Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet: Recent submissions
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The impact of signaling factors on intervertebral disc degeneration and regeneration - studies on disc and mesenchymal stem cells from chronic low back pain patients
(2020-05-19)INTRODUCTION: Chronic low back pain (LBP) is associated with degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVDs). Increased expressions of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and matrix metalloproteinases ... -
Processing death: Oval brooches and Viking graves in Britain, Ireland and Iceland
(2020-05-19)Burials with oval brooches from the Viking Age settlements in Britain, Ireland, and Iceland have frequently been interpreted as the graves of a specific and uniform group of people: (pagan) Scandinavian women of relatively ... -
Aspects of infection and leukemia in Rwanda
(2020-05-19)A first part of this thesis addressed the potential impact of variants of genes encoding interferon-λ4, which is a cytokine that participates in protection against pathogens at epithelial surfaces, for the resolution of ... -
Fluctuating superconductivity and pair-density wave order in the cuprate superconductors
(2020-05-19)High-temperature superconductors are some of nature’s most enigmatic materials. Besides carrying a supercurrent, these materials manifest a range of electronic and structural orders. A state of modulated superconductivity, ... -
Shedding light on cognitive control
(2020-05-18)This thesis aimed to investigate the ability to adjust cognitive processes and behavior, i.e., cognitive control, and its related functional activity in the cortex. The optical imaging technique functional near-infrared ... -
On translucent yttria stabilized zirconia ceramics: Mechanical considerations, phase transformation and cement choices
(2020-05-18)New zirconia formulations (4Y and 5Y-zirconias) have been introduced for prosthodontic therapy and are commercialized as “translucent” zirconias. No clinical information providing their survival rates or complications has ... -
Development of MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging Methods for Probing Spatial Lipid Biochemistry of Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease
(2020-05-18)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent cause of neurodegenerative dementia. Aggregation of amyloid β (Aβ) peptides into extracellular Aβ plaques is one of the major neuropathological features of AD. However, Aloysius ... -
The effect of intra-abdominal local anaesthetics following major gynaecological surgery. Clinical and experimental studies
(2020-05-18)Background: Local anaesthetics (LA), in addition to inhibition of pain signalling, also have anti-inflammatory properties. In vitro studies have demonstrated anti-proliferative and cytotoxic effect of LAs on cancer cells ... -
Epidemiology of viral respiratory infections with focus on in-hospital influenza transmission
(2020-05-18)Human Rhinoviruses (HRV) and influenza viruses are respiratory pathogens which represent a major global disease burden. Healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) are increasingly recognized as a public health concern, but ... -
Essays on Culture, Institutions, and Economic Development
(2020-05-18)Culture and institutions are important to understand individual behaviors and economic development. In this thesis, I study the origins of cultural divergence across societies, the emergence of private property rights, and ... -
The Common Good in Common Goods - The Decommodification of Fundamental Resources through Law
(2020-05-18)This dissertation is divided into three parts. Part I analyzes the Commons as a post-capitalist strategy accomplished through law by developing an alternative social theory of the market as a social institution. The social ... -
Biomarkers in mid-trimester amniotic fluid in relation to gestational duration and spontaneous preterm delivery
(2020-05-15)Background: The biological mechanisms and physiological pathways of pregnancy maintenance and timing of delivery are complex and multifactorial. Pregnancy clocks, partly controlled by timing mechanisms linked to fetal ... -
Maternal Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings: Investigations of IT as a resource
(2020-05-15)Maternal mortality is a major problem especially in developing countries. Maternal deaths are partly attributed to the limited access to healthcare and a shortage of medically trained health professionals who can provide ... -
Tjänstefolk: Vardagsliv i underordning, Stockholm 1600-1635.
(2020-05-14)In early modern Europe, large parts of the young and unmarried popula- tion worked as servants in the households of others, until they could marry. The servants were subordinated their master in a patriarchal relationship, ... -
Internationally adopted children with unilateral cleft lip and palate - longitudinal perspectives on speech production and language ability
(2020-05-13)Many children with cleft lip and palate have been adopted to Sweden. Most had had no palatal closure performed in their native countries and received their first palatal surgery in Sweden while acquiring a new first language. ... -
Empirical Essays on Education and Health Policy Evaluation
(2020-05-13)Chapter 1: Impact of School Peers from the Same Region-of-Origin on Endogamy and Work Segregation: Evidence from Sweden This study estimates how the quasi-random variation in the proportion of school peers from the same ... -
Towards prediction in ungauged aquifers – methods for comparative regional analysis
(2020-05-12)Hydrogeological investigations and in particular groundwater resource assessments are strongly reliant on understanding the factors controlling groundwater level dynamics. However, historical records of measured groundwater ... -
Teenage Kicks – The Differential Development of Drug Use, Drunkenness, and Criminal Behaviour in Early to Mid-Adolescence
(2020-05-12)This thesis studies the development of drug use, drunkenness, and criminal behaviour in early to mid-adolescence. Its main aims are to improve knowledge about how and why these three behaviours develop and to contribute ... -
Identification of novel antibiotic resistance genes through the exploration of mobile genetic elements
(2020-05-12)Backgrounds and aims: The evolution of multi-resistant pathogens is seriously threatening our ability to provide modern healthcare. Many of the mobile resistance factors in clinics appear to originate from environmental ... -
Quantum dynamical effects in complex chemical systems
(2020-05-12)When using mathematical models to computationally investigate a chemical system it is important that the methods used are accurate enough to account for the relevant properties of the system and at the same time simple ...