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21. Genetic and environmental factors in relation to childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus aetiology and clinical presentation in Sweden and Lithuania
Sammanfattning : Background. Incidence of Type I diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing worldwide. It is affecting mostly young people, with the dramatically rising incidence among youngest children (those under age of 5 years). LÄS MER
22. Barns samspel bortom förskolans väggar : Om yngre barns samspel och platsskapande på förskolegården och i en mobil förskola
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis is to explore the relations between children’s interaction and places within preschool activities. How children’s interaction opportunities are conditioned by the physical and social environment in the preschool yard (study I), as well as place-making processes in various contexts in mobile preschool activities (studies II and III), are examined within the framework of this purpose. LÄS MER
23. From Cradle to Grave : Empirical Essays on Health and Economic Outcomes
Sammanfattning : This thesis contains four independent research papers, which investigate the causal relations between several aspects of health and economic outcomes at different stages of the life course. The first paper investigates the causal effects of maternal deprivation and maltreatment during various periods of childhood on adolescent health and human capital. LÄS MER
24. Bilingual memory : A lifespan approach
Sammanfattning : Bilingualism and its effect on individuals have been studied within different disciplines. Although the first psychological study of bilingualism was couducted by Cattell as early as 1887, only a few studies have exclusively investigated the effect of bilingualism on memory systems’ functioning. LÄS MER
25. Gränser i livet - gränser i landskapet : Generationsrelationer och rituella praktiker i södermanländska bronsålderslandskap
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with issues relating to the cosmological dimensions of landscapes, the cultural construction of age and the long-term changes in passage rituals and mortuary practices in the Bronze Age societies of Södermanland in East Central Sweden. A gender perspective forms the underlying theoretical framework, while the study as a whole is particularly interested in power relations between generations as an impetus for societal change. LÄS MER