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To predict the service life of a structure, a model where the exposure of a structure is compared to its resistance can be used. Which exposure and resistance parameters that are relevant depend on which materials the structure consist of. This approach, with an exposure and a resistance parameter, is similar to the one used in structural engineering where a load (exposure) is compared to the bear
When the Swedish construction code in 1994 allowed wooden multi-storey buildings, this type of lightweight structures became popular due to low cost and ease of construction. A drawback in those buildings is disturbing vibrations and noise propagating in the construction, especially through the junctions - for example between floor and wall. These structures should not just meet the demands of str
Almost every day between one and two school fires occur in Sweden. In most cases arson is the cause of the fire. The losses for these arson fires are considerable. A multidisciplinary research project has been launched in Sweden with the long-term goal to reduce these arson trends. As a part of this project a smaller project has been conducted where cases studies of arson fires in schools have bee
I kapitlet beskriver vi religionens plats i dagens svenska samhälle genom ett civilsamhällsperspektiv. Vi börjar med att visa hur civilsamhället beskrivits i förhållande till religion i Sverige samt i internationell forskning. Detta för att ge en bakgrund för att presentera och diskutera olika förklaringar till vad som avses med termen civilsamhälle. Vi tittar även på vad den offentliga administra
Det är mot bakgrund av globaliseringens demokratiska underskott man bör se uppkomsten av det som kommit att kallas den globala rättviserörelsen. När denna rörelse blev synlig i slutet av 90-talet var det oftast genom demonstrationer under de globala och regionala maktinstitutionernas toppmöten. Under senare år har rörelsen dock allt mer förknippats med det som kallas ”sociala forum” – breda och vä
Popular Abstract in Swedish C4b-bindande protein (C4BP) är involverat i regleringen av två kaskadliknande system, komplementsystemet och koagulationssystemet. Komplementsystemet har fått sitt namn av att det kompletterar antikropparna i immunförsvaret. Det består av en serie reaktioner som leder till oskadliggörandet av bakterier och andra mikroorganismer. Genom sin förmåga att binda till och inakC4b-binding protein (C4BP) is an acute-phase plasma glycoprotein which regulates the complement system through its affinity for C4b. In addition, C4BP binds to the anticoagulant protein S and to serum amyloid P component (SAP). Protein S is a vitamin K-dependent protein which looses its anticoagulant properties when binding to C4BP. C4BP is composed of two types of subunits, the a-chain and the b-
A threshold analysis of terminated braided block codes (BBCs) is presented for the binary erasure channel. Protograph based BBCs (PG-BBCs) are considered, which can be derived by lifting the Tanner graph of a tightly braided block code. They can be interpreted as GLDPC convolutional codes that are structured in a particular way. It is shown that the terminated PG-BBCs have better thresholds than t
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