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The issue with the Palestinian refugees is one of the world's longest standing refugee problems. After the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Palestinians living there have been targeted for gross human rights abuses including kidnappings, torture and killings. This has lead to a mass flight of Palestinians out of Iraq. The problem for this group of refugees is that they have not been acce

En alternativ tvistlösningsform som har växt fram sedan 1970-talet är så kallade dispute boards eller privata tvistlösningsnämnder. Dispute boards används företrädesvis i omfattande och komplexa projekt som ska genomföras under lång tid, såsom infrastrukturprojekt och större entreprenadprojekt. I sådana projekt finns det ofta ett stort behov av att snabbt kunna avgöra tvister som uppstår mellan paDispute boards is an alternative dispute resolution method that has emerged since the 1970s. Usually, a dispute board agreement is a part of a mulit-tiered dispute resolution clause, under which dispute board proceedings are a preliminary phase to judicial or arbitral proceedings. Dispute boards are primarily used in large and complex projects continuing for a long period of time, such as infrastr

During a few days at the end of November 1926, the Möllevången neighborhood in Malmö was the scene of violent confrontations between thousands of demonstrators and a large part of the city police force. Behind these demonstrations lay an industrial conflict, begun early in July that year at A. W. Nilsson factory. The workers went on strike, and a week or so later the factory owner employed a local

The paediatric nasopharyngeal flora is regarded as the largest reservoir for Streptococcus pneumoniae, and the carrier state is always antecedent to infection and a prerequisite for dispersion of these bacteria. Pneumococci are the predominant aetiology of bacterial respiratory tract infections and a major cause of morbidity and mortality, in the most severe cases due to invasive pneumococcal dise

Today type 2 diabetes is a common disease with a worldwide prevalence of 8.3%. The disease is characterised by hyperglycaemia which is a result of insufficient insulin secretion from the beta-cells in the pancreatic islets as well as an insulin resistance seen in the target tissues. Type 2 diabetes is a multifactorial disease with genetic, epigenetic and environmental background. In study I we in

Despite the fact that venous thromboembolism (VTE) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality there is still insufficient information on VTE risk factors and patient characteristics in the general population. Previously published incidences of VTE (deep venous thrombosis [DVT] and pulmonary embolism [PE]) vary from 71 to 192 per 100,000 individuals per year. Incidences of DVT and PE have bee

Brottsoffer är ett ord med många konnotationer som har kritiserats för att antyda hjälplöshet och passivitet. Att kategoriseras som brottsoffer är inte alltid välkommet, men medför likväl fördelar, som till exempel möjligheten att driva en rättsprocess och tillgång till stöd och empati. I Sverige är Riksorganisationen Brottsofferjouren Sverige (BOJ) en viktig aktör när det gäller att ge brottsoffe

Background Prospective longitudinal studies in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that include cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) treatment in routine clinical settings are scarce. The patients vary in severity of the disease, clinical course, rate of progression and response to treatment. Knowledge about the predicted course of the disease, sociodemographic and clinical factors affecting the outcome and the i

One side-effect of breast cancer (BC) screening is a false-positive mammogram among healthy women. That is, finding(s) on a screening mammogram that lead to additional breast examinations but where the woman is eventually considered free from BC. There is evidence of short-term psychosocial consequences of false-positive BC screening. Regarding long-term consequences, research findings are inconsi

Den fackliga organisationsgraden är fortfarande mycket hög i Sverige. Sedan de svenska a-kasseavgifterna höjts kraftigt 2007 inträffade ett fackligt medlemsras utan motsvarighet i Sveriges moderna historia. Arbetsgivarnas organisationsgrad (definierad som andelen löntagare i företag och förvaltningar som tillhör en arbetsgivarorganisation) är numera betydligt högre än löntagarnas. Artikeln redovis