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Rationale, aims and objectives The aim of this study was to compare acute hospital utilization and costs for patients with refractory angina pectoris undergoing spinal cord stimulation (SCS) versus enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP). Method Seventy-three persons were included in this register study. The acute hospital utilization and costs for SCS and EECP were followed over a period from 1

Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, critical for B-cell development and function. Mutations that inactivate this kinase were found in families with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA). In this study the Btk gene was analyzed in 13 registered Greek patients with XLA phenotype originated from 12 unrelated families, in order to provide a definite diagnosis of the XLA. The

Training studies in children have suggested that endurance training can give enlargement of cardiac dimensions. This relationship has not been studied on a population-based level in young children with objective methods. A cross-sectional study was made of 248 children (140 boys and 108 girls), aged 8-11 years, from a population-based cohort. Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVDD) and left

Framtagning av ett nytt funktionskrav för brandgasventilation av källare Om det brinner i en källare vill räddningstjänsten vid sin insats ventilera ut brandgaser utan att röken ska komma in i trapphuset i byggnaden. För att kunna göra detta på ett bra sätt måste luckor eller liknande för brandgasventilation finnas i källaren. Däremot är kravet för brandgasventilation av källare i dagens byggregleSwedish building regulations regarding fire safety design consist of performance-based requirements of which many are ambiguous, one of those is smoke ventilation of basements. The report aimed to clarify the purpose of this requirement, in order to ease practical application of it. The objective was to give a suggestion on how to formulate the requirement and to evaluate both standard and alterna

Detta arbete kartlägger hur musiklärare undervisar i svensk folkmusik i grundskolan. I kapitlet om tidigare forskning berörs begreppet folkmusik samt folkmusikens historia och hur den ser ut idag, där ryms också ett avsnitt om genrens repertoar. Metoderna för undersökningen består av en kvantitativ enkät samt en fördjupande intervju. I resultatet presenteras den data som inkommit från enkätundersöThis study maps the teaching of Swedish folk music in elementary school. The literature review covers the history of Swedish folk music, the concept folk music and the repertoire within the genre. The methods of the study are a survey and an interview. The result of the national survey and the interview show how much space there is for Swedish folk music, what material the music teachers use, how

Bakgrund: Stressrelaterad ohälsa har ökat bland unga och de upplever sig ha svårighet i att hitta balans mellan olika aktiviteter. Inom vården är sjukskrivning och hög psykosocial belastning vanligt förekommande, vilket utgör en risk för unga vuxna som går ett gymnasialt vårdprogram. Syfte: Att kartlägga aktivitetsbalans respektive stress bland unga vuxna på ett gymnasialt vårdprogram och undersöBackground: Stress-related illness is increasing among young adults, who find it difficult to achieve a balance between everyday activities. Workplace environments in health and social care are often stressful, and sick leave is common. This poses a risk to young adults attending an upper secondary healthcare educational programme. Purpose: To identify the degree of occupational balance and stres

School canteens have been identified as a unique case to address food waste due to their dual role: on one hand as big generators of food waste and on the other as settings to deliver education to reduce it. This thesis applies action research methodology to a collaborative project with a school called Kunskapsskolan in Trelleborg, Sweden, attempting to reduce food waste. The aim is to identify dr

The internet has brought about vast knowledge in the form of “data” to the 21st century. As a part of its digital single market strategy, the European commission has sought to develop a European data economy and consequently the regulation and allocation of data is becoming increasingly important. Both the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Database Directive 96/9 (“DbD”) confer r

Agricultural workers are on the frontlines of climate change, experiencing firsthand the effects of heatwaves, extreme weather, floods, and droughts on their health, safety, and livelihoods. However, their capacity to address these risks is often restricted by vulnerability factors such as workplace precarity, socioeconomic and immigration status, poor access to health services, and cultural and l

Objective: To assess the reliability of 6 gait performance tests in individuals with chronic mild to moderate post-stroke hemiparesis. Design: An intra-rater (between occasions) test-retest reliability study. Subjects: Fifty men and women (mean age 586.4 years) 6–46 months post-stroke. Methods: The Timed “Up & Go” test, the Comfortable and the Fast Gait Speed tests, the Stair Climbing ascend a

