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Decision-makers and managers spend substantial amounts of funding everyday on various interventions aimed at management of the large carnivores, for example different measures to mitigate depredation on livestock, e.g., removal of carnivores and fencing of livestock (see Linnell et al. 1996 for an extensive review). Management of species that occur in low numbers is challenging as relatively small
Oxygen-defective metal oxides like cerium oxides exhibit giant electrostriction and field-induced piezoelectricity due to a dynamic electrosteric interplay between oxygen defects, V O ⋅ ⋅ , and the fluorite lattice. While such mechanisms are generally attributed to oxygen vacancies, recent results also highlight that trapped cationic defects, Ce Ce ′ , i.e. small polarons, can contribute to the el
Background More than one in five patients who undergo treatment for breast cancer will develop breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). BCRL can occur as a result of breast cancer surgery and/or radiation therapy. BCRL can negatively impact comfort, function, and quality of life (QoL). Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), a type of hands-on therapy, is frequently used for BCRL and often as part of com
Popular Abstract in Swedish Affärsklimatet för dagens energimarknad har varit händelserik de senaste två decennierna med introduktaion av den avreglerade elmarknaden och den ökade vikten av miljöfrågor vid design och inköp av energirelaterade anläggningar. Detta har bidragit med krav om nya analyskriterier, vilka inte bara påverkar den tekniska utformningen av komponenter och system, utan även tilThe business climate of the energy market has been eventful over the last two decades, particularly with the introduction of the deregulated electricity market and promotion of environmental issues. This has subsequently lead to new analysis criteria, influencing both technology requirements and production costs. To be able to manage all the questions that have arisen from this the knowledge of th
Popular Abstract in Swedish Skogs- och pappersindustrin är några av Sveriges mest betydande industrier. Mycket av det producerade pappret används till förpackningar och papper har under lång tid varit det dominerande materialet i förpackningsindustrin; en annan viktig industri i Sverige. På senare år har dock pappersindustrin utsatts för hård konkurrens från plastindustrin när det gäller material The paper and packaging industry is a major and important industry in Sweden. The industry is capital intensive with a large investment base and long cycles for renewal and replenishment of machine platforms and other production equipment. Thus, the paper/packaging industry traditionally has a technical product oriented view and product development in the industry is partly made and understood in
While educational research (EdR) and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) are overlapping fields there remains considerable friction between the two. Shulman, (2011, p. 5), recounts a situation when an EdR colleague accused him “of contributing to the bastardization of the field by encouraging faculty members who were never trained to conduct educational or social science research to en
Despite recent improvement in adjuvant therapies, triple-negative, and ER+ subtypes of breast cancer (BC) with metastatic potentials remain the leading cause of BC-related deaths. We investigated the role of phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase alpha (PIP5Kα), a key upstream factor of PI3K/AKT, and the therapeutic effect of PIP5Kα inhibitor on subtypes of BC. The clinical importance of PIP5K1Despite recent improvement in adjuvant therapies, triple-negative, and ER+ subtypes of breast cancer (BC) with metastatic potentials remain the leading cause of BC-related deaths. We investigated the role of phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase alpha (PIP5Kα), a key upstream factor of PI3K/AKT, and the therapeutic effect of PIP5Kα inhibitor on subtypes of BC. The clinical importance of PIP5K1
Transition-metal complexes are used as photosensitizers1, in light-emitting diodes, for biosensing and in photocatalysis2. A key feature in these applications is excitation from the ground state to a charge-transfer state3,4; the long charge-transfer-state lifetimes typical for complexes of ruthenium5 and other precious metals are often essential to ensure high performance. There is much interest
Meteorologi är ett område som genomgick utveckling under 1900-talet. Det har gått från att vara väldigt erfarenhetsbaserat till att bestå av komplexa matematiska modeller som körs av superdatorer. Ett av de mer nyliga tilläggen är ensembleprognoser. De började användas operativt 1992 av European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). En ensembleprognos är uppbyggd av ett flertal modelThis thesis covers the use of ensemble forecasts, how they work and their benefits. It will also give a brief history of weather forecasting followed by an evaluation, where ensemble mean precipitation data from the ECMWF is compared to observation data for 21 different observation stations spread across Sweden. From the evaluation, the mean has difficulty representing amounts of precipitation cor
Förbättringar i reproducerbarhet och kapacitet av akustiska mikrofluidiska infångningssystem Vad är akustisk infångning? Arbetet i den här uppsatsen är fokuserat på mikrofluidiska system som med hjälp av ultraljud kan fånga in celler och små partiklar. Mikrofluidik är ett fält som innefattar tekniker där man hanterar små flöden i mycket små kanaler. Principen för akustisk infångning bygger på attAcoustic trapping is a novel technology that allows for microfluidic sample preparation and pretreatment. The aim of this text is to give the reader a general insight in microfluidics with a focus on acoustic trapping. One of the next steps in the development of acoustic trapping is to promote commercialization of the technology which requires that similar devices can be manufactured reproducibly.
