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The purpose of this study was to examine how social workers, in the social services department of economical aid, are affected by the increasing number of clients. More specifically we focused on how the social workers job situation as a whole, how the feelings of their work and the ability to reach the goals of the organizations was affected by the changing circumstances. To examine this we used

This report is a fire safety evaluation of Helsingborg municipal theatre, Sweden. The theatre is a building mainly in 5 floors, but up to 9 floors above the main scene. The purpose with the report is to evaluate the safety to theatres 600 guests during an evacuation in case of fire. Structural damage and economic loss is not taken into account. Three scenarios that represent critical fires, most l

This project uses proton-proton collision data from the ALICE experiment at CERN to investigate the differences between three ways to classify events, known as event shape classifiers. The event shape classifiers that were investigated are RT , spherocity and flattenicity. The motivation behind this is the consistent use of these classifiers to select events when investigating the heavy-ion like

This report is a fire safety evaluation of Träcentrum, a school and conference center in Nässjö, Sweden. The building is divided into five sections but because of various limitations only two will be thoroughly investigated in this report. A site visit at the location was made in February 2012 to gather information about the fire protection and evacuation of the building. Targets of protection we

The Swedish Easter protest of 2011 against the losses of sickness benefits that were caused by the social policy reforms of the Swedish government was characterized by its decentralized network structure, its rapid progress and its use of the internet and social media for the spreading of information. It is the aim of this essay to use the Easter protest of 2011 to investigate how the Church of Sw

Den aktuella studien undersökte sambandet mellan teampersonlighet och framgång i startup-processen av nya företag. För att undersöka detta samlades personlighetsdata samt data gällande genomförda startup-aktiviteter in från 32 team, vilka deltog i affärsutvecklingsprogram på någon av ett antal olika affärsinkubatorer, fördelade över fem svenska orter. Teampersonlighet operationaliserades som teame

Blocked isocyanate-terminated, bioactive bis-indole based polyurethane dendrimers of generation G0 – G3 were subjected to urethane interchange reaction with poly(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether; the reactions yielded corresponding PEGylated dendrimers. The structures of the PEGylated dendrimers were confirmed using spectroscopic and SEC-MALS techniques. The PDI of the polymers were found between

När Försvarare Blir Fördärvare Vårt immunförsvar skyddar oss från infektioner och sjukdomar, och det förändras i och med att vi åldras. En speciell typ av cell går obemärkt förbi tills vi når en hög ålder, råkar ut för infektioner, eller drabbas av autoimmuna sjukdomar. De här cellerna kallas age-associated B cells (ABC) på engelska. Vissa forskare påstår att de har en betydande roll och kan föruAge-associated B cells (ABCs) are a novel subtype of B cells that accumulate with ageing, during infection, and in the progression of autoimmune diseases. Still, their exact phenotype and effector functions remain unknown. In this thesis, we aimed to provide an immunological characterisation of human ABC subsets by phenotyping them before and after in vitro stimulation and evaluating the alteratio

When developing a research roadmap for human behaviour in fires, it is necessary to identify areas that require additional research. A general overview – from a multidisciplinary perspective – of gaps in human behaviour in fires research across multiple contexts is missing. The goal of this paper was to perform a scoping review to identify research gaps and themes in all aspects of human behaviour

BACKGROUND: A child with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) has a diet so limited that it leads to medical, nutritional, and/or psychosocial problems. ARFID affects both children and their families, often causing parents to feel anxious and isolated. This study aimed to explore the experiences of Swedish parents raising a child with ARFID.METHOD: Data were generated through semi-str

Background: The diagnostic performance of the IOTA methods, the O-RADS lexicon, and the RMI has been validated in prospective and retrospective studies, but most validation studies tested the performance in the hands of experienced ultrasound examiners. Objective: To prospectively validate the performance of the Risk of Malignancy Index, the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis Simple Rules Risk M

Children’s exposure to violence in their home is portrayed as a direct consequence of violence committed by adults, but when the perpetrator is the child's sibling it does not seem to acquire the same recognition. With this study, we want to draw attention to the victims of sibling violence by investigating the views of professionals who come in contact with children on the boundary between si

AIMS: The majority of all breast cancers are hormone responsive, traditionally defined by the expression of oestrogen receptor (ER) alpha and/or progesterone receptors. In contrast to ERalpha, the clinical significance of the relatively recently identified ERbeta is still unclear. This study aimed to define the relationship between ERbeta and clinicopathological parameters in a mixed cohort of bre

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Monochromatic pulsating light may have effects on wound healing. In an earlier study of grade II ulcers, there was a tendency toward better healing in the phototherapy group (p=0.06). The present study on patients with grade II ulcers was performed to verify these findings. Data from this study were pooled with data from the earlier study. METHODS: Ninety-four patients were of

The present investigation describes some mental causal models used in incident reports. Some of the models (e.g., single-cause models) are simpler than others (e.g., causal-tree models). The models are also associated with different ways of explaining an incident or accident and with different recommendations for increasing the safety of a system. In study 1, incident reports from Swedish nuclear

The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation of δ²H and δ¹³C of bulk milk powder and milk powder fatty acids to their production region. A total of 46 milk powder samples from across New Zealand were collected and analyzed. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that the δ²H and δ¹³C of four fatty acids (C4:0, C14:0, C16:0, C18:1) and bulk milk powder were found to be correlated wit

BACKGROUND: The objective was to analyze whether there is an association between country of birth in first-generation immigrants and first hospitalization for an inflammatory bowel disease, and to study whether any such association remains in second-generation immigrants. METHODS: In this follow-up study a nationwide research database at Lund University was used to identify all primary hospital d

Five sets of gloves were tested on 3 hand models with 2 measuring system in order to ensure repeatability of results from the past and for the future. The other aims of the study were to compare the possible differences related to different number of measuring zones, and effect of temperature distribution over hand surface. The hand models had 2 (HF), 9 (H2) and 10 (H3) zones respectively. Models

Bone mass in adolescents and young adults was studied with regard to its age-related change and its determinants. Methodological aspects of bone mass measurements and their ability to predict future fractures were investigated. Bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) were assessed by the Single Photon Absorptiometry (SPA) and Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) techniques. We