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The Human Right to Social Security and Its Impact on Socio-Political Action in Germany and Finland

2017

Social human rights have rarely been given attention in social work research or comparative studies on welfare states. The paper aims at filling the gap by analysing the conception of human beings inherent in human rights and in unemployment policy documents in Germany and Finland. Its focus lies on the right to social security, a central norm of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The main question is what impact does the right to social security have on socio-political action in Germany and Finland. The results of the analysis, which was based on the objective hermeneutics, revealed a structural similarity between the conceptions of human beings in both cou…

Lapsen etu vastaanottotoiminnan sosiaalityössä

2011

Käsitys lapsen edusta on vahvistunut huomattavasti viimeisen kuluneen sadan vuoden aikana. Erityisesti näin on käynyt suhteessa lapseen itseensä. Tätä vahvistumista on tukenut mm. YK:n lapsen oikeuksia koskeva yleissopimus, joka velvoittaa viranomaiset ja lainsäätäjät ottamaan huomioon lapsen edun esisijaisuuden. Kaikissa sosiaalityön lapseen välittömästi, tai välillisesti, liittyvissä kysymyksissä harkinta kohdistuu tavalla, tai toisella aina lapsen etuun. Tästä huolimatta käsitettä, lapsen etu, ei ole missään yksiselitteisesti määritelty. Näin sosiaalityön normiohjaukseen perustuvaa ratkaisua on helppo perustella viittaamalla yleisesti ja epämääräisesti ”lapsen etuun”. Lapsen etua ei kuit…

Framtidas eldre - hva mener de egentlig om velferdsteknologi? : En studie om holdninger til teknologi i morgendagens helsetjeneste

2017

Masteroppgave i helse- og sosialinformatikk HSI500 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Background: In 2040 the number of elderly (< 80 years) will double. Welfare technology is introduced as one of the solutions to the challenges health care is facing (Parliamentary report 29 (2012-2013)). There is little data on the elderly’s attitudes about services in the years to come and their attitudes toward welfare technology.Aim: The aim of the study was to mapattitudes towardwelfare technology among the future generation of elderlyin the municipality of Grimstad, as well as to assess predictors for positivetechnology attitudes.Research method: On the basis of Theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985),aque…

Revealing colonial power relations in early childhood policy making: An autoethnographic story on selective evidence

2021

The COVID-19 pandemic exposes uncertainty, instability and glaring inequality that requires urgent global policy decisions. Historically, bureaucrats regard uncertainty as the enemy and look for tested solutions (Stevens, 2011). In contrast, Fielding &amp; Moss (2010) acknowledge an uncertain future and encourage shifting policy making towards the search for possibilities instead of replicating singular solutions. Escobar (2020) advocates for pluriversal politics, with many possibilities created through collective decision-making by autonomous interlinked networks. In this paper, I combine autoethnography with policy analysis drawing on my own experience in South African early childhood pol…

Participation in Social Media: Studying Explicit and Implicit Forms of Participation in Communicative Social Networks

2016

The diverse forms of participation in social media raise many methodological and ethical issues that should be acknowledged in research. In this paper, participation in social media is studied by utilising the framework of explicit and implicit participation. The focus is on the communicative and communal aspects of social media. The aim of the paper is to promote the reconsideration of what constitutes participation when online users create connections rather than content. The underlying argument is that research on social media and the development of methods should concentrate more on implicit forms of participation.

Self-concept of children in special and regular education

2002

Towards controlling PCDD/F production in a multi-fuel fired BFB boiler using two sulfur addition strategies

2014

Abstract PCDD/F abatement strategies – sulfur pellet addition and peat co-combustion – were tested for a BFB boiler facility utilizing SRF-bark-sludge as fuel. In this paper chemical and physical analyses of electrostatic precipitator (ESP) fly ashes were used to explain the differences in the performance of these strategies. These analyses revealed a difference between the coarse and fine fly ashes collected in the ESP. Chemical analysis of the fine fly ashes revealed high concentration of easily volatilized elements while the SEM micrographs showed that fine ash are composed of clusters of spherical particles, thereby leading to a conclusion that fine ashes were originally in a gas phase …

Spectroscopic characterization of alkaline earth uranyl carbonates

2005

A series of alkaline uranyl carbonates, M[UO{sub 2}(CO{sub 3}){sub 3}].nH{sub 2}O (M=Mg{sub 2}, Ca{sub 2}, Sr{sub 2}, Ba{sub 2}, Na{sub 2}Ca, and CaMg) was synthesized and characterized by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) after nitric acid digestion, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), and thermal analysis (TGA/DTA). The molecular structure of these compounds was characterized by extended X-ray absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Crystalline Ba{sub 2}[UO{sub 2}(CO{sub 3}){sub 3}].6H{sub 2}O was obtained for the first time. The EXAFS analysis showed that this compound consists of …

Insegnare a leggere e a scrivere. Linee metodologiche e pratica didattica

2008

Nel volume è presente una riflessione sulle caratteristiche e sulle modalità dell’insegnamento iniziale di lettura e scrittura, compito che gli insegnanti affrontano in modo sistematico nel corso del primo anno della scuola primaria, le cui attività preparatorie sono oggetto di attenzione già durante la scuola dell’infanzia. La domanda che si pone ogni insegnante quando, insieme ai suoi piccoli alunni, si avvia lungo il “travagliato” percorso di insegnamento-apprendimento di lettura e scrittura riguarda la scelta del metodo da utilizzare; infatti l’utilizzo di un “metodo didattico” ha il compito di facilitare ai bambini l’acquisizione e il padroneggiamento delle abilità ritenute essenziali,…

Carboxylic derivatives of spin-crossover complexes in switchable materials and surfaces

2022

Los compuestos de transición de espín (SCO, de las siglas en inglés spin-crossover) son un ejemplo perfecto de biestabilidad molecular. La transición entre sus estados de alto y bajo espín (HS y LS, de las siglas en inglés, High Spin y Low Spin, respectivamente) se puede controlar mediante estímulos externos como la temperatura, presión, luz, por nombrar unos pocos. Esto los convierte en compuestos muy interesantes para aplicaciones tales como espintrónica, almacenamiento de memoria y dispositivos conmutables. El interés científico en este tipo de moléculas y la búsqueda de aplicaciones ha ido creciendo a lo largo de los años. Para ello, la deposición de dichos compuestos es el primer paso …