Search for dissertations about: "birth order"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 225 swedish dissertations containing the words birth order.

  2. 6. Effects of family configuration on cognitive functions and health across the adult life span

    Author : Sara Holmgren; Bo Molander; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Annika Melinder; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sibship size; birth order; intelligence; executive functioning; episodic memory; health; diseases; adulthood; old; Psychology; Psykologi;

    Abstract : This thesis examines whether childhood family configuration influences performance on cognitive functions and health in adulthood and old age. All studies examined participants in the Betula Prospective Cohort Study aged 35 to 85 years (Nilsson et al., 1997). READ MORE

  4. 7. Infectious and inflammatory mechanisms in preterm birth and cerebral palsy

    Author : Bo Jacobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; preterm birth; preterm labor; preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; intra-uterine infection; intra-amniotic inflammation; interleukin-6; interleukin-8; interleukin-18; monocyte chemotactic protein-1; cerebral palsy; antenatal risk factors; chorioamnionitis.;

    Abstract : Background: International studies of women in preterm labor (PTL) and preterm pre-labor rupture of the membranes (pPROM) have shown a significant association between microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC), some cytokines and chemokines and preterm birth (PTB). These studies have been performed in countries with higher incidence of PTB than that in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 8. Individual Preferences, Choices, and Risk Perceptions - survey based evidence

    Author : Elina Lampi; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; administrators; aircraft; airports; birth order; choice experiment; citizens; environmental policy; female infertility; free entrance; general risk; health care; information; media; museum; natural experiment; noise; only-child; optimistic bias; personal risk; positional concern; relative income; siblings; stated preferences; visitor composition.;

    Abstract : Paper 1 investigates how birth order and having siblings affect positional concerns in terms of success at work and of income. We find that only-children are the most positional, but that number of siblings increases the concern for their position among those who grew up together with siblings. READ MORE

  6. 9. Surrogacy Arrangements and Legal Parenthood : Swedish Law in a Comparative Context

    Author : Jane Stoll; Anna Singer; Elisabeth Rynning; Julie McCandless; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; surrogacy; surrogate motherhood; surrogacy arrangements; surrogacy and parenthood; parenthood; parentage; legal parenthood; legal parentage; establishing paternity; establishing maternity; parental order; parentage order; Sweden; England and Wales; Israel; surrogat; surrogatmamma; surrogatmoderskap; surrogatmödraskap; surrogatmor; surrogatarrangemang; föräldraskap; faderskap; moderskap; Civil Law; Civilrätt; Rättsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Surrogacy arrangements have become an increasingly popular way for childless people to build a family. Yet many jurisdictions do not regulate surrogacy. READ MORE

  7. 10. The birth of the hydrogenase : Studying the mechanism of [FeFe] hydrogenase maturation

    Author : Brigitta Németh; Gustav Berggren; Ann Magnuson; Mohamed Atta; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HydF; HydA; [FeFe] hydrogenase maturation; semi-synthetic enzymes; Biokemi; Biochemistry;

    Abstract : The [FeFe] hydrogenases are ancient metalloenzymes that catalyse the reversible interconversion between protons, electrons and molecular hydrogen. Despite the large structural variability within the [FeFe] hydrogenase family, the active site, the so called “H-cluster” is present in every representative. READ MORE