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Background: Antioxidants in medical devices, added to protect polymers or adhesives, may also cause contact dermatitis in some individuals. Objectives: To present data on sensitization to 4,4′-thiobis(2-tert-butyl-5-methylphenol), an antioxidant detected in some types of medical devices, for six patients that experienced eczematous reactions to different medical devices. Methods: Patch testing wit

With increasing frequency we hear calls from activists and academics alike to tackle the structural roots of the current global social-ecological crisis. For those of us situated within academia, this provides an opportunity to critically examine how underlying processes related to the roots of this crisis manifest in and are perpetuated by our own institutions, and how to make academic programs w

This qualitative case study compares two different student aid systems, the universal Swedish one (CSN) with the needs-based German one (Bafög) to determine their effect to facilitate enrollment in university education and reduce socioeconomic inequalities. For this, tertiary students in Germany and Sweden were surveyed for their opinion on the equality of their respective student aid systems. Joh

This thesis explores the activism of AUB students for social and political change promoting secularism on campus and in the Lebanese society and politics. It draws from 17 interviews, a focus group and observations during four months of fieldwork. It looks into the ways how members of the AUB Secular Club employ the notion of secularism, and how diversity in the AUB campus facilitates the collecti

This thesis aim is to highlight the ability and power that sound has to act as a social driver, generating movement, coordinating bodies and allowing for the conceptualization of sound as a soft mechanism of governance. Using a theoretical framework built on the works of Michel Foucault (1977, 2007) and Pierre Bourdieu (1977), as well as previous studies concerned with sound and its social and cul

1 Application and Project Plan VMFB19 –Project Work The application must be submitted to oonagh.shannon @med.lu.se 1 Applicant Name*:       Personal code number:       Email:       Phone:       |_| By checking this box I verify that I have read the course syllabus and the course description both found on the homepage and understand the importance of collecting the project plans and reports in a po

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While individual data form the base for much empirical analysis in education, this is not the case for analysis of technical efficiency. In this paper, efficiency is estimated using individual data which is then aggregated to larger groups of students. Using an individual approach to technical efficiency makes it possible to carry out studies on a wide range of student constellations; e.g. entire

Objectives: The purpose of this presentation is to present the development, activities and achievements of the NOPHO/NOBOS Working Group on Ethics (WGE) 2008-2013. Methods: A joint working group on ethics, consisting of pediatric oncology nurses and physicians, was constituted during the NOPHO/NOBOS Annual Meeting in 2008. The intention was to create a Nordic competence group addressing ethical qu