Search for dissertations about: "disposition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 116 swedish dissertations containing the word disposition.

2. 1. Measuring Health : On the Theoretical Foundations of Health Status Evaluations

   Author : Amanda Thorell; Sören Häggqvist; Richard Dawid; Elselijn Kingma; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; biostatistical theory; disease; disposition; efficiency; function; health; pathology; philosophy of medicine; physiology; reference class; filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis is about the notions of health and pathology in medical theory. I develop a theory, which defines ‘health’ and ‘pathology’ in a way that solves several problems with earlier suggestions of how to define these terms. I call the theory ‘the disposition profile efficiency theory’, abbreviated ‘the DPE-theory’. READ MORE

4. 2. Trusting and Taking Risks : a Philosophical Inquiry

   Author : Madeleine Hayenhjelm; Sven Ove Hansson; Johannes Persson; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; beliefs; comfortable defocusing; disposition; power; public trust; risk; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a philosophical contribution to the theories on trust and on risk communication. The importance of trust in risk communication has been argued for and empirically studied since the 80s. However, there is little agreement on the notion of trust and the precise function of trust. READ MORE

5. 3. Causal Facts

   Author : Johannes Persson; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; trope; disposition; causal explanation; causal law; Philosophical logic; counterfactual conditional; causal mechanism; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

   Abstract : The thesis addresses the nature of causation. It is argued that causation exists and is as local as its causes and effects. As a consequence, the position advocated is contrary to the as yet prevailing view that no 'causal tie' between cause and effect exists. Moreover, it is suggested that this tie can be perceived. READ MORE

6. 4. Belief & Desire : The Standard Model of Intentional Action — Critique and Defence

   Author : Björn Petersson; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; Systematic philosophy; Michael Smith; David Hume; Donald Davidson; akrasia; 2nd order desires; reasons; understandings; intention; propositional content; tendency; desire; disposition; belief-desire model; motivation; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

   Abstract : The scheme of concepts we employ in daily life to explain intentional behaviour form a belief-desire model (BD model), in which motivating states are sorted into two suitably broad categories. The BD model embeds a philosophy of action, i.e. READ MORE

7. 5. Hepatic Disposition of Drugs and the Utility of Mechanistic Modelling and Simulation

   Author : Erik Sjögren; Hans Lennernäs; Scott Obach; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hepatic disposition; pharmacokinetics; mechanistic modelling; drug-drug interactions; enzyme kinetics; Vmax; Km; CLint; carrier-mediated transport; active transport; modelling; in vitro-in vivo extrapolation; physiologically based pharmacokinetic model; optimal experimental design; experimental optimization; data analysis optimization; PHARMACY; FARMACI; Biopharmacy; Biofarmaci; Biopharmaceutics; Biofarmaci;

   Abstract : The elimination of drugs from the body is in many cases performed by the liver. Much could be gained if an accurate prediction of this process could be made early in the development of new drugs. However, for the elimination to occur, the drug molecule needs first to get inside the liver cell. READ MORE