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Dislocation of hip arthroplasty in patients with femoral neck fractures
(2009-11-13)
Treatment of displaced fractures of the femoral neck with a hemiarthroplasty (HA) or a total hip arthroplasty (THA) today constitutes standard procedures with a good and predictable outcome with regard to the need for ...
Wnt signaling affects cell adhesion and neuronal differentiation
(2008-05-23)
The mammalian central nervous system (CNS) consists of the brain and the spinal cord. The entire CNS is derived from the walls of a fluid-filled neural tube that is formed at an early stage of embryonic development. The ...
Mass spectrometric investigation of intoxications with plant-derived psychoactive substances
(2009-05-08)
The flora of the world contains many plants and fungi with stimulant, hallucinogenic and narcotic effects. For centuries, many of these have been used in initiation rites, physical and spiritual healing and rites of ...
Effects of an expanded rehabilitation programme in patients with ischemic heart disease
(2009-11-12)
The effects of expanded cardiac rehabilitation (ECR) after coronary artery by-pass surgery or myocardial infarction (MI) on medical risk markers, cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and hospitalizations due to symptoms of CV ...
Genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors of importance for CYP1A2 catalyzed drug metabolism
(2008-11-14)
The heme containing cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes participate in the phase I metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics as well as endogenous substrates. CYP1A2 is one of the major CYP450 enzymes and account for about ...
Methods for measurement of vocal fold vibration and viscoelasticity
(2009-05-08)
measurement points, but in ideal conditions on skin it was 9%. The results indicate that the technique allows automatic quantitative noninvasive vocal fold elasticity measurements on awake subjects even if some methodological development is needed before...
Transpupillary thermotherapy and photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration
(2008-11-14)
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of
irreversible blindness among elderly in industrialized nations, and
promises to extract an even greater toll with the imminent demographic
shift. Neovascular ...
Transcriptional profiling of the kidney glomerulus
(2010-05-20)
The kidney glomerulus plays a crucial role in ultraltration of the blood through the glomerular capillary wall. Glomerulus injury may occur in many systemic and primary kidney diseases or as secondary eects to drugs and ...
Application of metalation reactions for synthesis of sulfur/selenium-containing heterocyclic compounds
(2009-09-25)
This thesis deals mainly with the synthesis of various sulfur/selenium-containing heterocyclic compounds, many of which include structural features present in several biologically active molecules, with particular emphasis ...
Muscle mass and function after total hip arthroplasty
(2009-04-17)
. Preoperatively, strength in OA relative to the healthy limb was reduced by 9-27 % in all muscles except knee flexors. CSA was reduced by 5-15 %, except for gluteus medius/minimus and ankle plantar flexors and RD was reduced by 3-14 HU. Gait analysis demonstrated...