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Professional identity and competence in practice : self-evaluation of nurses in paediatric care
(2006-09-29)
for their employment, the highest scores were found in consideration (mean 4.05), ambition (mean 3.91) and sensitivity (mean 3.84). The lowest scores were found in grasp of ideas (mean 2.69), leadership (mean 2.73) and discrimination (mean 2.89). Regarding Barriers...
Sad mothers – disappointed women? Perinatal depression and women's and men's parenthood the first year after childbirth
(2005-09-26)
The aim of the present thesis was to study the prevalence of maternal depressive mood during pregnancy and up to one year after childbirth in relation to the parents' psycho-social conditions, perception of the infant's ...
Children with high and intermediate imperforate anus : aspects of care and psychosocial effects of the malformation
(2005-10-21)
The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the experiences of
children with high and intermediate imperforate anus and of their
parents; how they have experienced care and treatment and what
consequences the ...
Family history and breast cancer susceptibility : clinical and molecular studies
(2006-09-15)
with a more modest increased risk of the disease. Mutations in the known high risk genes BRCA1, BRCA2 and p53 account for less than 25% of the familial risk for breast cancer, while the remainder remain genetically unexplained despite a large effort...
The insulin-like growth factor system : effects of circulating proteases
(2005-08-18)
illness, post-operatively and type 2 diabetes. IGFBP-3 proteolysis may partly compensate for insulin resistance by increasing IGF availability and thereby also increasing insulin-like effects. In the present licentiate thesis we have studied the mechanisms...
The post-polio syndrome : studies of immunology and immunomodulatory intervention
(2005-09-02)
Late effects in patients with prior poliomyelitis were first reported in the nineteenth century and have been referred to as the post-polio syndrome (PPS). PPS is characterized by new muscular deterioration, fatigue and ...
New techniques in liver surgery
(2006-01-20)
The development of liver surgery has a long history and through the years, much knowledge has been gathered concerning various aspects of the liver. The exploration and understanding of liver anatomy and liver regeneration ...
Heart failure : aspects on treatment and prognosis
(2006-05-02)
The aim of this thesis was to describe aspects on treatment and prognosis in heart failure. In paper I, we studied two hundred and seventy-nine hospitalised heart failure patients, and related clinical and demograhic data ...
Barrett's oesophagus and metaplasia at the oesophagogastric junction : an epidemiological approach
(2006-11-03)
were associated with an odds ratio (OR) of 2.0 (95% Cl 0.8-5.0) This association was, however, modified by the subjunctional presence of Helicobacterpylori; although the infection was not in itself importantly connected with risk, a combination...
Coordination of endocytosis at the synaptic periactive zone
(2006-03-03)
Neurons in the central nervous system communicate via specialized junctions called synapses. Neurotransmitter-filled vesicles are clustered at these junctions, where they are released in response to synaptic activity. To ...