Search for dissertations about: "Acclimatization"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word Acclimatization.
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1. Initiation of spleen contraction resulting in natural blood boosting in humans
Abstract : The spleen has been shown to contract in apneic situations in humans as well as in other diving mammals, expelling its stored red blood cell content into circulation. This natural blood boosting may increase the circulating hemoglobin concentration (Hb) by up to 10%, which would enhance the oxygen carrying capacity and likely increase performance. READ MORE
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2. Protective Responses to Freediving Reveal High-Altitude Tolerance
Abstract : High-altitude mountaineers - just as freedivers - are exposed to hypoxia. During freediving, the diving response leads to reduced oxygen consumption, and splenic contraction increases circulating hemoglobin concentration (Hb), which enhances freediving performance. READ MORE
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3. Functional morphology of mammalian rhinariumn skin
Abstract : The naked skin surrounding the nostrils in most mammals is called a rhinarium. Rhinarium skin exhibits several unique characteristics, including an ultrastructure of pits or furrows on surface corneocytes, formed in a unique epidermal differentiation process (Paper I). READ MORE
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4. Finding the right one : Host-plant choice and its transgenerational influence on behaviour and life-history traits in Spodoptera littoralis
Abstract : Herbivorous insects have an intricate relationship with their host plants, which they use as food, oviposition substrate, as well as a rendezvous site for mating. For generalist herbivorous insects that have a wide host range, finding a suitable host plant in a complex environment is of great importance for their offspring’s development and survival. READ MORE
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5. Cognition in Hearing Aid Users : Memory for Everyday Speech
Abstract : The thesis investigated the importance of cognition for speech understanding in experienced and new hearing aid users. The aims were 1) to develop a cognitive test (Sentence-final Word Identification and Recall, or SWIR test) to measure the effects of a noise reduction algorithm on processing of highly intelligible speech (everyday sentences); 2) to investigate, using the SWIR test, whether hearing aid signal processing would affect memory for heard speech in experienced hearing aid users; 3) to test whether the effects of signal processing on the ability to recall speech would interact with background noise and individual differences in working memory capacity; 4) to explore the potential clinical application of the SWIR test; and 5) to examine the relationship between cognition and speech recognition in noise in new users over the first six months of hearing aid use. READ MORE