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Urbaniseringen i världen har de senaste 60 åren accelererat, och folk bor numera allt tätare och spenderar större delen av livet inomhus. Samtidigt pågår en trend av ökad psykisk ohälsa i många länder, där urbaniseringen kan vara en påverkande faktor. Studier visar att närhet till natur gör oss mer välmående. Ett sätt att uppnå detta inomhus är att ha inomhusväxter. Dock är ett problem med att ha Urbanization in the world has during the past 60 years accelerated, resulting in people living in more densely populated areas and spending a majority of their lives indoors. Another ongoing trend in many countries is an increase in mental health issues, where urbanization could be a contributing factor. Studies have shown that closeness to nature increases our well-being. One way to achieve this

In recent decades, the rate of extinction of species is increasing due to human use and refinement of nature. This has resulted in a large amount of research throughout the world. Forestry today is mostly based on clear cuts, and many natural forests have been cut down and replaced with monocultured forests. This is the major reason to the loss of species. Research has increased the knowledge abo

Differences in ecological conditions can result in the evolution of dramatic inter-population shifts in whole suites of traits. We studied variation in reproductive output in three lizard populations of the Skyros Wall Lizard (Podarcis gaigeae, Lacertidae) endemic to the Skyros Archipelago (Greece), which live under similar climatic conditions but differ in predation pressure and food availability

Objective To compare, in young active adults with an acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, the mid-term (five year) patient reported and radiographic outcomes between those treated with rehabilitation plus early ACL reconstruction and those treated with rehabilitation and optional delayed ACL reconstruction. Design Extended follow-up of prospective randomised controlled trial. Setting Ortho

While negative effects of human disturbance on animals living above the ground have been widely reported, few studies have considered effects on animals occupying cavities or burrows underground. It is generally assumed that, in the absence of direct visual contact, such species are less vulnerable to disturbance. Seabird colonies can support large populations of burrow- and cavity-nesting species

A neural interface could be used to control a limb prosthesis. Such an interface can be created by facilitating axonal regeneration through a sieve electrode and then register nerve signals intended to control the prosthesis. A key question is how to design the electrodes to ensure the best possible regeneration. Our previous studies have indicated that regeneration can be achieved using electrode

Fluorescence super-resolution microscopy showed correlated fluctuations of photoluminescence intensity and spatial localization of individual perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) nanocrystals of size ∼200 × 30 × 30 nm(3). The photoluminescence blinking amplitude caused by a single quencher was a hundred thousand times larger than that of a typical dye molecule at the same excitation power density. The quencher

Mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a closed-circular double-helix molecule which contains two rRNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, and 22 tRNA genes. The molecule has become a popular tool in phylogenetic analyses owing to its relatively high evolutionary rate, simple genetic structure, small size, and compact gene arrangement. The order Perissodactyla includes the extant families Equidae, Ta

Effektivare antikroppsproduktion kan leda till bättre forskningsverktyg och framsteg inom antibody microarray Antikroppen har funnit en plats inom analys av proteinsammansättningar. Forskningsverktyget antibody microarray har i det avseendet visat sig vara kraftfullt och används idag flitigt. Krav på produktionen av antikroppsfragment har således ökat, men att producera dessa har visat sig var utAntibodies have proven its usefulness in a variety of technologies, including Flow Cytometry, Immunohistochemistry and Antibody Microarrays. The latter, which has been applied in e.g. biomarker discovery, disease monitoring, prognostics and protein expression profiling, has become a workhorse in affinity proteomics. By recombinantly expressing scFv antibody fragments in E. coli, a high-throughput

