Sökning: "wallis"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade ordet wallis.
1. Family-based dementia care : experiences from the perspective of spouses and adult children
Sammanfattning : Spouses' and adult childrens' experiences of being a caregiver to a relative with dementia were investigated and an intervention study was carried out and evaluated. Study I aimed to investigate how adult children (n=81) experienced their role as primary caregivers of parents suffering from dementia. LÄS MER
2. Expression and function of thyroid hormone receptor alpha 1 in the brain
Sammanfattning : Thyroid hormone is fundamentally important for development and maintenance of adult brain functions and maternal hypothyroxinemia during pregnancy can lead to a severe mental retardation known as endemic cretinism. The first realization that endemic cretinism is caused by iodine deficiency and its association with thyroid hormone was made a century ago; this eventually resulted in dietary supplementation programme, e. LÄS MER
3. A Study of the Angle of Contact : with a special focus on John Wallis' conception of quantities and angles
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4. Development and Application of Pure Rotational CARS for Reactive Flows
Sammanfattning : The thesis deals with the further development of pure rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (RCARS) for improving the capabilities of gas phase thermometry. The main effort has been to make the technique more robust when employed under a wide range of temperatures and operational conditions. LÄS MER
5. On seasonality and cointegration
Sammanfattning : This thesis, which consists of four essays, focus on seasonal and periodic cointegration models. These models are tools to describe changing seasonality.Essay 1 "Forecasting performance of seasonal cointegration models", with Johan Lyhagen. LÄS MER