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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 187 avhandlingar innehållade ordet second-generation.

1. 11. "Ungerska för rötternas skull" : Språkval och identitet bland andragenerationens ungrare i Sverige och Finland

   Författare :Boglárka Straszer; Ulla Melander-Marttala; Marika Tandefelt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language choice in diaspora; language identity; intergenerational language transmission; minority culture and language; language maintenance and shift; bilingualism; immigrants; second-generation Hungarians; threatened languages; Hungarian; sociology of language; comparative sociolinguistics; Hungarians in Finland and Sweden; Finno-Ugric languages; Finsk-ugriska språk; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a comparative sociolinguistic study which describes and compares language choice among people with Hungarian background in Sweden and Finland and studies their views on the importance of the Hungarian language and Hungarian cultural heritage for identity. The future prospects of language maintenance and language shift and differences between the Swedish-Hungarians and the Finnish-Hungarians are discussed. LÄS MER

3. 12. Paving the way : the second generation of e-patients, their experiences, actions and driving forces

   Författare :Therese Scott Duncan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :E-patients;

   Sammanfattning : Background: E-patients are described as patients and informal caregivers who are empowered, equipped, enabled and engaged, and use digital solutions for their self-care and in healthcare contexts. Self-care can be understood as health related activities and behaviors regarding life styles and environmental aspects. LÄS MER

4. 13. Short-term adaptation of S. cerevisiae to lignocellulosic inhibitors: Underlying metabolic and physiological changes

   Författare :Marlous van Dijk; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; lignocellulosic inhibitor tolerance; second generation bioethanol; short-term adaptation; differential gene expression; industrial yeast strains;

   Sammanfattning : The limited tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast) to inhibitors present in lignocellulosic hydrolysates is a major challenge in second-generation bioethanol production. Short-term adaptation of the yeast to lignocellulosic hydrolysates during cell propagation has been shown to improve its tolerance, and thus its performance in lignocellulose fermentation. LÄS MER

5. 14. Making a living in a new country

   Författare :Mats Hammarstedt; Per-Anders Edin; Växjö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrants; second generation immigrants; income assimilation; public transfer system; self-employment; self-employment traditions; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of six self-contained essays focusing on immigrants' maintenance in Sweden. These six essays study immigrants' incomes from different sources. The first three focus on immigrants' incomes from work and on their position in the Swedish public transfer system. LÄS MER

7. 15. How Immigrants Invent : Evidence from Sweden

   Författare :Yannu Zheng; CIRCLE; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; First-generation immigrants; Migration policy; Occupation; Education; Region of origin; Age; Sector; Selection; Human capital; Adults; Children; Patent; Inventors; Second-generation immigrants;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the inventive performance of immigrants in Sweden based on a special database which links inventors to the general population of the country from 1985 to 2007. It shows that the inventive performance of immigrants is influenced by immigrants’ age at migration, region of origin, educational level, match between education and occupation and migration policy. LÄS MER