The politics of Blacks are stereotypically assumed to be the same and share the same race-based root, be it disenfranchisement or solidarity. Given the recent jump in Black political participation and the seemingly race-based and partisan nature "the Black vote" holds, it is essential to investigate what factors drive Black voter turnout as well as what factors contribute to the partisan nature of Black voters. Most other studies of political opinion, turnout, and party preference only consider comparable demographic groups such as men versus women or Blacks versus Whites. This study examines partisan preference and participation only among Black Americans. The data used here come from the American National Election Survey (ANES) 1984, 1996, and 2008 Pre- and Post-Election Survey, election years that coincided with peaks and lows of Black voter turnout since the Civil Rights Movement. Findings indicate that Black Democrats report higher voter turnout than Black non-Democrats, and younger Blacks and those who opposed abortion were less likely to vote. Also, results suggest that although Black partisanship can be predicted by gender, abortion stance, and age, partisanship is largely not a product of demographics or political stances based on how little variance these models account; rather, Black partisanship may be explained by aspects that go beyond these usual determinants, measures, and proxies. Implications of this study show that non-Democratic Blacks were political available to other parties, and it warrants a further investigation into Black partisanship.

Abstract Title: Watching eyes – for better or worse (Vakande ögon – på gott eller ont?) Number of pages: 34 (41 including enclosures) Author: Josefine Nyberg Tutor: Göran Svensson Course: Media and Communication Studies C Period: Autumn term 2007 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University. Purpose/Aim: The aim of this essay is partly to make a study about how people understand camera supervise, and partly discuss what their opinions are concering the subject. Key Questions: Which or what is the mainpurpose of camerasurveillance? What does the public think about the subject? When can there be an insult against the integrity while using the cameras? What is private and what is public? What is the posibilities and threats in the future? Material/Method: A qualitative method has been used. Four interviewes, one personale interview with a policeofficer from Uppsala and three focusgroupinterviwes with people from Stockholm, have been done. Then the results from the interviewes have been compared with earlier theories and reaserches. By reading publicdocuments, press releases and reports from the government, I have gather information for the essay. Main results: Even if the public are aware of the cameras and knows that they allmoust allways are whatched by the electronic eye, they don´t seem to care that much about the constant surveillance. Even if they observe the cameras at first they quickly forget about them. The cameras real purpose is working fairly good, even if the public thinks that thecameras should obstruct all the crimes. Allthough the cameras are preventing manycrimes and discourage people from committing minor crime, just by its appearance. Keywords: Attitudes, opinions, interviews, Panopticon, public, camera supervise, privacy and public.

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Pastaruosius keletą metų, žmonėms vis aktyviau pradėjus reikšti savo požiūrį, įsitikinimus ir potyrius internete, susiformavo nauja tyrinėjimų sritis, kuri apima nuomonių gavybą ir sentimentų analizę. Šios srities tyrinėjimus aktyviai skatina ir jais domisi įvairios verslo kompanijos, matančios didelį, dėka nuolat tobulėjančių rezultatų, praktinį potencialą. Šis darbas skirtas apžvelgti teorinius bei praktinius nuomonės gavybos ir sentimentų analizės rezultatus bei realizuoti prototipinę nuomonės analizės sistemą, skirtą tyrinėti trumpus komentarus, parašytus lietuvių kalba. Taip pat darbe aprašomos problemos, susijusios su lietuvių kalbos taikymu nuomonės gavybos ir sentimentų analizės sistemų veikloje. Galiausiai, baigiamojoje dalyje suformuluojami ir išdėstomi rekomendacinio pobūdžio etapai, skirti nuomonės analizės sistemų kūrimui bei tobulinimui. / In past few years, more and more people started to express their views, beliefs and experiences on the Internet. This caused the emergence of a new research field, which includes opinion mining and sentiment analysis. Various business companies are actively interested in researches of this domain and seeing big potential for practical adaptation of the results. This Master Thesis covers the review of theoretical and practical results of opinion mining and sentiment analysis, including attempt of creating prototype system for opinion analysis of comments in Lithuanian. Also this study aims to identify problems related to adaptation of Lithuanian language in opinion mining and sentiment analysis system work. Finally, last part contains of the formulated guidance steps for development and improvement of the opinion mining and sentiment analysis.

