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Showing result 6 - 10 of 432 swedish dissertations containing the word responsiveness.

2. 6. Outcome Measures of Functioning and Physical Activity in Patients with Low Back Pain - Exemplified in Patients Who Undergo Lumbar Fusion Surgery

   Author : Max Jakobsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health outcome assessment; Reliability; Validity; Responsiveness; Minimal important change; Accelerometry; Predictors; Prognostic factors; Lumbar spine surgery;

   Abstract : INTRODUCTION: Chronic low back pain (LBP) can negatively affect health in terms of disability and decreased levels of functioning and physical activity. Chronic LBP due to degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a subgroup of LBP for which lumbar fusion surgery (LFS) is a treatment option. READ MORE

4. 7. Does health insurance contribute to improving responsiveness of the health system? : the case of elderly in rural Tanzania

   Author : Paul Joseph Amani; Miguel San Sebastian; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Isabel Goicolea; Angwara Denis Kiwara; John Porter; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAGE; health insurance; healthcare use; older people; community health fund; rural; responsiveness; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Background: Financing healthcare in Tanzania has for years depended on out-of-pocket payments. This mechanism has been criticized as being inefficient, contributing to inequity and high cost as well as denying access to healthcare to those most in need, including the elderly in rural areas. READ MORE

5. 8. Guns and Governance : Local Elites and Rebel Governance in Côte d'Ivoire

   Author : Sebastian van Baalen; Kristine Höglund; Johan Brosché; Scott Straus; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; rebel governance; rebel groups; responsiveness; local elites; clientelism; civil resistance; Côte d Ivoire; Odienné; Vavoua; Man; Forces Nouvelles; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Close to one billion people live in conflict zones around the world, many of them in areas under rebel influence. Research on civil war shows that rebels often engage in governing localities under their control by creating institutions and practices intended to shape the social, political, and economic life of civilians. READ MORE

6. 9. Behavioural and Neuroendocrine Effects of Stress in Salmonid Fish

   Author : Øyvind Øverli; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Developmental biology; Aggression; Behaviour; Brain; Coping; Cortisol; Dominance; Dopamine; Feeding; Hierarchy; Norepinephrine; Responsiveness; Serotonin; Utvecklingsbiologi; Developmental biology; Utvecklingsbiologi; Developmental Biology; miljömedicinsk utvecklingsbiologi;

   Abstract : Stress can affect several behavioural patterns, such as food intake and the general activity level of an animal. The central monoamine neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine are important in the mediation of both behavioural and neuroendocrine stress effects. READ MORE

7. 10. Growth hormone responsiveness in children : results from Swedish multicenter clinical trials of growth hormone treatment

   Author : Elena Lundberg; Berit Kriström; Kerstin Albertsson-Wikland; Roland Pfäffle; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gain in height; puberty; IGHD; non-GHD; IGF-I; bioavailability;

   Abstract : The general aims of the thesis were to study GH responsiveness by estimation of pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of injected recombinant human GH (rhGH), of growth response as gain in heightSDS during childhood and puberty, and IGF-I response as change in circulating IGF-ISDS and IGFBP3SDS. Methods Short children were recruited during 1988–1999 into two national randomized multicentre clinical trials on growth until adult height. READ MORE