Sökning: "Catch-Up Growth"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden Catch-Up Growth.

  1. 16. Growth and morbidity in extreme preterm born infants

    Författare :Eva Horemuzova; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Rapid development in neonatal care during the past years has significantly improved long-term survival of extreme preterm born (EPB) infants creating a population of children with a high frequency of disabilities. Being lighter and shorter, as compared to full-term (FT) born child, predisposes the EPB infants to intensive nutritional interventions aiming for growth-promoting effect. LÄS MER

  3. 17. The impact of competition and innovation on firm performance

    Författare :Andreas Poldahl; Lars Lundberg; Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall; Leo Grünfeld; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TFP growth; R D; R D spillovers; Competition; Absorptive capacity; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This PhD thesis consists of four papers analyzing the impact of competition and innovation on Swedish manufacturing firms’ performance. Paper [I] (co-authored with Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall) analyse determinants of firm R&D using matched Swedish employer-employee data spanning the period 1990-1999. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Aspiring to a higher rank: Swedish factor prices and productivity in international perspective, 1860-1950

    Författare :Svante Prado; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; convergence; comparative productivity; TFP; factor prices; real wages; employment; land prices; industrialisation; GPT; GDP; economic growth; Swedish historical national accounts; manufacturing; labour productivity;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of four chapters which expand on the Swedish economic development in an international perspective between 1860 and 1950. The overarching theme is how the Swedish rise, from backwardness to prosperity, is best understood. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Effect of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) on growth plate cartilage

    Författare :Elham Karimian; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : More than 300 years ago Dr. Stephen Hales drilled holes in the shaft of chicken bones and noted that as the animal grew, the distance between these holes remained constant. This led him to conclude that longitudinal bone growth occurs at the end of the long bones, rather than in the middle. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Being born with congenital heart block : risk factors, growth and development

    Författare :Amanda Skog; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Congenital heart block (CHB) is a rare but life-threatening disease associated with the presence of Ro and La autoantibodies in the mother of the child affected. CHB is one of the manifestations of neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) that may also include several other manifestations such as a skin rash and cytopenias. LÄS MER