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Astrid Lindgren and the Archives
No full textThe author Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) is for many Swedes a genuine national icon. On several occasions, when the most popular and influential Swede is to be announced, Astrid Lindgren’s name is always one of the top names. Astrid Lindgren is for the Swedes known not only as a famous author, but also as a person who spoke out on things she found wrong in the Swedish society. In the history of Swedish literature 1945 is usually regarded as a milestone and Astrid Lindgren’s book Pippi Longstocking was published and revolutionised both children’s literature and the attitude to children and their upbringing. Astrid Lindgren also worked as editor-in-chief for the publishing house Rabén & Sjögren from 1946 to 1970 and for almost a quarter of a century she was responsible for the children’s literature while at the same time she was in practise her own editor. Today, ten years after she passed away 94 years old, her remaining papers, letters and manuscripts are kept in different archives where interesting research can be carried out. There is a substantial amount of material from her rich and prolific life and in this article I wish to illustrate how this material can be used to provide a deeper knowledge of Astrid Lindgren as a person and as an editor.</p
Astrid Lindgren : Author and Publishing Editor
No full textI den tryckt boken felaktigt ISBN 978-91-89460-13-3 (print), 978-91-89460-14-0 (pdf)</p
Astrid Lindgren : Author and Publishing Editor
No full textI den tryckt boken felaktigt ISBN 978-91-89460-13-3 (print), 978-91-89460-14-0 (pdf)</p
Astrid Lindgren : Author and Publishing Editor
No full textI den tryckt boken felaktigt ISBN 978-91-89460-13-3 (print), 978-91-89460-14-0 (pdf)</p
Business Model Innovation and the Impact of Globalization
No full textAuthor Astrid LechnerMasterarbeit Universität Linz 201
Astrid Lindgrens tänder
No full textArtikeln visar hur författaren skapar komiska situationer kring tänder och tandvård. Artikeln behandlar också allmänt temat Att gå till tandläkaren inom barnlitteraturen.The article shows how the author creates comical situations around teeth and dental care. The article also generally deals with the theme Going to the dentist, in children's literature.</p
Astrid Lindgren oggi. Spunti per una riflessione
No full textThe Author does a study in deep about the charming work of Astrid Lindgren. Her books rapresent a widening of social childhood, and we can find some marks of fantastic mind and unconventional behaviour in them. The Author underlines the actuality of Lindgren’s literature
Frozen swamp to socio-political hot air : Astrid Väring - conservative author on the Swedish welfare state
No full textThe dissertation takes as its starting-point the dichotomies between origin and modernity, periphery and centre. This is particularly the case in Astrid Väring’s novels Frosten (1926) and Vintermyren (1927), in which the author pays tribute to the homestead and the rural community in contrast to the industrial community, whilst her novels also express an ambivalent attitude towards modernity. Astrid Väring bases her works on a Norrland literary tradition, which often stood in opposition to the central power despite being dependent on it. In this respect, a similarity with postcolonialism is evident. Access to a wealth of archive material, which has not previously been used in literary scholastic research, has resulted in a natural combination of a biographical method and socio-literary reading. When analysing the novels, the same external circumstances that had signifi cance for the author when the work was drafted, for example economic, social and political conditions, have therefore been taken into account. With reference to the novel Katinka (1942), the view of popular literature during the 1940s is dealt with. The pejorative view, prevalent in those days, is compared with a contemporary understanding of it. Today, neither the canon nor popular literature stand out as particularly homogeneous categories. Katinka was written at the start of the Second World War. A comparison is made in the dissertation between Vilhelm Moberg’s Rid i natt! (Ride this Night) (1941) and Katinka in order to ascertain the novels’ attitude towards the offi cial Swedish position of neutrality. In Ride this Night rebellion against the enemy is encouraged, in Katinka a cautious, wait and see attitude is urged. I som här inträden… (1944) is a novel with a purpose. In this novel Astrid Väring directs a harsh attack against the mental health care at Swedish mental hospitals. The dissertation contains a genre discussion concerning the various genres related to the novel with a purpose, for example roman à thèse. It can be concluded that theoretical work concerning the novel with a purpose is rare. But, when the issue pursued in the novel is no longer relevant, the novel with a purpose is often destined to be forgotten. Furthermore, Astrid Väring had the bad luck of falling in the shadow of Sara Lidman’s modernistic West-Bothnian accounts of the 1950s, which contributed to the fact that her entire works quickly fell into oblivion. This dissertation is the fi rst scholastic work on Astrid Väring’s works.digitalisering@um
Treatment of Exercise-induced Laryngeal Obstruction : Exploring modalities in short and long term
No full textBackground: Exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO) is an umbrella term describing inappropriate and transient closure of laryngeal structures during exercise, causing breathlessness and/or noisy respiration (stridor). EILO is a relatively prevalent entity, affecting adolescents or young adults in all activity levels. The condition has been reported to have a considerable functional impact, particularly as a limitation of physical activity in an effort to minimize the occurrence and severity of inspiratory symptoms. Objective visualization of the laryngeal obstruction and determining the level of obstruction within the larynx (supraglottic and/or glottic) during ongoing exercise is considered gold-standard for diagnosing EILO and seems of importance for subsequent treatment planning. Treatment options are based on weak evidence, with evaluation of different modalities mainly based on subjective outcomes. Information about the diagnosis and breathing advice (IBA) seems to be fundamental elements. Small studies and case reports suggests effect from speech therapy, biofeedback, inspiratory muscle training (IMT) and surgical supraglottoplasty. Robust treatment algorithms and follow-up streams are yet to be established.
