Search for dissertations about: "Sierra"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word Sierra.

  2. 1. Novel epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects of the metabolic syndrome

    Author : Justo Sierra-Johnson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors that increase risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Its prevalence continues to rise worldwide and it is becoming a public health burden. The aim of my thesis was to help elucidate some of the epidemiologic and mechanistic aspects behind the metabolic syndrome. READ MORE

  4. 2. Giardiasis in Leon, Nicaragua : prevalence and protection

    Author : Aleyda Téllez Sierra; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Giardia intestinalis is endemic in Nicaragua and affects children early in their lives. Infected individuals may be asymptomatic or suffer from acute or chronic diarrhea, malabsorption and weight loss. The prevalence of Giardia intestinalis infection in the population of León-Nicaragua was investigated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Dividing the Indivisible : Algorithms, Empirical Advances, and Complexity Results for Value-Maximizing Combinatorial Assignment Problems

    Author : Fredrik Präntare; Fredrik Heintz; Patrick Doherty; Carles Sierra; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Allocating resources, goods, agents (e.g., humans), expertise, production, and assets is one of the most influential and enduring cornerstone challenges at the intersection of artificial intelligence, operations research, politics, and economics. READ MORE

  6. 4. Being a Bush Wife : Women's Lives Through War and Peace in Northern Sierra Leone

    Author : Chris Coulter; Eva Evers Rosander; Lars Hagborg; Rosalind Shaw; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Cultural anthropology; Sierra Leone; anthropology; war; rebel movements; female fighters; bush wives; women; rape; gender; experience; narratives; livelihood; demobilization; morality; reconciliation; Kuranko; Kulturantropologi;

    Abstract : This study is about young Sierra Leonean women’s wartime and post-war experiences and the social processes involved in shaping both these experiences and the way they were articulated through war and peace. During the course of the Sierra Leone war (1991–2002), many thousands of girls and women were abducted from their homes by rebels or other fighters. READ MORE

  7. 5. A Black Utopia? Social Stratification in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Sierra Leone

    Author : Stefania Galli; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Stratification; Institutions; Ideals; Colonialism; Africa; Sierra Leone; West Africa; Slave trade; Egalitarianism; Settler colony; Inequality; Wealth; Marriage; Socio-economic status;

    Abstract : In the present dissertation, social stratification in colonial Sierra Leone is discussed, with the aim of providing novel evidence on the association between ideals, institutions and inequality. The case study of Sierra Leone is valuable for it allows to examine social stratification in an alleged egalitarian context. READ MORE