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Background: Patients with squamous cell skin cancer (SCC) have an excellent prognosis but second primary cancers (SPCs) weaken survival prospects. Family history is a known risk factor for cancer but whether it is a risk factor for SPC in patients with SCC is not known. Objectives: To quantify the risk of family history on SPCs in patients with SCC and estimate survival probabilities of patients w
With the prevalence of mobile equipments, mobile payment has been brought in to China market as a new transaction to provide services into customers’ life for several years. Furthermore, China market owns the largest number of mobile users all over the world; however, compared with other contemporary markets in neighbor countries like Korea and Japan, China mobile payment industry is still settlin
The city of Helsingborg wishes to see an increase in bicycle traffic. One of the measures that have been taken to achieve this is to build elevated bicycle crossings at intersections between bicycle paths and carriageways. This thesis deals with the particular kind of elevated bicycle crossing that is situated at the intersection between a main street with a bicycle path alongside it and a side st
I januari 2009 fick en student vid ett vuxengymnasium i Tensta besked om att hon inte tilläts bära niqab i skolan. Niqaben, som är en heltäckande slöja där endast ögonen är synliga, medförde enligt skolan pedagogiska svårigheter såväl som säkerhetsrisker. Händelsen anmäldes till Diskrimineringsombudsmannen och studenten tilläts gå kvar på skolan i väntan på myndighetens beslut. Frågan om dylika heIn January of 2009 a student at an upper secondary school for adults in Tensta was informed that she was not allowed to wear a niqab to school. According to the school board, the niqab, which is a full veil that leaves only the eyes fully visible, implied both security risks as well as pedagogical difficulties. The incident was reported to the Equality Ombudsman, and awaiting the Ombudsman’s decis
The strain on water resources with the increased man-induced environmental changes through water pollution, is creating a growing demand in the understanding and management of complex hydrological systems where both water quality and quantity are concerned. This is beyond the capabilities of lumped models and more advanced tools are needed to predict these effects and hence the need for physically
This report is a fire safety evaluation of Norrköping shopping mall Domino and the report focus on evacuation and human safety. During a visit in Norrköping three different scenarios were found based on an analysis of consequences. The scenarios have been evaluated and simulated in for example CFast, Simulex and DetactT2. Different parameters as for example smoke filling and temperature rise have
In February 2009, ST‐Ericsson was formed as a joint venture bringing Ericsson Mobile Platforms and ST‐NXP Wireless together, creating an industry leader in development and design of wireless semiconductor components and platforms. The new company became one of the top players in wireless semiconductors. During the integration, purchasing of indirect material at ST‐Ericsson was outsourced to an out
Taking an innovation systems approach, this study sought to characterize high-tech business incubators and incubated companies in Beijing in terms of their institutional environment, interaction with other entities in the innovation system, and knowledge content. In-depth interviews were conducted with entrepreneurs and incubator managers and a survey based on these interviews was carried out. The
A systematic assessment of radiotherapy for cancer was conducted by The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU) in 2001. The assessment included a review of radiotherapy techniques in current use in Sweden. The following conclusions were drawn: Radiotherapy demands adequate knowledge of diagnostic methods, anatomy, cancer biology and of the physical and biological properties
The effect of adding Thermomyces (formerly Humicola) lanuginosa lipase (TLL) to a monoolein (MO)/sodium oleate (NaO) aqueous cubic liquid crystalline phase has been studied. H-1-NMR, C-13-NMR, H-1-PGSE (Pulsed-magnetic field Gradient Spin-Echo) self-diffusion measurements, and Small Angle X-ray Diffraction were used to follow the degradation of the cubic phase. The reaction sequence in terms of ph
Popular Abstract in Swedish Sammanväxningar i buken är en normal reaktion efter skador i bukhinnan och utvecklas efter ett inflammatoriskt svar och det efterföljande läkningsförloppet. Många sammanväxningar bildas inom 24-48 timmar efter skadan och tillbakabildas normalt efter 5-7 dagar. Många av de sammanväxningar som kvarstår kan ses som en obalans i de system som bildar ärr (fibros) och löser dIntraabdominal adhesions are formed after most operations and a limited number of studies have to examine the long-term spectrum of adhesion-related disorders and the cost associated with this. Only a few numbers of antiadhesive agents are available which, however, do not decrease the actual morbidity that follows intraabdominal adhesions, such as small bowel obstruction, infertility and pain. Fut
The high level of protection required by personal protective clothing (PPC) severely impedes heat exchange by sweat evaporation. As a result work associated with wearing PPC, particularly in hot environments, implies considerable physiological strain and may render workers exhausted in a short time. Recent development of algorithms for describing the heat transfer, accounting for pumping and wind
The mammalian achaete-scute homologue, MASH-1, is crucial for early development of the sympathetic nervous system and is transiently expressed in sympathetic neuroblasts during embryogenesis. Here we report that the human homologue (HASH-1) was expressed in all analyzed cell lines (6/6) derived from the sympathetic nervous system tumor neuroblastoma. The majority of small-cell lung carcinoma (4/5)
Abundant selachian remains have been recovered from a number of horizons through the Purbeck Group at Durlston Bay, Lulworth Cove and Stair Hole in southern England. The remains, primarily teeth, but additionally fin spines and dermal denticles, belong to selachians from two major groups, Hybodontoidea and Rhinobatoidei. The assemblage of hybodont sharks is quite diverse, comprising six species fr
Unlike the Quebec classification system, which is based primarily on pathoanatomy, a new Swedish classification system is based on the site of functional impairment and disability. A prospective study was performed on 85 patients with whiplash-associated disorders grade II according to the Quebec classification. The patients were examined 3-36 months following trauma. A team of professionals with
To characterize prostate-specific antigen (PSA) produced by cancer cells, different isoforms of PSA secreted by the human prostate cancer cells, LNCaP, were purified. LNCaP-PSA production was induced by synthetic androgen, R1881. LNCaP-PSA was separated into four pools. The molecular mass of LNCaP-PSA isoforms in these pools was 34 kDa under reducing conditions and 29 kDa under nonreducing conditi
A capacitive immunosensor based on a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of thiourea on gold electrode has been developed. Anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (anti-CEA) was immobilized on a self-assembled thiourea monolayer (SATUM) via covalent coupling. Under optimum conditions, the decrease in capacitive signal when carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) standard was injected could be determined with a detection
This Master thesis deals with the environmental and economical sustainability of and their effects on the livelihood strategies of the Vezo fisher folk in Saint Augustin, Toliara region, Madagascar. By using the Sustainable Livelihood theory and adopting the different forms of capital (human, social, physical, natural and economic) in the Analytical Framework the income activities of the fisher fo
