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  2. 1. Normaliseringspraktiker i det moderna samhället : en diskursanalys av åtta sociala ungdomsprojekt

    Author : Thomas Öhlund; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; Social Work; Youth Projects; Discourse Analysis. Juvenile Delinquency; Deviancy; Identity; Subculture; Youth Culture; Popular Culture; Media; Power; Social Control; Practices of Normalization; Field of Socialtechnology; Re-socialization;

    Abstract : This study deals with the problem of socialization/re-socialization within modern society and how social workers deal with deviant youth. The empirical study is a stratified case-study including eight different projects within social work with youth. READ MORE

  4. 2. Normalization and analysis of high-dimensional genomics data

    Author : Mattias Landfors; Patrik Rydén; Rebecka Jörnsten; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; normalization; pre-processing; microarray; downstream analysis; evaluation; sensitivity; bias; genomics data; gene expression; spike-in data; ChIP-chip; Mathematical Statistics; matematisk statistik;

    Abstract : In the middle of the 1990’s the microarray technology was introduced. The technology allowed for genome wide analysis of gene expression in one experiment. Since its introduction similar high through-put methods have been developed in other fields of molecular biology. READ MORE

  5. 3. Intracranial volume in neuroimaging: estimation and use in regional brain volume normalization

    Author : Niklas Klasson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; magnetic resonance imaging; intracranial volume; normalization;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to validate methods for estimation of intracranial volume in magnetic resonance images and to improve our understanding of the effect of intracranial volume normalization. To achieve the first part of the aim, 62 gold standard estimates of intracranial volume were generated by manually segmenting 1. READ MORE

  6. 4. Modular Normalization with Types

    Author : Nachiappan Valliappan; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Programming Languages; Functional Programming;

    Abstract : With the increasing use of software in today’s digital world, software is becoming more and more complex and the cost of developing and maintaining software has skyrocketed. It has become pressing to develop software using effective tools that reduce this cost. READ MORE

  7. 5. Identification of miRNA expression profiles for diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer

    Author : Jessica Carlsson; Karin Klinga Levan; Björn Olsson; Gisela Helenius; Pernilla Wikström; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Prostate cancer; microRNAs; prostate zones; normalization; endogenous controls; Medicin; Medicine;

    Abstract : Cancer of the prostate (CaP) is the most common malignancy diagnosed in men in the Western society. During the last years, prostate specific antigen (PSA) has been used as a biomarker for CaP, although a high PSA value is not specific for CaP. Thus, there is an urgent need for new and improved diagnostic markers for CaP. READ MORE