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Objective: To determine the value of CT-guided bone core biopsy and investigate factors that affect diagnostic yield and biopsy outcome. Materials and methods: The single-centre retrospective analysis included 447 patients who had CT-guided core biopsy with a 13-G needle (Bonopty®) from January 2016 to December 2021. Histological results or ≥ 6 months of clinical and radiological follow-up served
We propose a Lagrangian method for simultaneous, volumetric temperature and velocity measurements. As tracer particles for both quantities, we employ encapsulated thermochromic liquid crystals (TLCs). We discuss the challenges arising from color imaging of small particles and present measurements in an equilateral hexagonal-shaped convection cell of height h = 60 mm and distance between the parall
Objective: The aim was to optimize diagnostics for carotid artery calcifications (CACs) on panoramic radiographs (PRs) to identify cardiovascular disease (CVD) by investigating how 4 defined CAC shapes are associated with ultrasound (US) findings indicating CVD. Study Design: The study included 414 participants (802 neck sides) from the Malmö Offspring Dental Study, examined with PRs. The PRs were
This review describes the evolution of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke, current state of the art, and the challenges for the next decade. The rapid development of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), from the first attempts into standard of care on a global scale, is one of the major achievements in modern medicine. It was possible thanks to the establishment of a scientific framework
Background: The Swedish National Cataract Register (NCR) collects data on cataract surgery outcomes during March, including patient-reported outcomes using the Catquest-9SF questionnaire for over 11 years. Previous studies from NCR have shown that the preoperative visual acuity has improved over time. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the Catquest-9SF Rasch scoring performance in this
The private garden is one of the most important sites for people’s everyday interactions with nature. Although sometimes just consisting of a lawn, a few shrubs and maybe a flower bed, it provides a number of situations where the owner has to reflect on and handle biodiversity and sustainability issues in relation to modern lifestyle. This paper will discuss different aspects of sustainability in
Koldioxidinfångning (CDR) har blivit en central komponent i de scenarier för klimatmitigation som IPCC har utvärderat. Dessa scenarier bygger på storskalig användning av bioenergi med avskiljning och lagring av koldioxid (BECCS) och skogsplantering för att hålla den globala medeltemperaturen under 2°C, trots betydande problem gällande genomförbarhet, skalbarhet och oönskade effekter. I den här avhCarbon dioxide removal (CDR) has become a central component in the climate change mitigation scenarios assessed by the IPCC. These scenarios rely on the large-scale deployment of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) and Afforestation to keep global average temperatures below 2°C of warming, despite substantial concerns about their feasibility, scalability, and unwanted impacts. In thi
The Swedish consumers consumed in 2014 13.1 kilo textilies, of this 8 kilogram was dicarded via household waste and used for energy production. European Union’s waste hierarchy avocates a higher rate of reuse and recycling for a more sustainable textile flow. The Swedish goverment is, therefor, working toward new laws and guidelines which can lead to an expanded responsibility for the municipaliti
För många människor är förmodligen fastighetsköpet en av de största affärerna de någonsin kommer att genomföra och det är således viktigt att det blir som de tänkt sig. Det är inte alls säkert att en presumtiv köpare kalkylerat för eventuella brister i fastigheten i sin budget och upptäcks då ett fel efter köpet kan köparen hamna i en mycket komplicerad situation. Vid varje fastighetsaffär finnsFor a lot of people, the real property purchase is probably one of the most important business deals they will ever do and therefore it is important that the property will be as they have expected. It´s not certain that the purchaser has calculated in his budget for defects in the property. If the purchaser later discovers a defect in the property, he may end up in a very complicated situation. I
Digital technologies and their significance to society have caused their existence and impact to be referred to as entailing a digital revolution. For businesses, digitalization is the use of digital technologies to create new business models and value-adding activities. The use of digital technologies can in turn result in possible improvements in several areas e.g., productivity. The possible ou
