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A generally accepted way of building passive houses has been to have small windows facing north and large windows to the south. This is to minimize losses on the north side while gaining as much solar heat as possible on the south. ln spring 2001, 20 terraced houses were built outside Gothenburg partly in this way. The indoor temperature is kept at a comfortable level by passive methods, using sol
A two-phase hollow-fiber (HF) liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) method was developed for determination of a quaternary ammonium compound surfactant, dicocodimethylammonium chloride, in aqueous samples. The porous HF was fixed on a metal rod support and was impregnated with approximately 6.6 mu L of organic extractant, which was immobilized in the HF pores. Surfactant extraction was facilitated b
For many patients with von Willebrand disease (VWD), the replacement therapy with von Willebrand factor (VWF)/factor VIII (FVIII) concentrates is the treatment of choice. To evaluate clinical efficacy, safety and tolerability of Wilate, an albumin-free VWF/FVIII concentrate with a ratio of the two haemostatic moieties of approximately 1 to 1, a prospective clinical programme has been designed. The
Background: We have developed a rapid method, based on lamellar body counts (LBC) on gastric aspirate, for identifying newborns who will develop respiratory distress syndrome with a need for surfactant supplementation. Objective: We set out to test whether it was possible to improve the outcome when used in a clinical trial. Methods: We randomly assigned 380 infants born at 24-29 weeks' gestation
The scientific objectives of the Cain mission cover areas of galactic structure and evolution, stellar astrophysics, exoplanets, solar system physics, and fundamental physics. Astrometrically, its main contribution will be the determination of millions of absolute stellar parallaxes and the establishment of a very accurate, dense and faint non-rotating optical reference frame. With a planned launc
The multifunctionality of forest systems calls for appropriately complex modelling approaches to capture social and ecosystem dynamics. Using a social-ecological systems framework, we review the functionality of 31 existing agent-based models applied to managed forests. Several applications include advanced cognitive and emotional decision-making, crucial for understanding complex sustainability c
Recycling of textile fibers is a mandatory step in the life-cycle of fabrics to avoid incineration or landfilling. After fiber-to-fiber recycling, cellulose fiber saccharification opens the door to the production of biochemical building blocks through microbial fermentation. This study documents for the first time the production of optically pure D-lactic acid (D-LA), one of the precursors of poly
The idea of being civilian, military, and civilizing at the same time is undoubtedly very seductive to the armies of academics now writing on EU military force. It is tempting to think that the EU can have-its-cake-and-eat-it-too in militarizing its normative power. In contrast, in my reconsideration of normative power Europe I suggest that militarization of the EU need not necessarily lead to the
This paper reports preliminary findings from an on-going majorresearch project on the sustainability transformations of major firms listed inSweden (often operating globally). We analyze a highly particular aspect of thesetransformations: Technology barriers to tracking (and thus enabling) progressaccording to the Science-Based Targets (SBT). Progressing on these carbondioxide emission reduction t
In this paper two different concepts are analyzed: information disorder and cooperation. Psychological warfare has become an increasingly pressing problem during the past few years. Several different notions are being used within the concept, including disinformation, misleading information and information disorder. Problems occur when one has a concept, but no legal definition for it. Hence is th
The aim of the thesis is to investigate the impact of mediatization on the harshen Swedish terror law with the intention to explicate an interaction between media and politics. The analysis applies a deductive approach based on critical security studies and theories of mediatization which will adhere process-tracking as a main strategy. The process-tracking will not show any correlation since the
Idag betraktas dödshjälp enligt lagstiftaren som en klandervärd, och även straffbar, gärning i enlighet med bestämmelserna i 3 kap. 1 och 2 §§ BrB. Det innebär att om någon hjälper en annan individ att, med dennes samtycke, ta dennes liv, resulterar det i straffrättsliga konsekvenser. På grund av handlingens ”altruistiska karaktär” särskiljer den sig dock från de andra formerna av uppsåtligt dödanToday, in the opinion of the legislator, euthanasia is regarded as a culpable, and punishable act according to the provisions in The Swedish Penal Code chapter 3 paragraphs 1 and 2. This means that if someone helps another individual with taking his or her life, with his or her consent, it will result in criminal consequences. However, because of the “altruistic nature” of the act, it differentiat
Studien fokuserar på rollen av samhällsekonomisk analys (CBA) i relation till stora offentliga infrastrukturinvesteringar. Målet är att diskutera utförandet och användningen av CBA i planeringsprocessen för en höghastighetsjärnväg i Sverige. Genom en samhällsekonomisk analys av det svenska höghastighetsprojektet samt en diskussion om CBA i förhållande till stora infrastrukturinvesteringar i den ofThis study focuses on the role of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in the context of large public infrastructure investments. The objective is to discuss the execution and use of CBA in the planning process for a High-Speed Railway (HSR) in Sweden. Through the implementation of a CBA on HSR in Sweden and a discussion of CBA’s role in large infrastructure investments in the public sector, better insight
Tidtabeller är nyckeln för att utnyttja den tillgängliga kapaciteten på järnvägen på ett optimalt sätt. I Sverige är det Trafikverket som tilldelar kapacitet genom att årligen ta fram en tågplan som specificerar alla tåg som ska framföras det kommande året. Att ta fram tågplanen är en komplex uppgift som försvåras av infrastrukturens begränsningar och att alla aktörer är beroende av varandra. När Timetables are the key to utilizing the capacity on the railway in an optimal way. In Sweden, the Swedish Transport Administration, Trafikverket, makes the allocation of capacity. It is done by preparing an annual timetable specifying all trains that will run the following year. Creating the annual timetable is a complex task made difficult by limitations in the infrastructure and because all acto
Through a case study of Västra Hamnen in Malmö, this paper seeks to investigate the goal conflicts that exist between walking, cycling and public transport as modes of transportation. It also aims to analyze how the city’s traffic planning has worked with a child perspective in the handling of these goal conflicts, through a comparison with the tradition of advocacy planning. Following an analysis
The population of the world is growing larger and getting older. This growth is causing an increased load on the current healthcare system, thus lowering the standard of healthcare. One group, specially affected by this, is the elderly and their homecare service and retirement homes. To unburden these services, safety alarms were created. However, these are in much need of design, ergonomic and te
The main purpose of this study is to assess the impact of environmental conditions on paper-based flexible laminates tendency to curl. Any deviation in flatness may indeed affect materials processability. Two different paper-based flexible laminates are considered: a widely processed heat-sealable yogurt lid (paper / metallized polyethylene terephthalate / heat-sealing lacquer) and a prototype lam
The existence of a baryon number violating process is one of Shakarov's conditions to explain the observed baryon asymmetry in the universe. The Standard Model is nearly symmetric with respect to the baryon number, and hence we are motivated to look for physics beyond the Standard Model. In this thesis, we consider an effective field theory operator that couples the neutron to a proposed dark
