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Alternating marine inflow and continental outflow make southern Sweden a suitable region for investigating natural and anthropogenic contributions to background particulate matter (PM). However, interpreting dust and marine aerosol sources remains challenging because their source signatures often overlap during atmospheric transport. This study investigated aerosol sources at the Vavihill and Hylt
Recovery of plastically deformed metals involves several stages of substructure evolution during which dislocation entanglements and networks become increasingly organized, thereby lowering the stored energy in the material. Central to recovery is the formation and evolution of subgrains, which is also recognized as a recrystallization precursor. In this paper, subgrain coarsening is investigated
Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is the gold standard in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), however, associated with rare but severe complications. Patients with a high pretest risk should be referred directly for ICA, whereas a noninvasive strategy is recommended in the remaining patients. In the setting of a university hospital, we investigated the pattern of diagnostic tests use
BACKGROUND: The KIDSCREEN-27 is a measure of child and adolescent quality of life (QoL), with excellent psychometric properties, available in child-report and parent-rating versions in 38 languages. This study provides child-reported and parent-rated norms for the KIDSCREEN-27 among Swedish 11-16 year-olds, as well as child-parent agreement. Sociodemographic correlates of self-reported wellbeing a
BACKGROUND: Previous studies suggest that specific depressive symptoms such as low energy, fatigue, sleep and appetite disturbances are associated with systemic low-grade inflammation. In this study, we investigated associations between an inflammatory symptom profile of depression and proteomic markers spanning inflammatory and metabolic pathways.METHODS: We analyzed 158 proteins related to infla
Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) is sensitive to tissue diffusion and perfusion and has spurred great interest in various pathologies such as prostate cancer. However, poor repeatability and reproducibility of IVIM parameters hamper its wide-scale adoption in the clinics. To address this, improvements to the IVIM data acquisition and analysis are necessary. The purpose of this study was to deve
Oral epithelial cells monitor microbiome composition and initiate immune response upon dysbiosis, as in the case of Candida imbalances. Candida species, such as C. albicans and C. parapsilosis, are the most prevalent yeasts in the oral cavity. Comparison of healthy oral epithelial cell responses revealed that while C. albicans infection robustly activated inflammation cascades, C. parapsilosis pri
In recent years, microbiome studies have revealed that Candida species are common colonizers of the human skin. The distribution of species, however, varies greatly. Although C. parapsilosis is more likely to resemble skin commensals, opinions are divided, and discrepancies are present regarding C. albicans that is also often associated with cutaneous candidiasis. Therefore, we aimed to thoroughly
Exposure to e-cigarette aerosols, particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5) and respiratory viruses rarely occurs in isolation, but rather in complex polyexposure contexts during daily life. On a cellular and molecular level, vaping induces a distinct lipid-laden macrophage phenotype, alters pulmonary neutrophilic infiltration and impairs epithelial differentiation and ciliary f
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is associated with oral Candida albicans infection, although it is unclear whether the fungus promotes the genesis and progression of OSCC or whether cancer facilitates fungal growth. In this study, we investigated whether C. albicans can potentiate OSCC tumor development and progression. In vitro, the presence of live C. albicans, but not Candida parapsilosis,
Background:The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) measures behavioral problems among children and adolescents. Prior research in Sweden has included child self-report or parent ratings from community or population data.Objective:To provide child-reported and parent-rated SDQ norms for 11- to 16-year-olds, as well as data on child–parent agreement and parental sociodemographic correlate
Photocatalytic nitrogen reduction requires the concerted transfer of six electrons and six protons, where inefficient electron utilization and proton supply represent the critical limiting factors for proton-coupled electron transfer in this process. A key challenge lies in hole accumulation within photocatalysts, as hole transfer typically proceeds 2 to 3 orders of magnitude more slowly than elec
Previous studies revealed that grammatical gender may shape perception and categorisation, yet the extent of this influence remains unclear, specifically in simultaneous bilinguals with two gendered languages. This pre-registered ERP study investigates how two partially contrasting grammatical gender systems modulate perception in Ukrainian-Russian bilinguals. Twenty-six participants completed a n
Foraminiferal shells are abundant in marine sediments, well preserved, and morphologically sensitive to environmental conditions, making them widely used archives of past marine environments and oceanographic changes. In particular, foraminiferal pore traits are promising proxies for past ocean oxygenation. However, conventional 2D measurements from limited shell regions may obscure chamber-wise a
