Search for dissertations about: "DST"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the word DST.

  2. 16. Treatment optimisation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

    Author : Johanna Kuhlin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : A successful treatment outcome is seen in only 60% of persons treated for multidrugresistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide, defined as resistance to both rifampicin and isoniazid. To improve these disturbingly low numbers, treatment optimisation is highly needed. READ MORE

  4. 17. Studies of vector tomography

    Author : Kent Stråhlén; Matematik LTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Doppler tomography; Doppler Radon transform; local tomography; vectorial k-plane transform; vectorial Radon transform; k-plane transform; Radon transform; tomography; vector tomography; Mathematics; Matematik;

    Abstract : The motivation to study the kind of problems appearing in this thesis has been ultrasound measurements of flows, from which velocity spectra along lines can be determined. These velocity spectra can mathematically be described by a new non-linear transform, here called the Doppler Spectral Transform (DST). READ MORE

  5. 18. Redefining suicidal behaviour – Rating scales and biomarkers

    Author : Daniel Lindqvist; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurobiology; Suicide; attempted; Principal component analysis; Chemokines; Cytokines; Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal-Axis; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid;

    Abstract : Risk assessment of suicidal behaviour is one of the most important tasks in clinical psychiatry and a major determinant of subsequent care and treatment selections. To date, suicide risk assessment is based solely on clinical evaluations, which inevitably leads to subjective interpretations and decisions by the psychiatrist. READ MORE

  6. 19. Stress-related peptides in suicide attempters

    Author : Åsa Westrin; Lund Psykiatri; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; temperament; cortisol; neuropeptide Y; delta sleep-inducing peptide; somatostatin; beta-endorphin; corticotropin-releasing hormone; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; attempted suicide; affective disorders; Psychiatry; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik;

    Abstract : A suicide attempt is the best known predictor of completed suicide. It has long been assumed that most suicide attempts are the results of stress. READ MORE

  7. 20. Rapid tests for multidrug resistant tuberculosis in low income settings

    Author : Freddie Bwanga; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) is at epidemic levels in the resource-limited settings (RLSs) due to HIV/AIDS, poverty and insufficient TB control programmes. These factors are also contributing to TB drug resistance. Patients with multidrug drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) do not respond to first line drugs. READ MORE