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1. Smallholders and pigs in northern Uganda : an ethnographic study of pig rearing, disease management and local knowledges
Sammanfattning : In Uganda, pig numbers have increased rapidly in recent decades, with the majority reared by smallholder farmers in rural areas. It has been suggested that pig production can play an important role in reducing rural poverty. LÄS MER
2. Challenges of transnational parenthood : Exploring different perspectives of surrogacy in Sweden and India
Sammanfattning : Transnational surrogacy challenges traditional norms of parenthood, especially motherhood; additionally, it is viewed as the exploitation of poor women. The overall aim of this thesis was to shed light on the consequences of an unregulated situation on surrogacy in the Swedish and Indian contexts, and to give different perspectives on surrogacy and the surrogate. LÄS MER
3. Childbirth care in affluence and poverty : maternity routines in Sweden and Zambia
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis is to explore maternity practices during normal childbirth, both in an industrialised and in a low-income country, and to increase the knowledge about how these practices affect mother/newborn interaction and health. The studies have been carried out in Sweden and Zambia. LÄS MER
4. Who is in the driver's seat? : Insights into the mixed outcomes of renewable policy instruments in the electricity industry
Sammanfattning : There is consensus about a need to reduce the amount of green-house gas emission in the electricity industry to be able to deal with the probable consequences of climate change. This necessitates extensive investments in technologies used to generate electricity from renewable energy sources (RES-E). LÄS MER
5. Conformational Stability!? : Synthesis and Conformational Studies of Unnatural Backbone Modified Peptides
Sammanfattning : The beauty of the wide functionality of proteins and peptides in Nature is determined by their ability to adopt three-dimensional structures. This thesis describes artificial molecules developed to mimic secondary structures similar to those found crucial for biological activities. LÄS MER