Search for dissertations about: "occupation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 329 swedish dissertations containing the word occupation.

2. 6. How Immigrants Invent : Evidence from Sweden

   Author : Yannu Zheng; CIRCLE; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-generation immigrants; Migration policy; Occupation; Education; Region of origin; Age; Sector; Selection; Human capital; Adults; Children; Patent; Inventors; Second-generation immigrants;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the inventive performance of immigrants in Sweden based on a special database which links inventors to the general population of the country from 1985 to 2007. It shows that the inventive performance of immigrants is influenced by immigrants’ age at migration, region of origin, educational level, match between education and occupation and migration policy. READ MORE

4. 7. Occupation-based and occupation-focused evaluation and intervention with children : a validation study of the assessment of motor and process skills (AMPS)

   Author : Brigitte Elisabeth Gantschnig; Ingeborg Nilsson; Anne G Fisher; Julie Page; Wendy Costa; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; occupational performance; evaluation; Rasch analysis; mild disabilities; attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; developmental coordination disorder; learning disorder; sensory integrative disorder; occupational therapy; feasibility; implementation; translational research; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi;

   Abstract : IntroductionOccupational therapists are concerned with enabling people to perform the daily life tasks they need, want, or are expected to perform for fullest possible integration into community living and participation in society. Children with mild disabilities have problems performing personal and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) tasks at home or school, and that can limit their full integration and participation in their homes and school lives. READ MORE

5. 8. Too Hot! : an Epidemiological Investigation of Weather-Related Mortality in Rural India

   Author : Vijendra Ingole; Barbara Schumann; Joacim Rocklöv; Rainer Sauerborn; Sanjay Juvekar; Patrick Kinney; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : Temperature; heat and cold; mortality; education; socioeconomic status; occupation; rural population; India; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Abstract : BackgroundMost environmental epidemiological studies are conducted in high income settings. The association between ambient temperature and mortality has been studied worldwide, especially in developed countries. READ MORE

6. 9. Transforming management education: A Polish mixture

   Author : Kristina Genell; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; imitation; innovation; sediment; rupture; continuity; reinstitutionalisation; deinstitutionalisation; organisation field; institutional transformation; Management education; institution; translation; occupation.; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management;

   Abstract : The purposes of this thesis are to provide a credible picture of the institutional transformation that I allege is taking place in the field of management education in Poland and to widen the field of application of institutional theory by applying it to the field of management education in Poland. In the study I conceptualise management education as an organisation field. READ MORE

7. 10. Thyroid cancer : studies on etiology and prognosis

   Author : Arne Hallquist; Lennart Hardell; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Thyroid cancer; prognostic factors; etiology; occupation; medical ionizing radiation; reproductive; and family factors;

   Abstract : Thyroid cancer constitutes about 1% of all malignant tumours and the incidence is increasing in Sweden. It is rare in children before the age of 10. During puberty the female to male ratio increases to be two to three times more common in females. The ratio remains constant until menopause and thereafter declines. READ MORE