Sökning: "Lancaster"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Lancaster.

  1. 1. Adaptation and plasticity within and across generations

    Författare :Zuzana Sekajova; Martin Lind; Lesley Lancaster; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Phenotypic plasticity; nongenetic inheritance; environmental variation; Caenorhabditis elegans; Caenorhabditis remanei; life history; Biologi med inriktning mot zooekologi; Biology with specialization in Animal Ecology;

    Sammanfattning : The environment is seldom stable but often changes from one state to another and in order to survive and reproduce organisms need to respond to those changes. If the change is fast, genetic adaptations may not evolve quickly enough and organisms must adopt other strategies, such as phenotypic plasticity. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Les accords de Lancaster House en 1979 : l'aboutissement de deux décennies de débats sur les conditions de l'indépendance du Zimbabwe

    Författare :Adolphe Lawson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

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  4. 3. Amisch alli Daag : fromhet i funktion? : Efterföljelsen gestaltad i amishfolkets kyrkoliv

    Författare :Markus von Martens; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pennsylvania.; Ordnung; Old Order Amish; Nachfolge; Mennonites; Lancaster; Dover; Dordrecht Confession of Faith; Delaware; Beachy Amish; Anabaptism; Amish; worship; spirituality; piety; ordination; imitation of Christ; hymnology; humility; ecclesiology; ecclesiastical rules; diaconic activity; creed; baptism; confession of faith; church; communion; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis focuses on the way the Amish view their life and actions as Christians. With its basis in first-hand observations from the settlements of Dover (DE) and Lancaster (PA) the inquiry describes, analyzes and interprets the ecclesiastical life of the Old Order Amish from an ecclesiological viewpoint. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Questioning the Self-Evident : A Rhetorical Psychological Approach to Reflections, Judgments, and Justifications of Organisational Decisions

    Författare :Pirjo Niemenmaa; Greg Myers; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rhetorical psychology; reasonable; complementary loci; change; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis presents a rhetorical psychological approach to study mental actions. The approach is based on the assumptions of the historical and situational nature of thinking and judgements. When expressing thoughts, opinions, and judgments language is used as a tool for action. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Idea of the Walking Dead in Medieval Historical Texts with Particular Reference to the English Examples

    Författare :Polina Ignatova; Paul Antony Hayward; Fiona Edmonds; Sophie Page; UK Lancaster University; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; medieval history; textuality; Latin; death;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the origins and purpose of the stories about restless corpses appearing in the medieval Latin sources created in England between the eleventh and the fifteenth centuries. By engaging with a wide variety of sources, including ancient texts, walking-dead stories created in medieval Europe and Iceland, early modern and modern collections of folk tales, medieval medical treatises, and excavation reports, this thesis endeavours to provide a new insight into the nature of the accounts about revenants appearing in medieval English sources. LÄS MER