Search for dissertations about: "15-16"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the word 15-16.

2. 6. Screen Rites : A study of Swedish young people´s use and meaning-making of screen-based media in everyday life

   Author : Ulrika Sjöberg; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Leisure; Audience research; Media landscape; Media use; Young people; Internet; Television; Computer games; Meaning-making; Press and communication sciences; Journalistik; media; kommunikation;

   Abstract : We are all aware of how many different media have become a familiar equipment in the home, perceived as any other furnityre. The media have become more or less unconsciously intertwined in everyday routines. READ MORE

4. 7. Prenatal Ultrasound and X-ray - Potentially Adverse Effects on the CNS

   Author : Karin Glimskär Stålberg; Helle Kieler; Ove Axelsson; Bengt Haglund; Eleni Petridou; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Obstetrics and gynaecology; ultrasound; X-ray; fetus; risk; childhood cancer; schizophrenia; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

   Abstract : The aim with this thesis was to assess the impact of prenatal ultrasound exposure on psychotic illness, childhood brain tumors (CBT) and school achievement, and to evaluate prenatal X-ray exposure and the risk of CBT.In a cohort study, children born in Malmö 1973-1978, where prenatal ultrasound was used routinely, were considered exposed (n=13, 212) and children born at hospitals with no use of ultrasound, were considered unexposed (n=357,733). READ MORE

5. 8. Depression and Antisocial Behaviour in Adolescents : Influence of Social Status, Shaming, and Gene-Environment Interaction

   Author : Cecilia Åslund; Kent W Nilsson; Jerzy Leppert; Bengt Starrin; Lars Oreland; Lil Träskman-Bendz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescent; antisocial behaviour; depression; gene-environment interaction; maltreatment; monoamine oxidase; serotonin; shame; social status; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Child and Youth Psychiatry;

   Abstract : This thesis investigated (1) social status and shaming experiences in relation to aggressive behaviour and depression, and (2) gene-environment interactions between two genetic polymorphisms related to the serotonergic system – MAOA-VNTR and 5HTTLPR – and experiences of maltreatment in relation to delinquent behaviour and depression among adolescents. The four included studies are based on questionnaire data from the Survey of Adolescent Life in Vestmanland 2006 (SALVe-2006). READ MORE

6. 9. Perinatal asphyxia in the rat : a morphological and functional analysis of the dopamine systems and dopamine-mediated behaviours in a novel experimental model

   Author : Yong Chen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Rat; Perinatal asphyxia; Dopamine; Noradrenaline; Dopamine receptors; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area; Striatum; Accumbens nucleus; Locomotor activity; Attention disorders; bFGF; Fos; pH; pyruvate; lactate; glutamate; aspartate.;

   Abstract : Asphyxia during labour in the human being is one of the important paediatric complications which can lead to various degree of injuries in the central nervous system. No efficient therapy is available at present. READ MORE

7. 10. Multilingual Students' Writing in English : The Role of Their L1(s)

   Author : Tina Gunnarsson; Språkinlärning; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Multilingualism; L2 Writing; language acquisition; Translanguaging; Language mode; English Linguistics;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the languages of thought of multilingual students writing in English, a non-native language. The study examines which languages are used as languages of thought and what functions these languages serve for year-9 students (age 15-16) in a Swedish high school while writing an essay in English under exam-like conditions. READ MORE