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This paper deals with the Swedish Criminal Code Chapter 6, paragraph 14. The primary aim has been to investigate, from an unbiased and sociology of law perspective, how the regulation is interpreted by the courts, and then compare it to the legislator’s interpretation. My secondary aim has been to analyze what victomological consequences that can arise from an unclear regulation. In order to fulf
The objective of this paper is to find out whether economic circumstances can have an impact on the level of risk aversion using a sample of data from the Netherlands. The testing strategy is based on the DNB Household Survey, which is issued by CentERdata. Launched in 1993, this database contains panel data up until the year 2011. Using such data allows for the study of psychological as well as e
Bone scintigraphy images are used to investigate the presence of metastases in patients with prostate cancer. An analysis of these images indicates the proportion of cancer in the bones; the Bone Scan Index (BSI). This value is an important prognostic factor used to predict the future for the patients. It is common to extend the examination with a combination of SPECT and CT images to be able to s
In this thesis I have investigated pauses in writing in word-internal contexts and clause boundaries. I have been looking at the differences between 15-year-olds and adults with dyslexia and been focusing on how many pauses and how much pause time they have in these contexts. People with dyslexia have difficulties coding words, which mean that they are bad spellers and readers. Normally we automat
Both numerical simulations and experimental measurements of small scale spontaneous ignition with different biomass fuels have been performed. In the experiments, temperature history was monitored at five different locations inside the fuel bed. The measured temperature history was used for validation of comprehensive threedimensional computer simulations which were carried out using a parallel fi
In the study presented in this paper, experimental data from a pneumatic hybrid has been compared to the results from a simulation of the engine in GT-Power. The engine in question is a single-cylinder Scania D12 diesel engine, which has been converted to work as a pneumatic hybrid. The base engine model, provided by Scania, is made in GT-Power and it is based on the same engine configuration as t
Introduction: The proportion of elderly patients who are undernourished is high and undernutrition has serious health implications. No consensus exists regarding nutritional screening measurements suitable for elderly patients. There is a need to identify risk factors for undernutrition in elderly patients to enable prevention and treatment. Aim: To identify clinically identifiable risk factors fo
Presence–absence surveys are a commonly used method for monitoring broad-scale changes in wildlife distributions. However, the lack of power of these surveys for detecting population trends is problematic for their application in wildlife management. Options for improving power include increasing the sampling effort or arbitrarily relaxing the type I error rate. We present an alternative, whereby
A crucial requirement in the development of liquid-metal spallation neutron target is knowledge of the composition and amount of volatile radionuclides that are released from the target during operation. It is also important to know the total amount produced, which could be released if there was an accident. One type is the lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) target where different radionuclides can be pr
The need to design high performance of a cooled gas turbine is considered with emphasis made on coupled aerodynamic and heat transfer optimization of the vane, blade, and single stage cooled gas turbine by using a multiobjective optimization method. The aerodynamic profile is designed to have three sections and the cooling structure to consist of a serpentine passage, with a tail transverse channe
Introduction: In Italy the course to become a general practitioner (GP) lasts 3 years and includes both theoretical and practical study. Different from the theoretical part, until recently the practical activity has not been assessed at all. The Emilia Romagna Regional Health Authority has developed a special program called INFORMEG (Management of Tutoring during the Triennial Specific Training in
Biomolecular and pharmaceutical downstream processing is dominated by chromatographic separation, which is associated with high product quality, low capacity and high costs. The separation can be optimized to minimize the costs while achieving a high purity. This paper presents an experimental validation of a discretized multi-level elution (DiME) trajectory, implemented on commercially available
Event detection is a challenging stage in eye movement data analysis. A major drawback of current event detection methods is that parameters have to be adjusted based on eye movement data quality. Here we show that a fully automated classification of raw gaze samples as belonging to fixations, saccades, or other oculomotor events can be achieved using a machine-learning approach. Any already manua
Energy efficiency in buildings can be understood elaborately by evaluating its operational and embodied energy. Embodied energy is the sum of all the energy that is used to produce materials in a building construction. This study assesses various building parameters e.g. U-value of the materials, Window to Floor Area Ratio (WFR), location, etc. that affect the operational and embodied energy and u
Sjukvårdspersonal riskerar att hamna i situationer där samtycke för ett medicinskt ingrepp inte kan inhämtas på grund av att patienten befinner sig i ett medvetslöst tillstånd. Vid givande av vård krävs som utgångspunkt alltid patientens samtycke, vilket är något som i praktiken inte alltid är möjligt. I akuta och allvarliga fall ingriper sjukvårdspersonal med stöd av 4 kap. 4 § PL när patientens Daily, medical personnel risk finding themselves in situations where consent for a medical procedure cannot be obtained due to the patient being in an unconscious state. According to Swedish law patient consent is always required before providing medical care, yet is something that is not always possible in practice. In acute and serious cases, medical personnel intervene under the support of Chap
När det föreligger ett fel i en fastighet finns det flera påföljder som står köpa-ren till buds. Den vanligaste åtgärd som en köpare vidtar i dessa fall är att begära kompensation för felet genom ett prisavdrag. Prisavdrag är en påföljd vars syfte är att återställa den avtalsbalans mellan parternas prestationer som rubbats med anledning av felet. Hur man återställer denna avtalsbalans beror på vilWhen there is a defect in a property, there are several remedies available to the buyer. The most common action a buyer takes in these cases is to request compensation for the defect through a price reduction. Price reduction is a remedy aimed at restoring the contractual balance between the parties’ performances that has been disturbed due to the defect. Depending on the type of agreement the per
The aim of this paper was to establish sources for microplastic fibres and fragments based on the presence of specific colours (I) within different land use classes and (II) in relation to the location of wastewater treatment plants. Most of the colours did not result in significantly different counts between the land use classes, except for black fragments, which resulted in significantly higher
The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of gender and national culture on the compensation gap between CEOs and other members of top management and the company performance. The theoretical framework consists of previous research on gender differences, national culture and the effects of compensation gaps on company performance. Furthermore, it is based on theories such as tournament theor
