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INTRODUCTION: Osteoporosis of the axial skeleton is a known complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but bone loss affecting the peripheral skeleton is less studied. This study on volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) and bone microarchitecture in AS was conducted to compare peripheral vBMD in AS patients with that in healthy controls, to study vBMD in axial compared with peripheral bone, and

Together with response time the force of responses to stimuli can provide important clues about cognitive and affective processes. However, while there has been much discussion of factors involved in the accurate measurement of response time (RT), key issues and assumptions in assessment of response force (RF) have been far less studied. Here, hierarchical Bayesian analysis is used to examine the

The aim of this thesis was to reconstruct the glaciodynamics, deglacial landforms, isostatic uplift and to date the deglaciation. Glaciodynamics and deglacial landforms were focused on to provide a process and depositional model for De Geer moraine and Niemisel moraine and to reveal their internal and spatial relationship, based on detailed sedimentological and structural investigations. The isost

Purpose: alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH; Fluka Chemie AG, Geneva, Switzerland) and oxytocin induce erection in rats after intracerebroventricular administration. We studied possible interactions of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone with mechanisms pertaining to oxytocin or nitric oxide. Materials and Methods: We used 78 anesthetized male Sprague-Dawley rats. Catheters were impl

Previous research illustrates that Muslim minorities struggle to establish themselves in the European labor market. Veiled Muslim women appear to be a particularly disadvantaged group. Research regarding veiled Muslim women’s position and situation in the Swedish labor market is almost nonexistent. This study attempted to fill this knowledge gap. The aim of the study was to examine how veiled Musl

Makten att styra Sverige tillkommer statsråden, vilka utgör regeringen. Regeringsmakten begränsas genom lagbundenhet och funktionsfördelning. Riksdagens funktion är bland annat att kontrollera statsrådens arbete. Statsråden har ett såväl politiskt som rättsligt ansvar inför riksdagen. Uppsatsen utreder ifall regelverket för statsråds rättsliga ansvar för handlande i tjänsteutövningen är tillfredssThe power to govern Sweden belongs to the ministers, who form the government. The governmental powers are limited by law and by distribution of functions. One of the functions of the parliament is to monitor the work of the ministers. The ministers have both a political and a legal responsibility before the parliament. This essay examines whether the legal framework regarding the responsibility th

The Children's Rights and Business Principles were launched on 12th March 2012 and is the first of its kind to establish a global standard for children's rights in relation to corporate social responsibility. The thesis analyzes whether private actors such as companies may be duty bearers and thus have a strict responsibility to respect and promote rights. The analysis focuses on reasons w

Several studies have reported associations of hypertension with cancer, but not all results were conclusive. We examined the association of systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure with the development of incident cancer at all anatomical sites in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Hazard ratios (HRs) (95% confidence intervals) were estimated using mu

Centrifugal sedimentation of an ideal suspension in a rotating tube or basket can be modelled by an initial-boundary-value problem for a scalar conservation law with a nonconvex flux function. The sought unknown is the volume fraction of solids as function of radial distance and time for constant initial data. The method of characteristics is used to construct entropy solutions. The qualitatively