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Background The prognosis for kidney survival is poor in patients presenting with circulating anti–glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibodies and severe kidney injury. It is unknown if treatment with an endopeptidase that cleaves circulating and kidney bound IgG can alter the prognosis. Methods An investigator-driven phase 2a one-arm study (EudraCT 2016–004082–39) was performed in 17 hospitals i

Objective To evaluate which factors are the most strongly related to self-perceived health among older men and describe the shape of the association between the related factors and self-perceived health using machine learning.Design and setting This is a cross-sectional study within the population-based VAScular and Chronic Obstructive Lung disease study (VASCOL) conducted in southern Sweden in 20

This article presents the proceedings of a symposium presented at the 2004 ISBRA meeting in Mannheim, Germany, October 1, 2004. The organizers and chairpersons were Joseph H. Sisson, MD, and Claudia Spies, MD. The presentations were as follows: "Alcohol: Impact on Mucociliary Clearance"; "Alcohol and Alveolar Epithelial Dysfunction"; "The Reluctant Neutrophil in Lung Bacterial Host Defense During

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vilka copingstrategier socialarbetare som arbetar klientnära använder sig av för att hantera den eventuella empatitrötthet och stress arbetet kan medföra, samt beakta hur begreppet resiliens har betydelse för deras välmående. För att undersöka detta har det utförts åtta stycken semistrukturerade intervjuer med socialarbetare som arbetar på olika arbetsplatserThis study aims at investigating what coping strategies social workers who work close to clients use to deal with possible compassion fatigue and stress that the work may entail. Further, we want to observe how the concept of resilience is important for their well-being. To investigate this, eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers who work in different workplaces, who a

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) have known to be one of the most common degenerative diseases which highly correlate with lifestyle, including consumption habits. It cannot be denied that the availability and accessibility to high processed food, high in carbohydrates play an important role on increasing the risk of T2DM. On the contrary, consumers’ awareness towards health and nutrition are also

As a primary driver of climate change, energy systems are often affected by the type of “self-perpetuation and lock-in” that characterize so-called ‘wicked problems’. Although it has a relatively clean energy system, Canada still has provinces (e.g. Alberta, Saskatchewan) that possess carbon-intensive power grids, and provinces that have experienced minimal renewable energy development other tha

Huvudsyftet med denna pilotstudie var att undersöka anknytningsrepresentationer hos ensamstående kvinnor i Sverige som planerar eller överväger att skaffa barn, som väntar barn eller som har fått barn genom assisterad befruktning (donatorinsemination). Upplevelser av social acceptans relaterat till deras val att frivilligt bli ensamstående mödrar undersöktes också. Som metod användes Adult AttachmThe main aim of this pilot study was to explore inner representations of attachment in single women in Sweden that were planning to have children, that were expecting children or that have had children on their own through assisted reproduction (donor insemination). Experiences of social acceptance regarding their choice to parent alone were also examined. The methods used were The Adult Attachmen

The Swedish law of succession includes a right for the direct heir to retain half of the property in heritage. It is a very strong right, since it is mandatory and goes before a will that trespasses the disposable quota, which is the part of the heritage that the deceased are allowed to dispose through a will. This right is called statuary share of inheritance. The purpose of this essay is to inv

Low-frequency (LF) noise (1/f as well as random telegraph-signal (RTS) noise) measurements were performed on high-performance InGaAs nanowire (NW) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). 1/f noise measurements at room temperature (RT) show that the dominant noise mechanism is carrier number fluctuations. The minimum gate area normalized input gate voltage noise power spectral

Fat-filled milk powders are manufactured by blending skim milk powder with vegetable oil and these powders have gained a great economic importance. Sensible selection of vegetable oil can help in satisfying both nutritional features and functional characteristics of fat for dairy application. The stability of milk powders can be affected by its composition, mainly the composition of fats which can

Sammanfattning Skatteverket kan företa revisioner hos i huvudsak bokföringsskyldiga skattskyldiga, i regel näringsidkare, för att granska riktigheten av de uppgifter som lämnats till Skatteverket i deklarationer och kontrolluppgifter. Vid dessa revisioner granskas den skattskyldiges bokföring och andra underlag för att stämmas av mot de uppgifter som lämnats till Skatteverket. Skatteverket kan äSummary The Swedish Tax Agency is authorized to carry out audits, mainly with accountable taxable’s, normally corporations, in order to scrutinize the accuracy of the information that has been submitted to the Swedish Tax Agency through income tax returns and statements of earnings. In such audits the taxable’s accounting and other materials are compared against the information that has been submi

