Search for dissertations about: "locus of control"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 155 swedish dissertations containing the words locus of control.

  2. 16. Life satisfaction in late life: Markers and predictors of level and change among 80+ year olds

    Author : Anne Ingeborg Berg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Life satisfaction; oldest-old; longitudinal design; health; social network; locus of control; depressive symptoms; personality;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis was to examine within-individual and between-individual changes in life satisfaction in the oldest-old using different time metrics and to study life satisfaction within the context of psychosocial and health-related variables. Data were obtained from the Swedish OCTO-Twin Study of individuals aged 80 and older who were able to complete the Life Satisfaction Index-Z (LSI-Z). READ MORE

  4. 17. Social determinants of leisure time physical activity, body mass index, and acute myocardial infarction

    Author : Sadiq Mohammad Ali; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; Public health; acute myocardial infarction; obesity; overweight; underweight; leisure time physical activity; health locus of control; social capital; Socioeconomic status; psychosocial work conditions;

    Abstract : There are substantial socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in most western countries. Socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular risk factors (obesity/overweight, tobacco smoking, leisure time physical activity, dietary habits) are correspondingly large. READ MORE

  5. 18. Molecular archaeology of cancer

    Author : Cecilia Williams; KTH; []
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    Abstract : Alterations of the p53 tumor suppressor gene plays animportant role in the development of many types of cancers.This and the suggestion that the presence or absence of p53mutations might have both prognostic and therapeuticconsequences, imply the importance of reliable techniques forp53 sequence determination. READ MORE

  6. 19. Epigenetic Regulation and Reprogramming of the H19 Imprinting Control Region

    Author : Piero Mariano; Rolf Ohlsson; Karl Ekwall; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Developmental biology; Imprinting; chromatin; H19; Igf2; CTCF; Insulator; methylation; Boris; Utvecklingsbiologi; Developmental biology; Utvecklingsbiologi;

    Abstract : The development of a new individual from the fertilized oocyte can ultimately be seen as the consequence of the establishment and maintenance of specific patterns of gene expression. Although regulation of gene activity occurs at different levels, cellular specialization and differentiation are the results of developmental cues that essentially take place at the transcriptional level. READ MORE

  7. 20. Mechanisms of the intracellular survival of Francisella tularensis

    Author : Linda Tancred; Anders Sjöstedt; Jean Celli; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Francisella tularensis; Igl; MglA; J774; IFN-γ; RNS; ROS; phagosome; Clinical bacteriology; Klinisk bakteriologi; mikrobiologi; Microbiology;

    Abstract : Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative, highly virulent, intracellular bacterium which causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. The subspecies tularensis and holarctica are clinically important, and the former is the more virulent. The intracellular lifestyle of F. READ MORE