study the pattern of song evolution in field crickets. Therefore, for this study a field cricket belonging to genus Itaropsis was selected. Only one species of Itaropsis is known from the Indian subcontinent which was described from Sri Lanka. Interestingly, five call types of Itaropsis were encountered when a field survey was performed at four different localities in the Western Ghats of India. Males of the all five call types (varying from long trills to short chirps) looked morphologically very similar to each other. However, they differed in their calling song structure, I described four call features (carrier frqeuncy, syllable period, syllable duration and call duration) and classified the individuals into clusters by calculating distances using these call features. The clusters thus obtained were considered to reflect different species under the genus Itaropsis. To assure that the clusters thus obtained reflect different species, concordance between the results was tested by comparing these results with the clades of an available phylogeny for the collected individuals of this genus using both morphological and molecular data. The acoustic clusters showed concordance with the phylogenetic lineages largely however an absolute match was not found suggesting that these lineages cannot be called as distinct species. The pattern of evolution of songs in Itaropsis was examined by optimizing the call features on the phylogenetic tree derived from molecular data. This showed short chirps with a dominant frequency of 7 kHz to be the ancestral call type within this genus, from which long trills with long syllable durations have evolved. There were no significant patterns in the evolution of carrier frequency. In most crickets, the calling songs that are produced by males to attract their conspecific females are considered species specific therefore, the calling songs serve as an additional tool in identification of crickets. The third aim of my work was to use only call features of crickets in delineation of species but for higher number of species. Therefore, for this I used recorded calling songs of 14 species of field crickets and described their call features. I then used either five or seven call features to construct clusters based on Euclidean distances between the songs of all pairs of individuals. I also carried out a discriminant function analysis of these data to test the efficiency of species identification when taxa were specified a priori. I varied the number of species used for the analysis systematically from 5 to 14 to examine the effect of varying the number of taxa on correct species identification. The results showed that taxa number can be increased upto ten to obtain almost correct classification however, using six to seven taxa is optimal since they provide 90% accuracy in classification. To the best of my knowledge, this study on understanding the phylogenetic relationships among field crickets is the first to be carried out at subfamily level. Description of new call types reflecting multiple or incipient species under the genus Itaropsis and use of acoustic features in species identification of Indian field crickets is also a new contribution to the area of orthopteran systematics and phylogenetics.

Acoustic communication in orthopterans and anurans provides a suitable model system for studying the evolutionary mechanisms of sexual selection mainly because males use acoustic signals to attract females over long distances for pair formation. Females use these signals not only to localize conspecific males but also to discriminate between potential mates. Investigations on the effect of sexual selection on acoustic signals requires an understanding of how female preferences for different features of the acoustic signal affect male mating success under ecological constraints in wild populations. The effect of female preferences on male mating success depends on the mate sampling strategy that females employ to search for potential mates. Despite its relevance, female mate sampling strategies based on male acoustic signals have rarely investigated in orthopterans and anurans, especially in the field. Considering the elaborate knowledge of the role of sensory physiology in female phonotaxis behaviour and characterization of the male acoustic signal, I used the field cricket species Plebeiogryllus guttiventris as a model system in this study. In this thesis, I first investigated the ecology of callers in wild populations. I then investigated female mate sampling strategies by incorporating relevant information on the ecology of signalers and the sensory physiology of receivers. Amount of calling activity is a strong determinant of male mating success in acoustically communicating species such as orthopterans and anurans. While many studies in crickets have investigated the determinants of calling effort, patterns of variability in male calling effort in natural choruses remain largely unexplored. I therefore investigated the spatio-temporal dynamics of acoustic chorusing behaviour in a wild population. I first studied the consistency of calling activity by quantifying variation in male calling effort across multiple nights of calling using repeatability analysis. Callers were inconsistent in their calling effort across nights and did not optimize nightly calling effort to increase their total number of nights spent calling. Next, I investigated calling site fidelity of males across multiple nights by quantifying movement of callers. Callers frequently changed their calling site across calling nights with substantial displacement but without any significant directionality. Finally, I investigated trade-offs between within-night calling effort and energetically expensive calling song features such as call intensity and chirp rate. Calling effort was not correlated with any of the calling song features, suggesting that energetically expensive song features do not constrain male calling effort. The two key features of signaling behaviour, calling effort and call intensity, which determine the duration and spatial coverage of the sexual signal, are uncorrelated and function independently Acoustic signal variation and female preference for different signal components constitute the prerequisite framework to study the mechanisms of sexual selection that shape acoustic communication. Despite several studies of acoustic communication in crickets, information on both male calling song variation in the field and female preference in the same system is lacking for most species. First, I quantified variation in the spectral, temporal and amplitudinal characteristics of the male calling song in a wild population, at two temporal scales, within and across nights, using repeatability analysis. Carrier frequency (CF) was the most repeatable call trait across nights, whereas chirp period (CP) had low repeatability. I further investigated female preferences based on song features with high and low repeatability (CF and CP respectively). Females showed no consistent preferences for CF but were more attracted towards calls with higher rates (shorter CP). I also examined the effect of signal intensity, which is known to play a critical role in female phonotaxis behaviour, on female preferences for faster calls. Females preferred louder calls over faster ones, implying a dominant role for signal intensity in female evaluation of potential mates based on acoustic signals. Call intensity was also the only signal feature that was positively correlated with male size. In the final chapter, I investigated female mate sampling strategies based on acoustic signals using both theoretical and empirical approaches. Analytical models of mate sampling have demonstrated significant differences in individual fitness returns for different sampling strategies. However these models have rarely incorporated relevant information on the ecology of signalers and the sensory physiology of receivers. I used simulation models to compare the costs and benefits of different mate sampling strategies by incorporating information on relative spacing of callers in natural choruses and the effect of signal intensity on female phonotaxis behaviour. The strategy of mating with males that were louder at the female position emerged as the optimal sampling rule in the simulations. When tested empirically in the field using callers in natural choruses, females seemed to follow the optimal strategy of mating with males that were perceived as louder at their position.

