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Type 1 diabetes is a complex disease characterized by the lack of endogenous insulin secreted from the pancreatic β-cells. Although β-cell targeted autoimmune processes and β-cell dysfunction are known to occur in type 1 diabetes, a complete understanding of the cell-to-cell interactions that support pancreatic function is still lacking. To characterize the pancreatic endocrine compartment, we stu

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Purpose To examine if Chinese acquirers create short-term shareholder wealth through cross-border acquisitions, measured by fluctuations of the stock price of the acquiring firm. Additionally, to investigate if industrial, institutional and cultural independent variables affect the cumulative abnormal returns. Methodology The study is quantitative with a deductive approach and based on the tradit

Today, as our cities are becoming increasingly dense - the role of internal spaces are rising as ever-more important in defining urbanity. And in a moment in which our private lives have become exposed and controlled in almost every aspect, the interior has become the eminent space of refuge, providing anonymity and freedom. In Is the New Out offers a radical reexamination of the interior as the l

This study aims to investigate consumers’ perceptions of luxury fashion brands and whether these perceptions differ with and without the context of luxury rental platforms. A qualitative methodology was adapted, using semi-structured interviews and an abductive research approach. In order to investigate consumer perception of luxury brands in the context of rental platforms, the study applied con

Recent literature has highlighted the creation of multiple equivalences as an important factor underpinning the rise of market-based mechanisms for environmental regulation. Extending these insights into the field of renewable energy policy, this article focuses on one example of this trend – namely the principle of technology neutrality as applied under the Flemish tradable green certificate sche

When there is more renewable gas being produced, and exported to the natural gas grid, there is a new situation for the grid operators which, in extension, creates new circumstances with respect to measuring and ensuring the gas quality on the grid. The renewable gas is today mainly produced by anaerobic digestion, but near-term future sources may be methane from thermochemical conversion of ligno

This paper investigates the impact of the completion of the liberalized European Internal Electricity Market on Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and Demand-Side Management (DSM). The results presented are part of the outcomes of a study analyzing the possibilities of IRP and DSM in this new industry environment. The study, finished in May 2000, is based on empirical surveys of both the present a

The bachelor’s thesis explores end-customers’ perceptions regarding the differences between AI-based and human customer service, and the interaction factors that influence their experi-ences. With a focus on customer satisfaction and perceived problem-solving, the study aims at providing recommendations for the development and design of AI chatbots to better meet customer expectations and satisfac

Our point of departure has been that, by using the language of solidarity, we - consciously or not - participate in the politics of it. The group of authors coming together in this volume contribute analyses of solidarity as a norm, a process, a practice, or a vocabulary creating polyperspectivity. In so doing, we let the course of our analysis be directed by the actors we investigate over a span

Artros, vår vanligaste ledsjukdom, orsakar smärta och funktionsnedsättning och drabbar främst knä, höft och fingerleder. Dagens behandling är fokuserad på smärtlindring, sjukgymnastik och eventuell ledersättning. Vid ledskada och artros bryts broskproteiner ner, och ledskador är en riskfaktor för artros, men mekanismerna som leder fram till artros är till stor del okända. Vi studerar de molekyläraOsteoarthritis (OA), the most common joint disease, causes pain and disability and mainly affects the knee, hip and finger joints. Treatment focuses on pain relief, physical therapy and eventually prosthesis. Cartilage proteins are degraded after joint injuries and in OA; joint trauma is a risk factor for OA, but the mechanisms leading to OA are mainly unknown. We study the molecular and structura

Wastewater treatment is a worldwide necessity that is even more crucial to countries deprived from abundant fresh water sources or unable to afford advanced and costly processes. With this perspective, this thesis was conducted within an Egyptian-Swedish research collaboration that aimed to develop solar-based (as free renewable energy source available locally) process for hazardous wastewater tre

Can Europe achieve energy security without compromising climate goals?