Dysfagi, sväljsvårigheter, förekommer i alla åldrar och vid en rad olika sjukdomstillstånd och skador. Evidensläget för de olika metoder som används för diagnostik och intervention vid dysfagi är i många fall osäkert. Syftet med denna studie var att ur ett evidensperspektiv granska forskningen med avseende orofaryngeal dysfagi hos vuxna. En omfattande databassökning genomfördes i PubMed mellan april och augusti 2011, begränsad till engelska och svenska studier, med deltagare över 19 år. Sökorden som användes var bland annat dysphagia (43 259 träffar), deglutition disorders (36 278 träffar), intervention, management, assessment, evidence, validity och reliability.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the kind of treatment strategies used by Swedish Veterinarians with cattle practice when treating calves with symptoms of pneumonia. A questionnaire, consisting of seven questions, was sent to one hundred veterinarians who have had practice with cattle and are employed by the Swedish Board of Agriculture. The survey was answered by a total of 73% of the Veterinarians. Of the respondents, 73 % use Penicillins as their first choice of drug for treating calves with symptoms of pneumonia, and as their second choice 64 % use Tetracycline. Supplementary treatment such as NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) and/or SAID (steroid anti-inflammatory drugs) are used by 97.5 % of the respondents.

Military dogs in Sweden spend their first 18 months after weaning with a foster owner that has volunteered to care for its upbringing. The foster owner is advised by a consultant and offered three opportunities to train the dog together with other foster owners. There is a positive correlation between the number of attended training opportunities with the consultant, or other professional dog trainers, and the results of the dog in the temperament test at the end of the 18 months. The test results are in turn positively correlated with the likelihood of the dog to enter service. This thesis aims to investigate why the number of training opportunities is important for the dog?s chance to enter service by identifying foster owner factors that influence the success of the dog and which temperament test items the factors have the strongest impact on.

Dysfagi, sväljsvårigheter, förekommer i alla åldrar och vid en rad olika sjukdomstillstånd och skador. Evidensläget för de olika metoder som används för diagnostik och intervention vid dysfagi är i många fall osäkert. Syftet med denna studie var att ur ett evidensperspektiv granska forskningen med avseende orofaryngeal dysfagi hos vuxna. En omfattande databassökning genomfördes i PubMed mellan april och augusti 2011, begränsad till engelska och svenska studier, med deltagare över 19 år. Sökorden som användes var bland annat dysphagia (43 259 träffar), deglutition disorders (36 278 träffar), intervention, management, assessment, evidence, validity och reliability.

Bakgrund Substansbrukssyndrom ?r ett v?xande samh?llsproblem som p?verkar b?de individen och v?rdsystemet. Personer med substansbrukssyndrom riskerar att bli stigmatiserade och etiketterade, vilket kan skapa hinder f?r att s?ka v?rd och f? adekvat v?rd. Brist p? kunskap och negativa f?rest?llningar kan f?rst?rka stigma och begr?nsa patientens tillg?ng till v?rd.

To increase the understanding of how individuals total life situation affects their stress level and health has lately more frequently been discussed in different contexts. Furthermore, it is important to have knowledge of power structures that exist under given circumstances in a society to get an increased understanding of how to structure the health promoting work to get the highest possible benefits. People?s work life is essential to their health, since we spend a lot of time at work. The aim of this study was to find out which factors that relate to nursing staff?s health and stress level from a general perspective.

The aim of this study is to analyze how individuals experience their eating disorder, the focus being if anorexia may be perceived as a secure safe zone in the new modern world. The aim is to examine if individuals affected with anorexia nervosa understand the disorder as a solution to the modern worlds changes and the new individual freedom that it entails. This will be analyzed with the help of terms in Erich Fromms theories about escape mechanisms and Catarina Kinnvalls theories about the modern worlds ontological insecurity.The study is based on data collected from four informants of different ages and gender. The interviews were conducted through email and informants were chosen based on a strategic selection and snowball sampling. For the analysis of the empirical material Fromms escape mechanisms (authoritarianism, destructiveness and automaton conformity) and Kinnvalls theories of identity in the modern world have been used.The results of the analysis show that the eating disorder has a great significance for the individual construction and maintenance of identity and that the eating disorder becomes a safe zone to retreat to in a world of performance anxiety.

