Search for dissertations about: "state of unity"

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2. 1. The Culturally Significant Key Component of Qigong, ‘Heart adjustment’, is Lost in Translation

   Author : Jing Li; Mikael Quennerstedt; John Jouper; Ingemar Wedman; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; concept of Qigong; ethnic sport; Heart adjustment; quality of Qigong; Qigong; Qigong state; standard of Qigong; state of unity; Three-adjustments;

   Abstract : Qigong is a Chinese traditional ethnic sport that is practised worldwide. In the West it is often applied as an Eastern mind-body intervention. Although clinical trials have reported its positive effects, some scholars have questioned the research design and methodology. READ MORE

4. 2. Manufacturing Multilingualisms of Marginality in Mozambique : Exploring the Orders of Visibility of Local African Languages

   Author : Manuel Guissemo; Christopher Stroud; Caroline Kerfoot; Ana Deumert; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; African languages; bilingualism; language ideology; linguistic landscape; Maputo; Mozambique; multilingualism; Portuguese; transnational multilingualism; Bilingualism; tvåspråkighet;

   Abstract : Colonial era language policies and practices in Mozambique sought to render native African languages (and their speakers) invisible in public space. This ‘order of (in)visibility’ was later adopted by many African states, including Mozambique, by choosing the ex-colonial language as the one and only official language and prohibiting or ignoring the use of African languages in the interest of so-called national unity. READ MORE

5. 3. Immigration, security and the public debate on US language policy : A critical discourse analysis of language attitudes in the United States of America

   Author : Soraya Tharani; Anna-Brita Stenström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; national identity; societal security; language policy; ethnolinguistic conflict; human rights; language rights; ethnicity; multilingualism; immigration; critical discourse analysis; language attitudes; English language; Spanish language; United States;

   Abstract : The narrative of the United States is of a "nation of immigrants" in which the language shift patterns of earlier ethnolinguistic groups have tended towards linguistic assimilation through English. In recent years, however, changes in the demographic landscape and language maintenance by non-English speaking immigrants, particularly Hispanics, have been perceived as threats and have led to calls for an official English language policy. READ MORE

6. 4. The Present People

   Author : Daniel Gustafsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; presence; time; popular sovereignty; state; democracy; presence; time; popular sovereignty; state;

   Abstract : In modern political thought, one of the most recalcitrant, and increasingly pressing, questions of modern democracy is whether, and in what sense, the people can be present. While the presence of the people has, and continues to be, the sine qua non of the democratic form of government, it has also been for a long time held that the people cannot be present literally or in fact. READ MORE

7. 5. Molecular-Level Investigations of Water-Organic Systems of Atmospheric Relevance

   Author : Sofia M. Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; EMB method; desorption kinetics; water uptake; organic surfaces;

   Abstract : It is known that aerosol particles may have warming and/or cooling effects on the climate and negative health effects that depend on their chemical and physical properties. However, current understanding of atmospheric particles’ effects is poor due to the diversity of their constituents and associated variations in properties. READ MORE