Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet: Recent submissions
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Management and women's experiences of pregnancies lasting more than 41 gestational weeks
(2019-09-10)It is well known that the risks for complications of both the foetus and the mother increase in post-term pregnancy. To date, there is no uniform worldwide guideline for when to induce a pregnant woman who has passed her ... -
Tau fragments: role as biomarkers and in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies
(2019-09-10)Abstract Tau protein is physiologically expressed in neurons, where it is involved in microtubule assembly and stability. Tau functions are rigorously regulated by a series of modifications, e.g. phosphorylation and ... -
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis - a new agent of tick-borne infectious disease
(2019-09-06)“Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” (Ca. N. mikurensis) is a tick-borne bacterial pathogen that can cause disease particularly among immune compromised persons. This new infectious disease is called neoehrlichiosis. The ... -
Methotrexate and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma
(2019-09-06)Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drug commonly used to treat psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is a common and dangerous type ... -
Unpacking dominant discourses in higher education language policy
(2019-09-06)The overall purpose of the thesis is to investigate dominant discourses operating in the changing of HE concerning questions of language policy. It has been studied at a national level, analysing reports and government ... -
Change and Continuity in Psychological Health Across the Retirement Transition: Interindividual Differences and Post-Retirement Adjustment
(2019-09-05)Retirement is an important life event. Individuals leave their place of work, which often played a vital part in their daily lives, and enter a new phase of life with new opportunities, new challenges and new roles. The ... -
Organizing Creativity and Creative Organizing at a high tech company
(2019-09-04)In today’s society, creativity, in close collaboration with innovation, is considered key to the success of many businesses. On the one hand, organizations need to organize people’s efforts and to control the outcomes of ... -
Biochemical markers in dementia - Exploring Swedish registry data and the human proteome
(2019-09-04)Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases have a wide scope of applications in diagnostics, prognosis assessment, disease staging, treatment evaluation and more. In this PhD project we aimed to ... -
Skriva historia. Literacyförväntningar och elevtexter i historieämnet på mellan- och högstadiet
(2019-09-04)The importance of developing subject-specific literacy is emphasized in linguistic and didactic studies. This thesis contributes to the knowledge on literacy in compulsory school history, by comparing expectations for ... -
Acclimation of boreal Norway spruce to climate change: Empirical and modelling approaches
(2019-09-04)The findings of this thesis have important implications for the projections of future carbon and water fluxes for the boreal region. The observed boreal longterm acclimation responses of respiration and stomatal regulation ... -
Development of Fluorescent Nucleobase Analogues - Intrinsically labelled nucleic acids for molecular binding investigations
(2019-09-04)This thesis focuses on the design, synthesis and utilization of fluorescent nucleobase analogues (FBAs). FBAs are an important class of compounds, used in the research of nucleic acids. The class of canonical FBAs, i.e. ... -
Work-related cardiovascular disease
(2019-09-02)The overall aim of this thesis was to study occupational risk factors for cardiovascular disease, particularly, occupational noise, job strain and shift work. Incidence of cardiovascular disease was analysed in a general ... -
Acute febrile illness in preschool children in Zanzibar - Infectious aetiologies, diagnosis and treatment
(2019-09-02)Background: A majority of the three million children in Africa that do not survive their fifth birthday die from infections that often start as a seemingly uncomplicated febrile illness. Primary health care workers ... -
Multimodal Chemical Imaging of Amyloid Plaque Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease
(2019-08-30)Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. AD has been linked to the aggregation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides into extracellular deposits, Aβ plaques. These are also found in cognitively unimpaired ... -
The New Portuguese Presence in Angola: Traces, Emplacements and Interactions of a Postcolonial Encounter
(2019-08-30)Propelled by the impact of the Euro-crisis in the Portuguese economy and job market and the booming economy in Angola, during the last decade a great number of Portuguese workers migrated to the former colony. At the same ... -
Being political in the media – Political identities in journalistic and Twitter discourse
(2019-08-30)This thesis is about the role of media discourse in shaping the political identities of those who want to be heard in public. The ways in which people are able to speak, know, and feel in political situations have important ... -
Minds, Brains and Desert: On the relevance of neuroscience for retributive punishment
(2019-08-30)It is a common idea, and an element in many legal systems, that people can deserve punishment when they commit criminal (or immoral) actions. A standard philosophical objection to this retributivist idea about punishment ... -
Melankoliska fragment: om essäfilm och tänkande
(2019-08-29)This artistic doctoral dissertation comprises the essay film Melancholy Fragments (73 min.) and the book Melancholy Fragments: On Essay Film and Thinking. In making the film I wanted to explore if and how an artistic ... -
Retirement and Life Satisfaction: A Resource-Based Dynamic Perspective
(2019-08-29)Retirement from work is a major life event requiring adjustment to new life circumstances. The impact of retirement on well-being has been shown to vary, not only between individuals, but also within individuals over time. ...