Search for dissertations about: "Clarke"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the word Clarke.

  2. 1. Towards cost-effective tuberculosis control in the Western Cape of South Africa : intervention study involving lay health workers on agricultural farms

    Author : Marina Clarke; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Agriculture; Community Health Worker CHW ; Cost-effectiveness; Directly Observed Treatment DOT ; Directly Observed Treatment Choice; Directly Observed Treatment Short course DOTS ; Farming; Farmers; Farm Dwellers; Farm workers; Farm Health; Lay Health Worker LHW ; Tuberculosis TB ; and Randomised Control Trial RCT ;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND: At the request of the fanning community, the local public health authority in a tuberculosis (TB) high-burdened area implemented a farm-based lay health worker (LHW) project focusing on TB control. This project achieved a significantly better (15%) treatment adherence rate among adult TB patients. READ MORE

  4. 2. An Information System in its Organisational Contexts : A Systemic Semiotic Longitudinal Case Study

    Author : Rodney Clarke; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information systems; longitudinal case study; organisational contexts; organisational semiotics; semiotics; social semiotics; systemic functional linguistics; systemic semiotics; workpractices; Information Systems; Informatik;

    Abstract : This dissertation develops a new form of Systems Analysis based on Systemic Semiotics. Systemic Semiotics, a combination of Social Semiotics and Systemic Functional Linguistic theories, can be used to provide contextual descriptions linking the operations of information systems to their specific situational and organisational contexts. READ MORE

  5. 3. Ethanol-induced modulation of dopamine transmission and synaptic activity in striatal subregions - focus on inhibitory receptors

    Author : Rhona B. C. Clarke; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dopamine; ethanol; acetaldehyde; striatum; glycine receptor; GABA A receptor;

    Abstract : Background: Alcoholism is a chronic brain disease, affecting neurocircuitries involved in reward and learning. The rewarding effects of alcohol (ethanol) are believed to result from increased dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens (nAc) via the mesolimbic system. READ MORE

  6. 4. Cogito, ergo insomnis : I think, therefore I am sleepless

    Author : Annika Norell-Clarke; Maria Tillfors; Markus Jansson-Fröjmark; Ingemar Engström; Viktor Kaldo; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; insomnia; CBT; cognitive therapy; worry; dysfunctional beliefs; arousal; selective attention; safety behaviours; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Insomnia is a common health complaint that often becomes a persistent problem. The theoretical frameworks for understanding and treating insomnia have mostly been behavioural, yet the importance of cognitive processes has received greater attention over the years. READ MORE

  7. 5. Capability-Based Type Systems for Concurrency Control

    Author : Elias Castegren; Tobias Wrigstad; Dave Clarke; Alan Mycroft; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Programming languages; Type Systems; Capabilities; Concurrency; Parallelism; Data-Race Freedom; Lock-Free Data Structures; Object-Oriented Programming; Actors; Active Objects; Object Calculi; Semantics;

    Abstract : Since the early 2000s, in order to keep up with the performance predictions of Moore's law, hardware vendors have had to turn to multi-core computers. Today, parallel hardware is everywhere, from massive server halls to the phones in our pockets. However, this parallelism does not come for free. READ MORE