Search for dissertations about: "maternal characteristic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words maternal characteristic.

2. 1. Early Experience, Maternal Care and Behavioural Test Design : Effects on the Temperament of Military Working Dogs

   Author : Pernilla Foyer; Per Jensen; Martin Norsell; Daniel Mills; Försvarshögskolan; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Early experience; Maternal care; Dog; Military Working Dog; Behaviour; Temperament test; Stress; Försvarssystem; Military Technology;

   Abstract : Domestication has resulted in animals with broad variations between as well as within breeds, which allows for the selection and breeding of animals for preferred traits. This selection has affected both the genotypes and phenotypes of animals. READ MORE

4. 2. Ultrasound prediction of large fetuses. Epidemiological and clinical investigations

   Author : Gun Lindell; Lund Obstetrik och gynekologi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Two-dimensional ultrasound; three-dimensional ultrasound; fetus; intrauterine growth; maternal characteristic; large-for-gestational age; antenatal calculation; Bayesian theorem; fetal weight; estimation; post-term fetus; fetal macrosomia;

   Abstract : The proportions of newborns with a birth weight (BW) >4,000 g and of macrosomic newborns (BW >4,500 g) have increased during the last two decades, parallel with an increasing maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and age at the time for pregnancy. Delivery of a large fetus, especially >4,500 g might cause perinatal complications for both the mother and her child. READ MORE

5. 3. Maternal obesity and offspring metabolic outcomes : focus on sex differences

   Author : Christina Savva; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Obesity is a worldwide health issue affecting all ages and both sexes, and its prevalence is progressively increasing among adults and children. The predisposition to metabolic complications caused by obesity is sex dependent. READ MORE

6. 4. Maternal outcome of pregnancy in Mozambique with special reference to abortion-related morbidity and mortality

   Author : Fernanda Machungo; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Abortion; adolescents; sexually transmitted disease; maternal mortality; health economy; Maputo; Mozambique;

   Abstract : In the capital city of one of the least developed countries, and using a hospital-based approach, the general aim was to characterise women who have undergone illegally and legally induced abortions, and to show the magnitude of both maternal mortality and abortion-related severe morbidity in adolescents and non-adolescents, in order to call the attention of decision-makers and health planners to this hazardous reality. Methods: In the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of the Hospital Central do Maputo, 103 women undergoing induced legal abortion (LA), 103 women with confirmed, recent illegal abortion (IA), and 100 antenatal clinic (AC) attendees were compared, in order to find characteristic features regarding level of education, habitation, household, employment and religious belief. READ MORE

7. 5. Utilization of preventive maternal and child public health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa : a multilevel analysis of individual and small-area socioeconomic disadvantage

   Author : Olatunde Aremu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: Uptake of programmatic maternal and childhood preventive interventions continue to be sub-optimal in sub-Saharan Africa with wide variations within and across the countries. There is evidence suggestive of socioeconomic inequities in access to and coverage of preventive health intervention. READ MORE