Sökning: "Ethnic Identification"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 45 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ethnic Identification.
16. Identification of the susceptibility genes in type 1 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy
Sammanfattning : Genetic susceptibility plays an important role in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and diabetic nephropathy (DN). The present study aims to investigate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in candidate genes and DN. LÄS MER
17. Application of Genomic and Expression Arrays for Identification of new Cancer Genes
Sammanfattning : Copy number variation (CNV) comprises a recently discovered kind of variation involving deletion and duplication of DNA segments of variable size, ranging from a few hundred basepairs to several million. By altering gene dosage levels or disrupting proximal or distant regulatory elements CNVs create human diversity. LÄS MER
18. To be or not to be American : Statehood and Peoplehood in Native American Self-identification during the Self-determination era
Sammanfattning : As colonized peoples Native Americans have had a complicated relationship to the United States. They have faced the question of whether they should demand tribal independence or embrace American citizenship. LÄS MER
19. We belong to them : Narratives of belonging, homeland and nationhood in territorial and non territorial minority settings
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores what happens with ethnic and national identifications buiit on the same ethnocultural grounds, but under different socio-economic circumstances. Territorial and nonterritorial minorities have traditionally been considered non-comparable because it was assumed that groups organized on different grounds were distinctively separate phenomena. LÄS MER
20. Social Hierarchies, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on three papers where I examine some aspects of ethnic and gender-based prejudice and discrimination in hierarchical situations. In Paper I, the existence of ethnic hierarchies in Sweden is explored. LÄS MER