Essays about: "Karolinska University Hospital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the words Karolinska University Hospital.

  1. 1. Data Augmentation: Enhancing Named Entity Recognition Performance on Swedish Medical Texts

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Lucas Rosvall; Niklas Paasonen; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Information Extraction; Named Entity Recognition; BERT; Data Augmentation;

    Abstract : Named Entity Recognition (NER) refers to the task of locating relevant information within text sequences. Within the medical domain, it can benefit applications such as de-identifying patient records or extracting valuable data for other downstream tasks. READ MORE

  3. 2. Transgender and gender-diverse youth caught in the intersection of policy making, politics, gender-affirming care, and feminist discourse

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Julia Hagstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : Transgender youth; policy making; feminism; UK; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how presuppositions and assumptions can affect policy making, by investigating if anti-trans and 'gender critical' rhetoric may have affected the now reversed NHS policy ‘Amendments to service specification for gender identity development service for children and adolescents’ which directly influenced the still in use Karolinska University Hospital policy, ‘Policyförändring gällande hormonell behandling till minderåriga patienter med könsdysfori inom Tema Barn’. By using the Foucauldian inspired poststructural WPR policy analysis method by Bacchi and Goodwin, it was uncovered that the underlying assumptions and presuppositions of the hegemonic ‘truths’ the representation of the problem relied on, assumed dominance through an increase of anti-transgender and anti-gender-diverse rhetoric in political and public debates, and in media. READ MORE

  4. 3. Elevated IgG4 is associated with higher risk for cholangitis, cirrhosis, ERCP and liver-transplantation among patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Jennifer Carlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Primary sclerosing cholangitis; liver disease; IgG;

    Abstract : Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare inflammatory chronic liver disease that causes damage to the intra- and or extrahepatic bile ducts leading to cholestasis. As the disease proceeds the development of cirrhosis and eventually liver failure occurs. READ MORE

  5. 4. An urge to implement dose-banding at Karolinska University Hospital: A systematic review

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaci

    Author : Sara Asghari; [2021]
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  6. 5. Evaluating the effects of resource allocations in hospital emergency departments by patient flow analysis

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Rasmus Maråk; Oscar Danielson; [2021]
    Keywords : Patient flow analysis; Jackson Network; Queuing Theory; Discrete Event Simulation; Emergency Department; Lean; Decision Support System; Resource Allocation; Patientflödesanalys; Akutsjukvård; Jacksonnätverk; Köteori; Simulering; Lean; Beslutsstödsystem; Resursallokering;

    Abstract : Accounting for some the highest arrival rates and widest varieties of medical conditions in a hospital, the emergency department is highly dependent on efficient operations strategies in order to function effectively and provide qualitative health care. This is especially true for the emergency department of Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge from which real patient data has been obtained. READ MORE