Sökning: "United States of America"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 44 avhandlingar innehållade orden United States of America.

  1. 16. Wintertime compound extremes in Europe and North America : from dynamics to predictability

    Författare :Richard Leeding; Gabriele Messori; Jacopo Riboldi; Deliang Chen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cold Spells; Climate Extremes; Extratropical Cyclones; North Atlantic; North America; Europe; Meteorologi; Meteorology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the co-occurrence of wintertime low temperature extremes (cold spells) over North America and wet or windy extremes over Europe. Prolonged (≅ 5 days) North American cold spells can be associated with both upstream and downstream anomalous large-scale atmospheric flows, the latter modulating extreme weather occurrences over Europe. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Coming Full Circle? : Return Migration and the Social Mobility on the Bjäre Peninsula 1860-1930

    Författare :Magnus C Persson; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Social structures; Båstad; Social and economic history; Bjäre; Contemporary history circa 1800 to 1914 ; Modern historia ca. 1800-1914 ; Social Mobility; Sweden; United States; History; Return Migration; Returnees; Political Activities; Local History; Lifestyles; Emigration; Immigration; Sociala strukturer; Ekonomisk och social historia; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : One million three hundred thousand people left Sweden for America between 1860 and 1930. In the same period, approximately two hundred thousand people returned to Sweden. "Coming Full Circle?" is an analysis of the fate and local impact of the local returnees on the Bjäre peninsula in southern Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 18. The genus Xanthoria (Fr.) Th.Fr. in North America

    Författare :Louise Lindblom; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; morphology; taxonomy; Systematic botany; HPTLC; secondary chemistry; Xanthoria; anatomy; Teloschistaceae; lichenized Ascomycetes; phytogeography; chemotaxonomy. Physiology of nonvascular plants; Systematisk botanik; taxonomi; morfologi; kemotaxonomi. Växters fysiologi inte kärlväxter .;

    Sammanfattning : The lichenized ascomycete genus Xanthoria (Fr.) Th.Fr. (Teloschistaceae) in continental United States and Canada is revised. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Advancing the Frontier of Extended Producer Responsibility: The management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in non-OECD countries

    Författare :Panate Manomaivibool; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Extended Producer Responsibility EPR ; Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE ; Electronic Waste E-waste ; Policy Transfer; Waste Policy; Product Policy; Recycling;

    Sammanfattning : Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has become a salient issue in non-OECD countries. With a growing awareness about serious damages to the environment and human health from a lack of safe treatment and recycling of WEEE, there has been a search for policy responses in several of these countries. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Adolescent adjustment problems : the role of heritability and family environment

    Författare :Jurgita Narusyte; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Adolescent adjustment; persistent antisocial behavior; aggression; externalizing behavior problems; internalizing behavior problems; parent-child relationships; negative parenting; twin; heritability; environment; genotype-environment correlation; children-of-twins model.;

    Sammanfattning : Approximately one fifth of children and adolescents in Europe and United States of America suffer from behavioral, emotional or developmental problems. More effective prevention and intervention of these problems may be achieved through understanding the role of genetic and environmental factors. LÄS MER