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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 126 avhandlingar innehållade ordet demographics.
21. A Triply Green Revolution : Building water resilience for SDGs on food and poverty for Africa
Sammanfattning : Sub-Saharan Africa is confronted with the urgent challenge of ensuring food security in the face of changing demographics, climate change and water vulnerability, which can lead to potential crop failure. Despite the high advocacy for technological solutions, such as irrigation, rainfed agricultural systems, which account for more than 90% of the region's food production, often remain overlooked. LÄS MER
22. Being creative and resourceful : Individuals’ abilities and possibilities for self-management of chronic illness
Sammanfattning : Individuals’ self-management styles are crucial for how they manage to live with illness. Commonly investigated factors include social support, self-efficacy, health beliefs, and demographics. There is a gap in the literature with regard to in-depth studies of how those factors actually influence an individual’s self-management. LÄS MER
23. Understanding the Impacts of Weather and Climate Change on Travel Behaviour
Sammanfattning : Human behaviour produces massive greenhouse gas emissions, which trigger climate change and more unpredictable weather conditions. The fluctuation of daily weather corresponds to variations of everyday travel behaviour. This influence, although is less noticeable, can have a strong impact on the transport system. LÄS MER
24. Spectral Inheritance : Unlearning the Maturity-trope
Sammanfattning : Drawing on continental and decolonial feminist philosophy, Spectral Inheritance: Unlearning the Maturity-trope addresses the centrality of the notions of “maturity” and “development” in discussions of human subjectivity, temporality and ethics. Building on Sylvia Wynter’s framework, the dissertation proposes to read the Euromodern genres of Man in developmental terms. LÄS MER
25. Optimization of first-line anti-tuberculosis therapy in patients co-infected with HIV
Sammanfattning : Every year over one million people die from tuberculosis. People infected with HIV are significantly more vulnerable to tuberculosis, which is the leading cause of HIV-associated death. The first-line treatment for tuberculosis consists of rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol. LÄS MER