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Swedish Local Democracy at the Crossroads

Swedish Local Democracy at the Crossroads

Gissur Ó Erlingsson; David Karlsson; Richard Öhrvall; Jessika Wide

Springer International Publishing AG
2025
sidottu
As democratic systems come under increasing strain worldwide, assessing their strength and resilience is more urgent than ever. Some argue that local democracy can serve as a bulwark against democratic backsliding—providing institutional resilience, political diversity, and grounded arenas for citizen engagement. But to fulfil this role, it must itself be strong, accountable, and responsive. Local Democracy at Crossroads to Swedish Local Democracy at the Crossroads makes the case for continuous, systematic evaluation of democratic institutions at the local level and introduces a structured framework for doing so. Applying this framework to Sweden—one of the world’s most decentralised countries—the book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Swedish local democracy available in English. Swedish municipalities are key actors in delivering welfare services, upholding political legitimacy, and maintaining citizen trust. Yet they increasingly face rising demands, institutional ambiguity, and weakened party structures that challenge their ability to govern effectively. Grounded in historical context and detailed empirical analysis, the book explores enduring tensions and outlines potential pathways for reform. It examines core dimensions such as representation, participation, institutional design, and the evolving relationship between politicians and bureaucrats. While centred on the Swedish experience, its insights extend well beyond national borders and will appeal to researchers, students, policymakers, and practitioners concerned with democratic governance and institutional renewal.
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Optimised Projections for the Ab Initio Simulation of Large and Strongly Correlated Systems

Optimised Projections for the Ab Initio Simulation of Large and Strongly Correlated Systems

David D. O'Regan

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. K
2011
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Density functional theory (DFT) has become the standard workhorse for quantum mechanical simulations as it offers a good compromise between accuracy and computational cost. However, there are many important systems for which DFT performs very poorly, most notably strongly-correlated materials, resulting in a significant recent growth in interest in 'beyond DFT' methods. The widely used DFT+U technique, in particular, involves the addition of explicit Coulomb repulsion terms to reproduce the physics of spatially-localised electronic subspaces. The magnitude of these corrective terms, measured by the famous Hubbard U parameter, has received much attention but less so for the projections used to delineate these subspaces. The dependence on the choice of these projections is studied in detail here and a method to overcome this ambiguity in DFT+U, by self-consistently determining the projections, is introduced. The author shows how nonorthogonal representations for electronic states may be used to construct these projections and, furthermore, how DFT+U may be implemented with a linearly increasing cost with respect to system size. The use of nonorthogonal functions in the context of electronic structure calculations is extensively discussed and clarified, with new interpretations and results, and, on this topic, this work may serve as a reference for future workers in the field.
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Optimised Projections for the Ab Initio Simulation of Large and Strongly Correlated Systems

Optimised Projections for the Ab Initio Simulation of Large and Strongly Correlated Systems

David D. O'Regan

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. K
2013
nidottu
Density functional theory (DFT) has become the standard workhorse for quantum mechanical simulations as it offers a good compromise between accuracy and computational cost. However, there are many important systems for which DFT performs very poorly, most notably strongly-correlated materials, resulting in a significant recent growth in interest in 'beyond DFT' methods. The widely used DFT+U technique, in particular, involves the addition of explicit Coulomb repulsion terms to reproduce the physics of spatially-localised electronic subspaces. The magnitude of these corrective terms, measured by the famous Hubbard U parameter, has received much attention but less so for the projections used to delineate these subspaces. The dependence on the choice of these projections is studied in detail here and a method to overcome this ambiguity in DFT+U, by self-consistently determining the projections, is introduced. The author shows how nonorthogonal representations for electronic states may be used to construct these projections and, furthermore, how DFT+U may be implemented with a linearly increasing cost with respect to system size. The use of nonorthogonal functions in the context of electronic structure calculations is extensively discussed and clarified, with new interpretations and results, and, on this topic, this work may serve as a reference for future workers in the field.
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Den lokala demokratins vägval

