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Zebrafish as a model to study the neuroendocrine system and toxicity of endocrine disruptors
(Inst för biovetenskaper och näringslära / Dept of Biosciences and Nutrition, 2010-12-17)Zebrafish is a popular vertebrate model system to study development and perform genetic analysis. It offers numerous advantages such as small size, short generation time, high fecundity, rapid and ex utero development ... -
'Not in my backyard' : Public attitudes towards mental illness and people with mental illness living in sweden
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2010-09-10)BACKGROUND Several studies reveal that inadequate knowledge exist regarding mental illness among the general population as well as stigmatizing attitudes towards persons suffering from a mental illness. The public s ... -
'Striving for Motherhood': Understanding the Socio-Cultural Context of Realizing Childbearing Among Women in Kenya
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2011-04-26)PMTCT allows people living with HIV to actualize childbearing. However, it also complicates motherhood, as the medical consequences and public health implications of non-adherence to PMTCT service recommendations disrupt ... -
"Being in the present" : The meaning of the interaction between older persons with Alzheimer's disease and a therapy dog
(Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2015-03-27)The number of persons with Alzheimer’s disease is increasing world-wide and the disease affects the persons, their families, the health care system and the economy within society worldwide. The symptoms and behaviours ... -
"Hay fever" in children : the real story
(Inst för klinisk vetenskap, intervention och teknik / Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, 2014-11-14)Rhinitis, allergic (AR) and non-allergic (NAR), and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are different expressions of upper airway inflammation. Chronic upper airway symptoms are common in childhood and adolescence. There is a ... -
"I don't recognize myself", personality characteristics in subjective cognitive impairment and mild cognitive impairment
(Inst för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Dept of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2013-03-14)Background: Personality changes are common in early stages of many neurodegenerative disorders and often precede cognitive deficits. In individuals with cognitive impairment an increase in feelings of distress and worry ... -
"Nobody delivers at home now" : who and why women participate in a conditional cash transfer program to promote institutional delivery in Madhya Pradesh, India
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2015-11-11)Background: One-fifth of global maternal deaths occur in India making this a serious public health challenge. It is well known that skilled birth attendance and access to quality emergency obstetric care reduces maternal ... -
"We are deaf, though we hear; we are dumb, though we talk; we are blind, though we see" : understanding Iranian late-in-life immigrants' perceptions and experiences of health, illness and culturally appropriate care
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, arbetsterapi och äldrevårdsforskning (NEUROTEC) / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Elderly Care Research (NEUROTEC), 2000-09-01)Despite the fact that elderly immigrants constitute nearly nine percent of the total population over 65-years of age, they have remained conspicuous by their absence in reports that underlie national welfare- and health ... -
“The Virus Stops with Me” : couples living positively with HIV in rural, eastern Uganda
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2012-09-21)Background: Historically people living with HIV (PLHIV) were left out of the center of the HIV prevention agenda in Africa, yet more recently greater attention has been placed on interventions that forefront PLHIV. Aim: ...