Background: Blood lipid levels including low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( HDL-C), and triglycerides ( TG) are highly heritable. Genome-wide association is a promising approach to map genetic loci related to these heritable phenotypes. Methods: In 1087 Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort participants ( mean age 47 years, 52% women), we conduct

Termen ”kollektiv kollaps” förekommer relativt ofta på dagstidningarnas sportsidor, men inte i den idrottspsykologiska litteraturen. På grundval av beskrivningen av kollektiv kollaps i media föreslås följande definition: Kollektiv kollaps inträffar när en majoritet av spelarna i ett idrottslag plötsligt presterar under förväntad standard i en match av stor, ofta avgörande, betydelse trots en norma

Popular Abstract in Swedish Hur förändras organisationer? Medan statsvetenskaplig ny-institutionell teori är mer inriktad på att förklara varför institutioner är seglivade och svåra att förändra, så antar ekonomisk organisationsteori att organisationer relativt enkelt anpassar sig till omgivningens krav. Det sociala nätverks-perspektivet fokuserar de strukturer av samarbete och tillit som utvecklaNew institutionalist approaches are inherently weak at accounting for institutional change. In this book, social network analysis is proposed as a key to institutional change. The social network perspective focuses emergent patterns of interpersonal interaction and the resulting ties of interpersonal trust. As a complement and contrast to both March and Olsen’s influential new institutionalist "lo

Popular Abstract in Swedish I min avhandling har jag undersökt hur fosfodiesteras 3B (PDE3B) i fettväven styrs vid svar på två typer av hormoner nämligen, insulin och katekolaminer. Det senare innefattar hormoner så som adrenalin och nor-adrenalin. Varför är då detta intressant att veta? I Sverige och världen har mängden människor med fetma under de senaste åren ökat lavinartat, vilket är en stor Insulin induced activation of the cAMP degrading enzyme phosphodiesterase (PDE) 3B in adipocytes is important for insulin mediated inhibition of lipolysis. The aim of this thesis was to contribute with knowledge on the acute activation of PDE3B in response to insulin and catecholamines in adipocytes. The activation of PDE3B was investigated from three different perspectives namely; phosphorylation

This work examines the application of ILCD (Integrated Life Cycle Design), to Swedish concrete multi-dwelling buildings. The aim of the study is to look into methodological issues of ILCD and to present the fundamental attributes of dwelling buildings and how they relate to concrete as a structural material. Methods for prediction of two important life cycle attributes: the economy and energy use

Recension av Carl Felding; Nordens ryttarstatyer, Bengt Järbe, Krigens och minnesmärkens Stockholm i skulpturer och minnesstenar samt Bengt Järbe & Gösta Glase, Stockholms statyer.

The ability to compare soil chemical data achieved by different chemical extraction methods is a necessity for an efficient long-term monitoring of soils and for comparisons of results from regional soil surveys with differing standard methods. This study compares two common, methods for analysis of soil chemical properties, the combination of soil extraction in 1.0 M NH4Cl and 1.0 M KCl and the s

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the rate of deliberate self-harm in 15-year-old Swedish adolescents, gender differences in this behavior, and possible associations with self-esteem and mindfulness. For this purpose, we developed a simplified version of Gratz's (2001) Deliberate Self-Harm Inventory (DSHI), and carried out a pilot study with 123 adolescents from three different s

The aims of this study were: 1) to investigate whether single-limb stabilometry and a one-leg hop test are influenced by age, sex, height, weight or activity level in healthy subjects, 2) to examine possible differences between the right and the left leg, 3) to determine Limb Symmetry Index (LSI) values, and 4) to study the relation between the stabilometric variables, that is, average speed (AS)

Two amperometric biosensors based on the enzymes cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) and quinoprotein-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (GDH), have been applied for monitoring the phenolic content in water samples, collected at different stages of a waste water treatment process, thus representing different cleaning levels of two waste water treatment plants (WWTPs). The biosensor measurements were perfo

In this paper, we propose an algorithm for doing reconstruction of general 3D-curves from a number of 2D-images taken by uncalibrated cameras. No point correspondences between the images are assumed. The curve and the view points are uniquely reconstructed, modulo common projective transformations and the point correspondence problem is solved. Furthermore, the algorithm is independent of the choi

We consider homogeneous density functions for proving almost globalattractivity of the zero equilibrium in a homogeneous system. It is shownthat the existence of such a function is guaranteed whenthe equilibrium is asymptotically stable, or in the more general case, whenthere exists a nonhomogeneous density function for the same systemsatisfying some reasonable conditions. Results related to robus