Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Oxidativa modifieringar av S100A9 S100A9 är ett protein i kroppen som får en förändrad struktur och funktion när det reagerar med syre. De strukturella förändringarna kallas oxidativa modiferingar. För att förstå processen skulle man kunna jämföra S100A9 med järn. När järn kommer i kontakt med syre får det en rödaktig färg och strukturen går från att vara stark tThe aim of this project was to examine how S100A9 binding to target molecules was affected by structural modifications with oxidizing agent in vitro. S100A9 was cultivated, purified and oxidative modifications were induced. The oxidative modifications where characterized with tryptohan fluorescence, Surface Plasmon Resonance technique (SPR) and MALDITOF-MS. To get access to protein to study recomb

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: De skånska bokskogarna. Vad kan krypen säga? Det är mycket som påverkar våra skogar i dag. Vägar som delar upp dem i mindre delar och lantbruk och kvävenedfall som stör balansen för vad som ska växa i skogens utkanter med sin gödsling. Även trafiken påverkar genom att kväveoxiderna i avgaserna har en gödande effekt. Skogens hälsa påverkas självklart av detta, Abstract Deforestation, fragmentation and loss of biodiversity, all are elements that are common today. With this project I want to evaluate if there is a difference in functional diversity of evertebrates between beech stands of low herb and shrub type beech forest. I also want to test if there is a difference within tested areas between low herb and shrub type forests, but also if here is a dif

Popular science summary: The Battle Against Cancer Daily, people are diagnosed with cancer, a disease that brings suffering and despair. I'm sure you have heard about chemotherapy and radiation as a way of trying to treat cancer, but it is equally important to find an effective method to quickly and reliably detect a tumor at an early stage, before it is too late. In my master's thesis,

Africa stands on the doorstep of a global information revolution that presents a range of opportu-nities. ICT has enormous potential to contribute to the development of Africa, both on an indi-vidual and societal level. The purpose of this study is to examine what effect increased ICT use has on secondary school students in Mutomo, Kenya. Furthermore the study presents a mapping of the secondary s

This master thesis explores the concept of ecosystem services, in the context of urban planning in Swedish municipalities, with the purpose of putting together a planning development tool for urban ecosystem services. The working process consisted of three steps: (1) to identify problems in the Swedish planning process, (2) to identify relevant aspects of ecosystem services and comprehensive plann

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibilities of optimizing the production of paper pulp in a Conical Disc (CD) refiner for different production rates, taking into account the variables that are thought to be the most important for the production. These include three separate dilution waters, conical disc gap and flat gap. Another task is to compare the values of these variables af

We study an extended bootstrap percolation process in several steps in dimension one, assuming noncyclic boundary conditions. We study the asymptotic behavior of the process as the size of the underlying graph goes to innity. We nd a phase transition with respect to the initial conditions. The phase diagram on the set of initial conditionals of the extended process is described completely. This pr

The world´s total expenditures regarding leisure travelling and related expenditures corresponded to approximately 3000 billions USD in 2010. This substantial value makes the travelling industry and related markets important in an economic aspect. Data posted by the WTO states that between the years of 1995-2005 the world’s amount of tourism arrivals increased by approximately 50 %, and additional

Concepts as the entrepreneurial city and the creative class closely correlate with the ideas presented in the theory of neoliberalism and neoliberal urban planning policies. These concepts have spread widely throughout the modern world and effect the planning of almost every city today, from developed countries to developing countries. Typically seen as a stronghold for social democratic policies

This thesis identifies a set of power relations that complicates Western aid to African gay movements. It is a cultural analysis focusing on lesbians living in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, aiming to explore the tensions between discourses of power in play, from a post colonial and intersectional perspective. The use of queer theory makes similarities between traditional non-conforming sexualit

