Aim: The aim is to create a review that examines different forms of massage therapy and their effects on hypertension.Method: Literature review of 10 scientific articles on the subject of massage and its effects on blood pressure. The literature searches were made with PubMed and Cinahl using the keywords "massage therapy", "effects" and "blood pressure".Results: The articles showed that massage had a positive effect in lowering blood pressure. This could be explained by greater extent of relaxation in the participants investigated and an increased activity of parasympaticus and reduced secretion of stress hormones. The articles do not agree on what form of massage therapy is most effective in lowering blood pressure and it is uncertain for how long the effect can remain.Conclusion: Massage is usually seen as a treatment without scientific basis. There is evidence that suggests that massage therapy is an effective treatment for lowering blood pressure.

Introduktion: När en person drabbas av demens börjar den kognitiva förmågan att svikta. Detta leder till att kommunikationsförmågan kan bli försämrad vilket kan skapa missförstånd i omvårdnaden. Som sjuksköterska är det viktigt att ha kunskap om sjukdomen samt hur en konversation med en person som har demens ska genomföras för att missförstånd inte ska uppstå. Syfte: Beskriva olika kommunikationsformer för personer med demens. Metod: Litteraturstudien var grundad på vetenskapliga artiklar.

Brand loyalty plays a significant role in the success of a business through maintaining and retaining relationships with consumers. Despite companies' extensive use of influencer marketing in order to promote and create brand exposure within Generation Z, there is a lack of sufficient research on influencer marketing?s effect on brand loyalty. Therefore the purpose of this research is to investigate how influencer marketing affects brand loyalty within Generation Z. A quantitative research method was conducted by using a survey, whereby 193 respondents within the age of 18-29 participated.

Upplevelsen av att vara närstående till en person med psykisk sjukdom är känslomässigt krävande. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva upplevelsen av att vara närstående till en person med psykisk sjukdom. Litteraturstudien är baserad på åtta stycken vetenskapliga artiklar som är analyserade med kvalitativ manifest innehållsanalys. Analysen resulterade i sex kategorier: Att vara arg, rädd och skamsen., Att vara hjälplös och distansera sig., Att få slitningar i relationer., Att få ansvar och utvecklas men leva med förluster i livet., Att få stöd men bli nonchalerad av sjukvårdspersonal., Att lära sig leva med den nya livssituationen. Resultatet visar att de närstående går igenom omvälvande upplevelser då en nära person drabbas av en psykisk sjukdom.

Upplevelsen av att vara närstående till en person med psykisk sjukdom är känslomässigt krävande. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva upplevelsen av att vara närstående till en person med psykisk sjukdom. Litteraturstudien är baserad på åtta stycken vetenskapliga artiklar som är analyserade med kvalitativ manifest innehållsanalys. Analysen resulterade i sex kategorier: Att vara arg, rädd och skamsen., Att vara hjälplös och distansera sig., Att få slitningar i relationer., Att få ansvar och utvecklas men leva med förluster i livet., Att få stöd men bli nonchalerad av sjukvårdspersonal., Att lära sig leva med den nya livssituationen. Resultatet visar att de närstående går igenom omvälvande upplevelser då en nära person drabbas av en psykisk sjukdom.

In this study, the effects of using fine milled cassava stems as an additive in biofuel pellet production was compared to the effects of refined starch addition. The bulk biomass fuel raw material, to which the additive was added, was a blend of spruce and pine sawdust. An experimental design in the factors cassava/starch content, moisture content and material temperature was used. Measured responses were pellet bulk density, pellet durability, amount of fines, pelletizer motor current, pellet temperature, die temperature and CV for pelletizer motor current (a measure of process stability). Each response was modeled by multiple linear regression (MLR).

In this study we intend to evaluate the effect of cetirizin, orally administrated to horses with insect dermal hypersensitivity. The study comprised 156 horses from 49 farms, which were located in different parts of Sweden. The horses were matched on the farms and were given cetirizin or placebo in a double blind test. Veterinarians collected a blood sample and examined the horses visually, before and after three weeks of treatment and filled in given forms. The results are based on the veterinarians? subjective evaluation of the clinical appearance of the allergic dermatitis before and after treatment.

