Search for dissertations about: "Invitation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the word Invitation.

  2. 6. Wild Enchantments in the Anthropocene : Exploring the Wild in Narratives, Practices and Place in Dark Green Spirituality

    Author : Ive Brissman; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Wild enchantments; Anthropocene; ecological self-awareness; negotiating baselines; dark green spirituality; rewilding; the wild mind; wild places; deep time; the eerie; ecological shadows; riddling power; wonder and wounds; making kin; the larger-than-human world;

    Abstract : This thesis is ta study of the intersection between dark green spirituality and the green movement in relation to climate change and ecological crisis, and it explores how some ecologically concerned people try to orientate themselves in facing the challenges and especially the role of spirituality in this context. The study is set in the period 2009–2015, and it is based in fieldwork conducted in Devon and Dartmoor, UK. READ MORE

  4. 7. Individualized prostate cancer testing : men's views on participation

    Author : Marie Koitsalu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men in the world and the fourth most common occurring cancer overall. However, because the harms from testing with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) are considered to outweigh the benefits, no governmental body has yet adopted a PSA-based screening program. READ MORE

  5. 8. Effects of Pre- and Postnatal Nutrition Interventions on Child Growth and Body Composition : The MINIMat Trial in Rural Bangladesh

    Author : Ashraful Islam Khan; Lars-Åke Persson; Elisabeth Forsum; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : body composition; child growth; exclusive breast feeding; food supplementation; multiple micronutrients; pregnancy; programming;

    Abstract : Nutritional insults and conditions in fetal life and infancy may influence later growth and body composition as well as the development of chronic diseases in adult life. We studied the effects of maternal food and micronutrient supplementation and exclusive breast-feeding counseling on offspring growth 0-54 months and body composition at 54 months of age. READ MORE

  6. 9. Treatment of BRCA1/2-associated breast cancer and identification of mutation carriers among breast cancer patients

    Author : Martin Nilsson; Tumörmikromiljö; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The general aim of the research presented in this thesis was to contribute to the understanding of how breast cancer patients with germline BRCA1/2 mutations should be treated medically and surgically, and furthermore, to characterize the limitations and strengths of different procedures for BRCA testing. In Paper I, the long-term prognosis was assessed in a cohort of early-onset breast cancer patients (n = 221). READ MORE

  7. 10. Designing Activity and Creating Experience : On People’s Play in Public places

    Author : Jon Back; Annika Waern; Barry Brown; Oskar Juhlin; Staffan Björk; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; game design; play; activity; experience; enjoyment; fun; människa-datorinteraktion; Human-machine interaction; Mobile Life; Mobile Life;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the design of play in public places; this can mean both pervasive games and other freer play activities. In these activities (as well as in many other game activities) the same game can spur many different ways to play it, and the same activity can be experienced differently by different players, and even differently on different occasions for the same player. READ MORE