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Human disturbance can be a severe problem for some animal species. Behavioural ecology theory predicts that sensitivity to mortality risks, and thereby to disturbance, will be related to life-history characteristics. Long-lived species with low reproductive rates are expected to have a high cost of predation and therefore avoid risks strongly. In this paper we quantify the effect of roads on the A
BACKGROUND: Our recently reported finding of rapid bi-exponential elimination of free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) after radical retropubic prostatectomy in patients with moderately elevated PSA levels, which contrasted a very slow, linear elimination of PSA complexed to alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (ACT), prompted us to study whether these elimination rates were applicable for patients selected fo
This article deals with the view on death and cure of dying persons in Scandinavia from the middle of the 19th century up to the present. In this period, there is a change from a Christian understanding of death as a transition to eternal life to the present, secularised attitude. This development was, however, not clear-cut. There was a trend towards secularisation but at the same time, there wer
This paper discusses five major parameters in desalination, namely technology, raw-water, energy sources, cost and environmental effects. Both size and yield have grown rapidly in desalination plants due to high performance in technology developments in the last few years. Five different types of desalination technology are presented and bench-marked for long-term use: multistage flash evaporation
Popular Abstract in Swedish Småbarnsskolan. Vad hände och varför? En sekellång historia studerad med fokus på förändring av pedagogisk verksamhet från 1833 och framåt. I denna bok tecknas en bild av småbarnsskolan som pedagogisk företeelse i Sverige. Den första småbarnsskolan inrättades 1833 och i kölvattnet följde ett trettiotal. Flera småbarnsskolor överlevde sekelskiftet och behöll sina beteckSome fields in the research about the history of childcare in the nineteenth century in Sweden is lacking. In popular textbooks infant schools (småbarnsskolor) are thought of and described as a pedagogical and social activity, while a later phenomenon, the nursery schools, seemed to lack all pedagogical insight, care-taking was exclusively at hand. I have questioned this dichotomy. What happened t
In a 24-year sub-sample taken from a 42-year period of study (1950-1991), hip fracture incidence was analysed from a defined catchment area within one hospital. During this time, 8,256 hip fractures occurred in a generated risk population of 1,915,571 person-years. Crude incidence increased three-fold in women and five-fold in men. In men, the age-specific increase was twice as large as the age dr
Nutrient resorption prior to leaf senescence is an important mechanism of nutrient conservation in forest tree species. However, despite the abundance of literature on the subject, inter-specific comparison of common temperate tree species is complicated by both the variability of resorption efficiency, which is affected by many environmental factors, and methodological differences between the stu
Many children with cerebral palsy have feeding difficulties. The aim of this study was to investigate if trunk and neck positioning influenced oral and pharyngeal swallow. Five children with feeding problem aged 3-10 years with cerebral palsy were examined using videofluoroscopy. All children had tetraplegia with dystonia, i.e. poor head control and poor trunk stability. All children had gross asp
Diagnostic measurements and pharmacokinetic studies were performed in 17 patients with various kinds of malignant, premalignant and benign lesions in the head and neck region by means of point monitoring laser-induced fluorescence. For marking different types of tissue, delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) was used. The ALA-induced PpIX synthesis was monitored at differ
Popular Abstract in Swedish Operation för ljumskbråck är den vanligaste operationen inom kirurgin. Sjukdomen drabbar främst män och till största delen de som är i arbetsför ålder. Årligen utförs ca. 20.000 operationer i Sverige. Allt sedan den berömde italienske kirurgen Edoardo Bassini introducerade sin operationsmetod för över 100 år sedan har återfalls-frekvensen varit ca. 15%-20% förutom vid sInguinal hernia repair is the most common operation in general surgery and the main challenge has been to lower the recurrence rate. With the introduction of endoscopic repair in the beginning of the 1990´s, the demand for randomised controlled studies has increased resulting in a growing interest in this surgical field. Standardised techniques with a growing use of tension free mesh repairs, teac
