Search for dissertations about: "early life"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 1730 swedish dissertations containing the words early life.

  2. 6. Tomorrow is yesterday: early-life conditions shape ectotherm life histories

    Author : Alexander Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; life history; ectotherm; temperature; development; sex; telomere; senescence;

    Abstract : Life history theory seeks to explain the overwhelming diversity of resource allocation strategies in nature by exploring how evolutionary forces optimise survival and reproduction within an organism’s environment. Central to this theory is that resources are finite, and thus increased investment into one trait may reduce resources available for another trait. READ MORE

  4. 7. Overweight and Obesity in Preschool Children : Early Risk Factors and Early Identification

    Author : Annelie Lindholm; Stefan Bergman; Gerd Almquist-Tangen; Carin Nyman; Ann Bremander; Kim Fleischer Michaelsen; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; abdominal adiposity; adiposity rebound; body mass index; childhood obesity; childhood overweight; early growth patterns; infancy peak; preschool children; waist-to-height ratio;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity in children has reached epidemic proportions in recent decades, and even the youngest age groups are affected. Excess weight during childhood often follows the child into adulthood and is associated with diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. READ MORE

  5. 8. Thinking the Bronze Age : Life and Death in Early Helladic Greece

    Author : Erika Weiberg; Gullög Nordquist; Cyprian Broodbank; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Classical archaeology and ancient history; prehistoric Greece; Early Helladic; social space; embodiment; mortuary practices; the past in the past; Lerna; Aghios Kosmas; Tsepi; Manika; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Abstract : This is a study about life and death in prehistory, based on the material remains from the Early Bronze Age on the Greek mainland (c. 3100-2000 BC). It deals with the settings of daily life in the Early Helladic period, and the lives and experiences of people within it. READ MORE

  6. 9. Lin28b regulation of early-life B lymphopoiesis. A model system to study how self-reactive B cells develop in early life

    Author : Hugo Åkerstrand; Avdelningen för molekylär hematologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Lin28b; Developmental Immunology; B-1 B cells; Self-reactivity; B cell development; Early-life;

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  7. 10. Adolescent behavior : Links to early-life stress and alcohol in male and female rats

    Author : Stina Lundberg; Erika Roman; Ingrid Nylander; Heidi MB Lesscher; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Adolescence; alcohol exposure; behavior; corticosterone; dynorphin; early life; endogenous opioid peptides; Met-enkephalin-Arg6Phe7 MEAP ; individual differences; multivariate concentric square field MCSF ; phenotyping; radioimmunoassay; selective breeding for alcohol consumption; voluntary alcohol intake; Farmaceutisk vetenskap; Pharmaceutical Science;

    Abstract : Adolescence is an important developmental phase with large changes in behavior, physiology and neurobiology, which transform an individual from immature child to independent adult. Due to these changes, adolescence is a sensitive period for exposure to environmental factors such as stress and drug exposure; it is also a common age of onset for alcohol consumption as well as several psychiatric disorders. READ MORE