Sökning: "ki 2020"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 428 avhandlingar innehållade orden ki 2020.

  1. 11. Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context

    Författare :Sayem Ahmed; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: In Bangladesh, on an average 62% of total healthcare spending was borne by households through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments annually during 2000- 2015. Because of such high OOP payments, a sizable proportion of households (15.7%) faced catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and a number of them fell into poverty in 2010. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Antimicrobial peptides in innate immunity : interactions with antibiotics and effects of post-translational modifications

    Författare :Salma Al Adwani; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Cationic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important innate immunity factors contributing to the clearance of invading pathogens and immunomodulating immune responses. In this thesis, the focus is on AMPs of the cathelicidin family, i.e. the human LL-37 and the canine K9CATH. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Biting and chewing behaviours in humans : development and age-related changes

    Författare :Nabeel Almotairy; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: The central nervous system initiates chewing and biting behaviours, while the peripheral sensory receptors embedded in various orofacial structures (e.g. masticatory muscles, temporomandibular joint, and periodontium) are responsible for refining those behaviours. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Rapid microbiological diagnosis of infections in sterile body fluids including blood

    Författare :Osman Altun; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Infections of normally sterile body fluids (SBF) including blood, cerebrospinal-, pleural-, peritoneal-, pericardial and synovial fluid are critical and require early diagnosis and rapid initiation of appropriate antimicrobial therapy. With the advanced and invasive care of modern medicine, infections of SBF are increasing worldwide. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Effects of helping mothers survive bleeding after birth in-service training of maternity staff : a cluster-randomized trial and mixed-method evaluation

    Författare :Fadhlun M Alwy Al-beity; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) causes a significant amount of morbidity and mortality among mothers giving birth in sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania included. One root cause is the insufficient health worker skills to address postpartum haemorrhage. To combat this in-service training using competency-based simulation is proposed. LÄS MER