Search for dissertations about: "appraisals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the word appraisals.

2. 1. When pain remains : Appraisals and adaptation

   Author : Hillevi Busch; Ulf Lundberg; Bo Melin; Steven Linton; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chronic pain; musculoskeletal disorders; appraisals; coping; cognitive avoidance; identity; cognitive bias; psychological defences; acceptance; sick absenteeism.; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : As the number one cause of sick absenteeism and disability pension, musculoskeletal pain is considered a major health problem in Sweden and many other industrialized countries. Medical findings are often insufficient to explain the pain’s intensity or duration, and psychological factors are known to be important in understanding the aetiology and maintenance of pain. READ MORE

4. 2. Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Tortured Refugees : Relationship to pain, cognitive impairments, and negative appraisals

   Author : Linda Nordin; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Refugees; torture; PTSD; pain; cognitive impairment; TBI;

   Abstract : Refugees, particularly those exposed to torture and other forms of organized violence, often experience a wide range of difficulties, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and somatic disturbances, particularly pain. Multimodal treatments have been developed to target this comorbidity in refugees, with evidence suggesting they are moderately effective. READ MORE

5. 3. Developing a framework for prevention of childhood burn in a low-income country perspective : epidemiological appraisals

   Author : Saidur Mashreky; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : burns;

   Abstract : Childhood burn is a major issue in children's health in Bangladesh however it was not studies and documented systematically earlier. A comprehensive prevention programme is necessary to address this child health issue. READ MORE

6. 4. Common Knowledge : lowland Maya urban farming at Xuch

   Author : Christian Isendahl; Luis Alberto Barba Pingarrón; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Ecological settlement archaeology; Maya; urbanism; agriculture; architecture; ceramics; geochemistry; vegetation; soils; archaeoclimatic modelling; Preclassic; Classic; Postclassic; Colonial; Xuch; Puuc; Campeche; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : During the second half of the first millennium AD, several large urban communities developed in the Puuc region of the northwest Yucatán Peninsula. Investigations of architecture and ceramics at Xuch provide a spatio-chronological framework demonstrating the rapid growth of an urban settlement culminating in the Terminal Classic, and its subsequent decline. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on lease and property valuation

   Author : Olof Netzell; Åke Gunnelin; Martin Hoesli; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rent; space syntax; valuation; index; real estate; accessibility; capitalisation rate; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The first two papers in this dissertation discuss a fairly recently developed research field, Space Syntax, and how the findings in this field may be used to understand spatial economic patterns such as geographic distribution of market rents. Both papers use standard econometric methods to investigate the relationship between rents and the so called integration value developed within Space Syntax. READ MORE