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Both high-mountain rivers and wet-based mountain glaciers are considered effective erosion agents. They acted alternatively or simultaneously during the late Quaternary in the Tatra Mountains (West Carpathians) thus producing a vast amount of clastic material that was subject to deposition, reworking and transportation downstream. A small fraction of that amount of the material is still preserved

Background Drug use disorder (DUD) clusters in families due partly to shared environment, including sibling influences. Low academic achievement (AA) in adolescence increases DUD risk. This study examined whether low AA in an older sibling causally increases DUD risk in younger siblings. Methods We studied all Swedish full sibling pairs (n = 309,666) born 1972–1985 and ≤ 5 years apart. Older sibli

Background: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is the preferred first-line diagnostic tool for evaluating lymphadenopathy due to its minimally invasive nature and cost-effectiveness. However, cytopathological interpretation of lymph node FNAB remains challenging because of the wide morphological spectrum of lymphoid lesions. The World Health Organization (WHO) Reporting System for Lymph Nodes, S

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) plays an essential role in the biogeochemistry and ecology of surface waters by influencing carbon cycle and microbial respiration. DOC is related to CO2 emissions from inland waters that can be compared to emissions of peatlands and DOC decay is influenced by environmental factors. Traditional methods used to measure DOC decay do not account for environmental factor

I detta examensarbete studeras en geometrisk slumpgraf på en diskret cirkel, där två punkter kopplas samman slumpmässigt med en sannolikhet som avtar med avståndet mellan dem. Modellen är intressant eftersom samspelet mellan slump och geometri kan ge upphov till strukturer som skiljer sig från dem i mer klassiska slumpgrafer. Arbetet fokuserar på cykler av given längd, det vill säga slutna slingorThis thesis studies a geometric random graph model on the discrete circle Z/N Z, in which an edge between distinct vertices u and v is present independently with probability p(u, v) = min{cN^{-(1-α)}ρ(u, v)^{-α},1}, 0 < α < 1, where ρ(u, v) is the graph distance. The main focus is on the number of cycles of a fixed length, which provides a natural measure of the deviation from a tree-like structur

BACKGROUND: Alterations in ribosomal DNA copy number (rDNA-CN) and global DNA methylation have been associated with genomic instability and various diseases. However, their relevance in myocardial infarction (MI) has not been fully investigated.METHODS: We measured rDNA-CN and global DNA methylation in blood samples from MI patients ( n = 100) and healthy controls ( n = 109) using Droplet Digital

BACKGROUND: Long COVID has emerged as a global health challenge, with increasing evidence of cardiovascular sequelae. Most previous studies have focused on hospitalised cohorts, whereas cardiovascular risk in community-managed long COVID cases remains less explored. We aimed to investigate the incidence of major cardiovascular events in individuals with long COVID compared to those without long CO

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is associated with multiple autonomic symptoms, including gastrointestinal (GI) complaints, and has been linked to insulin resistance. We aimed to explore HbA1c, circulating metabolic hormones (insulin, C-peptide, GIP, GLP-1, glucagon, leptin, and peptide YY) and cortisol, and their associations with hemodynamic parameters and GI symptoms in POTS. T

This article explores the potential of full-count historical census microdata to enhance our understanding of occupational activity and retirement among older men and women in Sweden between 1880 and 1910 – a period preceding the introduction of a universal pension system. Drawing on the SwedPop infrastructure, we examine how occupational information was recorded, coded, and interpreted in the Swe

BACKGROUND: The aim was to improve the realism of patient models for Monte-Carlo based evaluation of image-based quantification of tumour volume and activity in [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC PET and [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE SPECT images.METHODS: Three phantoms from the XCAT population were used as basis. Tumour structures were obtained from segmentation of patient 68Ga-PET images and positioned at relevant positio

This thesis explores the potential of vernacular architecture in contemporary design through the proposal of a community centre for Kitini Secondary School in Godawari, Nepal. The project is grounded in a site-specific, research-led design methodology, informed by fieldwork, material studies, and community engagement. It explores how traditional Nepali building practices, particularly the use of l