Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet: Recent submissions
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Noun to Verb: an investigation into the micro-politics of publishing through artistic practice
(2020-10-14)This practice-based inquiry explores the social and political agency of publishing by investigating the micro-politics of making and sharing knowledges from an intersectional feminist perspective. Whether "bound" or ... -
Handlingsimperativets dilemman – Om frihet och kontroll i socialtjänstens arbete med klienter som använder narkotika
(2020-10-13)ABSTRACT Title: Dilemmas of the imperative for action – On freedom and control in social services’ work with clients who use illicit drugs Author: Johan Lindwall Keywords: social service, substance use, discourse, ... -
The epidemiology of cardiac arrest - In-hospital risk assessment, treatment and outcome
(2020-10-12)AIM: To describe and analyse sudden cardiac arrest, both in hospital and out of hospital, from an epidemiological perspective, by early prediction, by comparing changes over time in relation to aetiology, characteristics, ... -
Physical activity on prescription in primary care. Impact on physical activity level, metabolic health and health-related quality of life, and its cost-effectiveness - a short- and long-term perspective
(2020-10-08)Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally and one of the major health challenges of the 21st century. In Sweden, NCDs are estimated to account for 90 % of all deaths. Strong evidence indicates ... -
Chromatin and transcriptome-based integrative approaches to profile functional long noncoding RNAs - A computational approach
(2020-10-07)One of the major hallmarks of cancer is aberrant or uncontrollable cell division, which occurs due to a defective cell cycle process. During the synthesis phase (S-phase) of the cell cycle, before cell division or mitosis ... -
Dynamic ultrasound investigation of clubfeet, 0 - 4 years of age, with normal controls
(2020-10-07)Clubfoot is one of the most common congenital deformities, 1-6/1,000 births in Europe and up to 5-6/1,000 in Polynesia. The Ponseti method is now widely regarded as the method of choice for treatment. The treatment starts ... -
Neurochemical and cognitive aftermaths of surgery - studies on short- and long-term effects of surgery and anesthesia
(2020-10-01)Background: Each year, around the world, more than 230 million patients have surgery. Improvements in healthcare have resulted in older and sicker patients undergoing surgical interventions. As a result, surgical safety ... -
Studies on the Etiology of Parkinson's disease
(2020-10-01)ABSTRACT Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world and affects around 1% of the population over 60 years of age. The main symptoms of PD include bradykinesia, resting ... -
Acute respiratory infections among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo - nasopharyngeal pathogens, antibiotic resistance and vaccination
(2020-09-29)ABSTRACT Acute Lower Respiratory Infections (ALRI) remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV13 was ... -
Circumscribing Tonality: Upper Secondary Music Students Learning the Circle of Fifths
(2020-09-29)The fundamental motivation for this research project is that listening is central to all musical activities, and that semiotic means for visualizing, representing, and conceptualizing music are central to educational ... -
Det-konstruktioner i bruk. En systemisk-funktionell analys av satser med icke-referentiellt det i modern svenska
(2020-09-24)The aim of this thesis is to map out functions of modern Swedish det-constructions, i.e. different clausal patterns including the non-referential third person pronoun det, for example, det är kul att spela tennis (‘it’s ... -
Sexting among adolescents: A gendered online phenomenon, related to individual and social determinants
(2020-09-24)This thesis concerns sexting among Swedish adolescents and adolescent sexual development. Adolescence is a period of major bodily, cognitive, and social changes and of sexual exploration. As many post-millennials have ... -
Diagnosis and management of periprosthetic joint infections
(2020-09-18)Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication to hip and knee arthroplasty surgery. In the light of its devastating implications for the affected patient, its great economic impact on the health care system ... -
Sharing & Caring. Division of parental leave from a psychological perspective
(2020-09-17)Parents’ preconditions for early parenting vary depending on social and cultural contexts. This thesis provides a psychological perspective on parenting and family life within the context of parental leave in Sweden, ... -
Living in times of climate change. Weather-related understandings, realities, and entanglements among Guarani people in the Bolivian Chaco
(2020-09-17)Since climate change became an issue of public concern worldwide, the weather has attracted increasing attention and come to stand as a common ground for joint action between Indigenous people and governmental and ... -
Det civilrättsliga i svensk inkomstskatterätt
(2020-09-16)The relationship between tax law and private law has been discussed extensively in the legal sources of Swedish income taxation. However, what is meant by private law has not been elaborated or problematized to any greater ... -
Strong light-matter interaction and its consequences on molecular photophysics
(2020-09-15)Strong light-matter interaction offers the possibility to modify chemical and physical properties of molecules by modifying their photonic environment, resulting in the creation of hybrid light-matter states, known ... -
Practical application of machine learning for analyses of biological matrices and environmental phenomena.
(2020-09-11)This thesis presents research aimed at forwarding an understanding of machine learning methods as a method of studying complex matrices and environmental phenomena. A number of machine learning methods in the form of linear ... -
Vom Lesen lesen. Zur Konzeption und Darstellung des Lesers im postmodernen Roman
(2020-09-07)I postmoderna romaner tillskrivs läsaren en avgörande roll. Läsaren träder ofta fram som fiktionaliserad figur respektive protagonist i texternas handlingar, där olika typer av läsning och dessas olika funktioner visas upp ... -
Aspects of teamwork and intraoperative factors in the operating room
(2020-09-07)The work in high-risk environments like an operating room is complex. The operating team consist of many professions with different tasks cooperating towards a common goal, the performance of safe surgery. The operating ...