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Ideas of cure related to psychotherapy outcome : young adults in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
(2005-11-18)
Background: Ideas of cure within the psychoanalytical movement have mainly focused on 'insight' or 'interpersonal relationship'. Patients' ideas of curative factors during and after therapy have been studied previously, ...
Paediatric nursing and parenthood : studies of early discharge of preterm infants, mothers’ satisfaction with CHC (child health clinic) care, and risk factors for parenting stress
(2005-05-13)
This thesis aimed at: 1) evaluating the effect of early discharge of preterm infants, followed by domiciliary nursing care, on infant health, utilisation of health services, parental anxiety and breastfeeding; 2) identifying ...
Effect of body posture on regional ventilation and perfusion at normal and increased gravity
(2006-10-20)
The prone position is increasingly used to improve arterial oxygenation in intensive care patients with severe acute respiratory failure. This beneficial response is well documented but our understanding of the responsible ...
Off-label drug treatment and related problems in children : a register-based investigation
(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: ...
Autonomic cardiac control in patients with epilepsy : spectral analysis of heart rate variability
(2006-11-03)
The heart is affected by the central nervous system via sympathetic and para-sympathetic efferents from autonomic centres in the brain stem. By assessing the beat to beat variation of the RR-intervals of the heart, i.e. ...
The impact of age and gender with respect to general joint laxity, shoulder joint laxity and rotation : a study of 9, 12 and 15 year old students
(2005-03-25)
The overall aim of this thesis was to study the natural development of general joint laxity, shoulder joint laxity and shoulder joint rotation in young students, and compare these to age-matched competitive swimmers to ...
Physical activity, body composition and physical self esteem among children and adolescents
(2005-02-25)
(daily mean steps) was assessed in 892 school children aged 7-14 years in south-eastem Sweden, additionally BMI was calculated and in 501 of these children physical self-esteem was also assessed. Using the same protocol, data was gathered in United States...
Physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis
(2006-04-28)
Physical activity confers health benefits in the general population and should also be applied to people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, there is a need for more research in this area. The aim of this thesis was ...
Diagnosis of infection with Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women, neonates and immunocompromised patients
(2005-09-09)
Infection with Toxoplasma gondii poses unique diagnostic problems like long-term persistence of specific IgM-antibodies, which makes it difficult to use the presence of Toxoplasma-specific IgM-antibodies alone as a sign ...
Matrix metalloproteases and cell motility in malignant mesothelioma
(2004-10-29)
in malignant mesothelioma cells. All investigated mesothelioma cell lines expressed mRNA for MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-3, MMP-9 and 6/8 cell lines expressed MMP-7, 3/8 cell lines expressed MMP-10. MMP-11 was not detected in any of mesothelioma cell lines tested. MMP-2...