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The fight against time in prehospital cardiac arrest - a true medical emergency
(2020-08-18)
ABSTRACT
Background: The chances of survival after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are one in ten. The majority of survivors have no or relatively mild neurological sequelae. Interventions are time critical and ...
Essays on Culture, Institutions, and Economic Development
(2020-05-18)
Culture and institutions are important to understand individual behaviors and economic development. In this thesis, I study the origins of cultural divergence across societies, the emergence of private property rights, and ...
Sexting among adolescents: A gendered online phenomenon, related to individual and social determinants
(2020-09-24)
This thesis concerns sexting among Swedish adolescents and adolescent sexual
development. Adolescence is a period of major bodily, cognitive, and social changes
and of sexual exploration. As many post-millennials have ...
Cam morphology of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome in athletes - Clinical and radiological studies
(2020-10-28)
Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) leads to hip pain and reduced hip function in young athletes. Recent studies have reported high-impact sporting activities during adolescent growth as an important cause of cam ...
Cardiovascular disease in patients with congenital heart disease
(2020-04-23)
Background: Today, about 95% of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) survive into adulthood and the survival in patients with CHD has increased considerably during the last decades. With increasing age, patients ...
Liquid landscapes: Human-water interactions and water scarcity in Yanque, Peru
(2020-01-09)
In the farming district of Yanque in the Southern Peruvian Andes, everyday life revolves around acquiring enough water for irrigation. This thesis concerns water scarcity and focuses on a range of water management practices. ...
Febrile Seizures and associated neurodevelopmental disorder
(2020-01-22)
Background: Febrile seizures (FS) are common in young children. There is a lack of knowledge about possible associations between FS and the child’s cognitive and behavioural development. Aim: Gain further insight into the ...
Impact of Genetic Variants in Inosine Triphosphate Pyrophosphatase and Interferon-λ4 on Natural History, Treatment Response and Ribavirin Pharmacology in Hepatitis C Virus Infection
(2020-04-23)
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) impacts on global health with around 70 million chronically infected worldwide. The infection increases the risk of cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. The treatment until 2013 has been based on ...
Aspects of teamwork and intraoperative factors in the operating room
(2020-09-07)
The work in high-risk environments like an operating room is complex. The operating team consist of many professions with different tasks cooperating towards a common goal, the performance of safe surgery. The operating ...
Practical application of machine learning for analyses of biological matrices and environmental phenomena.
(2020-09-11)
This thesis presents research aimed at forwarding an understanding of machine learning methods as a method of studying complex matrices and environmental phenomena. A number of machine learning methods in the form of linear ...