OBJECTIVE To evaluate 2 different methods of surveillance and to estimate the incidence of norovirus (NoV) outbreaks in hospitals. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING All 194 hospital wards in southern Sweden during 2 winter seasons (2010-2012). METHODS Clinical surveillance based on outbreak reports of 2 or more clinical cases, with symptom onset within 5 days, was compared with labor

We all learned how to shape letters in different ways; with a pencil or crayon, or maybe by writing in the sand. However, basic handwriting must be understood and accomplished before graduating into the difficult skill of cursive handwriting. Professor Chris Dede relates that technologies can unobtrusively alter how we process information and express ourselves. (2012) Today, the computer is used m

Aim: Screening children with type 1 diabetes for coeliac disease is controversial, because they often appear asymptomatic. Our aim was to establish whether active screening should be recommended. Methods: This study focused on 22 children whose coeliac disease was detected by serological screening during diabetes surveillance and 498 children diagnosed because of a clinical suspicion. We compared

The film "A Kind of Friend, Seven Episodes about Friendship" is a video essay that also is apart of the artistic research project "Microhistories"

The author spent seven years teaching and tutoring basic media use to liberal arts students. During this time, the author noted that liberal arts students differ in their use of technology, both in basic technical comprehension and computer skills levels, as compared to technical and computer science students. Different pedagogical approaches for the liberal arts students for the period of 2003-20

We consider conditional estimation in two-stage sample size adjustable designs and the consequent bias. More specifically, we consider a design which permits raising the sample size when interim results look rather promising, and which retains the originally planned sample size when results look very promising. The estimation procedures reported comprise the unconditional maximum likelihood, the c

Although hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have traditionally been thought to possess the ability to give rise to all the mature cell types in the hematopoietic system, this conception of hematopoiesis was based on evaluation of hematopoietic output from large numbers of HSCs using transplantation models. More recent studies evaluating HSCs at the clonal or near-clonal level, both in transplantation

Objective Recently, metabolomics studies have suggested that the neurotransmitter ã-amino butyric acid (GABA) may modulate C. difficile infection (CDI) pathogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the association between GABA-modulating pharmaceuticals and CDI development. Methods In July-December 2013, we performed a matched, retrospective case-control study in Skåne county, Sweden, to ass

The text "A Kind of Friend" is a written abstract about the video essay with the sam name

E-learning tools are becoming more advanced as Web 2.0 and the participatory Internet evolves. This paper discusses the need for a concrete pedagogical foundation on how to best use E-Learning tools. By examining some of the tools that are available now, we discuss what is suitable and what could be inappropriate. The significance of the traditional didactic triangle is reviewed and a new twist mi

Lute suites by J.S Bach recorded on the 11-string alto guitar

Works for flute viola and guitar performed by Terje Thiwång, flute, Torbjörn Helander, viola and Stefan Östersjö guitar. Music by Kent Olofsson, Kay Holmquist, Rolf Martinsson, André Chini and Fredrik Österling

Works for guitar and electronics by Kent Olofsson, Åke Parmerud, Tommy Zwedberg, Kent Nyman and Agustín Fernandez

Works for guitar and chamber ensemble, soloist Stefan Östersjö with Ensemble Ars Nova and Gageego, conductors Harald Eikaas and Pierre André Valade

A discussion on the practice of opera improvisation as a means to go in dialogue with music and performance culture in the western classical field, inspired by perspectives from cultural theory, suggesting notions of intertextuality and interperformativity.