German text / Singles sind Menschen mit speziellen Problemen und Bedürfnissen – insbesondere, wenn sie unfreiwillig Single sind und lieber in einer Partnerschaft leben wollen. Viele Singles leiden unter ihrem Dasein als Single, ihre Probleme können vielfältig sein: Einsamkeit, unbefriedigte sexuelle Wünsche, mangelndes Selbstwertgefühl, fehlende Elternschaft, Leere und Antriebslosigkeit. Diese Probleme stellen die Seelsorge vor eine wichtige Aufgabe: Wie kann man diesen leidenden Singles helfend begegnen? Mein poimenischer Ansatz besteht darin, die Frage nach der Berufung zur Ehelosigkeit zu stellen(1 Korinther 7,17). Wenn Singles ihr Dasein nicht mehr als gescheiterte Existenz betrachten, sondern als Stand, zu dem sie von Gott berufen worden sind, hilft das vielleicht, eine positivere Lebenseinstellung zu bekommen und ein zufriedeneres Leben zu führen. / Singles are people with special problems and needs – particularly when they are involuntary singles and would prefer to live in a partner relationship. Many singles suffer with their condition as a single, and their problems can be manifold: loneliness, unsatisfied sexual desires, feelings of low self-worth, missing parenthood, emptiness and listlessness. These problems present the pastoral carer with an important task: How can these suffering singles be helped? My poimenics orientated approach is to raise the question regarding the call to singleness (1 Corinthians 7:17). When singles no longer consider their life as a failed existence, but rather as a state to which they have been called by God, perhaps that would help them have a more positive attitude to life, and to lead a satisfying life. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology)

This scientific essay is researching how we can understand the interplay between the private and the professional identities of teachers in school-age educare. This paper is based on our early working experiences, compared to our present-day experiences. The methods we have used are the scientific essay and participant observations. The theoretical framework consists of Isaiah Berlin’s concepts of liberty, Louis Althusser’s concept of interpellation and Jonas Aspelin’s relational concepts: closeness, distance, interhuman and social approaches. The study shows that it is possible to identify a contradiction between the private and the professional identities in the Swedish curriculum and, also, that it is possible to find agency in that conflict, through conscious and intentional didactic movement between closeness and distance. / Denna vetenskapliga essä är en undersökning av hur fritidshemslärarens yrkesroll kan förstås utifrån samspelet mellan privatpersonen och den professionella personen. Framställningen bygger på gestaltningar ur våra tidigare yrkeserfarenheter, vilka vi jämför med våra erfarenheter idag. De metoder vi har använt är vetenskaplig essä och deltagande observation. Teoriramen består huvudsakligen av Isaiah Berlins frihetsbegrepp, Louis Althussers tankar om interpellation och Jonas Aspelins relationella begrepp: närhet, distans, mellanmänskligt och socialt förhållningssätt. Essän visar att det är möjligt att identifiera en motsättning mellan privatpersonen och den professionella personen i läroplanen och även att det är möjligt att finna en agens i denna motsättning genom en medveten, didaktisk rörelse mellan närhet och distans.

This work describes the design, construction a performance of such a complete wireless pager suitable for health care centers, rest homes, home application, for example for calling an attendant. This appliance is designed to be easy to attendance. A wireless transceiver is simplified and is attended only by one button. A wireless receiver also doesn't require a complicated manipulation. The aim is to create pager, which will be an useful assistant thanks to its price and simple construction.

This survey has examined the work motivation among priests in the Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan). This report is based on a theory developed by Lars Ivarsson who distinguishes intrinsic motivation from extrinsic motivation associated with work. The survey is also based on a theory named Social categorization theory which is connected to confirmation of identity and work motivation. The survey has used a quantitative survey method to collect research data and a thematic analysis to analyze the collected data. The source material collected in the survey included answers from 40 priests who each answered 14 questions regarding their work motivation, lack thereof and calling. The result in this survey has argued that intrinsic work motivation is the dominant motivation in relation to extrinsic motivation, to choose priesthood as occupation. The most common motive to choose priesthood as occupation was argued by the respondents to be something defined as calling. Work environment and organizational issues was regarded as the biggest factors to reduce work motivation among priests in the survey. Calling was also discussed by the respondents in many parts of the survey as something exclusive to the occupation as priest.

