Essays about: "life-stage"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 36 essays containing the word life-stage.

  1. 16. Early life economic shocks and child health outcomes : evidence from Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Douglas Kazibwe; [2019]
    Keywords : height-for-age; under-five mortality; early life; commodity pPrices; human capital; Kenya;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between commodity price shocks experienced in the early period of life and child health outcomes. The study uses a nationally representative household survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys in Kenya matched with a time series of real producer prices of tea in estimating the effect of price shock on child health outcomes. READ MORE

  3. 17. Life Cycle Assessment of Civil Engineering Works : And Application of European Standards on the Mälar Project

    University essay from KTH/Materialvetenskap

    Author : Malin Eriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : Life cycle assessment; life cycle inventory; civil engineering works; sustainability assessment; environmental product declaration; sustainable development goals; global warming; construction products; construction materials; concrete; steel; CEEQUAL; standardisation;

    Abstract : In this thesis, a framework is constructed for a life cycle assessment within a civilengineering project. There are various methods available on how to conduct lifecycle assessments and this thesis explores one method related to civil engineeringworks. READ MORE

  4. 18. Effects of effluent wastewater in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Kim Frieberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Ecotoxicology; wastewater treatment; zebrafish; early life stage;

    Abstract : Traditional wastewater treatment is known not to be specifically designed to eliminate the new generation of chemical residues that ends up in the sewage system. Polluted wastewatereffluent therefore reaches the aquatic environment possibly causing adverse effects in aquatic wildlife. READ MORE

  5. 19. The impact of having foreign-born parents on migration: A study of Swedish emigrants

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ane Tømmerås; [2018]
    Keywords : emigration; migration patterns; second-generation return migration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Return migration among the second generation has been a topic of interest for researchers in the last decade, but little quantitative research has been done. Identity, feelings of belonging and moving when entering a new life stage have been proposed as reasons for the second generations to move back to their ancestral home. READ MORE

  6. 20. PARTICIPATION IN MUNICIPAL ADULT EDUCATION IN SWEDEN Why and How is the Second Chance Taken?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Yukiko Take; [2017-04-10]
    Keywords : Life history; adult education; participation; Bounded Agency Model; capability;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this study is to explore and describe how and why adults who have not fulfilled the current upper secondary education level become adult students in Swedish upper secondary municipal education, Komvux. Under this aim, there are two research questions: 1) why and how the adults decide to study in Komvux and 2) if they experience any barriers to participate in Komvux, if so how they overcome them. READ MORE