Search for dissertations about: "longitudinal"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 2061 swedish dissertations containing the word longitudinal.

  2. 21. With Lives on the Line : How Users Respond to a Highly Mandated Information System Implementation - A Longitudinal Study

    Author : Andreas Hedrén; Pär Ågerfalk; Franck Tétard; James Sallis; Susan A. Brown; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; attitude; mandates; use; longitudinal; healthcare; information systems; Information Systems; Informationssystem;

    Abstract : Some people are forced to use a specific technology in their work. Should they resist, people die. This thesis examines the implementation of a Patient Data Management System for the critical care departments at two Swedish hospitals. The degree of mandate to use a technology varies along a spectrum anchored between none and absolute. READ MORE

  4. 22. Prospective and longitudinal human studies of lead and cadmium exposure and the kidney

    Author : Johan Nilsson Sommar; Ingvar A Bergdahl; Max Petzold; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cadmium; end-stage renal disease; kidney; lead; longitudinal; matched case-control; mixed effects; prospective; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Abstract : Cadmium and lead accumulate in humans and can have toxic effects. Exposure to cadmium is well known to cause kidney damage. Cadmium binds to metallothioneins, proteins that play a role in cadmium transport. READ MORE

  5. 23. Projective methods and longitudinal developmental research : considerations of data's nature and reliability

    Author : Harald Janson; Bertil Mårdberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Longitudinal studies; projective methods; reliability; temporal stability; interrater agreement; epistemology; measurement; psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : A projective method is viewed in the present work as a psychological test, by which is understood a standardized task that is set before a person, the solution of which is used for making inferences about psychological quantities. The present research was designed to shed light on several aspects of the usefulness of projective methods in longitudinal research, particularly with regard to reliability and to the distinction between measurement and theory-free empirical-comparison data. READ MORE

  6. 24. A Longitudinal Study of Diabetes Mellitus : With Special Reference to Incidence and Prevalence, and to Determinants of Macrovascular Complications and Mortality

    Author : Stefan P.O. Jansson; Dan K.G. Andersson; Kurt Svärdsudd; Mats Eliasson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Diabetes mellitus; clinical epidemiology; longitudinal study; prevalence; incidence; mortality; macrovascular complications; pharmacological diabetes treatment; hypertension treatment; screening; Family Medicine; Allmänmedicin;

    Abstract : Objectives. To investigate diabetes prevalence, incidence, mortality trends, the effects of hyperglycaemia and blood pressure, diabetes and hypertension treatment, and the effect of screening detection on total and cardiovascular disease (CVD), myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke incidence.Study population and methods. READ MORE

  7. 25. Signs of Acquiring Bimodal Bilingualism Differently : A Longitudinal Case Study of Mediating a Deaf and a Hearing Twin in a Deaf Family

    Author : Emelie Cramér-Wolrath; Lise Roll-Pettersson; Eva Heimdahl-Mattson; Carin Roos; Marilyn Sass-Lehrer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bimodal bilingual acquisition; Swedish Sign Language; spoken Swedish; case study; longitudinal; sociocultural; mediation; interactional; twins; different hearing statuses; cochlear implant; tillägnande av bimodal bilingualitet; tvåspråkighet; svenskt teckenspråk; talad svenska; fallstudie; longitudinell; sociokulturell; mediering; interaktion; tvilling; hörselstatus; cochlea implantat; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Abstract : This dissertation based on a case study explores the acquisition and the guidance of Swedish Sign Language and spoken Swedish over a span of seven years. Interactions between a pair of fraternal twins, one deaf and one hearing, and their Deaf[1] family were video-observed within the home setting. READ MORE