Search for dissertations about: "Children"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 2812 swedish dissertations containing the word Children.
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1. TV FOR CHILDREN : How the Swedish Public Service Television Imagines a Child Audience
Abstract : The study explores how the Swedish public service TV institution imagines a child audience in a societal context where the broadcasting landscape hastransformed greatly over the past thirty years and where TV is seen to constitute both risks and benefits for children. The concept of TV for children is established to broaden the scope for studying what has been broadcast for a child audience on public service TV. READ MORE
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2. Children with cancer : focusing on their fear and on how their fear is handled
Abstract : Various fears in children with cancer have previously been identified as a result of studying e.g. symptom experiences, distress and uncertainty within this population. Studies of the meaning the children give to their fear, as well as the handling of their fear seem to be sparse, however. READ MORE
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3. Children Lost and Found : A bioarchaeological study of Middle Helladic children in Asine with a comparison to Lerna
Abstract : This study focusses on children’s living conditions during the Middle Helladic period in Greece. The primary material comprises disarticulated skeletal remains found in a stratigraphic context during the Swedish excavations of Asine in 1926: 4,583 fragments/complete bones. READ MORE
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4. Chosen Children? : An empirical study and a philosophical analysis of moral aspects of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and germ-line gene therapy
Abstract : With pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), genetic testing and selective transfer of embryos is possible. In the future, germ-line gene therapy (GLGT) applied to embryos before implantation, in order to introduce missing genes or replace mutant ones, may be possible. READ MORE
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5. Children with visual disorders : cognitive development, developmental disorders and consequences for treatment and counselling
Abstract : The causes of visual impairment and blindness has changed over the years, in Sweden and in other industrialised countries, giving rise to a new population of visually impaired children. Damages to the posterior visual pathway and the brain are now common causes of visual impairment. READ MORE
