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This study aims to investigate the possibility of creating template times for rail works. Furthermore the study identifies a few effects which template times could have on planning of rail works, traffic and economy. Template times are being considered by the Swedish Transport Administration, Trafikverket, for the early stages of planning when there is a need to estimate the time required within t
When a state adopts a new law or enforces an existing law, it risks breaching its obligations under an International Investment Agreement (IIA). According to the regulatory chill theory, a state will refrain from regulating due to the risk of being sued by an investor under the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. The purpose of the thesis is to examine the issue of the “regulatory chi
Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om faderskapspresumtionen spelat ut sin roll och huruvida den är förenlig med barnets bästa. Faderskapspresumtionen är känd redan från den romerska rätten och innebär att när en gift kvinna får barn antas hennes make vara far till barnet. När ett barn föds av en ogift moder måste faderskapet fastställas genom bekräftelse eller dom. Föreliggande uppsats preThe purpose of this essay is to investigate if the presumption of legitimacy has had its day and if it is compatible with the child’s best interest. The presumption of legitimacy is known all the way back from Roman law and means that the husband of a women is pressumed to be the father to the child to whom she gives birth. When a unmarried woman gives birth to a child, the paternity is establishe
Att människor, under tvång eller utifrån fri vilja, lämnat sina hem för att söka en bättre boplats har alltid varit en del av den mänskliga historien. Den här uppsatsen belyser hur den svenska lagstiftaren såg på invandring till Sverige på 1920- och 1930-talen. Utifrån ett rättsutvecklingsperspektiv analyseras lagmotiv, främst riksdagstryck, för att urskilja förändring över tid. Fokus för undersökPeople have, forced to or based on free will, left their homes in search of a better place to live, during the entire human history. This essay highlights how Swedish legislators handled the issue of immigration to Sweden in the 1920s and 1930s. From a legal development perspective, mainly parliamentary documents are analysed to distinguish change over time. The focus of the study is to evaluate t
In 2018, several European nations celebrated their centennial anniversaries of independence. Two of them, Estonia and Latvia, had never been independent before 1918, and for these nations, the events surrounding independence therefore have a special meaning. This is not least made evident by the historical development that they have gone through over the course of the past century, having been inc
This thesis aims to assess article 101 (3) TFEU from fairness point of view. More specifically, the focus will be on assessing whether this article protects/ promotes fairness, and if so, who’s fairness. A special focus will be on also assessing what is considered as fair under the second condition of article 101 (3) TFEU, which directly refers to fairness by requiring that consumers receive a fai
Purpose: The fundamental aim of this thesis is to investigate how strongly the Personalized Marketing (PM) factors identified in previous literature correlate with millennials’, aged 24 to 40, intention to act upon personalized advertisements on Facebook. Thereafter, the goal was to compare the extent to which the outcomes varied depending on millennials' age group and gender. Methodology: The
Objective. Patients with hepatitis C have been shown to have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of this study was to determine HRQoL in patients in different stages of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and to compare HRQoL in HCV cirrhosis with non-HCV-induced cirrhosis. Material and methods. Out of 489 consecutive patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria, 472 (96%) agreed to part
Minimally modified low density lipoprotein (mmLDL) is a well-known risk factor for coronary artery disease. Upregulation of vascular endothelin type B (ETB) receptors on the vascular smooth muscle cells is predicted to be the molecular mechanism that leads to cardiovascular pathogenesis. The objective of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that mmLDL upregulates ETB receptors in rat co
Background and purpose MRI is the modality of choice when diagnosing spinal stenosis but it also shows that stenosis is prevalent in asymptomatic subjects over 60. The relationship between preoperative health-related quality of life, functional status, leg and back pain, and the objectively measured dural sac area in single and multilevel stenosis is unknown. We assessed this relationship in a pro
This paper presents the development of an experimentally validated model that mechanistically comprehends the complex interaction between the gas-phase fluid dynamics, the mass transport of individual species, and the heterogeneous gas-surface reaction mechanism in a continuous cross-flow atomic layer deposition (ALD) reactor. The developed ALD gas-surface reaction mechanism, purely based on conse
Developing useful biological isoscapes for areas of the world is a priority. This is the case for Mexico that hosts a large percentage of North America's Neotropical migrant birds. Here we investigated the use of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) feathers to create a spatially explicit feather deuterium isoscape for that country using samples (n=461) that were collected across Mexico. Considerable
Caveolae, plasma membrane invaginations particularly abundant in adipocytes, have been suggested to be important in organizing insulin signalling. Insulin-induced activation of the membrane bound cAMP degrading enzyme, phosphodiesterase 3B (PDE3B) is a key step in insulin-mediated inhibition of lipolysis and is also involved in the regulation of insulin-mediated glucose uptake and lipogenesis in a
This paper presents a method designed to identify underlying causes leading to industrial accidents. The method developed intends to facilitate the learning process from accidents by identifying possible causes related to the accidents that were not directly stated in an accident report, but that can be deduced following the description of the event, in particular with regard to the quality of the
Popular Abstract in Swedish De flesta större operationer på hjärtat idag kräver att hjärtat under en del av operationen står stilla utan att blod cirkulerar igenom det. För att kunna bibehålla ett blodflöde av syresatt blod genom kroppen kopplas en hjärt-lungmaskin till patienten. Blodet förs via slangar från höger förmak först ner till ett uppsamlingskärl, varifrån blodet pumpas vidare genom en oThe use of cardiotomy suction during open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has a long tradition and often regarded as mandatory. Recently, studies have described potentially negative effects of cardiotomy suction with activation of the complement system, enhanced inflammatory response, hemolysis and coagulopathy. Emboli of various matters has also been studied. Whether they affect t
Numerous fossil meteorites and high concentrations of sediment-dispersed extraterrestrial chromite (EC) grains with ordinary chondritic composition have previously been documented from 467 +/- 1.6 Ma Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) strata. These finds probably reflect a temporarily enhanced influx of L-chondritic matter, following the disruption of the L-chondrite parent body in the asteroid belt
Effects of peptide hydrophobicity on lipid membrane binding, incorporation, and defect formation was investigated for variants of the complement-derived antimicrobial peptide CNY21 (CNYITELRRQHARASHLGLAR), in anionic 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (POPE)/1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylglycerol (POPG) and zwitterionic 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) membranes. Using a
L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia is a common side effect developed after chronic treatment with 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA) in Parkinson's disease. The biological mechanisms behind this side effect are not fully comprehended although involvement of dopaminergic, serotonergic, and glutamatergic systems has been suggested. The present study utilizes in vivo amperometry to investigate the impact
Developing useful biological isoscapes for areas of the world is a priority. This is the case for Mexico that hosts a large percentage of North America's Neotropical migrant birds. Here we investigated the use of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) feathers to create a spatially explicit feather deuterium isoscape for that country using samples (n=461) that were collected across Mexico. Considerable
Umbilical cord blood acid-base status at birth gives an objective evaluation of the fetal exposure and response to hypoxia during labor. The objective of this thesis was to elucidate methodological issues associated with interpretation of cord blood gases. DELAYED CORD BLOOD SAMPLING (Paper I): arterial and venous pH and bicarbonate decreased, and pCO2, base deficit (BD), and lactate increased sig
