Search for dissertations about: "pets"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the word pets.

  2. 1. An animal without an animal within : investigating the identities of pet keeping

    Author : David Redmalm; Ylva Uggla; Tora Holmberg; Hanna Bertilsson-Rosqvist; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; animal studies; animality; anomalies; companion animals; Michel Foucault; Donna Haraway; human-animal studies; materialsemiotics; pets; posthumanism; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : If the human is an animal without an animal within—a creature that has transcended the animal condition—what is a pet? This creature balancing on the border between nature and culture, simultaneously included in and excluded from a human “we”, is the focus of this thesis. The thesis analyzes the discourses and normative frameworks structuring the meaning of pets in people’s lives. READ MORE

  4. 2. Infant microbiota and short chain fatty acids - relation to lifestyle and effect on health

    Author : Monica Gio-Batta; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; microbiota; gut; oral; skin; short chain fatty acids; allergy; siblings; farm; pets; extremely preterm; quantitative culture; 16S rRNA gene sequencing;

    Abstract : The commensal microbiota has both beneficial and negative effects on the host. It is a source of infectious and inflammatory microorganisms, but may also provide immune stimulation during a critical period during early infancy that possibly offers protection against allergy and other immune mediated diseases. READ MORE

  5. 3. Allergy to pets : molecular approaches for improved diagnostics and vaccination

    Author : Ola Nilsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Allergic diseases are a major health problem, affecting up to 30% of the population in affluent countries. Domestic pets such as cats, dogs and horses are among the most common agents of IgE-mediated allergies. READ MORE

  6. 4. New approaches for diagnostics and therapy of allergy to pets

    Author : Konrad Wadén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Allergic diseases have been described already in 900 AD but today allergic diseases have reached epidemic proportions. About 30% of the world population is affected. READ MORE

  7. 5. Increase of allergic diseases in schoolchildren. The significance of pets and other environmental components

    Author : Bill Hesselmar; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; asthma rhinitis eczema allergy sensitisation tolerance pets environment epidemiology child;

    Abstract : Objectives: 1) To compare the prevalence of allergic diseases in schoolchildren between 1979 and 1991 in two Swedish regions with differing climates, Kiruna in the northern inland mountains, north of the Arctic Circle, and Göteborg on the south-west coast. 2) To study the changes in allergic diseases and sensitisation during a 5 year follow-up period. READ MORE