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- Anderson, Lotta, et al.
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Encountering students in disabling conditions in higher education
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The aim of this paper is to discuss challenges for staff in Higher Education encountering students in disabling conditions. The study takes a point of departure in a series of workshops designed to strengthen the competence among staff at Malmö University to develop inclusive learning environments in their field of responsibility. The research questions concern the participants’ understanding of what constitutes an inclusive learning environment and their preparedness for acting in line with rights for people with disabilities to an education free from discrimination. Content analysis from field notes taken in dialogues with the participants showed that barriers exist e.g. due to procedures in order to get a statement qualifying to support as well as not having a statement meaning that the student becomes carrier of her/his own problems, responsible for telling each staff member about the disabling conditions and needs. Tension appeared in the analysis between giving support to the individual student and a proactive problem solving in a flexible learning environment to the benefit of all students. Principles of equal access and widened participation are not easily applied leading to the conclusions that further efforts need to be made to disseminate existing knowledge in the field and moreover to identify knowledge gaps by involving students, coordinators of support and other staff in different survey studies. The framework for the coming studies is anchored in theory and practice developed in Universal Design for Learning focusing staff development and students’ sense of belonging when facing disabling conditions in higher education.
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- Arvidsson, Inger, et al.
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Discrepancies in pain presentation caused by adverse psychosocial conditions as compared to pain due to high physical workload?
- 2012
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Ingår i: Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. - 1875-9270. ; 41, s. 2472-2475
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Disorders in the musculoskeletal system have been associated with a high physical workload as well as psychosocial and individual factors. It is however not obvious which of these factors that is most important to prevent. Musculoskeletal disorders in neck and upper extremity was assessed by interview and clinical examination in 79 teachers and 93 assisting nurses, all females. Psychosocial work environment was assessed by questionnaire. The physical workload was recorded by technical measurements of postures, movements and muscular load, in 9 teachers and 12 nurses. The physical workload was lower among the teachers, but they had a more demanding psychosocial work environment. Among the nurses, but not in the teachers, the neck-shoulder disorders were associated with a high body mass index (BMI). The teachers reported neck-shoulder complaints to a higher extent than the nurses, but had much lower prevalence of diagnoses in the clinical examination (12% vs. 25%; POR 0.3 CI 0.1 - 1.2; adjusted for age and BMI). The results suggest that adverse psychosocial conditions among the teachers give rise to a different kind of pain in the neck-shoulder region than from physical overload, troublesome but not as severe as the one afflicting the nurses.
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- Ascani, Angelo, et al.
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The role of B cells in immune cell activation in polycystic ovary syndrome.
- 2023
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Ingår i: eLife. - 2050-084X. ; 12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Variations in B cell numbers are associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) through unknown mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that B cells are not central mediators of PCOS pathology and that their frequencies are altered as a direct effect of androgen receptor activation. Hyperandrogenic women with PCOS have increased frequencies of age-associated double-negative B memory cells and increased levels of circulating immunoglobulin M (IgM). However, the transfer of serum IgG from women into wild-type female mice induces only an increase in body weight. Furthermore, RAG1 knockout mice, which lack mature T- and B cells, fail to develop any PCOS-like phenotype. In wild-type mice, co-treatment with flutamide, an androgen receptor antagonist, prevents not only the development of a PCOS-like phenotype but also alterations of B cell frequencies induced by dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Finally, B cell-deficient mice, when exposed to DHT, are not protected from developing a PCOS-like phenotype. These results urge further studies on B cell functions and their effects on autoimmune comorbidities highly prevalent among women with PCOS.
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- Börjesson, Anna E, et al.
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The role of estrogen receptor-alpha in growth plate cartilage for longitudinal bone growth.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of bone and mineral research. - : Wiley. - 1523-4681 .- 0884-0431. ; 25:12, s. 2414-24
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Estrogens enhance skeletal growth during early sexual maturation while high estradiol levels during late puberty result in growth plate fusion in humans. Although the growth plates do not fuse directly after sexual maturation in rodents, a reduction in growth plate height is seen by treatment with a high dose of estradiol. It is unknown whether the effects of estrogens on skeletal growth are mediated directly via estrogen receptors (ERs) in growth plate cartilage and/or indirectly via other mechanisms such as the GH/IGF-I axis. To determine the role of ERalpha in growth plate cartilage for skeletal growth, we developed a mouse model with cartilage-specific inactivation of ERalpha. Although mice with total ERalpha inactivation displayed affected longitudinal bone growth associated with alterations in the GH/IGF-I axis, the skeletal growth was normal during sexual maturation in mice with cartilage-specific ERalpha inactivation. High dose estradiol treatment of adult mice reduced the growth plate height as a consequence of attenuated proliferation of growth plate chondrocytes in control mice but not in cartilage-specific ERalpha(-/-) mice. Adult cartilage-specific ERalpha(-/-) mice continued to grow after four months of age while growth was limited in control mice, resulting in increased femur length in one-year-old cartilage-specific ERalpha(-/-) mice compared with control mice. We conclude that during early sexual maturation ERalpha in growth plate cartilage is not important for skeletal growth. In contrast, it is essential for high dose estradiol to reduce the growth plate height in adult mice and for reduction of longitudinal bone growth in elderly mice. (c) 2010 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Damber, Ulla, 1957-, et al.
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Dystert om läsning i förskolan
- 2012
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Ingår i: Pedagogiska Magasinet. - Stockholm : Lärarförbundet. - 1401-3320. ; :1, s. 77-
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Damber, Ulla, et al.
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Litteraturläsning i förskolan
- 2013
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Tidiga textmöten hjälper barn att utveckla strategier i sin senare läsning och ger dem en inre motivation att söka läsupplevelser och kunskap om omvärlden. Den tidiga läsningen sätter på så vis spår i den fortsatta litteratur- och språkutvecklingen, men också i kunskapsutvecklingen i stort. Men hur arbetar förskolepersonal med uppdraget att grundmura nyfikenhet och lust till läsning? Och hur kan litteraturläsningens potential som kunskapskälla tas tillvara? I bokens första del undersöker författarna vilka förutsättningar barnen ges vid ett antal förskolor i Sverige att utveckla kunskap med litteraturens hjälp. I den andra delen resonerar de kring tematiskt arbete i förskolan och vilken funktion läsning av skönlitteratur kan ha i sådana sammanhang. Men de ger även konkreta planeringsförslag på teman – teman om familjekonstellationer och om natur, djur och miljö – där ett uttalat syfte med litteraturläsningen är just att stödja barnens kunskapsutveckling. Litteraturläsning i förskolan vänder sig främst till blivande och yrkesverksamma förskollärare. Den erbjuder också värdefull läsning för bibliotekarier som samarbetar med förskolan.
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