The bio-economy has been put forward as a strategy to increase economic growth without this leading to increased emissions of greenhouse gases. A key concept behind the bio-economy is the increased use of biomass for applications such as the production of bio-based chemicals and materials but also an increased importance for biotechnology and biorefinery systems in the production of these products

During excavations of the nunnery of Vreta, a number of artefacts for medical and hygienic use were found, including medical vessels, a clasp-knife, different types of forceps, phlebotomy knives and a surgical sharp hook. The artefacts show that medical and most probably some surgical activity has taken place there. Compared to other Swedish Cistercian monasteries, as the nunnery of Gudhem and the

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Popular Abstract in Swedish Bakgrund En skada i en extremitet, som innebär att en perifer nervstam blir avskuren, medför ofta ett betydande handikapp med förlust av muskelkraft och känsel för patienten och därtill stora samhällskostnader, eftersom sådana skador i stor omfattning drabbar den arbetsföra delen av befolkningen. Det bästa behandlingsalternativet vid en sådan skada är att direkt sy ihoA new method, where a tendon segment – a tendon autograft – was used as graft material for peripheral nerve reconstruction, was developed. Defects, 10-15 mm long, in rat sciatic nerves were bridged by various modifications of tendons. A piece of an intact tendon and a tendon, that had been teased into a membrane and then rolled to form a loose “collagen roll”, supported axonal regeneration over a

Författarna till denna bok, som är en bok om många böcker, vill erbjuda öppningar till bibeln där text och läsare kan mötas. Boken handlar om att känna igen bibeln, om att berätta bibelns historia, om att leva med bibeln, om att tro på Gud med bibelns hjälp och om att söka kärleken med bibeln. Men den handlar också om att uthärda bibeln och om att kritisera bibeln. För till bibelns verkningshistor

The popular image of archaeology and what archaeologists do is based on various clichés which emphasise, among other things, adventurous fieldwork, the discovery of treasures and historical detective work. Although archaeologists may see themselves differently, their image in popular culture reveals a lot about how the subject is perceived and why it is so widely appreciated at present. I suggest

We provide clear-cut evidence for economically and statistically significant multivariate jumps (multi-jumps) occurring simultaneously in stock prices by using a novel nonparametric test based on smoothed estimators of integrated variances. Detecting multi-jumps in a panel of liquid stocks is more statistically powerful and economically informative than the detection of univariate jumps in the mar

The essay studies the ways in which the Swedish Prime Minister, Per Albin Hansson, was mediated in the 1930s and 40s. In contrast to an existing belief that the medalization of politics didn't really evolve until the breakthough of television during the 1960s and 70s, it is suggested that this way of relating to politics existed at a significantly earlie stage of Swedish media history.