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Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have an increased risk of compromised bone mineral density (BMD) and body composition. There are limited data on the physical exercise (PE) habits of patients with childhood-onset IBD and on the associations between PE and BMD and body composition. Patients and methods: In total, 72 young adults with childhood-onset IBD and 1341 normative

Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the real-world clinical performance of a sirolimus-eluting ultrathin-strut drug-eluting stent (DES) (Orsiro) in a large nationwide cohort of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods and results: From the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry, the two-year outcomes of 4,561 patients implanted with Orsiro (Orsiro

Background: Being an informal carer of a person with dementia (PwD) can have a negative effect on the carer’s health and quality of life, and spouse carers have been found to be especially vulnerable. Yet relatively little is known about the care provided and support received by spouse carers. This study compares spouse carers to other informal carers of PwDs regarding their care provision, the su

Fatal intoxications are common in a medico-legal autopsy setting and are associated with sparse findings during autopsy. It has been suggested that an increased lung weight may be associated with such fatalities. Previous literature is generally limited to a descriptive approach, including only opioid deaths, and lacking a definition of “heavy” lungs. Our aim was to create a model to identify case

Differences in glucose metabolism among categories of prediabetes have not been systematically investigated. In this longitudinal study, participants (N = 2,111) underwent a 2-h 75-g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) at baseline and 48 months. HbA1c was also measured. We classified participants as having isolated prediabetes defect (impaired fasting glucose [IFG], impaired glucose tolerance [IGT]

Context: Aggressive pituitary tumors (APTs) are characterized by unusually rapid growth and lack of response to standard treatment. About 1% to 2% develop metastases being classified as pituitary carcinomas (PCs). For unknown reasons, the corticotroph tumors are overrepresented among APTs and PCs. Mutations in the alpha thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked (ATRX) gene, regulating chrom

Metod: Studien tog sin början i en genomgång av befintlig litteratur för att skapa en grundförståelse samt ett teoretiskt ramverk att utgå ifrån. Detta resulterade i en första version av ett teoretiskt ramverk som ligger till grund för datainsamlingen. Den vetenskapliga ansatsen för studien är således abduktiv. I syfte att förstå beslutsfattande bakom kvasi-standarder användes sensiterande kategorMethod: The study departs in a rigorous review of existing literature in order to create a broad understanding and ultimately a theoretical framework. This theoretical framework is the basis both for data collection and analysis of the empirical findings. The theoretical approach is hence mainly abductive. In order to understand the decision factors behind quasi-standards, sensitized categories we

This study investigates the acoustic characteristics and cross-dialectal variation of the diphthongs /ai au oi ui/ in the Nuckö, Ormsö, and Rickul varieties of Estonian Swedish, which have previously only been described impressionistically (Lagman, 1979; Danell, 1905-34). Eight acoustic measures, reflecting the F1 and F2 frequency values at the first (InF1 and InF2) and second (FinF1 and FinF2) vo

Since the building stock stands for significant part of the EU’s total energy use, energy renovations are needed in order to lower the negative environmental impacts. In Sweden, only 1 % of the total building stock is newly built i.e. the focus should be directed upon existing buildings. Moreover, most of the buildings in the “Million Program” from 1970´s are in need of renovations in order to kee

Offentliga upphandlingar utgör en stor del av de svenska och europeiska marknaderna och har sedan länge varit föremål för reglering som bland annat ska minska risken för korruption och säkerställa ett effektivt utnyttjande av offentliga medel. Sedan Sveriges tillträde i Europeiska ekonomiska samarbetsområdet 1992 har upphandlingsreglerna utgått från dem som framarbetats av Europeiska unionen. Det Public procurement constitutes a large part of Swedish and European markets and has since long been subject to regulation in order to, inter alia, decrease the risk of corruption and securing an effective use of public means. Since Sweden’s entry to the European Economic Area in 1992, existing rules of public procurement have originated from the rules drafted by the European Union. There exists a

Många av våra städer har problem med luftföroreningar och det har visat sig orsaka en hel del skador på människors hälsa. Det finns olika typer av luftföroreningar, vissa är gasformiga luftföroreningar som NOx eller marknära ozon och andra luftföroreningar partiklar. NOx bildas vid höga temperaturer från förbränningsprocesser som i en bilmotor. Marknära ozon form i kombination med NOx, kolväten ocMany of our cities have problems with air pollution and it have been shown to cause a lot of damage to human health. There are different kinds of air pollution, some are gaseous air pollutions like NOx or ground-level ozone and other air pollutions are particles. NOx forms in high temperatures from combustion processes like in a car motor. Ground-level ozone form in combination with NOx, hydrocarb

