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Purpose : To evaluate the association between the Society for Vascular Surgery/American Association for Vascular Surgery (SVS/AAVS) anatomical severity grading (ASG) score and operative outcomes in fenestrated endovascular repair (f-EVAR) for juxtarenal aortic aneurysm. Methods : A review was conducted of all patients treated at our clinic with commercially available, custom-made f-EVAR devices be

The resolution of the phylogenetic relationships within the order Teloschistales (Ascomycota, lichen-forming-fungi), with nearly 2000 known species and outstanding phenotypic diversity, has been hindered by the limitation in the resolving power that single-locus or two-locus phylogenetic studies have provided to date. In this context, an extensive taxon sampling within the Teloschistales with more

Skatterätten anknyter till många civilrättsliga termer och bestämmelser. Vid beskattningen har de getts samma innebörd inom skatterätten som i civilrätten. Till följd av den vida avtalsfriheten har det gett de skatteskyldiga stora möjligheter att påverka beskattningen. Förehavanden kan således konstrueras så att de träffas av skattesystemets lägre skattesatser. Häremot har såväl rättstillämparen sThe Swedish tax system is linked to many civil law concepts and provisions. In taxation, they have been given the same meaning in tax law as in civil law. As a result of the wide freedom of contract, this has given taxpayers great opportunities to influence taxation. Dealings can thus be designed so that they are affected by the tax system's lower tax rates. On the other hand, both the judicia

Numerous studies have investigated microbial adaptation to increasing soil temperature, but limitations in experimental design hinder comprehensive understanding. These include short-term laboratory studies with constant environmental conditions and field studies with few distinct temperature treatments. Here, we utilized a long-term natural soil geothermal gradient in Aotearoa, New Zealand, rangi

Attention Restoration Theory point to nature as a particularly good candidate for restoring the ability to focus and inhibit distractions. However, little effort has been directed to elaborating on what makes nature's visual pattern unique for restoration purposes. One suggested explanation is the fractal properties of natural patterns (Hagerhall, 2005). Both perception studies (Hagerhall et al.,

In this thesis a framework for finding anomalies in streaming data is proposed. The framework proposed is not necessarily applicable only to problems in anomaly detection, but could be applied to other problems as well. There are three main concepts at play in the framework: (i) Active Learning, a learning algorithm which can query a human specialist for labels of instance such that the model can

Abstract: The main player of this thesis is glucose, both on a cellular level and with a clinical approach. Too much or wrongly handled glucose contributes to increased inflammation and oxidative stress, which is reinforced by the negative influences of uraemia and dialysis treatment. In addition, trace element status is also affected in dialysis patients. Hyperglycaemia contributes to glucose deg

In this thesis the possibility of defining a general reference building, or so-called Baseline Building representing Swedish multi-family dwellings is investigated. The scope of the research is limited to analyze the multi-family dwellings of 3-8 stories. If succeeded the results should represent a general Baseline Building according to the new LEED v4 credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction.

På internet är det tillåtet att rikta reklam till barn i alla åldrar. För tv, post och e-post finns det däremot särskilda barnreklamförbud. Denna skillnad kan te sig märklig då internetreklam ofta är inbäddad i icke-kommersiellt material och då dagens barn växer upp i en digital värld. Frågeställningen i denna uppsats är om det bör införas en form av barnreklamförbud även på internet. Syftet är atIn Sweden it is permitted to aim Internet commercials at children of all ages. However, when it comes to television, mail and e-mail there are certain bans on child commercials. The difference can be difficult to comprehend since Internet commercials frequently are embedded in non-commercial material and since the children now grow up in a digital world. The question formulation of this essay is i

Popular science summary: One of the greatest challenges in studying animal behavior is to understand it from the animal’s perspective. We will never know exactly how they look at or think about the world, but we can infer a lot from giving them signals and seeing their responses. In evolutionary biology, we are trying to find out what forces drove change in a specific direction. The “force” or s

