Search for dissertations about: "malta"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word malta.
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1. The Best of Both Worlds : Aspirations, Drivers and Practices of Swedish Lifestyle Movers in Malta
Abstract : It has often been claimed that contemporary societies are shaped by globalization; the rapid interconnections of societies, economies, markets, flows and information potentially linking all places in the world to each other. In search for experiences, variation, escape or comfort, individuals are travelling, circulating, and migrating between places, challenging the notions of ‘home’ and ‘away’, ‘everyday’ and ‘extraordinary’. READ MORE
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2. General practitioners’ antibiotic prescribing practices in Malta : understanding drivers to inform the implementation of a social marketing behaviour change intervention
Abstract : Background: Antibiotic resistance is a leading global public health problem and complex challenge. Although a multitude of factors affect its development, antibiotic use is a key driver. In fact, in Europe, a positive correlation between antibiotic use and resistance has been shown. READ MORE
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3. Formal Methods for Scalable Synthesis and Verification of Autonomous Systems : Mission Planning and Collision Avoidance
Abstract : Autonomous systems (a.k.a., agents) are often designed to move and execute tasks, without or with little human intervention. READ MORE
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4. On Science, Law, and Medicine : The case of gender-“normalizing” interventions on children who are diagnosed as different in sex development
Abstract : For the last six decades in Sweden and the US, surgical and other medical interventions have been utilized to reconstruct and “normalize” children diagnosed as different in their sex development. Under traditional treatment protocols, clinicians chose an “optimal” gender for the children and used different procedures to give them a typical appearance for that gender – aspiring to support them psychologically – and to facilitate penile-vaginal intercourse. READ MORE
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5. Perspectives on bioenergy futures - International bioenergy trade and bioenergy expansion in a European policy context
Abstract : Biomass can be used to substitute the use of fossil fuels in the energy system. Presently, the use of biomass is being promoted in Sweden and the rest of the EU by targets and policies. READ MORE