Search for dissertations about: "the concept of maya"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words the concept of maya.

  2. 1. The Legacy of the Jaguar Prophet : An Exploration of Yucatec Maya Religion and Historiography

    Author : Bodil Liljefors Persson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theology; Ballgame; Sacrifice; Mythology; Rituals; Books of Chilam Balam; Historiography; History; Prophecy; Maya; Religion; Teologi;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with Maya religion and history. The Books of Chilam Balam is the collective title of a body of texts ascribed to the Jaguar Prophet. READ MORE

  4. 2. Lund Concept for De-airing of the Left Heart. Clinical Evaluation

    Author : Maya Landenhed Smith; Thoraxkirurgi; []
    Keywords : open left heart surgery; de-airing; gaseous cerebral microemboli; transcranial Doppler sonography;

    Abstract : Background: Residual air accumulated air in the pulmonary veins constitutes a challenge to achievment of complete de-airing in open left heart surgery. To adress this problem, a conceptual method for de-airing was developed in Lund comprising bilateral opening of the pleurae to induce pulmonary collapse and a strategy with gradual pulmonary reperfusion and ventilation at weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). READ MORE

  5. 3. Matrix-Less Methods for Computing Eigenvalues of Large Structured Matrices

    Author : Sven-Erik Ekström; Maya Neytcheva; Stefano Serra-Capizzano; Carlo Garoni; Lothar Reichel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Toeplitz matrices; eigenvalues; eigenvalue asymptotics; polynomial interpolation; extrapolation; generating function and spectral symbol; Beräkningsvetenskap med inriktning mot numerisk analys; Scientific Computing with specialization in Numerical Analysis;

    Abstract : When modeling natural phenomena with linear partial differential equations, the discretized system of equations is in general represented by a matrix. To solve or analyze these systems, we are often interested in the spectral behavior of these matrices. READ MORE

  6. 4. An Unpredictable Past : Guerrillas, Mayas, and the Location of Oblivion in War-Torn Guatemala

    Author : Staffan Löfving; Kay B. Warren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; cosmology; Guatemala; guerrilla warfare and indigeneity; historicity; Maya resurgence; neutrality; politicization of memory; the anthropology of war; theories of social and political violence; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : The concept of resistance is analytically outdated. In an emergent anthropology of contemporary warfare and the experience of political violence, concepts like coping and negotiation are adopted to encompass the pragmatics of human agency in times of social unrest, flight, and militarily monitored mass destruction. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Elders and the Hills: Animism and Cosmological Re-Creation among the Q'eqchi' Maya in Chisec, Guatemala

    Author : Stefan Permanto; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Animism; Cosmology; Rituals; Environment; Q’eqchi’; Maya; Guatemala; Latin America.;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on fieldwork conducted in the municipality of Chisec in the department of Alta Verapaz in Guatemala. Within the context of post-war Maya cultural emergence and the recent introduction of non-indigenous elements this study examines the cosmological notions and ritual practices among a group of elderly Q’eqchi’ men and women. READ MORE