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Recension av: Stefan Östersjö, 2021. Listening to the Other, 184 s. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN: 978-94-6270-229-5.

Background and aims: Ethnicity influences the prevalence of gestational diabetes (GDM) and its progression to manifest diabetes postpartum, being higher in non-European populations. This may partly be explained by differences in insulin secretion and action. Aims of the present study were to evaluate glucose homeostasis after GDM, the impact of ethnicity and other determinants of glucose toleranceBackground and aims: Ethnicity influences the prevalence of gestationaldiabetes (GDM) and its progression to manifest diabetes postpartum, beinghigher in non-European populations. This may partly be explained by differences in insulin secretion and action. Aims of the present study were toevaluate glucose homeostasis after GDM, the impact of ethnicity and otherdeterminants of glucose tolerance pos

T. Larspers har presenterat en väl genomarbetad presentation utifrån flera aspekter av det kristna livet kring Siljansbygden vid sekelskiftet 1800-1900. Han har visat att lokalhistoria inte bara handlar om beskrivningar av det lokala utan är både informationsberikande och har en förklaringspotential som förutsätter både resultat från kvalificerad forskning och fördjupande reflektion.

I uppsatsen undersöker jag juridiska överväganden kopplade till balansen mellan en personlig assistents anställningsskydd och rätten till självbestämmande för assistansanvändaren, dvs. personen med funktionsnedsättning. Yrket som personlig assistent innebär ett nära samspel mellan assistansanvändaren och den personliga assistenten. I många fall är en hälsosam yrkesrelation en förutsättning för såvIn this thesis I examine legal considerations concerning the balance between employment protection for personal assistants and self-determination for the service user, i.e. the person with a disability. Personal assistance as a profession entails a close relationship between the service user and the personal assistant. In many cases, a healthy relationship is a condition for the wellbeing of the p

Land Reform in Zimbabwe was instigated at the end of the 1970’s as an effort to ease tensions and more equitably distribute wealth and power between the disenfranchised black population and their white colonial rulers. In this thesis I examine Zimbabwean land reform from a new institutional perspective. More specifically, I examine which of the two institutional logics, logic of appropriateness an

BACKGROUND: There is an increasing interest in cognitive and functional outcomes in the respective stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in novel therapies particularly for the milder phases of AD. Our aim was to describe and compare various aspects of disease progression in patients with mild versus moderate AD in routine clinical practice of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) therapy. METHODS: Thi

Recension av Lennart Hedwall: På sångens vägnar. Om svenska sånger och romanser från Joseph Martin Kraus till Josef Eriksson samt några tankar om sång.Kungl. Musikaliska akademiens skriftserie nr 143

Major surgery is associated with a decrease in muscle strength, muscle mass and functional performance. However, early intervention with intensive physical training seems to counteract the loss in muscle mass and muscle function as well as to shorten the postoperative length of stay in hospital. In addition, a sufficient intake of protein seems to be a central element in the treatment of postopera