Search for dissertations about: "from nobody"

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  2. 1. From nobody to somebody : Women’s struggle to achieve dignity and self-reliance in a Bangladeshi village

    Author : Annika Forsslund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Empowering women; development education; rural development; self-reliance; dialogue; life history approach; Bangladesh;

    Abstract : This study concerns a rural development project in a village in Bangladesh,initiated in 1973 and followed up regularly until 1991. The original project included the development of a jute handicraft cooperative for women, started and supervised by the authorThe aims of the thesis are: to describe and analyze the process of change in the lives of some women, engaged in the cooperative, to shed light on this process from the women's perspective, and to discuss what can and should be a target for development education for rural women, coming from the lowest social stratum of society. READ MORE

  4. 2. Nobody Follows the Process Anyway: How Artefactual Representations of Routines Shape Routine Performances

    Author : Maria Booth; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Organisational routines are important building blocks of what organisations do. By following a new product development project in a large, multinational infrastructure provider, this thesis studies how process descriptions, conceptualised as artefactual routine representations, affect how routines are performed and developed over time. READ MORE

  5. 3. 'Nobody delivers at home now' : who and why women participate in a conditional cash transfer program to promote institutional delivery in Madhya Pradesh, India

    Author : Kristi Sidney Annerstedt; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : cash incentive;

    Abstract : Background: One-fifth of global maternal deaths occur in India making this a serious public health challenge. It is well known that skilled birth attendance and access to quality emergency obstetric care reduces maternal mortality. READ MORE

  6. 4. Towards Good Palliation for Children with Cancer : Recognizing the Family and the Value of Communication

    Author : Li Jalmsell; Britt-Marie Frost; Mats Hansson; Jan-Inge Henter; Ulrika Kreicbergs; Steven Joffe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; palliative care; child; cancer; family; communication; end-of-life care; bereavement; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Pediatric cancer imposes a threat on the child’s life and approximately every fifth child diagnosed with cancer will die due to his or her disease. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore palliative care of children with cancer and bereaved family members. READ MORE

  7. 5. Identification of natural activators of the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor : relevance to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis

    Author : Jane Wigren; Ernst Oliw; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Polyunsaturated fatty acids induce peroxisome proliferation. This phenomenon is mediated by the ligand-dependent transcription factor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR). This thesis is an investigation on the role of eicosanoids and oxidized products of linoleic acid for the activation of PPARs. READ MORE