Search for dissertations about: "wells"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 181 swedish dissertations containing the word wells.

  2. 1. Wells of Experience : A pastoral land-use history of Omaheke, Namibia

    Author : Karl-Johan Lindholm; Paul J. J. Sinclair; Thomas Elmqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Archaeology; Namibia; Kalahari; Omaheke; archaeology; wells; land-use history; pastoralism; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : The conventional view on the Kalahari in southern Africa expresses that the area is unsuitable for livestock herding. For this reason, it is argued that livestock herders avoided the Kalahari in the past and were only able to establish themselves in the later half of the twentieth century, when deep-reaching boreholes were introduced in the area. READ MORE

  4. 2. Microfluidic electrocapture technology in protein and peptide analysis

    Author : Juan Astorga-Wells; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : After sequencing the genomes of several organisms, science in the postgenomic era now aims at a thorough study of the proteins present in a given tissue or organism. Since this task requires an enormous analytical effort, integrated microfluidic systems are envisioned as the solution to automated high throughput analysis of biomolecules. READ MORE

  5. 3. Socially structured health behaviors : Studies of social inequality in adolescent and young adult physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking in Sweden

    Author : Laura Wells; Viveca Östberg; Magnus Nermo; Olof Östergren; Curt Hagquist; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; health behaviors; physical activity; alcohol consumption; smoking; health lifestyle; social inequalities; socioeconomic position; education; school performance; adolescents; young adults; life course perspective; folkhälsovetenskap; Public Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Health behaviors contribute to the Swedish national disease burden and to social inequalities in health. This thesis aims to increase our knowledge of whether, when, and how health behaviors become socially structured during early life in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. An Unequal Chance to Parent : Examples on Support Fathers Receive from the Swedish Child Health Field

    Author : Michael B. Wells; Anna Sarkadi; Raziye Salari; Inna Feldman; Anders Broberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sweden; gender equality; father involvement; child health field; nurses; midwives; parental leave; family policy;

    Abstract : Father involvement benefits children, mothers, and themselves in a number of ways. Swedish legislation and Swedish society have promoted father involvement. At the same time, the Swedish child health field has also unequivocally states that both parents should feel welcomed and supported within that sphere. READ MORE

  7. 5. Understanding the social integration of adolescents of foreign origin : Longitudinal investigations of inter-origin friendship formation

    Author : Olov Aronson; Disa Bergnéhr; Arne Gerdner; Sofia Enell; Michael Wells; Emma Sorbring; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social integration; friendship; adolescence; longitudinal; Sweden; LoRDIA; Resettlement Strategies in Families;

    Abstract : The present dissertation aims to understand some of the opportunities for, and influences on, the social integration of adolescents of foreign origin in Sweden. Informed by previous research, the dissertation suggests that successful social integration involves friendship formation between peers of similar origins (intra-origin friendship formation) as well as friendship formation between peers of different origins (inter-origin friendship formation). READ MORE