Search for dissertations about: "Post"

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2. 1. Issues of validity in longitudinal studies of youth tobacco use

   Author : Ann Post; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Cohort; validity; smoking; smokeless tobacco; adolescents; participation; consent; retrospective reports; nicotine dependence; attrition;

   Abstract : In the Stockholm region, a prospective longitudinal study: BROMS Cohort Study (Children s Smoking and Environment in the Stockholm County) was conducted between 1997 and 2005, with the primary aim to investigate determinants of adolescents´ tobacco use. It was based on a sample recruited in schools with junior high grades. READ MORE

4. 2. Macroeconomic imbalances and exchange rate regime shifts

   Author : Erik Post; Uppsala universitet; []
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5. 3. Nordic stakeholders and sustainable catering

   Author : Anna Post; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; food system; sustainable food; organic food; purchasers;

   Abstract : Sustainability deficits in modern food systems are widely reported and changes in food habits towards more sustainable eating patterns, including eating seasonal and locally produced food, have been suggested to minimise the environmental impact of food consumption and production. By means of national programmes and recommendations, the Nordic countries have taken the initiative for public catering to use local, organic and seasonal food in an attempt to create a healthier and more sustainable catering sector. READ MORE

6. 4. Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Exchange Rate Policy

   Author : Erik Post; Nils Gottfries; Annika Alexius; Kai Leitemo; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Social sciences; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Essay 1 (with Annika Alexius) uses a structural VAR model to study the role of floating exchange rates for five "small open economies" with inflation targets. We show that only in Sweden and Canada does the nominal exchange rate behave in a stabilizing way. Most exchange rate movements are responses to non-fundamental shocks. READ MORE

7. 5. Effects of farmland heterogeneity at multiple spatial and temporal scales on house sparrow (Passer domesticus) population ecology

   Author : Maria von Post; Biodiversitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Farmland heterogeneity; house sparrow; agricultural intensification; farm specialisation; landscape complementation; resource separation; population limitation;

   Abstract : Strong declines of European farmland birds in recent decades are assumed to be caused by decreased food availability resulting from agricultural intensification and concomitant loss of farmland heterogeneity. One of the species suffering particularly strong declines in NW European countries is the house sparrow. READ MORE