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Background: S100A9 has been shown to be important for the function of so called Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC). Cells with a similar phenotype are also involved in pro-inflammatory processes, and we therefore wanted to investigate the gene expression and function of these cells in animals that were either subjected to chronic inflammation, or inoculated with tumors. Methods: CD11b(+)Ly6C(
The Swedish Antarctic Research Expedition named “SWEDARP” was performed during October 1988 through April 1989. The aim of our project was to study the radioactivity in air and water from Gothenburg to the Antarctic. Between Gothenburg and the Equator, the average activity concentration of 7Be in air was 4.3 ± 0.7 mBq/m3. The activity concentration of 7Be in the South Atlantic down to Antarctica v
A 3D model is developed to describe an anode-supported planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), by ANSYS/Fluent evaluating reactions including methane steam reforming (MSR)/water-gas shift (WGSR) reactions in thick anode layer and H-2-O-2/CO-O-2 electrochemical reactions in anode active layer, coupled with heat, mass species, momentum, and ion/electron charges transport processes in SOFC. The predicte
Amyloid deposits from several human diseases have been found to contain membrane lipids. Co-aggregation of lipids and amyloid proteins in amyloid aggregates, and the related extraction of lipids from cellular membranes, can influence structure and function in both the membrane and the formed amyloid deposit. Co-aggregation can therefore have important implications for the pathological consequences
Popular Abstract in Swedish Antalet personer som är amputerade ovanför tålederna i Sverige kan uppskattas till mellan 5000 och 5500. (ca 0.06 % av befolkningen). Största delen av dessa är amputerade pg.a. av kärlsjukdom (≈ 80 %). Antalet årligen nytillkomna benamputerade i Sverige kan uppskattas till mellan 1000-1100 och mindre än 5 % av dessa fall är relaterade till andra orsaker, t.ex. trauma elThe current prevalence of persons amputated at transmetatarsal level or higher in Sweden can be estimated to be between 5000 and 5500 persons (approx. 0.06 % of the population). The majority of these are patients with vascular disease (≈ 80%). In Sweden between 1000 and1100 new amputees can be expect every year. Less than 5% of all amputations will be related to causes other than vascular disease.
The thesis discusses closed-loop control of the hypnotic and the analgesic components of anesthesia. The objective of the work has been to develop a system which independently controls the intravenous infusion rates of the hypnotic drug propofol and analgesic drug remifentanil. The system is designed to track a reference hypnotic depth level, while maintaining adequate analgesia. This is complicat
I delar av Danmarks (Sjælland) grundvatten har det hittats nickel- och arsenikhalter över gränsvärdena bestämda av World Health Organization (WHO). Där har mineralet pyrit undersökts och visat sig innehålla dessa ämnen. Förhöjda halter av arsenik har även upptäckts i skånskt grundvatten av Sveriges geologiska undersökning (SGU). Kalkberggrunden i Danmark och Sverige, som har bildats på liknande säThe groundwater in parts of Danmark (Sjælland) is known to exceed the World Health Organizations limits for arsenic and nickel contents in drinking water according to the Danish Geological Survey (Flindt Jörgensen, 2005a; Flindt Jörgensen, 2005b; Stockmarr 2005). In groundwater in Scania the Swedish Geological Survey has found exceeding contents of arsenic. Therefore, this study investigated pyrit
Sri Lanka has been a leading example among developing nations in the fight against poverty. Human development has been a priority of the Sri Lankan government, and many social indicators are today more in line with those of a developed country. Still poverty is a severe and widespread problem in the country. The economic growth has been under the country’s potential, and the unequal development ha
The purpose of this essay is to examine how Nepal has implemented article 28 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The essay focuses on subdivision 1(a) in the article which establishes that all States Parties shall make primary education compulsory and free to all children within their country. Through the ratification of the CRC the Government of Nepal is under the obligation to
I have conducted a qualitative study based on five adult sober alcoholics’ life stories. The purpose of the study was to explore and gain more knowledge and understanding of the role the social network played for an individual, living a sober life. Furthermore, how “sober alcoholics” find themselves in the community, where alcohol consumption is widely accepted in different social contexts and whe
Background The fierce competition in the telecom industry makes operators heavily invest in acquiring new customers. This is most often done with marketing campaigns and subsidies of handsets. But to be truly profitable, it is crucial not only to attract new customers, but also to make sure they retain with the company for as long time as possible. This turns the mobile operators’ attention to cus
Room acoustics, as a branch of architectural acoustics, has got more and more attention nowadays. One of the aims of the room acoustics is to develop different method to evaluate the acoustic performance of the rooms and to address human acoustic comfort needs. Meanwhile, the process of reverberation plays an important role in room acoustics, and it is also an evaluation standard of evaluating roo
Att köpa sexuella tjänster har varit brottsligt i Sverige sedan 1999. Även om kriminaliseringen i förarbetena delvis motiverades med att prostitution är skadligt för individerna som befinner sig i situationen så är det inte, åtminstone inte tydligt, ett brott mot person. Samtidigt finns det personer med erfarenhet av att sälja sex som vittnar om utsatthet och övergrepp inom prostitutionen, något sBuying sexual services has been illegal in Sweden since 1999. Although the criminalization in the preparatory work was partly motivated by the fact that prostitution is harmful to the individuals who are in the situation, it is not, at least not clear, a crime against an individual. At the same time, there are people with experience of selling sex that tells about their experiences, showing that a
The purpose of this study was to examine the Minnesota model and the meaningful moments experienced by people who have gone through the Minnesota treatment. Our aim was also to analyze this treatment from an interactionist perspective using the turning points theory, the labeling theory, Ervin Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective and, the interactionist perspective view on the emotion shame. We hav
Självtorkande betong behöver en hög halt cement för att fungera väl, vilket direkt leder till begränsande möjligheter till reduktion av koldioxidutsläpp. Intresset för att finna alternativ till en hög cementhalt är därför stort. Exempelvis är det känt att en lägre härdningstemperatur kan förbättra självuttorkningen och det finns även alternativa bindemedel med en potential till självuttorkning. DTo achieve an increased self-desiccation in concrete, a high cement content is needed, which leads to limited opportunities in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. There is therefore an interest in finding alternatives to a high cement content for self-desiccating concrete. For example, it is known that a lower curing temperature can improve self-desiccation. Furthermore, there are also altern
The purpose of this study is to find out how assistance officers reason about making decisions about moving to special housing. We pay special attention to the principle of remaining resident, which should guide such decisions. The main focus of this study is to increase understanding and provide a clearer picture of the historical events that have resulted in the success of the remaining residenc
Soccer is witnessing technological advancements in a variety of areas, of which many are dependent on camera calibration. This thesis addresses the challenge of calibrating the extrinsic parameters of cameras used in soccer broadcasts using a monocular view of the field. Accurate camera calibration is essential for various applications such as player positioning, field modelling, and improving the
Environmental pollution stems from industrial emissions to the air, soil and water. This has resulted in many areas being contaminated today by, among other things, heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons and PAHs. Approximately 86.000 contaminated sites have been identified across Sweden. Identifying contaminated sites enables inventory and risk classification. Therefore, the method for the inventor
The purpose of this thesis is to research the relationship between trade unions and far-right parties in Scandinavia. Considering the well established trade unions, the Nordic model, with the rise of support for the far-right, and how their founding ideologies are very different from each other, the region of Scandinavia constitutes a unique area for the relationship between trade unions and far-r
