A new find of the rare and red-listed lichen Heppia lutosa was made near Tornrör on the NE part of the Great Alvar during a lichenological excursion to Öland in april 2001. A few weeks later, another find was made on the NW part of the Great Alvar near Lilla Vickleby. Only one other recent find has been made of this species, which in Sweden is only known from the Baltic islands of Öland and Gotlan

Denna rapport avser redovisning av den undersökning som har gjorts för att identifiera de grundläggande mekanismerna som leder till att putsen spricker. Rapporten är en fortsättning på en tidigare rapport med samma titel av samma författare. Denna rapport redovisar de experimentella parameterstudier som hittills har genomförts inom ett SBUF-projekt. Syftet med parameterstudierna är att skapa en up

Primär psykogen yrsel, i form av ångestsyndrom, och sekundär ”otogen ångest”, efter en period med vestibulär sjukdom, är bland de vanligaste orsakerna till långdragna yrselbesvär hos patienter i arbetsför ålder. Utan behandling kan besvären bli kroniska och leda till till långvarigt lidande. Ju tidigare sjukdomen upptäcks, desto bättre blir effekten av behandling.

Objective To describe and classify endosonographic obstetric sphincter defects at 1 week, 3 months and 1 year after primary repair, and to relate the endosonographic results to anal sphincter pressure and to symptoms of anal incontinence over time. Methods Forty-one women who had suffered a third- or fourth-degree perineal tear at delivery underwent anal endosonography and anal manometry 1 week,

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen diskuterar tidigmedeltida skandinavisk konst, främst kyrkdörrar och portaler från Sverige och Norge. Kyrkans ingång är särskilt lämplig att studera dels eftersom den markerade en gräns för det heliga rummet, dels därför att den var en viktig mötesplats i lokalsamhällena. Genom kontextualiseringar och kritisk forskningshistorik skapas en delvis ny bild av deThe thesis discusses Medieval Scandinavian art, in particular church doors and portals from 12th and 13th century Sweden and Norway. The entrance of the church was a demarcation of holiness, but also a meeting place for the local communities, where otherwise secular activities could be legitimatized by the ecclesiastical context. This makes the doors and portals of special interest for the study o

Dercums sjukdom, adiposis dolorosa eller, mera allmänt, fettvävsreumatism är en relativt okänd sjukdom trots att den beskrevs redan 1888 av den amerikanske neurologen Francis Xavier Dercum. Den drabbar företrädesvis 20–40-åriga kvinnor, men kan även debutera hos barn. Kännetecknande är en uttalad smärta i fettväven. Patienterna har liksom fibromyalgikerna ofta nonchalant avfärdats med att »alla fe

The combination of Doppler tissue imaging and myocardial contrast echocardiography has the potential to provide information about motion and perfusion of the myocardium in a single examination. The purpose of this study was to establish how the presence of ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) affects measurements of Doppler tissue velocities in vivo and in vitro. We performed echocardiography in 12 pat

Background and Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety of a newly developed 10% liquid immunoglobulin preparation in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases. This new preparation for intravenous use includes three dedicated virus clearance steps in its manufacturing process to ensure a high margin of viral safety. Materials and Methods Thi

High spin states in the nucleus Tc-90 have been identified for the first time via the fusion evaporation reaction (Ni(Ar,3pn)Tc)-Ni-58-Ar-36-Tc-90, at 149 MeV beam energy. The OSIRIS spectrometer with an additional high purity Ge detector at 162-degrees and several particle detectors were used to measure gammagamma and particle-gammagamma coincidences, directional correlations of oriented states (

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of co-morbidity and polypharmacy among elderly, and how these variables were associated with the need of help with activities in daily living. The study revealed that co-morbidity and polypharmacy were common, and that both variables were significantly correlated with personal activities in daily living as well as to instrumental activities i

Popular Abstract in Swedish Produkternas miljöpåverkan har varit en av de stora nya frågorna sedan 10-15 år tillbaka. Att det uppstår betydande miljöproblem under en varas hela livscykel förstod man snart, men frågan var vad man kunde göra åt det. Jag kom att arbeta med återvinningsfrågor under senare hälften av 1980-talet. Det var också vid den tiden som förebyggande miljöskyddsstrategier börjadeThe focus of the environmental policy-making has shifted noticeably during the last decade. From having played a fairly insignificant role in the 1980s and earlier, product-related environmental problems have attracted an ever-increasing interest from policy-makers, especially in industrialised countries in North-Western Europe. Considerable attention has been devoted to the concept of extended pr

A method is presented for collecting data which yield a scale on which the entities are ranked in preference and all combinations of value distances are ranked (higher-ordered metric scale). The method is based on the concept of secondary preference, i.e. preference among preferences. This method is compared with a classical method based on 50–50 game comparison. Two empirical studies are presente

Results from sorption measurements at 23 °C on Picea abies in the intervals 54 to 75% RH and 75 to 84% RH are reported. In the higher interval non-Fickian sorption is clearly seen.

The Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus) lives in resident, territorial family groups outside the breeding season, but does not breed cooperatively. Thereby it offers an opportunity to study the evolution of territorial group living, without confounding effects of reproductive cooperation. During a long-term study in Finland 1974-2000, we observed Siberian Jay group composition in autumn. Using mic