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On oxytocin and social behavior
(2018-10-19)
Complex social cognitive processes underlie social behavior. Oxytocin has long been recognized as crucial in social behavior in animals, but its role in regulating human social cognition and behavior is less clear, ...
On dental caries and socioeconomy in Swedish children and adolescents - Clinical and register-based studies
(2018-02-15)
The overall aim was to analyze the dental caries experience among Swedish children and adolescents and explore it with respect to demographic and socioeconomic factors. Study I is a longitudinal clinical study of 271 ...
(R)evolutionära idéer: Förändring i svensk sjukförsäkringspolitik 1995-2015
(2018-12-12)
Since the post-war period, the Swedish welfare state has largely been based on the principles of emancipation and economic security for individuals. Some refer to this as the idea of progressive individualism. However, ...
Nutritional metabolomics: The search for dietary exposure variables
(2018-10-19)
To establish associations and causation between diet and health, objective and reliable methods are needed to measure dietary exposure. Metabolomics provide an unbiased tool for exploring the modulation of the human ...
Bringing MEG towards clinical applications
(2018-08-21)
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a passive, non-invasive functional neuroimaging technique for recording magnetic fields generated by neuronal currents in the brain. MEG provides a unique capability to map the electrophysiology ...
Health hazards and cancer in relation to occupational exposures among Swedish seafarers
(2018-11-19)
This thesis explores health hazards for seafarers in the Swedish merchant fleet, and occupational risks for lung cancer, mesothelioma and hematologic malignancy (HM). A special focus has been exposure to benzene and biomarker ...
Early stage inflammation and cancer as reflected in the gastrointestinal mucus composition: implications for diagnosis, prognosis and pathogenesis
(2018-10-23)
Mucus covers our inner interfaces towards the environment, providing protection while enabling vital interaction with the outside world. The mucus is built around mucin proteins, which are important for our defences against ...
Targeted radiotherapy in metastatic neuroendocrine tumours: clinical and experimental studies
(2018-11-06)
ABSTRACT
Neuroendocrine tumours (NET) often present at a metastatic stage, which diminishes the possibility for curative surgery. Peptide receptor radiotherapy (PRRT) with 177Lu-DOTATATE targets somatostatin receptors, ...
Methylome and Transcriptome Profiling of Hepatocytes Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
(2018-02-22)
Six hundred million people suffering from liver diseases worldwide of which the lethality is two million. Freshly isolated hepatocytes from the liver have been used for transplantation purposes and are extensively used to ...
Hearing-related symptoms among women - Occurrence and risk in relation to occupational noise and stressful working conditions
(2018-05-24)
A considerable amount of research has been devoted to the risk of noise-induced hearing loss among industry workers – the majority of whom are men. Much less research has been done in female-dominated human service ...