Sökning: "awakenings"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade ordet awakenings.

  1. 1. Nådens ordning. En studie av västsvensk pietism 1730 – 1760

    Författare :Per von Wachenfeldt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; pietism; revivals; awakenings; eighteendth century; modern individualism; core values of pietism; David Hollatz; The State of Grace; Turner; Främmestad; Stora Bjurum; Skärv;

    Sammanfattning : The topic of this dissertation is the wave of pietist revivals, or awakenings, that swept across western Sweden during the first half of the eighteenth century. Originating in Saxony, in the previous century, the pietist movement and its various expressions left a lasting impression on the social and cultural environment of northern Germany and large parts of Scandinavia. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Lean, mean sleep machine? : Effects and experiences of a sleep robot intervention for adults with insomnia

    Författare :Siri Jakobsson Støre; Annika Norell-Clarke; Maria Tillfors; Børge Sivertsen; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ADHD; anxiety; depression; hyperarousal; insomnia; robot; sleep; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : Many adults suffer from insomnia disorder, struggling to fall asleep, stay asleep, or with early morning awakenings. Hyperarousal is an important predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factor to insomnia. Anxiety, depression and ADHD are common comorbid disorders, with shared cognitive, behavioral, genetic, and neurological features. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Sleep and cognition in old age: Birth cohort differences, dementia, and biomarkers of Alzheimer´s disease

    Författare :Johan Skoog; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Subjective sleep disturbance; cognition; dementia; epidemiology;

    Sammanfattning : The focus for this thesis is on two major determinants of health and wellbeing in older people, namely subjective sleep disturbance and cognition. Data were drawn from the H70 Birth Cohort Studies, comprising representative samples of older people living in Gothenburg, Sweden. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Insomnia : Prevalence, longitudinal course and health consequences - a twelve year perspective

    Författare :Lena Mallon; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; Insomnia; Epidemiology; Prospective; Older Adults; Course; Depression; Anxiety; Mortality; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate different aspects of insomnia by following a middle-aged population over a twelve-year period. In the present series of studies insomnia is defined as a complaint of either difficulties initiating sleep (DIS), difficulties maintaining sleep (DMS) or early morning awakenings (EMA). LÄS MER

  7. 5. The impact of railway vibration and noise on sleep

    Författare :Michael Smith; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; railway vibration; noise; sleep disturbance; polysomnography; cardiovascular disease;

    Sammanfattning : Sleep is a vital component of good health, and sleep loss is associated with impaired cognition, decreased psychomotor performance, cardiovascular disease, adverse effects on endocrine and metabolic function, negative mood, impaired memory, and more. A growing burden of freight transportation on global railway networks will likely lead to an increase in nocturnal vibration and noise at nearby dwellings. LÄS MER