The personal brand derives from the marketing brand, and argues that a person can take control over other people?s perceptions about him or her. The personal brand can benefit the person but it can also give advantages to his or her company. The interest in, and the purpose of the personal brand, has increased the last ten years. Leaders of large companies in Sweden consider it to be of utmost importance to have an influence on their co-workers.

Dementia may cause difficulties in communicating. People suffering from dementia are therefore often described as being unable to take part in meaningful conversation. The responsibility to create understanding in a conversation is shared by all participants. By means of different strategies, participants in conversation can construct understanding through collaboration. How these strategies are utilized in conversation where one or more of the participants suffer from dementia is relatively unknown.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of bilateral repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on language ability in eight participants with aphasia. All participants underwent two periods of treatment and five periods of evaluation. During one treatment period high frequency stimulation was given to the left hemisphere and low frequency stimulation to the right and in one other period placebo stimulation was given. Boston Naming Test and Token Test were used to assess the effects of treatment on naming ability and language comprehension. Results showed that no significant effects were found on group level.

Title: ?...baby, I´m the worrying kind.? - A quantitative analysis of the relation between TV news consumption and worry of crime.Authors: Maria Askerfjord Sundeby and Jennifer RochetteYear: Autumn 2014Level: Bachelor degreeDepartment: Department of Journalism, Media and Communication, Göteborgs universitet.Supervisor: Adam ShehataSummary: The aim of this thesis is to analyze the relations between worry of crime, both societal and personal, and consumption of news from the Swedish TV-channels SVT (public service) and TV4 (commercial). The cultivation theory claims that it is just the amount of TV that shows an effect on consumers and their perception of reality, like for example the mean world syndrome. But the theory has been criticized for not considering the possible effects that are actually related to other variables. These variables have weakened or totally eliminated the effects, previously explainedby TV, in later control studies of the cultivation theory.

The level of cadmium (Cd) in Swedish arable land has increased during the last century and the average concentration of Cd in the plough layer is today 0.23 mg/kg. The increase is mainly due to anthropogenic activities such as phosphorus fertilizing, liming, import of feed, and atmospheric deposition from industrial emissions. Cadmium in the soil will be taken up by crops and is thereby transferred to humans via food. Carrot is one of the crops of concern, both because it may contain quite high Cd concentrations and due to the large consumption in Sweden. In the body, Cd is stored mainly in the liver and the kidneys and may cause several diseases already at low concentrations.

Tidigare forskning har visat att individer tenderar se sig själva mindre sårbara än genomsnittet, vilket gör att man utsätter sig själv för ett stort risktagande. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om de individer som ser sig mindre sårbara än andra är de som påverkas av reklam och manipulation. I undersökningen deltog 183 studenter, 122 kvinnor och 61 män. Tre olika mätinstrument kombinerades i en enkät. En reklamannons med tillhörande frågor, utarbetad i samarbete med en reklambyrå, ett instrument som mätte en individs Need for Cognition samt ett tredje för att mäta hur sårbar personen såg sig i jämförelse med genomsnittet.

Glycerol is essential for the lipid metabolism of both plants and animals. Glycerol is formed in the rumen by hydrolysis of lipids from the feed. Glycerol is also a by-product from the production of biodiesel from rapeseed oil and other fat sources. Glycerol might be used as a dietary glucose precursor for dairy cows in similar ways as propylene glycol. Due to increased production of biodiesel more glycerol has been available to a lower price.

Syftet med studien är att belysa skillnader mellan pojkars och flickors olika skriftspråk mot bakgrund av en djupanalys av elevtexter skrivna av två klasser i år sex. Totalt antal texter att analysera blev 49, varav 28 var skrivna av flickor. Texterna skrevs utifrån en detaljrik bild för att, till studien, få ett material att analysera och redovisa som kunde svara mot vårt syfte. I studien undersöks i vilken mån pojkar respektive flickor använder första person singular samt i vilken utsträckning de beskriver olika relationer i sina texter. Resultatet av studien, som behandlade första person singular, visade på en skillnad mellan de två grupperna, alltså inte mellan pojkar och flickor.