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Health-Related Quality of Life in COPD and Asthma - Discriminative and evaluative aspects

Popular Abstract in Swedish Bakgrund Effekterna av en behandling vid lungsjukdomar såsom KOL (KOL = kroniskt obstruktiv lungsjukdom) och astma kan utvärderas på olika sätt och objektiva mätmetoder såsom lungfunktion används vanligen som mått på utfallet. Metoder som är rapporterade direkt av patienter är numera benämnda “Patient-reported outcome” (PRO) och är ett samlingsbegrepp för alla subjektivBackground - The effects of intervention can be evaluated in different ways, and objective measurements of changes in lung function are commonly used as the outcome measure. Patient-reported outcome (PRO) is an umbrella term used for all patient-based assessments. One important PRO is health-related quality of life (HRQL), which may be used as an evaluative or discriminative measure. Objectives -

Migration and Mental Health: Epidemiological Studies of Immigrants in Sweden

Popular Abstract in Swedish Migration (folkvandring) är idag en global företeelse. Orsaken till migrationen varierar och kan bero på krig och förföljelse, naturkatastrofer, familjeskäl, fattigdom, studier eller sökande efter arbete. I slutet av förra seklet var Sverige en nation där fattigdom och religiöst förtryck drev drygt en miljon människor över haven till Nordamerika och andra världsdelar. IAbstract Aims: To analyse the influence of migration status (country of birth/ethnicity), accultura-tion, socio-economic and psychosocial factors on self-reported psychiatric illness, suicide attempt, total mortality and violent death. Methods: Three main data sources were used: suicide attempts in the catchment area of Lund University Hospital (PASIS) during 1991–94; the Swedish Survey of Living

Managerial leadership: Identities, processes, and interactions

Three perspectives of leadership are discussed in this chapter: the transformative (i.e., the heroic), the post-heroic and the mundane. The theme of the chapter is that if we want to understand managerial leadership as an empirical phenomenon and as a work practice, we need to base our understanding of leadership on ordinary managers’ work (i.e., the work of people who are assigned with leadership

On the Value of Intelligent Packaging - A Packaging Logistics Perspective

Good decision-making relies on accurate, timely and reliable information. This can be supported by having intelligent packaging which allows data on the whereabouts and condition of goods to be automatically captured along a supply chain. This research reveals that, although interest in intelligent packaging in Swedish manufacturing industries is high, actual use is limited. Nevertheless, this res

Drinking (feminists) mates

The aim of the article is to develop a critical dialogue among feminists regarding for feminist theory central issues such as social justice and transnational solidarity.

Sociologi som samtidshermeneutik

Förord till Elliott, Anthony & Bryan S. Turner, Om samhället (Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2016). Sammanfattar, diskuterar och kontextualiserar bokens teser och karaktär.

Domkyrkan i Lund : en vandring genom tid och rum

En historik över Lunds domkyrka från grundandet ca 1100 fram till idag. Byggnadens historia vävs samman med politiska och sociala skeenden i det omgivande samhället, och nedslag görs i gudstjänstlivet i olika tider. Vi berättar också om kyrkans inventarier och om enskilda personer som betytt mycket för kyrkan.

Amperometric biosensor-based microsystems for detecting analytes of biomedical importance

Monitoring in the biomedical field is rapidly emerging as the most important application area of miniaturized analytical devices. Diagnostics, disease monitoring, drug development, and medical research are important areas taking full advantage of the short response time, reduced sample consumption, low costs, and reduced power requirements of miniaturized analytical tools. Such tools can either in