Search for dissertations about: "peripheral study"

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2. 1. Peripheral Vision : Adaptive Optics and Psychophysics

   Author : Robert Rosén; Peter Unsbo; Larry Thibos; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This thesis is about our peripheral vision. Peripheral vision is poor compared to central vision, due to both neural and optical factors. The optical factors include astigmatism, defocus and higher order aberrations consisting mainly of coma. Neurally, the density of ganglion cells decreases towards the periphery, which limits the sampling density. READ MORE

4. 2. Tourism Development in Peripheral Areas : Processes of Local Innovation and Change in Northern Sweden

   Author : Patrick Brouder; Peter Fredman; Linda Lundmark; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : change; development; evolution; peripheral; Sweden; tourism.;

   Abstract : Tourism has reached almost all regions of the world and has had a notable growth in the peripheral regions of Europe. Attempts at tourism development in rural and peripheral areas have resulted in widely varying outcomes and have often been undertaken as a last resort by communities. READ MORE

5. 3. Peripheral nerve function : metabolic features, clinical assessment, and heat shock protein 27

   Author : Kaveh Pourhamidi; Olov Rolandsson; Lars B Dahlin; Svein-Ivar Mellgren; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Peripheral neuropathy is a common complication among patients with diabetes mellitus, but whether peripheral neuropathy is present in individuals with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) is debatable. In order to identify and diagnose peripheral neuropathy correctly, it is important to evaluate diagnostic tools that can be implemented in routine health care to assess both large and small nerve fibre function. READ MORE

6. 4. The LiVcordia Study : Possible causes for the differences in coronary heart disease mortality between Lithuania and Sweden

   Author : Margareta Kristenson; Michael Marmot; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : Background: In recent decades coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality has declined in Western Europe and increased in Central and Eastern Europe. A large difference in CHD mortality has developed and the causes are not known. READ MORE

7. 5. Gastrointestinal involvement in familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy : a clinical study

   Author : Lars Steen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; amyloidosis; electromyogram; malabsorption syndrome; gastric acid; gastroscopy; radioisotopes; radiography; intestinal mucosa;

   Abstract : Familial Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy was first recognized in Portugal and reported by Andrade in 1952. The disease is rare, but clustering of the patients has been reported from Portugal, Japan and northern Sweden. The gastrointestinal involvement in the Swedish form of the disease was studied in this investigation. READ MORE