Sökning: "presenting the absent"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade orden presenting the absent.
1. Presenting the Absent : An Account of Undocumentedness in Sweden
Sammanfattning : This thesis provides an ethnography and critical phenomenology of undocumentedness in the Swedish context. By attending to the forces and processes that circumscribe the life-worlds of undocumented persons, as well as the phenomenology and essential experiences of their condition, a complex and multi-layered illustration of what undocumentedness is and means is successively presented. LÄS MER
2. Den dolda triaden. Om ensamstående mödrar med söner och deras behov av stöd inom socialtjänsten
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis is to discuss and understand different aspects of the family life that lone mothers with sons develop in relation to absent fathers and the support from social services. The study is based upon nine case studies, each of them including qualitative interviews with the mother, the son (age 13–18), the male contact person from social services and the responsible social worker. LÄS MER
3. Genetic modification and mesodermal differentiation of human embryonic stem cells
Sammanfattning : Background: Pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are a resource of great potential, available for research. Their capability to differentiate into any cell of the human body and an unlimited in vitro expansion offers the possibility to study the earliest human development and provides a source of cells for regenerative medicine. LÄS MER
4. Essays on human capital and wage formation
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of three independent essays. In the first essay, I examine the implications of income redistribution on human capital accu-mulation and income inequality, presenting a model where human capital investment is indi-visible and agents differ in economic opportunity as well as intellectual ability. LÄS MER
5. Enhancing T cell mediated immunity in DNA vaccination
Sammanfattning : For centuries infectious diseases have been one of the main causes of death in the world. With the invention of vaccine technology 200 years ago, we have been able to impede and even eradicate several dangerous pathogens. LÄS MER