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Showing 1 to 20 of 213 for “"Barn"”.
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Moraliskt arbete i förskolan. Regler och moralisk ordning i barn-barn och vuxen-barn interaktion.
At a general level, the present thesis addresses the situated and practical character of morality in everyday life. More specifically, this study investigates moral work-in-interaction between children, and between children and teachers, in situations where they handle “breaches” of moral orders, …
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Efficiency studies with different types of dairy barn equipment and barn arrangements
… to secure data on the use of different types of barn equipment and bam arrangements. The following outline lists the various phases of the study. Outline of Investigation 1. Efficiency of labor with different types of barn equipment and barn arrangements a. Cleaning and brushing cows b. Cleaning …
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Flerspråkiga barn i förskolan: Villkor för deltagande och lärande
The aim of this research was to study the learning conditions in preschool that support young multilingual children’s language and communicative development, and their participation in activities. A sociocultural theoretical approach provides a means to understand the dynamics of children’s …
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Að eignast fatlað barn : úrræði fyrir foreldra og forráðamenn
… var kannað hver þjónustuúrræði foreldra fatlaðra barna eru. Unnið var út frá fræðilegum heimildum, mannréttindasáttmálum og hugmyndafræðum innan fötlunarfræði. Réttindi foreldra fatlaðra barna eru víða tryggð, í mannréttindasáttmálanum og lögum og reglugerðum. Mannréttindi leggja ákveðnar skyldur …
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Interpreting Midway Barn: Understanding Frank Lloyd Wright's Agrarian Vision
At first glance, Midway Barn in Spring Green, Wisconsin presents itself as another example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s distinctive, if evolving style, its horizontal massing, tilted roof planes, and natural materials echoing the hilly landscape of the farm and its environs. Analysis of the documentary …
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Development of Auditory Sensitivity in Barn Owls (Tyto furcata pratincola)
The development of hearing in the juvenile barn owl was investigated using tones (500 Hz to 12 kHz) and clicks of different rates (5-90 Hz). Auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) of the auditory nerve were recorded using the auditory brainstem response (ABR). Barn owl hearing matured in a similar trend …
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Ifrågasatta fäder : Olika bilder av fäder till socialt utsatta barn
This dissertation deals with fathers of children subjected to child welfare investigations. They are "fathers called into question" and their fatherhood is not very much investigated so far. The dominating picture is that the fathers are absent, to their children as well as in research and social …
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Conserving a charismatic grassland species in Illinois: the barn owl
… habitat have declined. One such species is the barn owl, Tyto alba, which is threatened or endangered in 5 states. The conversion of grasslands into agricultural or developed areas has cost barn owls both suitable foraging habitat and nest sites. To mitigate this loss and support barn owl …
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Anatomical, morphometrical and biomechanical studies of barn owls' and pigeons' wings
Wings and feathers of barn owls (Tyto alba) were investigated with anatomical, morphometrical and biomechanical methods in order to specify noise reduction and noise suppressing structures evolved by the owl. Pigeons (Columba livia) with a similar body weight were taken as a reference species. Barn …
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Móðir með mæðrum. Áhrif mömmuhópa á sjálfsmynd mæðra með fyrsta barn
… er kastljósinu beint að frumbyrjum með barn á fyrsta ári og hvernig svokallaðir mömmuhópar á Facebook hafa áhrif á sjálfsmynd þeirra. Til að skoða það var framkvæmd eigindleg rannsókn á fimm mæðrum með fyrsta barn og tengsl Facebook mömmuhópa og sjálfsmyndar skoðuð. Rannsóknin var …
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Aspects of sound localization and spatial attention in barn owls and rats
… auditory spatial attention: first, the barn owl as a highly-developed auditory specialist and, secondly, the rat as an auditory generalist. An influence of spatial attention on sound localization has solely been demonstrated in humans so far. Since barn owls are important animal models …
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Getur þorp alið upp og menntað barn? : samstarf skóla, heimila og samfélags
… í skólastarfinu og í ákvarðanatöku þeirra um nám barna sinna. Í lokin bendi ég foreldrum, skólafólki og öðrum uppalendum á nokkur atriði sem ég tel að við eigum að kenna börnum okkar, sem geta nýst vel og haft áhrif á framtíðarsamfélagið. Kennum börnum okkar að það sé í lagi að gera mistök, og að …
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Mellan klient och rättssystem : Tvångsvård av barn och unga ur socialsekreterares perspektiv
This dissertation focuses on assessments concerning children and young persons in the Social Services. The aim has been to describe and analyse the compulsory care process from a social worker perspective, and to understand and explain how this affects the practice of child welfare. I have used …
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Att plantera ett barn : internationella adoptioner och assisterad befruktning i svensk reproduktionspolitik
The purpose of this thesis is to study the norms and values surrounding the family and the nation-state in Swedish family policy as they appear in Official Government Reports (SOU) on international adoption and assisted reproductive technology (ART) between 1953 and 2007. I argue that the …
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Dynamic system modeling and decision support for grow-finish swine barn operation
… both swine growth performance and swine barn management under different conditions is essential to evaluate the swine production system. The integrated effect of swine growth and swine barn management is difficult to investigate because of their complex relationships. To estimate the …
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Methane Production by a Packed-Bed Anaerobic Digester Fed Dairy Barn Flush Water
… treatment of dilute wastewaters such as dairy barn flush water. The physical media of packed-beds retain biofilms, often allowing increased treatment rates. Previous studies have evaluated several types of media for digestion of dilute wastewaters, but cost and media fouling have setback …
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Att vara syskon till ett barn eller ungdom med cancersjukdom - Tankar, behov, problem och stöd
The overall aim was to describe the siblings’ thoughts on and experiences of needs, problems and supports when their brother or sister is being treated or undergoing follow-ups for or has died of cancer. The thesis uses a life-world perspective with open interviews (Papers I-IV). It describes the …
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