Search for dissertations about: "stratified sampling"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words stratified sampling.

  2. 21. Road Traffic Noise - Factors modifying its relation to annoyance and cardiovascular disease

    Author : Theo Bodin; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Road Traffic Noise; Annoyance; Myocardial Infarction; Hypertension; Sleep;

    Abstract : Traffic noise causes annoyance and sleep disturbance and has been linked with several other adverse effects on life quality and health, including increased risk of hypertension and myocardial infarction. Conservative estimates assume that at least one million healthy life years are lost every year from traffic related noise in the western part of Europe. READ MORE

  4. 22. Support for sustainable welfare? : A study of public attitudes related to an eco-social agenda among Swedish residents

    Author : Kajsa Emilsson; Socialpolitik och hållbarhet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hållbar välfärd; Attityder; Politisk handling; Ekosociala policyer; Ekosocial agenda; Sustainable welfare; Public attitudes; Political action; Social-ecological transformations; Eco-social policy;

    Abstract : This thesis explores Swedish residents’ attitudes related to an eco-social agenda from a sustainable welfare perspective. It investigates public support for general policy goals related to an eco-social agenda as well as for specific eco-social policies. READ MORE

  5. 23. Social context, social position and child survival : social determinants of child health inequities in Nigeria

    Author : Diddy Antai; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Social determinants of health; inequities; inequalities; social contexts; social stratification; social position; Nigeria;

    Abstract : Under-five mortality rate is a key indicator of the level of child health and overall well-being of a given population and is an indicator of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals 4. Of the estimated more than 10 million children that die worldwide each year, 41% of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE

  6. 24. Atherosclerosis and Insulin Resistance AIR A cross-sectional study of 58-year old men

    Author : Lena Bokemark; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Insulin resistance; intima-media thickness; LDL particle size; atherosclerosis.;

    Abstract : The main aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that insulin resistance is associated with atherosclerotic disease in the carotid and femoral arteries as measured using the ultrasound technique in clinically healthy 58-year old men with varying degrees of obesity and insulin resistance. The subjects were recruited from the general population and were free from clinical cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and treatment with antihypertensive, lipid-lowering and anti-diabetic drugs (n=818). READ MORE

  7. 25. Diel vertical migration in marine dinoflagellates

    Author : Therese Jephson; Enhet akvatisk ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Key words: diel vertical migration; DVM; dinoflagellates; stratification; halocline; thermocline; behavior diel vertical migration; behavior;

    Abstract : Increasing precipitation and surface water temperature due to global change may strengthen stratification in coastal regions, which could influence the behavior of dinoflagellate diel vertical migration (DVM). DVM is a behavioral mechanism by which dinoflagellates can access photosynthetically active radiation near the surface, and nutrients at depth. READ MORE