Search for dissertations about: "Karin Lundberg"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Karin Lundberg.

2. 1. Arthritogenic and immunogenic properties of modified autoantigens

   Author : Karin Lundberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Post-translational modifications; pH; chlorination; citrullination; CII; CIA; RA;

   Abstract : Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory joint disorder with autoimmune features in which both genetic and environmental factors are potential contributors to the arthritogenic process. In this thesis work we aimed to increase the understanding of early pathogenic events underlying the development of this complex disease by investigating the arthritogenic and immunogenic properties of modified autoantigens in experimental settings as well as in RA patients. READ MORE

4. 2. Sensing Traditional Music Through Sweden's Zorn Badge : Precarious Musical Value and Ritual Orientation

   Author : Karin Eriksson; Lars Berglund; Dan Lundberg; Rachel Beckles Willson; Martin Stokes; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : traditional music; Sweden; folk music; music auditions; ritual; orientation; sensory ethnography; ethnomusicology; Musicology; Musikvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the multiple and contested spaces of belonging that may be evoked by ritualised musical performance. It makes an ethnographic case study of the Zorn Badge Auditions in Sweden, in which musicians play before a jury in the hope of being awarded a Zorn Badge and a prestigious but also contested title: Riksspelman. READ MORE

5. 3. Sceletal muscle characteristics and physical activity patterns in COPD

   Author : Gabriella Eliason; Karin Phiel Aulin; Lundberg Ingrid; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; COPD; muscle morphology; muscle fibre distribution; muscle capillarization; physical activity; von Hippel-Lindau protein; exercise capacity; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; Sports; Idrott; Idrottsvetenskap; Sports Science;

   Abstract : Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Besides abnormities within the respiratory system COPD is also associated with effects outside the lungs, so called systemic effects. READ MORE

6. 4. Children at the Borders

   Author : Jonathan Josefsson; Karin Zetterqvist Nelson; Göran Collste; Anna Lundberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; Asylum; children’s rights; citizenship; right claims; socio-political practice; borders; migration; Barn; asyl; barns rättigheter; medborgarskap; rättighetsanspråk; socio-politisk praktik; gränser; migration;

   Abstract : In the wake of a steady flow of child migrants attempting to cross borders and states’ efforts to restrict immigration, various public controversies have arisen about the rights of asylum-seeking children. The ‘moral gap’ between the outcome of democratically enacted laws and the aim of controlling immigration, on the one hand, and public calls to protect the universal rights of asylum seeking children, on the other, have created a political challenge for Western democracies. READ MORE

7. 5. Children's lived rights : The everyday politics of asylum-seeking children

   Author : Sandra Karlsson; Karin Aronsson; Mats Trondman; Nihad Bunar; Anna Lundberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; everyday politics; asylum politics; deportability; no-go zones; lived rights; lived fears; politics of play; agency; navigation; play tactics; belonging; emotions; articulations; standpoints; home; regulations; ethnography; children’s geographies; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

   Abstract : This thesis explores asylum-seeking children’s everyday politics in relation to their situation in the Swedish reception system. It engages in a theorization of children’s political agency in which a broad definition of politics is adopted to examine and acknowledge the politics embedded in children’s everyday spaces and children’s everyday actions. READ MORE