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1. 1. Decision-making, Risk, and Utility : Assessments and Applications of Alternative Decision Models

   Författare :Thomas Paulsson; Jönköping University; []
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   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four individual essays and an introductory chapter. While theoretically and empirically independent from each other, the essays share some common properties. They all, in some respect, treat various aspects and dimensions of preference structures, preference elicitation, and choice under risk and uncertainty. LÄS MER

3. 2. Health economic evaluation methods for decision-making in preventive dentistry

   Författare :Nils Oscarson; Carina Källestål; Lars Lindholm; Dorthe Holst; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; costs and cost analysis; cost-effectiveness analysis CEA ; cost-benefit analysis CBA ; contingent valuation method; willingness to pay; dental caries; prevention; preventive dentistry; oral health; health outcome; quality of life.; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : The aims of this thesis were to evaluate caries-preventive measures from a societal perspective, to demonstrate the use of resources in preventive dentistry, to develop and discuss techniques suitable for evaluating dental care costs and outcomes, and to test costs and consequences within a health economic decision model adapted to preventive dental care. The thesis is based on three separate studies with three separate cohorts. LÄS MER

4. 3. Task information and memory aids in the learning of probabilistic inference tasks

   Författare :Jan Kuylenstierna; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; cue probability learning; contingent decision making; Psykologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : A trend in current decision research is a growing recognition of the "contingent" nature of decision making. Decision behavior is not invariant across normatively equivalent tasks and the use of normative, or non-normative strategies is contingent upon the conditions prevalent in the decision situation. LÄS MER

5. 4. Discursive Decision-making in Meetings of the Global Justice Movements: Cultures and Practices

   Författare :Christoph Haug; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; meetings; social movements; decision-making; deliberation; face-to-face interaction; participant observation;

   Sammanfattning : Based on audio-recordings of 8 and participant observation in about 200 activist meetings in the Global Justice Movements in Europe (especially Attac and the Social Forum process), the thesis addresses two main questions: 1. In what way do the constraints of the meeting-form influence the discussion and hence the decision-making process? 2. LÄS MER

7. 5. Omöjliga familjen : Ideologi och fantasi i svensk reproduktionspolitik

   Författare :Helena Tinnerholm Ljungberg; Maud Eduards; Sara Edenheim; Cecilia Åse; Maria Törnqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assisted reproduction; human reproduction; logics approach; new reproductive techniques; political discourse theory; psychoanalysis; Swedish politics; queer theory; reproduction policy; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : The relationship between the state and the people is a central theme in political theory. Discussions in this field have often centered on how a people can come to constitute a state. Less attention, however, has been directed toward the state’s role in constituting and recreating its people. LÄS MER