<p>AbstractTitle: Electoral campaigns, social media and young voters – a studie of how Moderaterna andSocialdemokraterna are going to reach out to the young voters in the electoral campaign of2010. (Valkampanjer, sociala medier och unga väljare- en studie av hur Moderaterna ochSocialdemokraterna ska nå de unga väljarna i valet 2010).Number of pages: 45Author: Sara RothmanTutor: Göran SvenssonCourse: Media and communication studies CPeriod: Autumn semester 2009University: Division of Media and Communication, Departement of Information Science,Uppsala University.Purpose/ Aim: The aim of this essay is to research how the two largest parties in Sweden,Moderaterna and Socialdemokraterna, are going to reach out to the young voters in theelectoral campaign of 2010. I will also find out how the young voters are going to collecttheir information before the election. That information will be compared to the strategies ofthe parties, in that way I can tell if their strategies match the young voters plans ofinformation search.Material/Method: In my eximination I chose to use two informant interviewes and fourdifferent groups of discussion. The informant interviewes were directed to the two peoplewho are in charge of the communication in the two largest parties in Sweden, Moderaternaand Socialdemokraterna. Two of the groups of discussion contained young people who aregoing to vote for the first time in the election of 2010, and two of the groups contained peoplewho will be voting for the second time. They were four people in every group. The people incharge of the communication in the parties were contacted thru e-mail and I met them on theirworkplaces. The young voters were partly friends of mine who brought people they knew tothe groups. In that way some of them knew each other, but not everybody.Main results: One important thing that I realised after the discussion with the young voterswas that there is a big difference between those who are going to vote for the first time andthose who will vote their second time in the election of 2010. It is impossible to characteriseyoung people as one group because they are all so different from each other. I also found outthat the young people use different media, and so will the parties in their campaigns. It is hardto satisfy all youth but my study shows that many needs will be satisfied because bothtraditional media and new media will be used in the electoral campaigns.Keywords: Electoral campaign, social media, young voters, strategic commnunication,Moderaterna, Socialdemokraterna</p>

The purpose of this study was to investigate what effect, if any, an outdoor orientation program conducted at a comprehensive public institution in the Northwest school had on first-year students' self-efficacy relative to success in their first year of college, measured as academic and social integration. A random sample of students who registered for the raft/hike option of the FOOTsteps program and a random sample of students not registered for FOOTsteps or for the university's orientation class were sent surveys through campus mail. These surveys asked them to rate their confidence in completing tasks associated with academic and social integration into the college setting. While no statistically significant difference between the groups was found, time was a significant factor in increasing efficacy expectations for both groups. Additionally, the study looked to see if there were any differential effects of the treatment program on participants' self-efficacy depending on the participants' prior outdoor adventure experience. Again, no statistically significant differences were found. Despite these insignificant statistical results, it was found through focus groups and participant journals that the outdoor orientation program aided in the participants ability to develop social connections and make friends, thus moderating the anxiety of the beginning of college. / Graduation date: 2003

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1905. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Center for Language Studies, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-28).

Thesis (M.A.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2007. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 20, 2007). "Specialization: Communication and Writing"--T.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of English, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-124).

The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of the Texas Drug and Alcohol Driving Awareness Program (TDADAP) in relation to alcohol-related offenses among young drivers. Participants in this study were students in pre-license programs for young beginning drivers who either received or did not receive TDADAP instruction as part of their curriculum. Based on the examination and statistical analysis of Texas Department of Public Safety driving record data, findings indicate that TDADAP participation did positively influence subsequent alcohol-related traffic convictions. Participants that received TDADAP instruction had a total of 5601 records, 231 of which were alcohol-related convictions. Participants who did not receive TDADAP instruction had a total 5945 records with 376 alcohol-related convictions. Promising results came from findings associated with TDADAP participation and the total number of alcohol-related offenses attributed to a group, the number of ALR offenses, MIP offenses, PI offenses and DUI/DWI offenses attributed to a group. When adjusted for group size, participants who did not receive TDADAP instruction had 53% more convictions than the TDADAP participants. With regard to alcohol-related accidents, findings were mixed in that the test group had a higher-than-expected number of participants with at least one accident, while the control group frequency was less than expected. The reverse was found when considering participants with two alcohol-related accidents. When taken as a whole, results from this study indicate that while TDADAP participation may influence alcohol-related traffic convictions and some alcohol-related accidents, it is a more accurate predictor of alcohol-related traffic convictions and a less accurate predictor of all alcohol-related accidents.

