Search for dissertations about: "testimony"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the word testimony.
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16. Adolescent sexuality and sexual abuse : a Swedish perspective
Abstract : In the late 1980’s, teenage abortions and genital chlamydial infections were increasing adolescent health problems in Sweden, indicating unsafe sex practices among young people. The emergence of HIV highlighted the need for research on adolescent sexual health issues. READ MORE
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17. Coherence and Reliability: Studies in Bayesian Epistemology
Abstract : In this thesis the connection between coherence and reliability is investigated. The question may be phrased as follows: does the fact that a set of testimonies is coherent imply that the witnesses who have reported these testimonies are reliable? The same question may also be expressed in terms of beliefs: does the fact that a set of beliefs is coherent imply that the beliefs were reliably produced? Traditionally, coherence theorists have thought that coherence is connected to truth, but in this dissertation the thesis is that it is rather connected to reliability. READ MORE
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18. The Lenaia vases revisited : image, ritual and Dionysian women
Abstract : This study deals with the so-called Lenaia vases, a group of fifty vases which were painted with similar imagery in Attica during 490-420 BC. The motifs of these vases depict "Dionysian" women, drinking wine and sacrificing bloody and bloodless offerings before a cult image of Dionysos. READ MORE
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19. Live and videotaped testimonies: observers´perception, assessment and memory
Abstract : This thesis examines how different presentation modes (live vs. video) affect observers’ perception, veracity assessment and memory of adult (Study Ι) and child witnesses (Study ΙΙ). READ MORE
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20. Caleacte : Production and Exchange in a North Sicilian Town c. 500 BC-500 AD
Abstract : The study deals with the ancient town of Caleacte, modern Caronia, on the north coast of Sicily. Information provided by ancient textual sources, epigraphy and archaeology on the economic conditions and framework of the site and its micro-region are presented in the first chapter. READ MORE