Search for dissertations about: "contributory factors"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words contributory factors.

2. 1. DREAM: A Method for Understanding the Causation of Single-Vehicle Crashes

   Author : Jesper Sandin; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : driver error; accident model; contributory factors; causation; single-vehicle crashes; case study; pre-crash; accident analysis;

   Abstract : When conducting in-depth causation studies, it is essential that the analysis method can both define and classify contributing factors and be able to analyse how these factors may interact to produce a critical event. These issues are highly influenced by the underlying theory, e.g. the accident model. READ MORE

4. 2. Nutritional rehabilitation of persistent diarrhea in childhood : factors determining recovery and the relationship of systemic infections with intestinal function

   Author : Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Persistent diarrhea; Nutritional rehabilitation; Recovery; Infections; Insulin-like growth factor IGF}I; Rat model; Intestinal secretion; Permeability; Cytokines; Nitric Oxide; Motility; Bacteremia.;

   Abstract : Nutritional rehabilitation of persistent diarrhea (PD), a major killer of children in the third world, poses an enormous challenge. We validated the efficacy of a traditional local weaning diet based on rice-lentils (Khitchri) and yogurt (K-Y diet) for nutritional rehabilitation of PD. READ MORE

5. 3. Conquering complexity : successful strategies for finding disease genes in multiple sclerosis

   Author : Kerstin Imrell; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease; at an intra-individual level several contributory factors cause the disease; at an inter-individual level different factors contribute to the disease. The aim of the thesis project was to reduce this complexity by focusing of subsets of patients that were likely to share to a higher extent contributory causes and to identify in these subsets genes conferring susceptibility. READ MORE

6. 4. Building patient safety in intensive care nursing : Patient safety culture, team performance and simulation-based training

   Author : Randi Ballangrud; Marie-Louise Hall-Lord; Birgitta Hedelin; Mona Persenius; Karin Samuelsson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intensive care; nursing; patient safety; safety culture; simulation; team performance; team training; Nursing Science; Omvårdnad;

   Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to investigate patient safety culture, team performance and the use of simulation-based team training for building patient safety in intensive care nursing.Methods: Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. READ MORE

7. 5. Acute Pancreatitis. Studies on smoking and protease activation

   Author : Björn Lindkvist; Kirurgi; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; trypsinogen; Acute pancreatitis; trypsinogen activation peptide cathepsin B; incidence; smoking; nicotine; traumatologi; ortopedi; Kirurgi; traumatology; Surgery; orthopaedics; Gastroenterologi; Public health; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; epidemiologi; Gastro-enterology;

   Abstract : Background and aims: Activation of pancreatic proteases is considered to be a crucial event in the early phase of acute pancreatitis but the cause of this activation is not known. Most cases of acute pancreatitis can be attributed to either gallstone disease or alcohol abuse. However, little is known about other risk factors. READ MORE