Search for dissertations about: "life history"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 858 swedish dissertations containing the words life history.
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21. Life after death : The diffusion of Swedish life insurance - Dynamics of financial and social modernization 1830-1950
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand the diffusion process of Swedish life insurance during the period c. 1830-1950, with the specific aim to understand financial modernization and social mobilization as reflected in the diffusion of life insurance to less well-to-do classes and women. READ MORE
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22. Every Man His Own Monument : Self-Monumentalizing in Romantic Britain
Abstract : From framing private homes as museums, to sitting for life masks and appointing biographers, new forms of self-monumentalizing emerged in the early nineteenth century. In this study I investigate the emergence and configuration of such practices in Romantic Britain. READ MORE
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23. Audiologic and cognitive long-term sequelae from closed head injury
Abstract : Objectives – Head injury is an important health problem all over the world. Previous studies have shown that peripheral hearing impairment (HI) is a common sequel of closed head injury (CHI), but in most cases it will subside within the first posttraumatic months. READ MORE
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24. The Making of the Swedish Life Insurance Market 1855-1914
Abstract : This licentiate thesis examines the development of the life insurance industry during the period 1855-1914. The aim with the study is to recognise dimensions not frequently addressed by previous research on the insurance industry, namely the impact of social dimensions, including the implicit and explicit economic importance of social movements and the diffusion of knowledge in society at large for the development of the life insurance industry. READ MORE
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25. Sexual selection in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) : A life-history perspective
Abstract : This thesis integrates sexual selection theory with life history theory to elucidate the causes and consequences of variation in a male secondary sexual trait. The model organism, the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), was studied on Gotland, Sweden. READ MORE