Search for dissertations about: "Making drugs"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 121 swedish dissertations containing the words Making drugs.
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1. Making drugs ethnic : Khat and minority drug use in Sweden
Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to study how discourses and problem representations have made some drugs and some forms of drug use into “ethnic problems” in Sweden and in Scandinavia. The primary example of such a process discussed in the dissertation concerns the use of the psychoactive and criminalized plant khat. READ MORE
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2. Reasonable drugs : making decisions with ambiguous knowledge
Abstract : The study takes its point of departure in a widespread notion that decisions should be based on the ‘facts of the matter’. Normative theories of organizational choice, in particular, encourage organizations to base decisions on facts. Many organizations also face explicit requirements to justify their decision-making with factual knowledge. READ MORE
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3. Analysis of drugs and proteins in biological matrices, using different types of sample preparations and mass spectrometry
Abstract : This thesis describes bioanalysis of small and large molecules in biological matrices and includes screening of illegal drugs in urine with high resolution mass spectrometer, bioanalysis of MTH1 inhibitors in mice plasma and quantification of proteins in plasma and cell lysates.Screening of illegal drugs was based on high resolving power mass spectrometer (QTOF) and the results were compared to immunoassays. READ MORE
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4. Pharmacokinetics of antidepressant drugs : naturalistic and clinical trials
Abstract : Depression is a major public health problem and it is predicted to be the second leading cause of disease burden by the year 2020. The pharmacological treatment period for major depressive disorder (MDD) is relatively long and sometimes prophylactic over many years. READ MORE
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5. Adverse effects of psychotropic drugs in old age
Abstract : Background: With increasing age, the body and mind transform. Many of our organs gradually lose capacity, making them more sensitive to the effects of several drugs. In parallel, many of us accumulate an increasing burden of disease and other conditions warranting the use of medications. READ MORE