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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden ylva 2011.
1. Standing with and without vibration in children with severe cerebral palsy
Sammanfattning : Children with severe cerebral palsy (CP) risk fragile bones, fractures and hip dislocation due to disuse. A standing shell allows these children weight bearing in an upright position. Recommended standing time is one to two hours/day but evaluations are lacking. LÄS MER
2. Development of a mouse model for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome reveal defects in adult stem cell maintenance
Sammanfattning : Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a very rare genetic disease that presents some features of accelerated aging. Children with the disease are born appearing healthy but start to develop signs of the disease within their first years of life. LÄS MER
3. A class of origin : The school class as a social context and health disparities in a life-course perspective
Sammanfattning : The aim of the present thesis is to examine various aspects of the school-class structure and their links to health in a life-course perspective. The empirical studies are based on two longitudinal data materials of cohorts born in the 1950s, followed up until middle age. LÄS MER
4. Apoptotic mechanisms in the neonatal brain following hypoxia-ischemia
Sammanfattning : Neonatal encephalopathy is often perinatally acquired and caused by hypoxia-ischemia (HI). Brain injury develops with a delay, over 12-48 hours, after the insult. Hypothermia, an established neuroprotective treatment, saves 1 infant in 9 from neurological deficits suggesting that there is room for further improvement. LÄS MER
5. Med älgen i huvudrollen : Om fångstgropar, hällbilder och skärvstensvallar i mellersta Norrland
Sammanfattning : The importance of the elk (Alces alces) in the Stone Age societies of northern Sweden constitutes the major focus of this thesis. The point of departure is a simple but crucial observation: this animal is the common denominator between the three stationary types of remains known in this region from the period 4000-1800 BC. LÄS MER