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Nemacheilid fishes in the genus Turcinoemacheilus are physically small members of the ichthyofauna communities of high-altitude and mountainous freshwater ecosystems. They are all distributed in Western Asia apart from a single species, described in the Himalayas. They are usually very similar in appearance, which complicates their proper identification and/or description. This is why it is import
OBJECTIVES: Evidence on waning patterns in protection from vaccine-induced, infection-induced, and hybrid immunity against death is scarce. The aim of this study is to assess the temporal trends in protection against mortality.METHODS: Population-based case-control study nested in the total population of Scania Region, Sweden using individual-level registry data of COVID-19-related deaths (<30 day
Plant species beta diversity is influenced by spatial heterogeneity in the environment. This heterogeneity can potentially be characterised with the help of remote sensing. We used WorldView-2 satellite data acquired over semi-natural grasslands on The Baltic island of Öland (Sweden) to examine whether dissimilarities in remote sensing response were related to fine-scale, between-plot dissimilarit
Seminar date: 2012-05-30 Course: BUSN69 Business Administration: Degree Project – Accounting and Auditing Authors: Mathias Andersson and Fredrik Aprili Advisor: Kristina Artsberg Five key words: Depreciation, component depreciation, K3, real estate and standard-setting. Purpose: Our purpose with this thesis is to reveal the effects that component depreciation can have on Swedish non-listed rea
This thesis comprises a review of the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System (FBP) with the aim to introduce its main structure, function, limitations and operational features to the Swedish wildland fire community. In short, FBP is a system with which simulations can be made to predict the behavior of wildland fires. FBP has many areas of application, among others as a decision support t
The purpose with the essay was to study the school and the social welfare personnel respectively along with their perspectives and views on their collaboration in the work with socially exposed children and how the collaboration was formed. To get answers to my questions, I interviewed three teachers and three social welfare secretaries. The questions and the analysis were divided into themes: th
It is still not well defined how the anatomy of the hip in healthy pediatric patients develop. Defining the span of normal anatomical development could help identify patients that deviate from healthy development and enable early diagnosis of certain pathological conditions of the hip. To study the normality range of the 3D morphology of the hip for pediatric patients, a statistical shape model (
Summary Corporate acquisitions are negotiated during several occasions. If an agreement has not been met, the Swedish sale of goods act is applicable between the parties. The act indicates that the buyer has a duty to investigate the targeted company should the buyer invoke errors therein. An assessment of errors is based on the buyer’s reasonable expectations of the targeted company. The buyer caSammanfattning Överlåtelser av företag är betydelsefulla affärshändelser med förhandlingar i flera omgångar. När inget annat är avtalat tillämpas köplagen som föreskriver en plikt för köparen att undersöka målbolaget, annars riskeras rätten att kunna åberopa fel gå förlorad. Felbedömningen tar utgångspunkt i köparens befogade förväntningar på målbolaget och som fel får inte åberopas vad som borde
Föreliggande studie har undersökt implementering av terapeuters erhållna kunskaper efter att ha genomgått vidareutbildning i biologisk traumabehandling, som är en utbildning för behandling av trauma med utgångspunkt i kroppen. Två frågeställningar har studerats: 1) Vilket kunskapsinnehåll och vilka kunskapsformer står i fokus när terapeuterna reflekterar över sin praktik i biologisk traumabehandliThe purpose of this study is to examine the implementation of knowledge acquired by therapists after having taking part in a further education course of biological trauma treatment, which aimed at using the body as a starting point for trauma treatment. Two issues have been studied: 1)What content of knowledge and what forms of knowledge have the therapists reflected about in their practice of bio
Abstract The Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a central role in the vertebrate immune system. The protein products of MHC genes present foreign peptides to T-cells, which then initiates the appropriate immune responses. MHC genes show extreme level of polymorphism and this was suggested to be maintained by selective pressures exerted by various parasites. Although associations between
Objective: To identify effective interventions which improve quality of care for people with dementia (PwD) living at home. METHODS: MEDLINE-(via PubMed), CINAHL, PsycINFO and ISI Web of Science databases were searched. Inclusion criteria: (1) randomized controlled trials; (2) published in English-language, peer-reviewed journals between 1990 and 2012; (3) evaluated strategies to improve quality
Objective: To investigate whether the Multi-Biomarker Disease Activity (MBDA) score predicts optimal add-on treatment in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who were inadequate responders to MTX (MTX-IRs). Methods: We analyzed data from 157 MTX-IRs (with a Disease Activity Score using the erythrocyte sedimentation rate [DAS28-ESR] >3.2) from the Swedish Pharmacotherapy (SWEFOT) trial who
Background: In 2014 the Swedish government assigned to The Public Health Agency of Sweden to conduct studies to evaluate optimal use of existing antibiotic agents. The aim is to optimize drug use and dosing regimens to improve the clinical efficacy. The present study was selected following a structured prioritizing process by independent experts. Methods: This phase IV study is a randomized, open-
Background: Active surveillance (AS) is commonly used for men with low-risk prostate cancer (PCa). When life expectancy becomes too short for curative treatment to be beneficial, a change from AS to watchful waiting (WW) follows. Little is known about this change since it is rarely documented in medical records. Objective: To model transition from AS to WW and how this is affected by age and comor
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) was a secondary end point in AGO-OVAR 16, which randomized 940 patients with EOC after first-line chemotherapy to maintenance pazopanib (PZ) or placebo (P). Additional post hoc analyses were carried out to investigate additional patient-centered end points. Patients and methods: HRQoL was measured with EORTC-QLQ-C30, QLQ-OV28 and EQ-5D-3L. Pre-spe
BACKGROUND: Medical engagement is a mutual concept of the active and positive contribution of doctors to maintaining and enhancing the performance of their health care organization, which itself recognizes this commitment in supporting and encouraging high quality care. A Medical Engagement Scale (MES) was developed by Applied Research Ltd (2008) on the basis of emerging evidence that medical enga
Cancer cells are characterized by chromosome abnormalities, of which some, in particular balanced rearrangements, are associated with distinct tumor entities and/or with specific gene rearrangements that represent important steps in the carcinogenic process. However, the vast majority of cytogenetically detectable structural aberrations in cancer cells have not been characterized at the nucleotide
A new report from L2GP estimates, that while Syrian humanitarian actors were responsible for delivering 75% of the humanitarian assistance in 2014, they received only 0.3% of the direct and 9.3 % of the indirect cash funding available for the overall Syria response. Despite their crucial role, Syrian NGO’s struggled to get their most basic costs covered in the sub-contracting and partnership agree
It is a well known fact that since the 1960s, Sweden and Holland have developed completely different types of drug policy. But there are a number of misconceptions as to what the differences consist in and how they have arisen. My contribution to this anthology involves elucidating these differences. In the context of international discussions of drug policy, the policies followed by Sweden and Ho
