Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet: Recent submissions
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Symptom patterns in irritable bowel syndrome
(2019-10-23)Who has never had them: symptoms in the abdominal region, such as pain, bloating, constipation, and diarrhoea? These are common symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS affects 5-10% of the population, especially ... -
Evaluation of fucosylated receptors for Cholera toxin in the human small intestine
(2019-10-22)Cholera toxin (CT) produced by Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent for the diarrheal disease cholera. Cholera is yearly afflicting millions and is estimated to kill over 100 000 people every year. In this thesis I aimed ... -
Mellan jaget och världen. Feminism och etik under nyliberala villkor
(2019-10-22)The overall purpose of this study is to investigate how the tension between feminism as an ethical and political project is brought into light under neoliberal conditions. More specifically, the aim is to, through 21 ... -
Herpesvirus infections in transplant recipients
(2019-10-21)Abstract Herpesvirus infections are common and can cause serious and life-threatening conditions in transplanted individuals. In this thesis, consisting of 4 papers (I-IV), we investigated primary infection and reactivation ... -
Recurrent unexplained first-trimester miscarriage. Effects of acetylcalicylic acid, platelet aggregation and thyroid disease
(2019-10-18)Recurrent unexplained first-trimester miscarriage. Effects of acetylsalicylic acid, platelet aggregation and thyroid disease. Lennart Blomqvist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, ... -
Surgical and neurological adverse effects of epilepsy surgery
(2019-10-16)The aim of this thesis was to study surgical and neurological complications of preoperative invasive investigations and epilepsy surgery procedures (Papers I-II) and seizure worsening after epilepsy surgery (Paper III). A ... -
Metabolic and immunological interactions between adipose tissue and breast cancer - implications of obesity in tumor progression
(2019-10-16)Triple-negative breast cancers have fewer treatment options than other breast cancers. The overall goal of this research is to identify new pharmaceutical targets for triple-negative breast cancer through studies of the ... -
Identity: Understanding Aspects of Process, Content, and Structure in Context
(2019-10-16)The overall aim of this thesis was to broaden our knowledge of identity by using an integrated theoretical approach to understanding multidimensional aspects of identity process, content, and structure. Specifically, in ... -
Participation after stroke in a short- and long-term perspective
(2019-10-15)The main scope of this thesis was to study and describe perceived participation among persons with stroke. In doing so, different timepoints were chosen to make a more complete picture of participation after stroke. The ... -
Fashioning a Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneur?
(2019-10-15)This PhD dissertation explores fashion design graduates as potential knowledge-intensive entrepreneurs through the relationship between knowledge and other resources, and different pathways post-graduation. Explorative ... -
World Wide Workshop: The Craft of Noticing
(2019-10-15)In my research, I consider craft as a discipline that is extremely elastic in terms of propositions and positions. Today craft exists in a highly dynamic space — what I will refer to as the World Wide Workshop — and is ... -
On percutaneous implants fate and feature
(2019-10-07)Abstract The main objective of this thesis was to investigate skin reactions around percutaneous abutments in the facial and retroauricular regions. Secondary objectives were to investigate the number of lost extraoral ... -
The Emergence of Digital Institutions
(2019-10-04)Pervasive digitalization reshapes identities and processes of public sector providers, ranging from healthcare to education and justice. Recently, significant research attention has been given to such transformations, but ... -
Using Social Media
(2019-10-04)The rise of social media platforms has changed how people interact. Mobile technologies with built-in, high-quality cameras offer new possibilities for people to document and share their everyday activities. Many consider ... -
Aspectual classes of Verbs in Nyamwezi
(2019-10-04)This dissertation deals with the classification of verbs in Nyamwezi, a Bantu language spoken in central west Tanzania. The major aims of this study have been twofold: first, to classify Nyamwezi verbs into different ... -
(Re)Inventing the Armed Forces: A Governmentality Analysis of Swedish Military Marketing and Outreach in the Era of Voluntarism
(2019-10-03)In 2010, Sweden abandoned its century-old military conscription in favour of an All-Volunteer Force (AVF). The Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) was now exposed to competition over labour, and soldiering was no longer a duty ... -
A prospective chohort study on bone formation and bone loss in ankylosing spondylitis
(2019-10-02)Background and objectives: Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) have an increased risk of bone loss with development of osteoporosis and vertebral fractures (VFs) but also spinal new bone formation with growth of bony ... -
Electrochemical and microscopic analysis of chemical signalling in biological systems
(2019-10-01)Cellular communication is a prerequisite in multicellular organisms in order to survive. Many times, this communication occurs through the highly controlled and regulated release of chemical signals through a process known ... -
Omöjligt uppdrag. Om rättslig styrning och normkollisioner i skolans kompensatoriska uppdrag
(2019-09-30)The thesis aims to analyze how two ideological concepts, “the individual” and “the collective”, impact the Swedish school system from a legal point of view. On basis of the theoretical groundwork drawn up by professor ... -
Som en Sapfo. Publiceringsstrategier, självframställning och retorik hos tre tidigmoderna kvinnliga författare.
(2019-09-27)In Early Modern Europe, it was self-evident that a poet was a man. But despite overwhelming theoretical proof that women could not be poets, some women were. This thesis explores how some women succeeded as writers, through ...