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Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan
Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan (17 November 1924 – 25 August 2014) was a Swedish psychologist and midwife, as well as the first authorised sexologist in Sweden. Education and career Maj-Briht Bergström-Walan studied as a midwife in the mid-1940s and obtained her license in 1947. In 1963, she obtained her licentiate in philosophy with specialisation in clinical psychology. She also held a Master of Philosophy in the study of the history of literature and Nordic languages. She also trained as a missionary with the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Between 1958 and 1972, Bergström-Walan worked as a sex educator at the Stockholm School Board and at ''Skolöverstyrelsen'' (predecessor to the present-day Swedish National Agency for Education). In the 1960s and the 1970s, she was the leading personality in sex education in Sweden. In 1970, Bergström-Walan founded the Swedish Sexual Research Institute which has among other things researched transvestism. Bergström-Walan has writte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
