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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 avhandlingar innehållade ordet forehead.
1. Evaluation of surgical outcomes in craniosynostosis
Sammanfattning : Background: A continuous and objective evaluation of surgical outcomes must be an integrated part of the technical development. The present thesis has the ambition to innovate the evaluation of surgical results allowing systematic and objective assessment of the surgical procedures used for metopic and unicoronal craniosynostosis (UCS). LÄS MER
2. Sexual selection in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis) : A life-history perspective
Sammanfattning : This thesis integrates sexual selection theory with life history theory to elucidate the causes and consequences of variation in a male secondary sexual trait. The model organism, the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), was studied on Gotland, Sweden. LÄS MER
3. Glömda gudstecken : från fornkyrklig dopliturgi till allmogens bomärken
Sammanfattning : The pioneering academic research on Merchant Marks (also known as identity marks, personal marks, ownership marks, identification marks, Hausmarken, Hofmarken, Marques de Propriété, bomärken) was done by professor Homeyer (1870). Since 1870 there has been an ongoing debate among scholars whether Merchant Marks are simply formed by chance and coincidence, as stated by Rehnberg (1938, 1951), Scheffer (1957) and Nahlén (1992) or whether they are variations of Christian symbols, especially the cross, as stated by Sisson (1929) and Stevenson (1954). LÄS MER
4. The ubiquity and type diversity of papillomaviruses in normal skin
Sammanfattning : Papillomaviruses are a diverse, epitheliotropic group of viruses. Some genotypes are the main cause of anogenital cancer in humans; others can induce skin lesions. In order to investigate the occurrence of subclinical skin infections with human papillomavirus (HPV), a pair of degenerate primers (FAP59/64) was designed. LÄS MER
5. Physiological trade-offs in reproduction and condition dependence of a secondary sexual trait
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines parental condition, how it is traded off against reproduction and how it is displayed in a secondary sexual trait. The studies were performed on nest-box breeding collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis on the island of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea. LÄS MER