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Kunskapssamhällets framväxt har gjort att anställdas kunskap och kompetens fått ökad betydelse för företag och samhället i stort. Företag som önskar skydda kunskap efter en anställnings upphörande väljer därför ibland att använda sig av konkurrensklausuler i anställningsavtal. 2015 slöts ett nytt kollektivavtal rörande användning av konkurrensklausuler i anställningsavtal mellan Svenskt NäringslivSince the uprising of the knowledge-based society, knowledge and competence of employees have become increasingly valuable for business and to the society in general. Hence, companies seeking to protect knowledge after the period of employment sometimes choose to incorporate non-compete clauses in the employment contract. In 2015 a new collective agreement regarding the usage of non-compete clause

As more functionality and complex systems are combined in limited settings the need for resource management is becoming increasingly important. Resources such as computing capacity, battery power and communication channels need to be divided between different applications and hardware to achieve the highest global performance. Traditionally the computing capacity has been handled by the system sch

The study will be focusing specifically on the impacts that these entrepreneurs have had on the UK (regional) economy. In the last 20 years we have seen a wealth of studies analyzing the determinants of entrepreneurship. Though some of these studies are theoretical (e.g. Holmes and Schmitz, 1990), others are empirical (e.g. Evans and Leighton, 1990). The impacts of entrepreneurship, in terms of ec

Sverige av gammal tradition ett starkt skydd för tryck- och yttrandefrihet. En viktig del av dessa lagars skyddsområde utgörs av meddelarrätten. Meddelarrätten möjliggör att enskilda personer kan lämna uppgifter för publicering i de grundlagsskyddade medierna i hög utsträckning utan straffansvar eller andra sociala obehag. Med en strikt tillämpning av meddelarrätten kan polisen utlämna sekretessbeSweden has a long and strong tradition of protecting the freedom of press and freedom of expression. One important part of the Freedom of the Press Act constitutes the rules on whistle-blower protection. These rules allow people, even those working in the public service, to leak information to the press without criminal responsibility. The whistle-blower protection is very far reaching and protect

This thesis provides an analysis of three photographs from the New Mothers-series by Rineke Dijkstra, which serve as a point of entry for a discussion on how the maelstrom of visual expressions surrounding the contemporary subject is transforming his/her experience of what is real in relation to visual expressions. In the exploration, the concept of “the real” is examined in its construction and a

Chronic neural interfaces that are able to record or stimulate neurons in the CNS are valuable instruments in use today and they hold great promise for the future both within neuroscience research and in the clinic. However, a major obstacle is that they show a decline in performance over time. Many different approaches to improve the interface designs are gradually evaluated in hope of overcoming

BACKGROUND: : Inherited mutations in the CDKN2A tumor suppressor gene, which encodes the p16(INK4a) protein, and in the cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) gene confer susceptibility to cutaneous malignant melanoma. We analyzed families with two or more cases of melanoma for germline mutations in CDKN2A and CDK4 to elucidate the contribution of these gene defects to familial malignant melanoma and to

When infected with a pathogen, a host may respond with an acute phase response to increase its chances of survival. Previous research shows that one fundamental component of the acute phase response, adjustments of body temperature, may differ depending on ambient temperature, social settings and energy availability. However, we do not know much about how such a response is modulated during work-i

Background: Patients undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) often face complex and evolving needs throughout recovery. Person-centred nursing (PCN) is essential in this context yet remains underexplored in specialised care settings. In Sweden, the Assessment of Rehabilitation Needs Checklist (ARNC) is commonly used in cancer care, but its role in supporting perso

Effects of an in-car speed limiter were investigated in three European countries, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden representing different regions and driving cultures. The study was carried out in urban and surrounding areas. Most of the European speed limit categories, ranging from 30 km/h to 120 km/h were included. The effects of the limiter were greatest in free driving conditions outside plat

We study broadcasting (one-to-all communication) in known topology radio networks modeled by graphs, where the interference range of a node is likely to exceed its transmission range. In this model, if two nodes are connected by a transmission edge they can communicate directly. On the other hand, if two nodes are connected by an interference edge their transmissions disable recipience of one anot

Almost a fifth of Sweden's current housing was built in a project called “miljonprogrammet”,which translates into “the million programme”. The morphology for these neighborhoods is acombination of high density and large recreational spaces, where the built intensity is balancedby generous open areas. Since the turn of the latest century, densification of already claimed landhas been framed and

Forest above-ground biomass (AGB) estimation is crucial for evaluating carbon dynamics. Although optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data provide complementary spectral and structural information, limitations in existing fusion approaches restrict AGB estimation accuracy. This study proposes a multi-source data fusion framework comparing two image fusion strategies—the conventional Hue-Inte

Context. The Arcturus stream is an over-density of stars in velocity space and its origin has been much debated recently without any clear conclusion. The (classical) dissolved open cluster origin is essentially refuted; instead the discussions try to distinguish between an accretion, a resonant, or an external-perturbation origin for the stream. As kinematic structures are observational footprint

The length of the menstrual cycle was compared in women with breast cancer, women with benign breast disease, and controls. Older women in general tended to report shorter menstrual cycles (P < 0.05). After correction for the age difference, breast cancer patients still reported a shorter average menstrual cycle length than benign breast disease patients and controls (P < 0.006). Very short cycles

In 1999, seven dark-bellied brent geese Branta bemicla bemicla were followed during spring migration from western Europe to Arctic Russia using satellite telemetry. For six of the birds we were also able to monitor their summer stay at the Taymyr Peninsula, and for five birds part of their autumn migration was recorded. In this article, we report on site use during summer and spring/autumn migrati

Plasma homocysteine concentrations in a group of 80-year-old persons were related to symptoms and signs. Plasma homocysteine concentrations higher than 15 mumol/l were associated with lower total life satisfaction (P<0.01), mood (P<0.05), zest for life (P<0.05), lower scores for reasoning (P<0.05), spatial ability (P<0.05), memory recognition (P<0.05), and subjective health (P<0.01). In an instrum

Rationale and Objectives. To find signs in vector-electrocardiography (VECG) predicting the ventricular fibrillatory propensity (VF-PROP) of iodixanol and mannitol solutions after injection into the left coronary artery (LCA) of pigs. Materials and Methods. Five plasma-isotonic solutions perfused LCA: lod 320 + Na/Ca (iodixanol 320 mg I/mL, 19 mM NaCl, 0.3 mM CaCl2), lod 320 + Mann (iodixanol 320

Rationale Vitamin D has been shown to be involved in the host immune response toward Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Objectives: To test whether vitamin D supplementation of patients with tuberculosis (TB) improved clinical outcome and reduced mortality. Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, place-bocontrolled trial in TB clinics at a demographic surveillance site in Guinea-Bissau. We incl