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Stroke represents one of the most significant global health challenges of the 21st century, with 11.9 million people experiencing stroke annually and a disproportionate burden falling on low- and middle-income countries, where 87% of stroke deaths and 89% of disability occur. Despite stroke being highly preventable—with 84% of the burden attributable to modifiable risk factors—and the availability
Landslide susceptibility mapping is among the first works for disaster management and land use planning activities in a mountain area like Ganzhou City. The aims of the current study are to assess GIS-based landslide spatial modeling using four models, namely data-driven evidential belief function (EBF), frequency ratio (FR), maximum entropy (Maxent), and logistic regression (LR), and to compare t
Ever increasing demand for water resources for different purposes makes it essential to have better understanding and knowledge about water resources. As known, groundwater resources are one of the main water resources especially in countries with arid climatic condition. Thus, this study seeks to provide groundwater potential maps (GPMs) employing new algorithms. Accordingly, this study aims to v
Assessment of the most appropriate groundwater conditioning factors (GCFs) is essential when performing analyses for groundwater potential mapping. For this reason, in this work, we look at three statistical factor analysis methods-Variance Inflation Factor (VIF), Chi-Square Factor Optimization, and Gini Importance-to measure the significance of GCFs. From a total of 15 frequently used GCFs, 11 mo
In this report, we present findings from a Swedish Universities of the Built Environment (SBU) project (2023) where we collected and synthesized examples of pedagogic tools used to strengthen students’ conceptual understanding in structural engineering—i.e., understanding key structural concepts, how they relate to each other, and how they connect to real-world structures and practice. The project
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a critical pillar of industrial competitiveness and national strategy, Sweden is pursuing a sovereign AI approach through the establishment of Sferical AI, a joint venture involving leading companies such as AstraZeneca, Ericsson, Saab, SEB, Wallenberg Investments, and SKF. The initiative aims to reduce reliance on foreign cloud providers and build world-cla
Background: Guidelines recommend systemic thrombolysis (ST) as first-line reperfusion therapy for highrisk pulmonary embolism (PE), however, clinical concerns regarding bleeding risk frequently limit its use in clinical practice. Catheter-directed therapy (CDT) should be considered when ST is contraindicated or has failed but is increasingly used outside these recommendations despite limited guide
In this paper, we present three studies in which we develop and test different representations of intonation contours and prosodic stress with the aim to provide foreign language learners with a notation that they can easily interpret. Study I addresses learners’ productions of target intonation based on six common notation systems. The results reveal how learners themselves make sense of the diff
BACKGROUND: Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is the most important complication after left pancreatectomy. Superiority of hand-sewn closure or stapler closure of pancreatic stump in terms of short-term outcomes is not established. The aim of this study was to compare short-term surgical outcomes between the 2 modalities after left pancreatectomy. STUDY DESIGN: An international, multicenter,
Gate-tunable Josephson junctions with molybdenum superconducting contacts are reported. The Josephson field-effect transistors are based on an (In,Ga)As quantum well heterostructure with Mo contacts deposited on a layer of heavily doped (In,Ga)As by HCl cleaning and sputtering. We reproduced the measured data using a quasiballistic model that captures the gate dependence of the critical current an
Deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) and related microfluidic sorting devices are typically evaluated based on the size distributions of particles collected at each outlet, even though the more relevant measure of performance is the probability that a particle of a given size ends up in a specific outlet. Here, we use Bayes’ rule to infer these size-dependent routing probabilities from experim
A diversified and interdisciplinary lidar research program has been pursued during the recent 10 years at South China Normal University in Guangzhou, China. The activities include time-of-flight (TOF) lidar applications with pulsed lasers for differential absorption (DIAL), laser-induced fluorescence (LIF), and laser-induced break-down spectroscopy (LIBS) studies. Further, range-resolving (bi-stat
We present a quantitative investigation of one- and two-body light-mediated processes that occur to few erbium atoms in an optical tweezer, when exposed to near-resonant light. In order to study the intertwined effects of recoil heating, cooling, and light-assisted collisions, we develop a first-principles Monte Carlo algorithm that solves the coupled dynamics of both the internal and external deg
Background: The variable clinical outcomes of mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC)-based therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are attributed to a variety of factors, including host microenvironmental factors. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) has been linked to the development and progression of ARDS, and we have previously found that IL-1β could be used to predict MSC activation in vitro. However
När användaren inte får trycka själv Hur testar man en produkt på distans när den inte går att dela över ett videosamtal? Studien jämför olika sätt att testa fysiska system och visar hur testupplägget förändrar både hur människor använder dem och vilka problem som upptäcks. Föreställ dig ett test där man undersöker hur människor använder ett fysiskt system. I en variant använder personen produktWhen user interfaces are embedded in physical systems and cannot be accessed through conventional screen sharing, remote usability testing becomes challenging. This is increasingly relevant as products are developed for global markets, where remote evaluation is often necessary despite limited user interface access. This study investigates how alternative testing methods can be used and how they i
This thesis investigates how Vietnamese students in Germany explain the reasons for their choice to study there. It draws on Bourdieu’s field theory, and analyses data from eight semi-structured interviews. It quickly became apparent that all the students interviewed had specific, pre-existing social and cultural capital related to Germany. In terms of outcomes, all are focussed on gaining a highl
The task of matching fixed-order event generation with the parton shower is physically non-trivial and closely related to an efficiency bottleneck of event generators. In this thesis, we examine and implement two novel matching schemes in KrkNLO and MAcNLOPS for the LHC process p p > Z Z. As both schemes generate positive-definite event samples, they can be interesting alternatives to MC@NLO. The
Introduction: Mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation (MARylation) is a post tranlational modification with important roles in stress responses and cellular signaling. Mass spectrometry is an efficient tool for identifying modified amino acid residues, optimisation of parameters is desired to develop an efficient method for detection of MARylation on proteins using the recombinant protein NUDT16. Background: MAR
