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In plants the chloroplast thylakoid membrane is the site of light-dependent photosynthetic reactions coupled to ATP synthesis. The ability of the plant cell to build and alter this membrane system is essential for efficient photosynthesis. A nucleotide translocator homologous to the bovine mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) was previously found in spinach thylakoids. Here we have identified and c
This thesis considers statistical methods for non-stationary signals, specifically stochastic modelling, inference on the model parameters and optimal spectral estimation. The models are based on Silverman’s definition of Locally Stationary Processes (LSPs). In all the contributions, an example of a biomedical application of the proposed method is provided. In the first two papers, the methods are
The fundamental question posed in this study is how to approach the construction sector in order to cover its wide scope of activities, its great variety of actors and the external influences on it from the market and institutional environment. Construction includes such diverse economic activities as new production and as repair/maintenance, itinerant production and stationary manufacture, the pr
The field of wireless communication is growing rapidly, with new requirements for the next generation of mobile and wireless communications technology. In order to achieve the capacities needed for future wireless systems, the design and implementation of advanced communications techniques such as multiantenna systems is required. These systems are realized by computationally complex algorithms, r
We present and discuss new determinations of metallicity, rotation, age,kinematics, and Galactic orbits for a complete, magnitude-limited, andkinematically unbiased sample of 16 682 nearby F and G dwarf stars. Our∼63 000 new, accurate radial-velocity observations for nearly 13 500stars allow identification of most of the binary stars in the sampleand, together with published uvbyβ photometry, Hipp
We determined the concentration of markers in cartilage and synovium metabolism in the synovial fluid (SF) of the knee of young beagle dogs with slowly progressive osteoarthrosis. Osteoarthrosis (OA) was induced by a tibial 30°valgus osteotomy to the right hindlimb of 16 dogs. The contralateral knee served as control. The animals were killed 7 (group I) and 18 months (group II) after operation. Th
Laser-induced photofragmentation fluorescence has been investigated for the imaging of alkali compounds in premixed laminar methane–air flames. An ArF excimer laser, providing pulses of wavelength 193 nm, was used to photodissociate KCl, KOH, and NaCl molecules in the post-flame region and fluorescence from the excited atomic alkali fragment was detected. Fluorescence emission spectra showed disti
Background: Neuropeptides, such as substance P (SP), have long been seen as mediators of widespread continuous airway inflammation, a process known as neurogenic inflammation. However, this has been difficult to demonstrate clinically, suggesting an alternative role for these signaling molecules. Objectives: We sought to examine the role of SP in nasal infection by assessing the release of SP in r
In this paper we call into question the relationship between development, inequality and territory in the current context of globalization and within the framework of public policies designed, supposedly, to benefit those social actors with fewer resources. In order to do this, we focus on a case study in the northeast of the province of Misiones, Argentina. Here tobacco production, forestry and a
Research has described political participation as becoming ever more individualised (eg Bennett & Segerberg, 2013). This has been argued to be connected to the general individualisation of society, but also to affordances made possible by new media. One line of research explains political participation combining selective benefits (Olson, 1965), psychological factors (Klandermans & van Ste
This thesis is comprised of five papers that are all related to the subject of financial time series. We study statistical aspects of conditional heteroskedastic models commonly used in modelling financial volatility. Paper I discusses the performance of commonly known information criteria in the presence of various GARCH processes. The investigation has been performed using Monte Carlo simulatio
The cavitation phenomenon has today become a keystone for different areas of science and technology including various industrial processes and medicine. Recently increasing interest and much attention have been paid to study this phenomenon. The last two decades have witnessed the development of numerous devices for different important applications of considerable practical interest, and the rang
Landscape genetics offers a powerful approach to understanding species’ dispersal patterns. However, a central obstacle is to account for ecological processes operating at multiple spatial scales, while keeping research outcomes applicable to conservation management. We address this challenge by applying a novel multilevel regression approach to model landscape drivers of genetic structure at both
Vi lever i en allt mer internationaliserad och globaliserad värld. Detta har lett till att skatteregleringar inte har hängt med, vilket i sin tur har öppnat vägar för skatteundandraganden och skatteflykt. För att stoppa detta gav G20-länderna i uppdrag till OECD att ta fram en plan för att förhindra intäktsförflyttningar och därmed även erodering av länders skattebaser. Denna plan kom att kallas ”We are living in a more international and global world than ever before and issues with international tax have never been so many. Because of this international tax rules have not kept up and the weaknesses in the current rules creates opportunities for base erosion and profit shifting. To prevent this G20 countries mandated OECD to adopt an Action Plan to address this problem. The Action plan cam
The development of the renewable energy sources and the amount installations in Sweden and also in other countries have increased a lot the last years, this is especially true for solar- and wind power. Main reason for the increase of the renewable energy sources is to decrease the usage of fossil fuels and thus to decrease the impact on the climate. The integration of the renewable energy sources
On the 30th-31st of January 2015 a cultural event took place at the concert and congress house of Uppsala in mid-Sweden; Uppsala Konsert & Kongress. The event was called "Irländskt!" (i.e. "Irish!") and consisted of concerts, workshops and sessions. This is a sociological study of the Irish traditional sessions at this event. The participants were studied as part of a commu
The Alps are undergoing constant landscape changes due to modern socio economic changes. Especially grassland ecosystems of alpine meadows and pastures are threatened by the slow abandonment of the alpine transhumance traditions. This influences not only biodiversity but also the important cultural landscape seen as a valuable heritage in the Alps. The landscape in the North Italian alpine provinc
Miljonprogramseran kallas den byggnadsperiod som sträcker sig från 1965-1974. Detta var en tid i svensk byggnadshistoria där storskalighet och effektivt byggande förespråkades. Under perioden uppfördes 1 005 578 bostäder i Sverige och idag består en fjärdedel av Sveriges bostadsbestånd av bebyggelse från 1960- och 70-talet. Den höga byggtakten under denna tidsperiod möjliggjordes genom att husen eDuring the period 1965-1974 Sweden underwent a major housing development program, collectively referred to in Sweden as Miljonprogramseran (the million program era). These years where characterized by the idea of building on a large and effective scale. During this period 1 005 578 various forms of housing where constructed, and today a quarter of Sweden’s housing consists of projects dating back
Semiconductor Nanowires are promising building blocks for advanced optoelectronic devices since their small diameter give rise to quantization effects. The small diameter also makes them susceptible to non-radiative recombination due to surface states. A consequence of non-radiative surface recombination is a reduction of a total recombination lifetime. This is in turn limits an internal quantum e
