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Epigenetic variation has been linked to several human diseases. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) is a major cause of vision loss in subjects with diabetes. However, studies examining the association between PDR and the genome-wide DNA methylation pattern are lacking. Our aim was to identify epigenetic modifications that associate with and predict PDR in subjects with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Salt-induced elevation of the endogenous digitalis like sodium pump ligand marinobufagenin (MBG) in the Dahl salt-sensitive rats resulted in elevated blood pressure (BP). Here, we tested, in humans, whether MBG levels are related to ambulatory 24-h BP (ABP), controlled long-term increase of salt-intake induces changes in MBG and any salt-induced change in MBG is related to salt sensitivity.

Accumulating evidence shows that immune cells play an important role in atherosclerosis. Most attention has focused on the role of different T cell subsets, whereas the possible involvement of B cells has been less studied. In this study, we assessed the association of 2 different B cell subsets, CD19(+)CD40(+) and CD19(+)CD86(+) B cells, with risk for development of acute cardiovascular events.

Further characterization of the post-cardiac arrest syndrome (PCAS) is essential to better understand the mechanisms resulting in injury and death. We investigated serial serum concentrations of the stress hormone c-terminal provasopressin (CT-proAVP or copeptin), the cardiac biomarker MR-proANP and a biomarker of oxidation injury, Peroxiredoxin 4 (Prx4) in patients treated with mild hypothermia (

The effects of four parameters on the cracking of a single leaf masomy facade were studied. The four parameters were, the properties between the masomy and the ground, the ratio between length and width, different values of Y o ungs modulus and the presence of windows and doors.The analysis was carried out in the FE-program Ansys. The present work also includes an experimental study ofthe shear be

Signals from three analouge sensors has been evaluated. The sensors are an optical sensor, a heat sensor and a multi sensor. The components of the multi sensor are an optical sensor and a heat sensor. The signals came from disturbing sources and test fires at a full scale test. The purpose is to find algorithms that filtrate some of the disturbing sources but does not delay the alarm from the test

This report is a study of methods and engineering guidelines in selection of design fire scenario. Three different guidelines has been studied and compared: ISO 16733, Engineering Guide to Application of Risk Assessment in Fire Protection Design by Society of fire protection engineering and International Fire Engineering Guidelines. Besides that statistics from all the rescue services around Swede

Problem: Det saknas kunskap om intern kriskommunikation i en förkrisfas och det saknas kunskap som tar hänsyn till komplexiteten i hur medarbetare skapar mening genom olika former av kommunikation. Syfte: Att bidra med kunskap om hur organisationers medarbetare kommunicerar och skapar mening om krisförberedelser. Metod: En fallstudie av SUS akutmottagning i Lund som inkluderar intervjuer och obsProblem: There is a lack of knowledge about internal crisis communication in a pre-crisis stage and knowledge that takes into consideration the complexity of how co-workers creates meaning through different forms of communication. Purpose: To contribute with knowledge on how co-workers communicate and create meaning about crisis preparations. Method: A case study of the emergency room at a teach

This thesis, drawing from several empirical investigations, reaches the conclusion that there seems to be a positive correlation between the level of democracy and the level of state capacity in Latin American countries. This correlation is explained by a hypothesis derived from Rational Choice theory. With some important caveats, this conclusion is then applied to the discussion about democracy a

This article examines how the potato is used as a crisis strategy and future practiceby a group of actors from a youth education center in Skåne, with connections to alternativeagricultural movements, hereunder among others the permaculture movementand the grassroots movement Potatisuppropet. The article is a derivative effectof the dissertation project, Living Alternative Futures: Mobilising thro

The present facsimile of The Rudiments or Principles of the German flute (1729)—now republished for the first time since 1729—is a separate supplement to the comparativestudy Les Traditions en Mouvement Principes de la Flute Traversiere ou Flute d’Allemagne (1707) by Jacques Hotteterre Le Romain and The Rudiments or Principles of the German flute (1729) the first English translation of Hotteterre’