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BACKGROUND: Viral infections of the upper airways are the most common cause for absence from work or school, and there is evidence for probiotic efficacy in reducing the incidence and severity of these infections.OBJECTIVES: We aimed to confirm the previously reported beneficial effects of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum HEAL9 and Lacticaseibacillus paracasei 8700:2 against community-acquired common

Background: Previous studies from our and other centers on young patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have indicated pro-atherosclerotic changes in the carotid arteries and in the lipid and systemic inflammatory profiles without a clear relationship between these changes and the hyperglycemic control. We have also earlier found in these patients a certain HLA-related genetic susceptibility to adver

We address the question of which syntactic representation is best suited for FrameNet-based semantic analysis of English text. We compare analyzers based on dependencies and constituents, and a dependency syntax with a rich set of grammatical functions with one with a smaller set. Our study demonstrates that dependency-based and constituent-based analyzers give roughly equivalent performance, and

BACKGROUND: Municipal drinking water contaminated with perfluorinated alkyl acids had been distributed to one-third of households in Ronneby, Sweden. The source was firefighting foam used in a nearby airfield since the mid-1980s. Clean water was provided from 16 December 2013.OBJECTIVE: To determine the rates of decline in serum perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) a

In this paper, we have investigated, by means of quantitative and statistical methods, stability and change in cultural vocabulary of Indo-European in Europe, with a focus on agriculture. For this purpose we have created a culture vocabulary list with lexical head words, organized into subcategories based on their role and function in a cultural system, the purpose of which is to give a representa

Titel: En kommuns platsvarumärkesskapande kommunikation. Författare: Mattias S Jönsson – Philip Essfors – Zinar Omar. Handledare: Veronika Tarnovskaya. Kurs: FEKH29 Examensarbete i marknadsföring på kandidatnivå, 15 HP. Frågeställning: Hur kommunicerar Malmö stad för att stärka sitt platsvarumärke gentemot befintliga och potentiella invånare? Syfte: Uppsatsen syftar till att utgöra ett bidrTitle: A municipality's place branding communication. Authors: Mattias S Jönsson – Philip Essfors – Zinar Omar. Advisor: Veronika Tarnovskaya. Course: FEKH29, Business Administration: Degree Project in Marketing Undergraduate Level, 15 hp. Research question: How does Malmo city communicate to strengthen their place brand towards existing and potential residents? Purpose: The purpose of th

The purpose of this essay is to examine whether different types of natural resources, in this case diamonds and oil, have an impact on the intensity of violence of rebel groups and, if so, to what extent. We have made a comparative analysis based on two theories; the resource curse and the rebels’ resource curse. We have examined RUF in Sierra Leone and MEND in Nigeria, and what connections they h

Sverige har en av världens mest generösa föräldraförsäkringar. Föräldraförsäkringen är könsneutralt utformad, men trots detta tar kvinnor ut drygt 75 procent av föräldraledigheten. Syftet med denna uppsats är att, ur ett genusrättsvetenskapligt perspektiv, utreda om en individualiserad föräldraförsäkring borde införas och att genomföra en genuskritisk rättspolitisk studie av rätten genom att appliSweden has one of the world's most generous parental insurance. The parental insurance is designed to be gender neutral, but despite this, women take out more than 75 percent of the parental leave. The purpose of this paper is to, from a gender rights scientific perspective, investigate whether an individualised parental leave should be introduced and to conduct a gender-critical legal policy

The aim of this study is to find out how “the best interest of the child” is considered in courtroom proceedings where any placement according to LVU exists, or where it is deliberated that care according to LVU shall cease. The purpose is further to analyze the arguments made about “the best interest of the child” and to study how children´s feelings and experiences are expressed in LVU judgments

Områden där floder mynnar ut i havet kan drabbas av kombinerade händelser av höga havsvattenstånd och höga flöden. När det sker kan konsekvenserna vara betydligt mer omfattande än vid isolerade händelser. För att förbereda samhällen för sådana händelser och undvika katastrofer när de sker är korrekt utfärdade hydrologiska varningar och hydrauliska kartläggningar av stor vikt. Sveriges MeteorologiCoastal floodplains are at risk for combined high discharge and sea level events. Consequences when they occur can be several magnitudes greater than the impact from any isolated event. In this thesis the compounding of different river and coastal flood combinations at three case study sites were studied through the use of 1D/2D-hydraulic modelling software LISFLOOD- FP. The areas were; Henån, Äng

The Convention on the Rights of the Child was incorporated into Swedish law in 2020 to strengthen children's social rights. Since its incorporation, researchers have investigated how the Convention has affected work with children's rights. There are still knowledge gaps on how to interpret these principles. This study aims to understand how the child's best interests, the child's o

Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM) is a chronic disease characterized by the inability of the pancreas to produce sufficient amounts of insulin. Daily compensation of the deficiency requires 4-6 insulin injections to be taken daily, the aim of this insulin therapy being to maintain normoglycemia- i.e., a blood glucose level between 4-7 mmol/L. To determine the quantity and timing of these

Syfte: Syftet är att ur ett resursbaserat perspektiv öka förståelsen för ett konsultföretags resursanvändning, och för de bakomliggande faktorer som skapar framgång i ett växande konsultföretag. Syftet är även att utreda om den resursbaserade teorin kan vara ett komplett analysverktyg för sådana företag. Metod: Vi använder oss av en kvalitativ metod med deduktiv ansats. Vi kommer med hjälp av priPurpose: The purpose is to increase the understanding of the resource allocation of a consultancy firm from a resource-based view, and analyze how the underlying factors can create success in a growing consultancy firm. The purpose is also to review if the resource-based view can be used as an analyzing tool for such firms. Methodology: We have been using a qualitative method with a deductive ap

Time-frequency representations (TFR) typically suffer from resolution problems due to the uncertainty principle. This can lead to loss of information if signals are too close in time or frequency, or if they have significantly different energies. Methods addressing these issues and which can be used in tandem with the typical spectrogram or scalogram have been developed throughout the years. The r

Bergkross är det främsta materialet för uppbyggnad av vägar idag. Det är ett jungfruligt material som bara ökar i produktion för användning i anläggningssektorn. För att minska användningen och i förlängningen också produktionen av jungfruliga material undersöks mer sekundära ballastmaterial som exempelvis slaggrus för att nå ett cirkulärt flöde. Slaggrus har undersökts utifrån olika aspekter meCrushed stone is the main material for building roads today. It is a virgin material that is only increasing in production for use in the construction sector. To reduce the use of virgin materials, and with it the production, more secondary aggregate materials such as Municipal solid waste incinerated (MSWI) bottom ash are being investigated to achieve a circular flow. MSWI bottom ash has been in

I takt med att världen utvecklas med nya tekniska framsteg ökar mängden konsumtion och därmed fortsätter även mängden farligt avfall drastiskt att öka, vilket skapar nya utmaningar för miljön. Vår framtid är helt beroende av om vi väljer att hantera detta komplexa avfall på ett hållbart sätt, eller väljer att försumma vårt ansvar. Trots de betydande framstegen som gjorts till följd av implementeriWith a rapid increase in technological achievements and consequently consumption, the amount of toxic waste continues to expand drastically, creating new environmental challenges. Our future depends on if we manage this com- plex waste in a sustainable way or choose to neglect the issue. Despite the significant progress made from implementing the Basel Convention in 1992, troubling questions regar