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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of stent-graft design and operator skills on outcomes after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. STUDY DESIGN: One hundred sixty-four patients (mean age 71 years) underwent stent-graft repair. Patients were treated with four different types of stent-graft: first-generation (n = 58) and second-generation (n = 17) Ivancev-Malm
Many decisions in the everyday work of the structural engineer are taken under the influence of uncertainties. The degree of uncertainty affects the quality and variability of the outcome of the structural design work. The effect of uncertainties related to knowledge and experience of the structural engineer was studied in a round robin investigation. Despite a relatively well defined task, the re
This study examines nine adolescents’ idiosyncratic experiences of one family therapy session. The treatments took place in the settings of community family treatment centers in northern Stockholm. Adolescents are referred to treatment in these settings for various reasons, mostly due to criminal behavior, drug use or behavioral problems. Some enter treatment due to family relational problems or p
This thesis aims to study the representation of female and male terrorists in two daily media sources to see if a gendered portrayal is present. Its aim is also to see what portrayal is present in documents regarding counter-terrorism. Feminist theories within the study of International Relations are used together with theories regarding media’s framing effect on policy makers. The country that se
Detta examensarbete utfördes i samarbete med LVI, Low Vision International AB för att utveckla ett nytt arbetsplatsanpassat system för personer med nedsatt syn. Företaget är specialiserat på att utveckla, producera och sälja olika typer av tekniska synhjälpmedel i Sverige, Europa och USA. De hjälpmedel som utvecklas på LVI består till största del av förstorande läskameror som finns i olika utföranThis thesis objective was to design a workplace integrated system for people with visual impairment for LVI, Low Vison International. The system is in the same category of video magnifiers as the company’s other products and it was desired from the company that the product maintained the overall LVI design language. Initially a pre-study was performed that consisted of identifying the user, analy
Being acquainted with four of the most famous games in game theory, we will learn that players often are better paid off cooperating with each other, but that the structure of the game forces them to defect from cooperation. Only when confronted with the zero-sum game the players have no incentive to cooperate. In all the other games, cooperation is secured if the players commit themselves to adop
Swedish welfare policy has in several ways promoted the individual rather than the family as a unit. This is not a phenomenon happening only in Sweden, but one occurring in many other Western countries where individualization is strongly emphasized. Sweden is, however, interesting as an example of a country with deep collective roots regarding issues of welfare. The welfare state has been, and to
This project has resulted in an activity suited model for risk manage- ment. The objective is for the report and proposed model, to constitute a framework to the Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRSA) as how to carry on risk management, well suited to its purpose of managing staff safety and security in humanitarian relief operations. The report con- tains an analysis of the composite of problems,
Koppar-guld fyndigheten Nautanen är belägen 75 km norr om polcirkeln, och 10 km nordost om Gällivare i norra Sverige. Fyndigheten ligger endast 8 km från den stora apatit-järnmalmen i Malmberget och 15 km norr om en av Europas största kopparproducenter, porfyrkoppar-(guld)malmen Aitik. Nautanen beskrivs som en järnoxid-koppar-guld (IOCG) fyndighet eller en hybrid IOCG med en kärna av höghaltiga reThe Nautanen Cu-Au deposit is located 75 km north of the Arctic circle, and 10 km northeast of the town of Gällivare in northern Sweden. Nautanen is just 8 km west of the giant Malmberget apatite-iron ore deposit and 15 km north of one of Europe’s largest copper producers, the Aitik Cu (Au) porphyry deposit. Nautanen is described as an Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) deposit or hybrid IOCG and conta
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Naturkatastrofer är något som Sverige är relativt förskonat från. Massrörelser, alltså markrörelser i jordtäcke eller berg såsom lerskred, slamströmmar och bergras, är däremot relativt vanligt förekommande runt om i landet. Det är dessutom så att frekvensen av den här typen av fenomen förväntas öka i Sverige till följd av framtida klimatförändringar. De områdenRecent studies indicate a widespread but largely overlooked hazard of contaminant mobilisation and transport in connection to mass movement activity into surface water systems in Sweden. Concerns are exacerbated by predicted effects of climate change, which suggest national increases in rates of precipitation, pore water pressures, run -off, erosion and mass movement occurrence. In this study, the
The term bibliotherapy is well known in several scientific fields as well as among practitioners in the US and in the UK, but in Sweden there seems to be a more modest use of the term as well as presence of practical bibliotherapeutic activity. On the other hand, some of the effects of reading that are commonly associated with bibliotherapy in the scientific literature seems to be similar to the e
This thesis has two values. On one side, it aims at being a contribution to a betterunderstanding of the original concept of distributed economies. On the other side, it aspires atproviding useful decision criteria to those stakeholders that plan to locally develop a biogassystem.This thesis is developed from the Distributed Economies concept, which envisionsdecentralized, self-reliant and synergi
The sentence-final particle wa is something that has predominately been taught as a female particle in the teaching of Japanese as a foreign language. However, from the information presented in this thesis it is demonstrated that the sentence-final wa is in fact two separate elements, one kind used by women and the other by men. It is argued that wa should be taught as two different particles unit
Water hyacinth is among the world’s most damaging aquatic invasive plants, forming dense mats that disrupt ecosystem functioning, fisheries, navigation, and livelihoods across tropical and subtropical freshwater systems. Its rapid spread is driven by clonal propagation, short life cycles, and prolific seed production, particularly under nutrient-enriched conditions. Although mechanical, chemical,
Background: Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is rare, and contemporary data on real-world healthcare resource utilisation and costs are limited. The objective of this study is to describe long-term healthcare resource utilisation among patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and to identify clinical and treatment-related drivers of costs. Methods: We conducted a retrospective,
In this Master's thesis we investigate the collection management regarding fiction for adults. The apprehension of fiction has changed over the years. From the beginning it was considered to be mostly educational rather than being the purpose of entertainment. As for today these views are not opposites to each other. Regarding this we discuss the problem concerning terms of quality. The purpos
Organizations have over the latest decades seen a growing need for new multi-dimensional measures for evaluating their business performance, since traditional accounting models for long have proven not to be applicable to the modern business environment. Together with the need for timely information this has caused extensive requirements on the ERP-systems which often do not meet the needed requir
The state of Israel is known as the only democracy in the Middle East. The purpose of this study was to examine if there is aspects in the Israelis society that can be questioned in terms of liberal democracy. Areas of concerns in the study are the Israeli official policy's concerning inclusion and exclusion of their citizens in areas of property owning, personal status and the duty of milita
OBJECTIVES: To investigate how the co-occurrence of diabetes, hypertension and overweight/obesity is associated with pain following an exercise intervention for knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA).METHODS: Register-based cohort study. We included people from the Swedish Osteoarthritis Register who underwent education and exercise for knee or hip OA. Diabetes and hypertension were defined using medica
