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Galactic nuclei contain super-massive black holes (SMBHs), nuclear stellar clusters (NSCs), or both. In the NSC, intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are likely to reside and form highly eccentric binaries. Over time, the orbit of a binary could harden via interaction with surrounding low-mass stars. Eventually, it would be possible for the IMBHs to, via the emission of gravitational waves (GWs),
This thesis aims to shed light upon the cathar church and its expression of power and hierarchy in their rituals, such as the consolamentum, in conjunction with their theological view of said power and hierarchy. With a hermeneutic theory and a text analysis I read and aim to examine the cathars' own texts in its own context. Through my reading of their theological and ritual texts. I make the
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common form of skin cancer with the current diagnostic procedures relying on surgical excisions and histopathological analyses. Incomplete removal of the tumor necessitates additional surgery, which is both costly and time-consuming, and causes unnecessary suffering for the patient. To address this, non-invasive diagnostic techniques capable of determining th
Tidiga bevis-reformen genomfördes 1 januari 2022, vilket innebar en modernisering av processrätten. Bland annat infördes en ny lagregel, 35:15 RB. Bestämmelsen medförde nya möjligheter att tillåta uppspelning av videoförhör som bevis inför rätten, något som tidigare varit möjligt enbart under vissa förutsättningar. Således innebar lagändringen en uppluckring i bevisomedelbarhetsprincipen, vilket äA reform on Swedish procedural law was implemented on 1 January 2022. Among other things, a new legal on evidence rule was introduced in The Swedish Code of Judicial Procedure, chapter 35, sector 15 (35:15 RB). The provision brought new opportunities to allow the playback of video interrogations as evidence before the court, something that had previously only been possible under certain conditions
The control of large and complex systems is a difficult but important topic. In applications, centralized control, in which all measurements about a system are used to compute control actions, is often preferable, since it allows for a better overview of the system and more precise control. However, in large networks, where the complexity of implementing a centralized controller becomes too diffic
Våldtäkt är ett ord som väcker många känslor och associationer hos människor i dagens samhälle. Alla har på något sätt kommit i kontakt med det, även om han eller hon inte själv varit drabbad eller känner någon som har. Med jämna mellanrum är våldtäkt och sexuella övergrepp i stort ett stort och hett ämne i media. Tyvärr speglar inte alltid deras bild av hur det ser ut, den som finns i verkligheteRape is a word that arouses many feelings and associations of people in today's society. All have somehow come into contact with it, even if he or she has not personally been affected or knows someone who has. Periodically, the rape and sexual abuse in general is a great and hot topic in the media. I do not always reflect their view of how it looks in the real world. It's easy to think and
Under 2008 svarade EU:s offentliga upphandling för 17-18 procent av EU:s BNP. Huruvida offentliga medel skall kunna användas som instrument för att förverkliga politiska ambitioner eller om upphandlande myndighet endast skall ta hänsyn till ekonomiska aspekter har varit föremål för diskussion. Jag har valt att kartlägga de normgivande regelverk som reglerar arbetsrättslig hänsyn vid offentlig upphIn 2008 public procurement made up 17-18 percent of the EU GDP. The issue of whether the disbursement of public funds can be used to promote social objectives, including preservation of labour law requirements or whether public authorities only shall take economic considerations into account when deciding what to purchase, has been subject to discussion. In this thesis, I have chosen to describe t
Extreme events are believed to become frequent, intense and long lasting with climate change. An example of such extreme event is the record breaking summer 2003 heat wave. The 2003 heat wave, accompanied by drought conditions, had severe impacts on the European terrestrial ecosystems. In this study we have used an ecosystem model LPJ-GUESS to investigate how the carbon balance of Europe was affec
Frågan om hur man bör se på straffansvar och påföljder för personer som begår brott under inflytande av en allvarlig psykisk störning är omdebatterade och därtill mycket komplicerad. Intresset av att personer som begår brott möts av en adekvat reaktion på brottet ställs här emot behovet av att tillräckligt beakta gärningsmannens psykiska tillstånd och behov av behandling. Principen att vissa persoThe question of how one should look at penalties and sanctions for persons committing crimes under the influence of a serious mental illness is controversial and very complicated. The interest in that people who commit crimes are met with an adequate response to crime is put up against the need to sufficiently take into account the offender's mental condition and need for treatment. The princi
