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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 1233 avhandlingar innehållade ordet trials.
1. Patients in Clinical Cancer Trials : Understanding, Motivation and Hope
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to study participants' understanding of clinical cancer trials, and their motivation for participation. Of particular interest was the question of whether the patients hoped for a cure resulting from the trial. LÄS MER
2. Pharmacokinetics of antidepressant drugs : naturalistic and clinical trials
Sammanfattning : Depression is a major public health problem and it is predicted to be the second leading cause of disease burden by the year 2020. The pharmacological treatment period for major depressive disorder (MDD) is relatively long and sometimes prophylactic over many years. LÄS MER
3. Optimisation of Clinical Trials using Bayesian Decision Theory
Sammanfattning : A decision maker confronted with the task of designing a clinical trial has to consider a multitude of aspects. Large trials lead to more evidence,which in turn makes it less likely that harmful decisions are taken when deciding on future treatments for patients. LÄS MER
4. On the Optimisation and Regulation of Clinical Trials
Sammanfattning : The basic premise of this thesis is that Bayesian Decision Theory (BDT) can and should be used to solve clinical trial design problems. While the flexibility of the framework allows for accommodating a great variety of situations, it also requires an explicit consideration of the gains and costs associated with the trial. LÄS MER
5. Mobility is the Message : Experiments with Mobile Media Sharing
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores new mobile media sharing applications by building, deploying, and studying their use. While we share media in many different ways both on the web and on mobile phones, there are few ways of sharing media with people physically near us. LÄS MER