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Sacroiliac pain-provocation testing in physiotherapy : time and force recording
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, arbetsterapi och äldrevårdsforskning (NEUROTEC) / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Elderly Care Research (NEUROTEC), 2004-08-27)Introduction: Some of the tests used for examining pain arising from the sacroiliac region are intended to provoke pain by using manually applied forces. Previous reliability and validity studies of sacroiliac pain-provocation ... -
Sad mothers – disappointed women? Perinatal depression and women's and men's parenthood the first year after childbirth
(Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa / Department of Women's and Children's Health, 2005-09-26)The aim of the present thesis was to study the prevalence of maternal depressive mood during pregnancy and up to one year after childbirth in relation to the parents' psycho-social conditions, perception of the infant's ... -
Safe labor : reappraisal of labor duration and management for safe maternal and infant outcome
(Inst för medicin, Solna / Dept of Medicine, Solna, 2022-04-19)Background: The partograph, today used worldwide for assessing normal labor progress and identifying prolonged labor is based on Friedman’s research findings from the 1950s, based on 500 deliveries. Friedman established a ... -
Safety limit estimation for cataract induced by ultraviolet radiation
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2005-08-12)Background: Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is considered one of the major risk factors for agerelated cataract. UVR-induced cataract follows a continuous dose-response function. The concepts maximum acceptable dose (MAD) and ... -
Salivary biomarkers : diagnostic potential in oral and systemic diseases in epidemiological surveys
(Inst för odontologi / Dept of Dental Medicine, 2014-11-06)Human saliva is a fluid with many biological functions, and essential for the maintenance of oral health. Several studies report local and systemic biomarkers appearing in saliva, including electrolytes, blood products, ... -
Salivary biomarkers in chronic muscle pain
(Inst för odontologi / Dept of Dental Medicine, 2020-05-07)Background: Muscle related temporomandibular disorders (TMD myalgia), one of the most common orofacial pain conditions, is characterized by facial pain and often accompanied by jaw movement limitations. Although the ... -
Salivary function after pediatric bone marrow transplantation
(Institutionen för odontologi / Department of Odontology, 2000-05-05)Salivary gland dysfunction is one of the oral long-term complications that most affect the quality of life among long-term survivors after treatment for malignant diseases. The aims of the studies in this thesis ... -
Salt-inducible kinase 1 : a novel regulator within a cell sodium-sensing network
(Institutionen för medicin / Department of Medicine, 2010-04-30)Na+, K+-ATPase (NK) is expressed in all animal cells and plays a crucial role in cellular ion homeostasis. The NK activity is tightly regulated by specific signaling networks that must be well controlled in time and space ... -
Salvadora persica (MISWAK) : an effective way of killing oral pathogens
(Institutionen för odontologi / Department of Odontology, 2010-05-21)Mechanical removal of dental plaque is regarded as an effective means of controlling the progression of dental caries and periodontal disease. The habitual use of chewing sticks (Miswak) as an oral hygiene method is still ... -
Sample preparation and mass spectrometry in proteome studies
(Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och biofysik (MBB) / Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2004-05-07)Proteome studies aim to link gene to function. Instead of screening for function in a specific protein as in classical protein chemistry, proteins are now screened against a specific phenotype, disease or metabolic state. ... -
Sarcoidosis : expression of cell regulatory markers and the influence of patient phenotype on bronchoalveolar lavage cell differential counts
(Inst för medicin, Solna / Dept of Medicine, Solna, 2020-02-21)Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease that can affect almost any organ, but the respiratory system is affected in more than 90% of the cases. To elicit an immune response, an antigen(s) is processed by antigen-presenting ... -
Sarcoidosis : inflammatory mechanisms and markers of activity
(Institutionen för medicin / Department of Medicine, 2002-10-25)Sarcoidosis is a disease characterized by an accumulation of CD4+ T-lymphocytes in affected organs. Previous findings of an association between the HLA-allele DR17 and an accumulation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) ... -
Sarcoma ecosystems : spatial characterization and prognostic significance
(Inst för onkologi-patologi / Dept of Oncology-Pathology, 2023-11-14)Sarcoma is a highly heterogeneous disease with complex biological activities and unique tumor microenvironments (TME) in distinct subtypes. The limited treatment options and inadequate responses to current therapies ... -
Sarcopenia
(Institutionen för neurovetenskap / Department of Neuroscience, 2005-11-21)Sarcopenia (Greek; sarcos: flesh, and penia: poverty) is the pronounced muscle loss that affects the aging population. Sareopenia of the leg muscles results in loss of independence and increased morbidity in the elderly. ... -
Sarcoplasmic body myopathy
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2005-10-13)In 1980 a new hereditary myopathy with adult onset was described in a swedish family. The most characteristic feature of this myopathy was the sarcoplasmic inclusion bodies (SB), seen in the muscle biopsies. Distal muscle ... -
SARS coronavirus : the role of accessory proteins and nitric oxide in the replication cycle
(Institutionen för mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi / Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, 2008-08-28)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) caused the first pandemic of the 21st century. The etiological agent was identified as a novel coronavirus. Until then, human coronaviruses (HCoVs) had only ... -
SARS-CoV-2 viremia in patients hospitalised for COVID-19
(Inst för kliniska vetenskaper, Danderyds sjukhus / Dept of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 2023-01-12)More than 6.6 million people have died from Covid-19 since the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak started in Wuhan, China, late 2019. The spread of the novel virus necessitated knowledge on how to manage this new disease. This project ... -
Save the brain! Studies on GLP-1-mediated neuroprotection
(Inst för klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset / Dept of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, 2019-11-06)Background: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) suffer stroke more often and have worse recovery. Moreover, hyperglycemic stroke patients treated with thrombolytic therapy have more intracranial bleedings. Insulin is the ... -
Sawubona MAMA : using mHealth to improve maternal, neonatal and child health outcomes in South Africa
(Inst för folkhälsovetenskap / Dept of Public Health Sciences, 2018-08-24)BACKGROUND: At the end of the first decade of the 2000’s, South Africa had poor, and worsening, maternal and neonatal health outcomes. In parallel, the use of mobile phone technology to support health care (mHealth) increased ... -
SBRT of large tumors and tumors located near organs at risk in the thoracic cavity
(Inst för molekylär medicin och kirurgi / Dept of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, 2022-02-02)Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) is a non-invasive ablative radiation therapy developed at Karolinska University Hospital in the early 90-s. Its basic principles are highly focused inhomogeneous dose load with rapid ...