As a consequence of the current global warming debate, many companies are today working towards minimizing their operations’ effect on the environment. The Swedish firm Ångpanneföreningen (ÅF), offers environmental consulting services through its EHS department (Environment, Health and Safety). The department’s largest business areas are services regarding state-regulated emission permits and meas
Problem The aviation industry is a branch with extremely high quality requirements on spare parts and belonging documents. These documents, which assure that a part complies with authority requirements, are scanned and electronically saved in the stock receipt at Lufthansa Technik Logistik GmbH in Hamburg. The quality level of scanned documents is to investigate and shall provide useful informatio
Mätningar av magnetisk hysteresis har genomförts på sedimentborrkärnor med hög tidsupplösning för att studera om sedimentkornstorleken kan relateras till relativ bottenströmshastighet. Mätningarna utfördes på tre borrkärnor, en från Nordatlanten och två från Norska havet. Hysteresismätningar är känsliga för variationer i de magnetiska kornstorlekarna (Day et al. 1977) och anses vara representativaHigh-resolution magnetic hysteresis measurements were carried out on three sediment cores, one from the North Atlantic and two from the Norwegian Sea. These measurements can be used to reconstruct changes in magnetic grain-size. Physical grain-size has been interpreted as a proxy for bottom current intensity (McCave et al. 1995) and this study shows that the hysteresis measurements can contribute
Seveberggrunden i nordöstra Kebnekaise domineras av amfiboliter och ögongnejser. Detta examensarbete beskriver tektonostratigrafin i två nyckelområden (Nallo och norra Mårma). Seven i nordöstra Kebnekaise korreleras med den övre Seven söderut i Kebnekaise samt norrut mot Abisko och Indre Troms. I specialstudier identifieras moderbergarterna för en nyupptäckt gnejs samt för två typer av ögongnejserThe Seve Nappe Complex in the Kebnekaise Mts. is dominated by metabasites (Kebne Dyke Complex) and mylonitic gneisses. This study describes the tectonostratigraphy in two key areas (Nallo and Mårma) and investigates the origin of a granitic gneiss and two varieties of augen gneiss. The Kebne Dyke Complex consists of thin dark bands of amphibolite in a metagabbro, interpreted to represent dolerite
The purpose of our report was to analyze the effects of youth drug abuse on the families concerned. Youth drug abuse made us wonder about the effects on the family as a whole, of those involved with drug abuse. To answer this question, we decided to employ an empiric study in the form of interviews with four teenagers, five parents and four drug counselors. Because our intent was to understand rat
The process stability of water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) double emulsions stabilized with food-grade OSA modified quinoa starch granules was investigated. The effect of oils with differing melting points, as well as the effect of in situ partial gelatinization of the granules, on stability of emulsions was also investigated. The physical stability and release of a tracer (carmine) from the internal
General obesity has been positively associated with risk of liver and probably with biliary tract cancer, but little is known about abdominal obesity or weight gain during adulthood. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard models to investigate associations between weight, body mass index, waist and hip circumference, waist-to-hip and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), weight change during adulth
The hygroscopic growth of the atmospheric aerosol is a critical parameter for quantifying the anthropogenic radiative forcing. Until now, there has been a lack of long term measurements due to limitations in instrumental techniques. In this work, for the first time the seasonal variation of the hygroscopic properties of a continental background aerosol has been described, based on more than two ye
The Sao Francisco Craton (SFC) is an Archaean-Proterozoic craton that hosts a significant number of mafic intrusions. Previous attempts to date the igneous emplacement of these rocks are limited to a few poor precision Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isochrons. Here, dykes from the Curaca belt, in the northeastern portion of the craton, as well as from the Chapada Diamantina region in the central part, were dated
We previously presented evidence that transmembrane domain (TM) IV and TM X-XI are important for inhibitor binding and ion transport by the human Na+/H+ exchanger, hNHE1 (Pedersen, S. F., King, S. A., Nygaard, E. B., Rigor, R. R., and Cala, P. M. (2007) J. Biol. Chem. 282, 19716-19727). Here, we present a structural model of the transmembrane part of hNHE1 that further supports this conclusion. Th
Progressive cognitive decline in combination with a cerebrospinal fluid biomarker pattern of low levels of amyloid-β1-42 and high levels of total tau and phosphorylated tau is typical of Alzheimer's disease. However, several neurodegenerative disorders may overlap with Alzheimer's disease both in regards to clinical symptoms and neuropathology. In a uniquely large cohort of dementia patients, we e
