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Sexual life after childbirth and aspects of midwives’ counselling at the postnatal check-up
(2009-02-27)
The overall aim of this thesis was to explore and describe how sexual
life after childbirth is communicated, addressed and reflected upon among
new mothers, fathers and midwives and the impact of leaving first and
minor ...
A longitudinal study of dentofacial morphology in young children treated for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
(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 ...
Klara, färdiga, gå : om sjuksköterskors kompetens i övergången mellan grundutbildning och yrkesverksamhet
(2009-08-03)
to which the students had acquired the requisite skills varied from 27 % to 91%. Nursing education had first and foremost contributed to the students ability to take responsibility for personal knowledge development. Even if 68% of students considered...
Intramuscular or periosteal acupuncture for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain in the neck and low back : effects on pain, physical and psychological functioning
(2008-10-23)
Background: Periosteal acupuncture has shown promising results in the
clinic. No studies of effects in patients with chronic pain in the neck
and low back are today available.
Aims: The main purpose was to compare ...
Genetic content of clinical pneumococcal isolates and its relation to disease outcome
(2009-09-30)
carriage or invasiveness. No obvious candidate was found. ARs 6 and 34 were found in most of the invasive isolates and were absent in most of the isolates of low invasive disease potential and were tested for invasiveness in a mouse model of infection. We...
Genome-wide study of HDACs and transcription in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
(2010-05-27)
The eukaryotic genome has to be organized to fit into the cell and this is achieved by packing of DNA into chromatin. The basic repeating structural unit of chromatin is the nucleosome, which consists of DNA wrapped around ...
Storage and transfusion of platelets : in vitro and in vivo studies in healthy volunteers and in allogeneic hemapoetic progenitor cell transplant recipents
(2009-03-13)
Early studies in the 1960´s showed that platelet (PLT) transfusions
significantly reduced the incidence of fatal hemorrhages. Together with
the advances in the hematology and transplantation field, easily
accessible ...
Ultrastructural studies of the blood-urine barrier in proteinuric states
(2010-04-30)
The kidneys filter enormous amounts of blood every day, removing excess fluid and waste products while retaining cells and large proteins in the circulation. The podocytes with their foot processes and slit diaphragms (SD) ...
Influence of renal dysfunction on therapy and prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction
(2010-04-30)
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the influence of renal dysfunction on the presentation for myocardial infarction (MI), its treatment and outcome. Patients between 2003 and 2006 were selected from the nationwide Swedish ...
Novel pathways regulating glucose and lipid metabolism in human skeletal muscle
(2009-04-06)
The utilization of glucose and lipids as energy substrates in skeletal
muscle is strictly regulated. As skeletal muscle is the body s chief
consumer of glucose and lipids, it plays a critical role in the
maintenance of ...