OBJECTIVES: To investigate a proposed association between in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and child asthma. DESIGN: The risk for asthma after IVF was estimated as ORs using Mantel-Haenszel analysis. SETTING: The Swedish Medical Birth Register. PATIENTS: Of the 2 628 728 children born in 1982-2007 and surviving the perinatal period, 31 918 were conceived by IVF. Presence of asthma was define

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen består av fyra oberoende empiriska studier. Samtliga studier bidrar till den ekonomiska litteraturen kring barn och ungdomars hälsa och hälsans betydelse för utbildning och arbetsmarknadsutfall senare i livet. Samtliga studier focuserar på typ 1-diabetes men beaktar olika åldrar för sjukdomens debut. En sammanfattande slutsats av avhandlingen är att individThis thesis consists of four independent exploratory research papers contributing to the economic literature on child and adolescent health, and adult educational and labor market outcomes. Each paper considers type 1 diabetes and focuses on onset over a specific age span. An overall conclusion of this thesis is that individuals with type 1 diabetes deviate from peers without diabetes, irrespectiv

Influenza A virus encodes two segments (7 and 8) that produce mRNAs that can be spliced. We have investigated if naturally occurring sequence polymorphisms in the influenza A virus family affects splicing of these viral mRNAs, as that could potentially alter the NS1/NS2- and/or M1/M2-protein ratios. We compared splicing efficiency of segment 7 and 8 mRNAs of A/Brevig Mission/1918/1 (H1N1) and A/Ne

Abstract in UndeterminedModern irrigation techniques are becoming increasingly important in water-scarce countries. In this study, a two-dimensional water and solute transport model, Hydrus-2D, was used to assess the impact of inter-plant emitter distance (IPED) and irrigation water salinity on soil moisture and salinity distribution as well as on water balance components under alternate partial r

This paper is a review of the Ph.D. dissertation Self-Knowledge/Self-Regulation, Self-Control: A ubiquitous computing perspective, by Lars Hall at the Cognitive Science Unit, Department of Philosophy, Lund University.

ABSTRACT The Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) assesses functional status in children with disabilities aged 0.5-7.5 years. The purpose of this study was to examine if the Danish version of the PEDI was able to discriminate between nondisabled children and children with cerebral palsy (CP) or juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Convenience sampling was used to select the clinica

We analyzed 3,872 common genetic variants across the ESR1 locus (encoding estrogen receptor α) in 118,816 subjects from three international consortia. We found evidence for at least five independent causal variants, each associated with different phenotype sets, including estrogen receptor (ER(+) or ER(-)) and human ERBB2 (HER2(+) or HER2(-)) tumor subtypes, mammographic density and tumor grade. T

hen working with a neural network, it is advantageous to let it extract as much information as possible from the environment. We also want the network to perform better at this task. One way of achieving this is to make the perceptions of the network dependent on its current knowledge. This means that the network should be able to find structures in structures or to make categories of categories.

I projektet Kroppen som vara: organhandel och organtrafficking har jag mött de skuggområden där människors kroppar utgör handelsvarorna. Där t.ex. ”svarta” njurar från fattiga köps eller stjäls för att i form av ”vita” organ transplanteras till sjuka men välbeställda människor. Den krigshärjade situation som sedan länge har rått i t.ex. Pakistan, är bara ett av flera exempel på hur krig skapar rub

Real-time imaging of gas leaks was demonstrated using an IR camera employing outdoor thermal background radiation. Ammonia, ethylene and methane detection was demonstrated in the spectral region 7-13 mu m. Imaging was accomplished using an optical filter and a gas-correlation cell matching the absorption band of the gas. When two gases, such as ammonia and ethylene, are absorbing in the same wavel

Salient aspects of the anatomy and function of the blood-barrier barrier (BBB) are reviewed in relation to migraine pathophysiology and treatment. The main function of the BBB is to limit the access of circulating substances to the neuropile. Smaller lipophilic substances have some access to the central nervous system by diffusion, whereas other substances can cross the BBB by carrier-mediated inf