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1. 1. Granulocyte activation by danger signals and blocking of receptor responses

   Författare :Anna-Lena Stenfeldt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; granulocytes; neutrophils; eosinophils; danger signals; danger theory; formyl peptide receptors; antagonists; inhibitors;

   Sammanfattning : Granulocytes are the most abundant cells in the peripherial blood. They serve to eliminate invading microbes and parasites and release anti-microbial agents. In the event of injury, granulocytes are recruited to damaged tissues. LÄS MER

3. 2. Applications of Rice's formula in oceanographic and environmental problems

   Författare :Sofia Åberg; Matematisk statistik; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; operations research; programming; actuarial mathematics; Statistik; operationsanalys; Statistics; Encountering waves; Gaussian random fields; Palm distributions; Rice s formula; wave statistics; level crossings; programmering; aktuariematematik;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on five papers (A-E), all treating various applications of Rice's formula. The areas of application are oceanographic and environmental problems. The first three papers treat properties of encountering waves, that is, waves that a ship encounters while sailing on the ocean. LÄS MER

4. 3. Life-stowing from a Digital Media Perspective : Past, Present and Future

   Författare :Alberto Frigo; Stina Bengtson; Jay David Bolter; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-stowing; tebahism; effortfull; life-logging; quantified self; selftracking; surveillance; sousveillance; archiving; syncretism; constructivist theory of perception; database aesthetics; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

   Sammanfattning : While both public opinion and scholars around the world are currently pointing out the danger of increasingly popular life-logging devices, this book articulates this debate by distinguishing between automatic and manual life-logging approaches. Since new definitions of life-logging have excluded the latter approach and have been mainly focused on effortless life-logging technologies such as Google Glass and Quantified Self applications in general, the second part of this thesis theoretically frames life-stowing. LÄS MER

5. 4. Policy professionals in civil society organizations : Struggling for influence

   Författare :Joanna Mellquist; Adrienne Sörbom; Stefan Svallfors; Åsa Wettergren; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil society; policy professionals; professionalization; organization; advocacy; strategy; member; mediatization; field theory; capital; decoupling; logic of influence; organizational hypocrisy; myth; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering;

   Sammanfattning : The professionalization of civil society organizations coupled with an elite-driven policy process has fostered the rise of policy professionals in civil society organizations (CSOs). This dissertation explores the role and functioning of policy professionals in CSOs, describing and analyzing how CSOs’ hiring of such expertise contributes to processes of professionalization within civil society, including what that entails from a normative perspective. LÄS MER

7. 5. Naming in/security - constructing identity: 'Mayan-women' in Guatemala in the eve of 'peace'

   Författare :Maria Stern; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Central America; cultural studies; ethnicity; feminism; Maya; Guatemala; identity; international relations theory; security; subjectivity; women;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how politically active Mayan women in 1995, at the close of the armed conflict in Guatemala, speak about their in/security as Mayan, women, and poor. The body of this work is based on partial life-history interviews conducted with 18 leaders of different organizations within the popular/Mayan movement. LÄS MER