The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the ways in which emotion regulation and mood affects risk taking when it comes to decision making competence. Emotion regulation is an essential part of the attachment process, the development of an autonomous self and functional stress coping systems. Research indicates that there is a relation between a distorted emotion regulation and some psychological disorders like depression, PTSD, anxiety disorders and Borderline (or instable emotional personality disorder). There is a definite need to analyze the relation between emotion regulation and decision making competence since it is relatively unexplored. A digital questionnaire was distributed amongst the participants.

Background: Delirium is a common condition among elderly patients who are being treated in a hospital environment. However, a large number of patients are wrongly diagnosed. The highest risk categories to develop delirium are elderly people and postoperative patients. By understanding the patients´ experiences the nurse can formulate the care to make it easier for the patient. Aim: The aim of the literature review was to illuminate elderly patients´ experiences of delirium in connection with a hospital visit.

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the ways in which emotion regulation and mood affects risk taking when it comes to decision making competence. Emotion regulation is an essential part of the attachment process, the development of an autonomous self and functional stress coping systems. Research indicates that there is a relation between a distorted emotion regulation and some psychological disorders like depression, PTSD, anxiety disorders and Borderline (or instable emotional personality disorder). There is a definite need to analyze the relation between emotion regulation and decision making competence since it is relatively unexplored. A digital questionnaire was distributed amongst the participants.

The principal aim of this thesis is to test if extracts, produced by the automatic summarizer "Copernic Summarizer", are possible to use as abstracts. The aim is also to give a picture of what automatic summarization is and why it is motivated. Three questions are asked: What is automatic summarization and what can it be used for? Is it possible to replace the author-written abstracts with extracts from "Copernic Summarizer"? Is automatic summarization motivated for the different areas of use that are identified in the first question? An automatic summarizer is a program that is intended to summarize text automatically and it can be used for different purposes, for example for summarizing WebPages or scientific articles. To answer the second question an experiment is carried out.

Cardiomyopathy is the most common type of cardiac disease in the cat. Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is comparably uncommon and only a few studies have been conducted in this disease. The purpose of this study was to examine the presence and inheritance pattern of RCM in a family of Birman cats. The family comprised 177 known cats. 107 of these cats were examined by echocardiography, 23 of the cats died/were euthanized and a diagnosis could be established post mortem.

Background: This paper was performed by a student in the Public Health Sciences program at the University of Gothenburg as a mandate from the district administration (SDF) Askim-Frölunda-Högsbo in Gothenburg. The assignment was formed on the basis of a need for a new service with a family-centered approach in the form of a family center for families with children aged 6-12 years. The family center will be located in the Frölunda area.Aim: The purpose of this paper was to describe and deepen the understanding of the concept of a family center from a public health perspective. A particular focus was put on interventions that are aimed at children aged 6-12 years.Method: Walker and Avants (2011) model for concept analysisResults: The defined attributes that the analysis led to were the following: Collaboration, Health Promotion, Prevention and Support services and the Visitors. The created model case and the Borderline cases showed a clearer picture of the concepts meaning.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur proffessionstillhörighet och antal copingstrategier respondenterna använder, påverkar skattad stress samt att studera hur arbetsfaktorer påverkar skattad stress. Totalt 84 personer, inom samma organisation, fördelade över två avdelningar med olika arbetsuppgifter - besvarade en enkätundersökning, om stress, coping och arbetsfaktorer. Resultatet av undersökningen visar på en tendens att de respondenter som använder sig av ett fåtal copingstrategier har en lägre skattad stressnivå, (Borderline-signifikans), samt att avdelning inte påverkar antalet använda copingstrategier (dvs. ingen interaktionseffekt mellan antalet använda copingstrategier och avdelning). Resultatet visar även att arbetsfaktorerna, vilka delades upp i fyra kategorier; otydlig organisation och konflikter, individuella krav och engagemang, inflytande på arbetet samt konflikt mellan arbete och fritid, predicerar den skattade stressnivån och speciellt individuella krav och engagemang var den kategori som påverkade den skattade stressnivån.Nyckelord:.

Bakgrund: Vårdpersonal inom psykiatrisk verksamhet kan ha svårigheter att förhålla sig till personer med Borderline personlighetsstörning (BPS) eftersom BPS är en emotionell instabil personlighetsstörning där humöret är oberäkneligt, handlingarna impulsiva och beteendet konfliktsökande. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva sjuksköterskor såväl som annan vårdpersonals erfarenheter och attityder till personer med BPS inom psykiatrisk verksamhet. Metod: Utifrån syftet gjordes en litteraturstudie baserad på vetenskapliga artiklar från olika databaser. Analys av artiklarna innebar att varje artikels resultatdel lyftes fram för att finna likheter, skillnader och bärande rubriker. Resultat: Resultatet visade att en stor del av vårdpersonalen hade negativa erfarenheter och attityder till personer med BPS, vilket främst berodde på för lite kunskap om denna patientgrupp.

