Search for dissertations about: "G. A. Cohen"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words G. A. Cohen.

  2. 6. Virtue Ethics, Bioethics, and the Ownership of Biological Material

    Author : Barbro Björkman; Sven Ove Hansson; Brad Hooker; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biological material; ownership; rights; organ; donation; property; commodification; kidney; virtue ethics; natural rights; transplantation; transplant; social organisation; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to show how some ideas in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics can be interpreted and used as a productive way to approach a number of pressing issues in bioethics. Articles I-II introduce, and endorse, a social constructivist perspective on rights (as opposed to the more traditional natural rights idea). READ MORE

  4. 7. Psychology of Sport Injury : Prediction, Prevention and Rehabilitation in Swedish Team Sport Athletes

    Author : Andreas Ivarsson; Urban Johnson; Judy van Raalte; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Athletic injury; prediction; prevention; psychology; rehabilitation;

    Abstract : The dissertation consists of five separate studies that all have focused on different aspects of the relationship between psychological factors and sport injuries.In the first study the aim was to investigate female elite soccer players’ experiences of the time prior to the occurrence of an ACL injury. READ MORE

  5. 8. Essays on Interbank Markets

    Author : Vanessa Sternbeck Fryxell; Jens Josephson; Yves Zenou; Falko Fecht; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interbank markets; contagion; economics of networks; interbank reference rates; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of three self-contained chapters.Price Segmentation on the Interbank Market. Interbank markets are often characterized by a core-periphery structure. The core-banks may hold a favorable position in the short-term unsecured interbank market due to e. READ MORE

  6. 9. Deformation and martensitic phase transformation in stainless steels

    Author : Peter Hedström; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Engineering Materials; Materialteknik;

    Abstract : The use of high-energy synchrotron x-rays which has enabled three- dimensional structural characterization from the nano- to the macroscopic scale, and now to the meso-scale, such as individual grains and dislocation structures, is a major scientific advance. This is the first technique with sufficient spatial resolution and penetration power to probe the local structure embedded deep within the material. READ MORE