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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of early onset prostate cancer, with special reference to family history as a possible prognostic factor.MATERIAL AND METHODS: We identified all cases of prostate cancer diagnosed before the age of 51 in the Southern health care region in Sweden between 1958 and 1994. Clinical data were collected retrospectively from med
The book provides a thorough legal analysis of the treatment of insurance in the harmonized system of European VAT as compared to the treatment of insurance in the New Zealand and Australian Goods and Services Tax (GST) systems. Insurance constitutes a significant part of the financial services sector, and it is one of the foundations of a modern society and economy. In the design of tax laws, how
Although automation has been introduced in all areas of public life, what seems to be missing is a reflection at the organizational or societal level about a policy of automation. By this the authors intend appropriate declarations made at the level of rationale, future plans and strategies to achieve intended goals and most importantly how those achievements will impact on various aspects of soci
Insects visit flowers not only to forage for nectar or pollen but also to search for hosts or prey, and to look for suitable habitats for breeding sites. In oil palm flowers, it has been documented that not all flower-visiting insects are pollinators, but some insects are recognized as predators, parasitoids or saprophages, which may affect the abundance and persistence of the weevil pollinating o
This chapter establishes four evaluative themes that will be employed across this volume to analyze the institutional complexity of policy fields in the climate-energy nexus: coherence, management, legitimacy, and effectiveness. Coherence among institutions is conceptualized along four dimensions: convergence on an overarching core norm for the policy field, balanced coverage and distribution of m
Tourism is largely dependent on climatic and natural resources. For example, "warmer'' climates generally constitute preferred environments for recreation and leisure, and natural resources such as fresh water, biodiversity, beaches or landscapes are essential preconditions for tourism. Global environmental change threatens these foundations of tourism through climate change, modifications of glob
The emotional aspects of the care-giving relationship in home-care services are studied, starting from the home-care recipients' and the home-care workers' perception of the emotional climate. Their experiences of the care-giving relationship and the influence from different aspects of the care-giving situation and social processes in the work organisation are explored. Two hundred and twenty-two
We have examined whether in vivo exposure to the glutamate analogue, kainic acid, induces cell loss through apoptosis and/or through necrosis. The vulnerability of rabbit retinal cells was evaluated by routine histopathology. The DNA fragmentation was examined using an in situ method (TUNEL: TdT-mediated biotin-dUTP nick-end labelling) and agarose gel electrophoresis of extracted retinal DNA. Reti
Syftet med denna uppsats är att granska det rättsliga skyddet för visselblåsare i Sverige. Syftet är även att utreda om eventuella problem som finns med detta skydd löses genom de lagförslag som finns i de offentliga utredningarna SOU 2013:79 och SOU 2014:31. Det finns inte någon lagstiftning i Sverige som specifikt inriktar sig på skydd för visselblåsare. Det rättsliga skyddet är komplext och berThe purpose of this paper is to examine the legal protection of whistleblowers in Sweden. The purpose is also to examine if any problems with this legal protection are solved by the bills in two Government Official Reports – SOU 2013:79 and SOU 2014:31. There is no specific regulation in Swedish law for the protection of whistleblowers. The legal protection is complex and different rules from diff
“Meetings are now more important” : A study about social workers' view on client meetings within the financial aid sector. In social work, meeting other people forms a big part of the job and human contact is generally considered very important. The aim of this study was to investigate how social workers within the financial aid sector reason about meetings with clients when based on the goal
The purpose of this study was to examine experiences of the development of digitalization from a user perspective where the users are sober addicts. Six different interviews with members from a non profit organization (NPO) in Malmö, who also are or have been social service clients, have been conducted. The empirical data from the interviews have been analyzed from the theoretical perspectives of
In 2010 the Swedish armed forces ended 100-years of conscription and introduced fully employed professional soldiers in their battalions with the purpose to be more usable and have higher readiness. Almost ten years later the turnover has been more than threefold to what was expected when the change was introduced. This study looks into the motivational factors of Swedish professional soldiers. Th
Sera from 25 metastatic breast cancer patients and 25 healthy controls were subjected to affinity chromatography using immobilized galectin-1. Serum from the healthy subjects contained on average 1.2 mg per ml (range 0.7-2.2) galectin-1 binding glycoproteins, whereas serum from the breast cancer patients contained on average 2.2 mg/ml (range 0.8-3.9), with a higher average for large primary tumour
European Union financed Interreg programmes focusing on cross-border region building form an important part of the EU integration policy. The region building processes involve many fields of action in which destination development is one. In this article, the latest finished programme, Interreg III, will be highlighted with special focus on cross-border regions in the Baltic Sea Area. The purpose
The aim of the study was to investigate how women exposed to violence in close relationships portray their experiences in autobiographies, to generate understanding of what is significant in their choice to stay or leave the relationship. To investigate this phenomenon, the following questions have been used as starting points: (1) How are the women’s inclination to report the perpetrator describe
The modern society is getting more and more digitalized and the concept Internet of Things is growing. The data being collected and digital services require a place to be accessed and sold, thus setting the demand for a new kind of marketplace; an online IoT focused marketplace. The large EU supported open source platform for Smart Solutions, FIWARE, has created such a marketplace, namely the Busi
Denna uppsats syftar till att utreda gällande rätt kring det offentliga biträdets roll i LVU-processen. Framställningen görs ur ett barnrättsperspektiv med ändamålet att utreda huruvida processen i LVU-mål är likställd mellan å ena sidan socialnämnden, å andra sidan den unge och dennes vårdnadshavare. För detta syfte förekommer även inslag av ett komparativt perspektiv samt ett utvecklingsperspektThis thesis seeks to investigate applicable law concerning the public counsel in the process according to The Care of Young Persons (Special Provisions) Act (LVU). The thesis is written from a children’s rights perspective with the purpose of investigating whether the process is equal between the social welfare committee on the one hand, and the child on the other. When the social service needs
Det nu gällande EU-rättsliga regelverket som reglerar skyddet för personuppgifter är dataskyddsdirektivet. En ny dataskyddsförordning som kommer träda i kraft i maj 2018 har emellertid antagits. En särskild fråga som också utgör huvudföremålet för denna uppsats är frågan om dataskyddsreglernas extraterritoriella tillämpningsområde. Uppsatsen syftar således till att utreda dataskyddsreglernas extThe EU data protection law aims at protecting personal data as they are subject to data processing by various actors. The current EU law governing data processing is the Data Protection Directive (DPD). During the past few years the EU data protection law has undergone a reform that ultimately led to the adaption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR will come into force as of
Denna studie syftade till att utforska hur personal inom psykiatri och socialpsykiatri upplever (1) att de använder egna erfarenheter av psykisk ohälsa i sitt arbete (2) olika faktorer som påverkar detta användande. Detta undersöktes med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer, vilka analyserades utifrån tematisk analys med utgångspunkt i aletisk hermeneutik. Elva behandlare med varierande yrkestillThe purpose of this study was to explore how staff in mental health care experience (1) using personal experiences of mental ill health in their work (2) different factors affecting this usage. This was explored using semi-structured interviews, which were analyzed using thematic analysis based on aletic hermeneutics. Eleven staff members in various professions were included. The analysis resulted
To see those who needs us the most: A qualitative study of how social work is organized in order to identify children who has fallen victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Trafficking in human beings is a crime against human rights and an international social problem. Refugee minors have been distinguished as an extra vulnerable group to become victims of trafficking and sexual exp