Background: Loneliness is an ordinary but complex concept which exist of several dimensions. Loneliness can mean and create suffering for the individual but there is sometimes a need to be alone and some individuals who live alone can experience a communion with the existence itself.Aim: To clarify the concept loneliness and its complexity with focus on the experience of loneliness in elderly individuals.Method: Walker and Avants (2005) model for concept analysisResults: The defining attributes the analysis resulted in that the experience of loneliness in elderly individual's is: a subjective and unique experience; positive or negative and ranges in intensity; strongly connected to communion and social relationships with other individuals; connected to loss and miss of one or several elements as meaningful interactions, communion, physical abilities, work, respect, health and quality of life. The attributes were also closely connected to their antecedents and consequences. To clarify the concept further was a model case, a Borderline case and a contrary case created. The empirical referents are presented in the discussion.Conclusion: Through clarifying the core of the concept with focus on elderly individual's experience of loneliness is the hope that this concept analysis can support nursing staff to search for understanding for the elderly individual's experience of loneliness and pay attention to its complexity..

Introduktion: Telefonsamtal till sjukvårdsrådgivningen har ökat och telefonsjuksköterskan har en svår roll att utan visuell kontakt bedöma individens behov. Patienter som ringer är sårbara och beroende av hjälp. De flesta samtal resulterar i råd om egenvård. Syfte: Var att belysa sjuksköterskor och patienters upplevelser i samband med sjukvårdsrådgivning. Metod: En litteraturöversikt har gjorts och resultatet av 17 artiklar sammanställdes.

De flesta människor som är självdestruktiva i vårt samhälle får en diagnos ställd som understryker att de på ett eller annat vis är psykiskt sjuka, den vanligaste diagnosen är Borderline Personlighetsstörning. I denna studie ifrågasätts detta psykopatologiska perspektiv och istället ämnar jag undersöka om det går att bredda begreppet självdestruktivitet genom att använda ett existentiellt perspektiv. I grunden för studien återfinns teorier från Kierkegaard, May och Fromm vilka berör begrepp som ångest och frihet, två nyckelbegrepp i denna studie. Materialet är insamlat via intervjuer. Genom att använda hermeneutik som analysmetod har uppsatsförfattaren haft möjlighet att använda sin förförståelse i ämnet och via den hermeneutiska cirkeln tolkas materialet.

Syftet med den här texten är att med hjälp av de historiedidaktiska begreppen historiemedvetande och historiebruk analysera hur den den svenska musikern Stefan Sundströms använder historia för att ge uttryck för ideologikritik i sina texter. Sju av hans studioalbum utgör grunden för empirin där den gemensamma kontexten är att de har givits ut under borgerliga regeringar, undantaget Fabler från Bällingebro som ges ut innan valet 2006 men som innehåller låtar som var en del i valrörelsen. Orsaken är att Sundström ser sig själv som den musikaliska delen av ett vänsterpolitiskt motståndsmaskineri. Texten diskuterar också hur historia kan användas som ett politiskt vapen. Resultaten pekar på att historiemedvetandet och den politiska musiken aktiveras i relation till en större upplevd förändring, vad Rüsen kallar ett ?Borderline event?.

Denna kvalitativa studie innefattar en undersökning om hur personer med en kombination av en anorexiliknande problematik samt emotionell instabil personlighetsstörning, upplever sin livssituation utifrån dessa två sjukdomstillstånd. En central frågeställning är att finna tänkbara orsaker till samsjukligheten mellan individernas sjukdomstillstånd. I denna studie har fem telefonintervjuer genomförts. Utgångspunkten i denna studie har bestått av anknytningsteorin samt biosociala teorin, vilket även har varit en grund i att förklara samsjukligheten i analysen. Resultatet från samtliga intervjuer indikerar på att det finns tänkbara orsaker till varför dessa intervjupersoner utvecklat en anorexiliknande problematik och emotionell instabil personlighetsstörning samt att det råder en samsjuklighet mellan dessa två sjukdomstillstånd.

This study is a follow up of a pilot study made 2004, that evaluated feeding, exercise and weight as possible risk factors for developing any kind of diabetes in dogs. We have selected our material for a certain kind of DM that exists among Norwegian and Swedish elkhounds. These breeds are among the most common breeds affected by diabetes and this kind of DM almost exclusively affects intact bitches. We performed a case- control study where the owners were interviewed over the phone. The owners of a total of 48 case dogs and 58 control dogs were contacted. The questions for the cases focused on the time before the diagnosis and the questions for the control dogs focused on the dog´s adult life.

This study will focus on how patients that suffer from self-injurious behaviours experience the relation between their self and body according to some professionals. The purpose is to enlighten why a person who has mental problems chooses to injure his or her body. We believe that the reason behind this is based on the early attachment between the parent and child. We also believe that a person only continues with this behaviour if he or she gains from it. The research questions this study raises are:· How does a person with self-injurious behaviour experience the relationship between their body and their self?· What is the effect of self-injurious behaviour on the body and what is the effect on the relationship between their body and their self.· How did the relationship between body and self evolve?This study is qualitative and is based on interviews from our respondents of whom all work or have worked with self-injurious behavioural patients.