Search for dissertations about: "Hildur"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word Hildur.

  1. 1. Imaging of soft tissue tumors

    Author : Hildur Einarsdóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The aim of this project on soft tissue tumors, was to evaluate existing imaging methods and test new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) sequences for diagnosis and assessment of cytotoxic therapy and to relate the imaging studies to cytology to explore the limitations of each procedure. Patients and method: The studies were based on patients with a soft tissue lesion diagnosed and treated at the Orthopedic Tumor Service at the Karolinska Hospital 1990-2003. READ MORE

  2. 2. Decentring Criminal Law : Understandings of Justice by Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence and their Implications for Different Justice Strategies

    Author : Hildur Fjola Antonsdottir; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sexual violence; victim-survivors; justice; Parity of participation; Nordic law; procedural justice; compensation; space;

    Abstract : The compilation dissertation is shaped by the ambition of Critical Theory, which is to imagine an alternative and emancipatory political reality to the status quo, where people who have been subjected to sexual violence are recognised and enjoy parity of participation in social life. More specifically, it aims to understand how victim-survivors of sexual violence in Iceland perceive, experience, and understand justice; and how, in a Nordic socio-legal context, this knowledge can be used to expand and develop strategies which are capable of meeting the justice interests of victim-survivors within and outside of the criminal justice system. READ MORE

  3. 3. Cancer risks and prognosis in familial melanoma kindreds

    Author : Hildur Björg Helgadóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Malignant melanoma of the skin is one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in many western countries, including Sweden. This incidence rise is mainly attributed to sun-seeking habits with increased intermittent UVR exposure, a major risk factor for melanoma. READ MORE

  4. 4. The structure of knowing : Existential trust as an epistemological category

    Author : Hildur Kalman; Martin Edman; Ulla M. Holm; Ingvar Johansson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; lived body; knowing; existential trust; tacit knowing; Pkolanyi; subsidiary awareness; experience; gender; epistemology; from-to structure; agency;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the structure of knowing, and it argues that existential trust is an epistemological category.The aim of the dissertation is to develop a view according to which all human activity is seen as an activity of a lived body, and in which the understanding of the structure of such activity is regarded as central for the solution even of epistemological problems. READ MORE

  5. 5. Macroscopic Modeling of Metabolic Reaction Networks and Dynamic Identification of Elementary Flux Modes by Column Generation

    Author : Hildur Æsa Oddsdóttir; Anders Forsgren; Bernhard Palsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Metabolic Network; Optimization; Robust Optimization; Least-squares; Column Generation; Modeling; Algorithm; Elementary Flux Mode; Metabolic Flux Analysis; Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell; Amino Acid Metabolism; Tillämpad matematik och beräkningsmatematik; Applied and Computational Mathematics;

    Abstract : In this work an intersection between optimization methods and animal cell culture modeling is considered. We present optimization based methods for analyzing and building models of cell culture; models that could be used when designing the environment cells are cultivated in, i.e., medium. READ MORE