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Popular Abstract in Swedish Borrelios är en fästingöverförd infektionssjukdom som orsakas av spiroketen Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Borrelia infektionen är en zoonos, en sjukdom som överförs från djur till människa. I Sverige lever bakterien framför allt i smågnagare men också fåglar kan utgöra en s.k. reservoar. Reservoaren utgör källan varifrån bakterien kan infektera fästingar som tar sig Lyme borreliosis is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, a bacterium with a parasitic life-style, which is transmitted between hosts by the Ixodes tick-vector. Humans will incidentally become infected. The resulting illness can involve the skin, nervous system, joints and heart. Southern Sweden has been identified as an area endemic for Lyme borreliosis. The most common clinic

C-fibre neuropeptides, such as tachykinins and calcitonin-gene related peptide (CGRP), play an important role in neurogenic inflammation. The present work deals with five different aspects of the physiology and pharmacology of C-fibres. 1) Tachykinin receptor antagonists of peptide and non-peptide nature have been employed to identify the tachykinin receptors of the rabbit iris as NK1 and NK3 type

Eicosanoids are important for a wide range of physiological and pathophysiological processes.How their essential fatty acid precursors are absorbed and tissue distributed is not well charactherized. When given orally to rats, arachidonic acid (20:4) was retained in the small intestine to a larger extent than linoleic acid (18:2).More 20:4 than 18:2 was incorporated in phospholipids (PL) of the sma

Brands have become one of the most discussed phenomena of marketing research in recent years. They are ubiquitous in the marketplace and virtually impossible for consumers to avoid. The corporate obsession with brands is likely to continue since the wealth of “how-to-do-branding” strategy handbooks suggest that brands are the magical panacea for creating superior business performance. In short, we

Popular Abstract in Swedish Koncentrationer av proteiner i plasma och urin används i ökande utsträckning i diagnostik av njursjukdomar och i studier av den glomerulära barriärens funktion. De viktigaste frågor som behandlats i denna avhandling var: förvaring av urinprover inför efterföljande proteinanalyser, tillämpningar av proteinkoncentrationer i urin och plasma vid hälsa och vid glomerulära (nPlasma and urine concentrations of endogenous proteins are frequently used in the diagnosis of kidney diseases and in studies of glomerular filter function. The main issues addressed in these studies were: storage of urine samples for subsequent protein analysis, use of protein concentrations in urine and in plasma in health and as markers of glomerular diseases, and the application of renal plasm

Popular Abstract in Swedish Sammanfattning på svenska Muskelvävnad är specialiserad på att förkorta sig och utveckla kraft. Glatt muskulatur finns i blodkärlens väggar, i urinvägarna, i luftvägarna samt i mag-tarmkanalen, och är viktig för dessa organs funktion. Namnet "glatt" (smooth) härrör från muskulaturens utseende i mikroskop. Den glatta muskulaturen ser slät ut, i motsats till det "randiga"Smooth muscle is characterised by high tension economy, low shortening velocity and regulation mainly by myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation. The aim of this study was to investigate regulation of force and maximal shortening velocity (Vmax) in smooth muscle. In intact muscle, activated with depolarisation, inhibition of force and rise in intracellular [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]i) by 2,3-butanedione mono

The term ‘strategic use of procurement’ indicates that the procurement (also referred to as sustainable procurement) is about more than just saving money. Other important interests such as social and environmental considerations can be promoted through public procurement. Procurers can, according to newly proposed Directives on public procurement, make better use of public procurement in support o

It is argued in this paper that the nature of innovation networks can vary substantially with regard to the type of knowledge that is critical for innovation. Subject to the knowledge base of an industry, networks between companies can differ in various aspects, such as their geographical configuration, their structure, the type of actors holding a strategic position and the type of relations betw