Search for dissertations about: "experimental setting"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 263 swedish dissertations containing the words experimental setting.

  2. 21. Experimental therapeutics against malignant mesothelioma : investigations in vitro

    Author : Gustav Nilsonne; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Malignant mesothelioma is a tumour of the mesothelium, a specialized tissue found in the pleura, pericardium, peritoneum, and tunica vaginalis testis. The tumour has strong etiological links to asbestos, with a latency period ranging up to several decades between asbestos exposure and tumour diagnosis. READ MORE

  4. 22. Myocardial metabolism in experimental infarction and heart failure

    Author : Truls Råmunddal; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Myocardial metabolism; Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; Lipotoxic heart disease; Apolipoprotein B; Arrhythmias; Cardiac reserve; Creatine metabolism;

    Abstract : Abstract The heart is an organ heavily dependent on exogenous lipids for the oxidative production of adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) and therefore maintenance of normal cellular energy homeostasis. However, high energy flux organs such as the heart must closely match lipid import and utilization or otherwise lipids will accumulate in the cardiomyocytes. READ MORE

  5. 23. Iron and zinc in infancy : results from experimental trials in Sweden and Indonesiaa

    Author : Torbjörn Lind; Robert Black; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health; Folkhälsomedicin; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

    Abstract : Background: Iron and zinc are difficult to provide in sufficient amounts in complementary foods to infants world-wide, resulting in high prevalence of both iron and zinc deficiency. These deficiency states cause anemia, delayed neurodevelopment, impaired growth, and increased susceptibility to infections such as diarrhea and respiratory infections. READ MORE

  6. 24. Effects of arousal and experimental setting on use of the availability heuristic in frequency and probability estimates

    Author : Joakim Westerlund; Peter Juslin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : According to Tversky and Kahneman’s (1973) availability heuristic, people sometimes use the ease with which instances can be retrieved as a cue for making frequency or probability estimations. In the present dissertation, several previous studies on the availability heuristic are reviewed. READ MORE

  7. 25. Removing the barriers of plasticity after experimental brain injury

    Author : Jakob Hakon Christensen; Neurokirurgi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Resting-state functional connectivity; Optical imaging; Stroke; Recovery; Enriched environment; Parvalbumin; Perineuronal nets; Traumatic brain injury; Microglia.;

    Abstract : Ischemic stroke and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are leading causes of disability and death worldwide. Both injuries result in regional cell death and disruption of local and remote functional neuronal networks, leading to loss of neurological function. READ MORE