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Thermal manikins have been used to measure thermal properties of clothing. The use of thermal manikins has made a step forward in terms of quantifying thermal properties of clothing in a 3-D manner compared with the use of hotplates for material testing. The effects of clothing properties measured on the thermal manikins under steady state (constant manikin surface temperature and constant environ

Syfte:Vårt syfte är att studera hur förväntnings- och prestationsgapet mellan revisorer och intressenter ser ut i Sverige, där investerare står som representanter för intressentgruppen. Vi avser också att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar förväntnings- och prestationsgapet samt utreda om de senaste årens stora revisionsskandaler, likt HQ Bank, har haft någon påverkan på gapet i Sverige. Metod:

BACKGROUND: The rates of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft failure or contralateral ACL rupture range from 17% to 30% in pediatric patients after ACL reconstruction (ACLR). A contributing factor to the high reinjury rate in this population may be the limited evidence regarding appropriate criteria for allowing unrestricted return to activity (RTA) postoperatively.PURPOSE: To review the litera

We present and compare the existing methods of heteroepitaxy of III-Vs on silicon and their trends. We focus on the epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELOG) method as a means of achieving good quality III-Vs on silicon. Initially conducted primarily by near-equilibrium epitaxial methods such as liquid phase epitaxy and hydride vapour phase epitaxy, nowadays ELOG is being carried out even by non-equilib

Patients with childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer who will be treated with gonadotoxic therapies are at increased risk for infertility. Many patients and their families desire biological children but effective communication about treatment-related infertility risk and procedures for fertility preservation does not always happen. The PanCareLIFE Consortium and the International Late Effec

This chapter suggests ways forward in both policy and research. It establishes that legal and policy frameworks have little value without implementation, and multiple factors beyond these frameworks affect the extent to which people are protected from and during displacement and whether durable solutions to displacement are ultimately realised. Internationally, UN agencies, treaty monitoring bodie

Background: Different test procedures are often used within performance-based measures, causing uncertainty as to whether results can be compared between studies. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess agreement between different test procedures for the single-leg hop for distance (SLHD) and the single-leg mini squat (SLMS), respectively, two commonly used tasks for assessing deficiency in lowe

Grand challenges such as climate change put focus away from innovations and innovation policy as engines of economic growth towards fulfilling societal goals and sighting sustainable development. The literature on the geography of innovation has provided valuable insights on innovation activities of firms and industries and how they are positively influenced by co-location. In particular, short ge

Att använda molntjänster är en stor del av många företags vardag. I dessa molntjänster lagras ofta stora mängder personuppgifter. Den 22 mars 2018 antog den amerikanska kongressen den federala lagen ”CLOUD Act”. Lagen ger amerikanska brottsbekämpande myndigheter möjlighet att begära ut information, inbegripet personuppgifter, av en molntjänstleverantör som omfattas av amerikansk jurisdiktion, trotUsing cloud services is common in many companies' businesses. Large amounts of personal data are often stored in these cloud services. On March 22, 2018, the U.S. Congress passed the federal law “CLOUD Act”. The CLOUD Act allows U.S. law enforcement agencies to obtain information, including personal data, from a cloud service provider subject to U.S. jurisdiction, even though the information i

Course BUSN79 Degree Project Authors Rebecca Petersson & Ivar Stiernspetz Advisor Anna Glenngård Examiner Anders Anell Five key words Management control, Simons’ Levers of Control, Ambidexterity, Explorative innovation, Exploitative innovation. Purpose: The study aspires to explore if and how exploitative and explorative units within the same firm require different adaptation of Management

Converters of AC-DC nature are pivotal to supplying power in electronics, charging equipment, and renewable energy integration. A closed-loop Cuk converter with switched capacitor network and PID controller was proposed in this paper to mitigate the limitations of open circuit Cuk converter topology to ensure improved power factor from input along with low distortion in output, making it ideal for

Stable isotope analysis (N and C) of fossil cereal grains is regularly explored as a means of obtaining insights to past crop growing conditions and agricultural practices. In this study, we assessed how several growth conditions can affect δ15N and δ13C values of modern cereal grain with the aim to help understand isotopic values from ancient cereal remains. We investigated the impact of fertiliz

Understanding the evolution of evolvability—the evolutionary potential of populations—is key to predicting adaptation to novel environments. Despite growing evidence that evolvability structures adaptation, it remains unclear how adaptation to novel environments in turn influences evolvability. Here we address the interplay between adaptation and evolvability in the peacock fly Tephritis conura, w

Endotherms in cold regions improve heat-producing capacity when preparing for winter. We know comparatively little about how this change is fueled by seasonal adaptation in cellular respiration. Thus, we studied the changes of mitochondrial function in red blood cells in sympatric Coal (Periparus ater), Blue (Cyanistes caeruleus), and Great (Parus major) tits between autumn and winter. These speci

In 2010, the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) announced a “vision zero” of zero fire deaths in Sweden by 2050. Studies into fire deaths have identified that certain risk groups, including but not limited to older people, are overrepresented in fire death statistics in Sweden. The MSB has developed guidelines for how individualised fire safety (IFS) can be implemented in local communities f