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  1. 1. Stadens puls : En tidsgeografisk studie av hushåll och vardagsliv i Stockholm, 1760-1830

    Författare :Mats Hayen; Lars Nilsson; Christine Bladh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early-modern time; Household structure; Daily life; Structuration theory; Time-geography; History; Historia; historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This study addresses the question of change in household structure and the reproduction of “life from day to day”. It is based on structuration theory, time-geography and Allan Pred’s theory of place as historically contingent process. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Åldrandet och språket : en språkhistorisk analys av hög ålder och åldrande i Sverige cirka 1875–1975

    Författare :Anna Rosengren; David Gaunt; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ageing; cultural ageing; elderly; history of concepts; conceptual history; life-writing; auto biography; retirement; elderly care; welfare studies; Sweden; 19th century; 20th century.; Historical Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses how old age and ageing were manifested and understood in Sweden from approximately 1875 to 1975. It thus aims to provide historical background to current debate about for instance the retirement age and how to best care for the elderly. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Creating a new heart : Marcus Ehrenpreis on jewry and judaism

    Författare :Stephen Fruitman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jewish culture; modernity; literature; history; universalism versus particularism; nationalism; intellectual history;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation represents the first attempt to take account of the entire Swedish œuvre of Marcus Ehrenpreis and view it as a single, coherent statement, recognizing the very fundamental confrontation taking place between tradi­tional and modern ways of viewing reality and its possible resolution. A reading of his work reveals that the one constant in his life in letters was the struggle to reconcile the apparent logical antithesis of universalism and particu­larism, which this dissertation sees as one with resonance for all ethnic minorities. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Condition-dependence in life history evolution

    Författare :Foteini Spagopoulou; Alexei Maklakov; Lars Gustafsson; Russell Bonduriansky; Pat Monaghan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ageing; senescence; nongenetic inheritance; sex differences; condition-dependence; life history; trade-off; Ficedula albicollis; Caenorhabditis remanei; Telostylinus angusticollis; Biologi med inriktning mot zooekologi; Biology with specialization in Animal Ecology;

    Sammanfattning : Ageing is the progressive physiological deterioration that appears with increasing age and eventually leads to a decline in survival and reproduction. This physiological process is omnipresent across the tree of life, but the expected trajectory can widely vary between and within species. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Experimental Evolution of Life-history : Testing the Evolutionary Theories of Ageing

    Författare :Hwei-yen Chen; Alexei Maklakov; Tracey Chapman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :senescence; ageing; longevity; mortality; experimental evolution; Caenorhabditis remanei; Biologi; Biology;

    Sammanfattning : Ageing reduces fitness, but how ageing evolves is still unclear. Evolutionary theory of ageing hinges on the fundamental principal that the force of natural selection declines with age. LÄS MER