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Objectives: S100B is an acidic calcium-binding protein of the EF-hand family present in the central nervous system, where it is concentrated in glial cells. It has been suggested to act as a cytokine with neurotrophic effects at physiological concentrations. Design and methods: S100B concentration was assessed in saliva by western blot analysis and an immunoluminometric assay. A reference curve of

In this prospective study, the overall treatment and outcome of patients that underwent major lower limb amputation in a defined population is described. The study was performed over a five year period in the Health Care District of North-East Skåne, Sweden. Some 190 patients, permanent inhabitants of the Health Care District, underwent major lower limb amputation. Sixteen (16) of these patients h

Vår forskning handlar om att förebygga och behandla skada eller sjukdom i muskler/leder/skelett i alla åldrar. Målgrupperna för vår forskning är idrottare eller icke-idrottsaktiva med ökad risk för skada eller med befintlig skada/sjukdom, till exempel i knä eller höft. Målet är att främja livslång fysisk aktivitet. Gruppen och våra närmsta samarbetspartners företräder olika discipliner som fysioteOur research focus is in the area of prevention and management of musculoskeletal injuries and/or disease from youth through to older age. The target groups are athletes and non-athletic populations that either have, or are at high risk of, joint injury/disease, e.g., to the hip or knee. The goal is to enhance conditions for life-long participation in sport and physical activity. We and our closes

Thomas Kander är forskargruppschef.Thomas Kander is Research Group Leader.

This comparative study maps and explores planning and designation of official tourism, routes in two countries with quite similar planning traditions, responding to a deficiency in research, on tourism route planning and development. Based on personal semi-structured interviews with, public road planners and managers in Norway and Sweden, the paper illuminates establishment and, management of offi

Through a case study of teachers’ reactions to inclusive education in Dar es Salaam, this thesis sought to answer (1) how teachers in Dar es Salaam perceive their ability to deliver inclusive education to their students and (2) how an understanding of their perceptions can be utilized to overcome the challenges of implementing inclusive education in Tanzania’s public schools. Using an abductive ap

Epidemiologi för hälsa - en gemensam satsning för Lund och Uppsala universitet för nationell och internationell excellensEpidemiology for health - a joint initiative between Lund and Uppsala universities for national and international excellence

This article reports model experiments where vocal tract profiles of high and mid unrounded front and high rounded back vowels were systematically modified to simulate small constriction shifts along the hard or soft palate, in order to test A. M. Bell's century-old proposal that small shifts of tongue arch fronting or retraction would yield audible shifts of vowel timbre. Such differences were cl