Large software organizations with a product line development approach face many challenges regarding testing. Test managers need to make tradeoffs along three dimensions of repeated testing (abstraction level, time and product space) and consider a range of goals and constraints. In order to keep pace with the decreased development time for new products, which is enabled by the systematic reuse, s

A customized image processor for real time convolution of an image has been developed. Image convolution requires an extensive amount of calculation capacity and I/O communication which is hard to sustain with standard processors in real time. Therefore, a customized processor has been designed with a tailored architecture. The processors have a total sustained calculation capacity of >2G arithmet

An eight-channel, 1 ns bin-size, 23 b dynamic range, single-chip, multihit, time-to-digital converter (TDC) is presented in this paper. A new architecture mixing two previous TDC realizations has been adopted. The chip can execute common-start or common-stop operations on the trailing, leading, or both transitions of the input channels; it stores at least 32 events/channel with a double-hit resolu

Objective. To study frequency of dose escalation in infliximab-treated patients and to identify possible predictors thereof. Methods. Patients with chronic arthritis initiating their first course of anti-TNF treatment with infliximab at Lund University Hospital were included in a structured clinical follow-up protocol. Information on diagnosis, drug dosage, disease duration, previous and ongoing D

Early recognition and management of shock decreases morbidity and mortality. The recognition of chock and identification of its causes is based on an integration of the clinical context, physical findings, history and bedside tests. Ultrasound plays an important role in elucidating the cause of chock in the emergency department (ED). This article presents a systematic approach to the patient prese

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether CA 125 measurement is superior to ultrasound imaging performed by an experienced examiner for discriminating between benign and malignant adnexal lesions, and to determine whether adding CA 125 to ultrasound examination improves diagnostic performance. METHODS: This is a prospective multicenter study (International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) study) conducted in

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a disorder characterized by hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. Mutations, polymorphisms, and copy number variation in complement factors and inhibitors are associated with aHUS. In this study, we report the first functional non-synonymous polymorphism in the complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein (C4BP) alpha-chain (c.719G>A;

1986 antog den Kinesiska Folkrepubliken an avtalslag tillämplig på externa handelsförbindelser. Lagen var ett viktigt steg i kinas normalisering efter en synnerligen turbulent period. För en återkommande besökare framstår dock tendenserna som tydliga. Övergången från ett hårt centralstyrt samhälle till en modernisering av ekonomi och samhällsliv är tydliga. Reformeringstakten är hög. Mot bakgrund

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Hip dislocation after arthroplasty for femoral neck fractures remains a serious complication. The aim of our study was to investigate the dislocation rate in acute femoral neck fracture patients operated with a posterior approach with cemented conventional or dual articulation acetabular components. METHODS: We compared the dislocation rate in 56 consecutive patients operated

The European Union (EU) has laid down very clear objectives for the reduction of greenhouse gases in the hope that it will prevent or mitigate climate change. Political incentives are used to make the power industry adopt changes in order to reach these EU targets. In this thesis, some solutions that could help power companies meet the EU objectives are evaluated. Thermodynamic models have been de