Search for dissertations about: "Patrik Löfgren"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Patrik Löfgren.

  2. 1. Studies on fat cell function in human obesity and insulin resistance

    Author : Patrik Löfgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Fat cell; lipolysis; lipogenesis; leptin; obesity; perilipin; polymorphism; post-obese; TNF-alpha; weightreduction.;

    Abstract : Enlarged fat cells, due to excess tri-glyceride (TG) stores with increased basal lipolysis (TG breakdown) and blunted action of the major regulatory hormones of fat cell metabolism (catecholamines and insulin) are hallmarks of common obesity in humans. It is, however, not known whether these aberrations are caused by obesity per se or is a consequence of obesity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Interpretive Skepticism : Stanley Cavell, New Criticism, and Literary Interpretation

    Author : Ingeborg Löfgren; Torsten Pettersson; Patrik Mehrens; Niklas Forsberg; Toril Moi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interpretive skepticism; aesthetic skepticism; poetic skepticism; literary interpretation; interpretive theory; skepticism; Stanley Cavell; New Criticism; Cleanth Brooks; Monroe C. Beardsley; fraudulence; modernism; escape to theory; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores and analyzes interpretive skepticism in literary theory. It argues that traditional interpretive theories and debates often harbor unacknowledged forms of skeptical thinking and arguments. As these forms of skepticism are seldom recognized as skepticism, the problem tends to remain hidden and unresolved. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on growth and environment

    Author : Catia Cialani; Thomas Aronsson; Karl-Gustaf Löfgren; Patrik Söderholm; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; genuine saving; welfare change; taxation; per capita GDP; per capita CO2; international trade; net migration; unemployment; growth; inequality.; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis; Komplexa system - mikrodataanalys;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of a summary and four self-contained papers.Paper [I] Following the 1987 report by The World Commission on Environment and Development, the genuine saving has come to play a key role in the context of sustainable development, and the World Bank regularly publishes numbers for genuine saving on a national basis. READ MORE