Våldtäkter i Sverige är ett fenomen som fått mycket belysning i media, men där det funnits ganska lite forskning om hur profilerna på de som begår brotten ser ut. Gärningsmannaprofilering har ett värde i att det kan hjälpa polisen avgränsa sökområdet, men profilering är också en disciplin inom forskningen där det funnits stora skillnader mellan olika länder. Därför är det viktigt att det bedrivs fRape is a criminal phenomenon that is widely recognized in Sweden, both journalistically and politically, but where research concerning the offenders' profiles is very sparse. Offender profiling is a valuable investigative tool which may help law enforcement limit their search parameters and prevent information overload. However, there are national disparities between crime scene actions and b

The mobile telecommunication network is growing year after year and it will soon move into the high speed 5G and Internet of Things technology. These new technologies will improve the throughput and data connectivity and due to that the energy consumption in radio and digital units may increase in a Radio Base Station (RBS). There are more than 500 000 off-grid RBSs in the world which are powered

The mobile telecommunication network is growing year after year and it will soon move into the high speed 5G and Internet of Things technology. These new technologies will improve the throughput and data connectivity and due to that the energy consumption in radio and digital units may increase in a Radio Base Station (RBS). There are more than 500 000 off-grid RBSs in the world which are powered

The relationship between ancient hominins and modern humans, from a new perspective Many questions followed the discovery and identification of the Neanderthal from the fossil record in 1856 as to its place in the hominin tree and its relationship with modern humans. Was it a direct ancestor? A remote cousin? Or did it mix with humans? Once reliable nuclear DNA data became available in 2010, the

Framtidens stålverk kan värma hushåll och lokaler Den nya generationens stålverk kan reducera koldioxidutsläppen upp till 95 %! Samtidigt kan resurseffektiviteten öka genom att spillvärmen används för att värma bostäder och lokaler, bra va?The steel industry is a large emitter of carbon dioxide and uses a lot of energy. Because of an increased awareness of the detrimental effects of climate change, research in alternative ways to operate steel plants have been made. It is now possible to build plants with far less emissions by using electrolysis and hydrogen reduction. Electrolysis is a technology with a long historical background t

Denna uppsats behandlar skiljemäns uppdragsöverskridande. Den 1 mars 2019 gjordes en ändring i lagen om skiljeförfaranden och det infördes bland annat ett inverkandekrav för klandergrunden om uppdragsöverskridnade. Motsvarande krav har tidigare funnits i klandergrunden om handläggnings-fel men hur inverkandekravet bör tillämpas i förhållande till uppdragsöver-skridande är otydligt. Det övervägandeThe essay will discuss arbitrators' excess of mandate. On March 1st, 2019, an amendment was made to the Swedish Arbitration Act which included an requirement of impact for the ground regarding excess of mandate. A corre-sponding requirement has previously existed regarding the challenging ground of handling error, but how the requirement of impact should be ap-plied in relation to excess of ma

Studiens målsättning har varit att ur ett energibesparingsperspektiv samt ekonomiskt perspektiv utvärdera termostatiska cirkulationsventiler (termiska ventiler) som används i varmvattencirkulation (VVC). De frågeställningar som belystes i studien var hur värmeförluster från VVC med termiska respektive fasta ventiler varierar, om det är ekonomiskt lönsamt att installera termiska ventiler jämfört meThe study's objective was, from an energy-saving and economical perspective, evaluate thermostatic circulation valves (thermal valves) used in hot water circulation (HWC). The issues that have been highlighted in the study were how the heat losses from HWC with thermal valves varies from HWC with fixed valves, whether it is economically viable to install thermal valves compared to fixed valves

Context: Intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) in prostate cancer (PCa) patients has been proposed to delay development of castration resistance and to reduce the side effects and costs of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Objective: This review analyzes (1) the oncologic and quality of life (QoL) results from randomized phase 3 trials comparing IAD and continuous ADT and (2) the prognostic pa

This paper investigates the effectiveness of lighting control systems (LCSs) in 57 individual office rooms of an educational building located in Lund, Sweden. The study uses simulations based on actual occupancy data. The simulations, performed with Daysim via the Honeybee interface, focus on the portion of standby energy use on total lighting energy use considering different combinations of LCSs