Search for dissertations about: "city centers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words city centers.

  2. 1. Feasibility of HVDC for city infeed

    Author : Paulo Fischer de Toledo; KTH; []
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    Abstract : It is well recognized that direct current and direct voltageoffer special advantages for both land and sea cable systems,both with regard to power transmission capability, losses, aswell as possible transmission length due to no capacitivecurrents. As cable systems were used very early in largecities, one of the first applications considered for HVDC wasto use it for city infeed and some schemes were also built. READ MORE

  4. 2. Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Malmö, Sweden. Aspects of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Genetics

    Author : Percy Nilsson Wimar; Preventiv pediatrik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicine human and vertebrates ; Day-care centers; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Penicillin-nonsusceptible; Medicin människa och djur ;

    Abstract : S. pneumoniae is a major cause of common diseases such as acute otitis media and pneumonia, as well as more serious illnesses like septicemia and meningitis. The increasing level of resistance in pneumococci threatens to change the tradition of treating common respiratory infections with narrow-spectrum penicillin. READ MORE

  5. 3. Planting to feed the city? : Agricultural production, food security and multi-spatial livelihoods among urban households in Ghana

    Author : Hayford Mensah Ayerakwa; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urban agriculture; Rural agriculture; Own food production; Food security; Food transfer receipts; Ghana;

    Abstract : The 2010 population and housing census in Ghana revealed that more than half of the Ghanaian population lived in urban centers. Critical to the phenomenon of urbanization is the question of how to sustainably feed the urban population especially the urban poor as rapid urbanization has the tendency to urbanize poverty. READ MORE

  6. 4. Space wars and the new urban imperialism

    Author : Anders Lund Hansen; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; walking in the city; Social sciences; social change; new urban imperialism; urban governance; film; globalization; Space wars; Samhällsvetenskaper;

    Abstract : The dissertation analyzes recent urban transformations through the lens of space wars. The main focus is on investment flows in the commercial property market, changes in urban governance and changes in social geography, and how these three aspects are related. READ MORE

  7. 5. Early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy by mass examinations in primary health care

    Author : Lars B Bäcklund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : amaurosis - amine oxidase copper-containing - benzylamine - blindness - diabetes mellitus complications - diabetic retinopathy - Estonia - HbA1c - he services - services research - hemoglobin A; glycosylated - incidence - mass screening - methylamine - photo graphy - physicians; family - prevalence - population - primary health care - prospective studies - registries - rehabilitation centers - semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase SSAO -Sweden - vascular adhesion protein- I - vision screening - vision; subnormal - visual acuity;

    Abstract : The general objective of this thesis was to describe a system for fundus photography for early diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy, performed by mobile teams visiting primary health care centres in Stockholm County. Large-scale implementation showed this method to be feasible, acceptable, and popular. READ MORE