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Historically, cereal proteins are categorized in Osborne fractions based on their solubility: albumins (water-soluble), globulins (salt-soluble), prolamins (alcohol-soluble), and glutelins (soluble in dilute alkali solutions). In this work, sequentially extracted proteins were separated on a polyacrylamide gel and quantified using BCA assay. The SDS-PAGE protein patterns of different cereals and o

The following report is an evaluation of the fire safety at Skoklosters castle south of Uppsala. The aim of the evaluation is to review whether the available time for evacuating the people inside the building in case of fire is enough. The castle, built during the 17th century, consists of four floors as well as a cellar and attic and is considered a museum due to its historic value. A risk analys

Everyday items release of nanoplastics A well-known problem of today’s society is the large plastic pollutions on both land and in the oceans. The macroplastics (5mm to 20 μm) and the microplastics (smaller than 5 mm.) are well studied, and it is generally known that these types of particles are harmful for animals if ingested or entangled. Even though it is generally thought that plastics only d

I dagens samhälle är ett hållbart alternativ till fossiltbränsle högt efterfrågat. Biobränsle är ett alternativ, men om detta alternativ ska vara optimalt, måste det härstamma från ett billigt och lättillgängligt material, som t.ex. cellulosa. Cellulosa finns i bl.a. växtcellväggar och är uppbyggd av sockerenheter (glykos) i en väldigt stabil struktur vilket är en bra egenskap när den sitter i växIn this thesis the enzyme Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) is investigated. The LPMOs have captured the interest of the biofuel industry due to their ability to boost the breakdown of cellulose. Researchers have progressed in mapping out the mechanism behind this oxidative reaction. However, there are still many uncertainties concerning the intermediates involved and the role of certain a

Vi blir allt bättre på att sopsortera och ta hand om vårt avfall, men kan det vara så att vi till och med har blivit för bra på det? För att hushålla med jordens resurser på ett smart och hållbart sätt måste vi börja återanvända saker mer och dela dem med varandra. I en cirkulär ekonomi gör man just detta. Ett klassiskt cirkulär ekonomiskt funktionstänk är att man behöver hålet och inte borren, ocHuman activity in the form of unnecessary consumption is one of the reasons to why we have come to experience climate change. A circular economy is an alternative to the linear economy that promotes consumption, and is based on a theory where waste is turned into resources again in a closed loop. In an ideal circular economy there is no waste and consumption is less dependent on extraction of virg

In July 2013 Croatia has become the latest member state to join the European Union. Access to this single European area, in particular, to economically well-developed countries with a more robust labor market and a higher standard of living than Croatia resulted in intensification of emigration from Croatia. This has particularly affected young, well-educated Croats; ambitious, unsatisfied with th

Three large-scale Echovirus (E) epidemics (E4,E16,E30), each differently associated to the acute development of diabetes related autoantibodies, have been documented in Cuba. The prevalence of islet cell autoantibodies was moderate during the E4 epidemic but high in the E16 and E30 epidemic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of epidemic strains of echovirus on beta-cell lysis, beta-

Background: To study the impact of social participation, trust and the miniaturisation of community, i.e. high social participation/low trust, on consumption of homemade liquor and smuggled liquor during the past year. Methods: The Scania 2000 public health survey is a cross-sectional, postal questionnaire study. A total of 13,604 persons aged 18–80 years were included. A logistic regression model

For model-based quantitative reconstructions of past vegetation cover on the scale of landscapes, pollen productivity estimates (PPEs) are key input parameters. In this study, we employed a random sampling strategy to collect moss polsters at 20 sites in Changbai Mountain, northeastern China. A detailed vegetation survey within 1000-m radius around each sampling point was carried out and digitized

A peripheral nerve injury may lead to serious disability and influence the individual´s quality of life. It is considered that children can regain better sensory and motor function after a peripheral nerve injury, but the exact mechanism behind such superior recovery is not known. The aim of the thesis was to study the long-term clinical outcome after a peripheral nerve injury in patients injured

Background: Old age at diagnosis is associated with poor survival in colorectal cancer (CRC) for unknown reasons. Recent data show that colonoscopy is efficient in preventing left-sided cancers only. We examine the association of Tumor Node Metastasis (TNM) classes with diagnostic age and patient characteristics. Methods: The Swedish Family-Cancer Database has data on TNM classes on 6,105 CRC aden

Background: Socio-economic inequalities in mortality are observed at the country level in both North America and Europe. The purpose of this work is to investigate the contribution of specific risk factors to social inequalities in cause-specific mortality using a large multi-country cohort of Europeans. Methods: A total of 3,456,689 person/years follow-up of the European Prospective Investigation

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingens syfte var att utveckla en checklista för bedömning av utemiljön i flerfamiljs bostadsområden. Fem experter inom arkitektur, landskapsarkitektur och stadsplanering medverkade i den första utvärderingen som omfattade sex bostadsområden i Lund. Utfallet validerades genom jämförelse med de boendes egna värderingar. Denna omfattade mer än 400 personer och analy

Intellectual property is a very important type of asset in today’s business world. Since business in the Western World grows increasingly based and dependent on know-how and technological development, intangible assets such as trademarks, copyrights and patents plausibly represent greater economic value to economic actors here than other, physical, assets do. Although it is comparatively unknown

Context: Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) has recently been defined as a syndrome in middle-aged and elderly men reporting sexual symptoms in the presence of low T. The natural history of LOH, especially its relationship to mortality, is currently unknown. Objective: The aim of this study was to clarify the associations between LOH, low T, and sexual symptoms with mortality in men. Design, Setting, a

BACKGROUND: Understanding the role that urologic disease plays within central Haiti could lead to the development of sustainable and regionally appropriate urologic care. We aim to document the prevalence of urologic surgical disease presenting for treatment in central Haiti. METHODS: The present study is based on a retrospective review of surgical case logs at five Partners in Health and Zanmi La

Whole-cell recordings were obtained from mossy fibre terminals in adult turtles in order to characterize the basic membrane properties. Calcium imaging of presynaptic calcium signals was carried out in order to analyse calcium dynamics and presynaptic GABA B inhibition. A tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive fast Na+ spike faithfully followed repetitive depolarizing pulses with little change in spike dura

Background and purpose External fixation pins tend to loosen with time, especially from cancellous bone. A coating that releases a bisphosphonate has been shown to improve the fixation of dental implants in humans. We now tested a bisphosphonate coating on steel pins for external fixation. The primary hypothesis was that coated pins would be better fixed in the diaphysis. Methods 20 patients with

The establishment of the range of soil biodiversity found within European soils is needed to guide EU policy development regarding the protection of soil. Such a base-line should be collated from a wide-ranging sampling campaign to ensure that soil biodiversity from the majority of soil types, land-use or management systems, and European climatic (bio-geographical zones) were included. This paper