Search for dissertations about: "female fertility"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 94 swedish dissertations containing the words female fertility.

  2. 16. Essays on Economic Behaviour: HIV/AIDS, Schooling, and Inequality

    Author : Annika Lindskog; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; Malawi; Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; Inequality; Fertility; Mortality; Education; Within-household spillovers; Credit constraints; Diversification; Uncertainty; Redistribution; Fairness;

    Abstract : Paper 1: Economic Inequality and HIV in Malawi To analyze if the spread of HIV is related to economic inequality we estimate multilevel models of the individual probability of HIV infection among young Malawian women. We find a positive association between HIV infection and inequality at both the neighbourhood and district levels, but no effect of individual poverty. READ MORE

  4. 17. Endocrine markers of ovarian function: Clinical and biological aspects with focus on Anti Müllerian hormone

    Author : Leif Bungum; Malmö Reproduktionsmedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anti Müllerian Hormone; ovarian reserve; biomarker; Luteinizing Hormone; fecundity; fertility; Time to Pregnancy;

    Abstract : Declining birthrates and infertility are now a common problem in the Western World. Due to the tendency to postpone childbearing an increasing age of women who consider motherhood is generally seen. READ MORE

  5. 18. Genetic variation and sexual reproduction in a moss with dwarf males, Homalothecium lutescens

    Author : Frida Rosengren; Biodiversitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; bryophytes; mosses; dwarf males; sexual reproduction; genetic variation; genetic structure; inbreeding; isozymes; allozymes; SNP; sporophytes; spore; fertilization; fertility;

    Abstract : Dwarf males occur in many unrelated groups of organisms. Among land plants they are unique to mosses. Moss dwarf males originate from male spores that land and germinate on the female where their final size is restricted to a few mm. Fertilization in mosses occur over short distances with swimming spermatozoids. READ MORE

  6. 19. Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity of Progestagens in the Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis Test System

    Author : Moa Säfholm; Cecilia Berg; Ingvar Brandt; Jan Olsson; Louis Guillette; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Xenopus tropicalis; sex organ differentiation; oogenesis; fertility; ovary; oviduct; progestagens; Biologi med inriktning mot ekotoxikologi; Biology with specialization in Environmental Toxicology;

    Abstract : Progestagenic compounds are emerging contaminants found in surface and ground water around the world. Information on the effects and potency of progestagens is needed in order to understand the environmental risks posed by these compounds. READ MORE

  7. 20. Teachers’ lives in transition : gendered experiences of work and family among primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1940

    Author : Emil Marklund; Lotta Vikström; Glenn Sandström; Åsa Karlsson Sjögren; Johannes Westberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; women teachers; family formation; fertility; social origin; socio-economic status; primary school teachers; life course; gender; professional life; private life; rural; Sweden; historia med utbildningsvetenskaplig inriktning; history of education;

    Abstract : In this thesis, primary school teachers in a coastal area of northern Sweden c. 1860–1940 are studied with the overarching purpose to investigate the link between professional work and private life. READ MORE