Search for dissertations about: "Kristina Lång"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Kristina Lång.

2. 1. Breast tomosynthesis – new perspectives on breast cancer screening

   Author : Kristina Lång; Malmö Diagnostisk radiologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Breast cancer; Breast tomosynthesis; Mammography; Breast cancer screening; Cancer detection rate; Recall rate; False positive rate; Image perception; Reading time; Lesion visualisation; Detection error;

   Abstract : Abstract: Mammography is currently the established method in breast cancer screening, although the sensitivity is known be affected by overlapping tissue concealing tumours. Breast tomosynthesis takes advantage of multiple exposures at different angles reducing the negative effect of obscuring tissue. READ MORE

4. 2. Making Magic Machines

   Author : Kristina Andersen; Kristina Höök; Mark Blythe; Steve Benford; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

   Abstract : How can we design experiences that explore ideas and notions of the unknown? The aim of the work outlined here is to create short, intense, workshop-like experiences that generate strong commitments, and expose underlying personal desires as drivers for new ideas. I would like to propose a material practice, which uses open-ended making to engage in the imagination of new things. READ MORE

5. 3. Maternal smoking during pregnancy - Long-term health effects in the offspring

   Author : Kristina Mattsson; Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Maternal smoking during pregnancy; Medical Birth Register; long-term health effects; register validation; biomarker;

   Abstract : Globally, around 10 % of women smoke during pregnancy today. It is known that pregnancy smoking increases the risk of adverse short-term health effects in the offspring, such as preterm birth, low birthweight and spontaneous abortion. Less is known about whether any adverse health effects persist until adulthood. READ MORE

6. 4. Biomarkers and risk of intracerebral hemorrhage : population-based studies in northern Sweden

   Author : Kristina Johansson; Marcus Lind; Lars Johansson; Jan-Håkan Jansson; Arne Lindgren; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Intracerebral hemorrhage; hemorrhagic stroke; factor XII; D-dimer; von Willebrand factor; ABO blood groups; phosphatidylethanol; alcohol; risk markers; biomarkers; Medicine; medicin;

   Abstract : BackgroundIntracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a disease associated with a high morbidity and mortality and treatment options for the condition are limited. Even though an ICH event usually comes as a surprise to the affected individual, pathogenetic processes often have occurred before the sudden ICH event and may have preceded disease onset by years. READ MORE

7. 5. Small town, big move : Constructions of place in transiting mining communities

   Author : Eugenia Segerstedt; Lena Abrahamsson; Mats Jakobsson; Kristina Johansson; Gry Paulgaard; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; construction of place; Gällivare; Kiruna; transformation; rural studies; urban change; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

   Abstract : The dissertation accounts for construction of place in mining communities as they undergo a major urban transformation. In the 2010s, urban centres in the northern Sweden mining communities of Gällivare and Kiruna entered a new execution phase of a large-scale transformation precipitated by ground subsidence caused by mining activities, a transformation that continues. READ MORE