Essays about: "Acute Stress"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words Acute Stress.

  1. 21. The Effects of Stress and Executive Functions on Decision Making in an Executive Parallel Task

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Brian McGuigan; [2016]
    Keywords : stress; executive functions; parallel task;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of acute stress on parallel task performance with the Game of Dice Task (GDT) to measure decision making and the Stroop test.  Two previous studies have found that the combination of stress and a parallel task with the GDT and an executive functions task preserved performance on the GDT for a stress group compared to a control group. READ MORE

  3. 22. Reversible Modification Of Flexural Rigidity On Dry Archaeological Leather From Wet Anaerobic Burial Sites: An Herbal Method Irma

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Irma Wennerstrand; [2015-06-30]
    Keywords : cherry laurel leaves; flexural rigidity; archaeological leather; aldehyde; benzaldehyde; cyanogenic glycosides;

    Abstract : This work is based on a treatment reported in the article “Über der Weichen trockengefallener Alkohol und Formalinpräparate, Herbarblätter und von Tapagewebe” in Der Präparator from 2001 by Klaus Weichsler and co-authors. A series of experiments were performed to investigate the described effect of cherry laurel leaves and the compounds emitted therefrom upon flexural rigidity of dry archaeological leather from wet burial sites, which upon uncontrolled drying becomes rigid. READ MORE

  4. 23. Metylkvicksilvers toxicitet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Harriet Noring; [2015]
    Keywords : metylkvicksilver; toxicitet; verkningsmekanism; behandling; methylmercury; toxicity; mechanism of action; treatment;

    Abstract : Metylkvicksilver (MeHg) är en form av tungmetallen kvicksilver och det är den form som är farligast för djur och människor. Det beror på dess organiska egenskaper som gör att det biomagnifieras genom födokedjan, effektivt absorberas från föda, distribueras till många organ, koncentreras i levande organismer, passerar blod-hjärnbarriären och ackumuleras, samt orsakar skador även vid låga doser. READ MORE

  5. 24. Canine herpesvirus-1 : effekter på avelshundar och deras avkommor

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Mette Löfquist; [2015]
    Keywords : hundens herpesvirus; avelshundar; hundavel; valpar; förebyggande åtgärder; behandling; canine herpesvirus; CHV-1; dog breeding; puppies; prevention; treatment; therapy;

    Abstract : Canine herpesvirus-1 (CHV-1) är det herpesvirus som är specifikt för hunddjur. I likhet med andra alfaherpesvirus ger det oftast upphov till en ofarlig infektion hos vuxna individer och en dödlig, systemisk infektion hos nyfödda. När den akuta infektionen är över går viruset in i en latent fas. READ MORE

  6. 25. Serum Amyloid A as a possible marker of health and disease in non-domesticated mammals : a retrospective pilot study of SAA levels in dolphins, elephants and tapirs at Kolmården Wildlife Park

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : John-Filip Lundin; [2015]
    Keywords : acute phase proteins; SAA; bottlenose dolphin; Asian elephant; South American tapirs; Eurolyser SOLO;

    Abstract : The veterinary handling of wildlife, both in zoos and in the wild, commonly requires that the patients need to be captured and immobilized for examination or treatment. This emphasises the need for quick, on-site, laboratory equipment, in order to minimize the analysis time and thus the stress for the animal and also in order to increase the possibility of starting relevant treatment early on. READ MORE