Search for dissertations about: "non-european"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the word non-european.

2. 1. Remaining Like a Sword, Alone : Prolegomena

   Author : Jordi Ferrer i Serra; Bo Isaksson; Jan Retsö; Thomas Bauer; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Semitic languages - general; classical Arabic poetry; pre-Islamic; genre; theme; mourning; ritual; elegy; corpus; poetics; non-European literatures; Semitiska språk - allmänt;

   Abstract : According to common scholarly opinion, early Arabic poetry encompasses a distinct genre which laments the dead, and which is the specific Arabic realisation of a universal, cross-culturally widespread genre of lamentation. Moreover, this genre — which commonly is referred to as ‘elegy’, but in the thesis, as ‘threnody’ — is identified with the type of poetry that in Arabic poetics is called riṯāʼ or marṯiya. READ MORE

4. 2. Contacts and Trade at Late Bronze Age Hazor : Aspects of Intercultural Relationships and Identity in the Eastern Mediterranean

   Author : Kristina Josephson Hesse; Thomas B. Larsson; Amnon Ben-Tor; Bozena Werbart; Magnus Ottosson; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hazor; Canaan; Eastern Mediterranean; Late Bronze Age; contacts; trade; temple architecture; Mycenaean pottery; Cypriote pottery; interregional interaction networks; emulation; peer polity interaction; centre-periphery approach; Archaeology; Non-European; Arkeologi; utomeuropeisk; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : Hazor’s role in an international Late Bronze Age context has long been indicated but never thoroughly investigated. This role, I believe, was more crucial than previously stressed. READ MORE

5. 3. Ceremonial stone structures : the archaeology and ethnohistory of the marae complex in the Society Islands, French Polynesia

   Author : Paul Wallin; Bo Gräslund; Arne Skjölsvold; Pierre Verin; Högskolan på Gotland; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Society Islands; French Polynesia; marae; ceremonial structures; Archaeology; Archaeology; Non-European; Arkeologi; utomeuropeisk;

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6. 4. Suicide attempts among immigrants in Europe

   Author : Cendrine Bursztein Lipsicas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Introduction and Aims: Immigrants comprise about 10% of the total population of Europe, but our knowledge about their suicidal behaviour is still insufficient. This study presents an overview of suicidal behaviour of immigrants in Europe compared to host populations focusing on: (I) The frequencies of attempted suicide, compared between immigrants and their hosts, between different immigrant groups, and between immigrants and their countries of origin, (II) the variations of these frequencies across gender, (III) the recommendations of care given in medical services after the attempted suicide and (IV) the repetition patterns of attempted suicide within 12 months following the index (baseline) suicide attempt as well as the timing of the repetition. READ MORE

7. 5. Gestational diabetes mellitus – prevalence in southern Sweden and risk factors for subsequent diabetes

   Author : Claes Ignell; diabetes och endokrinologi Genomik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; prognosis; insulin resistance; insulin secretion; ethnic groups; sampling; diabetes; cohort studies; prevalence; oral glucose tolerance test; Gestational diabetes;

   Abstract : Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with risks during pregnancy, during delivery, and in later life with a substantial risk of subsequent diabetes. The worldwide prevalence of GDM is increasing, but varies with differences in diagnostic methods and population characteristics. READ MORE