Popular Abstract in Swedish Av de omkring 45 000 svenskar som årligen drabbas av cancer kommer ungefär hälften att botas, ofta med strålning som en del av behandlingen. Syftet med strålterapi är att oskadliggöra tumören, men utan att skada omgivande vävnad. Idealt vill man att stråldosen ska vara mycket hög i tumören, samtidigt som den är obefintlig i vävnaden runt omkring. Strålskador på frisk väIn many radiotherapy applications, true three-dimensional dosimetry with good spatial resolution that can be achieved in a single measurement would be of great value. Polymer gel dosimetry fulfils many of the demands on such a system. In this study, methods to facilitate the implementation of gel dosimetry have been investigated. A new type of polymer gel, for which the response to absorbed dose i
Dasatinib, a broad-spectrum tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), predominantly targets BCR-ABL and SRC oncoproteins and also inhibits off-target kinases, which may result in unexpected drug responses. We identified 22 patients with marked lymphoproliferation in blood while on dasatinib therapy. Clonality and immunophenotype were analyzed and related clinical information was collected. An abrupt lympho
Föreliggande uppsats är ett examensarbete i juris kandidatprogrammet. Uppsatsen är skriven inom området familjerätt, mer preciserat inom successionsrätten. Uppsatsen behandlar efterlevande makes arvsrätt genom att gå igenom de regler som finns på området i Sverige, Norge och Danmark. Inom arvsrätten har det länge varit släktskapet som styrt vart arvet efter en avliden skall hamna. I dagens samhäThis thesis is written in the field of family law, more precisely about the law of succession. The thesis describes the spouse’s right to inheritance by comparing the rules in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. In the Swedish law of succession, it has long been the kinship that controlled where the estate of a deceased person should end up. The legislature has to some extent moved away from this. It is
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Frågan om jordens ålder fick sitt svar först vid 1900-talets början, då upptäckten gjordes att uran sönderfaller till bly med bestämd hastighet. Genom att mäta blyisotoper i uranhaltiga mineral kunde man räkna baklänges och se hur lång tid som krävts för att den uppmätta mängden bly skulle bildas. Samma typ av beräkningar gjorda på mineralet zirkon (ZrSiO2) är iZircon crystals from mafic intrusive rocks and surrounding gneisses were studied using back-scattered electron and cathodoluminescence imaging and laser ablation ICPMS. The rocks are exposed on the island of Norra Horten northwest of Varberg off the western coast of Sweden. The intrusion is mainly made up of amphibolite and metadiorite. Most zircons in the mafic rocks have prismatic external morph
This master's thesis sets out to explore information literacy in a contextualized learning environment with emphasis on students at a vocationally oriented program in the Swedish upper secondary school. The concept of information literacy is widely discussed and furthermore a common subject for research within the field of Library and Information Science. Information literacy can be described
Popular Science Summary Konsten att kunna ta bort ett syre Alla celler har DNA, som måste repareras och kopieras för att livet ska fortgå. För att kunna göra detta måste det finnas byggstenar. En av alla processer som ser till att alla delar finns i rätt mängd innefattar bara ett protein. Ett protein som får instruktioner från många håll för att gå igenom en komplicerad process som tillverkar dessThe protein ribonucleotide reductase catalyses the de novo synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides (dNTPs) from ribonucleotides (NTPs), using radical chemistry. It is under strict allosteric regulation, partly from the dNTPs it synthesises that regulate what substrate should be synthesised, but also from dATP/ATP, which regulates overall activity. It is a protein that is found in almost every living org
Sammanfattning I det här examensarbetet utreds rättsläget för en arbetstagares lojalitetsplikt och yttrandefrihet i sociala medier. Facebook, Twitter och bloggar hör till de sociala medier som under de senaste åren har visat på en drastisk ökning av användare. De sociala medierna har fått stor genomslagskraft och används dagligen för att rapportera och uppdatera omgivningen om såväl privata som saSummary In this thesis, the legal situation of a worker's duty of loyalty and freedom of speech in social media will be investigated. Facebook, Twitter and blogs are examples of social media’s that have shown a dramatic increase in users during the past years. Social media has a major impact on today’s society and are used by people daily to report and update others about different thoughts an
To allow the user interface in a mobile phone more space, slide modules are implemented. The usage of slide modules introduces many new challenges when designing a mobile phone. New solutions to these challenges is the main scope for this thesis. Nokia currently has several different slide phones out on the market implementing some sort of slide module. The slide module provides extra space for th
Background: Guidelines for the emergency management of mild traumatic brain injury have been used for over a decade and are considered safe. However, they recommend computerized tomography for at least half of these patients. The Scandinavian Neurotrauma Committee guideline uses serum S100B protein level to rule out intracranial hemorrhage. Analysis of capillary serum S100B protein level has not y
