Search for dissertations about: "SCOT"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word SCOT.
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1. Glucose and ketone body metabolism : with emphasis on ketotic hypoglycemia
Abstract : Idiopathic ketotic hypoglycemia is characterized by hypoglycemia and elevated levels of ketone bodies (beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate) during fasting. The affected children are otherwise healthy and they usually present with the condition before 5 years of age. READ MORE
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2. Miljörörelsen, Volvo och bilismen : en jämförande studie med inriktning på social och teknisk förändring av hur tre svenska miljöorganisationer vill lösa bilismens miljöproblem och hur biltillverkaren Volvo vill lösa dem
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3. Functional and genetic studies in type 2 diabetes and obesity
Abstract : Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are highly prevalent disorders reflecting a complex interplay of genetics, epigenetics, and environment. They constitute serious health problems and lead to significant morbidity and mortality. READ MORE
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4. Sociotechnical Knowledge. An Operationalised Approach to Localised Infrastructure Planning and Sustainable Urban Development
Abstract : In processes of urban infrastructural reconfiguration, there is a counterproductive tension between tendencies of de-monopolisation and market liberalisation, on the one hand, and ambitions for sustainable urban development, drawing on Keynesian reformism and ecological modernisation, on the other. In this thesis, the aim is to overcome this tension and to facilitate a concrete operationalisation of the notion &'sustainable urban development' within concrete and localised processes of planning, design, decision-making and implementation. READ MORE
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5. How could Christmas trees remain evergreen? : photosynthetic acclimation of Scots pine and Norway spruce needles during winter
Abstract : Plants and other green organisms harvest sunlight by green chlorophyll pigments and covertit to chemical energy (sugars) and oxygen in a process called photosynthesis providing the foundation for life on Earth. Although it is unanimously believed that oceanic phytoplanktons are the main contributors to the global photosynthesis, the contribution of coniferous boreal forests distributed across vast regions of the northern hemisphere cannot be undermined. READ MORE