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Oat processing and its influence on quality parameters with focus on kilning, storage and liquid oat base creation

This report aims to give insights to the oat processing industry and the effects of kilning and storage. Temperature and relative humidity used during kilning of oat kernels was shown to have a large effect on protein solubility and lipase inactivation. Steaming with saturated steam at 90 ℃ was found to inactivate all lipases, but still leave a relatively high protein solubility. An industrial kil

ALL EYES ON MONA WEBFOOT - character design and storytelling

This master thesis focuses on story notion and narrative research, as well as investigating how to create a visual representation of a story for 2D animation. Since creating a story and concept art for an animated movie is a massive project to take on and usually a task made for a big team with great funding and several years devoted to development, the focus has been on exploration. To get a

Associations of carotid artery flow parameters with MRI markers of cerebral small vessel disease and patterns of brain atrophy

OBJECTIVES: A growing body of evidence links age related brain pathologies to systemic vascular processes. We aimed to study the prevalence and interrelations between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) markers of cerebral small vessel disease and patterns of brain atrophy, and their association to carotid duplex ultrasound flow parameters.MATERIALS AND METHODS: We investigated a population based ran

A thematic analysis of Weibo topics (Chinese Twitter hashtags) regarding older adults during the COVID-19 outbreak

ObjectivesWe explored the portrayal of older adults and the public response to topics concerning older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chinese social media (Weibo topics, equivalent to hashtags on Twitter). We also explored the temporal trends of dominant themes to identify changes over time.MethodsTopics related to older adults were searched in the Weibo topic search engine between January

Behandlingars effekt på smärta och funktion för patienter med subakromiellt impingementsyndrom. - En semi-systematisk litteraturöversikt.

Bakgrund Subakromiellt impingement syndrom (SAIS) är en av de vanligaste orsakerna till axelsmärta. Det finns många olika behandlingsformer för SAIS, bland annat träning, tejpning, kortisoninjektioner och operation. I majoriteten av de systematiska litteraturstudier som finns idag inkluderas framför allt studier där olika behandlingsmetoder jämförs mot varandra. I denna semi-systematiska litteratu

Menstruationscykelns påverkan på skaderisk i nedre extremiteterna och dess orsaker - en litteraturstudie

Bakgrund: Risken för att få en främre korsbandsskada (ACL-skada) eller ligamentskada i knät som kvinna är 2-3 gånger större än för en man. Det finns flera olika teorier kring varför betydligt fler kvinnor drabbas av skada, däribland anatomiska skillnader och strukturella, biomekaniska, neuromuskulära och hormonella faktorer. Fler forskare har på senare tid undersökt om det finns ett samband mella

Temperature and concentration effects on decyltrimethylammonium micelles in water

Wide-angle neutron scattering experiments combined with Empirical Potential Structural Refinement modelling have been used to study the detailed structure of decyltrimethylammonium bromide (C10TAB) micelles at two different temperatures; 25°C and 50°C and two concentrations; 0.4 and 0.8 M in water. At higher temperature, the micelles become smaller, and fewer counterions bind to the micelle surfac

Skulderproblematik hos handbollsspelande ungdomar, en enkätstudie

Bakgrund Handboll innehåller mycket kroppskontakt och riktningsförändringar i hög hastighet och med stora krafter. Baserat på sportens utformning är axelskador vanligt förekommande, både i form av akuta skador till följd av att spelare blir dragna i armen eller landar på armen, och överbelastningsskador från upprepade skott och passningar. Syftet med studien var att kartlägga och jämföra förekomst

Codelivery of a cytotoxin and photosensitiser via a liposomal nanocarrier : A novel strategy for light-triggered cytosolic release

Endosomal entrapment is a key issue for the intracellular delivery of many nano-sized biotherapeutics to their cytosolic or nuclear targets. Photochemical internalisation (PCI) is a novel light-based solution that can be used to trigger the endosomal escape of a range of bioactive agents into the cytosol leading to improved efficacy in pre-clinical and clinical studies. PCI typically depends upon

Surfactant controlled zwitterionic cellulose nanofibril dispersions

Zwitterionic cellulose nanofibrils (ZCNFs) with an isoelectric point of 3.4 were obtained by grafting glycidyltrimethylammonium chloride onto TEMPO/NaBr/NaOCl-oxidised cellulose nanofibrils. The ZCNF aqueous dispersions were characterized via transmission electron microscopy, rheology and small angle neutron scattering, revealing a fibril-bundle structure with pronounced aggregation at pH 7. Surfa

Thermal stability, storage and release of proteins with tailored fit in silica

Biological substances based on proteins, including vaccines, antibodies, and enzymes, typically degrade at room temperature over time due to denaturation, as proteins unfold with loss of secondary and tertiary structure. Their storage and distribution therefore relies on a “cold chain” of continuous refrigeration; this is costly and not always effective, as any break in the chain leads to rapid lo

The Effect of Water upon Deep Eutectic Solvent Nanostructure : An Unusual Transition from Ionic Mixture to Aqueous Solution

The nanostructure of a series of choline chloride/urea/water deep eutectic solvent mixtures was characterized across a wide hydration range by neutron total scattering and empirical potential structure refinement (EPSR). As the structure is significantly altered, even at low hydration levels, reporting the DES water content is important. However, the DES nanostructure is retained to a remarkably h

Ett mål eller ett människoöde – vad rapporteras det om? : en innehållsanalys av svenska mediers rapportering från den första veckan av herrarnas fotbolls-VM i Ryssland 2018 och i Qatar 2022

This essay examines how Swedish newspapers portrayed the men's football world cup. The foundation of the study is set by researchers Lawrence Wenner & Andrew Billings and their findings that critical media coverage on sporting events is reported before it starts. The media's focus then often shifts to mainly concerning sport coverage once the event has started. The aim of this study is

Membrane permeability based on mesh analysis

The main function of a membrane is to control the exchange of matter between the surrounding regions. As such, accurate modeling of membranes is important to properly describe their properties. In many cases in both biological systems and technical applications, the membranes are composite structures where transport properties may vary between the different sub-regions of the membrane. In this wor

Non-collaborative behaviour of accommodation businesses in the associational tourism economy

Grounded in social exchange theory (SET) this paper presents research on non-collaborative behaviour among accommodation businesses within their spatial context. The study adopts semi-structured interviews of 14 co-located accommodation businesses in Christchurch, New Zealand. The findings reveal three categories of non-collaborative factors that influence business behaviour, namely (1) resource-b

On the problem of smooth approximations in H(b) and connections to subnormal operators

For the class of de Branges-Rovnyak spaces H(b) of the unit disk D defined by extreme points b of the unit ball of H∞, we study the problem of approximation of a general function in H(b) by a function with an extension to the unit circle T of some degree of smoothness, for instance satisfying Hölder estimates or being differentiable. We will exhibit connections between this question and the theory

Calibration of a bumble bee foraging model using Approximate Bayesian Computation

1. Challenging calibration of complex models can be approached by using prior knowledge on the parameters. However, the natural choice of Bayesian inference can be computationally heavy when relying on Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling. When the likelihood of the data is intractable, alternative Bayesian methods have been proposed. Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) only requires sampli

The functional potential of methane producing and consuming microorganisms in a changing world : Den funktionella potentialen hos mikroorganismer som producerar och förbrukar metan i en föränderlig värld.

It’s clear that human activities have heated our climate via the release of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. Recent changes within the earth climate are rapid, intensifying, and unprecedented. With each additional increment of warming, climate change is impacting ecosystems through changes in average conditions, climate variability, coupled with other associated changes such as biodiversity loss an