Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 257-261).

Calciphylaxis is a poorly-understood condition whose pathogenesis involves systemic calcification of arteries and arterioles. It is usually seen in patients end-stage renal disease, with an incidence of approximately 5% in dialysis patient and patients with calcium-phosphate dysregulations.1,2 However, there have also been reports of patients with biopsy-proven calciphylaxis with normal calcium-phosphate balance and renal function. We report a morbidly obese 45-year-old female with significant past medical history of necrotizing fasciitis with superimposed pseudomonas infections requiring multiple rounds of antibiotics and debridement. She presented to hospital due to chronic thigh wounds and debilitating pain. Patient developed tender and ulcerated lesions on her bilateral inner thighs spontaneously and was treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and doxycycline. Wound cultures grew pseudomonas and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Rheumatologic work up including antinuclear antibody, rheumatoid factor, anti-double stranded DNA, anti-ribonucleoprotein and complement levels were all within normal limits except for elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and c-reactive protein. Patient was given multiple analgesics of which ketorolac helped the most. She was referred to dermatology after which excisional biopsy of wound was performed. Biopsy result revealed tissue necrosis and calciphylaxis. Patient was started on sodium thiosulfate (STS) infusions after discussing with dermatology and was discharged in stable conditions from hospital. The exact cause of calciphylaxis still remains unknown. It is thought to be due to intravascular calcium deposition in the media of the epidermal and subcutaneous arterioles causing medial calcification and intimal fibrosis of the arterioles resulting in thrombosis and occlusions. This leads to ischemic skin necrosis which is the most common clinical finding in calciphylaxis.3 For non-uremic calciphylaxis, there appears to be a predilection of Caucasian females, primary hyperparathyroidism, obesity, malignancy, connective tissue disease and vitamin D deficiency.4-5 Our patient had some of the risk factors including morbid obesity, middle aged Caucasian female and Vitamin D deficiency. Calciphylaxis has two-year mortality rate of 50-80% secondary to sepsis, hence preventing patients with known risk factors from developing calciphylaxis is imperative.6 The lesions of calciphylaxis are often debilitating and wound care with debridement of necrotic tissue as well as systemic antibiotics are of utmost importance, if indicated. In recent years, treatment include the use of STS, which chelate calcium from tissue deposits and bisphosphonates which are thought to help in removing arterial calcifications.7 It is important to understand that calciphylaxis may occur in patients without renal impairment and early interventions may be helpful to decrease debilitation and mortality.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-07, Section: A, page: 2422. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-133).

<p>I tidigare empatiforskning har könsskillnader studerats betydligt mer änåldersskillnader. Syftet med den aktuella undersökningen var att studera hurförmågan till empati skiljer sig mellan tonåringar, medelålders och äldre. Iundersökningen deltog 68 personer varav hälften kvinnor. Empatin varhögst i den äldsta gruppen och lägst i den yngsta för både kvinnor och män.Däremot kände tonåringarna mer för vissa känslor som mättes utanförempatiskalan. Kvinnorna i alla tre åldersgrupperna har högre empati änmännen. Att empati ökar med åldern säger samtidigt att yngre hade mindreempati. Resultaten kan tyda på att samhället blivit kallare. Avslutningsvisdiskuteras betydelsen av generationsskillnader i empati, en eventuellutveckling mot ett mindre empatiskt samhälle, samt om ungas empati kanstärkas i framtiden.<em></em></p>

In this Bachelor thesis an animal bone material from Västergarn parish is analyzed and discussed. The purpose of this thesis is to gain more knowledge about the Viking Age/Early Medieval Västergarn. Västergarn has a few remains from former days which have been discussed throughout the years and are still a bit of a mystery for archaeologists. The main focus is to inquire into whether Västergarn was an urban, complex society or a rural settlement. This will be done by studying the animal husbandry from the property of Snauvalds 1:2. The animal bones have been typed, and sex and age estimations have been made on the most common domestic animals, ergo cattle, sheep/goat and pig. The result from the analysis shows that Västergarn has tendencies of both countryside settlement and a more urban society and the final conclusion is that it has most probably been a trading place or a market place considering its closeness to a Viking Age harbor.

Graduation date: 1953

I tidigare empatiforskning har könsskillnader studerats betydligt mer änåldersskillnader. Syftet med den aktuella undersökningen var att studera hurförmågan till empati skiljer sig mellan tonåringar, medelålders och äldre. Iundersökningen deltog 68 personer varav hälften kvinnor. Empatin varhögst i den äldsta gruppen och lägst i den yngsta för både kvinnor och män.Däremot kände tonåringarna mer för vissa känslor som mättes utanförempatiskalan. Kvinnorna i alla tre åldersgrupperna har högre empati änmännen. Att empati ökar med åldern säger samtidigt att yngre hade mindreempati. Resultaten kan tyda på att samhället blivit kallare. Avslutningsvisdiskuteras betydelsen av generationsskillnader i empati, en eventuellutveckling mot ett mindre empatiskt samhälle, samt om ungas empati kanstärkas i framtiden.

The Middle Age Period in Eight Juvenile Novels. This study investigates how the Middle Age is presented in literature for youths. I have taking four questions into consideration: How are the different groups or class in the Middle Age society are presented in terms of their housing, clothing, work assignments and leisure activities? What work assignments, leisure activities did children had and their relationship to adults? How was the religious life of monks, nuns and of the people in general? How are the people in the Middle Age described? The study focuses on youth literature written by Swedish authors. Eight books were read and compared. The results of this study shows that there were four kinds of housing during the Middle Age period: housing in cities or villages, housing on the country side and farms, housing in fortresses and housing in monasteries. The difference between housing conditions of the rich and the poor is that the rich could afford bigger houses, fancier building materials and interial details. Most of the garments were worn by both men and women in all the society classes. The biggest difference in the people´s clothing was the one between the rich and poor. The clothes of the rich were made in the fancier materials silk and velvet. Their clothes also had more ornaments. The work assignment between women in the different society groups differs less than the work assignments between men in the different society groups. Children most often took over their parents work. The leisure activities for children were about the same between the society groups. The relation between adults and children was strainous and the children were totally submissive to the adults. The religious life of the people consisted of actions done daily, weekly, annually and once in a life time. There were also actions that were done once in a while. Monks and nuns religious life was different from the rest of the people. They dedicated their lives to prayer and singing for God, and also to assist their fellowmen. The most common description of the people in the Middle Age period is that they did and thought things that were typical for that time period in question and that can seem strange for today`s readers.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1936. / Published also without thesis note. "Books used in this study": p. 199-207.