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1 The endocannabinoid anandamide is an emerging potential signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system. Anandamide causes vasodilatation, bradycardia and hypotension in animals and has been implicated in the pathophysiology of endotoxic, haemorrhagic and cardiogenic shock, but its vascular effects have not been studied in man. 2 Human forearm blood flow and skin microcirculatory flow were reco
Intensities of infrared absorption due to asymmetric stretching vibrations of interstitial oxygen atoms in Ge crystals enriched with O-16 and O-18 isotopes have been compared with oxygen concentrations determined by means of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). For Ge samples with oxygen content less than 510(17) cm(-3) a good correlation has been found between the values of oxygen concentratio
The purpose of this thesis has been to explore how school counselors work with and relate to sexuality in their work with youths. The study is based on qualitative interviews with four school counselors. Based on previous research the subject has been proved to be relatively unexplored, but it has been pointed out that sexuality is an important topic for youths and affects many different aspects o
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine influencer marketing’s effect on customer-based brand equity and customers’ willingness to post brand-promoting user-generated content. Methodology An integrative mixed method approach, with qualitative pre-study for scale development and a quantitative (n=222) main study, has been applied for testing the communication forms effect on the concepts.
In the suburbs of Milan, Italy, where the tarmac merges with the fields, the district of Chiaravalle and its Cistercian abbey withstand the passing of time. This is the setting, where the cultural association Terzo Paesaggio operates, aiming at the reactivation of the relationship between the local human community and its environment through an interdisciplinary approach based on landscape archite
Recruiting 116 Swedish 5th grade students this research aimed to investigate creative classroom climate (CCC) factors by use of a newly constructed Creative Classroom Climate Questionnaire (CCCQ). Resultant CCC data was tested in association with motivational orientation and student creative ability using the Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ) and the Alternative Uses Test (AUT). Results reveale
Conventional democratic institutions are unable to sufficiently incorporate citizens’ views in the context of a changing climate. The lack of a shared understanding of what citizen participation entails and what it should look like limits the potential for effective engagement. Postulating that citizen participation in policy-making processes could contribute to better decisions regarding flood ri
In the search for neutron antineutron oscillations (n → ̄n) in the proposed 200m long NNBAR beamline, it is imperative that the pions originating from the antineutron annihilation events can be detected outside of the vacuum chamber. The purpose of the design of the vacuum chamber then becomes to minimise the effect of the chamber while also adhering to the requirements of the pressure vessels. To
The use of antenna arrays allows for direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation in a radar system. The antenna elements in an array are conventionally positioned equidistantly on a grid, but they can also be placed relatively freely to form sparse antenna arrays. These non-conventional layouts could potentially offer improved DoA capabilities. In this work, a particle swarm optimization algorithm has b
Since the incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish legislation on January 1, 2020, the topic of children’s rights and the best interests of the child has gained increased prominence within social services – not least within the context of financial assistance. We have conducted interviews with eight social workers in a Swedish municipality to examine how work rela
Neurodegenerative diseases are becoming an increasing social and economic burden worldwide. A subset of neurodegenerative diseases, called tauopathies, accumulate abnormally aggregated tau (a microtubule-binding protein) as one of their main pathological hallmarks. The role of microglia, the immune cells of the central nervous system, in tau pathology, has been increasingly discussed in the past y
This paper examines whether Sweden's shift towards New Public Management (NPM) has affected unemployment and crime rates at the municipal level. Using panel data from 290 Swedish municipalities (1995–2021) and a regression discontinuity design, I test whether left-wing governance (as a proxy for lower NPM adoption) impacts these social outcomes. Results show that narrower left-wing coalition g
This study assesses the effectiveness of post-classification change detection for monitoring land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics across West Africa between 2000 and 2013. Using publicly available maps from the USGS West Africa Land Cover dataset, the original 25-class scheme was reclassified into 8 generalized land cover categories to allow for a more interpretable change analysis. A pixel-wis
Meteoritnedslag har spelat en grundläggande roll som ytmodifierande processer på jorden och andra himlakroppar. De har haft stor betydelse för omstruktureringen av jordskorpan, bassängbildning samt bildan- det av magmatisk och hydrotermal aktivitet. Av de cirka 200 nedslagsstruktur som identifierats på jorden har de flesta bildats på land, medan betydligt färre exemplar finns bevarade från marina Impact cratering has played a fundamental role as a surface modifying process on Earth and other celes- tial bodies. It has significantly influenced crustal reshaping, basin formation and the development of magmatic ac- tivity and hydrothermal systems. Of the roughly 200 impact structures that have been identified on Earth, the ma- jority occurred on land, with significantly fewer known examples p
Terapeutfaktorer är ett viktigt område inom modern psykoterapiforskning. På senare år har även autenticitet blivit ett mer uppmärksammat område inom psykologisk forskning. Mot bakgrund av detta ville vi fördjupa förståelsen för, och ge rika beskrivningar av, psykologers upplevelse av autenticitet i terapi. Sju semi-strukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med psykologer med erfarenhet av individualterFactors regarding the therapist is an important field within modern psychotherapy research. Furthermore, in recent years authenticity has been more acknowledged within psychological research. In the light of this we wanted to deepen the understanding, and provide thick descriptions, of psychologists’ experiences of authenticity in therapy. Seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with psych
