Search for dissertations about: "ORT"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the word ORT.
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1. Diarrhoeal diseases in low- and middle-income countries : trends, management and control
Abstract : Background: Diarrhoeal diseases constitute a major disease burden on children in low- and middle-income countries (LMC), with an estimated 2 million 0-4 years old dying annually due to diarrhoea. Dehydration is the main cause of these deaths. An oral remedy based on glucose and sodium to treat dehydration was developed in the 1960s. READ MORE
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2. Microbial Ecosystem Functions Along the Steep Oxygen Gradient of the Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea
Abstract : Through complex metabolic interactions aquatic microbial life is essential as a driver of ecosystem functions and hence a prerequisite for sustaining plant and animal life in the sea and on Earth. Despite its ecological importance, information on the complexity of microbial functions and how these are related to environmental conditions is limited. READ MORE
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3. On new homes and green lands : Three microeconometric essays as if urban costs and rural sustainability mattered
Abstract : This thesis is structured as a compendium of three self-contained articles, all single-authored. In the first paper, I analyze the effect of a mortgage cap, a policy implemented as a macroeconomic prudential measure by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority in 2010, on the likelihood of the young adult population purchasing a house in Sweden. READ MORE
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4. The Nuclear Waters of the Soviet Union : Hydro-Engineering and Technocratic Culture in the Nuclear Industry
Abstract : After the development of nuclear weapons, civil applications were seen as a way through which protagonists of Soviet modernity could embrace a new future, which Josephson called atomic-powered communism. Where hydro-powered communism had reached its boundaries, nuclear energy was to take over. READ MORE
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5. Revisorers perspektiv på revision : en fråga om att följa upptrampade stigar
Abstract : Trots den reglerade inramningen har det vid upprepade tillfällen visat sig att den redovisningsinformation som granskas av revisorer inte alltid är att lita på. Kritiken mot ansvariga revisorer har varit hård, inte minst till följd av att de som försetts med felaktiga beslutsunderlag har lidit ekonomisk skada. READ MORE