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Temperaturändringar och krympning påverkar betongkonstruktioners volym, och i konstruktioner som hindras från av röra sig kan sådana volymändringar leda till så kallade tvångseffekter, som i sin tur kan orsaka sprickbildning. När detta sker kan emellertid konstruktionen deformeras till viss del, vilket gör att tvångsspänningarna och därmed också sprickvidderna minskar. Uppsprickningsförloppet är sThermal actions and shrinkage cause volume changes in concrete structures. In structures which are restrained from movements, the restraint effects can cause cracking. However, when cracking occurs, the structure can deform to some extent, which reduces the restraint stresses and thus also the crack widths. As the exact crack development is hard to predict beforehand, the actual restraint and thus

The particle number size distribution is an important parameter to characterize the atmospheric aerosol and its influence on the Earth's climate. Here we describe a new optical particle size spectrometer (OPSS) for measurements of the accumulation mode particle number size distribution in the tropopause region on board a passenger aircraft (IAGOS-CARIBIC observatory: In-service Aircraft for a Glob

Ostomy surgery affects life on a variety of levels. Clinicians need to facilitate the patient's adaptation to life with a stoma and provide information and support to ease the transition. To prospectively assess ostomy patients' perceptions of the quality of care received as well as the importance they ascribe to care conditions, 49 patients from nine Swedish hospitals completed a postoperative "Q

Objective: Several studies have shown an increased risk of congenital foot derformities after early amniocentesis. These studies have comprised amniocenteses performed before 13 completed gestational weeks. In this study, the risk of foot deformities after amniocentesis performed at 12-14 completed gestational weeks was determined. Methods: 3,469 genetic amniocenteses in singleton pregnancies perf

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy and safety of oral desmopressin in the treatment of nocturia in men. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Men aged >/=18 years with verified nocturia (>or=two voids/night) and nocturnal urine production greater than their maximum functional bladder capacity were recruited. A 3-week dose-titration phase established the optimum desmopressin dose (0.1, 0.2 or 0.4 mg). After a

Administration of staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) to mice induces profound activation, cytokine production and cytotoxic activity of both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, but subsequently activated cells are deleted or become anergic. This study demonstrates that administration of interleukin-2 (IL-2) can prevent sea-induced hyporesponsiveness in CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Repeated injections wi

Abstract Author: Hajro Örneland Title: “Well then, are you planning to find your roots?” A qualitative interview study about identity and attachment with adults adopted from non-European countries. Supervisor: Carina Tigervall and Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed Assessor: Anna Angelin Adoption is a topic often discussed in various social contexts as well as in media, through for example different TV

The Internet has revolutionised the global market place. Internet shopping is now accessible to an increasing numbers of people. In theory, this new form of media offers convenience, speed and choice to the consumer, but the question is whether it works in practice? Business-to-consumer cross-border transactions, whether carried out electronically or otherwise, are subject to the existing framewor

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes by the microbiological standard method (ISO 11290-1) is time consuming and requires several days to get results, thus a more rapid detection method is required. The aim of this study is to continue the optimization of a rapid method that is based on quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to detect L. monocytogenes in food matrices. The method is based on

Abstract The Transtaganolides/Basiliolides (T/B) are C-19 terpenolides found in the plants Thapsia Garganica L., Thapsia Transtagana Brot and Thapsia Villosa var. Villosa L. from the Umbelliferae family. Reports suggest that these compounds have reversible SERCA-inhibiting properties and therefore are of great interest for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s or Parkin

Background: Life near death is difficult foremost for the patient but also for people around the dying person. Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to investigate palliative-care patients´ psychological and religious approaches and how they cope with their situation that they are dying by interviews of chaplains, pastors, priests and personnel working with dying persons at hospice. Material and m

Libyen, Rwanda, Irak och Syrien. Listan på humanitära kriser i världen kan göras lång där civilbefolkningen fått lida stora förluster. År 2001 uppkom ett nytt internationellt begrepp och princip, Responsibility to protect. Principen presenterade en ny syn på statssuveräniteten och blev mycket omdebatterad på grund av dess vaga utformning och karaktär. Responsibility to protect innebär den primära Libya, Rwanda, Iraq and Syria. The list of humanitarian crises goes on and these are only just a few examples of crises where the population suffered big losses. In 2001 a new international concept and principle occurred to help with the prevention of these kinds of violations. The principle presented a new view to the State sovereignty and became highly debated due to its vague form and character

I kampen mot att bekämpa penningtvätt och organiserad brottslighet har det införts regler av administrativ karaktär. Den svenska penningtvättslagstiftningen bygger på tre EU-rättsliga penningtvättsdirektiv med åtgärder för att bekämpa penningtvätt inom den finansiella sektorn. Den lag som idag är gällande i Sverige är lagen (2009:62) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (PTL)In the fight against money laundering and organized crime, rules of an administrative nature have been introduced. The Swedish money laundering legislation is based on three different directives from EU. The law currently in force in Sweden is called, lagen (2009:62) om åtgärder mot penningtvätt och finansiering av terrorism (PTL). The law contains of some certain rules that lawyers are required t

The Swedish health care does not live up to the objective set in the legislation about health care, that every person has the equal right to health care according to need. New reports show that both discrimination and unequal treatment among patients occur within the Swedish health care. This study is confined to include only institutions for treatment of people with physical health problems. Prev

Sweden achieves the highest gender equality index by the European Institute of gender Equality (EIGE). Women in Sweden still use double the amount of parental leave that men do. The aim of this study was to investigate if the amount of men working in male dominated industries affect the males share of parental leave. I will also investigate if it’s a significant factor after accounting for parenta

Background and Objectives: This research explored the possibility of organisations implementing the work of CIP for the right beneficial reason, or if the implementation was done because the subject is a trend. While CIP-methods are getting more and more popular, it remains in many cases unclear which concepts suit best to what organisation. Having a single organisation implementing a numerous var

With many people not really understanding what the European Union is and how it works the EU is left to fight a lack of interest, identification and participation. The present thesis approaches the problem by looking at the linguistic and rhetorical device of metaphors as a popular means of creating understanding by explaining a complex topic in a transferred way. Numerous metaphors exist in EU di

The master thesis was carried out as a part of the project Ecoist at Sirgomez Engineering AB, with the goal of reducing the complexity and mass of the current front suspension upright by designing a new upright from one piece, whilst also considering other aspects such as reliability and manufacturability. In order to achieve this, topology optimization was used. The inputs for the optimization ne

This report aims to give insights to the oat processing industry and the effects of kilning and storage. Temperature and relative humidity used during kilning of oat kernels was shown to have a large effect on protein solubility and lipase inactivation. Steaming with saturated steam at 90 ℃ was found to inactivate all lipases, but still leave a relatively high protein solubility. An industrial kil

Event generators are useful for simulating collision experiments in high-energy particle physics. In the event generator PYTHIA 8, parameters may be varied to compare competing models against experimental data. It is then beneficial to employ reweighting techniques to explore the results for multiple parameter values with only one simulation. This study aims to develop and implement a reweighting