Popular science summary: Beavers are back in Denmark The beaver Castor fiber is an animal which used to be common in most places all over Europe. The beaver has also been an important resource for humans, where especially the meat, the thick fur and the castoreum, a secretion that was used by humans in perfume, medicines and food, was wanted. Therefore, hunting by humans has been the main reason

The purpose of this study is to increase the knowledge of three bass players play style. The method used consists of transcriptions of five pieces which been qualitatively analyzed. The chapter of theory brings up the history behind the bass players, Marc Johnson, Eddie Gomez and Scott Lafaro. It also contains a rhythmic chapter and a technical chapter. My conclusions are that the bass players are

This essay strives to find parent’s role both on group lessons for youths who play guitar, in which the parents too are active students, and in the children’s practice. Are there parents who are more or less involved in their child’s learning process outside the lessons? In what aspect and how have the parent been involved in its child’s learning process, outside the lessons? Have they been involv

Diabetes typ 2 är en sjukdom som ökar i hela världen. År 2013 hade ca 382 miljoner människor i världen diabetes. Diabetes typ 2 har ofta livsstilsrelaterade orsaker. Sjukdomen ställer stora krav på personens levnadsvanor, då diagnosen medför nya rutiner i vardagen. Syftet med litteraturstudien har varit att söka kunskap och förståelse för hur det dagliga livet kan påverkas hos personer med diabete

This thesis describes a system developed for assisting Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain tumor surgery. The thesis starts with providing some facts of GBM tumor, and introduces some traditional diagnostic methods and their short comes. In the later chapters, the system development details and some tests for the system performances are described.

Förevarande uppsats behandlar vårdnadsregleringen i 6 kap. föräldrabalken (1949:381) och huvudsakligen principen om barnets bästa. Den finns i 6 kap. 2 a § FB som stadgar att barnets bästa skall vara avgörande för alla beslut om vårdnad. Att objektivt fastställa vad som är barnets bästa är idag inte möjligt. Vissa riktlinjer för domstolens bedömning finns i lag och förarbeten. Men lagstiftaren harThis essay deals with the legal custody legislation in chapter 6 of the Parental Code (1949), and primarily the principle of the best interests of the child. The principle can be found in 6.2 a § in the Parental Code, which stipulates that the best interests of the child shall be decisive for all decisions concerning legal custody. To objectively determine what is in the best interests of the chil

Neutralitetskonceptet växte fram under en tid då konflikter mellan länder fortfarande var en regional angelägenhet. Idag har kollektiva säkerhetssystemet i FN-stadgan konverterat dessa konflikter till en global angelägenhet. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka korrelationen mellan neutralitetslagstiftningen och FN-stadgan och hur detta påverkar neutrala stater inom FN. Frågeställningen är i viThe concept of neutrality emerged at a time when conflicts between states were still regional matters. Today the system of collective security within the UN Charter has converted these conflicts into a global issue. The purpose of this essay is to examine the correlation between the law of neutrality and the Charter of the United Nations and how this affects the neutral member states of the Unit

Abstract The blue gum psyllid, Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Homoptera: Psylloidea), is an economic threat to Eucalyptus plantations worldwide. To date, no efficient control method is available for this pest and the potential for semiochemical-based monitoring or control methods have not yet been investigated. Hence, I conducted the first study on the olfactory sense of C. eucalypti, investigating the

This paper examines whether the extent to which institutions and policies are market-oriented influences people’s thoughts on the competitive process. Through the use of country-level panel data, as well as a cross-sectional sensitivity analysis linking individual-level and country-level data, this paper examines the effects of general, and five different areas of, economic freedom on people’s vie

Bakgrund: Depression post partum utvecklas hos en tredjedel av alla kvinnor under graviditeten. Perinatal depression hos kvinnan kan medföra konsekvenser för hela familjen. Under den perinatala perioden är barnmorskan ansvarig för att bedöma om kvinna är i behov av särskilt stöd och omvårdnad. Syftet med studien är att tydliggöra centrala innebörder i barnmorskans erfarenhet av att identifiera och