Sökning: "Cognitive Stability"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 61 avhandlingar innehållade orden Cognitive Stability.

  1. 21. Factors of importance for self-related health

    Författare :Pia Svedberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Self-rated health; twins; genetic factors; environmental factors; sex; age; aging; cognitive abilities; epidemiology; health behavior;

    Sammanfattning : Even though self-rated health is increasingly accepted as an important measure of health status, there are several uncertainties as to why people differ in their health perception. The extent of age differences across the life span and whether there are different determinants in men than in women is unclear. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Search for reliable diagnostic markers for Alzheimer’s disease

    Författare :Niels Andreasen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Alzheimer´s disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Biochemical markers; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; Progression; Tau-protein; Beta-amyloid; Aß42; ApoE; Sensitivity; Specificity;

    Sammanfattning : The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is rather difficult not at least in the earlier stages of the disease. The diagnostic accuracy has been reported to be around 65-90%. These figures however, come from academic centers with a special interest in the disease and are based on patients followed for several years. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Essays on human capital & econometric methods

    Författare :Andrew Proctor; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis in Economics consists of four self-contained chapters.“Did the apple fall far from the tree?” examines the interaction of uncertain-ty and learning about ability with family background in the determination of human capital decisions. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Fängslande idéer : Svensk miljöpolitik och teorier om policyproduktion

    Författare :Marianne Danielsson; Li Bennich-Björkman; Barry Holmström; Kristina Boréus; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; policy ideas; theories of the policy process; constructivism; Discourse Coalition Framework; Advocacy Coalition Framework; Punctuated Equilibrium Theory; environmental policy; Sweden; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the role of ideas in policy processes. It does so using three theories as a starting point, selected for being alike yet unique in their description of how ideas may “get stuck” in the organization’s production and reproduction of policy. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Time and inequality - A study of individual preferences

    Författare :Hjördis Hardardottir; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavioral economics; Experimental economics; Individual preferences; Time preferences; Social preferences; income inequality; Health inequality;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three papers that study individual preferences. The focus of the first two papers is on time preferences. In the third paper, preferences regarding how inequality in health and income should be defined are elicited. LÄS MER