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This thesis is built upon four research projects, in which we investigated different aspects of increasing the diagnostic yield of blood cultures. Blood culture sampling using a single venipuncture (single-sampling strategy, SSS) is non-inferior to sampling from two separate venipunctures when sensitivity is considered. The effect of SSS on blood culture contamination rate is less known. In Study
ObjectivesAthletes competing in blind football have consistently been highlighted as at risk for injuries, and potential concussions. This study described the incidence of injuries sustained by athletes competing in blind football (Football 5-a-side) at the London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. This study described injury proportions and incidences by age, period of competition, o
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Swedish tragedies from the first half of the eighteenth century often looked at French drama, but there are notable instances where inspiration seems to have come from elsewhere: Erik Wrangel’s Torilla (1738), for example, breaks conventions expected of French theatre by letting princes battle supernatural forces on stage; the story presented in Eric Brander’s Cleopatra (1749) seems familiar from
OBJECTIVE: Tumor deposits (TDs) are a negative prognostic factor in colorectal cancer, independent of lymph node metastasis (LNM). This study aimed to investigate the ability of pre-operative MRI to identify TDs and differentiate them from LNM in rectal cancer.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with histopathological N1-N2 rectal cancer with and without TDs who underwent curative-intent primary surge
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a necessary precursor condition to multiple myeloma (MM). Given the role of autophagy in modulating MM risk, we investigated whether genetic variation in autophagy-related genes influences susceptibility to MGUS. We analyzed the association of 34,042 common autophagy-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with MGUS across six ind
Habitat loss and nutrient enrichment are major drivers of plant species declines. However, local extinction risks vary widely and are shaped by life-history trait syndromes. Genomic life-history traits, which are simple, stable and widely available, offer a promising yet underexplored approach to improving extinction risk assessments and informing conservation efforts. Using a spatial comparison a
Effective and locally supported river restoration requires attention to the social dimensions of rivers. This paper examines local perceptions of hydropower and restoration in the river Rönne å, an early case under Sweden’s National Plan for Modern Environmental Conditions for Hydropower. A mixed-methods approach, including a questionnaire and qualitative interviews, explores how inhabitants relat
The article consists of six core sections. Firstly, it argues for examining the language, origin, use and meaning of key concepts when seeking to understand historical perspectives. Secondly, is a concrete investigation of three concepts related to the French Revolution: ‘historical monument’, ‘vandalism’, and ‘heritage’. Thirdly, it describes how ‘historical monument’ was replaced by ‘heritage’ aThe article consists of six core sections. Firstly, it argues for examining the language, origin, use and meaning of key concepts when seeking to understand historical perspectives. Secondly, is a concrete investigation of three concepts related to the French Revolution: ‘historical monument’, ‘vandalism’, and ‘heritage’. Thirdly, it describes how ‘historical monument’ was replaced by ‘heritage’ a
Blink characteristics such as duration, amplitude, and eyelid velocity are widely used indicators of cognitive and physiological states. While early magnetic search coil studies suggested that vertical eye orientation relative to the head influences blink measurements, subsequent research has largely ignored this factor. No studies have investigated whether vertical eye orientation effects replica
Dermatan sulfate epimerase 1 (DS-epi1) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate, catalyzing the conversion of glucuronic acid to iduronic acid at the polymer level. Chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate chains are found on at least 32 proteoglycans, many of which are implicated in human diseases and syndromes, as well as in both malignant and
A search for heavy pseudo-scalar (A) and scalar (H) Higgs bosons decaying into a top-quark pair (tt¯) has been performed with 140 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data collected by the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 13 TeV. Interference effects between the signal process and Standard Model (SM) tt¯ production are taken into account. Final states with
Properties of the underlying-event in pp interactions are investigated primarily via the strange hadrons KS0, Λ and Λ¯, as reconstructed using the ATLAS detector at the LHC in minimum-bias pp collision data at s=13 TeV. The hadrons are reconstructed via the identification of the displaced two-particle vertices corresponding to the decay modes, Λ→π-p and Λ¯→π+p¯. These are used in the construction
The striving for a sustainable energy system entails an increasing use of renewable energy. Since several renewable energy sources are non-dispatchable (e.g., wind and solar), this development brings challenges in terms of the balance between energy supply and demand. As a result, there is a growing need for demand-side flexibility.The building stock has been highlighted as a promising resource of
