Search for dissertations about: "Portugal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 swedish dissertations containing the word Portugal.

  2. 1. Exploring Yeast as a Cell Factory for the Production of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives

    Author : Diogo Portugal-Nunes; Teknisk mikrobiologi; []
    Keywords : Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Poly-3-D-hydroxybutyrate PHB ; Carboxylic acids; Alpha-ketoglutarate AKG ; Xylose assimilation; Weimberg pathway;

    Abstract : Baker’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is a promising cell factory for the sustainable utilization of renewable resources for the formation of products with commercial value. Among these, poly-3-D-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is an extensively studied biopolymer naturally accumulated in some bacteria and archaea species through the formation of carbon granules. READ MORE

  4. 2. Energy Transitions, Economic Growth and Structural Change: Portugal in a Long-run Comparative Perspective

    Author : Sofia Henriques; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy; natural resources; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Portugal; industrialization; service transition; structural change; electrification; XIX and XX centuries.;

    Abstract : This book analyses, in an international comparative context, Portugal´s energy transition from organic sources to fossil fuels in the period 1856-2006. It investigates the role that energy played in the industrialization of the country and how the relationship between energy and economic growth changed with the transition from an industrial to a service society. READ MORE

  5. 3. Studying prevalence using capture-recapture methods : visual impairment in Portugal

    Author : Pedro Lima Ramos; António Filipe Macedo; Ines Sousa; Amândio Rocha Sousa; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Optometry; Optometri;

    Abstract : Visual impairment (VI) due to eye diseases remains a significant healthproblem worldwide and, also, in Europe. There are an estimated 15 million peoplesuffering from moderate or severe visual impairment in Western Europe. READ MORE

  6. 4. Feminine Matters. Women’s Religious Practices in a Portuguese Town

    Author : Lena Gemzöe; Jill Dubisch; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; religion; Portugal; Mary; death; women s religious practice; mothering; material culture;

    Abstract : This book explores the religious lives of Catholic women in Vila Branca (a pseudonym), a small town on the north coast of Portugal. The study deals with various facets of Catholic religious life, such as the cult of the saints and the Virgin Mary; death-related practices; the material culture of Catholicism; pilgrimage journeys; and the ambiguous relationship between women and priests. READ MORE

  7. 5. Educational reform under political transition : a study of change in Portuguese education in the 1970's

    Author : Maria Emília Catela; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Utbildningspolitik; Utbildningsreformer; Skolan; Matematik; Prestation; Portugal;

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