Bakalauro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama įmonės „Meistrų komanda“ teikiamų paslaugų kokybė. Darbą sudaro teorinė, metodologinė ir empirinė dalys, pateikiamos išvados ir rekomendacijos. Teorinėje dalyje pristatoma paslaugų kokybę analizuojanti mokslinė literatūra, nagrinėjamos organizacijų galimybės tobulinant kokybę įgyti konkurencinių pranašumų. Atskleidžiamas mokslinis požiūris į paslaugas, jų prigimtį ir savybes, paslaugų kokybės esmę, jos matavimo būdus, modelius ir metodikas. Metodologinėje darbo dalyje pristatoma „Servqual“ metodika, kuri pasirinkta pagrindu tyrimui atlikti. Empirinėje dalyje pristatomas tyrimas, atskleidžiantis įmonės „Meistrų komanda“ klientų lūkesčius renkantis paslaugų įmonę ir jų nuomones apie įmonėje gautų paslaugų kokybę. Analizuojant anketinės apklausos rezultatus nustatyta, kad daugeliu aspektų gautų paslaugų kokybė neatitinka lūkesčių, tačiau yra vertinama pakankamai aukštai. Pateikiamos išvados ir rekomendacijos, kaip tobulinti klientus mažiausiai tenkinančius paslaugų aspektus. / The quality of provided services of company „Masters team“ are examined in Bachelor‘s final work. The work consists of theoretical, methodological and empirical parts, the findings and recommendations are submitted. A scientific literature, which analyses service quality is presented and the organization‘s opportunities to gain competetive advantages improving the quality are analysed in the theorical part. A scientific approach to services, their nature and characteristics, the essence of service quality, its measurement ways, models and methods is revealed. The „Servqual“ method, which is selected as a basis to make the analysis, is represented in methodological part of the final work. The analysis, which reveals the company „Masters team“ customers' expectations while choosing service company and their opinions about the quality of received services, is presented in empirical part of the final work. Analysing the results of questionnaire survey was found that service quality doesn‘t meet expectations in many aspects, but is valued sufficiently high. Conclusions and recommendations, on how to improve at least satisfied service aspects for customers, are presented in the final work.

This paper examines whether Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg demonstrates any evidence of a "feminine voice" in her opinions. There has been much jurisprudential literature written recently regrading the possible existence of a "feminine voice." This paper surveyes the literature and defines what is meant by a "feminine voice." The paper proceeds to analyze some of Justice Ginsburg's opinions to determine if a "feminine voice" is present. This study focuses on four areas of law the literature suggests evidence of a "feminine voice" might be found: cases involving gender, race, the Establishment Clause, and physician-assisted suicide. With the exception of cases concerning race, no evidence of a "feminine voice" was found. In race cases, there is evidence to suggest that Justice Ginsburg arrives at her decision in a way that is different from her male colleagues. The lack of evidence of a "feminine voice" in the other areas does not mean that no such voice exists; rather, it is just not present in all of the decisions written by Justice Ginsburg. The paper concludes that, at least in cases involving race, Justice Ginsburg does reason in a "feminine voice." While this is a narrow finding, the fact that there is evidence of a "feminine voice," at least in some cases, suggests that gender does play a role in judicial decision-making at the United States Supreme Court level. / Department of Political Science

