Search for dissertations about: "local area"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1017 swedish dissertations containing the words local area.

2. 1. Local Worlds : Rural Livelihood Strategies in Eastern Cape, South Africa

   Author : Flora Hajdu; Anders Hjort af Ornäs; Thembela Kepe; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; livelihood strategies; local scale; natural resource use; local employment; degradation narrative; poverty relief programmes; Transkei; Pondoland; Försörjningsstrategier; lokalitet; naturresursutnyttjande; narrativ; fattigdomsbekämpning; Pondoland; Transkei; Sydafrika; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : Local perceptions and livelihood strategies have in this study been examined through extensive fieldwork in two villages in rural Pondoland in the former homeland Transkei in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. Using a bottom-up perspective, changes in livelihoods and the processes involved in choosing between and combining various types of livelihood activities are analysed. READ MORE

4. 2. Against all odds : local economic development policies and local government autonomy in Sweden and Britain

   Author : Christine Hudson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; local government; autonomy; local economic development policies; comparative perspective; policy area approach;

   Abstract : This thesis makes a comparative study of local government autonomy in Britain and Sweden within the local economic development policy area. It argues for local government autonomy to be viewed in terms of both a vertical dimension concerning local government's autonomy vis-à-vis national government (national context) and a horizontal dimension relating to its autonomy vis-à-vis local social and economic forces (local context). READ MORE

5. 3. Performance and implementation issues in local area networks

   Author : Arne Dahlberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; loop filter; performance analysis; simulation; phase locked-loop; network interface; charge pump; phase jitter; local area networks; phase frequency detector; network file systems;

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6. 4. Designing for Local Mobility

   Author : Jens Bergqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; CSCW; Local Mobility; Ethnography; Workplace Studies; Coordination; Design;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of local mobility from a CSCW perspective using ethnographically informed workplace studies and presents a framework for designing IT support. In this thesis local mobility is defined as a work related situation where workers move within a specified physical area while performing their tasks. READ MORE

7. 5. Systemic and local regulation of experimental arthritis by IFN-α, dendritic cells and uridine

   Author : Sudeep Chenna Narendra; Mattias Magnusson; Srinivas Uppugunduri; Alf Kastbom; Natacha Bessis; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : In this thesis, we have studied the immunological processes of joint inflammation that may be targets for future treatment of patients with arthritis. We focus on the immune-modulating properties of interferon-α (IFN-α) and uridine in experimental arthritis. READ MORE