Search for dissertations about: "OBS"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the word OBS.

  2. 1. Screening and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Author : Gudrun Nygren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD ; Prevalence; Early symptoms; Screening; Diagnostic Assessment; M-CHAT; JA-OBS; DISCO; ESSENCE;

    Abstract : Objectives: Develop and examine a new screening and diagnostic framework for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and study the prevalence of ASD in 2-year-old children in Gothenburg. Methods: Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Diagnostic Interview for Social and COmmunication disorders (DISCO) were examined in 91 patients aged 2-40 years referred for assessment of ASD. READ MORE

  4. 2. Application of indigenous materials in drinking water treatment

    Author : Herbert Mpagi Kalibbala; Bengt Hultman; Joaquin Martinez; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Coagulant aid; drinking water treatment; dual media filtration; Moringa oleifera; primary coagulant; trihalomethanes; volcanic ash; Water in nature and society; Vatten i natur och samhälle;

    Abstract : Volcanic ash and Moringa oleifera (M. oleifera) were investigated as indigenous materials for drinking water treatment based on problems identified at Kampala and Masaka water treatment plants in Uganda. READ MORE

  5. 3. Concepts in DNA immunization overcoming viral diversity and enhancing plasmid immunogenicity

    Author : Erik Rollman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : HIV; DNA-vaccine; gp 160; GM-CSF; HPV 16 L OBS I; MuLV; prime-boost;

    Abstract : On April 23, 1984, the prominent scientist Robert Gallo held a historical press conference at the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C., USA. He announced that his laboratory at the National Institutes of Health had over the last months isolated a retrovirus named Human T-cell Leukemia Virus type III (HTLV-III). READ MORE

  6. 4. Nerve diffusion tensor imaging

    Author : Mikael Skorpil; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a magnetic resonance imaging technique that in vivo visualises random translational movement of water molecules. DTI has inherent difficulties with low signal-to-noise ratio, sensitivity to patient motion, field inhomogeneities and fast T2 relaxation. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Integration of MILLION into the English System of Number Words : A Diachronic Study

    Author : Donald MacQueen; Merja Kytö; Raymond Hickey; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; number-word universals; historical corpus linguistics; variationist study; American vs British English; newspapers; grammaticalization; iconicity; gradience; English language; Engelska språket; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This corpus-based variationist study traces the history of the English number word MILLION from its first attested use in the 14th century, focusing on the diachronic shift in function from one of heading its noun phrase (NP), as in the obsolescent (Obs) construction three millions of citizens, to one of a post-determiner of its NP head, as in Present-day English (PdE) three million citizens. The authentic historical materials used include both numerous electronic linguistic corpora and, more innovatively, very-large-scale general collections available online, especially historical newspaper collections from the US and UK comprising tens of billions of words. READ MORE