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  1. 1. In Search of the Self: A Study of the International Scene of Modern Advaitic Satsang in Present-Day Rishikesh

    Författare :Elin Thorsén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modern Advaita; Neo-Advaita; Satsang; Rishikesh; Guru movements; Translocative religion; Spiritual tourism; Religion and globalization;

    Sammanfattning : The north Indian pilgrimage town Rishikesh has since the late 1990’s become something of a center for the international scene of Modern Advaita. An increasing number of teachers and adherents from mainly Western countries have started to gather there for a few weeks each spring to engage in satsang, a form of dialogical lectures, in these cases based on contemporary interpretations of the classical Indian philosophical system Advaita (“nondual”) Vedānta. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Five-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of early supported discharge and continued rehabilitation at home after stroke

    Författare :Ann-Mari Thorsén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Stroke; home care services; outcome assessment; randomized controlled trials; rehabilitation; health resources; organized stroke care;

    Sammanfattning : Introduction: Stroke constitutes the second leading cause of death and the leading determinant of disability among the world population. Stroke is the single physiological condition that requires the most bed-days in Swedish hospitals. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Assessment of the uncertainty in small and large dimensional portfolio allocation

    Författare :Erik Thorsén; Taras Bodnar; Thomas Holgersson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Portfolio theory is a large subject with many branches. In this thesis we concern ourselves with one of these, the precense of uncertainty in the portfolio allocation problem and in turn, what it leads to. There are many forms of uncertainty, we consider two of these. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Optimal portfolios in the high-dimensional setting : Estimation and assessment of uncertainty

    Författare :Erik Thorsén; Taras Bodnar; Joanna Tyrcha; Mark Podolski; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Shrinkage estimator; high-dimensional covariance matrix; random matrix theory; optimal portfolios; parameter uncertainty; ridge regularization; dynamic decision making; matematisk statistik; Mathematical Statistics;

    Sammanfattning : Financial portfolios and diversification go hand in hand. Diversification is one of, if not, the best risk mitigation strategy there is. If an investment performs poorly, then it will not impact the performance of the portfolio much due to diversification. Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) is a framework for constructing diversified portfolios. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Den svenska aidsepidemin : Ankomst, bemötande, innebörd

    Författare :David Thorsén; Sven Widmalm; Annika Berg; Per Axelsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of medicine; HIV; AIDS; epidemic; AIDS policy; public health; health promotion; drug policy; path dependency; governmentality; Sweden; aidsdelegationen; folkhälsoinstitutet; Nils Bejerot; AIDS posters; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the public response to HIV/AIDS in Sweden in the 1980s and early 1990s. The analysis focuses on the National Commission on AIDS (NCA,“Aidsdelegationen”). LÄS MER