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we present results that provide fundamental insights on how to experimentally tailor the planar defect density and even the crystal structure in III-V metal-particle-seeded nanowires, where zinc blende is the stable bulk crystal structure. We have grown GaP nanowires with metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy under different conditions: pulsing of the Ga source, and Continuous growth with and without

We have examined the effect of geometry optimisation on energies calculated with the quantum-mechanical (QM) cluster, the combined QM and molecular-mechanics (QM/MM), the big-QM approaches (very large single-point QM calculations taken from QM/MM-optimised structures, including all atoms within 4.5 Å of the minimal active site, all buried charged groups in the protein, and truncations moved at lea

Double-stranded (ds) DNA from salmon testes has been incorporated into PVA hydrogels obtained by a technique of repeated freezing and thawing. The cryogels obtained are free of potential toxic species like chemical cross-linkers, and consequently, they can be used in pharmaceutical or medical applications. These cryogels show a good mechanical resistance and a white and opaque appearance caused by

Density gradient widths at the polymer-vacuum surfaces of poly(methyl methacrylate), styrene-co-acrylonitrile, and styrene-co-maleic anhydride were quantified to 2, 5, and 4 rim, respectively, by use of a pulsed low-energy positron lifetime beam and to approximately 1.5 nm for all three polymers on the basis of theoretical predictions from pressure-volume-temperature (PVT) data, making use of the

The aim of this essay was to look into and compare the experiences and opinions about the practice of 13 § LVM among persons that, through their profession, use the law. The questions we have been asking were; what experiences and opinions the individuals have about the paragraph in general, what they think about the cases when no application for LVM is made after a client has been taken in charg

Dissatisfaction with the current market for scientific publishing, dominated by a few large publishers able to obtain high subscription fees, gave birth to the Open Access movement. One problem for the Open Access movement, which aims at making research results freely available, is that scientists are reluctant to publish in journals that are free on the Internet, so called Open Access journals. T

Dagens samhälle präglas av globalisering och gränsöverskridande handel. I vår del av världen verkar EU och den fria rörligheten som inte bara ger människor och företag rättigheter utan även påverkar våra skatter. I centrum för handeln återfinns företagen, stora som små, som vågar ta klivet över till andra marknader för att se om de klarar av konkurrensen och på sikt öka vinsten då nya marknader in

The purpose of our essay was to examine what treatment women have had, who in their teenage years had eating disorders, how they have experienced this treatment and how they live today. Our central questions were; what was their experience of the treatment, how are their lives today, has the eating disorder and the treatment affected how the women live today and what kind of treatments are there?

Adoptive T-cell therapy (ACT) is a highly intensive immunotherapy regime that has yielded remarkable response rates and many durable responses in clinical trials in melanoma; however, 50-60% of the patients have no clinical benefit. Here, we searched for predictive biomarkers to ACT in melanoma. Whole exome-and transcriptome sequencing and neoantigen prediction were applied to pre-treatment sample

A fully automatic system for abdominal organ segmentation is presented. As a first step, an organ localization is obtained via a robust and efficient feature registration method where the center of the organ is estimated together with a region of interest surrounding the center. Then, a convolutional neural network performing voxelwise classification is applied. The convolutional neural network co

Grass pea amine oxidase (GPAO) and oat polyamine oxidase (OPAO) were immobilized along with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and an Os-redox polymer (Os-RP) onto the surface of a graphite electrode by crosslinking with poly(ethylenglycol) diglycidyl ether. The resulted reagentless amperometric biosensors were inserted in a flow injection setup and used as electrochemical detectors for the biogenic ami

The presented work is motivated by Free Space Optics (FSO) communications. FSO is a well established wireless optical transmission technology considered as an alternative to radio communications for example in metropolitan wireless mesh networks. An FSO link is established by means of a laser beam between the transmitter and the receiver placed in the line of sight. A major disadvantage of FSO lin

We investigate how the life satisfaction of migrants is affected by life satisfaction in their background country and in their new country of residence. In particular, we contribute to the literature by differentiating between first- and second-generation immigrants and by differentiating between types of background country. Using data from the European Social Survey on 30,000 immigrants from 200

Arctic is contaminated with persistent organochlorine pollutants (POPs), and exposure to these compounds may differ between south and north in Norway. POPs may have negative impact on male reproductive characteristics. We compared serum levels of the CB-153 and p,p'-DDE in men who were born and had lived most of their lifetime south and north (close to or above the Arctic Circle) in Norway. We fou

Objective. To assess the impact of low-to-moderate risk prostate cancer on patients' quality of life (QoL) at diagnosis and within the first year of treatment. Subjects and Methods. Men (n = 672) aged 50-75 years with prostate cancer (Gleason score ≤7, PSA ≤20 ng/mL and clinical staging T1c-T2b) were enrolled in five European countries. Patients completed five questionnaires, including EORTC Quali

Biological invasions often cause major perturbations in the environment and are well studied among macroorganisms. Less is known about invasion by free-living microbes. Gonyostomum semen (Raphidophyceae) is a freshwater phytoplankton species that has increased in abundance in Northern Europe since the 1980's and has expanded its habitat range. In this study, we aimed to determine the genetic popul

We present a theoretical analysis of the interfacial tensions of microemulsions in ternary systems water-oil-nonionic surfactant. For surfactants based on oligo-ethylene oxide head-groups the temperature can be used to tune the properties of the microemulsions. Explicit expressions are derived for the interfacial tension of both droplet and bicontinuous microemulsions. We also discuss the effect o

To improve cement penetration into the cancellous bone of the acetabulum in hip arthroplasty, sequential cementation of each anchoring hole may be feasible. Since this procedure creates laminations in the cement, we have determined the conditions under which such laminations affect the strength of the cement. Cement bars made at 2, 3 or 4 minutes after the start of cement mixing and with either dr