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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Self-selection.
11. Aspects of participation in sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer
Sammanfattning : Colorectal cancer is an important health problem due to a high morbidity and mortality but it is curable at an early stage and is therefore ideal for screening. Population-based screening of the average risk population using fecal occult blood testing has been demonstrated to decrease mortality. LÄS MER
12. Philosophical Aspects of Evidence and Methodology in Medicine
Sammanfattning : The thesis consists of an introduction and five papers. The introduction gives a brief historical survey of empirical investigations into the effectiveness of medicinal interventions, as well as surveys of the concept of evidence and of the history and philosophy of experiments. LÄS MER
13. Up the hill backwards : On interactional constraints and affordances for equity-constitution in the classrooms of the Swedish comprehensive school
Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to study the relationship between participation in classroom interaction and constraints and affordances for creating equity in classrooms. To facilitate this analysis, two other issues are also addressed: How is participation in classroom interaction organized, and how can one develop ways of recording and analyzing it in order to show its organization? Based on a social constructionist perspective, an analytic approach of interaction analyses of constitutive interaction, with a focus on participation, was established. LÄS MER
14. Welfare Effects of Transport Policies : an analysis of congestion pricing and infrastructure investments
Sammanfattning : Interactions between the transport market and other distorted markets, such as the labor market, can have a large impact on the overall welfare effect of a road pricing policy or a congestion charge. Many road pricing studies therefore try to incorporate effects from other distorted markets in the analysis. LÄS MER
15. Primary and Secondary Outcomes from a Double Randomized Clinical Preference Trial of two Panic-Focused Psychotherapies
Sammanfattning : Approximately 2-3% of adults in Sweden will experience unexpected panic attacks that cause them to develop fears of future attacks and to alter their lives, defined as Panic Disorder with or without Agoraphobia (PD/A). The condition often onsets in late adolescence or early adulthood, with high levels of psychiatric comorbidity, social difficulties, diminished study and work ability, an elevated risk for substance use, health problems, and mortality. LÄS MER