Bakgrund: Sjukvården är i ständigt behov av blod och bloddonation har under senaste åren minskat. En viktig uppgift för blodcentraler är att rekrytera nya blodgivare. Forskning på gymnasieelevers inställning till blodgivning saknas. Syfte: Att undersöka gymnasieelevers inställning till blodgivning och deras anledningar till att donera och att inte donera. Könsskillnader ska också utredas. Syftet är också att utreda vad dem vet om blodgivning. Metod: Etthundra fyrtiofem gymnasieelever från Uppsala och Stockholm besvarade en enkät inriktad på bloddonation. Resultat: Endast 22,1% visste vad som krävdes för att donera blod. Majoriteten av gymnasieeleverna ansåg att det var bra med bloddonation. Hälften ville donera blod (52,4%). Den främsta anledningen att donera blod var att vilja hjälpa andra. Stick- och blodrädsla var den främsta anledningen till att inte donera blod. Främsta anledningen att inte donera blod för männen var ointresse (21,8%). Medicinska skäl var en viktig anledning för kvinnor att inte donera blod (19,1%). Slutsats: Kunskapen hos gymnasieelever angående bloddonation är bristfällig. Gymnasieelever anser att bloddonation är bra. Gymnasieelever vill donera blod för att hjälpa andra, och väljer att inte donera blod på grund av att de har stickrädsla och är rädda för blod. Anledningar till att donera blod är liknande mellan män och kvinnor, medan anledningarna till att inte donera blod har stor spridning. / Background: Health care is in constant need of blood and blood donation during the last few years has declined. An important task for blood centers is to recruit new donors. There’s a lack of research on high school students' attitudes towards blood donation. Objective: To examine high school students' attitudes towards blood donation and their reasons for donating and not donating. Gender differences will also be investigated. The aim is also to investigate what they know about blood donation. Method: One hundred forty-five high school students from Uppsala and Stockholm answered a questionnaire focused on blood donation. Results: Only 22.1% knew what was required to donate blood. The majority of high school students felt that it was good with blood donation. Half wanted to donate blood (52.4 %). The main reason to donate blood wanted to help others. Needle phobia and fear of blood was the main reason not to donate blood. Main reason for not donating blood for men was lack of interest (21.8 %). Medical reasons were an important reason for women not to donate blood (19.1 %). Conclusion: The knowledge of high school students about blood donation is flawed. High school students believe that blood donation is good. High school students want to donate blood to help others, and chooses not to donate blood because of their needle phobia and fear of blood. Reasons to donate blood are similar between men and women, while reasons for not donating blood is widespread.

This thesis examines research done to explore teachers‘ and students‘ perspectives and use of Project-based Learning (PBL). The research was conducted at two ESL schools with distinct student populations in Victoria, BC and had 118 total participants. There were 30 teachers from three schools and 88 students from two schools. The teachers and students completed parallel questionnaires asking about their opinions of the various aspects involved in a PBL approach, their use or teachers‘ use of it, their opinions about examples of projects, and also completed open-ended questions about their opinions and experience with projects. The questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), non-parametric, 2 independent samples and is the primary quantitative data. The means and statistical significance between teachers and students were examined to find any main differences in opinion about PBL. Individual interviews were also conducted with teachers and students from two schools. Seven teachers also provided some artifacts from their classes which were examined to see if they corresponded with their perspectives. The latter two forms of data collection form the qualitative data in this study. Perspectives on PBL were found to be generally positive, with some mixed results within certain areas. Teachers‘ and students‘ perspectives were not that different, which is encouraging for those interested in using projects. Although teachers scored slightly higher in most cases, there were no stark contrasts between negative and positive attitudes. There were distinct differences between schools, as School A used project work more often due to different student backgrounds and needs. Teachers and students were the most favorable to more common practices in ESL classes, but still exhibited positive perspectives towards aspects of PBL as well. And lastly, the most common type of project being used in adult ESL is the presentation of some kind, falling under the production or performance project type (Stoller, 1997). Beckett‘s (1999) study found that students carried out projects successfully, but that their evaluations ―expressed dilemmas, frustrations, and tensions‖ (Beckett, 2002, p.60). No such comments were found when interviewing students about their project work presentations at School A, as most students felt that they were interesting, motivating, dynamic, and fun,‘among other comments. These results, along with means in the quantitative section exhibiting positive results reveals more support for the use of projects in adult ESL. The most significant discovery from this research was that teachers need to consider their students‘ backgrounds and needs when trying to implement a project. The initial assumption that School B, which had all immigrant students, would have more projects was completely wrong. I was surprised that they did not do more projects, and was faced with the reality that teachers need to take into consideration hectic lives outside of school and family obligations of immigrant students before using a PBL approach. The international students at School A were younger and seemingly more devoted to learning language through a variety of methods within their time in Canada.

