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1. 16. Body mass index, cognitive ability, and dementia : prospective associations and methodological issues in late life

   Författare :Anna Dahl; Stig Berg; Bo Malmberg; Linda Hassing; Eleonor Fransson; Sven Nilsson; Åke Wahlin; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aging; body mass index; cognition; dementia; epidemiology; longitudinal; population-based; prospective; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande;

   Sammanfattning : The aims of the present study were to investigate the association between overweight and cognitive ability and dementia, and to evaluate the usefulness of self-reported body mass index (BMI) in late life and various data sources commonly used in epidemiological studies to identify persons with dementia. Data were drawn from three population-based studies: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA), Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (the Gender Study), and the Finnish Lieto Study. LÄS MER

3. 17. Life in the labyrinth : a reflexive exploration of research and politics

   Författare :Suzanne Almgren Mason; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; labour market policies; self-employment; immigrant women; discrimination; politics; research; reflexivity; gender; ethnicity; ethnocentrism;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is about exploring the politics within and around research. The starting point is a European project which ran from late 1997 to the end of 2000. LÄS MER

4. 18. Life Cycle Assessment and Decision Making: Theories and Practices

   Författare :Henrikke Baumann; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; life cycle assessment; LCA practice; LCA methodology; LCA modelling; institutionalisation; LCA procedure; life cycle accounting; LCA; systems analysis; decision making;

   Sammanfattning : Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been in use to a varying extent since the late 1960s. The fact that LCA methodology needs further development is a frequently identified barrier to the further application of LCA. Consequently, the literature with suggestions for improving LCA methodology is extensive. LÄS MER

5. 19. Colonizing Fever : Race and Media Cultures in Late Nineteenth-Century Sweden

   Författare :Åsa Bharathi Larsson; Pelle Snickars; Jan von Bonsdorff; Patrik Steorn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; media cultures; race; late nineteenth century; visual representations of the colonial world; colonialism; Sweden; postcolonial theory; urban everyday life; scientific expeditions; entertainment; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation focuses on visual representations of the colonial world in late nineteenth-century Sweden. Situated at the intersection between postcolonial studies, visual culture studies and cultural histories of media, the study has a threefold aim. LÄS MER

7. 20. Att berätta en senneolitisk historia : Sten och metall i södra Sverige 2350-1700 f. Kr

   Författare :Eva Stensköld; Mats Burström; Björn Magnusson Staaf; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Neolithic; Flint daggers; Neolithic metal; Mortuary houses; Gallery graves; Passage rituals; Mortuary rituals; Initiation rites; Body modification; Decarnation; Narrative; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses aspects of how the Late Neolithic society in southern Sweden changed through the use of metal. Particular focus is on how the different categories of the material culture were utilized in this process – the Late Neolithic flint daggers and objects of stone imitating objects of metal. LÄS MER