Sökning: "long-term course"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 294 avhandlingar innehållade orden long-term course.

  1. 11. Older people in Sweden – Age at migration, poverty and utilization of long-term care services

    Författare :Hanna Mac Innes; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; labor market participation; old age poverty; Long-term Care Utilization; life course perspective; old age exclusion;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the significance of age at migration for labor market integration and old-age poverty, as well as the utilization of long-term care services by older people. This thesis comprises four studies. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Long-term outcome of renal transplantation in childhood

    Författare :Märta Englund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Adolescent; Adult height; Cadaver donor; Child; Glomerular filtration rate; Growth; Immunosuppression; Infant; Kidney Transplantation; Living Donor; Renal function; Renal reserve; Survival Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to evaluate the long-term results of renal transplantation in children at Huddinge University Hospital, with special reference to outcome. We therefore evaluated the course of events in children (age 0.1-16 years) transplanted between December 1981 and December 1991 during a 10-20-year period until 2001. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Measuring long-term effects of a school improvement initiative

    Författare :Joakim Svärdh; Inga-Britt Skogh; Erik Mellander; Veronica Bjurulf; Monica Rosén; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Propensity Score Analysis PSA ; effect study; quantitative evaluation; educational intervention; compulsory school; Science and Technology for All Initiative; representative sample; non-random selection; multi-level modelling; post-matching multivariate regression;

    Sammanfattning : There is a growing demand for studies applying quantitative methods to large-scale data sets for the purpose of evaluating the effects of educational reforms (UVK, 2010). In this thesis the statistical method, Propensity Score Analysis (PSA), is presented and explored in the evaluating context of an extensive educational initiative within science and technology education; the Science and Technology for All-program (NTA). LÄS MER

  5. 14. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia from newborn disease to long-term sequelae

    Författare :Eva Berggren Broström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) is a complication of premature birth that is associated with increased mortality and morbidity in infancy and impaired lung function and obstructive lung disease from childhood to adulthood. The pathogenesis of BPD is multifactorial, and may involve one or more of the following: a deficiency in surfactant production in the immature lung, chronic inflammatory processes before and after birth, oxidative stress, and trauma due to mechanical ventilation. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Long-term follow-up after otitis media in childhood

    Författare :Marie Ryding; Lund näs- och halssjukdomar Öron-; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Otorhinolaryngology; audiology; hörsel- och talorganen; audiologi; auditive system and speech; Otorinolaryngologi; tympanic membrane pathology.; otitis media with effusion; hearing loss; follow-up; acute otitis media; Eustachian tube;

    Sammanfattning : Objective: Most preschool children have suffered from at least one episode of acute otitis media (AOM) and/or secretory otitis media (SOM). Some children have frequent AOM episodes and/or prolonged and recurrent episodes of secretory otitis media (SOM). The long-term out-come and sequelae are not fully clarified. LÄS MER