Essays about: "1906"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the word 1906.

  1. 1. Personality and Cognitive Aging - A Population-Based Longitudinal Study

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Durehed; [2021-06-22]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : We investigated effects of Extraversion, Neuroticism, and the Lie scale, from the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), on level and change in late life cognition. The data (N=554) were drawn from two birth cohorts (1901/02, 1906/07) as part of the Gothenburg H70 study, where cognition was subsequently measured on five tests at ages 70, 75, and 79. READ MORE

  3. 2. Case study of a 19th century gypsum cast of the Parthenon Frieze

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Lisa Bandgren; [2019-06-19]
    Keywords : Plaster casts; gypsum; Parthenon Frieze; Göteborgs Museum;

    Abstract : This thesis is a case study of a 19th century gypsum cast of block WXI of the Parthenon Frieze. The gypsum cast is part of a continuous collection of eleven gypsum casts of the west part of the Frieze, casts of the blocks WI - WXI. The collection is housed in the Conservation Department at the University of Gothenburg. READ MORE

  4. 3. Groundwater modelling of Färgaren 3 in Kristianstad - Simulations in MIKE SHE based on two extraction scenarios and different hydrogeological settings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi; Lunds universitet/Ekosystemteknik (CI)

    Author : Hanna Nordlander; [2015]
    Keywords : perchloroethene PCE ; MIKE SHE; Groundwater modeling; dry-cleaning business; contaminated soil; Kristianstad; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to describe the hydrogeology and the groundwater flow variations in the area around Färgaren 3 in Kristianstad. The site was occupied by a dry-cleaning business between the years 1906 and 1988 and is now heavily contaminated with the chlorinated solvent perchloroethene (PCE). READ MORE

  5. 4. Struggling nation : Baltic refugees in the Swedish party press, 1906

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Martin Karlsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Nation; nationalism; Sweden; party press; democracy; journalism; immigrants; refugees; representation; class; gender; ethnicity; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : In 1906 groups of Baltic refugees were arriving in Stockholm, fleeing repression after popular uprisings against the nobility and the Russian tsar in the Baltic provinces of the Russian empire. Their arrival coincided with major social transformations in Swedish society, where groups whom were denied to participate in Swedish politics called the concept of nationhood into question. READ MORE

  6. 5. From Abominable to Zealous

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Måns Jonsson; [2014-10-13]
    Keywords : Usage guides; stigmatised language; diachronic change; prescriptivism; descriptivism; linguistic prestige;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the views on linguistic phenomena which have been criticised during the past century. The material used is six British usage guides published between 1906 and 2010 in which five controversial points of usage are selected for study. READ MORE