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Intestinal fermentation of dietary fiber from oat husk, bran, and white flour and a commercial oat bran was investigated through balance experiments in rats. Both solubility and monomeric composition of the fiber differed widely. Fiber from husk was only 0.5% soluble and nearly completely resistant to fermentation whereas fiber from bran (38% soluble) and white flour (24% soluble) was more ferment

Nanodiamonds are novel carbon nanoparticles with favorable properties for biological applications, such as low cytotoxicity and high biocompatibility. They can be used for e.g. cell tracking or drug delivery. The aim of this thesis was to examine the long-term behaviour of nanodiamonds in cells and to compare two different methods of nanodiamond administration, incubation of cells in nanodiamonds a

This essay has examined the mandatory annual gender pay gap reports published by five of the UK’s biggest publishing organisation. In 2017, a new government legislation concerning gender pay gap transparency was enforced. This legislation states that organisations with an employment number of 250 or more are required to report on their gender pay gap annually. The first of these annual reports we

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka förekomsten och graden av alexitymi och dess samband med kvalitet i nära relationer och psykisk ohälsa i en allmänpsykiatrisk population. Studien genomfördes på en allmänpsykiatrisk mottagning för vuxna under två veckors tid med ett konsekutivt urval där patienterna vid ett ordinarie besök ombads besvara ett enkätmaterial. Statistikprogrammet SPSS användesThe aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and degree of alexitymia and its correlation with quality in close relationships and health distress in a general outpatient population. The study was performed in a general outpatient care unit for two weeks with a consecutive selection where the patients, during an ordinary visit, was asked to participate and complete questionnaires assessin

Registration is a key component in multi-atlas approaches to medical image segmentation. Current state-of-the-art uses intensity-based registration methods, but such methods tend to be slow and sensitive to large amount of noise and anatomical abnormalities present in medical images. In this master thesis, a novel feature-based registration method is presented and compared to two baseline methods;

A voltage controlled galvanic simulator has been constructed for experiments on human balance. The aim is to gain knowledge about the human body's balancing behaviour and implementation for diagnostic purposes. The purpose is to stimulate the vestibular nerve in the inner ear, with a defined stimulus, measuring the resulting body sway, analysing the input and output signals with mathematical m

High-throughput screening is one of the most extensively used methods for the identification of molecules of interest during early stages of drug development projects. It is however subject to many artifacts due to various mechanisms. Aggregation and redox cycling are examples of mechanisms of unspecific inhibition that make a large number of compounds appear as active in several high throughput s

A processing method is developed to characterize contacts for vertical nanowire structures. The process is based around optical lithography and an organic spacer material in order to facilitate an easily repeatable processing flow. Substrates with MOVPE grown GaSb nanowires are processed into sets of resistor devices. Variation in resistance of the devices is achieved by adding contacts at differen

The purpose of this study was to illustrate how adolescens from different ethnic groups look at their future. My questions at issues was: What is the adolescens life look like in twenty year considering: education, the worksituation, familysituation and connection with their country of origin? What's the meaning of the conception future for the adolescens? How do the dreamfuture fore the adole

The peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most extensive and complex missions ever carried out by the United Nations. Amongst the operational adaptation, one challenge has remained consistent; the crisis of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) committed by UN peacekeepers against the very civilians they are mandated to protect. This essay aims to explain how t

Hong Kong used to enjoy high degree of press freedom during the period under the British colonial control, however, since the handover to China in 1997, the media self-censorship is becoming explicit. Attributed by the political and economic influences from China, Hong Kong media become more reserved in reporting Chinese sensitive issue, the objectivity and impartiality is threatened. This paper i

Vellinge is one of few municipalities in Sweden that refuses to accept refugees. The subject of this thesis is to find out how the local politicians in Vellinge make their considerations when they decide not to welcome refugees. The analysis uses the representation theory as a starting point. The two ideals of the representative role, either as a bound mandate or as a free independent role, is the