Ever since the EU’s sanctions against Russia were imposed in 2014, the bloc has managed to keep a united stance outwards. Under the surface, the measures have however generated sharp divisions among some of the Member States, where one faction wants to scrap the sanctions, while another faction wants to see them expanded. Divisions of this proportion are unprecedented in the EU’s sanctions history

The topic of Basic Colour Terms (BCT) and their proposed universality has long been a source of debate within linguistics. Whether colour terms (as symbols) fill lexical gaps of presumed universal colour categories (as senses) or not is relevant for the debate regarding linguistic relativity: the hypothesis about the influence of language on the way we think. Until now, there has been a focus on

Barkborrar är en grupp av insekter som lever av och i vedartade växter. Vissa av barkborrarna har förmågan att angripa levande träd, och därav kan de potentiellt orsaka storskaliga skogsskador. Dessa skogsskador kan ha en betydande ekologisk inverkan på skogars ekosystem samt betydande ekonomisk inverkan för skogsägare och samhällen som är beroende av skogsbruk. I den här studien användes fenologiBark beetles are a subfamily of insects living in and breeding on woody plants. Some of the bark beetle species have the ability to attack living trees, and thereby the potential to cause major forest damage. These forest damages can have a significant ecological and economic impact to forest ecosystems and foresters. In this study, phenology models were used to compare the responses to climate ch

Kristoffer Magnusson Pollinering av blommor utanför hagmarker Det senaste århundradet har den biologiska mångfalden i jordbrukslandskapet minskat markant på grund av den ökade intensiteten i jordbruket. Vad som fanns tidigare var ett mer lågintensivt jordbruk med traditionella verktyg och metoder. Detta lågintensiva jordbruk skapade otroligt artrika ängar och hagmarker i jordbrukslandskapet. EfThe aim of this study is to examine the spillover effects of diversity in insect pollinated plants in the vicinity of semi-natural grasslands, if the biodiversity in plants is increased as a result of being close to pastures and if a local environmental support has an effect on its surroundings. As agricultural intensification reduces biodiversity and contributes to habitat degradation, studies on

This paper consists of a literature study and laboratory experiments of magnesium oxide boards, from Swedish suppliers, that is a part of a larger research project. Lately the boards have become known for the way they absorb moisture which has led to damage on adjacent materials. The boards are inorganic and are marketed as moisture proof. The purpose of the larger research project is to identify

Återställning av alvarlandskapet – en studie om Degerhamns kalkstensbrott När ett stenbrott avslutas börjar arbetet med att så gott som möjligt återskapa det landskapet som fanns innan brytningen. Min studie har undersökt hur detta ska gå till i ett kalkstensbrott i Degerhamn på södra Öland. Detta är en mycket viktig fråga då området på södra Öland internationellt sett är en mycket unik naturtypWhen a quarry closes measurements must be taken to recreate the landscape that originally was there. Old quarries are filled with water and are called artificial lakes. The aim of the study is to compare the water quality in three artificial lakes within a limestone quarry in Degerhamn, Öland with an alvar lake outside the quarry, in order to aid the restoration of the original landscape. The goal

The public sector in Sweden has since the 1980´s looked for inspiration from businesses and corporations in the organization of their work. This due to the emergence of a management trend known as new public management. One effect has been a spread of the concept of lean in multiple public sector organizations all over the country. Lean is a concept and method used to achieve efficiency and qualit

The objective of this essay is to investigate if the performance of an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) share has an impact on the probability of closure of the same Exchange-Traded Fund. A great number of ETFs closures occurred in the last two years and the number of these closed ETFs represent a relevant percentage of the total number of ETFs that have been liquidated since this type of shares came to

It was a regular Thursday on October 28th in 2021 in the middle of the pandemic where humanity was going about in their everyday lives. However, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg had before witnessed a plethora of negative stories and reviews following the leak of Facebook ́s internal documents which portrayed the issues with the company. All of the negative press and political battles towards Faceboo