Sökning: "Africa"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 693 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Africa.

  1. 1. Life expectancy in Africa : A cross-national study

    Detta är en avhandling från Linköping : Linköpings universitet

    Författare :Kwame Gbesemete; Linköpings universitet.; Linköpings universitet.; [1993]
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Africa; life expectaocy; cross-national; environmental; behavioural and cultnral; demographic; socio-economic; medical and external factors; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis seeks to investigate the factors underlying the differences in life expectaocy in 28 low and middle-income African countries. The thesis is divided into two parts. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Essays on Development and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Detta är en avhandling från Uppsala : Department of Economics

    Författare :Jonas Poulsen; Uppsala universitet.; [2015]
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ANC; regression discontinuity; IV; party effects; Rwandan genocide; rainfall; propaganda; social capital; South Africa; mining; resource curse; crime; criminality; Internet; protests; submarine cables; regime change; Africa; employment; light;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: The African National Congress (ANC) can look back on eighty years of struggle which resulted in the liberation of black Africans, the creation of a democratic constitution and free elections. However, the last twenty years of ANC rule has been criticized for the failure to bring higher living standards for the formerly oppressed. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Variao, contato e mudana lingustica em Moambique e Cabo Verde A concordncia varivel de nmero em sintagmas nominais do portugus

    Detta är en avhandling från Stockholm : Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, Stockholm University

    Författare :Anna Jon-And; Stockholms universitet.; Högskolan Dalarna.; [2011]
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Portuguese; portugisiska; variable agreement; number; noun phrase; Portuguese; Mozambique; Cape Verde; Brazil; Africa; language contact; Ronga; Changana; Cape Verdean Creole; concordância variável; número; sintagma nominal; português; Moçambique; Cabo Verde; Brasil; África; contato linguístico; ronga; changana;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates variable noun phrase number agreement (VNA) in two second language varieties of Portuguese, spoken in Maputo, Mozambique and in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Quantitative VARBRUL analysis is carried out based on recordings made in Maputo and Mindelo 2007 and 2008. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Population genetic history and patterns of admixture Examples from northeastern and southern Africa

    Detta är en avhandling från Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis

    Författare :Nina Hollfelder; Uppsala universitet.; [2018]
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; population structure; genetic admixture; genomic variation; Africa; population genomics; lactase persistence; sex-biased admixture; human evolutionary genetics; Biology with specialization in Evolutionary Organismal Biology; Biologi med inriktning mot evolutionär organismbiologi;

    Sammanfattning : The origin of humans lies in Africa, as has been shown by archaeology, paleontology and genetics. Here, we can find the largest genetic diversity and the deepest split among human populations. African genetic diversity has been shaped by a long and complex history. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Aspects of carnivoran evolution in Africa

    Detta är en avhandling från Stockholm : Zoologiska institutionen

    Författare :Reihaneh Dehghani; Stockholms universitet.; [2008]
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Carnivora; Evolution; Africa; Viverridae; Herpestidae; NATURAL SCIENCES Biology Organism biology Systematics and phylogenetics; NATURVETENSKAP Biologi Organismbiologi Systematik och fylogeni; Systematic Zoology; systematisk zoologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the evolution of African small carnivorans, with emphasis on East African Viverridae and Herpestidae (Carnivora, Mammalia). Viverridae and Herpestidae are two Old World feliform (belonging to the cat branch) carnivoran families with a confusing, and sometimes even misleading, taxonomic and systematic history, in addition to a scarce fossil record. LÄS MER