Cancer är en vanlig sjukdom i dagens samhälle, och man estimerar att en av tre i Sverige någon gång i livet kommer få en cancerdiagnos. De stora framsteg som skett inom forskning och teknologi har gjort att man har blivit bättre på att behandla så att allt fler överlever sin sjukdom. Det finns dock studier som tyder på att personer med samma diagnos kan reagera olika på samma typ av behandling. VaPurpose: In an era of personalized oncology where the aim is to give every patient the right treatment at the right time an area of promising research is emerging called radiomics, or quantitative image analysis. The main underlying hypothesis is that pathophysiological information can be found in image texture not visible to the bare eye that can improve diagnosis, treatment adaption or be linked

Bakgrund: Afrosvenskar är en utsatt grupp inom alla samhällssektorer med en ökad risk för komplikationer under graviditet. Syfte: Att belysa afrosvenska kvinnors upplevelser av barnmorskans bemötande före, under och efter förlossning. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie med induktiv ansats. Tretton afrosvenska kvinnor intervjuades och innehållsanalys genomfördes. Resultat: Två kategorier och sex u

This thesis examines the integration of Somalis in Norway, pointing out how Somalis are allegedly worse integrated than other groups of immigrants in Norway. The thesis examines why this may be and what factors affect Somali integration in Norway. The study is based on a content analysis of government documents regarding integration strategies in Norway and five podcast episodes featuring people o

Strålbehandling blir en allt mer vanlig behandling mot cancer där varannan patient någon gång under sjukdomsförloppet får strålbehandling. Strålbehandlingen står idag för 30 % av all bot mot cancer och är därmed en verksamhet som befinner sig på många utav landets sjukhus. Innan en patient får strålbehandling krävs mycket arbete och kontroller av behandlingen så att den uppfyller de krav som stälAim: Phantoms are used daily in the clinic for radiotherapy. As more realistic phantoms are requested, 3D printing could be used but the design of a realistic phantom is difficult. The purpose of this project was to design and 3D print an anthropomorphic phantom that could be used for verification of complex treatment such as stereotactic arrhythmic radioablation treatments without the use of pati

Drygt femton miljoner människor avlider av cancer och stroke varje år, vilket gör dem till några av de svåraste sjukdomarna som vi drabbas av. Dödligheten hos dessa sjukdomar påverkas främst av när dem upptäcks. Ju tidigare sjukdomen diagnostiseras, desto högre blir sannolikheten för att den botas. Tidig upptäckt kräver känsliga diagnostiska metoder, särskilt de som kan detektera förändringar i väFifteen million people lose their lives to stroke and cancer every year. This amounts to one in every four deaths worldwide, making these among the deadliest diseases affecting humankind. Fruitful attempts at containing stroke- and cancer-related mortality hinge on early detection. Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is an imaging modality that is sensitive to tissue microstructure, and therefore unveils tissue

Det ligger i människans natur att utforska och söka efter det okända. Nu arbetas det hårt för att möta de stora utmaningarna som måste övervinnas för att en bemannad resa till Mars ska bli verklighet. NASA planerar att skicka människor till Mars under 2030-talet och det privata företaget SpaceX har målet att skicka en bemannad farkost till Mars så tidigt som år 2024. Resan till Mars utgör mångfase"Space agencies and privat e companies are working hard to solve the various challenges that need to be overcome to take humans to Mars . The journey to Mars has mult ifaceted risks for the crew, includin g radiation exposure. One risk factor that could jeopar dize t he crew's healt h is the radiation dose from a !arge solar partide event (SPE)

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur klienter upplevt sig ha blivit hjälpta av psykoterapi samt hur de upplevt förändring därigenom. Studiens ansats var fenomenologisk, vilket innebär att utgångspunkten var att studera själva erfarenheten av att bli hjälpt i psykoterapi. Data samlades in genom semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex personer som gått i olika typer av terapi. Intervjumaterialet anThe aim of this study was to examine what clients experienced as being helpful in psychotherapy, as well as the changes they perceived, through a phenomenological approach. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with six participants who had undergone different types of psychotherapy. Material from the interviews was analyzed using thematic analysis. Two main themes, consisting of f

