The distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic value has given rise to a batch of fundamental questions concerning the very nature, importance and coherence of our core value concepts. Section I outlines an approach to the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic value that has taxonomical advantages. Recent work has alerted us to the fact that the traditional way of explicating extrinsic valu

Facts are once again put to work in philosophical enterprises. The discussion in this paper is conducted under the presumption that we for this reason need to examine the nature of facts anew. To some extent it has been taken for granted that the question of properties and particulars is the primary problem to solve, and that the question of facts is secondary. This approach naturally leads to man

The thesis deals with space wars in Copenhagen and Lisbon

We study theoretically the linear conductance of a quantum dot connected to ferromagnetic leads. The dot level is split due to a noncollinear magnetic field or intrinsic magnetization. The system is studied in the noninteracting approximation, where an exact solution is given, and, furthermore, with Coulomb correlations in the weak tunneling limit. For the noninteracting case, we find an antireson

En fråga som dominerar den svenska välfärdspolitiska debatten är den höga ungdomsarbetslösheten. 1990-talets krisår framstår som en brytpunkt. Utbildningsperioderna har förlängts och etableringsfasen har blivit mer utdragen. Flera ungdomar lever i fattigdom, uppbär socialbidrag och fastnar i utanförskap. Till följd av förändringar i ett postindustriellt arbetsliv och i spåren av ny teknik i en til

Abstract in Finnish Inleding Dagen's biomedicinska utveckling bidrar till förbättrad livskvalitet för många människor. Det kan röra sig om nya läkemedel eller andra kliniska behandlingar med avgörande betydelse för en person's hälsotillstånd. Dessa medicinska möjligheter är emellertid inte helt oproblematiska. Ofta är stora ekonomiska kostnader förknippade, inte enbart med utvecklingsarbetet, men

Improving the quality of education is the goal of all pedagogical research. By using student surveys and course evaluations problem areas can be identified in most courses offered by universities. In this paper we perform a large-scale student survey in order to find the causes of, and remedies to, a widespread student dissonance in a mandatory course with over 100 students at Lund University. Our

I denna artikel används Kenneth Burkes teori om estetisk och retorisk form, från Counter-Statement (först publiserad 1931), för att analysera hur stjärnkocken Mathias Dahlgren kreear en gourmetmåltid. Samtidigt framgår att Burkes teori förmår att hantera problem som dominerande teorier om tjänstekvalitet har problem med.

The ATLAS Collaboration at CERN is preparing for the data taking and analysis at the LHC that will start in 2007. Therefore, a series of Data Challenges was started in 2002 whose goals are the validation of the Computing Model, of the complete software suite, of the data model, and to ensure the correctness of the technical choices to be made for the final offline computing environment. A major fe

Flame flashback from the combustion chamber to the premixing section is a major operability issue when using high H-2 content fuels in lean premixed combustors. Depending on the flow-field in the combustor, flashback can be triggered by different mechanisms. In this work, three flashback mechanisms of H-2/CH4 mixtures were visualized in an atmospheric variable swirl burner using high speed OH chem