The purpose of this study is to look into how middle managers of Swedish LSS housing are balancing their responsibility to provide their clients with good living conditions and their responsibility to fulfill their employees’ right to a good working environment. We conducted one focus group with three middle managers from one municipality participating and then five semi-structured interviews with
The exponential-6 (exp-6) potential is an intermolecular pair potential that is widely used to model fluids at high densities. The path from molecular interaction to equation of state (EOS) for a gas is not straightforward however. Monte Carlo methods and molecular dynamics give accurate results but are too slow for demanding applications like detonation modelling or numerical simulations of react
Urban land-use planning, which is a useful tool for the sustainable development of a city, is a complex decision making process. However, the modern GIS technologies facilitate such complex jobs in two ways – (i) GIS allows to work with large numbr of datasets, (ii) a number of methods, techniques or models could be embeded in GIS for land-use suitability analysis. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AH
The Telecom industry is facing a paradigm shift, where the industry is converging with Internet technologies and the market is becoming more sophisticated. This results in more demanding customers, and the need for offering more content and services with a focus on usability for the end-users. The operators are starting to loose both their strong position and revenue in the Telecom industry, due t
Numerical simulations have become an essential tool for studying particle-gas systems. One such system is the protoplanetary disk consisting of vast number of solid particles interacting with the surrounding gas. However, the particles tend to have a non-uniform distribution due to sedimentation, among other processes, creating an imbalanced workload for computers in different regions of the disk.
Svensk strafflagstiftning särbehandlar unga lagöverträdare mellan 15 och 21 år vid både straffmätning och i val av påföljd. I uppsatsen beskrivs hur dagens ordning har vuxit fram sedan införandet av strafflagen 1864: dels genom att redovisa förändringarna i den positiva rätten, dels genom att analysera de straffteoretiska motiven bakom förändringarna. Den historiska utvecklingen ligger sedan till
I C-284/16 Achmea slog EU-domstolen fast att en skiljeklausul i ett bilateralt investeringsavtal mellan två medlemsstater i den Europeiska unionen var ogiltigt och att den skiljedom som följde av avtalet därav skulle ogiltigförklaras. Domstolen ansåg att skiljeklausuler i investeringsavtal mellan två medlemsstater utgör en metod för att undandra en tvist som rör tolkning och tillämpning av unionsrIn C-284/16 Achmea, the European Court of Justice ruled that an arbitration clause in a bilateral investment treaty between two member states of the European Union was invalid and that the arbitral award resulting from the arbitration should therefore be declared invalid. The Court stated that arbitration clauses in investment agreements between two member states constitute an agreement to remove
This thesis examines how girls are portrayed in Swedish adolescent literature from the 1940s and 1950s – Ingen tror på Britt (1947), Den svarta fläcken (1949), Inga och livet (1951), Ingen lugn stund hos Oskarssons (1953) and lastly, Flickan från landet: berättelse för flickor (1954). By taking a new historical approach a historical contextualisation has been done of the works by interpreting hist
Cementstabiliserad asfalt (CSA) är ett kompositslitlager bestående av en asfaltbeläggning med högt hålrum som är fyllt med en cementbaserad slamma. Produkten kan därför kallas för ett semiflexibelt slitlager på grund av att egenskaper från både asfalt och betong kombineras. Egenskaperna som kännetecknar CSA är asfaltens elasticitet samt cementens bärighet och beständighet, hög motståndskraft mot kCement stabilized asphalt (CSA) is a composite layer consisting of an asphalt with high cavity which is filled with a cement-based slurry. The product can therefore be called a semiflexible wearing course because of its combined characteristics from both asphalt and concrete. The characteristic features of CSA are the asphalts elasticity and the cements buoyancy and resistance, high resistance aga
The construction and demolition sector stands for a large amount of the waste produced every year, roughly one third of all waste produced every year in Sweden, comes from this sector. The construction material manu- facturer Ecophon is a world leading company in manufacturing of acoustic products made out of glass wool, which are used in all kind of buildings and the general geometry of an acoust
