Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet: Recent submissions
Visas titlar 601-620 av 10942
-
Upper and Lower Motoneuron Lesions in Tetraplegia - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications of Electrical Stimulation
(2019-09-25)The overall objective of this thesis was to improve outcomes and predictability of the treatment of upper extremity function in patients with cervical spinal cord injury and tetraplegia by advancing the diagnostic and ... -
Barns röster om växelvis boende. Vardagsliv, familjepraktiker och nära relationer
(2019-09-25)Over the past decades, the ways in which children’s care is arranged after parental separation have changed significantly in many societies. Dual residence, where children live across two households spending equal amounts ... -
Neurofilaments as biomarkers of neuronal damage
(2019-09-24)Different neurodegenerative diseases have overlapping symptomatology and pathology and have thus become a challenge to modern medicine to achieve a correct diagnosis. The aim of the thesis was to evaluate the use of ... -
Calcium transport in the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas - in a changing environment
(2019-09-23)Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is globally one of the most important farmed bivalve species. A prominent features of the C. gigas is the thick CaCO3 shell covering the body of the animal and protecting it from the ... -
Adipose tissue mitchondrial function is modulated by antioxidants
(2019-09-23)Antioxidants are widely used as reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging agents in experimental research and in conditions where oxidative stress plays a primary role. However, the effect of antioxidant supplementation ... -
Vad händer i lärares kollegiala samtalspraktik? En studie av mötet mellan en nationell kompetensutvecklingsinsats och en lokal fortbildningspraktik.
(2019-09-20)This thesis explores teachers' professional learning practices; how they are expressed within a national continuing professional development (CPD) programme and how they are formed and shaped by the site in which they are ... -
Anti-Virulence Strategy Targeting Sortase A, A Structural Investigation of the Sortase A Enzyme, and the Identification, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Sortase A Inhibitors
(2019-09-20)The emergence of multi-resistant bacteria and their continuous spread is one of the greatest challenges when treating bacterial infections. Increased understanding of bacterial pathogenesis has revealed new strategies for ... -
Inequity in Mind. On the Social and Genetic Risk Factors of Dementia and Their Interactions
(2019-09-20)The present thesis seeks to further explain the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias by studying the long-term impact of class- and gender-based inequities as well as the extent to which they potentially ... -
Register-based evaluation of primary care - Focus on chronic disease
(2019-09-19)Background: Options for following up primary care at the regional level have increased in Sweden, partly as a result of a national reform in 2009. In Region Västra Götaland (VGR) this was the starting point for a quality ... -
The bone cement implantation syndrome - epidemiology, pathophysiology and prevention
(2019-09-18)Bone cementation implantation syndrome (BCIS) has significant morbidity and mortality for patients who are undergoing cemented hip hemiarthroplasty or arthroplasty. The aim of this thesis is to contribute with information ... -
Determinants of Guilty Suspects’ Behavior in Investigative Interviews: Evidence-Disclosure Tactics and Question Content
(2019-09-18)Research in the Strategic Use of Evidence (SUE) paradigm has shown that guilty suspect’s verbal behavior is a product of the counter-interrogation strategies suspects employ based on the prior knowledge they believe ... -
Diseases in the hip - Exploring risk for fracture and osteoarhritis
(2019-09-18)Objective: Hip fracture is the most serious condition linked to low bone mass or osteoporosis, and Sweden has one of the highest incidences in the world. The proportion of elderly is increasing in the Swedish population ... -
Empowering Empirical Research in Software Design: Construction and Studies on a Large-Scale Corpus of UML Models
(2019-09-18)Context: In modern software development, software modeling is considered to be an essential part of the software architecture and design activities. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has become the de facto standard for ... -
Origin, evolution and biodiversity of the Neotropical herpetofauna: patterns and processes of the world’s richest and most threatened biota
(2019-09-16)The biological diversity of tropical America (the Neotropics) is astonishing. However, even among terrestrial vertebrates, most biogeographical patterns are not fully described nor understood, especially for many Neotropical ... -
Studies of tibial fractures using the Swedish Fracture Register
(2019-09-13)This thesis has two topics. First, the creation and application of the Swedish Fracture Register (SFR) is described. Second, a series of studies of tibial fractures based on data from the SFR follows. Until the start ... -
Molecular biology of barnacle Balanus improvisus settlement
(2019-09-13)The aim of this thesis was to investigate molecular mechanisms of various aspects of barnacle settlement, using the acorn barnacle Balanus improvisus. This barnacle is a common fouling species and a model organism for ... -
La expresión de cambio en español como lengua extranjera. Desarrollo y variación en la interlengua de aprendices suecohablantes
(2019-09-13)Title: The Expression of Change-of-State in Spanish as a Foreign Language: Development and Variation in the Interlanguage of Swedish-Speaking Learners. This dissertation examines the learning process of the expression ... -
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and anxiety symptoms in older adults
(2019-09-11)Anxiety is a broad concept, difficult to detect and recognize. Expression may shift over the lifetime further complicating identification. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders in ...