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This paper empirically examines which tonal variations Swedish learners of Russian produce and the influence of first language in second language intonation. In Russian intonation is used to signal sentence type, e.g. to distinguish between declaratives and yes/no questions. In Swedish however, word order is mainly used for this purpose. There also exsists important phonetic diffrences between Rus
A common feature in the Balkan Sprachbund is the use of expressive particles, such as bre, be, vre, re, more, mori and ma in colloquial speech. In some sources the origin of the particles has been claimed to be the Greek moros, 'moron'. The aims of this study were (a) to map and investigate the use of the particles in Serbian, Bulgarian, Greek and (b) to make a grammatical and semantic com
Since the strategy of “Going Global” to be implemented, the Chinese OFDI has been increased rapidly. For a long time, governments in developed countries as well as some scholars hold the different attitudes that OFDI will crowd out Chinese domestic 5 investment. In this study, we empirically analyze this relationship between OFDI and domestic investment in China based on the data from 1986 to 2010
This thesis analyzes the evolution of integration between equity markets based on a market index and six sector indices for four countries that adopted the EMU in 1999 as well as two countries that did not. The purpose is twofold; first to identify if the integration has increased and secondly try to determine if the EMU has played a part. The estimation window is set to January 1987 to December 2
The aim of this study is to increase the knowledge in practice of value co‐creation by providing information on how co-creation is manifested in C-‐G lookbook. This thesis employs a qualitative strategy with an inductive approach, and data were collected through virtual observation. Theoretical framework is divided into three different parts, in which various theories within s
Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Vulkanisk aska både näring och kris för miljön. Att stora lavaflöden följer av vulkanutbrott och att lava kan ödelägga hela städer och förstöra miljön över stora arealer är välkänt. Men vid vulkanutbrott produceras även tefra, vulkanisk aska, som kan transporteras med vindar i atmosfären och därmed spridas hundratals kilometer från vulkanen. Där tefran sedan fal
The objective of this study was to investigate possible energy saving measures for the area Rådhusrätten in Lund, Sweden, owned by Lunds Kommuns Fastighets AB, LKF. This study also included designing a suitable solar heating system to satisfy the hot tap water need and a photovoltaic system to satisfy the electricity need of the office. The work also included buildning investigation of the inhabit
Trafficking for sexual exploitation is the most common form of trafficking in the European Union (EU). The problem is long lasting and mostly affects women and children. During the two latest decades, the EU has developed an extensive anti-trafficking policy framework. Europol, together with a variety of sources, nevertheless stresses that the problem do not show any tendency of decreasing. This t
Abstract Author: Carina Ljungwald Title: The Social Services’ Provisions on Crime Victims – a study of their origins and purposes Supervisor: Kerstin Svensson In 2001, crime victims were introduced as a target group in the Swedish Social Services Act. Alongside special provisions concerning children, youths, elderly persons, persons with functional impairments, substance abusers and family caregiv
A suicide is a tragedy not only for family and relatives of the victim but also for the railway operator’s personnel and other witnesses. The aim of this report is to reduce the rate of suicides in the railway system by means of showing that society gains from measures that reduce the risk of suicides and fatal accidents. This is possible with a risk analysis that accounts for input uncertainties
Endotoxemia-induced inflammation has been associated with insulin resistance and atherosclerosis, ultimately increasing the risk of coronary heart disease. Increased intestinal permeability is an important event leading to endotoxemia. This study aims to elucidate the possible association between endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) and zonulin (a biomarker of intestinal permeability) levels and the ris
Background: Patients with asthma and elevated blood eosinophils are at increased risk of severe exacerbations. Management of these patients should consider nonadherence to inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy as a factor for increased exacerbation risk. Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate whether poor adherence to ICS therapy explains the occurrence of asthma exacerbations in
Background: A common complaint by people with tinnitus is that they experience that the tinnitus causes attention and concentration problems. Previous studies have examined how tinnitus influences cognitive performance on short and intensive cognitive tasks but without proper control of hearing status. Purpose: To examine the impact tinnitus and high-frequency hearing thresholds have on reading co
Objectives: We explored associations between specific meniscal pathologies and other concurrent structural knee pathologies with presence of self-reported mechanical symptoms in patients undergoing meniscal surgery. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: We included patients undergoing surgery for a meniscal tear from Knee Arthroscopy Cohort Southern Denmark (KACS). Pre-surgery, patients complete
In the last decade, organoid technology has filled the gap generated by the poor accessibility and unique features of the human brain. Organoids present several advantages in comparison with two-dimensional culturing, since they recapitulate cytoarchitecture in space and functionality of the tissue. Therefore, they mimic the unique features of human brain better than animal models. Although signif
The present study examines the association between depressive symptoms and inflammatory markers in peripheral artery disease (PAD) to better understand the mechanistic relationship between depression and PAD. A cross-sectional sample of 117 patients with PAD (97% male, 76% Caucasian) was recruited from the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Patients were categorized into three subgroup
The challenge of mitigating climate change is critical to desirable tourism transportation futures, although to date relatively little attention has been paid to this aspect of sustainable tourism. This introductory article to the special issues on ‘Desirable Tourism Transport Futures’ explores approaches to transitioning the tourism sector to a sustainable emissions path. It starts by describing
Documentation and emotions. Balancing paper work and emotional work in the social services This article deals with documentation and documentation requirements in relation to social workers’ prerequisites to perform ”emotional labour”. Inspired by Arlie Hochschild’s sociology of emotions and the selected concepts emotional labour, feeling management and ”the speed-up”, the study aims at illuminati
BACKGROUND: International middle- and long-distance running competitions attract millions of spectators in association with city races, world championships, and Olympic Games. It is therefore a major concern that ill health and pain, as a result of sports overuse, lead to numerous hours of lost training and decreased performance in competitive runners. Despite its potential for sustenance of perfo
Human papillomavirus is among the most common sexually transmitted infections in the world. Newcomers, defined in Canada as foreign-born individuals who are either immigrants or refugees, but may also include students and undocumented migrants, face numerous barriers to HPV vaccination. This study sought to understand, from the perspective of healthcare providers, barriers and facilitators to HPV
