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21. Cleft Lip and Palate, Clinical and Methodological Studies
Sammanfattning : Body dimensions of 2,936 newborns with cleft lip/palate (CLP) were compared with 2,031,140 singleton newborns between 1973 to 1992. The risk of cleft development was found to be associated with intra-uterine growth retardation - the more severe the cleft, the stronger the association. LÄS MER
22. Synthesis of Non-Natural Aromatic Amino Acids Derivatives Solvent-free reactions-Versatile building blocks-Galectin inhibitors
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with three topics concerning the synthesis of non-natural also known as unnatural amino acid derivatives. In the first, solvent-free reaction conditions for the Heck reaction were developed that were superior to previous conditions because the reaction time could be reduced and the work-up procedure simplified. LÄS MER
23. Quality provision in duopoly
Sammanfattning : This dissertation comprises three essays revisiting the classical topic of quality provision in a duopoly. Two essays consider a situation in which consumers cannot identify the origin of an individual product but observe or infer the average quality of the units brought to the market: Chapter 2 studies the case where the two producers bargain over a minimum quality standard before deciding about their own quality level, while Chapter 3 deals with the case where qualities are (exogenously) fixed and producers have to decide about the quantity they will offer for sale. LÄS MER
24. Do the Ends Justify the Means? : On the Justifiability of Statistical Discrimination
Sammanfattning : While statistical discrimination comes with similar objections as other types of discrimination it may also lead to a number of beneficial and important consequences, thereby leaving us with conflicting intuitions regarding the right course of action. This study investigates whether there is any superior account of statistical discrimination that can explain when and why such a practice can be defended; i. LÄS MER
25. Depression and cognition in the elderly : neuroimaging perspective
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationship between depression and brain structure in the elderly with (Study I, III) and without (Study II, IV) cognitive impairment (Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment). Individuals from four independent cohorts were included. LÄS MER