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Executive summary Title: Energy optimization at a chemical industry enterprise Case study - Perstorp AB Authors: Sandra Leksell and Anna Parsdotter Supervisors: Patrick Lauenburg, PhD, Dept. of Energy Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Lund University and Daniel Hansson, Technical Manager, Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB Background: The industrial sector in Sweden consumed 152.4 TWh energy in 2010,
Den 1 november 2008 genomfördes reformen ”En modernare rättegång” (EMR) i de allmänna domstolarna i Sverige. Ett led i moderniseringen var att de förhör som äger rum vid en bevisupptagning i tingsrätten dokumenteras med en ljud- och bildupptagning. Inspelningen skall sedan, vid ett överklagande, om det behövs för utredningen, spelas upp vid bevisupptagningen i hovrätten. En videouppspelning ska vaOn November 1st 2008, the reform "A more modern trial" came into force in the Swedish court system. One aspect of the modernization is that documentation is to be made of testimonies conducted at the Swedish District Courts, with an audio and visual recording. The recording can then, at an appeal, if necessary for the investigation, be played at the court of appeal, instead of having a f
Title: Improvisation ? a pedagogical perspective. This investigation studies how church musicians and pianists describe the use of improvisation in their teaching. The research questions focus on the relationship between improvisation and interpretation, the aim how to use improvisation and how this could be realized. To get the answer of these questions, I have interviewed two organists and two p
Vegetationsbränder är världsomspännande problem som skakar samhällen genom att skada deras ekonomier och orsaka allvarliga, ibland dödliga, hälsokomplikationer bland deras befolkningar. Takten av vegetationsbrandsförekomst har ökat de senaste åren till följd av en stigande global medeltemperatur. Denna takt förväntas att fortsätta öka på grund av den globala uppvärmningen. I efterdyningarna av braWildfires are worldwide problems that stress societies by damaging their economies and they cause serious, sometimes fatal, health implications among the populations. In recent years, the rate of wildfire occurrence has increased as the global average temperature has risen. Because of global climate change, this rate is expected to continue rising. In Sweden, in the aftermath of the 2014 Västmanla
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) commonly causes local disease in the upper and lower respiratory tract and has recently been shown to interfere with both the classical and alternative pathways of complement activation. The terminal pathway of the complement system is regulated by vitronectin that is a component of both plasma and the extracellular matrix. In this study, we identify prote
Cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are a heterogeneous, nonmonophyletic assembly, comprising about 50 characterized types and at least 133 isolates putatively representing new types. Their natural history of infection and potential association with nonmelanoma skin cancer are not well understood. Several PCR systems have been developed that amplify a broad spectrum of cutaneous HPVs. However,
Effective human input devices for computer control are very important to quadriplegics and others with severe disabilities. This paper describes a framework for computer control without need for special PC software or drivers. The framework is based on a tongue control system recently developed at Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Aalborg University. The framework provides emulation of a
Streptococcus equi ssp. equi causes strangles, a highly contagious and serious disease in the upper respiratory tract of horses. Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus, another subspecies of this genus, is regarded as an opportunistic commensal in horses. The present study describes the characterization of two novel immunoglobulin G (IgG) endopeptidases of these subspecies, IdeE2 and IdeZ2. Both en
Beviskravet skälig misstanke spelar en viktig roll vid användandet av preventiva tvångsmedel. Det möjliggör att brottslighet kan upptäckas i ett tidigt stadie och därmed motverka ackumulerad kriminalitet. Trots att rekvisitet är oumbärligt för främst kroppsvisitationens förverkligande är begreppet tämligen odefinierat. Skälig misstanke saknar i dagsläget en legaldefinition, där närmare vägledning The evidentiary threshold of reasonable suspicion plays an important role in the use of preventive coercive measures. It enables criminal activity to be detected at an early stage and thereby counteracts criminality. Although this requirement is indispensable for the implementation of body searches, the concept remains undefined. In contemporary law, reasonable suspicion lacks a legal definition,
SUMMARYVaccines work primarily by eliciting antibodies, even when recovery from natural infection depends on cellular immunity. Large efforts have therefore been made to identify microbial antigens that elicit protective antibodies, but these endeavors have encountered major difficulties, as witnessed by the lack of vaccines against many pathogens. This review summarizes accumulating evidence that
Evidence of the effectiveness of the tests used to diagnose Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in primary healthcare is limited. This cross-sectional study aims to assess the accuracy of tests used for to diagnose H. pylori infection in primary care patients and its relationship with gastroduodenal pathologies. Over 12 months, 173 primary care patients with dyspeptic symptoms were referred for upper
The precarious employment types growing most rapidly in Sweden are on-call with zero hour contracts, umbrella organizations and crowdwork in the gig economy. In the Swedish binary system, those in precarious work often fall between the regulations for employees and those for the self-employed. Both the legislator and the social partners in Sweden work with these problems in the field of employee p
A method is presented that combines advanced experimental and numerical techniques in the determination of constitutive parameters. The general principle is that a specimen, producing a non-homogeneous stress state, is deformed rapidly. Load and deformation is recorded during the deformation and the event is also simulated using FEM. For the numerical calculation a set of constitutive parameters i
Stödgrupper för barn som växer upp i familjer med psykisk ohälsa, skadligt bruk/beroende eller våld är en insats som erbjuds av socialtjänsten i många kommuner. Trots att stödgrupper ges på frivilliga grunder utan biståndsprövning, dvs ”lätt tillgängligt” (Prop.2024/25:89), är rekryteringen av barn en utmaning. Denna licentiatuppsats fördjupar kunskapen om de förhållanden och överväganden som påveIn Sweden, preventive support groups for children exposed to domestic violence, substance abuse or mental illness in the home are provided by child welfare services (CWS). Support groups for children are often accessible without assessment, available for families to access at their own request, without formal referral or opening a case file which is assumed to lower the threshold. A current approa
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.,
This thesis, which is based on four original papers, covers different aspects of antibody development. The overall goal of my work has been to obtain an increased understanding of antibody repertoires as they develop in vivo and in vitro. In Paper I-III antibody repertoires was evaluated and used to dissect virus-induced antibody responses and characterize such antibodies. Furthermore, tools for m
Building on narratives of students in adult education in Sweden, where the majority of the students are young adults, this paper argues that adult education has both negative and positive aspects in helping individuals to be recognised as valuable. Students, often part of the precariat class, have not always been able to survive in the job market and have a history of failing in upper secondary sc
Eosinophils are increasingly recognized as adaptable immune cells that exhibit diverse phenotypes and effector functions across different tissues and disease states. While they can induce pathology through degranulation and cytotoxic mediator release, eosinophils also fulfill regulatory and tissue repair roles. Advances in single-cell and spatial technologies have begun to reveal how microenvironm
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major driver of evolution and a key source of innovation in the microbial world. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as plasmids and phages, often act as agents of HGT or as vehicles for cargo genes, some of which define the adaptive potential of the host organism in specific environments. These genes are involved in immunity, anti-immunity, virulence, and anti
