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Waiting time and mortality in coronary artery bypass grafting patients
(2005)
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) has emerged as one of the most common major surgical procedures worldwide. Unfortunately the capacity is still unable to meet the demand in many countries. This leads to waiting times ...
Contemporary aspects of health and performance among young adult women and men in Sweden
(2010-05-17)
The overall aim of this thesis was to improve our understanding of contemporary aspects of health and performance among young adult women and men in Sweden. Cultural and structural changes in society have resulted in new ...
Unexplained chest pain in men and women - symptom perception and outcome
(2009-01-30)
Patients with chest pain account for a large number of all patients seeking health care. The majority of these patients are referred to emergency departments (ED) and many of them are given a discharge diagnosis of unexplained ...
Diabetes and obesity in primary health care - a condition beyond physiological factors
(2011-11-18)
Aims: The objectives of this thesis are to illustrate how obese and normal-weight individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) experience their health status and health care interactions and to highlight the diabetes team ...
The role of estrogen and superoxide dismutase in cataractogenesis
(2014-11-03)
Cataract is an opacification of the eye lens, constituting the major cause of blindness globally. Oxidative stress is a key factor in the formation of cataract and female gender is a known risk factor for age-related ...
The Role of Emotions in Judgments of Crime Victims
(2015-10-26)
A growing body of evidence shows that crime victims’ emotional expressions can influence legal judgments, such as credibility assessments. However, the role of emotions in judgments of crime victims in interpersonal settings ...
Otrygghetens landskap. En kartläggning av otryggheten i stadsrummet och en analys av bakomliggande orsaker, med fokus på mediernas roll
(2010-01-08)
The aims of the dissertation are to explore and map the fear and insecurity in urban public spaces and to analyse the underlying causes behind the sensations of fear and insecurity in these spaces, with focus on the role ...
Lust att lära naturvetenskap och teknik? : en longitudinell studie om vägen till gymnasiet
(Göteborg : Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 2003)
The aim of the study was to follow a group of pupils from the age of twelve until they leave lower secondary school at the age of sixteen to describe and analyse how their attitudes towards and interest in science and ...
Mandom och mödom: Sexualitet, homosocialitet och aristokratisk identitet på det senmedeltida Island
(2009-05-18)
The purpose of this study is to show how political and sexual strategies interacted when the Icelandic elite was reorganized in the late Middle Ages. During the years 1262 through 1264, the Icelanders agreed to pay tax to ...