Licentiatavhandlingar / Licentiate Theses - K6 (KBH)
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Long-term cardiovascular assessment in women with preeclampsia
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2024-05-22)Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is one of the most common medical multi-organ, pregnancy-specific disorder. PE is associated with endothelial dysfunction, elevated blood pressure, and inflammation. In addition to vascular ... -
Hormonal and metabolic effects of diet and physical exercise in overweight/obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2019-11-22)Background: Overweight/obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) often have hormonal problems characterized by irregular menses and decreased fertility. In addition, the overweight/obese women carry metabolic ... -
CNS tumours of childhood/adolescence : outcomes related to disability and identity in adult survivors
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2017-03-16)Central nervous system (CNS) tumour survivors are at increased risk for adverse health and functional late effects. Results from previous studies from the Swedish LIFE project, of which this licentiate thesis is a part, ... -
Childhood brain tumours : health and function in adult survivors and parental fears
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2009-05-22)The general aim of the present research was to investigate health and functional ability of patients treated for childhood brain tumour and systematically examine parental fears after a child s brain tumour. The aims ... -
Professional identity and competence in practice : self-evaluation of nurses in paediatric care
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2006-09-29)Paediatric health care is becoming increasingly high-specialised and there is a need to employ, nurses with specialist knowledge in the field. A large turnover of personnel and shortage of specially training in paediatric ... -
Sad mothers – disappointed women? Perinatal depression and women's and men's parenthood the first year after childbirth
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 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 ... -
Role of calcium in developing cellular network : Ca2+ in human fetal neural stem cells and rat neonatal cardiomyocytes
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2011-12-30)This thesis aimed to study Ca2+ homeostasis and its regulation in developing heart and brain cells. Cardiomyocytes rapidly developed a fast calcium machinery, (1) to regulate cytoskeletal protein interactions to the ... -
Parental reactions in childhood cancer : distress, risk and resilience
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2011-05-04)Parents of children with cancer encounter an exceptionally difficult life experience. Acute and long-lasting distress adds to the initial traumatic experience of being told that a family member suffers from a potentially ... -
Antisociality in a developmental perspective
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 2010-12-16)The general aim in this thesis is to study different factors that might affect antisocial and violent behaviour in incarcerated Russian juvenile delinquents, such as: psychopathic tendencies; personality traits; impulsiveness; ... -
Asthma in adolescents, during the transition from child to adult, effects on physiological parameters and health related quality of life
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2010-09-03)The aims of this thesis were to evaluate physiological and allergic aspects and consequences of asthma and possible correlation between Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and atopy, lung function, bronchial ... -
Decision-making related to augmentation of labour : women's and midwives' perceptions regarding influencing factors
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2005-08-26)This thesis had two aims. The first was to describe women s experiences of participating in decision-making related to augmentation of labour (Paper I). The second aim was to describe midwives perceptions and experiences ... -
Children with high and intermediate imperforate anus : aspects of care and psychosocial effects of the malformation
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 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 ... -
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress after emergency caesarean section : women's sense of coherence and perceived support from health care providers and family
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2010-08-20)The overall aim of the work presented in this thesis was to increase knowledge concerning which new mothers delivered by emergency caesarean section (EmCS) may need extra attention for post-traumatic stress symptoms. The ... -
Psychsocial consequences of high and intermediate imperforate anus
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2005-10-21)Imperforate anus including lack of a normal anorectum is an uncommon malformation. The parents of children born with high and intermediate imperforate anus have to take a big responsibility for the follow-up treatment. It ... -
Aspects of the regulation of human sperm motility
(Inst för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Dept of Women's and Children's Health, 1998-04-02)In this thesis I address some of the possible causes for oligozoospermia and low sperm motility, two factors that, singly or in combination, are often seen in cases of male subfertility. In the first study we evaluated the ... -
The insulin-like growth factor system : effects of circulating proteases
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2005-08-18)The insulin-like growth factor-I and -II (IGF-I/-II) are peptide hormones important for growth and metabolism. They stimulate cell proliferation and differentiation and inhibit apoptosis. In addition, they have insulin-like ... -
Early function of KCC2 and Wnt genes : cytoskeletal effects in neural stem cells
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2008-09-19)From closure of the neural tube until formation of neuronal networks, cells undergo several crucial changes which depend on the expression of many important molecules. GABA, the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in ...