Search for dissertations about: "change across time"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 355 swedish dissertations containing the words change across time.
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16. Questioning the Self-Evident : A Rhetorical Psychological Approach to Reflections, Judgments, and Justifications of Organisational Decisions
Abstract : This doctoral thesis presents a rhetorical psychological approach to study mental actions. The approach is based on the assumptions of the historical and situational nature of thinking and judgements. When expressing thoughts, opinions, and judgments language is used as a tool for action. READ MORE
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17. Criminal Careers in the Long Run : Patterns and Predictions of Criminal Convictions across Age, Time, and Gender
Abstract : Why is it that a small proportion of the population accounts for the majority of crime? This question has stimulated a great deal of theoretical and methodological controversy in criminology. In essence, the debate is rooted in different theoretical underpinnings of continuity and change in crime, and the extent to which it is possible to foresee a life of crime by zeroing in on at-risk juvenile offenders. READ MORE
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18. Resilience and stability of freshwater invertebrate communities across space and time
Abstract : Understanding ecosystem response to environmental change is one of the biggest challenges in ecology. Studies of the biological factors and environmental drivers underpinning change in communities through space and time are essential for predicting responses to increasing anthropogenic pressures on ecosystems. READ MORE
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19. Drivers of Climate Change? Political and Economic Explanations of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Abstract : This PhD dissertation examines if social scientific theories can explain historical trajectories of greenhouse gas emissions. The manuscript includes an introductory chapter and four articles that consider annual emissions in countries across the world, during the time-period 1960-2014. READ MORE
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20. Wild bees in agricultural landscapes: Modelling land use and climate effects across space and time
Abstract : Wild bees are declining in many parts of the world, which poses a risk for crop pollination and ecosystem health. Land use and climate change are two of the main drivers of the decline, and understanding the interactive effects of these two drivers and wild bees is very important to be able to develop proper responses and mitigate future negative effects. READ MORE