Sökresultat

Aims: Gestational diabetes mellitus affects approximately 7% of all pregnant women. Some of these women develop autoantibodies that are generally characteristic of Type 1 diabetes. Autoantibodies targeting glutamic acid decarboxylase and tyrosine phosphatase-like protein are the most frequently reported. A recently identified autoantigen in Type 1 diabetes is zinc transporter 8. Some reports sugg

OBJECTIVE: Umbilical cord acid-base analysis is fundamental for assessing intrapartum hypoxia. The accuracy of arterial umbilical cord blood lactate, pH and base deficit to reflect a low 5-minute Apgar score and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) stage 2-3 was assessed, and new gestational age-adjusted reference standards were compared with traditional stationary reference values. DESIGN AND SA

The aim of this thesis was to characterize a personal denuder/filter sampler for isocyanate aerosol and to study the emission of airborne particles from the interaction between studded tires and pavements. Both types of aerosols are highly relevant for health studies in public and occupational environments. The adverse health effects of airborne isocyanate exposure are well known in the occupatio

Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) is the key-enzyme for acetylcholine (ACh) synthesis and constitutes a reliable marker for the integrity of cholinergic neurons. Cortical ChAT activity is decreased in the brain of patients suffering from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The standard method used to measure the activity of ChAT enzyme relies on a very sensitive radiometric assay but can only be

Objective: To examine the intertester reliability of the three activities of the Cumulated Ambulation Score (CAS) and the total CAS, and to define limits for the smallest change in basic mobility that indicates a real change in patients with hip fracture.Design: An intertester reliability study.Setting: An acute 20-bed orthopaedic hip fracture unit.Subjects: Fifty consecutive patients with a media

Windstorms have caused severe damage on several occasions in Sweden during the last century. A general concern about future projections of climate extremes has raised questions on the variations and impacts of windstorms. The main objective with this work was to reach a deeper understanding of the variability and possible trends in ­windstorms, and related storm impacts in forests. This was achiev

Radiotherapy to the head and neck region leads to severe side effects in the oral cavity but knowledge about severity and onset is scarce among oncology nurses in a radiotherapy department. The aim was to test the Oral Assessment Guide for reliability and validity for patients receiving radiotherapy to the head and neck region. A prospective design with repeated assessments was selected. Thirty-si

Denna uppsats analyserar hur de två minoritetsskyddsreglerna likhetsprincipen och generalklausulerna ska tolkas och tillämpas enligt gällande rätt. Uppsatsen redogör för likhetsprincipen i 4 kap. 1 § ABL och generalklausulerna i 7 kap. 47 § ABL samt 8 kap. 41 1 st. ABL. Likhetsprincipen syftar till att likställighet ska råda mellan aktierna i ett aktiebolag, huvudregeln säger att aktierna i ett bThis paper will analyse how the two minority rules, the Principle Of Equality and the General Clauses ought to be interpreted and applied in accordance with applicable law. The paper describes the Principle Of Equality in Chapter 4. 1 § ABL and General Clauses in Chapter 7. 47 § ABL and Chapter 8. 41 1 pc. ABL. The Principle Of Equality aims at equality between the shares of a corporation, the pr

Det är inget ovanligt med inkomstöverföringar mellan företag i en internationell företagsgrupp, d.v.s. att medel som inte utgör en marknadsmässig ersättning för en motprestation överförs mellan företag i intressegemenskap. Motiven för detta kan vara att minska inkomstskatten i ett högskatteland genom att överföra vinster till ett mer skatteförmånligt land, eller att minska den totala skattebelastnThis thesis aims to analyze the elements of transfer pricing with emphasis on the peculiarities that the nature of intellectual property involve and the difficulties that enterprises may face when implementing transfer pricing. The concept of transfer pricing relates to the system of assessing the price for the transfer of goods, services and intangibles between member entities of a multinational

