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Safety leadership in the construction industry
(2018-01-02)The overall aim of this thesis was to identify and describe essential components of safety leadership behavior in the construction industry in Sweden and Denmark. The methods used were semi-structured interviews, cross-sectional ... -
Samverkan vid vårdplanering för patienter med komplexa behov – ett mellanorganisatoriskt triangeldrama
(2019-05-22)Aims: The overall aim of this thesis was to deepen the knowledge of collaboration in care planning across healthcare provider boundaries for patients with complex care needs. Specific aims were: to highlight specialist ... -
Self-perceived Psychological Health and Vascular Changes in Childhood
(2007-06-08)Self-perceived Psychological Health and Vascular Changes in Childhood AKADEMISK AVHANDLING som för avläggande av medicine doktorsexamen vid Sahlgrenska akademin vid Göteborgs universitet kommer att offentligen ... -
Self-tolerance in collagen induced arthritis
(2013-04-29)Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune chronic disease that results in damage to tissues throughout the body due to the inability of the immune system in these patients to discriminate between self-tissues and foreign ... -
Sex hormones and cardiovascular risk in men and women. The Skaraborg Project
(2014-02-04)The general aim of this thesis was to explore the associations between sex hormones and high blood pressure in men and women and to investigate their further role in the development of acute myocardial infarction particularly ... -
Sex steroid hormones - roles in adaptive immunity and vascular pathology
(2013-12-20)The prevalence of autoimmune diseases is higher in women than men, while for cardiovascular disease, there is a male predominance. The sexual dimorphism of autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases probably relates to a number ... -
Sex steroid metabolism and body composition
(2009-04-30)Background: The bioactive androgens testosterone (T) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) regulate bone and fat mass in men. The effects of androgens are largely determined by the rate of their synthesis and inactivation. ... -
Shoulder function and activity limitations in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis
(2013-11-22)Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have impaired physical function which can lead to difficulties with daily activities. Despite improved pharmacological treatment, patients with early RA report difficulties with ... -
Skilled birth attendant services in Nepal: overcoming barriers to utilization
(2017-05-18)Background Skilled birth attendants (SBAs) provide important services that improve maternal and newborn health and reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Utilization and coverage of SBA services reveal wide disparities ... -
Sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: cause or comorbidity?
(2023-10-19)Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are common conditions, associated with morbidity and mortality. Both OSA and AF often go undetected. It has been suggested that OSA may be a modifiable ... -
Sleep disorders, sleepiness and the risk of traffic accidents
(2014-04-10)The aim of this thesis was to identify the prevalence of sleep disorders, mainly obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), among public transport operators (PTO´s). Further to assess the risk of motor vehicle accident (MVA) in a group ... -
Smoking and T cell co-stimulation in rheumatoid arthritis
(2019-04-18)In this thesis I investigated if smoking limits the co-stimulatory system of CD8+ T cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). I took special interest in the co-inhibitory receptor PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1. Blood samples from ... -
Socioeconomic aspects of lifestyle and women's health: a primary care and population perspective
(2020-03-05)Aims: To estimate growth characteristics and socioeconomic factors in relation to over-weight/obesity among 4-year-old children. To explore whether a primary care lifestyle programme reached and engaged socioeconomically ... -
Socioekonomiska aspekter av diabetes och kardiovaskulär sjukdom
(2015-06-04)Four hundred million people in the world have diabetes. The incidence of type 1 diabetes has increased steadily in the last few decades and it is now the second most common chronic disease of childhood. Type 2 diabetes ... -
Statins, Lipids, and Mutations: Consequences for the Heart and Immune System
(2019-08-14)CAAX proteins are a group of proteins that undergo a three-step protein maturation process that renders the proteins carboxyl-terminus hydrophobic and prone to localize to cellular membranes, where they have their primary ... -
STK25 as a regulator of lipid accumulation
(2018-08-24)Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a progressive form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), have become widespread metabolic disorders that have reached epidemic proportions. ... -
STK25- a new key regulator of metabolic profile and a possible target for anti-diabetic drug
(2017-11-02)Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects at least 285 million people worldwide and its prevalence is rapidly increasing. Understanding the molecular mechanisms controlling ectopic lipid deposition and insulin response in metabolic ... -
Storage organelles that are distinct from the classical granules in human neutrophils
(2006-12-27)The human neutrophil is a crucial participant in acute inflammation. Appropriate immune response is dependent on rapid direction of phagocytic cells through the tissue, towards the inflammatory focus. Such movement is ... -
Stratification and model-based analysis of patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome using advanced biostatistics and medical data mining techniques
(2018-05-24)ABSTRACT Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is characterized by symptoms that are dominated by abdominal pain and abnormal bowel habits, as defined by the Rome criteria. The complexity of the disorder is exemplified by the ... -
Stroke: Risk Factors and Trends
(2014-11-04)Stroke is a severe disease that affects 30,000 people in Sweden every year. Three quarters of stroke events are first time events. The risk of premature death and disability is high among stroke survivors. Knowledge about ...