It has at times been a debate among media and legislators about the Swedish police officers dis-cretionary application and great room for interpretation when dealing with the Swedish act: the Act (1976:511) on arrest of intoxicated people, etc. (our translation) which in Swedish is short-ened: LOB. It has also been comments on the law's primary care purpose, which is strongly em-phasized in th

The purpose of this thesis is to understand the motivations and expectations of millennials to shop offline in order to find out how retailers can respond to these by means of in-store customer experience and thus create an attractive experience point. We first examined literature in regards to motivations and expectations that influence customer behaviour in order to gain an understanding of the

Given the recent predominant role of technology and the extensive use of smartphones in today’s society, the mobile device has become a major part of consumers’ daily lives. As a result, the lines between humans and technology have become blurred, where the effectiveness of interpersonal interactions at the service encounter in retail stores has been questioned. The researchers thus identified a k

Penalty shootouts have become paradigmatic for research on anticipatory skills and decision making. The present study examines the dynamics of goal side selection when viewing realistic images depicting a penalty kick scenario. A sample of participants (n=40) was drawn from a population of students from Lund University. Participants viewed realistic images of a goalkeeper, soccer goal, and ball pl

The construction sector is one of the biggest contributors to global CO2 emissions and buildings account for a significant part of the energy use in Sweden. Population growth in combination with economic development is putting more pressure on the environment, resulting in escalating consumption trends and larger quantities of raw material extraction. Policies and directives are promoting a circul

Denna uppsats behandlar den historiska utvecklingen som ledde fram till fri abort i Sverige och USA samt jämför två rättsfall från Europadomstolen och USA:s Supreme Court, A, B and C v. Ireland och Roe v. Wade, för att utöver den historiska kontexten ge en förståelse för den juridiska argumentationen. Rättsfallen fokuserar på rätten till abort i relation till rätten till privatliv och analysen ämnThis essay deals with the historical development which prompted free abortion in Sweden and the United States of America, and compares two cases from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the United State’s Supreme Court, to give an understanding of the legal reasoning behind them. The cases focus on the right to abortion in relation to the right to privacy, the analysis therefore aims to

Värmebehov är beroende av rådande temperatur och väder samt kunders förbrukningsmönster. Detta ger upphov till varierande fjärrvärmelast och en konsekvent mer komplicerad värmeproduktion. Denna studie har undersökt potentialen för laststyrning, då byggnader utnyttjas som värmelager under kortare tid. Arbetet har fokuserat på modellering och utveckling av styrregler för laststyrningsmodellen samt iHeat load is dependent on outside temperature and weather as well as consumer habits. This leads to a variation in heat load and consequently a more complicated production. This study investigated the potential of demand side management, using load shifting and utilizing buildings for thermal storage. The work focused on modelling and developing operating conditions as well as implementation in di

Fildelning är ett vardagsbrott för en stor andel svenskar, trots lagstiftningen på området. Rättighetshavare har inte alltid själva möjligheterna att beivra brotten, av anledningar som främst handlar om polisväsendets bristande resurser och reglerna mot brottsprovokation. En ökad tendens att för rättighetshavarna att vända sig till privata företag som utreder fildelningsbrott märks tydligt. De priFile sharing is an everyday crime for a large number of Swedes, despite prohibiting legislation in the field. Copyright holders do not always have the possibility to prosecute the crimes for reasons primarily connected with the police’s lack of resources and the rules prohibiting entrapment. An increased tendency for right holders to turn to private companies in order to investigate file sharing c

Production companies are often exposed to rapid change and turbulent business environments, whilst the facilities and premises they conduct their business from are long term commitments with a lower turnover rate than most other assets. Decisions regarding real estate are complicated by nature and often yield long term consequences which could be hard to forecast. This dilemma between short- and l

Context. Understanding the history and the evolution of the Milky Way is one of the main goals of modern astrophysics. In particular, the formation of the Galactic disc is a key problem of Galactic archaeology. Aims. We study the velocity dispersion behaviour of Galactic disc stars as a function of the [Mg/Fe] ratio, which for small metallicity bins can be used as a proxy of relative age. This key