Sökning: "canal history"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden canal history.

  1. 1. Teknik på bönders villkor : de tekniska och politiska aktörernas inflytande på den statsreglerade tekniska förändringen i Sverige 1806-1972

    Författare :Ulf Hamilton; Kent Zetterberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of technology; state technology; Göta Canal; railway; motor traffic; air transport; nuclear energy; technical actor; political actor; technical political actor; decision-making; History; Historia; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation deals with History of technology in Sweden before, during and after the industrialization. A theory that technical actors have a growing influence on state technology chiefly owing to the industrialization is presented. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Kanalbyggarna och staten : Offentliga vattenbyggnadsföretag i Sverige från medeltiden till 1810

    Författare :Hans Lindgren; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; canal construction enterprises; canal history; canals; central government; civil engineering; history of technology; infrastructure development; political decision-making; public opinion; water construction technology; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The Canal issue was on the political agenda in Sweden from the Middle Ages until 1810. That year represents the starting point of the Göta Canal construction and a break in political and scientific canal discussions in Sweden. This dissertation is a contribution to the Swedish history of infrastructure and construction technology. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The impact of criminal and externalizing behaviors on aging : Long-term associations with health and dementia

    Författare :Carmen Solares Canal; Henrik Larsson; Jonas Persson; Henrik Andershed; Björn Hofvander; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Older adults; aging; criminal behavior; externalizing behaviors; violent crime; dementia; Alzheimer s diseases; mental health; physical health; epidemiology;

    Sammanfattning : Previous studies have shown that criminal and other externalizing behaviors are associated with several adverse outcomes, but very little is known about the impact of these behaviors beyond middle adulthood. Few studies have explored how a life-course background of criminal and externalizing behaviors influence aging and more specifically, whether it is associated with the onset and development of different neurodegenerative, mental, and physical health disorders when aging. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Environmental history in southern Mozambique : Reconstruction of flooding events, hydroclimate and sea-level dynamics since mid-Holocene

    Författare :Sandra Raúl Sitoe; Jan Risberg; Elin Norström; Lars-Ove Westerberg; John Compton; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Southern Africa; Limpopo River floodplain; flooding event; sea-level change; climate change; diatoms; phytoliths; mineral magnetics; grain-size; radiocarbon dating; kvartärgeologi; Quaternary Geology;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis has been to reconstruct paleoenvironment, paleohydrology and paleoclimate in coastal southern Mozambique, with emphasis on tracing past flooding events on the lower Limpopo River floodplain. In order to extend flood chronologies beyond periods covered by instrumental data, sediments from lakes on the floodplain were studied (Lake Lungué, Coassane Oxbow, Lake Magandane and Lake Soane). LÄS MER

  7. 5. Anal fistulae - Three-dimensional endoanal ultrasound and outcomes of collagen plug treatment

    Författare :Ursula Fält; Kirurgi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; analfistel; Crohns sjukdom; kryptoglandulär fistel; kollagenplugg; komplicerad analfistel; tredmensionellt endoanalt ultraljud; analkanalens längd; analkanalens anatomi; anal fistula; Crohn s disease; cryptoglandular fistula; anal fistula plug; Complex anal fistula; three-dimensional endoanal ultrasound; anal canal length; anal canal anatomy;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The treatment of complex anal fistulae remains a therapeutic challenge. Early anal fistula plug (AFP) studies showed high success rates, while later reports demonstrated success rate of 13-100% at usual follow-up of 6-24 months. LÄS MER