The role of the fetal adrenal activity in the initiation of parturition in the human has been investigated. Women were studied in the last trimester of pregnancy during treatment with betamethasone for prevention of the idiopathic respiratory distress syndrome. Although betamethasone caused a considerable drop in the cortisol concentrations of fetal plasma and amniotic fluid, the time to spontaneo

Slutsatser„ Det finns två skolbaserade program som möjligen kan förebygga suicid- försök. Dessa är dock inte testade på ett vetenskapligt sätt i Sverige.Båda de program som har visat effekt är universella, dvs riktas till alla elever i klasserna.– Good Behavior Game (GBG) ges på lågstadiet under ett till två år. GBG är inte utvecklat för att förebygga självskada utan syftar till att förstärka posi

Rekommendationer för insatser vid självskadebeteende är framarbetade inom ramen för Nationella självskadeprojektet som på uppdrag av regeringen och Sveriges kommuner och landsting (SKL) utvecklat och samordnat kunskap kring självskade- beteende generellt och psykiatrins insatser specifikt. Dokumentet är antaget av projektets styrgrupp, representanter från brukar-, anhörig- och intresseorganisation

Background: Appendicitis is the most common disease requiring abdominal surgery in children. However, the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis is still a challenge, resulting in perforation and negative appendectomies, especially in girls and young children. Further, the pathogenesis of acute appendicitis is not known. Aim: To examine acute appendicitis in children in the aspects of evaluation of t

Economic significance is frequently assessed through statistical hypothesis testing, which however, does not always correspond to the implicit economical questions being addressed. In this article we propose using mean value decomposition to assess economic significance. Unlike most previously suggested methods the proposed one is intuitive and simple to conduct. The technique is demonstrated and

This paper investigates the variation in the importance of critical success factors (CSFs) in the evolution of the Linköping ICT (information and communication technology) cluster in Sweden. The international empirical evidence of CSFs in ICT clusters reported in the literature is systematically reviewed. On this basis an object-oriented conceptual model is developed encompassing fifteen CSFs; eac

This paper analyses the effect of variety and intensity of knowledge on the innovation of regions. Employing data for Swedish functional regions, the paper tests the role of the variety (related and unrelated) and intensity of (1) internal knowledge generated within the region and also (2) external knowledge networks flowing into the region in explaining regional innovation, as measured by patent

This paper analyzes how the influence of firm-level innovation determinants varies over the industry life cycle. Two sets of determinants are distinguished: (1) determinants of a firm's innovation propensity, i.e. the likelihood of being innovative and (2) determinants of its innovation intensity, i.e. innovation sales. By combining the literature emphasizing firms' internal resources (micro-level

This paper analyzes the effect of various innovation strategies (ISs) of firms on their future performance, captured by labor productivity. Using five waves of the Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behavior of firms over a decade, that is, from 2002 to 2012. We defined ISs to be either simple or complex (in various degrees). We call an IS a simple IS when firms e

This paper analyzes various innovation strategies of firms. Using five waves of the Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behavior of firms over a 10-year period, i.e. between 2002 and 2012. We distinguish between sixteen innovation strategies, which compose of Schumpeterian four types of innovations (process, product, marketing, and organizational) plus various comb

Abstract in German: Der Aufsatz untersucht das Gedicht »Säf, säf, susa« des schwedischen Fin-de-Siècle-Dichters Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911) aus einer Balladenperspektive. Eine textnahe Analyse zeigt, dass eine Reihe sowohl formaler als auch thematischer Besonderheiten in dem mehrfach vertonten Gedicht an das Genre der traditionellen Ballade angelehnt sind. Zugleich fördert die Analyse zutage, wie F

This study aims to gain a greater insight into cycling as an element of mobility among those in later life. The characteristics and views of those who cycle, those who have never cycled, as well as those who have discontinued cycling in later life are the main focus. Malmö, a city in the south of Sweden with a strong emphasis on bicycle planning, is the study area. This study employed a mixed meth