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Background: The aim of this study was to provide a descriptive account of carbapenem resistance and risk factors for mortality from invasive Acinetobacter infections in the south of Sweden.Methods: Blood isolates with growth of Acinetobacter species between 2010 and 2019 in Skåne county were subtyped using MALDI-TOF and subjected to susceptibility testing against clinically relevant antibiotics. A

Hospitalization is an important component of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and gout economic burden. This study aimed to assess temporal trends and regional disparities in RA and gout hospitalizations among people aged ≥ 20 years in Sweden during 1998-2015. Data on hospital admissions with a principal diagnosis of RA or gout were collected from the National Patient Register. Age-standardized hospitali

We explored the benefit of video communication in home rehabilitation after shoulder joint replacement and compared it to referral for physiotherapy in the conventional way. A total of 22 patients were included in the study. The intervention group (n = 10) had training at home under the supervision of a physiotherapist at the hospital using videoconferencing. The control group (n = 12) had physiot

The population-based Reykjavik Heart Study, started in 1967, aims at finding and evaluating risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. It included 4,137 men born between 1907 and 1934 and we examined all fractures recorded in these subjects from January 1977 until the end of December 2000, or death. Their mean age at the start of this study was 54 (42-69) years and the mean follow-up time 19 years.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to further psychometrically evaluate the instrument "Pain Impact Inventory" (PII) in various subgroups. Methods: The sample comprised 384 persons (aged between 18 and 102 years) who reported chronic pain. The instrument PII was evaluated in terms of construct validity as well as reliability. The instrument's validity was investigated through corrected item-tota

BACKGROUND:: Hypnotic benzodiazepine receptor agonists (HBRAs; zolpidem, zopiclone, and zaleplon) are used in the treatment of insomnia. Little is known about the safety of HBRAs during pregnancy. METHODS:: Data from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry from July 1, 1995, up to 2007 were used to identify 1318 women who reported the use of HBRAs in early pregnancy. They gave birth to 1341 infants. Ma

In 2002, the Romanian National Reference Laboratory was invited to join the Strep-EURO project to study invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections. During 2003 and 2004, a total of 33 isolates recovered from invasive disease were received from eight Romanian counties. For comparison, 102 isolates from non-invasive disease, as well as a collection of 12 old invasive strains (isolated between 1967 a

The prospect of death influences people’s thoughts about and how they deal with their remaining time. We aimed to understand whether patients with progressive, life-limiting diseases are oriented in the past, present, or future and how they deal with temporality. We conducted 57 in-depth interviews with end-of-life patients in 10 countries using thematic analysis at three levels (i.e., locally in

AIM: To evaluate the locations of metastatic pelvic sentinel nodes (SLN) and the proportion of SLNs outside and within defined typical anatomical positions along the upper paracervical lymphatic pathway (UPP).PATIENTS AND METHODS: Consecutive women with endometrial cancer (EC) of all risk groups underwent pelvic SLN-detection using cervically injected indocyanine green (ICG). A strict anatomically

Objective: Most methods to detect copy number variation (CNV) have high false positive rates, especially for small CNVs and in real-life samples from clinical studies. In this study, we explored a novel scatterplot-based method to detect CNVs in microarray samples. Methods: Illumina SNP microarray data from 13,254 individuals were analyzed with scatterplots and by PennCNV. The data were analyzed w

Dual-mobility cups in THA were designed to reduce prosthesis instability and the subsequent risk of revision surgery in high-risk patients, such as those with hip fractures. However, there are limited data from clinical studies reporting a revision benefit of dual-mobility over conventional THA. Collaboration between anthroplasty registries provides an opportunity to describe international practic

The aim of this thesis was to develop the Uniti One window design from a prototype stage to be ready for mass production. Uniti One is a lightweight, two-seated, electric vehicle of the L7e-category designed for urban transportation. In late 2017, three prototypes of this vehicle were built, and that construction was used as the start point of the development. Vehicle regulations, material theory

Business to Business (B2B) försäljning står för en stor del av dagens sålda varor och tjänster. Dessa säljprocesser blir alltmer komplexa och involverar fler personer än tidigare. B2B försäljningen har också börjat ske mer online. Genom den här avhandlingen så har författaren undersökt hur en typisk B2B säljprocess går till i ett försök att hitta säljaktiviteter som kan samlas på en gemensam plaBusiness to business (B2B) sales constitutes a big part of today's sold goods and services. These sales processes are getting more complex and involve more people than before. B2B sales are also more and more taking place online. Throughout this thesis the author has researched the nature of a typical B2B sales process in an attempt to find sales activities that could be gathered in a common

The modern economy has put an emphasis on team-led work in both large- and small-scale projects. This has led to ways to maximize the effectiveness of teams, with an increasing focus being put on one key concept: psychological safety. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between psychological safety and team effectiveness through the use of a cross-sectional study design on an IT p

Morphology, structure and chemistry have been investigated for 17 different commercial graphenegrades,all labeled as different kinds of graphene powder. For objectivity reasons, all powders have been given names as Graphene A-Q instead of their real product names. Out of the 17 tested powders, only Graphene A and B showed consistent results of being graphene-like. All powders have been characteriz

Aktiebolag är i behov av kapital. Detta beror dels på ett lagstadgat krav om att alla aktiebolag måste inneha ett aktiekapital, dels på att olika affärsprojekt och investeringar kostar pengar. Det finns nackdelar med samtliga befintliga finansieringsalternativ. Av denna anledning utreds i detta arbete, med användande av den rättsdogmatiska metoden, om en alternativ lösning för kapitalanskaffning iLimited companies are in need of capital. This is partly due to the statutory requirement that all limited companies must hold a share capital, but also because of the fact that different business projects and investments cost money. The existing financing options all have some disadvantages. As a result, this essay investigates an alternative solution for the raising of capital in limited compani

Wastewater from pharmaceutical industries can sometimes contain substances that could cause complications in the receiving wastewater treatment plant. This master thesis is about a phar-maceutical company and the wastewater from it. The company (McNeil) will introduce new products, and this will result in new wastewater streams with unknown properties. It is crucial that the new streams do not cau

Geographical Information Systems (GISs) have shown to be of great help in the work at contaminated sites. Today there is an increase in the development of 3D modeling in many fields. However, to combine the advantage working with spatial data in a GIS and 3D modeling for subsurface soil data is limited. In this study, the possibilities of interpolating volumes of soil contamination in 3D were inve