Search for dissertations about: "wells"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 181 swedish dissertations containing the word wells.
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1. Wells of Experience : A pastoral land-use history of Omaheke, Namibia
Abstract : The conventional view on the Kalahari in southern Africa expresses that the area is unsuitable for livestock herding. For this reason, it is argued that livestock herders avoided the Kalahari in the past and were only able to establish themselves in the later half of the twentieth century, when deep-reaching boreholes were introduced in the area. READ MORE
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2. Microfluidic electrocapture technology in protein and peptide analysis
Abstract : After sequencing the genomes of several organisms, science in the postgenomic era now aims at a thorough study of the proteins present in a given tissue or organism. Since this task requires an enormous analytical effort, integrated microfluidic systems are envisioned as the solution to automated high throughput analysis of biomolecules. READ MORE
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3. Socially structured health behaviors : Studies of social inequality in adolescent and young adult physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking in Sweden
Abstract : Health behaviors contribute to the Swedish national disease burden and to social inequalities in health. This thesis aims to increase our knowledge of whether, when, and how health behaviors become socially structured during early life in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. An Unequal Chance to Parent : Examples on Support Fathers Receive from the Swedish Child Health Field
Abstract : Father involvement benefits children, mothers, and themselves in a number of ways. Swedish legislation and Swedish society have promoted father involvement. At the same time, the Swedish child health field has also unequivocally states that both parents should feel welcomed and supported within that sphere. READ MORE
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5. Understanding the social integration of adolescents of foreign origin : Longitudinal investigations of inter-origin friendship formation
Abstract : The present dissertation aims to understand some of the opportunities for, and influences on, the social integration of adolescents of foreign origin in Sweden. Informed by previous research, the dissertation suggests that successful social integration involves friendship formation between peers of similar origins (intra-origin friendship formation) as well as friendship formation between peers of different origins (inter-origin friendship formation). READ MORE