Darbo tikslas. Įvertinti pacientų nuomonę ir lūkesčius apie UAB“Sk Impeks Medicinos Diagnostikos Centre“ teikiamas reabilitacijos paslaugas. Darbo uždaviniai.: 1. Įvertinti pacientų pasiskirstymą UAB ,,SK Impeks Medicinos diagnostikos centre” teikiamoms reabilitacijos paslaugoms. 2. Nustatyti pacientų vertinimus teikiamoms reabilitacijos paslaugoms pasirinktoje sveikatos priežiūros įstaigoje. 3. Įvertinti sveikatos priežiūros paslaugų kokybę ir prieinamumą, lojalumą pasirinktai sveikatos priežiūros įstaigai Tyrimo metodika. 2011 metais UAB“Sk Impeks Medicinos Diagnostikos Centre“ atlikta anoniminė 381 pacientų apklausa. Tyrimas atliktas 2011 metų lapkričio, gruodžio ir 2012 metų sausio mėnesiais. Pacientų apklausai sudaryta 36 klausimų anoniminė anketa. Tyrimo duomenų analizė atlikta naudojant statistinį duomenų analizės paketą SPSS 20.0. Rezultatai. Atliktame tyrime dalyvavo 338 pacientai: (31,9 proc.) (n =108 ) - vyrų, (68,0 proc.) (n =230 ) – moterų. Įvertinus apklaustųjų amžių nustatyta, jog skaitlingiausios buvo 25 – 44 metų (42,0 proc.) ir 19 – 24 metų (32,3 proc.) amžiaus grupės. 65 – 74 metų ir vyresnių, daugiau negu 75 metų amžiaus grupėse respondentų skaičius buvo beveik vienodas (6,4 proc.) ir (5,8 proc.) Pastebėta tendencija, kad vyrams buvo labai svarbi aukštesnė personalo kvalifikacija (30,5 proc.) ir tobulesnė įranga ir medžiagos (13,0 proc.) negu moterims. Moterų pasirinkime dominavo: malonesnis personalo bendravimas (28,6 proc.), pacientui skiriama... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Research objective. Assess patients opinions and expectations about „SK Impeks Medicinos Diagnostikos Centre“ provided rehabilitation services. Research tasks. 1) to analyze,,SK Impeks Medicinos Diagnostikos Centre“ provided rehabilitation services; 2) to assess health status of patients visiting ,,SK Impeks Medicinos Diagnostikos Centre“ according to their gender, age; 3) to assess patients‘ opinions and expectations regarding provision of rehabilitation services. Research methodology. During 2011 an anonymous survey of 381 patients from “SK Impeks Medicinos Diagnostikos Centre“ were conducted. Research has been conducted during November and December of 2011 as well as January of 2012. For patients‘ survey an anonymous questionnaire with 36 questions were used. Research data analysis was performed using statistical analisys package SPSS 20.0. Results. There were 338 patients participating in the study: (31,9 proc.) (n =108) – men, (68,0 proc.) (n =230) – women. Assesing the age of respondents the most were 25 – 44 years old (42,0 proc.) and 19 – 24 years old (32,3 proc.), age groups 65 – 74 years and 75 years and older were similar (6,4 proc.) and (5,8 proc.). It was noticed that for men compared to women high quality of personnel was very important (30,5 proc.) and better equipment and materials (13,0 proc.). Women mostly choose: stuff communication (28,6 proc.), time given to patients (7,0 proc.) and shorter visits waiting time (7,4 proc.). Assesing reposndents... [to full text]

This thesis considers Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy in light of Friedrich Schlegel's concept of irony. Departing from previous criticism, which focuses on Sterne's playful narrative techniques, the discussion here elucidates other ways in which Tristram Shandy exemplifies the kind of irony Schlegel theorizes. These ways include: Sterne's "Mischgedicht" method, which amalgamates in a single work many types of style, or diverse permutations of form and content; the depiction of Parson Yorick, who epitomizes Socratic irony as Schlegel defines it in the 108th Lyceum fragment; Sterne's gentle satirizing of systematic thinkers, including his own narrator, Tristram; and Sterne's attitude toward words, knowledge, and reading. At the end of chapter 5, Sterne's irony is unraveled and reconstructed. This disentangling leads to a proposed refutation of recent interpretation of both Sterne and Schlegel. These studies see Sterne and Schlegel's irony as implying lack or flux of meaning. It is the strong contention of the following thesis that an essential aspect of Sterne and Schlegel's shared ironic world view is the continual, optimistic attempt to understand life, which necessarily presupposes a sincere and profound belief in both meaning and the reliable conveyance of it. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)