Search for dissertations about: "A Appelgren"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words A Appelgren.

  2. 1. High achiever! Always a high achiever? : A comparison of student achievements on mathematical tests with different aims and goals

    Author : Elisabet Mellroth; Arne Engström; Jari Appelgren; Astrid Pettersson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; achievement; alternative assessment; curriculum based assessment mathematical competency; mathematical kangaroo; mathematics tests; national tests; Matematik; Mathematics;

    Abstract : This study explored changes in relative achievement over time. It also investigated differences in how two groups of students activate mathematical competencies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Huis Ten Bosch: Mimesis and simulation in a Japanese Dutch town

    Author : Staffan Appelgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Japan; mimesis; simulation; simulated environments; ikukan; other space; material culture; modernity; tourism; regional development; Holland; Huis Ten Bosch;

    Abstract : With the advance of capitalism, new communication technology and expansion of mass media, places and culture increasingly tend to be deterritorialized, time and space arrangements are renegotiated, social and cultural relationships are commercialized and commodified. Simulated and themed environments have attracted considerable attention as concrete expressions of "culture in motion". READ MORE

  5. 3. Media Convergence and Digital News Services : adding value for producers and consumers

    Author : Ester Appelgren; Nils Enlund; Robert Picard; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Media convergence; newspaper production; online newspaper;

    Abstract : In this thesis, media convergence strategies and added value of digital news services are investigated, focusing on the newspaper industry and it’s audience. Convergence implies that previously unalike areas come together, approaching a common goal. A subordinate concept of convergence, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 4. Formation and Evolution of Protoplanetary Discs

    Author : Johan Appelgren; Astrofysik; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Protoplanetary discs; Accretion discs; planet formation;

    Abstract : Protoplanetary discs and the protostars they surround are formed from the gravitational collapse of molecularcloud cores. These discs consist primarily of gas, with a small but important dust component. The roughlymm-sized grains that make up the dust component are the building blocks of planets. READ MORE

  7. 5. Neuropeptides in temporomandibular joint arthritis

    Author : Anna Appelgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Adjuvant; Arthritis; Calcitonin gene-related peptide; Glucocorticosteroids; Hippocampus; Hyperalgesia; Hypothalamus; Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis; Intra-articular temperature; Neurokinin A; Neuropeptides; Neuropeptide Y; Nociception; Pain; Pituitary; Pressure pain threshold; Rheumatoid arthritis; Substance P; Synovial fluid; Temporomandibularjoint; Visual analog scale;

    Abstract : Involvement of the peripheral and central nervous systems in the pathophysiology of arthritis has been suggested and neuropeptides are thought to participate in the mediation and modulation of the inflammatory process. The main objective of the clinical studies was to investigate the relationship between the presence of neuropeptides in the synovial fluid of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and the stomatognathic symptoms and signs, including the intra-articular temperature (IAT), in patients with TMJ arthritis. READ MORE