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In this article, we discuss Swedish crisis management from the perspective that public administration has evolved from a government steering structure to a governance structure. The power to govern crisis policy has been partly transferred from "government" to autonomous policy networks, which may include both public and private actors. Geographic area responsibility is assigned to the Government

Klimatkrisen framstår mer och mer som det största hot människan någonsin ställts inför. Även om det politiska svaret kan beskrivas som avvaktande, pågår arbete för att på olika sätt minska klimatförändringarnas effekter, och hantera de risker vi kommer att ställas inför. Världssamfundet är enigt. Den globala medeltemperaturen bör inte öka med mer än 2 grader, och helst inte mer än 1,5 grader, jämfClimate change is a growing threat to mankind. The message from the scientific community is clear: we need to act fast and profoundly. The political response has, however, been slow. The likelihood that we will be able to meet our political climate goals only by reducing emissions is slim. Meanwhile is the interest around ways to capture carbon dioxide that has already been emitted on the rise. In

Post partum depression är ett omfattande folkhälsoproblem som utlandsfödda mödrar löper ökad risk att drabbas av. Rutinmässig screening av alla nyblivna mödrar för post partum depression har implementerats i många länder för att öka identifikationen, men tidigare forskning indikerar att hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal upplever screening av utlandsfödda mödrar som en svår arbetsuppgift. Det övergripanPostpartum depression is a major public health problem, which immigrant mothers are at particular risk of being affected by. Routine screening is implemented by many countries to increase identification, but research suggests that health care professionals experience screening of immigrant mothers as challenging. The overall aim of this thesis was therefore to develop an evidence-based educational

NOx pollution from diesel engines has been stated as causing over 10 000 pre-mature deaths annually and predictions are showing that this level will increase [1]. In order to decrease this growing global problem, exhaust after-treatment systems for diesel engines have to be improved, this is especially so for vehicles carrying freight as their use of diesel engines is expected to carry on into the

Popular Abstract in Swedish Det blir allt vanligare att man ersätter förlorade och skadade kroppsdelar med ett biomaterial (vanligtvis ett metall eller polymer implantat). Exempel på vanliga användningsområden är; suturer, kärl, hjärtklaffar, pacemakers, katetrar, ledproteser, fixationsskruvar för skelett och konstgjorda tänder samt kapslar för långsam frisättning av medicin. Trots det rutinmässigThe biological response to different implanted biomaterials vary. The relative importance of factors in the material and host for this variation are at present incompletely known. The variation in the cellular response to specific proteins and the rapid adsorption of proteins to surfaces exposed to biological environments has created the hypothesis that the cellular interactions with biomaterials

To run a Diesel engine in Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) mode has proved to be a highly promising approach towards reduced engine-out emissions of NOx and particulate matter. A crucial issue when utilizing HCCI is the degree of charge homogeneity that is required to achieve the desired low temperature combustion. A very well mixed charge can be created through the use of traditiona

Recent years have seen tremendous effort in the development of approaches with which to obtain quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) free energies for reactions in the condensed phase. Nevertheless, there remain significant challenges to address, particularly, the high computational cost involved in performing proper configurational sampling and, in particular, in obtaining ab initio QM/MM

Introduktion: Dataspelande är en väldigt vanlig fritidssyssla och en majoritet av svenska ungdomar uppger att de spelar dataspel dagligen. En minoritet av dessa utvecklar ett problematiskt spelbeteende, ett fenomen som fått formellt erkännande i och med att diagnosen Gaming Disorder (GD) inkluderats i diagnossystemet ICD-11. Nu efterfrågar både barn- och ungdomspsykiatrin (BUP), skolhälsovården oc

Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling handlar om utveckling och tillämpning av metoder för jonstråleanalys av lätta ämnen (lättare än ungefär aluminium), framförallt vid en nukleär mikrosond. Vid en nukleär mikrosond accelereras tunga partiklar, t.ex. protoner, av en partikelaccelerator och fokuseras av ett speciellt magnetiskt linssystem ned till en storlek av ungefär 1 mikrometer. Denna sThis thesis treats the development of Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) methods, principally for the analysis of light elements at a nuclear microprobe (NMP). The light elements are in this context defined as those with an atomic number Z of less than approximately 13 (aluminium). The work reported is to a large extent based upon multiparameter methods. Several signals are acquired simultaneously, and the d

Popular Abstract in Swedish Gränsöverskridande luftföroreningar ger upphov till såväl allvarliga miljöproblem ( t ex försurning, övergödning och skogskador) såsom hot mot hälsan. Denna bok analyserar den roll vetenskapliga experter spelar i de pågående internationella förhandlingarna som syftar till att reducera luftföroreningsproblemen i Europa. Samspelet mellan forskare och beslutsfattare har inLong-range transboundary air pollution generates pressing environmental problems such as the acidification of lakes and soils, forest decline and loss of biodiversity as well as threats to human health across Europe. The overall aim of this study is to explore the role of scientific expertise in environmental diplomacy by analyzing recent international agreements in the transboundary air pollution

