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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden sara bengtsson.
1. On the mind's time : production, perception, and pianists performance of rhythms : neural correlates and neuroanatomical changes
Sammanfattning : Human movements are impressively flexible and precise. They are also coloured by the characteristics with which each person performs an act. This is evident in everyday activities, in sports, in art, and in music performance. LÄS MER
2. Stress steroids as accelerators of Alzheimer's disease. : Effects of chronically elevated levels of allopregnanolone in transgenic AD models
Sammanfattning : Background Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia are devastating conditions not only for the affected patients but also for their families. The economical costs for the society are tremendous. LÄS MER
3. Value-adding deployment of corporate lean programs in multinational production companies
Sammanfattning : Strategic improvement programs, which aim for corporate-wide lean transformation, are resource-demanding and challenging to deploy. Industrial manufacturers often develop company-specific production system (XPS) programs to coordinate the lean transformation simultaneously in multiple production sites. LÄS MER
4. Neighbourhood Politics in Transition : Residents’ Associations and Local Government in Post-Apartheid Cape Town
Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the changing practices of South African residents’ associations and their relationship with political parties and local government from 1990 to 2006, with the aim to examine how associations in Cape Town respond when they are confronted with a new democratic institutional and political context. Two empirical questions guide the analysis: How do residents’ associations perceive that the changing political context has affected them in their attempts to influence agenda-setting and decision-making? And how can we understand the process in which they decide to act, or not act, in response to important changes in their political environment? Drawing on social movement theory, most importantly the notions of political opportunity structures and framing processes, an analysis is made of the most significant changes in Cape Town’s post-apartheid institutional and political context. LÄS MER
5. A Shield against Distraction from Environmental Noise
Sammanfattning : Working in noisy environments can be detrimental to cognitive performance. In order to perform well people have to find a way to attenuate distraction. LÄS MER