Chemical shifts of protons can report on metabolic transformations such as the conversion of choline to phosphocholine. To follow such processes in vivo, magnetization can be enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP). We have hyperpolarized in this manner nitrogen-15 spins in (15)N-labeled choline up to 3.3% by irradiating the 94 GHz electron spin resonance of admixed TEMPO nitroxide radicals

Optimization of islet transplantation protocols is necessary for improved success of treatment for type 1 diabetes. Here, we investigated whether the size of islets transplanted into the portal vein (PV) of the liver can affect engraftment in the early post-transplantation in an experimental mouse model. Small (average diameter < 250 mu m, group A) or large (average diameter > 250 mu m, group B) i

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe asylum seekers' satisfaction with daily occupations and activity level while in a Danish asylum centre, and whether this changed over time. Another aim was to describe whether exposure to torture, self-rated health measures, and ADL ability were related to their satisfaction with daily occupations and activity level. Methods: A total of 43 asylum seekers

Introduction: In wood-dwelling fungus-farming weevils, the so-called ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae), wood in the excavated tunnels is used as a medium for cultivating fungi by the combined action of digging larvae (which create more space for the fungi to grow) and of adults sowing and pruning the fungus. The beetles are obligately dependent on the fungus that provid

In order to examine contemporary Russian cinema, this thesis has two points of departure: firstly the Petersburg myth, which is here defined as reversible or ambiguous since it includes both an eschatological and a cosmogonic aspect; and secondly, the Petersburg literary text as defined in works by Vladimir Toporov. During the twentieth century, the vitality and actuality of the Petersburg myth wa

Background: A breeding colony of IL-10 deficient B6.129P2-Il10(tmICgn/J) mice, kept under conventional conditions, developed an inflammatory bowel-like disease (IBD) with rectal prolapse and blood tinged diarrhoea. No clinical signs of disease were observed at the time of arrival to our animal house. These animals were originally planned to serve as a negative control group in an experimental infe

The area of measurement principles is considered one of the most controversial aspects of the Exposure Draft for Small and Medium sized enterprises. Although fair value measurement has been mandated for some assets and liabilities under IFRS for SMEs, the issues of when fair value accounting is appropriate and when is not is still far from resolved. Generally, the effect of application of fair val

Intracellulära CD59 proteinerna IRIS-1 och IRIS-2 i hjärnan Tidigare har två nya varianter av CD59 proteinet vid namn ”Isoforms Rescuing Insulin Secretion 1/2” (IRIS-1/2) upptäckts i betaceller inuti bukspottskörteln som bland annat är kroppens insulinfabrik, där de visat sig reglera exporten av insulin ut i blodet. Detta sker via ett protein komplex som kallas SNARE komplexet. Dessa proteiner foRecently, two intracellular isoforms of CD59 were discovered in pancreatic beta cells. They proved crucial for insulin secretion and were named Isoforms Rescuing Insulin Secretion 1 and 2 (IRIS-1 and IRIS-2), whose expression decreased in type 2 diabetes (T2D). IRIS-1 and 2 were found across many different tissues on the mRNA level, including the brain. This Master's Thesis focuses on the role

Dagens samhälle håller på att elektrifieras och mer förnybar energi behövs, speciellt i södra Sverige där förbrukningen av el är betydligt högre än produktionen. Även elpriserna håller på att förändras och är just nu på väldigt höga nivåer. Sysav är ett avfallsaktiebolag i Skåne med 16 anläggningar, däribland soptippar även kallade deponiner. Sysav vill bidra till den förnybara energiproduktionen Todays society is moving towards electrification. This means that more renewable energy is needed. In the southern parts of Sweden the energy consumption is far greater than the production and the electricity prices are rising. Sysav is a company that takes care of the waste and recycling. They have 16 facilities in the south of Skåne, including landfills. Sysav has a vision to contribute to the r