Search for dissertations about: "gender differences"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 885 swedish dissertations containing the words gender differences.

2. 21. Evidential marking in spoken English : Linguistic functions and gender variation

   Author : Erika Berglind Söderqvist; Merja Kytö; Angela Hoffman; Marta Carretero; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Evidentiality; spoken language; English; corpus linguistics; gender; style; pragmatics; sociolinguistics; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the marking of evidentiality in spoken British English. Evidentiality is the linguistic expression of whether and how a speaker/writer has access to evidence for or against the truth of a proposition, and it is usually manifested in the form of sensory evidentiality (e.g. I saw Sam leave), hearsay evidentiality (e. READ MORE

4. 22. Inflammatory Markers, Respiratory Diseases, Lung Function and Associated Gender Differences

   Author : Inga Sif Ólafsdóttir; Christer Janson; Anders Blomberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; C-reactive protein; matrix metalloproteinase-9; tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1; COPD; FEV1; FVC; lung function; systemic inflammation; gender differences; Lungmedicin; Lung Medicine;

   Abstract : Systemic inflammation is associated with impaired lung function. Inflammation is part of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the local and systemic inflammatory pattern differs. READ MORE

5. 23. Job Insecurity and Its Consequences : Investigating Moderators, Mediators and Gender

   Author : Anne Richter; Katharina Näswall; Magnus Sverke; Claudia Bernhard-Oettel; Arla Day; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; qualitative job insecurity; quantitative job insecurity; coping; workload; job dependence; work centrality; gender; work–family conflict; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the relations between job insecurity and its consequences by addressing several specific research aims. The first research aim focused on expanding the range of job insecurity consequences by studying the relation between job insecurity and work–family conflict over time. READ MORE

6. 24. The aging brain and changes in cognitive performance : Findings from morphometry and quantitative susceptibility mapping of iron

   Author : Ninni Persson; Håkan Fischser; Kristine B. Walhovd; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; brain aging; volumes; ndividual differences; QSM; cognitive aging; iron; episodic memory; fluid-; crystalized abilities; sex differences; gender differences; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Brain aging is a heterogeneous phenomenon, and this thesis illustrates how the course of aging can vary within individuals over time and between individuals as a function of age, sex, and genetic variability. We used two contrasts from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), namely spin-lattice T1-weighted imaging, and quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) from gradient-echo images, to picture the aging brain, by means of morphometric measures and brain-iron concentrations. READ MORE

7. 25. Gender differences in chemosensory function

   Author : Jonas Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
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