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Neutrophils in atherosclerosis
(2011-03-18)
Atherosclerosis is a complex inflammatory disease localized in medium-sized and large arteries and it is the most important contributor to cardiovascular disease. Complications of atherosclerosis such as myocardial infarction ...
Epidemiology, risk and protective factors of self-immolation : a study from Iran
(2013-04-04)
Background: Suicide by self-burning (self-immolation) is one of the suicide methods that is far more common in low-middle income countries than in high-income ones. Iran is one of the countries that has a high rate of ...
Regeneration of the auditory nerve : a cell transplantation study
(2011-11-28)
Since in mammals, the hair cells or the spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) in the inner ear do not regenerate, damage to these cells is an irreversible process. Presently the only aid for patients with severe to profound hearing ...
Intravenous access in distressed children : effects of midazolam and nitrous oxide on success rate, hormone and metabolic stress responses
(2011-04-29)
establishing IV access were included (n=140). 50 children were openly randomised to EMLA (n=25) or EMLA+ N2O (n=25). 90 children (60 obese and 30 growth retarded) were double blinded randomised to; midazolam, 0.3mg/kg, max 15 mg, (n=30), 50% N2O (n=30...
Child injury in Europe : scope, circumstances and association with country-level housing conditions and economic disparities
(2012-02-22)
strain (r=0.62, p=0.001) and economic household strain (r=0.42, p=0.009), but not with neighbourhood strain (r=0.34, p=0.087). All three strains tended to be worse in countries with higher income disparities and injury mortality rates correlated more...
Breakfast habits among European adolescents : the healthy lifestyle in Europe by nutrition in adolescence (HELENA) study
(2011-08-24)
The aim of this thesis was to study the associations of individual and socioenvironmental factors with breakfast habits among adolescents on a European level.
Methods: The HELENA-study (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe ...
Increasing access to medical abortion
(2012-11-12)
logistic regression. In the final models parity (p=0,003) and feeling calm after the administration of misoprostol (p<0,001) had a positive influence on the experience in relation to expectation whereas having a positive u-hcg test on follow up had a...
Adolescents' encounters with public space : safety and mobility in relation to individual and contextual factors in Sweden
(2011-01-14)
Background: Public space, areas to which everyone has access, is especially important for adolescents. Their mobility, e.g. when travelling to school, and perceived safety and security in that environment impacts on their ...
Optimized MRI methods for simplified oncological imaging in pancreas and liver
(2012-05-07)
Recent technological advances within the fields of Abdominal Imaging have revolutionised oncological imaging. In the investigation of the solid organs in the upper abdomen, extensive examinations are used in order to obtain ...
Cancer and calcium : epidemiological studies of cancer incidence and survival
(2011-03-15)
Studies have shown that there could be an association between dietary calcium and cancer, and more specifically it has been suggested that serum calcium is involved in the etiology of cancers of the prostate. In order to ...