Search for dissertations about: "Anders Melin"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Anders Melin.

2. 1. Judgements in Equilibrium? : An Ethical Analysis of Environmental Impacts Assessment

   Author : Anders Melin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental ethics; reflective equilibrium; John Rawls; overlapping consensus; environmental politics; environmental impact assessment; miljöetik; miljöpolitik; etik; miljö; naturskydd; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : Since the end of the 1960s the questions of what duties current generations owe towards future generations and what duties human beings owe towards natural entities have been increasingly discussed within ethics. A new subdiscipline - environmental ethics - has emerged that especially focuses on these moral issues. READ MORE

4. 2. Identification of Candidate Genes in Four Human Disorders

   Author : Malin Melin; Niklas Dahl; Anders Isaksson; Juha Kere; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Genetics; Ichthyosis; Leukodystrophy; Kostmann disease; Autism; Genetic disorders; Candidate gene; Genetik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis has been to identify genes and gene regions underlying four different disorders. In papers I-IV, positional cloning methods, such as linkage, association and haplotype analysis have been used for the identification of genomic regions associated with the ichthyosis prematurity syndrome (IPS), adult-onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy (ADLD) and Kostmann disease. READ MORE

5. 3. The Prediction of Traffic Accident Involvement from Driving Behavior

   Author : Anders af Wåhlberg; Lennart Melin; Frank McKenna; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The aim of the studies was to predict individual traffic accident involvement by the quantification of driving style in terms of speed changes, using bus drivers as subjects. An accident database was constructed from the archives of the bus company whose drivers were used as subjects. READ MORE

6. 4. A Conceptual Framework for Studying the Successful Outcome of the IS Outsourcing Process from a Relationship Perspective

   Author : Linda Bergkvist; Anders G. Nilsson; Ulf Melin; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information Systems IS outsourcing process; Interorganisational business relationship; Conceptual framework; Successful outcome; Outsourcing processen för organisationssystem IS ; Interorganisatoriska affärsrelationer; Konceputellt ramverk; Framgångsrika resultat; Information Systems; Informatik;

   Abstract : This thesis has its point of departure in the identified knowledge gap, which includes the importance of the information systems (IS) outsourcing relationship for studying the success of IS outsourcing. This research study, therefore, is structured with the belief that the disregard of the client-IS supplier relationship when studying IS outsourcing is paradoxical. READ MORE

7. 5. Illness Management and Recovery : Implementation and evaluation of a psychosocial program for schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

   Author : Rickard Färdig; Anders Fredriksson; Lewander Tommy; Lennart Melin; Lars Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; illness management and recovery; IMR; recovery; schizophrenia; schizoaffective; evidence-based; psychosocial; intervention outcome; neurocognition; remission; IMRS; psychometric properties; reliability; validity; Medical Science; Medicinsk vetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to examine the effectiveness of the Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) program for teaching clients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to better manage their illness and to promote recovery. This was accomplished through an examination of the program’s effects on psychosocial functioning and psychopathology, the evaluation of general and specific impact of neurocognition on learning the fundamentals of illness self-management, and the impact of symptom severity on outcome of the IMR program. READ MORE