Search for dissertations about: "CHILDHOOD"

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2. 1. Childhood Without Children : Ian McEwan and the Critical Study of the Child

   Author : Katherina Dodou; Sara Danius; Jakob Lothe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; representations of childhood in fiction; Ian McEwan; childhood studies; figuration; the British novel; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English; engelska;

   Abstract : This study has a twofold ambition. First, it offers a new perspective on Ian McEwan’s works by focusing on his treatment of childhood. Second, by using McEwan’s writing as an example, it seeks to challenge the current critical preoccupation with childhood in the novel in terms solely of child characters. READ MORE

4. 2. Glioneuronal tumours in childhood : Clinical picture, long-term outcome and possible new treatments

   Author : Christoffer Ehrstedt; Gunnar Ahlsten; Bo Strömberg; Ann-Margret Rydell; Anja Smits; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Glioneuronal tumour; ganglioglioma; dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour; childhood; cognition; psychosocial; HRQoL; outcome; mTOR pathway; somatostatin receptor; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

   Abstract : Background: Glioneuronal tumours are a subgroup of low-grade tumours of the central nervous system (CNS), often causing epilepsy. Overall survival is excellent, but data regarding long-term seizure outcome and late effects are scarce. READ MORE

5. 3. On childhood and the good will : thoughts on ethics and early childhood education

   Author : Johan Dahlbeck; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : ethics; early childhood education; education for sustainable development; Kant; Deleuze; Nietzsche; affect; immanence; transcendence; paradigmatic examples;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to critically examine how ethical principles are conceptualized and applied in educational contexts, focusing on the intersection of early childhood education and education for sustainable development. Its contribution to educational research in general, and to philosophy of education in particular, is to; first, discuss the presumed relation between ethical principles and individual actions and events, and to illustrate how this connection frames the understanding and application of ethics in educational situations. READ MORE

6. 4. Malaria during pregnancy and childhood : A focus on soluble mediators and neutrophils

   Author : Stéphanie Boström; Marita Troye-Blomberg; Maria Yazdanbakhsh; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Plasmodium falciparum; pregnancy; childhood; neutrophils; biomarkers; cytokines; chemokines; antibodies; Fulani; Dogon; immunologi; Immunology;

   Abstract : In areas where malaria is endemic, pregnant women and children bear the main burden of severe and life-threatening malarial disease. The aim of this work was to study the impact of Plasmodium falciparum infection on inflammatory responses in pregnant women and children residing in African countries. READ MORE

7. 5. Children’s Work in Sweden : A part of childhood, a path to adulthood

   Author : Tobias Samuelsson; Gunilla Halldén; Madeleine Leonard; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; childhood; work; social studies of childhood; ethnography; child perspective; structuration theory; labour market; Sweden; Barn; barndom; arbete; barndomsstudier; etnografi; barnperspektiv; struktureringsteori; arbetsmarknad; Sverige; Children; Barn;

   Abstract : Föreliggande arbete är en etnografisk studie av barn, barndom och arbete i Sverige. Studien var förlagd till två samhällen, ett på landsbygden och ett nära en stor svensk stad. I studien undersöks hur barndom konstrueras i dagens Sverige. I studien används ett barnperspektiv och fokus är på barnens definitioner av arbete. READ MORE