Protection of Accrued Pension Rights - An Inquiry into Reforms of Statutory and Occupational Pension Schemes in a German, Norwegian and Swedish Context

How is the conflict between a protection of accrued pension rights and economic, political and social interests in reforming the pension scheme resolved in different countries and regarding different kinds of pension schemes? What legal or political mechanisms exist to protect accrued pension rights and to resolve this conflict? This thesis takes a comprehensive view on the pension situation of t

The implementation of a Quality System in the care Sector for Elderly and Handicapped people - A Swedish Case Study

On scaling methodology and environmental influences in disability assessments: The cumulative structure of personal and instrumental ADL among older adults in a Swedish rural district.

Changes in alcohol consumption: an analysis of self-reported use of alcohol in a Swedish national sample 1988-89 and 1996-97

Association between Helicobacter pylori and gastric carcinoma in the city of Malmo, Sweden. A prospective study

BACKGROUND: We have investigated the association between Helicobacter pylori and gastric carcinoma through a nested case-control study in a single city. METHODS: From a cohort of 32,906 residents recruited from 1974 through 1992, 56 cases of gastric adenocarcinoma and 224 matched controls were selected. The mean interval between serum collection and diagnosis was 5.7 years. Frozen serum or plasma

Immigrant Swedish phonology : a study in multiple contact analysis

Abstract is not available

UGT1A polymorphisms in a Swedish cohort and a human diversity panel, and the relation to bilirubin plasma levels in males and females.

A Tale of a Strange People : The Pitted Ware Culture in Southern Sweden

Update of the Finnish-Swedish beam line I411 at MAX-lab: Simulations of expected performance

In the modified SX-700 monochromator installed at beam line I411, the focusing before the exit slit is achieved by a plane elliptical mirror. Like in the original SX-700 design, the resolution is mainly limited by the slope errors of the focusing mirror. A simple method to improve the resolution is to replace the focusing mirror by one with smaller slope errors. The effects of replacing the refocu

Dynamics of energy efficiency in lighting and other commercial uses in Sweden

Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of Asymptomatic Peripheral Arterial Disease in 68-year-old Men with Diabetes. Results from the Population Study 'Men Born in 1914' from Malmo, Sweden.

Phosphatised olenid triobites and associated faunal elements from the Furongian (upper Cambrian) of Sweden

FDG-PET in the detection of residual disease and relapse in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Experience from a Swedish centre.

FLIPP - Furthering Life Cycle Considerations Through Integrated Product Policy - The Swedish research program for sustainable product systems

Alport syndrome in southern Sweden.

One-year report from the Swedish National Spine Register.

Obesity and myocardial infarction - vulnerability related to occupational level and marital status. A 23-year follow-up of an urban male Swedish population.

Can a 'single hit' cause limitations in language development? A comparative study of Swedish children with hearing impairment and children with specific language impairment.

Studies of language in children with mild-to-moderate hearing impairment ( HI) indicate that they often have problems in phonological shortterm memory (PSTM) and that they have linguistic weaknesses both in vocabulary and morphosyntax similar to children with specific language impairment (SLI). However, children with HI may be more likely than children with SLI to acquire typical language skills a

The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register. 25 years experience

Home mechanical ventilation in Sweden--inequalities within a homogenous health care system.