Search for dissertations about: "Per Ruth"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Per Ruth.

  2. 1. Studies on the Determinants and Effects of Health, Inequality and Labour Supply: Micro and Macro Evidence

    Author : Ruth-Aïda Nahum; Thomas Lindh; Per-Anders Edin; Mårten Palme; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Economics; baby boom; child health; cohort effects; earnings profiles; income inequality; labour supply; liquidity constraint; panel data; psychosocial health; regional economic growth; sickness absence; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an introduction and four self-contained essays.Essay I (with Susanne Dahlberg) estimates cohort size effects on earnings profiles and further assesses whether these profiles are affected by the individuals' position in the baby boom. READ MORE

  4. 2. Protein Folding, Binding and Evolution : PDZ domains and paralemmins as model systems

    Author : Greta Hultqvist; Per Jemth; Ruth Nussinov; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Protein folding; evolution; binding; allostery; Paralemmin; PDZ domain;

    Abstract : Proteins present at the synapse need to be multitasking in order to perform all vital functions in this limited space. In this thesis I have analyzed the function and evolution of such proteins, focusing on the PDZ domain and the paralemmin family. The PDZ domains bind to a wide variety of interaction partners. READ MORE

  5. 3. Survival of the Tamest : The Domesticated Phenotype in Red Junglefowl Selected for Tameness

    Author : Rebecca Katajamaa; Per Jensen; Dominic Wright; Ruth C. Newberry; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; domestication; chicken; red junglefowl; tameness; brain size; behaviour; cognition; body size;

    Abstract : Early animal domestication was probably associated with reduced fear of humans. Domestication is a process in which animals adapt to humans and the captive environment provided by humans. Selection on tameness as the only trait has previously been found to generate changes in other phenotypes in different animal species. READ MORE

  6. 4. Costs and Benefits of Delegation : Managerial Discretion as a Bridge between Strategic Management and Corporate Governance

    Author : Yuliya Ponomareva; Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin; Ruth Aguilera; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Managerial discretion; board of directors; agency theory; delegation; control; transition economy; Sweden; Ekonomistyrning; Ekonomistyrning;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of effective delegation, exploring it through the concept of managerial discretion (i.e., a latitude of managerial actions, which lie in the zone of shareholders’ acceptance). READ MORE

  7. 5. Identification of downstream targets of Alk signaling in Drosophila melanogaster

    Author : Gaurav Varshney; Ruth Palmer; Udo Hacker; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Drosophila; Alk; Jeb; visceral muscles; somatic muscles; Delilah; Goliath; Hand; Molecular biology; Molekylärbiologi;

    Abstract : The Drosophila gene Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (Alk) is homologous to mammalian ALK, a member of the Alk/Ltk family of receptor tyrosine kinases. In Drosophila Alk is crucial for development of the embryonic visceral mesoderm, where it is the receptor for Jelly Belly (Jeb) ligand. READ MORE