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  1. 1. Paths to Adulthood: Freedom, Belonging, and Temporalities in Mbunda Biographies from Western Zambia

    Författare :Michael Barrett; Per Brandström; Lars Hagborg; Art Hansen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Zambia; Mbunda; youth; gender; social change; migration; urban-rural relations; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : In this study, Michael Barrett explores the relationship between adulthood and historical processes in a rural district of Western Zambia. Approaching the life cycle from a perspective of social practice, the potential and limits of conditioning is illuminated through ethnography and life histories of Mbunda people in Kalabo District of Western Province. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Drugs and the Convention on the Rights of the Child : Fragmentation, Contention and Structural Bias

    Författare :Damon Barrett; Pål Wrange; Allyn Taylor; Manfred Nowak; Rebecca Stern; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child rights; drug control; Convention on the Rights of the Child; structural bias; critical child rights studies; internationell rätt; International Law;

    Sammanfattning : Responding to the harms caused by drug use and the drug trade is one of the most pressing and interdisciplinary challenges of our time, within which the protection of children has become central. But there has been relatively little academic attention to the international legal dimensions of drug policy, despite the existence of a dedicated international legal framework on the issue and a range of other treaties that include drugs in some way. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Ergodic revisited : spatiality as a governing principle of digital literature

    Författare :James Barrett; Heidi Hansson; Astrid Ensslin; Hans Kristian Rustad; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; digital literature; narrative studies; interactive narrative; ergodic; cybertext; spatial; addressivity; interactive design; representational space; spatial practice; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the role of the spatial in four works of digital interactive literature. These works are Dreamaphage by Jason Nelson (2003), Last Meal Requested by Sachiko Hayashi (2003), Façade by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern (2005) and Egypt: The Book of Going Forth by Day by M. D. Coverley (2006). LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Finite Difference Methods for Multi-phase Free Boundary Problems

    Författare :Avetik Arakelyan; Henrik Shahgholian; John W. Barrett; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MATHEMATICS; MATEMATIK;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consist of an introduction and four research papers concerning numerical analysis for a certain class of free boundary problems. Paper I is devoted to the numerical analysis of the so-called two-phase membrane problem. Projected Gauss-Seidel method is constructed. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Pharmacometric Models for Individualisation of Warfarin in Adults and Children

    Författare :Anna-Karin Hamberg; Mia Wadelius; E Niclas Jonsson; Lena E Friberg; Jeffrey S Barrett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; warfarin; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; pharmacometrics; pharmacogenetics; dose individualisation; children; Klinisk farmakologi; Clinical Pharmacology;

    Sammanfattning : Warfarin is one of the most widely used anticoagulants. Therapy is complicated by warfarin’s narrow therapeutic range and pronounced variability in individual dose requirements. Although warfarin therapy is uncommon in children, it is crucial for children with certain congenital or acquired heart diseases. LÄS MER