Search for dissertations about: "minna"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the word minna.
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1. From Green Image to Green Practice : Normative action and self-regulation
Abstract : Ever since environmental issues appeared on the agenda of modern industrial society, through the work of whistle blowers such as Rachel Carson, Georg Borgström, Björn Gillberg and Hans Palmstierna, the Swedish state has exerted itself to project a green image. In practice this image has merely functioned as a defence for the legitimacy of industrial development. READ MORE
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2. Boundaries of displacement : Belonging and Return among Forcibly Displaced Young Georgians from Abkhazia
Abstract : This dissertation explores the implications of borders and boundaries for how forcibly displaced young Georgians from Abkhazia understand issues of belonging and return. My theoretical framework draws from theories on home and belonging as well as theories on border and boundary making, and locates them in geographies of uncertainty – or riskscapes – areas characterized by conflict and/or inequality. READ MORE
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3. The cell cycle regulators p15, p16, p18 and p19 : functions and regulation during normal cell cycle and in multistep carcinogenesis
Abstract : The tumor suppressor protein p16INK4a and its family members p15INK4b, p18INK4c and p19INK4d (the INK4 proteins) inhibit the cyclin-dependent kinases CDK4 and CDK6, which are key regulators of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb). pRb guars entry into the S phase of the mammalian cell division cycle (the cell cycle), a process evolved to ensure balanced cell proliferation. READ MORE
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4. From cell survival to dose response : modeling biological effects in radiation therapy
Abstract : The main goal in curative radiation therapy is to eradicate the tumor while minimizing radiation-induced damage to normal tissue. Ions, including protons and carbon ions, are increasingly being used for cancer treatment. READ MORE
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5. Uncertainty intervals and sensitivity analysis for missing data
Abstract : In this thesis we develop methods for dealing with missing data in a univariate response variable when estimating regression parameters. Missing outcome data is a problem in a number of applications, one of which is follow-up studies. READ MORE