Search for dissertations about: "discomforts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word discomforts.

  2. 1. Framing Audit Failure : Four studies on audit quality discomforts

    Author : Thomas Carrington; Bino Catasús; Keith Robson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; auditing; audit failure; framing; disciplinary cases; comfort; discomforts; actor-network theory; audit quality; voice; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to analyze the practice of auditing in terms of how relevant actors frame audit failure. This aim is explored in four different articles. The first article examines and develops the idea of auditing as a comfort-producing activity. READ MORE

  4. 2. Patients' experiences of symptoms, discomfort and their impact on daily living following day surgery

    Author : Helena Rosén; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medical sciences; Medicin;

    Abstract : The frequency of day surgery continues to increase worldwide. However, knowledge of the patients experiences of symptoms and discomfort beyond the first 72 hours postoperatively remains almost nonexistent.  The overall aim of this study was to describe patients' experiences of symptoms and discomforts and their impact on daily living. READ MORE

  5. 3. Maternal stress and allergic disease in offspring

    Author : Caroline-Aleksi Olsson Mägi; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The theory of developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), hypothesize that diseases like allergy is formed in-utero and early life by interaction between adverse environmental factors and genetic predisposition. The study population in this thesis consists of mother-child pairs from the PreventADALL cohort. READ MORE

  6. 4. Physical workload in surgery : from risk assessments to interventions

    Author : Xuelong Fan; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Surgeons often suffer from work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), with the neck, shoulders, and low back being the most affected body sites. Among other factors, the high physical workload has been recognized as a major risk factor contributing to the high occurrence of WMSDs. READ MORE

  7. 5. Pregnancy and leisure time physical activity

    Author : Hanne Kristine Hegaard; Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; birth weight; Pregnancy; pre-eclampsia; leisure time physical activity; preterm delivery;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Aims: To examine associations between leisure time physical activity before and during pregnancy and preterm delivery, birth weight, and pre-eclampsia and to describe levels of physical activity prior to and during pregnancy. Furthermore to elucidate women’s experiences and views of leisure time physical activity during pregnancy in a qualitative study. READ MORE