Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL) is a tooth disease affecting both domestic and wild cats. Although FORL was described as early as the 1920´s, the etiology is still unclear. Several hypotheses have been presented but different studies have obtained contradictory results, and today there is no generally accepted etiology. Teeth affected by FORL are characterized by root resorption with progressive destruction of the tooth structure and alveolar bone as a consequence of clast cell activity. The disease is considered very painful when reaching a certain stage.

Syftet med studien var att beskriva arbetsterapeuters erfarenheter av interventioner som bidrar till förbättrat aktivitetsutförande hos klienter med Anorexia Nervosa. För att besvara syftet valdes en kvalitativ intervjustudie. I studien ingick sju arbetsterapeuter fördelade på sex ätstörningsenheter i Sverige. Data samlades in genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer och en intervjuguide användes som stöd vid intervjuerna. Intervjuerna analyserades utifrån en kvalitativ innehållsanalys som resulterade i tre kategorier: "Interventioner som bidrar till förbättrat aktivitetsutförande vid måltider", " Interventioner som skapar strategier samt ökar medvetenheten om förändring i aktivitetsutförandet" och " Interventioner som bidrar till ökade sociala aktiviteter".

The degree project at hand investigates how large areas of older forest (80 plus years) suitable for clear cutting there is on the Swedish island of Gotland. Large areas of older forest on Gotland are situated on land with shallow soil depths which are economically uninteresting and often unsuitable for clear cutting forestry. Other forests hold big nature conservation values and should not, or cannot, be used for forestry purposes. The survey is made as a GIS analysis based on the old but carefully made ?Brief forest inventory? (ÖSI) made in the 1980s and early 1990s. A sample from the inventory is combined with studies of orthophotos, satellite photos and other GIS layers that display estimated soil depth and nature conservation values. Partly contrary to common belief, the survey shows that there are still large areas of older forest suitable for clear cutting forestry on the island.

Antalet personer som insjuknar i Diabetes Mellitus ökar. Enligt WHO kommer antalet personer med Diabetes Mellitus fördubblas fram till 2030. Studier visar att personer med Diabetes Mellitus är mer benägna till att drabbas av psykisk ohälsa, vilket ofta försämrar följsamheten till egenvård. Detta kan leda till en försämring i sjukdomen. Syftet med den här studien är att sammanställa och beskriva befintlig forskning om metoder för hur sjuksköterskan kan lindra det psykiska lidandet hos personer med Diabetes Mellitus typ 2.

Bakterier har utvecklat resistens mot antibiotika, vilket har blivit ett problem inom särskilda boenden för äldre, där ökad risk för smittspridningen finns. En minskad antibiotikaanvändning samt användning av antibiotika på rätt indikation, har visat sig bidra till att hålla resistensutvecklingen på en kontrollerbar nivå. Syftet var att beskriva behandlingen av infektioner vid 7 olika särskilda boenden i Piteå och Bodens kommun. Under 3 månader registrerade sjuksköterskan alla infektioner som krävde läkarkontakt. Utifrån resultatet utformades sedan en intervention i form av en utbildning för deltagande sjuksköterskor och läkare, för att få ökad följsamhet till gällande riktlinjer med avseende på antibiotikaförskrivningen.

Our population are ageing. As this happens more people will be in need of long term care facilities. We now know that some elderly people with certain background factors are more likely to be injured or sick. One of the four biggest background factors is fall propensity. Most of the reported falls come from long term care facilities, approximately 60 % of the care takers in long term care facilities fall one time or more each year.

Cancer was the second most common cause of death in Sweden in 2011. As the number of beds in hospitals decreases, numerous severely ill patients receive care at home. This results in family members performing important parts of the caring process. The aim of this study was to describe the caregivers' support needs from healthcare professionals when caring for an adult relative with cancer. A literature review was performed, in which results from empirical studies were reviewed and summarized.

