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The essay aims at decoding the 1954 novel The Sound of Waves in relation to Mishima’s biography, political and aesthetic theory, arguing that his most serene artistic achievement is, in the end, a desperate self-deluding for various inner contradictions. In a minute hermeneutic approach the article identifies and interprets such defining issues as: suicide, loneliness, individualism, egoism, mater
Within the past decade, circular RNAs have largely emerged as novel regulators of human biology, including brain function and cancer development. On the other hand, the Hedgehog pathway has established roles in regulating biological processes, including tumorigenesis. Here, the circular RNA transcriptome, in the context of Hedgehog signaling activation of medulloblastoma Daoy and human embryonic p
When on September 15, 2008 the financial conglomerate Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy – and with that ‘officially’ sparks off the international financial crisis – few would have anticipated the invasive effect this crisis would come to have on the professional and personal lives of many across the world. Today, this implosion remains a mere ‘blip’ in the universe of events that ensued. On clo
Source separation systems for the management of domestic wastewater and food waste has been suggested as more sustainable sanitation systems for urban areas. The present study used an attributional life cycle assessment to investigate the carbon footprint and potential for nutrient recovery of two sanitation systems for a hypothetical urban area in Southern Sweden. The systems represented a typica
Aims: To assess the agreement between the Ross treadmill method and the Åstrand ergometer cycle method, and the repeatability of each method. Methodology: Twenty healthy people aged 22.5 ± 2.2 years were tested on two different days, each day with both methods with a pause of 30 min between the tests. The tests were executed in the reverse order the following test day. Major findings: There was no
Recent studies have indicated a decline in sperm number in the western world during the past 50 years, sperm concentration changing from 113 to 66 millions per mL. Furthermore, significant geographical differences in male reproductive function have been observed. In Finland, the sperm concentration was found to be substantially higher than in Denmark. In parallel, the incidence of testicular cance
Another link in the immune cell chain Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in the western world. The main cause of CVD is atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the major arteries. Atherosclerosis can be described as by a build up of plaque in medium to large arteries. Clinical complications, such as heart attack and stroke, occur when plaques rupture and form
As passive investing has grown in popularity, the number of available passive investment strategies have risen as well. This paper strives to investigate one of these investment strategies, namely fundamental indexation. More specifically, the aim of this study is to investigate if fundamental indices are more mean-variance efficient compared to capitalization-weighted indices. Given that the supe
Det föreligger ett samhälleligt behov av en effektiv brottsbekämpning till skydd för samhällsmedborgarna. Effektiv brottsbekämpning upprätthålls genom de brottsbekämpande myndigheterna som har diverse möjligheter att bedriva verksamheten på. En av möjligheterna är användningen av hemliga tvångsmedel. Hemliga tvångsmedel är åtgärder som innebär att en misstänkt person övervakas eller avlyssnas, utaThere is a societal need for effective law enforcement to protect citizens. Effective law enforcement is maintained through the law enforcement authorities, which have various opportunities to conduct business. One of the possibilities is the use of secret coercive measures. Secret coercive measures are measures that involve a suspect being monitored or intercepted without consent. However, it is
I denna uppsats används Carol Bacchis metod “Whats the problem represented to be” för att undersöka hur problemet framställs i regeringens 34 åtgärder mot gängkriminaliteten. Denna poststrukturalistiska metod har inspirerats av Foucaults diskursanalys och grundas på premissen att vi styrs genom problemframställningar. I olika steg granskas regeringens 34-punktsprogram för att belysa den dominerand
Green Roofs (GRs) have been used worldwide as a solution for greening cities, while providing useful services to society such as storm water management, improved air quality, energy savings, and increased biodiversity, to name a few. However, the environmental impact of their structure has been understudied, and more importantly, the carbon cost related to the use of materials that have a high car
Lojalitetsplikten i kommersiella avtalsförhållanden kan definieras som skyl-digheten för parterna i relationen att tillvarata motpartens intressen utöver sina egna. Lojalitetsplikten kan härledas långt tillbaka i historien men det är först under 1900-talets andra hälft som saker började hända och denna utveckling tog rejäl fart under de senaste ca 20 åren. Lojal samverkan mellan parterna står iblaThe principle of loyalty in commercial relations can be defined as an obliga-tion for the parties to safeguard the other party’s interests in addition to their own. The principle of loyalty can be derived far back in history, but it was only during the second half of the 20th century that things started to happen, and this progress took off in the last 20 or so years. Loyal collaboration be-tween
Detta examensarbete är en fallstudie av Tumaini Open School för gravida studenter och studerande mödrar i Tabora, Tanzania. Genom den ideella organisationen Ingenjörer utan gränser Sverige genomförde författarna en Minor Field Study i Tanzania för att fastställa efterfrågade eltjänster, det resulterande elbehovet och den maximala dagliga effektkurvan för skolan vid fullskalig verksamhet. Vidare prThis master thesis is a case study of Tumaini Open School for pregnant and mothering students located in Tabora, Tanzania. Through the volunteer organisation Engineers Without Borders Sweden, the authors conducted a Minor Field Study to Tanzania in order to determine the requested electricity services, resulting electricity demand and maximum daily load profile for the school at full-scale operati
Bakgrund Muskelaktivering och muskelkraft i quadriceps påverkas av bland annat knävinkeln. Sambandet mellan dessa är inte fastställt. Elektromyografi (EMG) används för att undersöka muskelaktivering och ge information om muskelaktivering och muskeltrötthet. Vridmomentet beräknas genom kraft multiplicerat med hävarm. Syfte Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka aktivering av de ytliga quadriceps
Sammanfattning Titel: Vad påverkar budpremiens storlek vid företagsförvärv? Seminariedatum: 30 Maj 2024 Ämne/kurs: FEKH89 Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Albin Pettersson, Adam von Pongrácz, Jacob Tunehag Handledare: Anamaria Cociorva Fem nyckelord: Budpremie, Synergier, Förvärv, Multipel Regressionsanalys, Sverige Forskningsfrågor: Kan budpremiens
BACKGROUND: The risk of ischaemic events in asymptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To follow up patients with asymptomatic atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery stenosis (MCAS) to evaluate the long term stroke risk in its territory. METHODS: Consecutive white patients with asymptomatic atherosclerotic MCAS were enrolled. Patients with MCAS of possible or proven non-ather
Abstract in Undetermined We present an efficient method for importance sampling the product of multiple functions. Our algorithm computes a quick approximation of the product on the fly, based on hierarchical representations of the local maxima and averages of the individual terms. Samples are generated by exploiting the hierarchical properties of many low-discrepancy sequences, and thresholded ag
