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Purpose: A preoperative estimate of the risk of malignancy for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) is important. The present study carries out an external validation of the Shin score in a European multicenter cohort. Methods: An observational multicenter European study from 2010 to 2015. All consecutive patients undergoing surgery for IPMN at 35 hospitals with histological-confirmed I
We investigated the predictive performance of peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) measures of both calf muscle density (an established surrogate for muscle adiposity, with higher values indicating lower muscle adiposity and higher muscle quality) and size (cross-sectional area [CSA]) for incident fracture. pQCT (Stratec XCT2000/3000) measurements at the tibia were undertaken in Oste
BACKGROUND: Infancy perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure from breastfeeding is partially determined by the transfer efficiencies (TEs) of PFAS from maternal serum into breast milk. However, to our knowledge there are no studies of such TEs in highly exposed populations. OBJECTIVES: We estimated the TEs of PFAS from maternal serum into colostrum and breast milk in a cohort of women with a wide
Background: The underlying factors of the male predominance in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are largely unknown, although a female advantage in social communication has been pointed out as a potential factor. Recently, attention has been given to ASD as a sensory processing disorder, focusing on the audio-visual temporal processing paramount for the development of communication. In ASD, a devia
Introduction: Detection of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in peripheral blood has an established prognostic significance in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Change in the number of detected CTCs is also an indication of response to therapy. Characterisation of CTCs could provide easily accessible treatment predictive information of present cancer cells within the patient and could reveal i
Study Design: A nonblinded randomized controlled trial. Introduction: Occupation-based interventions are superior to physical exercise–based interventions in patients with activity limitations. However, only a few studies have examined the effect in patients with hand-related disorders. Patients recover heterogeneously, which could be due to personal factors, such as sense of coherence (SOC). Purp
Objective: To evaluate the additive value of the prostate cancer gene 3 (PCA3) urine test to serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in prostate cancer (PC) screening among breast cancer, early-onset gene (BRCA) mutation carriers. This study was performed among the Dutch participants of IMPACT, a large international study on the effectiveness of PSA screening among BRCA mutation carriers. Materials
Background: The five Nordic Associations for palliative medicine (PM) have since 2003 organized a common specialist course for six weeks in two years. Aim: To describe the course: participants, evaluations, impact on participants' careers, and on the development of PM in the Nordic countries. Methods: Information on participants taken from the course archive and national registries. A web survey s
Problem statement: Child work is a serious global issue that has been widely covered by the international media since the beginning of the 90s. The international community has increasingly realized their own link with the amount of childwork in the export-oriented industries. This has resulted in an increase of international pressure of various kinds, and to various campaigns which combat child wo
Digitaliseringen och framväxten av internet har inneburit stora förändringar i hur organisationer kommunicerar externt, och forskning indikerade att nya digitala marknadsföringsstrategier som Inbound Marketing hade en ökad effektivitet hos privata företag till följd av det nya digitala landskapet. Trots detta fanns inga tidigare studier kring strategins potentiella värde för offentliga organisatio
Den offentliga diplomatin förändras i takt med kommunikationforskningens ständiga utveckling. Dock tenderar huvudfokus i akademiska studier om offentlig diplomati att beröra de statsvetenskapliga faktorerna snarare än de kommunikativa. Syftet med studien är att fördjupa kunskapen om de kommunikativa utmaningar som den offentliga diplomatin möter när gränserna mellan interna och externa publiker suPublic diplomacy is constantly developing in line with the ever-changing field of communications. The main focus of academic research in the field tends to gravitate towards the social sciences rather than the communication sciences. The aim of this study is to deepen the knowledge of the communicative challenges that public diplomacy is facing as the intersection between internal and external pub
Syftet med denna uppsats är att ge en överblick över det nya, men snabbt växande, konceptet crowdsourcing. Konceptet kan enkelt beskrivas som en åtgärd att ta en uppgift som vanligtvis utförs av en utsedd arbetspresterande part (vanligtvis en anställd) och outsourca denna till en odefinerad, anonym och generellt stort grupp av människor i form av en ”öppen inbjudan”. Marknaden har under det senastThe purpose of this thesis is to provide an overview of the new, but rapidly growing, concept of crowdsourcing. The basis of the concept can be described as the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call. In the last couple of decades, the market has exploded
Erosion av vattendrags flodbottnar och intilliggande strandmiljö är ett stort samhällsproblem som förväntas öka i takt med framtida klimatförändringar. Statens geotekniska institut (SGI) har erhållit anslag för att kartlägga större vattendrag i Sverige med hänseende på risken för skred i framtiden till följd av klimatförändringar. Ett vattendrags sårbarhet för erosion kan bedömas utifrån ett indexErosion of river basins and adjacent bank environment is a major environmental problem that is expected to increase in the future due to climate change. The Swedish geotechnical institute (SGI) has been granted funding by the Swedish government for mapping major rivers in Sweden with regard to the risk of landslides due to climate change. A river's vulnerability to erosion can be assessed base
Studiens syfte är att bidra med kunskap inom intern kriskommunikation genom att studera hur medarbetarna upplever proaktivt internt krisarbete. I det moderna samhället finns en generell uppfattning om att antalet kriser ökar. Idag är inte frågan om en kris kommer att ske utan när, vilket har lett till att organisationer måste arbeta proaktivt i sin krishantering. Det har ökat behovet av både akadeThe purpose of this study is to contribute with knowledge in the field of internal crisis communication by studying how employees understand and experience proactive crisis work. In modern society, there is a general perception that the number of crises is increasing. Today, the issue is not whether a crisis will happen but when. This has led to organizations having to work proactively in their cr
Syfte: Studiens syfte var att öka kunskapen om socioekonomiska faktorers påverkan på barns språkliga förmåga genom att jämföra narrativer producerade av barn vars vårdnadshavare hade olika utbildningsnivå. Metod: Deltagarna i studien var 64 en- och flerspråkiga barn. Inspelningar av deltagarnas produktion av svenska narrativer till bildserier från Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives
This chapter exposes results of ethnographic work on a grassroots organisation offering training for sexual assistants for people with disabilities in Switzerland
Intellectual property is a very important type of asset in today’s business world. Since business in the Western World grows increasingly based and dependent on know-how and technological development, intangible assets such as trademarks, copyrights and patents plausibly represent greater economic value to economic actors here than other, physical, assets do. Although it is comparatively unknown
I takt med att samhället digitaliseras ökar även tillgängligheten till olika kommunikationsforum där samspel mellan individer och organisationer är nödvändigt för att bibehålla förtroende mellan parterna. Som resultat av en stigande digital närvaro ökar även organisationers behov att hantera krissituationer i en kommunikativ kontext. En konsekvens av digitaliseringen som uppmärksammats mer och merAs our society becomes increasingly digitised, a growing number of communication platforms emerge, necessitating interaction between individuals and organisations to sustain trust between them. One consequence of digitalisation that has gained more and more attention is the occurrence of cyber attacks, whose increased presence poses serious threats to individuals, organisations and society at larg
Svensk byggbransch är idag mycket konkurrensutsatt. Svenska byggföretag pressas av både lokala aktörer men även en ökande andel utländska aktörer. Nya metoder och arbetssätt är ett måste för att öka företagens konkurrenskraft i en mycket prispressad bransch. Ett koncept som cirkulerat i byggindustrin i ett par decennier men som på senare tid implementerats i större utsträckning är Lean. Lean är en
