Förutsättningar för specialiserade musikproduktioner för personer med cochleaimplantat

Denna studies syfte är att finna sätt att producera musikinspelningar som passar lyssnare med cochleaimplantat. Frågeställningen är: Vilka perceptuella egenskaper hos cochleaimplantat bör man som musikproducent tänka på för att kunna anpassa musikinspelningar för människor med CI?För att finna de perceptuella egenskaper som cochleaimplantat, CI, har vid musiklyssning gjordes en litteraturstudie av det som skrivits kopplat till musiklyssning med CI.Resultaten visar att inspelningarna bör mixas i mono och att melodierna i musiken bör innehålla toner med stora intervall. Grundtonen i komplexa toner bör höras, och övertonerna bör kontrolleras, så att övertonsserierna inte blir alltför långa och går för högt i frekvensspektrumet. Det dynamiska omfånget i inspelningen bör inte vara alltför stort, och frekvensomfånget bör hålla sig runt 200-5000 Hz. Syntetisk rumssimulering, som t.ex. reverb, bör inte heller användas. Vidare presenteras en idé till hur man skulle kunna styra implantaten direkt elektroniskt, för att skapa musik.

Fitting spatial models in the R package: hglm

We present a new version of the hglm package for fittinghierarchical generalized linear models (HGLM) with spatially correlated random effects. A CAR family for conditional autoregressive random effects was implemented. Eigen decomposition of the matrix describing the spatial structure (e.g. the neighborhood matrix) was used to transform the CAR random effectsinto an independent, but heteroscedastic, gaussian random effect. A linear predictor is fitted for the random effect variance to estimate the parameters in the CAR model.This gives a computationally efficient algorithm for moderately sized problems (e.g. n<5000).

The discourses on induced abortion in Ugandan daily newspapers : a discourse analysis

Background: Ugandan law prohibits abortion under all circumstances except where there is a risk for the woman's life. However, it has been estimated that over 250 000 illegal abortions are being performed in the country yearly. Many of these abortions are carried out under unsafe conditions, being one of the most common reasons behind the nearly 5000 maternal deaths per year in Uganda. Little research has been conducted in relation to societal views on abortion within the Ugandan society. This study aims to analyze the discourse on abortion as expressed in the two main daily Ugandan newspapers. Method: The conceptual content of 59 articles on abortion between years 2006-2012, from the two main daily English-speaking newspapers in Uganda, was studied using principles from critical discourse analysis. Results: A religious discourse and a human rights discourse, together with medical and legal sub discourses frame the subject of abortion in Uganda, with consequences for who is portrayed as a victim and who is to blame for abortions taking place. It shows the strong presence of the Catholic Church within the medial debate on abortion. The results also demonstrate the absence of medial statements related to abortion made by political stakeholders. Conclusions: The Catholic Church has a strong position within the Ugandan society and their stance on abortion tends to have great influence on the way other actors and their activities are presented within the media, as well as how stakeholders choose to convey their message, or choose not to publicly debate the issue in question at all. To decrease the number of maternal deaths, we highlight the need for a more inclusive and varied debate that problematizes the current situation, especially from a gender perspective.