Licentiatavhandlingar / Licentiate Theses - SwePub: Recent submissions
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Anatomical studies of hypothalamic thyrotropin-releasing hormone : implications for motivated states
(Institutionen för neurovetenskap / Department of Neuroscience, 2010-05-14)The survival of every animal as an organism and species depends on three motivated states: ingestive, defensive and reproductive. Regulation of these states is coordinated by the hypothalamus through the coordination of ... -
Identification and evaluation of growth hormone antagonists
(Institutionen för medicinsk näringslära / Department of Medical Nutrition, 2005-08-08)States in which Growth hormone (GH) levels are elevated have been implicated in several physiological disorders such as acromegaly, diabetic complications and progression of malignancies. Classical treatments for acromegaly ... -
Procedure related pain and anxiety during bone marrow aspiration
(Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi / Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2010-04-14)Bone marrow aspiration/biopsy (BMA) is a common procedure used to diagnose and follow up treatment in patients with haematological disorders. Procedures in these patients are often associated with some pain, discomfort and ... -
Ethyl glucuronide : a new biochemical marker for acute alcohol intake : studies on possible causes for false-negative or false-positive results
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2006-02-17)In recent years, there has been a growing interest in various biochemical markers for detecting acute and chronic alcohol consumption. Biochemical markers for acute and chronic drinking play important roles in detecting ... -
Autoantibodies in congenital heart block
(Institutionen för medicin / Department of Medicine, 2009-11-20)Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) affects neonates of Ro/SSA and La/SSB positive women. NLE is associated with several clinical manifestations including skin rash, cytopenia and congenital heart block (CHB). CHB is the ... -
Digital imaging use : influence of digitalization on radiographers' work practice and knowledge demands
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2009-02-20)The aim: The purpose of this ethnographic study was to show how the radiographer s work practice and knowledge demands change in the transformation from analogue to distributed work. Method: The study adopts a ... -
Peripheral venous catheters : quality of care assessment
(Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap / Department of Clinical Sciences, 2009-12-31)About half of the patients admitted to hospitals receive intravenous therapy through peripheral venous catheters (PVCs). Unfortunately, the use of PVCs is associated with the risk of complications that may lead to increased ... -
Risk factors for criminal offending among men with schizophrenia
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2006-02-15)Background: There is consistent evidence for an association between schizophrenia and criminal offending. With better knowledge of the relation between schizophrenia and criminal offending, better and more cost-effective ... -
Analysis of HLA-A2 frequency as prognostic and/or risk factors in ovarian cancer patients
(Institutionen för onkologi-patologi / Department of Oncology-Pathology, 2007-03-21)Major histocompatibility complex antigens are mandatory for the immune response, and genetic imbalance may be linked to tumour escape. The HLA-A2 allele in Scandinavia has a high prevalence; it decreases with latitude and ... -
Knowledge, familiarity and perceived quality of care : midwives' knowledge of and women's experience with population-based cervical screening programme in Stockholm
(Institutionen Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle / Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, 2006-03-17)The current study is part of an interdisciplinary project on population-based screening for cervical cancer, entitled "Between Sickness and Health: A Multidisciplinary Study of a Population-based Cervical Screening Programme ... -
Mdm2 phosphorylations : characterization and applications
(Institutet för miljömedicin (IMM) / Institute of Enviromental Medicine, 2007-09-07)Cancer is a widespread disease. In spite of all research resulting in new improved therapies, there are still many tumors that cannot be cured. To oppose that, also a preventive research approach is important with ... -
Off-label drug treatment and related problems in children : a register-based investigation
(Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin / Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2006-04-21)Introduction: There is a lack of pediatric documentation concerning efficacy and safety of many drugs, which may contribute to off-label drug treatment and increase the risk for adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Aims: ... -
Analytical and pharmacological studies of cyclophosphamide
(Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin / Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2008-03-17)Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies are an essential in order to achieve better treatment efficacy and less drug related toxicity. The kinetic studies depend on measuring the drug concentrations in body fluids. ... -
A longitudinal study of dentofacial morphology in young children treated for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
(Institutionen för odontologi / Department of Odontology, 2008-09-19)The most common cause of OSAS in children is enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids. Consequently, the treatment for OSAS in children with enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids is adeno-/tonsillectomy. The prevalence of OSAS in ... -
The effects of endothelin-1 in human adipose tissue
(Institutionen för medicin, Huddinge Sjukhus / Department of Medicine at Huddinge University Hospital, 2010-04-26)Obesity is a result of an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure ending in an excessive accumulation of body fat. Being overweight or obese increases the risk of death because of obesity related complications, ... -
Co-operation with family members : a challenge for registrered nurses in community elder care
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, arbetsterapi och äldrevårdsforskning (NEUROTEC) / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Elderly Care Research (NEUROTEC), 2005-09-07)The overall aim of this thesis was to gain knowledge of how Registered Nurses (RN) are able to work together with family members of older people living in community elder care facilities. A questionnaire was ... -
Development of a vaccine against strangles
(Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin / Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2005-09-16)Strangles is an acute upper respiratory tract disease in the horse, which is characterized by purulent pharyngitis and lymphadenitis. It is caused by Streptococcus equi subsp. equi. The severe suffering and economical ... -
Prevention and intervention therapies in auditory trauma
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2009-01-16)Hearing impairment is one of the most common health conditions in developed countries. It is estimated that approximately 70 million people worldwide are deaf. For patients with a severe to profound hearing loss a cochlear ... -
Exposure to inorganic arsenic in pregnancy and metabolism-nutrition interaction
(Institutet för miljömedicin (IMM) / Institute of Enviromental Medicine, 2006-11-10)Inorganic arsenic is metabolized by most mammals, including humans, via alternating reduction and oxidative methylation with S-adenosylmethionine as main methyl donor. Thus, it seems likely that it is influenced by the ... -
Acute and early chronic responses to resistance exercise using flywheel or weights
(Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi / Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, 2008-05-15)Weight training typically offers constant external load during coupled shortening (concentric) and lengthening (eccentric) muscle actions in sets of consecutive repetitions until failure. However, skeletal muscle inherently ...