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Post-tsunami survey of the 28 September 2018 tsunami near Palu Bay in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia : Impacts and challenges to coastal communities

Following the 7.5-Mw earthquake that occurred on 28 September 2018, a series of field surveys were performed to further understand the impacts of the resulting tsunami. Tsunamis initiated by strike-slip earthquakes are rare. Other factors are suspected to have contributed to this unusual tsunami. One of these factors was the subaerial landslides around Palu Bay, which were observed at several loca

Pituitary Metastases : A Nationwide Study on Current Characteristics with Special Reference to Breast Cancer

Objective To investigate the contemporary presentation of pituitary metastases. Patients Thirty-eight patients diagnosed with pituitary metastases from 1996 to 2018 in Sweden. Methods Pituitary metastases were confirmed by histopathology (n = 27) or considered highly likely according to radiological findings, including rapid tumor progression (n = 11). Medical records were reviewed and sellar imag

Complementary bound on the W′ mass from Higgs boson to diphoton decays

Using the left-right symmetric model as an illustrative example, we suggest a simple and straightforward way of constraining the W′ mass directly from the decay of the Higgs boson to two photons. The proposed method is generic and applicable to a diverse range of models with a W′-boson that couples to the Standard Model-like Higgs boson. Our analysis exemplifies how the precision measurement of th

Children’s development of semantic verbal fluency during summer vacation versus during formal schooling

Purpose: Children’s results on school-related achievements tests, such as aspects of math, reading and writing, have been shown to decline following a lengthy summer vacation. Few studies have investigated whether this also applies to vocabulary skills. The purpose of this study is to investigate how lexical organization and retrieval, assessed by a semantic verbal fluency (SVF) task, develops dur

Modeling the assembly of oppositely charged lock- and key-colloids

The interaction of oppositely charged lock- and key-colloids is investigated using computer simulations. We show that indented spheres, i.e., lock-particles, can be specifically assembled with spherical key-particles using solely electrostatic interactions in addition to a hard overlap potential. An analytic description of the entropic and energetic contributions is derived and supported by simula

Combined protein A imprinting and cryogelation for production of spherical affinity material

Cryogels have been demonstrated to be efficient when applied for protein isolation. Owing to their macroporous structure, cryogels can also be used for treating particle-containing material, e.g. cell homogenates. Another challenging development in protein purification technology is the use of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). These MIPs are robust and can be used repeatedly. The paper presen

Uber Happy? Work and Well-being in the “Gig Economy”

We study the rise of the so-called “gig economy” through the lens of Uber and its drivers in the United Kingdom. Using administrative data from Uber and a new representative survey of London drivers, we explore their backgrounds, earnings, and subjective well-being. We find that the vast majority of Uber drivers are male immigrants, primarily drawn from the bottom half of the London income distrib

Synergistic effects of a cremophor EL drug delivery system and its U0126 cargo in an ex vivo model

Neuroprotection has proven clinically unsuccessful in subarachnoid hemorrhage. We believe that this is because the major component in the early damage pathway, the vascular wall, has not been given the necessary focus. U0126 is a potent inhibitor of vascular phenotypical changes, exemplified by functional endothelin B (ETB) receptor upregulation. The current study aimed to determine the optimal do

The Importance of the Built Environment in Person-Centred Rehabilitation at Home : Study Protocol

Health services will change dramatically as the prevalence of home healthcare increases. Only technologically advanced acute care will be performed in hospitals. This-along with the increased healthcare needs of people with long-term conditions such as stroke and the rising demand for services to be more person-centred-will place pressure on healthcare to consider quality across the continuum of c

Sex pheromones and attractants in the Eucosmini and Grapholitini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)

The geometric isomers (E,E)-, (E,Z)-, (Z,E)-, and (Z,Z)-8,10-dodecadien-1- yl acetate were identified as sex pheromone components or sex attractants in the tribes Eucosmini and Grapholitini of the tortricid subfamily Olethreutinae. Species belonging to the more ancestral Tortricinae were not attracted. Each one isomer was behaviourally active in males of Cydia and Grapholita (Grapholitini), either

The European birch sawfly, Arge pullata(Hymenoptera: Argidae), in Sweden, and the firstnational record of its parasitoid Scolobates testaceus(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

The European birch sawfly Arge pullata (Zaddach) was found for the first time in Sweden in the early 2000s. According to a report in the local newspaper it was present on the Falsterbo peninsula, Skåne province, from 2000 at the latest, and in the following years a number of records were reported from the same restricted area. Subsequently it has expanded its range in southern Sweden. It is unusua

Probabilistic recognition of human faces from video

Most present face recognition approaches recognize faces based on still images. In this paper, we present a novel approach to recognize faces in video. In that scenario, the face gallery may consist of still images or may be derived from a videos. For evidence integration we use classical Bayesian propagation over time and compute the posterior distribution using sequential importance sampling. Th

Attitudes matter : Perceptions towards welfare work with migrants in Swedish welfare organisations

This dissertation examines Swedish welfare workers’ attitudes towards migrants and migration, their perceptions of welfare work with migrants and organisational working conditions. The dissertation is based on original survey data capturing attitudes and views of welfare workers in two Swedish welfare organisations. The thesis’ conceptual framework draws on three perspectives: street-level bureauc

Defending popular sovereignty: discursive conflict in French and Swedish parliamentary debates on immigrant voting rights (1968-2017)

Through a discourse analysis of French and Swedish legislative debates from 1968 to 2017, this article examines how actors challenge and reinforce dominant ideas about the link between nationality and political rights. We argue that the broader political culture influences which discursive strategies—or “frames”—are more likely to structure parliamentary debates in different national contexts. How

Cell type boundaries organize plant development

In plants the dorsoventral boundary of leaves defines an axis of symmetry through thecentre of the organ separating the top (dorsal) and bottom (ventral) tissues. Although thepositioning of this boundary is critical for leaf morphogenesis, how the boundary is established andhow it influences development remains unclear. Using live-imaging and perturbation experimentswe show that leaf orientation,