Search for dissertations about: "University of Virginia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words University of Virginia.

2. 1. Outer membrane proteins of Yersinia pestis : Ail and OmpA

   Author : Sara Celinda Schesser Bartra; Hans Wolf-Watz; Virginia Miller; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Yersinia pestis; outer membrane proteins; Ail; ompA; Microbiology; immunology; infectious diseases; Mikrobiologi; immunologi; infektionssjukdomar; immunologi; Immunology; mikrobiologi; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; infektionssjukdomar;

   Abstract : A vast number of studies have been completed on the virulence determinants of Yersinia spp.; however, the focus of many of these studies has been on the virulence plasmid and the plasmid-encoded Type three secretion system. Nevertheless, many chromosomal genes whose products are directly involved in virulence have also been identified. READ MORE

4. 2. Safety and efficacy of oral care for intubated neuroscience intensive care unit patients

   Author : Virginia Prendergast; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Oral hygiene; Tooth Brushing; RCT; Nursing Care; Critical Care;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this research was to investigate the safety of oral care in terms of intracranial dynamics and changes in oral health during intubation and 48 hours after extubation among neuroscience intensive care unit (NICU) patients. Additional aims included comparison of a comprehensive oral care protocol (i.e. READ MORE

5. 3. The interplay of roles and routines : situating, patterning, and performances in the emergency department

   Author : Virginia Rosales; Mattias Jacobsson; Anette Hallin; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roles; routines; scripted; unscripted; patterns; situating; performing; patterning; emergency department; organizational ethnography;

   Abstract : This thesis took its point of departure in the lack of research regarding the intricate and important relationship between roles and routines. With roles and routines providing individuals with enough discretion to accomplish work while ensuring consistency, the overall research question posed was: how do roles and routines interplay to enable flexible performances? This question was operationalized through three sub questions: (1) why are roles and routines flexible, (2) how do roles and routines interplay, and (3) what contextual aspects influence which patterns come into play? The purpose was to increase the understanding of the interplay of roles and routines in organizations. READ MORE

6. 4. Private need, public order : Urban sanitation in late medieval England and Scandinavia

   Author : Dolly Jørgensen; University of Virginia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Teknikhistoria; History of Technology;

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7. 5. Essays on Monetary Policy and Asset Markets

   Author : Virginia Queijo von Heideken; Torsten Persson; Jon Faust; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Monetary policy; DSGE models; long-term interest rates; financial frictions; house prices; Bayesian estimation; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of three essays on monetary policy and asset markets.“Monetary Policy Regimes and the Volatility of Long-Term Interest Rates” addresses two questions that have been studied separately in the literature. First, the paper aims at explaining the high volatility of long-term interest rates observed in the data. READ MORE