Den lokala demokratins vägval

Gissur Ó Erlingsson; David Karlsson; Jessika Wide; Richard Öhrvall

SNS Förlag
2022
nidottu
Sveriges kommuner ansvarar för betydelsefulla och kostnadstunga verksamheter. De har därtill långtgåendebefogenheter och rätt att beskatta sina invånare. Kommunernas centrala roll idet svenska statsskicket ställer därför höga krav på en välfungerande lokaldemokrati. De fyra forskarna i SNS Demokratiråd 2022 undersöker hur demokratin i landets kommuner mår. Vilka är defrämsta utmaningarna? Och vilka vägval står den inför? Utifrån sin analys förde fram förslag till hur demokratin skulle kunna fungera bättre. SNS Demokratiråd 2022 består av Gissur Ó Erlingsson (ordförande), professor i statsvetenskap vid Centrum för kommunstrategiska studier, Linköpings universitet, David Karlsson, professor i offentlig förvaltning vid Förvaltningshögskolan, Göteborgsuniversitet, Jessika Wide, universitetslektor i statsvetenskap, Umeå universitet, och Richard Öhrvall, biträdande universitetslektor i statsvetenskap vid Centrum för kommunstrategiska studier, Linköpingsuniversitet, och affilierad forskare vid Institutet för Näringslivsforskning(IFN).
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Preferred Plants and Nectar Collecting Times for Honey Production

Preferred Plants and Nectar Collecting Times for Honey Production

David Macfawn; Jennifer M K O'Keefe; Sophie Warny; Carol Wymer; June Ponder

Clemson Extension Publishing
2025
pokkari
This book addresses three important questions for South Carolina beekeepers - which plants are bees in South Carolina using for nectar forage, when do those plants bloom, and how can understanding nectar foraging habits inform beekeepers as they work to gather specific types of premium honey? In 2021, the South Carolina Beekeeper's Association, led by David MacFawn, designed and implemented a statewide pollen study, the first in any state in over fifty years, to answer these questions. Informed by data gathered from 19 apiaries across the state, this book contains the results of that study, including large-scale melissopalynological analyses of collected pollens, weekly dynamics of seasonal nectar flows broken down by ecoregion, and recommendations for how beekeepers can implement this information into yearly honey production planning. As the preeminent reference work for beekeeping in South Carolina, this book will also prove valuable to beekeepers, those interested in becoming beekeepers, and non-beekeepers interested in growing bee-friendly plants alike.
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Educational Research

Educational Research

John O'Toole; David Beckett

OUP Australia and New Zealand
2013
nidottu
For many teachers and teacher education students, research is initially, a daunting prospect. Educational Research: Creative Thinking and Doing, Second Edition, is an accessible and engaging text which introduces students to the broad field of educational research and demonstrates how to use research when thinking about issues arising from educational and social policy, as well as schools and classrooms, within organizational and institutional contexts. Assuming no previous experience, the book covers the basic principles, reviewing imperatives and theoretical approaches, and explains how to tackle the necessary processes and procedures for conducting research and presenting the results. The new edition has been updated to highlight the contemporary focus on mixed methodology and collaborative research, and there is increased coverage of research in science and social science educational contexts to balance with its emphasis on helping arts and humanities teacher education students to use and to do research.
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Psikhologicheskij Orakul (70 metaforicheskikh kart i rukovodstvo)

Psikhologicheskij Orakul (70 metaforicheskikh kart i rukovodstvo)

David Mitchell; O. Dobruk

Eksmo
2026
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"Psikhologicheskij Orakul" - eto koloda metaforicheskikh kart, sozdannaja dlja psikhologicheskikh raskladov. Ona prednaznachena ne dlja predskazanij, a dlja glubokogo vnutrennego dialoga. Avtory kolody - Dzhennifer Mitchell, Oksana Dobruk i Eleonora Khusnutdinova - professionalnye psikhologi, tarologi i prepodavateli s mnogoletnim opytom raboty i obuchenija tysjach studentov. Koloda pomogaet zagljanut vglub sebja, raspoznat slozhnye chuvstva i prikosnutsja k skrytym smyslam, nakhodjaschimsja za predelami privychnogo vosprijatija.
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Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry: A Practical Guide

Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry: A Practical Guide

O. David Sparkman; Zelda Penton; Fulton G. Kitson

Academic Press Inc
2011
nidottu
The second edition of Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry: A Practical Guide follows the highly successful first edition by F.G. Kitson, B.S. Larsen, and C.N. McEwen (1996), which was designed as an indispensible resource for GC/MS practitioners regardless of whether they are a novice or well experienced. The Fundamentals section has been extensively reworked from the original edition to give more depth of an understanding of the techniques and science involved with GC/MS. Even with this expansion, the original brevity and simple didactic style has been retained. Information on chromatographic peak deconvolution has been added along with a more in-depth understanding of the use of mass spectral databases in the identification of unknowns. Since the last edition, a number of advances in GC inlet systems and sample introduction techniques have occurred, and they are included in the new edition. Other updates include a discussion on fast GC and options for combining GC detectors with mass spectrometry. The section regarding GC Conditions, Derivatization, and Mass Spectral Interpretation of Specific Compound Types has the same number of compound types as the original edition, but the information in each section has been expanded to not only explain some of the spectra but to also explain why certain fragmentations take place. The number of Appendices has been increased from 12 to 17. The Appendix on Atomic Masses and Isotope Abundances has been expanded to provide tools to aid in determination of elemental composition from isotope peak intensity ratios. An appendix with examples on "Steps to follow in the determination of elemental compositions based on isotope peak intensities" has been added. Appendices on whether to use GC/MS or LC/MS, third-party software for use in data analysis, list of information required in reporting GC/MS data, X+1 and X+2 peak relative intensities based on the number of atoms of carbon in an ion, and list of available EI mass spectral databases have been added. Others such as the ones on derivatization, isotope peak patterns for ions with Cl and/or Br, terms used in GC and in mass spectrometry, and tips on setting up, maintaining and troubleshooting a GC/MS system have all been expanded and updated.
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Thoreau on Land