Mental illness is today the leading cause of long-term sick leave and insomnia, anxiety, depression and burnout are among the most common conditions. The aim of the study was to investigate the stability of these conditions and how this is influenced by gender and age, as well as the extent to which these states are risk factors for each other. The participants were a random sample (n = 2336) from the general population in the age of 18-79 years. The results showed that stable illness was more common among women than men, and that stable illness decreased with aging. The stability itself was not affected by gender or age. Relations between the conditions were bidirectional and they constitute major risk factors for each other (odds ratios, OK = 2.37 to 6.46). The largest risk factor for a condition is, however, previous occurrence of the same problem. Previous burnout was found to be a significantly larger risk factor for future burnout than previous insomnia for future insomnia (OK = 9.63 and 5.74, respectively). The results suggest that insomnia, anxiety, depression and burnout, despite their differences, are similar regarding symptoms and underlying causes. The importance of Early interventions to prevent comorbid conditions which are more complicated and more difficult to treat is emphasized..

Introduktion: Diabetes Typ 2 är ett världsomfattande hälsoproblem. Sjukdomen är ärftligmen beror till största del på levnadsvanor. Livstilen påverkar allvarlighetsgraden avsjukdomen. Denna rapport fokuserar uteslutande på typ 2-diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Hur välegenvården fungerar påverkar prognosen hos personer med T2DM.

13 individuals from the Viking Age trading place in Fröjel, Gotland, were examined for this thesis. The aim was to gain a deeper knowledge about the individuals, and the main focus was to study their health. Three men, eight women and two children were examined. The age of the two children was estimated to around birth, and was no longer relevant for this thesis. The age distribution showed that two individuals were young (10-24 years), seven individuals were adults (18-44 years) and two individuals were middle-aged or older (35-79 years).

THE PAINTING CHILD. A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF AESTHETIC PROCESSES OF LEARNING IN RELATION TO DEWEY´S ART AS EXPERIENCE.The aim of this study is to present a discourse analysis made on five-year-old children during art activities in a preschool in Sweden. The questions asked are: how does interaction take place between the children, or the child and the teacher, during art activities? And what does this tell us about the relationship to art in preschool? In Art as Experience John Dewey claims that art is separated from other experiences of life, but that it ought to be close to ordinary life-experiences. Today visual culture is important in society but not in school.

Äldre människor har statistiskt visat sig vara en utsatt grupp för psykisk ohälsa och försämrad livskvalité. Låg dos av fysisk aktivitet har rapporterats försämra självupplevd livskvalité och hälsa, medans regelbunden fysisk aktivitet har visat sig stärka detta samband. Massage har belägg för att vara ett kraftfullt verktyg mot stress och oro samt delvis kunna stärka självkänsla och självförtroende. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka om massage och fysisk aktivitet kan förbättra äldre människors självupplevda hälsa. Försökspersoner (n=13) från Östersunds kommun med olika hälsostatus rekryterades för 6 veckors intervention av en kombination av styrketräning och massage.

Deliberative democracy theory has been prominent within political science research since the early 1990?s, often applied in studies on postnational democratic constellations, in particular the European Union. Of the main institutions of the union, the European Parliament stands out as somewhat understudied from this point of view, which is why the main aim of this thesis is to study the conditions for deliberative democracy in the European Parliament.From deliberative democratic theory four criteria have been selected to function as methodological framework in analysing the institutional structure and proceedings of the parliament. Each of the criteria is applied separately to the practice and function of the plenary sessions, the parliamentary committees and the political groups. The analysis shows that the conditions for deliberative democracy differ between the three fora, as do their respective roles in parliament, but all in all they supplement each other.

Children undergo great developmental changes during the preschool and early school years. It is also the very same period in which their pragmatic abilities develop. This study aimed to examine the relationship between Theory of Mind and syntax. Fifty-four preschool and school children aged between 3:11 to 9:0 years participated. TROG-2 and a False Belief assessment of Sally Anne design using three conditions: narrative, silent and distortion were used.

Some children develop externalizing and internalizing behavior problems at an early age. Previous research has often treated these children as a homogeneous group, the purpose of this study is to show that this group of children is in fact heterogeneous. Data from theSOFIAstudy was used and preschool pedagogues were informants. The sample contained 2121 boys and girls between 3-5 years. Groups of children with the behavior problems and the risk factors AD/HD symptoms, fearlessness and callous-unemotional traits were created.