Bakgrund: Primärvården tillhör första linjens sjukvård, och det är hit många söker hjälp relaterat till sin hälsa. Psykisk ohälsa är vanligt förekommande bland patienter. Hälso- och sjukvården ska arbeta hälsofrämjande och preventivt med patienter med psykisk ohälsa. Det finns brist på studier om arbetsterapeuters erfarenheter relaterat till hälsofrämjande arbete och prevention. Syfte: Syftet var Background: Primary care is the frontline health care service that people first attend to when seeking care. Mental health problems and illness are common and healthcare needs to focus on health promotion and prevention of mental illness. There seems to be a lack of studies focusing on occupational therapists’ (OT) experiences related to health promotion and prevention. Aim: To describe the experi

Love Addiction (an obsession with romantic relationships) is a phenomenon that has received increasing attention. This study examined whether narcissism is related to Love Addiction. The method that we used was a convenience test N = 200 and a questionnaire that measured Narcissism based on the scales Narcissistic Admiration and Narcissistic Rivalry (NARC) and Love Addiction based on the Love Addi

This thesis seeks to explore the potential for 3D archaeological datasets to become the ‘living resources’ advocated by Morgan and Wright (2018). This process is examined through lenses of object agency, object biography, Chaîne opératoire, formation processes and posthumanist theory with an aim to assess the capacity of digital approaches for enabling the self-reflexive ‘slow archaeology’ idealis

When the Vikings settled the British Isles between the 8th and 11th centuries, they left behind numerous stone monuments in their wake. These monuments, many of which are stone crosses, utilize a combination of Christian and pagan imagery, and are found heavily in Christian contexts. This thesis sought to analyze this imagery and their contexts in order to determine how they reflected the colonial

The thesis examines the commercialization of intimacy, love and relationships on Tinder. The thesis examines young adults' active use of the Tinder application, which offers an easily accessible love market with an abundance of potential partners. Furthermore, the essay focuses on the interviewees' views on lasting and volatile relationships in today's consumer society. The sample exam

The Viking Age saw the colonisation of most of the isles of Scotland by settlers from Norway. These newcomers brought their own customs, practices and perceptions to the Isles, maintaining close links with the Scandinavian world. However, these islands had already experienced millennia of anthropogenic change by the time of Norse settlement, and generations of previous inhabitants had populated th

The following study was conducted in order to answer the following questions: 1) Why do students start taking drugs in early adulthood?, 2) What does the ratio between students with early versus late onset drug use look like?, 3) Do students know where they could get professional help in case of drug use- related negative outcomes? and 4) What do they think of the healthcare available? Using the s

Premiepension utgörs av 2,5 procent av den pensionsgrundande inkomsten. Premiepensionen är i regel ett långsiktigt pensionssparande som placeras i fonder valbara efter egna preferenser på Pensionsmyndighetens fondtorg. Det statliga förvalsalternativet AP7 Såfa är en global aktiefond fram till 55 års ålder. Globala aktiefonder är ett populärt placeringsalternativ med ägarandelar i företag i olika b

Considering the nature of vulnerability to fires and at-risk groups, the issue is arguably a social problem where spatial analysis has allowed for a greater context, beyond the individual, to be analyzed. Furthermore, reports from fire rescue services of local safety concerns and the convergence of interest between different stakeholders has made communities disposition to fire safety increasingly

This thesis aims to investigate if there is a monetary cost associated with interstate travel by rail within the European Union and how this differs from intrastate railway travel in the Union. The paper makes use of two economic theories, Transaction cost theory and Ramsey pricing, to help explain the effect we find. A linear regression is applied to our dataset containing 1050 observations and w

Planning for capacity in not just the production, but also in the supply chain, is important. Strategic long-term planning for the supply chain will affect how the company will be able to meet the demand. This Master Thesis will focus on the capacities within the supply chain at PolyPeptide and how they could be planned for in the future. PolyPeptide is a company that manufactures active pharmaceu