The purpose of this research was to analyze the periodical collections of public libraries in the Triangle region of North Carolina in terms of young adult titles. Research questions targeted how public librarians provide their young adult patrons with access to periodical collections, address acess to periodicals available through the Internet and develop periodical collections in response to research findings on young adult reading. Collections were evaluated in terms of collection policies, placement, reference to other collections, and content. While the research revealed that collections varied in terms of responses to several of the research concerns, the collections showed some consistency in terms of collection policy and response to research findings.

Linfection par le circovirus du pigeon (PiCV) observée régulièrement chez le jeune pigeon voyageur et de chair a été décrite dans le monde entier et est généralement considérée comme un facteur important du déclenchement du syndrome de la maladie des jeunes pigeons (YPDS). En utilisant un test sensible damplification en chaîne par polymérase (PCR), la présence de lacide désoxyibonucléique (ADN) viral du PiCV a été mise en évidence chez 13 embryons sur les 66 examinés. Par contre, aucune mise en évidence de lADN viral na été possible à partir des écouvillons de jabot prélevés chez 64 pigeons adultes nourrissant des jeunes âgés de 1 à 10 jours. LADN circoviral a également été détecté chez un nombre élevé de sujets adultes (30 sur 39 pigeons examinés) et a été le plus souvent détecté dans les organes respiratoires, incluant la trachée, le pharynx et les poumons, puis dans les tissus de la rate, des reins et du foie. Il a également été détecté dans lovaire et/ou les testicules de quelques sujets. Les tests réalisés sur des écouvillons cloacaux et pharyngés et des échantillons de sang récoltés immédiatement avant leuthanasie des pigeons adultes nont pas permis de détecter tous les oiseaux trouvés positifs lors des examens réalisés post mortem. Des tests complémentaires réalisés par PCR sur des écouvillons cloacaux prélevés séquentiellement sur 19 jeunes pigeons ont montré que 4 sujets excrétaient du virus à lâge de 15 jours pour un seul au moment du sevrage, à lâge de 28 jours. Par contre la détection de lADN viral dans les écouvillons cloacaux a atteint 100 % chez les jeunes âgés de 51 jours. Lors de la vaccination de jeunes pigeons naturellement infectés au moyen du Colombovac Paratyphus®, aucun signe clinique ni aucune différence statistique nont pu être mis en évidence entre le nombre de pigeons vaccinés et de témoins non vaccinés quant aux écouvillons et échantillons sanguins prélevés sur les oiseaux vivants et trouvés positifs par PCR, ainsi que sur les tissus examinés lors de lautopsie. Une méthode PCR quantitative basée sur la technologie SYBR Green a été développée et la validation de cette méthode sur divers échantillons tissulaires issus de jeunes pigeons présentant des symptômes du YPDS a révélé des quantités importantes de copies de génome dans certains tissus, jusque 2,88 x 10^8 copies par milligramme de foie, 5,57 x 10^8 par milligramme de rate et jusque 2,07 x 10^9 copies par milligramme de bourse de Fabricius (BF). Pour le foie, la BF et le sérum, la charge virale était significativement plus élevée chez les pigeons malades que chez les oiseaux apparemment en bonne santé. De lADN circoviral a également été mis en évidence en grande quantité dans le sperme (jusque 1,0 x 10^7 copies par éjaculat) et sur les écouvillons cloacaux prélevés chez de jeunes pigeons (jusque 3,6 x 10^10 copies par écouvillon)confirmant par un apport chiffré les observations faites lors des deux premières études sur la transmission verticale et horizontale du virus. Lanalyse de sérums de pigeons prélevés en 1991 en Belgique a montré la présence du virus six ans avant le premier diagnostic histologique. Un test dimmunofluorescence indirecte (IIF) basé sur la détection de la protéine de capside du PiCV obtenue en utilisant le système baculoviruscellules dinsecte et permettant la titration des anticorps dirigés contre la capside du PiCV a été développé. Vingt-sept des 28 sérums examinés et provenant de pigeons naturellement infectés par le PiCV, dont 4 présentaient des symptômes du YPDS, ont été trouvés positifs à des titres exprimés en logarithme de base 2 variant de 4 à 8 unités. Seul un jeune pigeon malade âgé de 4 semaines était dépourvu danticorps mesurés par IIF. Enfin, la mise au point dun vaccin plasmidique codant la protéine de capside du PiCV a été réalisée en clonant le gène ORF C1 du PiCV dans le plasmide pcDNA 3.1/H5-HIS/TOPO. Lexpression de la protéine de capside a été mise en évidence par IIF après transfection de cellules PK15. Deux groupes de 5 souris femelles, âgées de 6 à 8 semaines (BALB/c) ont été immunisées par voie intramusculaire (IM), dont un groupe vacciné avec le plasmide adjuvé par le phosphate daluminium. Après 2 et 4 immunisations les anticorps ont été mesurés par IIF et il a été noté que ladjuvant avait stimulé la réponse immunitaire de manière conséquente. Ces résultats constituent un premier pas encourageant pour lobtention dun vaccin potentiel chez le pigeon. En conclusion, limportance du mode de transmission verticale du circovirus du pigeon essentiellement via loeuf embryonné a été démontrée. Néanmoins, la plupart des jeunes sinfectent dans le colombier pendant la période de postsevrage. Les tests réalisés sur les futurs reproducteurs ne permettent pas lexclusion des pigeons adultes infectés des programmes de reproduction et rendent donc léradication du virus difficile. La vaccination au moyen du Colombovac Paratyphus® ne doit pas être considérée comme un facteur modifiant le déroulement de linfection par le PiCV. La détection de quantités relativement importantes dADN viral pourrait être corrélée au statut clinique du pigeonneau infecté par le PiCV. Le rôle de limmunité humorale spécifique devra être précisé quant à lexpression ou non de linfection. Enfin, les modalités dapplication du vaccin plasmidique, testé sur souris, doivent encore être déterminées expérimentalement chez le pigeon.