Thoreau on Land

Henry David Thoreau; J.O. Valentine

Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
2001
nidottu
The Spirit of Thoreau series is a fresh new collection of Thoreau's best writing and thinking on various themes, drawn from both unpublished and published sources. THOREAU ON LANDNATURE'S CANVASEdited by Joseph Valentine This elegant volume chronicles Thoreau's fascination with nature, from his well-known reflections on Walden to an unexpected meeting with loggers in the woods: "No doubt our employment is more alike than we suspect, and we are each serving the great Master's needs more than our own."He shows a Thoreau much broader in his interests and sympathies than most of us imagine.
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Winter

Winter

Henry David Thoreau; H G O 1816?-1898 Blake

Sagwan Press
2018
pokkari
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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War in the Body

War in the Body

W David Wick; Otto O Yang

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2013
sidottu
In the relatively few decades since the introduction of HIV into the human population, variants of the virus have diverged to such an extent that, were the discussion about something other than viruses, said variants could easily be classified as different species. This book will consider these evolutionary variations, as well as the different and, at times, opposing theories attempting to explain them. It will compare and contrast the ways in which the immune system and drugs affect the virus's evolution, and the implications of these for vaccine development. The issue will be explored and explained through "ecological genetics," which postulates that all living organisms have, besides rivals, enemies. This is divergent from the more traditional school of "population genetics," which emphasizes that evolution occurs among rival species (or variants thereof) that compete for niches or resources in a fixed, unreactive environment. Both models will be formulated using mathematical models, which will be included in the book. Finally, it will consider the possibilities for designing a vaccine that blocks HIV from escaping the immune system.
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War in the Body

War in the Body

W David Wick; Otto O Yang

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2015
nidottu
In the relatively few decades since the introduction of HIV into the human population, variants of the virus have diverged to such an extent that, were the discussion about something other than viruses, said variants could easily be classified as different species. This book will consider these evolutionary variations, as well as the different and, at times, opposing theories attempting to explain them. It will compare and contrast the ways in which the immune system and drugs affect the virus's evolution, and the implications of these for vaccine development. The issue will be explored and explained through "ecological genetics," which postulates that all living organisms have, besides rivals, enemies. This is divergent from the more traditional school of "population genetics," which emphasizes that evolution occurs among rival species (or variants thereof) that compete for niches or resources in a fixed, unreactive environment. Both models will be formulated using mathematical models, which will be included in the book. Finally, it will consider the possibilities for designing a vaccine that blocks HIV from escaping the immune system.
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Wichita Blues

Wichita Blues

Patrick Joseph O'Connor; David Evans

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
2024
pokkari
In conversations on regional blues, the traditions of the Mississippi Delta, the Carolina Piedmont, Chicago, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, and Los Angeles are frequently lauded. But until now, little attention has been paid to the Midwest, despite the presence and popularity of blues in these heartland communities. Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community seeks to address this gap in music history by exploring the lively Wichita blues tradition. In interviews with nineteen African American Wichita blues performers, author Patrick Joseph O’Connor reveals the evolution of the blues from the 1930s to the 1960s and beyond.Utilizing twenty-five years of fieldwork, Wichita Blues details the history of performance and camaraderie among the musicians of this often-neglected regional sound. The personal interviews offer unique insight into topics that shape Wichita’s sound, including how migration from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas brought varied artists to the area and the ways musical traditions cross racial divides and generations. The artists articulate the poetics of the blues and the diverse regional influences that can be detected in their music. In exploring the Wichita blues tradition, O’Connor traces African American history in Kansas, ranging from the Exoduster movement in the late nineteenth century and minstrel shows across the state to Black cowboys and growing urban African American communities in Topeka and Wichita.Including a foreword by renowned music scholar David Evans, Wichita Blues allows seasoned blues musicians to tell their own stories and paints a picture of the vibrant Black music scene in the city.
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