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Juvenile onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (JoRRP) at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town: A 2-year reviewPretorius, Vincent 04 February 2020 (has links)
Introduction: Juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (JoRRP) is the commonest benign paediatric neoplasm. There is no curative treatment, but the condition is self-limiting. Current primary treatment is aimed at symptomatic relief, comprising of serial surgical debulking of obstructive papillomas along the respiratory tract, with voice preservation. Adjuvant therapy is indicated in severe cases. Objective: A review of children with JoRRP presenting to the ENT Department at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) over 2 years. Evaluation of the pattern of disease and factors that may contribute to disease severity were reviewed. Method: Retrospective folder review of children with histologically confirmed laryngeal papillomatosis over above the time period. Results: Twenty children were included. Nine were male, 11 were female. The median age at diagnosis was 2.4 years (11 - 109 months). Presentation at < 3 years was noted in 5/7 of the most severe cases. Nine of 20 were HPV serotyped; 5 were type 11, and 4 were type 6. Eighty percent (16/20) were HIV negative; 10% (2/20) HIV positive; and 10% (2/20) were unknown. A total of 90 surgical procedures were performed; the highest number of surgeries per child was 13. Inter-surgical time was 1 to 164 weeks (median 9 weeks). Four received Gardasil vaccination as adjuvant therapy, 3 of who showed a reduction in disease severity. Conclusion: JoRRP commonly presents around the first 3 years of life. Severe cases can be life-threatening, often with multiple hospital admissions for clearance of surgical papillomata. Severe cases presented before 3 years. Gardasil vaccination as adjuvant therapy has promise. No identifiable risk factors in our review were noted. HIV co-infection and HPV type were not risk factors for severity.
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Predictors of Rapid Repeat Pregnancy in ZimbabweSisimayi, Thenjiwe 01 January 2019 (has links)
Rapid repeat pregnancy (RRP) is associated with adverse maternal and infant outcomes and a range of undesirable social and economic challenges for the mother, her baby, and society. Although the consequences of RRP are well known, Zimbabweâa country with some of the poorest maternal health indicatorsâhas not investigated or made efforts to directly address this problem. This is confirmed by the lack of targeted programs to curb RRP, the unavailability of documented evidence regarding RRP significant risk factors, and the lack of understanding of the extent of RRP in the country. Using social cognitive theory as the theoretical framework, an unmatched case-control study was conducted using data from the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey of 2015 to determine the prevalence of RRP and to assess associations between sociodemographic, sexual-relational, women's health, fertility preference, previous birth outcomes, and social factors and having an RRP in Zimbabwe. Logistic regression analysis showed statistically significant associations between all factors except for women's health characteristics. The prevalence of RRP among women of reproductive age (15â49 years) in Zimbabwe was 50.2%. The high prevalence of RRP and the multiple statistically significant associations reported in this study affirm the need for Zimbabwe to make prevention of RRP a public health priority. Zimbabwe must develop targeted interventions that work in context and integrate these into an ongoing comprehensive family planning program. In-depth research is needed to establish and understand the underlying motivations for having an RRP among Zimbabwean women. Such information may help develop targeted interventions to create social change.
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The Role of alpha- and beta-SNAP in Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis / Die Rolle von alpha- und beta-SNAP bei der Exozytose Synaptischer VesikelBurgalossi, Andrea 13 May 2008 (has links)
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The Danish People’s Party’s downfall, a possible future for the Sweden Democrats? : Comparative analysis between far-right populist parties in Sweden and DenmarkTöth, Robin, Byström, Aron January 2023 (has links)
The purpose of this thesis aimed at trying to find out why the Sweden Democrats have increased their support, to become the second largest party in the Swedish parliament, while, the Danish People’s Party, has lost the majority of their support after being the second largest party in the Danish parliament to almost falling out a few years later. Is it possible for the Sweden Democrats to share the same fate? To find this out, we’ve decided to conduct this study using a qualitative comparative method, with a Most Similar System Design. The analysis mainly consists of two concepts to explain this phenomenon which are “Cordon Sanitaire” and “Normalization”. The results of the analysis show that in Denmark, the Danish People’s Party’s views and policies on migration, have gotten normalized across the political spectrum. As such, they can no longer argue that they are anti-establishment, but instead, they have become a part of the establishment themselves. In Sweden, the Sweden Democrats have been kept out of power, with a “cordon sanitaire”, and thus their view and policies have not gotten normalized and adopted by other parties, and therefore they have continued to grow. An interesting aspect of this is that recently, the Sweden Democrats have gotten normalized and they are now a support party for a right-wing government, which we argue might lead to a similar situation as in Denmark, meaning that the Sweden Democrats might lose support in the future.
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X-ray magnetic circular dichroism in iron/rare-earth multilayers and the impact of modifications of the rare earth's electronic structure / Magnetischer Röntgendichroismus in Eisen/Seltene Erd-Vielfachschichten und der Einfluß von Veränderungen der elektronischen Struktur der Seltenen ErdeMünzenberg, Markus 24 October 2000 (has links)
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The Salience of Issues in Parliamentary Debates : Its Development and Relation to the Support of the Sweden DemocratsAlexander, Ödlund Lindholm January 2020 (has links)
The aim of this study was to analyze the salience of issue dimensions in the Swedish parliament debates by the established parties during the rise of the Sweden Democrats Party (SD). Structural topic modeling was used to construct a measurement of the salience of issues, examining the full body of speeches in the Swedish parliament between September 2006 and December 2019. Trend analysis revealed a realignment from a focus on socio-economic to socio-cultural issues in Swedish politics. Cross-correlation analyses had conflicting results, indicating a weak positive relationship between the salience of issues and the support of SD – but low predictive ability; it also showed that changes in the support of SD did lead (precede) changes in the salience of issues in the parliament. The ramifications of socio-cultural issues being the most salient are that so-called radical right-wing populist parties (RRPs), or neo-nationalist parties, has a greater opportunity to gain support. It can make voters more inclined to base their voting decision on socio-cultural issues, which favors parties who fight for and are trustworthy in those issues – giving them more valence in the eyes of the voters.
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Lanthanide Doped Wide Band Gap Semiconductors: Intra-4f Luminescence and Lattice Location Studies / Lanthanid-dotierte Halbleiter mit großer Bandlücke: Intra-4f Lumineszenz- und GitterplatzuntersuchungenVetter, Ulrich 15 July 2003 (has links)
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