Search for dissertations about: "Michael White"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Michael White.

2. 1. Striving against adversity. : the dynamics of migration, health and poverty in rural South Africa

   Author : Mark A Collinson; Peter Byass; Gunnar Malmberg; Kathleen Kahn; Michael White; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; migration; temporary migration; permanent migration; refugee settlement; socioeconomic status; HIV transmission; adult mortality; child mortaality; returning to die; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Abstract :  Background: The study is based in post-apartheid South Africa and looks at the health and well being of households in the rural northeast. Temporary migration remains important in South Africa because it functions as a mainstay for income and even survival of rural communities. READ MORE

4. 2. Cerebral white matter changes in patients with cognitive impairment - clinical and pathophysiological aspects

   Author : Michael Jonsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; white matter changes; vascular factors; cognitive impairment; neuropsychiatric symptoms; cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers; demyelination; axonal degeneration;

   Abstract : Cerebral white matter changes (WMC), detected with computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), represent a common condition in elderly people. However, the prognostic, symptomatological and biochemical constituents of WMC are only partially known. READ MORE

5. 3. Quantitative MRI Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis

   Author : Michael Platten; Tobias Granberg; Chunliang Wang; Fredrik Piehl; Sara Shams; Mattias Vågberg; KTH; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Machine learning; Multiple sclerosis; Corpus callosum; Neurodegeneration; Medical Technology; Medicinsk teknologi;

   Abstract : Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease that targets myelin in the brain and spinal cord. The corpus callosum connects the cerebral hemispheres and is composed of heavily myelinated axons. READ MORE

6. 4. Development of income following sickness absence from the workplace or long-term unemployment, and among individuals with multiple sclerosis

   Author : Michael Wiberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge of how reduced work capacity due to morbidity is associated with subsequent individual economic outcomes and how different components of the Swedish welfare system were used to cover individual economic loss. This was investigated in four empirical studies using population-based Swedish register data for individuals in working ages in the time period 1995 to 2011. READ MORE

7. 5. Subcultures and Small Groups : A Social Movement Theory Approach

   Author : Ugo Corte; Mats Franzén; Michael Allvin; Adrienne Sörbom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theoretical extension; White Power music; BMX; commercialization; creativity; collaborative circles; right-wing extremism; lifestyle sports; small groups; subcultures; social movement; ethnography; social psychology; mobilization; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This dissertation uses social movement theory to analyze the emergence, activities and development of subcultures and small groups. The manuscript is comprised of an Introduction followed by three journal articles and one book chapter. READ MORE