<p>This thesis explores the shifting cultural identities of young Owambo migrants living in Babilon, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek, Namibia. Through an investigation of their social, cultural and economic lives, I show how these young people invoke their Owambo-ness, but how they also transcend their ethnic identifications through engaging in an emerging Namibian youth culture, which cuts across rural-urban, ethnic, and socio-economic divides. I argue that young migrants from Ovamboland, who intend to escape their poverty stricken rural homes and arrive on packed busses, bringing with them few possessions and great expectations, constantly shift and resituate their cultural identities while trying to make a living in the city. These young people are eager to engage fully in a better life and hope to find employment in the urban economy. For many, however, this remains just that &ndash / hope. In their daily lives, the young migrants replicate, reproduce and represent rural Owambo within the urban space. Using the examples of &lsquo / traditional&rsquo / food and small-scale urban agriculture, I explore how their ideas of Owambo-ness are imagined, enforced and lived in Babilon. I argue that although migrants identify themselves in many ways with their rural homes, and retain rural values and practices to a large extent, this does not mean that they would remain &ldquo / tribesmen&rdquo / , as earlier, how classic studies in Southern African urban anthropology argued (Mayer 1961 / Wilson and Mafeje 1963). They also appropriate &ldquo / ideologies&rdquo / and practices of the emerging Namibian youth culture, especially popular local music and cell phones. My study thus shows that the migrants develop multiple, fluid identities (with reference to Bank 2002) / they identify concurrently with the urban and the rural and develop a synthesis of both. The thesis is based on ethnographic research, which was conducted between February and May 2008. During the fieldwork, I engaged daily in informal discussions with many residents of Babilon, and carried out life history interviews, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews with key research participants.</p>