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Based on the known age-related loss of Purkinje cells (PC) in the cerebellum, this study focuses on whether a marked loss of PC occurs in individuals of very high age. The inferior olive, which is intimately connected with the cerebellum anatomically as well as functionally, was also studied. The study group included 15 nondemented and basically healthy cases aged 32-104 years. Linear neuronal den

Healthy human skeletal muscles are composed of two distinguishable types of fibre, apparently randomly arranged within fascicles (bundles of fibres surrounded by connective tissue). Large groups of fibres of the same type indicate a neurogenic muscle disorder. An objective method for detecting nonrandom arrangements of fibres could improve the diagnosis of such disorders, particularly at an early

This study represents an analysis of the discursive differences in Swedens and New Zealand's construction of policy regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. It systematically applies Carol Bacchi's What's the problem represented to be-framework in order to identify and analyze the differences in the discourses produced by the governments of the respective countries. This analysis yielded a num

Background: The lithotomy position is one of the four most common positions during surgical procedures. This position is very vulnerable for the patient and can lead to several different types of complications. To ensure a safe positioning the preoperative assessment and preparations requires an OR nurse’s specialist competence. The aim: The aim was to examine if OR nurses’ years of experience aff

In this thesis, functions describing relations between chemical concentrations at equilibrium are studied. The functions have some parameters that are desired to be determined. Based on the properties of the functions, an optimization method will be proposed. Because of these special properties, it is appropriate to consider the residuals in the max norm, since then it is possible to show that the

The microbial community in five commercial Pu-erh tea products and one Liu Bao Cha tea were investigated in this study with the aim to search for beneficial live bacteria. Three different treatments were applied for every tea; non-brewed, brewed with and without leaf filtration. The results showed microbial activity in all teas and particularly lactic acid bacteria (LAB), except in the Liu Bao Cha

Despite the importance of infrastructure, a big funding gap can be seen in infrastructure procurement. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) were once seen as a solution, but years later the results are underwhelming. As the industry can be susceptible to corruption, concerns have emerged about PPPs. To confront these concerns, this study aims to investigate if there is a link between corruption and

It has been shown that pollinators mediate selection on floral traits of food-deceptive orchids. However, few studies have disentangled the mechanisms linking floral traits to performance and fitness, providing an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the process of natural selection. In this project, we studied trait-performance-fitness relationships on three food-deceptive Dactylorhiza o

Consider n vertices arranged in a circle where each vertex is given a fitness from {0,1}. At each discrete time step, one of the vertices with fitness equal to zero (unless there are none of those, then pick a vertex with fitness equal to one) is selected with equal probability. Then this vertex and the two neighbouring vertices are each given a new fitness from a Bernoulli(p) distribution indepen

Sedan 1970-talet har antalet kokböcker ökat markant på den svenska bokmarknaden. Undersökningen tittar närmare på hur kokboken förändrats i fråga om utgivning, inriktning och uttryck under perioden 1976-2015. Detta innefattar också en strävan efter att söka förstå vad som kan ha föranlett den kraftiga expansionen. Utifrån ett textsociologiskt perspektiv har en kvantitativ undersökning utförts base

The purpose of this report is to investigate a branch and bound algorithm designed to construct monotone smoothing splines. The splines are defined as the solution of a minimization problem, where one wants to find a curve with non-negative derivative everywhere, that fits a data set consisting of points in the plane, while also being sufficiently smooth. The report describes the theory necessary

Sweden has one of Europe's highest sickness absence rates and Great Britain one of the lowest. The Swedish sickness absence has fluctuated very much over the last decades, while the British rate is fairly stable. The thesis aims to cover the major aspects in society that can affect the sickness absence. The factors are divided into three groups&semic institutional, labour market related an

EC competition policy has different objectives, for instance to create the single market and keep it open and competitive. Article 81 EC provides an effective instrument in order to ensure that competition is not distorted. Article 81 EC catches and prohibits anti-competitive agreements, decisions and concerted practices but where the positive effects of an agreement outweigh the negative effects

Vi genomför en fallstudie av finanskrisen genom åren 2007 t.o.m. 2011 för USA, Storbritannien och Tyskland. Vi utgår ifrån den österrikiska konjunkturcykelteorin och undersöker om teorin rimligen kan förklara händelserna i våra tre utvalda länder. Vi genomför en deduktiv studie där vi extrapolerar fem hypoteser från den österrikiska konjunkturteorin för att se hur väl konjunkturförloppet motsvararWe perform a case study of the financial crisis through the years 2007 - 2011 for USA, Great Britain and Germany. The Austrian theory of the business cycle is our framework and we examine if the theory reasonably can explain the events in our three chosen countries. We perform a deductive study where we extrapolate five hypotheses from the Austrian theory of the business cycle to see how well the