Search for dissertations about: "Children"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 3207 swedish dissertations containing the word Children.
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16. Nighttime sleep and daytime behavior in children : Studies based on parents' perseptions of five to eight year old children
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to survey sleep-wake characteristics and their associations with other factors, especially behavioural and emotional difficulties, in children. Parents' reports showed that various sleep disturbances were fairly common phenomena among 5-6-year-olds. READ MORE
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17. Justice for children? : A socio-legal study on Colombia’s responses to children associated with armed violence
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how criminal justice policy practices arose and persist in light of the international victim-centred legal framework for children associated with armed groups. The study explores the gaps between how children are treated in law versus empirical practices of criminalisation in a particular domestic setting (Colombia), which has been riddled by internal armed conflict and hybrid forms of violence. READ MORE
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18. Reduced Preoperative Fasting in Children
Abstract : Preoperative fasting is recommended in order to reduce the risk of perioperative pulmonary aspiration. However, preoperative fasting may have negative effects on patient wellbeing and homeostasis. READ MORE
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19. Children in the Radiology Department : a study of anxiety, pain, distress and verbal interaction
Abstract : This dissertation focuses on children’s experiences of going through an acute radiographic examination due to a suspected fracture. The findings from interviews with children aged 3-15 years showed anxiety, pain and distress to be a concern in conjunction with an examination (Paper I). READ MORE
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20. Computer-assisted surgery in children
Abstract : Although positive in terms of patient trauma and recovery time, minimally invasive surgery has several technical drawbacks compared with open surgery. The new da Vinci® Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical® offers technical innovations aiming at overcoming these drawbacks and at improving the surgeon’s operating skills, such as the improved 3-D vision, tremor reduction and flexible instruments with a more natural and intuitive range of motion. READ MORE