Across a large part of the world, there is currently a shortage of nurses, this is no exception in Sweden. In this study, we have thus intended to investigate the contributing factors behind the shortage of nurses in Sweden. This purpose has been investigated through a qualitative method, where nine semi-structured interviews have been conducted with licensed nurses who have been in the profession for a maximum of 5 years. The results of the study have been analysed through Herzberg's two-factor theory and Adam's equity theory. The results that came from this study show that nurses choose the profession with an expected return in the form of patient contact, the possibility to make a difference and self-development within the profession. What creates the intention to leave the profession is when the return is smaller and there is no room to establish the return, which is derived from the nurse's context, in the form of, among other things, too high a workload, lack of support and neglected skills. Conclusions of the study show that measures in the form of increased decentralization, increased professionalization of the profession and consideration of individual needs need to be taken to retain more nurses in the profession. / Över en stor del av världen råder det just nu en brist på sjuksköterskor, detta är inget undantag i Sverige. I den här studien har vi därmed ämnat undersöka vilka bidragande faktorer som ligger bakom bristen på sjuksköterskor i Sverige. Detta syfte har undersökts genom en kvalitativ metod, där nio semistrukturerade intervjuer har genomförts med legitimerade sjuksköterskor vilka har varit i yrket i max 5 år. Resultatet av denna studie haranalyserats genom Herzbergs tvåfaktorteori och Adams jämviktsteori. Resultatet som kom av denna studie visar att sjuksköterskor väljer yrket med en förväntad avkastning i form av patientkontakt, att göra skillnad och självutveckling inom professionen. Det som skapar intentionen att lämna professionen är när avkastningen blir mindre och utrymme inte finns för att etablera avkastningen, vilket härleds till sjuksköterskans kontext, i form av, bland annat, för hög arbetsbelastning, brist på stöd samt försummad kompetens. Slutsatser av studien visar att åtgärder i form av ökad decentralisering, en ökad professionalisering av professionen och hänsynstagande till individuella behov behöver tas för att bibehålla sjuksköterskor inom professionen.

Mémoire en recherche-création / L’essai Du désir dans l’écriture (ailleurs, une rencontre) propose une quête de décloisonnement – menée dans un contexte pandémique de confinement – pour les formes textuelles qui demandent de repenser les catégories définissant (et limitant) les modes d’existence et de circulation des objets culturels. Cette réflexion s’articule entre autres à travers une lecture de La nuit juste avant les forêts, œuvre de Bernard-Marie Koltès irréductible à ce qui s’appelle « théâtre » et qui tout de même invite au partage d’une expérience : malgré le flux intarissable de mots tirés à sens unique, la parole déborde de son média (la page, la scène) et une véritable communion happe qui est là, hors diégèse, pour l’accueillir. Par une approche du texte au-delà de sa médiation, ce mémoire propose alors une contribution intuitive, fondée sur la recherche-création, à la pensée de la communication (et de son impossibilité). Dans le prolongement de la théorie, Peut-être que dehors incarne cette quête de parole vivante dans la pratique. La proposition artistique et méditative prend la forme d’une série de fragments qui rendent de façon morcelée un récit de mémoire traumatique, fait de trous et de blancs. La configuration textuelle reflète d’une part le balbutiement du dire pour ce qui est généralement tu, et d’autre part la place qu’il manque pour respirer et guérir. Dans des conditions de solitude, d’isolement, la voix de l’écriture questionne ce qu’il faut pour créer de la confiance et de la rencontre, de la communauté peut-être, avec qui reçoit les mots. / The essay Du désir dans l'écriture (ailleurs, une rencontre) proposes a quest for decompartmentalization – carried out in a pandemic context of confinement – for textual forms that require a rethinking of the categories defining (and limiting) the modes of existence and circulation of cultural objects. This reflection is articulated, among other things, through a reading of La nuit juste avant les forêts, a work by Bernard-Marie Koltès that is irreducible to what is called “theater” and that nevertheless invites the sharing of an experience: despite the endless flow of words drawn in one direction, the word overflows its medium (the page, the stage) and a true communion catches whoever is there, outside the diegesis, to welcome it. By approaching the text beyond its mediation, this thesis proposes an intuitive contribution, based on research-creation, to the thought of communication (and its impossibility). As an extension of the theory, Peut-être que dehors embodies this quest for a living word in practice. The artistic and meditative proposal takes the form of a series of fragments that render in a fragmented way a narrative of traumatic memory, made of holes and blanks. The textual configuration reflects on the one hand the stammering of saying what is usually kept silent, and on the other hand the space that is missing to breathe and heal. In conditions of solitude, of isolation, the voice of writing questions what it takes to create trust and encounter, community perhaps, with whoever receives the words.