Search for dissertations about: "SEP"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the word SEP.
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1. Knowledge, Value and Personal experience : Upper secondary students' resources of supporting reasons when arguing socioscientific issues
Abstract : This thesis focuses on upper secondary students’ use of resources in their supporting reasons when arguing socioscientific issues (SSIs). The skills of argumentation have been emphasized in science education during the past decades and SSIs are proven a good context for learners to enhance skills of argumentation and achieve the goal of scientific literacy. READ MORE
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2. Safe drinking water in a changing environment : Membrane filtration in a Swedish context
Abstract : Surface water is vital for Swedish drinking water supply. In the past decades, a trend of increased total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations has led to higher consumption of coagulants in drinking water treatment, and has pushed the levels in the outgoing water closer to the allowed levels of TOC. READ MORE
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3. Selenoprotein P. Nutritional and clinical aspects
Abstract : In this thesis, the nutritional regulation and clinical significance of selenoprotein P (SeP) in human plasma of healthy and diseased subjects was investigated. For the analysis of SeP, a radioimmunoassay was developed using polyclonal antibodies. READ MORE
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4. Epidemiological studies on socioeconomic inequalities and cardiovascular disease : prevention, progression and prognosis
Abstract : Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for 30% of global mortality and is the most common cause of death in the world. Population-wide prevention strategies as well as healthcare interventions have led to a decrease in CVD incidence and mortality. READ MORE
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5. Early life determinants of socioeconomic and health inequalities : life course studies within and across generations
Abstract : The role of the early life social and maternal environments in the production of health inequalities was widely documented in the past few decades but the underlying mechanisms were often subject to suboptimal analytic practices. The developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) paradigm came with a promise to better document the early life programming of adult diseases, with an emphasis on the postnatal modifiers of prenatal influences. READ MORE