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Background: Early initiation of breastfeeding offers nutritional and immunological benefits to the newborn, which is critical for health and survival. Understanding factors associated with timely initiation of breastfeeding is crucial for healthcare providers and policy-makers. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and factors associated with early initiation of breastfeeding among mothers wit

The main purpose of this thesis is to present a Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) based analysis of the activities conducted by and with visually impaired users supported by audio-haptic technology.This thesis covers several studies conducted in two projects. The studies evaluate the use of audio-haptic technologies to support and/or mediate the activities of people with visual impairment

Background: The influence of familial factors on the prognosis of ischemic stroke (IS) is unknown. This nationwide follow-up study evaluated familial mortality risks of IS among Swedish sibling pairs hospitalized for IS. Methods: We linked Swedish nationwide registers for the identification of 1380 Swedish born sibling pairs (2760 cases), where both siblings were hospitalized for first-time IS bet

BACKGROUND: The St Gallen 2019 guidelines for primary therapy of early breast cancer recommend omission of completion axillary lymph node dissection (cALND), regardless of histological type, in patients with one or two sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastases. Concurrently, adjuvant chemotherapy is endorsed for luminal A-like disease with four or more axillary lymph node (ALN) metastases. The aim of t

Background: Cadmium (Cd) exposure during gestation has been associated with altered DNA methylation at birth, but it is not known if the changes in methylation persist into childhood. Objectives: To evaluate whether gestational Cd-related changes of DNA methylation persist from birth to 9 years of age. Methods: We studied mother–child dyads in a longitudinal cohort in rural Bangladesh. Cadmium con

Objectives: In patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) initiating their first tumor necrosis factor alpha-inhibitor (TNFi), we aimed to identify common baseline predictors of Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS-CRP) inactive disease (primary objective) and clinically important improvement (CII) at 6 months, and drug retention at 12-months across 15 European registries. Metho

Klimatförändringen medför att allt mer frekventa och kraftiga skyfall belastar den ständigt växande staden. Urbaniseringen tillsammans med förtätningen av stadsmiljöer har lett till att sådana regn får allt större konsekvenser. Detta beror på den ökade andelen hårdgjorda ytor som hindrar nederbörd från att naturligt infiltrera. Istället bildas större volymer ytavrinning som måste ledas bort för atDue to climate change more extreme precipitation is expected to strike the constantly growing cities around the world. Urbanization along with densification of urban areas magnifies the impact of heavy rainfall. These two processes have increased the amount of hard surfaces that prevent precipitation to naturally infiltrate, and therefore result in larger amount of surface runoff that must be dive

Lake sediments have lately been explored as a 10Be archive, complementing previous research on ice cores and marine sediments. 10Be is an important proxy as it can be used to study past solar activity, a factor which affects the climate. Where other methods studying solar activity only cover a brief period of history, 10Be has the potential to go further back in time. The concentrations of 10Be st

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Är klimatforskningen skev? En central fråga är om vi kan lita på att vetenskapliga tidskrifter återger en rättvis bild av aktuella forskningsresultat? Dessutom bör vi fråga oss hur rapporteringen påverkas då betydande händelser sker inom vetenskapsvärlden. I november 2007 och senare 2009 skedde två viktiga företeelser inom klimatforskningen som potentiellt kanAbstract The declaration of a scientific consensus concerning anthropogenic causes for climate change by the IPCC in their fourth assessment report (AR4), published in 2007, initiated a heated debate. During this debate, experts within the IPCC were accused of selective reporting and the AR4 got strong source criticism by politicians, stakeholders and climate skeptics in general. The debate furth

Untreated asthma limits the ability to live an active life, still many asthmatics does not have the level of control over their asthma as they could have. In addition, about 50% of the asthmatics use their inhaler incorrectly, which affects the result of the medicine negative. The asthma inhaler is central in an asthmatics living and has great potential for de- velopment towards a modern asthma mo

Flyktingar, alternativt skyddsbehövande och övrigt skyddsbehövande har rätt till uppehållstillstånd då dem har asylskäl i den svenska rätten. Uppehållstillstånd kan även beviljas när det föreligger synnerligen ömmande omständigheter. Ensamkommande flyktingbarn som flyr från krig eller förföljelse i hemlandet möts i Sverige av en asylprocess där åldern är viktig för prövningen av uppehållstillståndRefugees, persons eligible for subsidiary protection and persons otherwise in need of protection have the right to residence permit when they have grounds for asylum in the Swedish law. A residence permit may also be granted for an asylum seeker with exceptionally distressing circumstances. Unaccompanied children who are fleeing war or persecution in the native country meet in Sweden an asylum pro

Issue of Study: The case company, Metius, has difficulties in meeting its customers’ demands for delivery reliability due to issues in the final assembly process. A leading management control system linked to the company’s final assembly could allow the production management to act proactively and avoid more dissatisfied customers due to poor delivery reliability. Relevant literature gives little

The aim of the thesis is to investigate the impact of mediatization on the harshen Swedish terror law with the intention to explicate an interaction between media and politics. The analysis applies a deductive approach based on critical security studies and theories of mediatization which will adhere process-tracking as a main strategy. The process-tracking will not show any correlation since the

This thesis analyse different understanding of the world how this leads to different actions with real consequences for people. In a public policy chain from the government of Sweden down to the field in Burkina Faso, civil servants have been interviewed in order to identify changes in discourses and what they may potentially mean. The use of qualitative data gives a deeper understanding of how in

A multi-antenna base station (BS) can spatially multiplex a few terminals over the same bandwidth, a technique known as multi-user, multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO). A new idea in cellular MU-MIMO is the use of a large excess of BS antennas to serve several single-antenna terminals simultaneously. This so-called "massive MIMO" promises attractive gains in spectral efficiency with

Lek är något som skall vara något positivt, oskyldigt och tillföra glädje för barnen. På förskolor spenderar barnen den mesta av sin vakna tid, där de leker, äter och sover middag. Det är en plats där barnen skall känna sig trygga. Få vet att det faktiskt finns skadliga kemikalier i textiler, köksredskap och till och med i leksaker som en så känslig grupp som barn kommer i kontakt med. Att skadlig

Livsmedel är någonting som alla individer konsumerar flera gånger om dagen utan att reflektera över om det man äter kan påverka ens mående och välbefinnande. Det som konsumenten förväntar sig av livsmedlet är att det inte är förorenat eller innehåller mikrobiella, kemiska eller fysikaliska faror som göra en sjuk. De frågor som man som konsument kan ställa sig är: Hur vet livsmedelsföretagen att deThe English title of this master thesis project is ”Risk assessment, hazard analysis and HACCP plan during production of fruit- and berry based products”. As the title refers to, this projects is divided into two part. The first one is the risk assessment of a company’s raw material for their production. The second part is a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) method that is used to eva

Overheating in buildings is becoming a major concern and cause for various health issues. Existing research and previous studies on the issue were examined to acquire relevant information about the definition of overheating, its possible causes, and the heath impacts it could have on human health. The review included data on the current status of thermal comfort and overheating regulations in Swed

The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of various hierarchical levels regarding AI integration into the innovation process within a KIF and examine its influence on the design and usage of MCS. By synthesizing insights into the relationship between AI integration and MCS, this research contributes valuable knowledge to academic discourse and practical implementation strategies, en