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In this study, we used a narrow, but easily measured, indicator of how communication proceeded among health workers and women in Southern India. Anemia prevention during pregnancy was studied using a semistructured questionnaire. Participants included 5 nurses, 10 health aides, and 10 (traditional birth attendants) TBAs working with maternal health care and education, as well as 32 women seeking m

PURPOSE. To examine in rodent models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) the expression of the neuroprotectants metallothionein-I and -II and of megalin, an endocytic receptor that mediates their transport into neurons. METHODS. Gene and protein expression were analyzed in retinas of rd1 and rds mice and in those of RCS (Royal College of Surgeons) rats of various ages. Glial cell markers (cellular retina

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Studien presenterar en utvärdering av SI-verksamheten vid fem civilingenjörsprogram vid LTH baserat på data från enkäter till SI-deltagare och SI-ledare, genomströmningsdata för nybörjarstudenter på kurs- samt läsårsnivå, samt nybörjarstudenternas betyg från gymnasiet. Resultaten visar på att deltagande på SI-övningar ger en ökad genomströmning på både kurs- och läsårsnivå. Vidare finns tydliga in

In the research on two of the most prominent persons among those who rescued Jews from the Holocaust, Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg, a reappearing purpose has been to separate mythical, and therefore more or less false, elements in the story from the true, and implicit, academic historical writing. However, during the last decades, it has been obvious that history is not only, and sometimes

Det reformerade allmänna svenska pensionssystemet har hyllats av många, inte minst av dem som deltagit i själva utarbetandet av systemet, men hur upplevs några av de mer grundläggande antagandena bakom reformen av dem det avser att ge ekonomiskt skydd åt på ålderdomen? Genom ett omfattande djupintervjumaterial visar Lars Harrysson och Erika Werner att det finns såväl stöd som brist på det samma fö

Background: Laser photocoagulation is a well-established treatment for diabetic retinopathy but the mechanism behind its effectiveness has not been elucidated. The protein kinase C (PKC) family is a group of enzymes which has been the subject of extensive interest in clinically related research since the advent of its role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy. With this study we wanted to e

Relative autonomy refers to the space that teachers have or can create to make choices regarding the curriculum of schooling. In order to transform conflicts and to cope with the tensions that arise in time of change, teachers are urged to make constructive use of their relative autonomy. In this paper some of the conflicts and tensions that exist today are discussed in the context of the Swedish