Virtuella valutor i allmänhet och bitcoin i synnerhet är en del i den digitala utveckling som sker i allt snabbare takt. Virtuella valutor har under de senaste åren gått ifrån att vara en företeelse som enbart attraherade en ytterst begränsad skara individer till att bli ett globalt virtuellt valutasystem med miljontals användare. Även den finansiella expansionen som virtuella de valutorna varit m

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (2016) food production has a big impact on the climate, and a big part of the food gets wasted as garbage. About 91% of the food that the stores waste is still eatable (Naturvårdsverket, 2014). The government has set a goal to reduce the food waste with 20% until 2020 in comparison to 2010. In present days there’s a lot of research on how to maintai

De stjärnor man kan se på himmeln en riktigt stjärnklar natt - omkring 3000 - är bara en bråkdel av alla de som faktiskt finns i universum. Ljuset har en hög men inte oändlig hastighet. Därför kan vi bara se sådant som ligger tillräckligt nära jorden, så att ljuset hunnit färdas hit under universums livstid. De himlakroppar som ligger längst bort ifrån jorden men som fortfarande går att se (med teDoes the formation of planets give imprints on the chemical composition of the host star? In order to test this theory a differential abundance analysis (i.e. comparing two stars' abundances to each other) was carried out on a few stars with and without known planets, to see if any differences were found. The analysis was based on high resolution, high signal to noise ratio (SNR) spectra of fo

Recent policy developments on the global, regional and national levels have materialised strategic goals for building resilience. Implementing resilience fundamentally requires operationalising the concept in order to make it measurable. This thesis scoped for professional resilience measurement methodologies across grey literature and analysed their organisational purposes and specifics of measur

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to research how Air Canada uses their country-of-origin as part of their identity and branding strategy and to find out how a global customer base perceives it. Air Canada was chosen for the main focus of this research, as the airline is leveraging their Canadian country-of-origin as the primary factor in differentiating themselves in a highly competitive mark

The aims of this study were to survey a sample of Swedish adults with self-reported ADHD and to investigate: 1) the extent of their reported impairments in social functioning and the relationship between these and the severity of their ADHD symptoms, comorbid symptoms of anxiety and depression, psychological flexibility and ADHD-specific quality of life (QoL); 2) investigate whether the participan

The development of English into a dynamic and diverse compound of language varieties has led to a spread of non-standard grammar features. Such linguistic development affects language education, and thus the significance of common non-standard grammar features needs to be explored. The purpose of this study was thus to investigate the significance of traditional “correctness” of grammar in relatio

En näringsidkares garantiutfästelse utgör en kraftig förstärkning av det konsumentköprättsliga skyddet. I Konsumentköplagens 21 § stadgas det att en näringsidkare skall svara för såväl ursprungliga som uppkomna fel hos varan under hela den angivna tiden. Lägg därtill till att Konsumentköplagen redan, i form av dess 20a §, innehåller en form av lagstadgad garanti där fel som visar sig inom sex månaA warranty in B2C-relations regarding constitutes a major increase of the consumers rights. It Is stated in the KKL 21 § that a businessman should be held liable for original- as well as later occurring faults in the product for the entirety of the prearranged course of time. In addition to this, the KKL in its 20a § does already contain a form of warranty regulated in law where defects who appear

Det är välkänt att det industriella jordbruket har omfattande negativa sociala, ekonomiska och miljömässiga effekter. Hållbart jordbruk ses som ett alternativ till detta nedbrytande system. Dess syfte är istället att skapa ett jordbruk som är hållbart på lång sikt. Med detta som utgångspunkt undersöker denna uppsats hur den gemensamma jordbrukspolitiken (CAP) har påverkat hållbart jordbruk i SveriIt is well known that industrial agriculture has extensive negative social, economic and environmental effects. Sustainable agriculture has been designed as a way of out this negative cycle, and is meant to create an agricultural system with temporal stability. With this starting point, this thesis investigates how the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has affected sustainable agriculture in Sweden