Essays about: "survival and death"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 essays containing the words survival and death.

  1. 1. Apoptosis induction in breast cancer cells after radiotherapy and potential radiosensitizers

    University essay from

    Author : Klara Simonsson; [2023-06-27]
    Keywords : Medical physics; Breast cancer cells; radiotherapy; systemic therapy; combination therapy; apoptosis; BH3 profiling; flow cytometry;

    Abstract : Background. Today breast cancer is the foremost cancer death type amongst women around the world. At present some of the toughest challenges in the clinic is recurrent, radioresistant breast cancer, and metastatic breast cancer where low cure rates are observed after surgery and radiotherapy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Katters välfärd under behandling av hypertyreos : en enkätstudie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Michelle Ciesluk; Rebecca Legge; [2023]
    Keywords : hypertyreos; jodfattigt foder; katt; medicinsk behandling; omvårdnadsåtgärder; radioaktiv jod; symtom; välfärd;

    Abstract : Hypertyreos är den vanligaste endokrina sjukdomen hos katter. Sjukdomen beror på sjukliga förändringar i tyreoidea som leder till en ökning av tyreoideahormon och en ökad ämnesomsättning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Wind Turbine Recovery Forecasting using Survival Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Anton Palets; [2023]
    Keywords : Survival analysis; Recovery Forecast; Wind Turbine; Availability Forecast; AFT model; Aalen s model; Cox regression; Cox Proportional Hazards; Variation Processes; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : The goal of this thesis is to present a methodology for predicting time until recovery of failed wind turbines. The necessity is motivated by the potential for more accurate wind energy export forecasts. The current approach rests entirely on having an expert examine the turbine and produce a time estimate. READ MORE

  5. 4. How does temperature affect the severity of Bd infection in the common toad (Bufo bufo)? : A test of thermal mismatch hypothesis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Felix Fridh; [2023]
    Keywords : chytridiomycosis; amphibians; fungi; fungus; thermal mismatch hypothesis; bufobufo; common toad; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Bd;

    Abstract : Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is a fungus that causes chytridiomycosis in amphibians. This fungus is an invasive species that has spread all over the world and is causing mass deaths in many areas. Bd has an efficient life cycle which targets suitable hosts and causes disturbances in amphibian osmoregulation and eventually death. READ MORE

  6. 5. Evaluating targeted combination therapies in EGFR wild-type non-small-cell lung cancer using mass spectrometry-based proteomics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för immunteknologi

    Author : Johan Thorsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Survival for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients has been significantly improved by epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in patients with EGFR mutations. However, certain subpopulations of NSCLC patients with EGFR wild-type (wt) status have been shown to also respond to EGFR-TKIs. READ MORE