Search for dissertations about: "Cathy"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word Cathy.

  2. 1. Social-ecological resilience and planning: an interdisciplinary exploration

    Author : Cathy Wilkinson; Johan Colding; Thomas Elmqvist; Libby Porter; Yvonne Rydin; Catherine Wilkinson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social-ecological resilience; strategic spatial planning; urban governance; ecosystem services; Melbourne; Stockholm; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Abstract : Despite considerable expansion in the scope and function of the state with respect to environmental protection, the world’s biological diversity and ecosystem services continue to deteriorate. Finding ways to better govern human-nature relations in cities is an important part of addressing this decline. READ MORE

  4. 2. The control of growth and metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Author : Josefin Friberg; Simon Tuck; Cathy Savage-Dunn; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TGFβ; insulin; collagen; p70 S6K; metabolism; growth; dauer; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell and molecular biology; Cell- och molekylärbiologi;

    Abstract : The control of growth is a poorly understood aspect of animal development. This thesis focuses on body size regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans, and in particular, how worms grow to a certain size. In C. elegans, a key regulator of size is the TGFβ homologue DBL-1. READ MORE

  5. 3. The capability approach in ict4d research

    Author : Mathias Hatakka; Åke Grönlund; Anders Avdic; Cathy Urquhart; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ICT4D; the capability approach; development as freedom; education; ICT; development; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys; Informatics;

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  6. 4. Breakdowns, overlaps and ambivalence : an Actor-network theory study of the Swedish preschool curriculum

    Author : Emilie Moberg; Hillevi Lenz Taguchi; Francis Lee; Cathy Burnett; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Curriculum; preschool; actor-network theory; texts; children; materiality; Early Childhood Education; förskoledidaktik;

    Abstract : Within the discipline of early childhood education research, the present study will focus on the Swedish preschool curriculum text, using a sociomaterial approach offered by Actor-network theory (ANT). The study adopts ethnographic methods, foremost participant observations in a preschool, to generate knowledge of how the curriculum text comes to act through moments in the everyday preschool work. READ MORE