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Cigarette smoking is the most common cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but more mechanistic studies are needed. Cigarette smoke extract (CSE) can elicit a strong response in many COPD-related cell types, but no studies have been performed in lung fibroblasts. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of CSE on gene expression in lung fibroblasts from hea
Bluvisions IoT-system har varit huvudfokus under utredningen av om IoT(Internet of Things) är lönsamt att implementera på framtidens Valmetmaskiner. Från början så skulle projektet avgränsas till pressning, kräppning och upprullning men under examensarbetets start fick Valmet svårt att hitta orsaken till varför en ny komponent hade havererat. Havereringen tros ha haft ett samband med höga vibratioBluvision’s IoT-system has been the focus during the investigation if IoT (internet of things) is something that can be implemented on future Valmet machines. From the beginning the bachelor thesis was restricted to press, creping and turn-up. During the initial phase of the bachelor theses start Valmet had problem finding out why a new component had failed. Therefore, it was more valuable for Val
I ägarledda bolag där aktieägare i regel också är aktiva som organledamöter är det viktigt att kunna reglera beslutsfattandet i bolaget och att ha kontrollen över ägarkretsen. Aktieägarna kan använda styrningsverktygen bolagsordningen och aktieägaravtalet för att reglera detta. Det övergripande syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka förhållandet mellan bolagsordningen och aktieägaravtalet som sIn closely held companies, shareholders are often also involved as Board members and in these companies it is important to govern the decision-making process and the sale of shares. The Articles of Association and the Shareholders’ agreement are governing instruments and can be used for this purpose. The overall purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the Article of Associati
Boilerplate är en term som används för att beskriva standardiserade klausuler som ofta återfinns i slutet av ett avtal och som behandlar generella frågor som inte är beroende av avtalets art eller omfattning. Det finns flertalet olika boilerplate, varav en är integrationsklausulen. Klausulen har i och med internationaliseringen av den kommersiella rätten blivit mycket vanligt förekommande i svenskBoilerplate is a term used to describe standardized clauses that often appear at the end of a contract and deals with general issues that are not dependent on the nature or scope of the agreement. There are several different boilerplates, one of which is the entire agreement clause. The entire agreement clause has become very common in Swedish law due to the internationalization of Swedish busines
I den svekofenniska provinsens centrala region har granitoider som är tidig-, sen-, post- och anorogena intruderat metasedimentära bergarter (Härnögnejs) av varierande metamorf grad. Fältarbetet för denna undersökning utfördes i den södra delen av ett 15 x 15 km stort och rundat sensvekofenniskt granitmassiv ca 10 km väster om Örnsköldsvik. Här förekommer tre olika graniter som i detta arbete kalIn the central region of the Svecofennian Province, granitoids related to different stages of the the Svecofennian orogeny have intruded metasediments (Härnö gneiss) of varying metamorphic grades. The fieldwork of this project was carried out in Ångermanland about ten km to the west of Örnsköldsvik. The mapping area is situated in the southern part of a 15×15 km rounded late Svecofennian multi-in
Inom den svenska inkomstskatterätten används ibland civilrättsliga begrepp som utgångspunkt. Även om detta ofta kan ske problemfritt uppstår ibland frågan om en rättshandling på grund av omständigheterna i fallet ska beskattas enligt dess yttre form, eller om den i stället ska beskattas enligt sin verkliga innebörd. Domstolen har i vissa fall kommit att omkvalificera rättshandlingar vars innehåll Swedish tax law often utilizes concepts derived from civil law. The use of these concepts is in many cases without complications. However, occasionally, the question of how a specific transaction or other act of law should be qualified arises; should the act be legally qualified and taxed according to its form, or should it be legally qualified and taxed according to its “real meaning”. There are
The purpose of this micro-ethnographic study was to bring to light the choices and strategies of poor people in reaction to what they imagined housing policies to be in Nicaragua. The analysis used four of Bourdieu’s concepts which are Habitus, Capital, Field, and Agency and his structuralistic constructivism and interpretivism within a mainly phenomenological approach. Both approaches emphasized
Single-cell RNAseq is a routinely used method to explore heterogeneity within cell populations. Data from these experiments are often visualized using dimension reduction methods such as UMAP and tSNE, where each cell is projected in two or three dimensional space. Three-dimensional projections can be more informative for larger and complex datasets because they are less prone to merging and flatt
In clinical practice, the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a measurement of kidney functioning, is normally calculated using equations, such as the European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) equation. Despite being the most general equation, EKFC, just like previously proposed approaches, can still struggle to achieve satisfactory performance, limiting its clinical applicability. As a possible so