AimThe specific questions in the theoretic part were:What is contained in the terms "balance and balance skill" and how can this skill be measured?The specific questions in the empirical part were:How does balance skill in different age categories of children correlate with biological and physiological parameters such as age, gender, body height, weight and level of physical activity?MethodsLiterature search based on books and scientific papers related to the questions posed above. Selection was made at libraries and on?line through "Pubmed". Specific search words were used.

Föreliggande studie syftar till att, med fokus på den kollektiva arenan, ge en fördjupad kunskap om hedersrelaterat våld genom unga kvinnors subjektiva, kvalitativa skildringar, vilka präglats av kollektivistiska hederskulturer. Sju semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med unga kvinnor vilka blivit föremål för hedersrelaterat våld och således har en insikt i den kollektiva arenan. Resultatet visar att ryktesspridning används medvetet av kollektivmedlemmar likt ett maktmedel och rykten florerande inom kollektivet har resulterat i direkta hedersvåldshandlingar riktade mot respondenterna. Vidare visar resultatet på att de unga kvinnorna porträtterar kollektivet som en mekanism vilken straffar normavvikande och potentiellt normavvikande individer. Rädslan för att uppfattas som oppositionell delas av många i kollektivet, däribland de som utfärdat hedersvåldshandlingar mot respondenterna och således tycks offerskapet i det kollektiva hedersrelaterade sammanhanget vara bilateralt i den bemärkelsen att de förtryckande och hedersvåldshandlande individerna även de är förtryckta.

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to study various views of sponsorship in relation to public libraries as found within three cultural policy documents. The main objective is to discover which ideas are considered relevant in the partnership between the Swedish retail chain, Åhléns, and the children?s public library, ?Room for Children? (Rum för Barn). In 2005, Åhléns provided SEK3.14 million in sponsorship to ?Room for Children? at Kulturhuset in Stockholm.

Persons suffering from Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) struggle with complications within the functions that regulate and control the brain activities, due to deficiencies in these functions within the affected nerve-paths. ADHD is a cognitive function impairment characterised by inattention, impulsiveness and over activity. According to Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV), certain diagnostic criteria of ADHD must be fulfilled in order for a person to be diagnosed with ADHD. The everyday problems caused by ADHD are individual and medication can have positive effects relieving the person?s impairing behaviour.

Many pedigree dogs are suffering from inherited diseases or personality disorders caused by selective breeding. The Swedish lapphund is a breed that has been suffering from some loss of genetic variation due to the heavy use of only a few males. Concerns have arisen and crossbreeding has been discussed as a way to manage gene loss. Four breeds has been taken into consideration for this purpose; schipperke, finish lapphund, Norwegian buhund and Norwegian elkhound, black. These breeds has been tested theoretical by a comparison of mentality and health.

Denna uppsats är skriven på initiativ av Alkohol- och drogmottagningen i Umeå kommun. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur före detta narkotikamissbrukare upplever omställningen till ett drogfritt liv. Enligt Socialstyrelsen finns uppskattningsvis drygt 100 000 personer med missbruk i något av samhällets vård- och behandlingssystem. I en studie påvisas mönster som innefattar att ett drogmissbruk leder till en avvikande identitet, som i sin tur leder till stigma. Vidare visar en annan studie att sociala relationer haft en stor betydelse där närheten till andra människor har varit en viktig beståndsdel för stöd och hjälp.Uppsatsen utgår från en abduktiv ansats och bygger på kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer där intervjuerna har bearbetats och analyserats med inspiration av kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

AbstractObjective: The aim of this study was to investigate the statistical properties of a self-assessment instrument for depression, Känsloläge, with regard to validity, reliability and factor structure. Method: The data collection method used for the study was mail questionnaires. The sample consisted of patients who had received treatment for heart failure, arrhythmic disorders or coronary heart disease at a hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. The study population consisted of 53 patients. The self assessment form?s validity was analyzed by measuring the criterion validity.

Orthorexia nervosa är en ny form av ätproblem som uppmärksammats inom hälso- ochsjukvården, samt massmedialt. Detta innebär att personen lever onyttigt nyttigt. Iförlängningen kan det leda till psykisk ohälsa med ett tvångsmässigt beteende. Syftetmed detta fördjupningsarbete i omvårdnad var att öka sjuksköterskors kunskaper för attidentifiera symtom och tecken hos patienter som lider av orthorexia nervosa samt belysahur sjuksköterskor kan främja hälsa hos denna patientgrupp. Metoden som användes varen litteraturstudie där 29 artiklar bearbetades.