Emelie Fridell Källsortering i historisk miljö För företag och organisationer kan lokalers utformning och platsbrist gör dem mindre lämpade att ställa källsorteringsmöbler i. Detta kan innebära att en del historiska byggnader på grund av sin utformning har svårare att installera källsorteringsmöbler. Vid undersökning av AF-borgen i Lund gjordes en volymbestämning av avfallsmängderna i två lokaThe resources of our earth are limited and need to be managed sustainably. Managing waste is thus a global issue which makes recycling of waste an important part of sustainable resource management. Sweden has come a long way in source separation of waste compared to many other European countries, with recycling techniques and equipment for source separation, in use. However, most studies look at h

In recent years, with corporate scandals and the global financial crisis there is continuous attention in the area of corporate governance which is the new concept in corporate world these days. It is seen as a moral duty and includes supporting the conformity to law and showing ethical guide. Corporate Governance is seen as a significant tool as firms’ financial performance when investors take an

Business Intelligence (BI) is becoming increasingly prioritized within current organisations. Previous research on factors affecting BI have been made within the context of implementation and with a focus on factors considered critical – that is – essential for BI to succeed at all. The authors of this thesis have gathered success factors in the context of BI usage, while not limiting the findings

Key words: Innovation, start-ups, exploration, exploitation, formal networks Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to explore the effects of formal network participation on exploration and exploitation activities in start-ups. Methodology: Following a cross-sectional design, an explorative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. 18 interviews were performed with representatives fr

To simulate district heating networks, in this project the simulation environment Dymola was used. The goal was to run simulation of district heating network and at the same time have good network representation to easily change between different models and also change between doing simulation and optimization. Different models had to be created in Dymola and tested to ensure they work accordingly

Syftet med studien är att få en inblick i hur två musiklärare på olika skolor utformar musikundervisningen i årskurs 9 för att eleverna ska klara av kunskapskraven. Samtidigt undersöks vad fyra elever ifrån årskurs 9 har för åsikter kring visad kunskap och kunskapskrav. Studiens frågeställningar är: A) Hur utformas musikundervisningen för att lärarna ska kunna bedöma elevernas kunskaper? B) VilkenThe purpose of this thesis is to get an insight into how two music teachers in different schools structure their music education in year 9, so that the students are offered possibilities to achieve the knowledge requirements. At the same time four students in year 9 were examined and questioned about their opinion regarding shown knowledge and the knowledge requirements for the music course. The q

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how rural women and girls’ menstrual hygiene management (MHM) affects their life-quality and performance in everyday life. The thesis analysed the opportunities, abilities and motivation they had in performing MHM and how it affected their social and economical opportunities. From this, conclusions were drawn on how MHM affects their life-quality. A co

Detta arbete handlar om möjligheterna att finna beboeliga månar som kretsar kring planeter runt andra stjärnor än vår egen sol - så kallade exomånar. Själva undersökningen är en analys av över 5000 planeter från onlinearkivet exoplanets.org, för att se hur många av dessa som skulle kunna ha månar som stödjer liv. Även om majoriteten av fokuset i sökandet efter utomjordiskt liv har legat på exoplThis is an analysis of all the planets at exoplanets.org, with the goal of finding out how many of these that could possibly have moons supporting life. I have first calculated the ranges of the habitable zones (HZ:s) for the stars in the archive, using the Runaway Greenhouse model for the inner limit, and the Maximum Greenhouse model for the outer limit, as presented by Kopparapu et al. (2013A).

Inom ämnet psykologi väcktes intresset för sambandet mellan personlighet och politisk- ideologisk åskådning under efterkrigstiden. En politisk psykologi tog form utifrån en ansats där personlighetsdrag betraktades som orsaker bakom ideologisk hemvist och politisk inriktning. Föreliggande studie hade två nutida modeller inom politisk psykologi som utgångspunkt, utformade som prediktionsmodeller. MoIn the science of psychology, the interest in the connection between personality and political and ideological worldview was born in the light of the second world war. A scientific approach of political psychology took shape, in which personality was seen as the cause of ideological attitudes and political preferences. This study has two models of political psychology in present days as the poin o