Search for dissertations about: "offspring"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 365 swedish dissertations containing the word offspring.
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6. Swedish donor offspring and their legal right to information
Abstract : All donor offspring conceived under the Swedish Genetic Integrity Act or the now-repealed Act on Insemination, from gametes donated after 1 March 1985, have the right to obtain identifying information about the donor when they are sufficiently mature. Despite this, studies undertaken in Sweden and abroad reveal that many donor offspring will never be able to exercise their right to information because their parents do not tell them how they were conceived. READ MORE
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7. Validation and application of objective measures of obesity and physical activity : studies in pregnant and non-pregnant adults and in infants
Abstract : Background Excess adipose tissue and low physical activity are two major determinants for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Understanding these relationships requires accurate and precise measures of body composition and physical activity, and most existing observational studies lack such measures. READ MORE
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8. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus- Future risk for mother and child
Abstract : Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) occurs as a complication in 2% of all pregnancies in Sweden. Women with GDM have a substantial risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life, but the risk of developing type 1 diabetes is also increased. GDM increases the risk for macrosomia and caesarean delivery. READ MORE
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9. Pollination processes - maternal and offspring performance
Abstract : Pollination is one of the most important factors determining the reproductive success of plants. This thesis examines processes associated to varying pollination, with focus on plant responses. The first aim was to examine the possibility and constraints for short-term evolution of flower size in Raphanus raphanistrum. READ MORE
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10. Maternal stress and allergic disease in offspring
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