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This study is a contribution to the bioethical debate about new and possibly emerging reproductive technologies. Its point of departure is the intuition, which many people seem to share, that using such technologies to select non-disease traits – like sex and emotional
The starting point of this thesis was based on the histories of many women who suffered from low back pain (LBP) in relation to their pregnancy. The prevalence of low back pain (LBP) is higher in pregnant women compared to women of
The aim was to investigate the effects of an intervention, based on education given to staff and implementation of an individualized nutritional programme given to the residents, to compare assessments on admission with a previous study, and to perform diagnostic test and
The definition of awareness used consistently in this thesis is: Explicit recall of intraoperative events during general anaesthesia. Since there is no objective method to detect awareness, the patients must be interviewed after anaesthesia. The form and timing of the interview is
The structure of the arterial wall varies with location along the vascular tree, age, gender and disease. The abdominal aorta (AA) in man is a vulnerable artery prone to atherosclerosis as well as aneurysmatic dilation. The underlying aortic composition, mechanical properties as
Football is the most popular sport worldwide. The earliest described form of the game comes from a military manual during the Han Dynasty in China dating to the second or third century BC (www.fifa.com). The purpose of this thesis was to study
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) dosimetry using the well established dosimeter material alanine is a generally accepted dosimetric method for measurements of high absorbed doses. Alanine EPR dosimetry is however not sensitive enough for high precision measurements of low (< 5 Gy) absorbed
Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common nosocomial infection among surgical Patients.The impact of these infections in terms of clinical and financial out comes is substantial. In cardiac surgery, sternal wound infection (SWI) continues to be one of the most serious