Search for dissertations about: "Opportunity for selection"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 69 swedish dissertations containing the words Opportunity for selection.

2. 1. Opportunity for natural selection in Sweden : a study of childhood mortality and differential reproductivity

   Author : Helen M. E. Hed; Marianne Rasmuson; Aldur Eriksson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Opportunity for selection; Crow s index; Demography; Sweden; 1600-1980; Mortality; Fertility; genetik; Genetics;

   Abstract : Opportunity for natural selection in human populations has so far mainly been studied on anthropological data for tribal populations or on census data for nations. The present study is mainly based on data on individual lifehistories but also, for part of the longitudinal study, on census data. READ MORE

4. 2. Equality of opportunity, heterogeneity and poverty

   Author : William Nilsson; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Tomas Sjögren; Anders Björklund; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Equality of opportunity; Semiparametric; Poverty; Heterogeneity; State dependence; Twins; Unemployment; Divorce; Spousal response; Selection; Panel data; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Abstract : Paper [I] studies equality of opportunity in Sweden. The distinction between circumstances that constrain an individual’s opportunities and the individual choices also affecting a particular outcome is the main idea of theories of equality of opportunity. READ MORE

5. 3. Noise Handling For Improving Machine Learning-Based Test Case Selection

   Author : Khaled Al-Sabbagh; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Test Case Selection; Continuous Integration; Machine Learning; Textual Analysis;

   Abstract : Background: Continuous integration is a modern software engineering practice that promotes rapid integration and testing of code changes as soon as they get committed to the project repository. One challenge in adopting this practice lies in the long time required for executing all available test cases to perform regression testing. READ MORE

6. 4. Comparative Studies of Vocational Education and Training

   Author : Hrvoje Kap; Ola Sjöberg; Christian Helms Jørgensen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vocational education and training; educational programme; comparative; life chances; rights; contracts; opportunity; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of an introduction and three studies, which are comparative sociological and institutional analyses of a number of countries' publicly regulated vocational education and training systems at upper secondary and post-secondary level. Official regulation of programme content and curricula - the main empirical material - is interpreted, and focus is directed on aspects which distinguish between, among others, general and vocational elements of teaching, learning and training. READ MORE

7. 5. Detecting Signatures of Selection within the Dog Genome

   Author : Abhirami Ratnakumar; Matthew Webster; Kerstin Lindblad-Toh; Greg Barsh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; dog; evolution; domestication; PRDM9; recombination; positive selection; selective sweep;

   Abstract : Deciphering the genetic basis of phenotypic diversity is one of the central aims of biological research. Domestic animals provide a unique opportunity for making substantial progress towards this goal. READ MORE