Sökning: "age-period-cohort analysis"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden age-period-cohort analysis.

  1. 1. Suicide in Russia : A macro-sociological study

    Författare :Tanya Jukkala; Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Vessela Misheva; Paavo Bergman; Steven Stack; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Suicide; Russia; historical development; time-series analysis; age-period-cohort analysis; Émile Durkheim; Niklas Luhmann;

    Sammanfattning : This work constitutes a macro-sociological study of suicide. The empirical focus is on suicide mortality in Russia, which is among the highest in the world and has, moreover, developed in a dramatic manner over the second half of the 20th century. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Socialization of Intergroup Attitudes : The Problem of Generations

    Författare :David Ekstam; Gina Gustavsson; Anders Westholm; Mikael Hjerm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Socialization; intergroup attitudes; cohort analysis; generational replacement; age effects; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis regards long-term aggregate trends in intergroup attitudes and the individual-level mechanisms that underlie change and continuity on the aggregate-level. The thesis focusses primarily on attitudes toward homosexuality in the North American context and attitudes toward immigration in the European context. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Resampling Evaluation of Signal Detection and Classification : With Special Reference to Breast Cancer, Computer-Aided Detection and the Free-Response Approach

    Författare :Anna Bornefalk Hermansson; Rolf Larsson; Ulf Olsson; Dankmar Böhning; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Statistics; breast cancer; trend modelling; FROC; confidence intervals; threshold independence; bootstrap; kernel density estimation; mammography; computer-aided detection; Statistik;

    Sammanfattning : The first part of this thesis is concerned with trend modelling of breast cancer mortality rates. By using an age-period-cohort model, the relative contributions of period and cohort effects are evaluated once the unquestionable existence of the age effect is controlled for. LÄS MER

  5. 4. From optic neuritis to multiple sclerosis : a paraclinical, epidemiological, and etiological study in Stockholm County, Sweden

    Författare :Ya-Ping Jin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is unknown. Monosymptomatic optic neuritis (MON) is an acute disease of the optic nerve attributed to focal inflammation associated with demyelination in the absence of any history or signs of NIS or of any systemic disease. MON is closely related to MS and can be a harbinger of MS. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma : opportunities for prevention

    Författare :Qiaoli Wang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the predominant histological subtype of esophageal cancer, a highly fatal malignant neoplasm. Most ESCC patients are diagnosed at a late stage when tumors are unresectable or have metastasized. LÄS MER