Aims: The overall aim of the thesis was to explore improvement of symptoms and laryngeal obstruction in EILO patients treated with IMT and supraglottoplasty in short- and long term. Study #I: To investigate laryngeal response pattern(s) during inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in healthy subjects using laryngoscopic evaluation and imaging. Study #II: To expand our knowledge and to explore possible effects from inspiratory muscle training in patients diagnosed with EILO. Study #III: To investigate the efficacy and safety of laser supraglottoplasty for patients with supraglottic EILO, using continuous laryngoscopy exercise (CLE) tests before and after surgery. Study #IV: To assess changes of self-reported symptoms and laryngeal outcomes shortly after IMT, and to compare self-reported symptoms with a control group 4-6 years later.
Methods: Study design: An explorative approach with combined descriptive and quasi-experimental observational design. Study #I: cross-sectional study, Study #II: prospective pre-post study Study #III: retrospective pre-post study. Study #IV: follow-up study. Subjects and study procedures: Study #I: Twenty healthy volunteers examined with laryngoscopy during inspiratory muscle training (IMT). The laryngeal movements were retrospectively assessed from video files. Study# II and #III: EILO patients examined with continuous laryngoscopy exercise (CLE)-test before and after a treatment; six-week training program with IMT or supraglottoplasty. Outcome data were self-reported symptom scores and laryngeal obstruction (by CLE-scores from video recordings). Study #IV: Two groups were retrospectively identified from the EILO-register; one group receiving IBA only at diagnosis, and the other additionally receiving six weeks of IMT (IBA+IMT). Laryngeal outcome was assessed shortly after IMT, and the two groups’ self-reported symptoms were compared with a new questionnaire 4-6 years later.
Results: Study #I: IMT facilitated laryngeal abduction in the investigated healthy subjects and application of medium intensity resistance seemed superior to higher resistance in opening of the laryngeal aperture. Study #II: IMT was safe and the perceived symptoms and laryngeal obstruction improved in subgroups of EILO after IMT, with improvement mainly observed at the glottic level. Study #III: Supraglottoplasty improved symptoms and reduced laryngeal obstruction in the investigated patients with predominantly supraglottic EILO and appeared safe in highly selected severe cases. Notably, supraglottoplasty might improve also glottic obstruction in patients with combined supraglottic and glottic obstruction. Study #IV: The response rate after 4-6 years was 40 % in the IBA-group and 55% in IBA+IMT-group. After 2-4 weeks, 23/32 in the IBA+IMT-group reported symptom improvements, associated mainly with glottic changes, contrasting unchanged laryngeal scores in 9/32 without symptom improvements. After 4-6 years, self-reported exercise-related symptoms and activity had decreased to similar levels in both groups. Full symptom resolution was reported by 8/55.
Conclusion: Self-reported symptoms and laryngeal obstruction as observed and rated in CLE-tests can improve in EILO patients treated with IBA, IMT or supraglottoplasty. Heterogeneous responses to treatment were observed and substantiates that EILO is a heterogeneous condition, thus it is unlikely that one mode of treatment will work in all. Individual treatment and follow-up based on laryngeal findings seems essential.
Future controlled studies with longer follow-up time are needed to establish effects from the treatment modalities applied in EILO patients. This work provides hypotheses that may serve as a basis in doing so.Doktorgradsavhandlin
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