Search for dissertations about: "explanatory models"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 101 swedish dissertations containing the words explanatory models.

  2. 1. Cultural explanatory models of depression i Uganda

    Author : Elialilia Sarikiaeli Okello; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Depression; depression subtype; psychotic depression; culture; cultural competence; emic; etic; explanatory models; case vignette; qualitative research; help seeking; pathway to care; indigenous model; traditional healer; health policy.;

    Abstract : Background: Depressive disorders are among the most frequent psychiatric disorders, accounting for up to 30% of primary care service utilisation in developing countries in general, and Uganda in particular. However, delays in seeking treatment, misdiagnosis and non-specific treatments have compromised appropriate care for people with depression. READ MORE

  4. 2. Methane dynamics in northern lakes : Insights from multi-scale observations

    Author : Jonathan Schenk; David Bastviken; Magnus Gålfalk; Damien Maher; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Methane; Lakes; Variability; Sampling design; Models;

    Abstract : Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas which is emitted to the atmosphere from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Current evidence indicates that lakes account for a large part of the global emissions of CH4, but their contribution is difficult to quantify because of large temporal and spatial variability in processes leading to CH4 fluxes from lakes to the atmosphere. READ MORE

  5. 3. On flexible random field models for spatial statistics: Spatial mixture models and deformed SPDE models

    Author : Anders Hildeman; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Spatial statistics; Significant wave height; Spatial mixture model; Stochastic partial differential equation; Log-Gaussian Cox process; Point process; Gaussian random field; Substitute-CT;

    Abstract : Spatial random fields are one of the key concepts in statistical analysis of spatial data. The random field explains the spatial dependency and serves the purpose of regularizing interpolation of measured values or to act as an explanatory model. READ MORE

  6. 4. SACRED or NEURAL? : Neuroscientific Explanations of Religious Experience: A Philosophical Evaluation

    Author : Anne L. C. Runehov; Mikael Stenmark; J. Wentzel van Huyssteen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy of religion; Neuroscience; Neurotheology; Persinger; d Aquili; Newberg; neuroimaging technology; epilepsy; meditation; explanatory models; reductionism; religious experience; science and theology; Religionsfilosofi; Philosophy of religion; Religionsfilosofi; Philosophy of Religion; religionsfilosofi;

    Abstract : Neuroscientists place different explanations at our disposal of what religious experiences are. Some neuroscientists explain religious experiences in terms of consequences of a damaged, malfunctioning or mentally deranged brain. Others explain them in terms of existential crises. READ MORE

  7. 5. Victims of Crime in a Public Health Perspective. Some Typologies and Tentative Explanatory Models

    Author : Barbro Renck; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

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