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Psychomotor and cardiorespiratory functions during inert gas sedation
(1999-05-07)
the same hydrostatic pressure (1 or 5.5 bar) but where each pair differed with respect to gas density and sedative inert gas partial pressure. This was achieved by administration of normoxic gas mixtures of nitrogen (N2) helium (He), and sulphur...
The emerging elderly population in Bangladesh : aspects of their health and social situation
(2001-04-26)
Background: Bangladesh is one of the twenty countries in the world with
the largest elderly populations, and by 2025, along with four other Asian
countries, will account for 44% of world's total elderly population. ...
Body size and physical activity : epidemiological studies on children and young adults
(2007-05-25)
The overall aim of this thesis was to increase the knowledge about
different aspects of body size and physical activity among Swedish
children and young adults. Specific aims were: (i) to investigate how
BMI-distributions ...
Physical workload and exit from the labour market : epidemiological studies with a focus on employees with musculoskeletal disorders
(2022-10-28)
ability. The last two studies used the Swedish Work, Illness, and labour-market Participation (SWIP) cohort. The SWIP cohort is a population-based cohort created through the linkage of registers. Study III used a sample of 1,804,242 workers to investigate...
Consequences of outsourcing referrals for radiological examinations
(2016-11-14)
Background: Demands for ever more effective healthcare and care accessibility for all patients continue to increase the workload in diagnostic radiology departments. Along with rapid developments in imaging technology which ...
Survival and renal function after acute kidney injury : epidemiological and biomarker studies
(2018-01-10)
significantly higher crude mortality at one (48.4% vs 24.6%) and five years (61.8% vs 39.1%) compared to non-AKI patients. CKD and ESRD were significantly more common in AKI survivors at one year (adjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR) 7.6 and 22.5 respectively...
Epidemiological studies of fructosamine in relation to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and mortality
(2017-04-20)
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of micro- and macrovascular disease and mortality. Two main methods for diagnosis and control of type 2 diabetes are the measurements of blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c...
Strategies to optimize natural killer cell functions in the tumor microenvironment
(2023-10-13)
occur through chronic stimulation via the programmed death protein 1 (PD1) pathway. Blocking the interaction of PD1 with its ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 restores immune cell effector functions and is successfully applied in several hematological and solid...
Dietary effects on gene regulation and function in human adipose tissue in obesity
(2007-05-04)
Obesity is an excess of body fat that develops from both genetic and environmental factors, leading to a disturbed balance between energy intake and energy expenditure. It is closely associated with insulin resistance, ...
Poverty of opportunity for women selling sex in Lahore, Pakistan : knowledge, experiences and magnitude of HIV and STIs
(2011-05-23)
Background: According to the UNAIDS’ estimates, the incidence of HIV infection has decreased by 19% over the last ten years. WHO estimated in 2005 that approximately 448 million cases of four major curable STIs occur in ...