Popular Abstract in Swedish Automatisk analys av programkod är ett kärnområde inom datavetenskap. Det mest typiska verktyget inom detta område är en kompilator som översätter källkod till maskinkod, men det finns många likartade verktyg, exempelvis översättning mellan språkdialekter, kontroll av kodkonventioner samt automatisk omstrukturering av kod. Eftersom dessa verktyg gör liknande analyser fiProcessing of programs is a core area in computer science. A compiler that translates source text to machine language is the most well-known kind of tool in this area, but there are numerous other kinds of related applications: source-to-source translators, refactoring tools, reengineering tools, metrics tools, consistency checkers, etc. These tools perform similar analyses and can therefore benef

Popular Abstract in Swedish Blodet fyller livsviktiga uppgifter i kroppen såsom syretransport och infektionsförsvar. De röda blodkropparna sköter syretransporten och de vita blodkropparna hanterar infektionsskyddet eller immunförsvaret. Blodplättar står för blodets levring vid blödning. Efterhand förbrukas blodcellerna och därför sker en kontinuerlig nybildning. Vid akut behov kan produktionen av The fusion protein AML1-ETO is observed in acute myeloid patients with the chromosomal translocation t(8;21). Cells with this chimeric protein have impaired granulocytic and erythroid differentiation with accumulation of myeloblasts. The transcriptional co-repressor ETO (Eight Twenty One) was identified from the cloning of AML1-ETO. Subsequently, MTGR1 (Myeloid Translocation Gene-Related protein 1

Popular Abstract in Swedish Virala infektioner är och har varit ett stort hälsoproblem för mänskligheten. Många av de sjukdomar som förorsakas av virus är obotliga och spridningen är oftast snabb (ett exempel är HIV). Förutom att direkt förorsaka olika sjukdomstillstånd har virus också påvisats vara orsak till olika former av cancer. Under de senaste åren har dock forskare försökt att börja använAll viruses that infect bacteria, plant, or animal cells involve a genome (RNA or DNA) that is encapsidated by a rigid protein shell. After delivery of the viral genome into the host cell, new capsid proteins, which are encoded by viral DNA or RNA, are expressed and self-assembled into new viral capsids. The main objective of my research was to study the key physical factors of genome ejection tha

Popular Abstract in Swedish Graden av genetisk variation inom och mellan olika populationer bestäms av balansen mellan tre faktorer: naturligt urval, slumpmässig genetisk drift och genflöde. Genom studier av genetisk variation är det möjligt att dra slutsatser om t ex selektionstryck på olika alleler (genvarianter), arters spridningsvägar till nya platser, tid sedan etablering och graden av släktsIn this thesis I present studies concerning genomic diversity and genetic heterogeneity as well as the evolution and maintenance of genetic variation at a specific immune defence gene in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, L.). I here present data on nucleotide diversity showing that human activities as well as different post-glacial colonisation events have had considerable effects on the genomic diver

Prostate cancer is one of the major causes of cancer related deaths in men in Europe and the United States. In this doctoral thesis, radioimmunoimaging and -therapy of prostate cancer was investigated pre-clinically by targeting the human kallikrein-related peptidase 2 (hK2) with radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies. hK2 is an antigen that is over-expressed in prostatic neoplasms and is closely rel

Optical absorption spectroscopy is a widely used analytical tool for constituent analysis in many applications. According to the Beer-Lambert law, the transmitted light intensity through a homogeneous medium is an exponential function of the product of the concentration, the total pathlength, and the absorption cross-section of the absorbing substance. By studying the intensity loss at the unique

This study makes a numeric and visual comparison of two different multibeam echo sounding (MBES) surveys performed at the exact same location, in an effort to establish how reliable and comparable the vertical depth measurements are. The horizontal position uncertainty is not issued in this study. The analysis was performed on data delivered by two survey contractors, The Norwegian Coastal Admini

I alla industrier där partiklar behandlas i torra prover är segregering ett stort problem. Segregering kan ske vid olika steg i processen där partiklarna i fråga till exempel transporteras, blandas eller bara lagras. Det uppskattas att uppemot 30 % av all fördröjning i processer sker på grund av segregering av partiklar(Johanson, 2014). Detta leder till kritiska konsekvenser för ett företag så somSegregation is a well-known process problem that may cost companies quality and time. The aim of this project was to establish a fundamental understanding about sifting segregation by using the sifting segregation tester described in the ASTM International standard. In this work, Cellets and Suglets were used to study particles tendency to segregate at different weight ratios and different particl

Over the last few years there has been considerable debate about the reading habits of Swedish children and teenagers in both library journals and the mainstream press. This debate has been sparked by the alarm caused by reports on comparatively poor language skills and poor school results among kids in elementary school. Since 2013, children, and thus the promotion of children’s literature, have

The Swedish railway transportation system possess substantial lack of capacity on most routs. At the same time the demand for rail transport are expected to grow and The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) believes that measures to increase the capacity are substance for the system to cope with the increased traffic. In addition, measures needs to be done for the Swedish rail transport