Sökning: "support and adaptation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 285 avhandlingar innehållade orden support and adaptation.

  1. 1. Low social support and disturbed sleep : epidemiological and psychological perspectives

    Författare :Maria Nordin; Anders Knutsson; Elisabet Sundbom; Steven Linton; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social support; sleep initiation and maintenance disorder; psychological adaptation; myocardial infarction; social psychology; public health; mental health; occupational health; epidemiology; cohort studies; Public health science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish work force underwent dramatic changes during an economic crisis in the 1990s. In the aftermath, sick leave increased at an unprecedented rate and stress-related disorders, such as burnout, depression, and sleep disturbances replaced earlier work-related diagnoses. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Living and Coping with Cancer : Specific Challenges and Adaptation

    Författare :Elisabet Wasteson; Karin Nordin; Bengt Glimelius; Stein Kaasa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Caring sciences; stressful events; appraisal; coping; life values; social support; psychiatric history; anxiety; depression; well-being; quality of life; cancer; spouses; Vårdvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aims of this thesis were to prospectively investigate how specific challenges among patients with commonly occurring cancers are related to adaptation and well-being, to predict later well-being using a range of psychosocial aspects and to compare two ways of measuring coping with cancer. This was studied at diagnosis in patients with gastrointestinal cancers and their spouses and at termination of cancer treatment and during follow-up in a heterogeneous group of cancers. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Self-efficacy in breastfeeding mothers of term and preterm born infants

    Författare :Emma Gerhardsson; Eva-Lotta Funkquist; Mats Eriksson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adaptation; Baby-Friendly; breastfeeding; mother; preterm infant; self-efficacy; support; training; Pediatrik; Pediatrics;

    Sammanfattning : Breast milk is beneficial for all infants, but especially for infants born preterm and optimizing breastfeeding can enhance health outcomes. Despite this, breastfeeding duration has declined in more than twenty years in Sweden and even more among preterm infants. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Towards a learning system for process and energy industry : Enabling optimal control, diagnostics and decision support

    Författare :Moksadur Rahman; Konstantinos Kyprianidis; Anders Avelin; Bengtsson Gunnar; Agostino Gambarotta; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Learning system; Supervisory system; Pulp and paper; Micro gas turbine; Process modelling; Model-based control; Diagnostics; Decision support; Anomaly detection; Fault detection; Energy- and Environmental Engineering; energi- och miljöteknik;

    Sammanfattning : Driven by intense competition, increasing operational cost and strict environmental regulations, the modern process and energy industry needs to find the best possible way to adapt to maintain profitability. Optimization of control and operation of the industrial systems is essential to satisfy the contradicting objectives of improving product quality and process efficiency while reducing production cost and plant downtime. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Accidental hypothermia and local cold injury : physiological and epidemiological studies on risk

    Författare :Helge Brändström; Michael Haney; Urban Wiklund; Anders Eriksson; Karl-Axel Ängquist; Ola Winsö; Sigridur Kalman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cold-related injuries; hypothermia; frostbite; cold adaptation; rewarming; autonomic nervous system; heart rate variability;

    Sammanfattning : Background: (Papers I and II) The objectives were to first determine incidence and contributing factors to cold-related injuries in northern Sweden, both those that led to hospitalization and those that led to fatality.  (Papers III and IV) A further aim was to assess post-cooling hand-rewarming responses and effects of training in a cold environment, both on fingertip rewarming and on function of the autonomic nervous system, to evaluate if there was adaptation related to prolonged occupational cold exposure. LÄS MER