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  1. 21. Self-Assessment of Writing in Learning English as a Foreign Language. A Study at the Upper Secondary School Level

    Författare :Anne Dragemark Oscarson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; self-assessment; assessment; language education; EFL; writing; lifelong learning; feedback;

    Sammanfattning : The main aim of this study is to explore the role of self-assessment in EFL learning in developing lifelong language learning skills and in furthering the development of more comprehensive and thereby fairer assessment practices. The study explores how upper secondary school students perceived their own general and specific writing abilities in relation to syllabus goals and whether these perceptions are affected by self-assessment practices. LÄS MER

  2. 22. Quality of life of patients with generalised malignant melanoma on chemotherapy

    Författare :Valgerður Sigurðardóttir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :advanced malignant melanoma; care providers; chemotherapy; ethics; EORTCQLQ-C36; HAD scale; melanoma module; prognostic; proxy rater; psychometric analyses; quality of life.;

    Sammanfattning : Background: A quality-of-life study (QOL) was conducted in parallel to a clinical trial to examine the impact of chemotherapy on the physical, psychological, social and overall functioning and well-being of the patients with advanced malignant melanoma on chemo-therapy. A tumour-specific questionnaire technique (EORTC QLQ) to evaluate patients' QOL, was studied and extensively validated. LÄS MER

  3. 23. Spasticity : an elusive problem after spinal cord injury

    Författare :Camilla Sköld; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to characterize spasticity in individuals and in a near total prevalence population with traumatic spinal cord (SCI) injury by assessment of: Article I) Relation between Self-reporting of symptoms, neurologic examination (ASIA), physical therapy examination, ROM and complications; Article II) Repeated self-rating (VAS), and the relation between movement- provoked MAS rating and self-rating after a repetitive passive movement intervention; Article III) Correlation between movement-provoked MAS rating during simultaneous recording of EMG thigh muscle activity; Article IV) Correlation between Isokinetic movement-provoked resistive torque measurements during recording of EMG thigh muscle activity; and Article V) FES induced changes in body composition evaluated by CT and in spasticity by using the methods from articles II-IV. Article I comprised the near-total prevalence population (n=354) of individuals with traumatic SCI in Stockholm. LÄS MER

  4. 24. Audiologic and cognitive long-term sequelae from closed head injury

    Författare :Per-Olof Bergemalm; Erik Borg; Tapani Jauhiainen; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of medicine; Closed head injury; CHI; sensorineural hearing loss; SNHL; cognition; TIPS; tinnitus; vertigo; memory; quality of life; QOL; Gothenburg profile; Medicinhistoria; History of medicine; Medicinens historia; Medicinsk handikappvetenskap; Medical Disability Research;

    Sammanfattning : Objectives – Head injury is an important health problem all over the world. Previous studies have shown that peripheral hearing impairment (HI) is a common sequel of closed head injury (CHI), but in most cases it will subside within the first posttraumatic months. LÄS MER

  5. 25. Pain management in outpatient knee arthroscopy

    Författare :Eva Jacobson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Local anaesthesia; arthroscopy; levobupivacaine; NSAID; coxibs; rearthroscopy;

    Sammanfattning : Knee arthroscopy is probably the most common orthopaedic procedure performed. The objective of this thesis was to compare local anaesthesia with other used anaesthetic techniques for outpatient knee arthroscopy. LÄS MER