The advanced democracies of Europe, North America, and Australasia have gotten tough on unemployment. Since the mid- to late-1970s, they started to put greater pressure on the unemployed by reducing the time for which unemployment benefits were paid, by imposing stricter job-search requirements, by extending the range of jobs considered suitable for claimants, and by tightening the penalties for n

We derive frequency-domain criteria for the convergence of linear iterative learning control (ILC) on finite-time intervals that are less restrictive than existing ones in the literature. In particular, the former can be used to establish the convergence of ILC in certain cases where the latter are violated. The results cover ILC with non-causal filters and provide insights into the transient beha

This thesis explores office paper as a medium between 1920 and 1960 in Sweden. During this period, paper was muchdebated due to the number of standards that were implemented. These standardstransformed paper, making it a modern medium in many different ways. The aim ofthe present thesis is to analyze how office paper was reshaped to solveproblems regarding production, reproduction, circulation and

Nanocomposites of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3,4HB)] and hydrophobically modified graphene oxide (GO) were prepared via melt blending and characterised with respect to processability, polymer degradation, as well as thermal, rheological and mechanical properties. GO prepared via the modified Hummer’s method was alkylated by reactions with butyl-, octyl- and hexadecylamine, res

The problem of partitioning an orthogonal polyhedron P into a minimum number of 3D rectangles is known to be NP-hard. In this paper, we first develop a 4-approximation algorithm for the special case of the problem in which P is a 3D histogram. It runs in O(mlogm) time, where m is the number of corners in P. We then apply it to exactly compute the arithmetic matrix product of two n×n matrices A and

Experimental data are needed to evaluate constitutive models. The richer the experimental data, in terms of different deformation modes for example, the better the constraints on the model. To this end, the mechanical response of glassy polycarbonate (PC) is studied using biaxial tension experiments with novel sample geometries. Deformation fields are measured using full-field digital image correl

OBJECTIVE: To assess the occurrence, clinical predictors, and associated mortality of all-cause emergency readmissions after acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB). PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients with AUGIB from an area of 600 000 inhabitants in Sweden admitted in a single institution in 2009–2011 were retrospectively identified. All medical records were scrutinized and relevant data (s

Background: The aim of this study is to report the relationship between certain single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and blunted nighttime blood pressure (BP) fall in patients with coronary artery disease confirmed by coronary angiography. Methods: According to the percentage decrease in mean systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP) during the nighttime period, subjects were classified as dipper

This thesis examines the strategies developed by José Martí for a prosperous Spanish American future in the end of the 19th century. In 1875, which is the starting point of the thesis, most nations in Spanish America had freed themselves from colonial rule and now stood before the challenge of finding a beneficial place within the international division of labour. Martí observed that centuries of

Objective: The authors sought to clarify the relationship between marriage and risk for alcohol use disorder. Method: The association between marital status and risk for first registration for alcohol use disorder in medical, criminal, and pharmacy registries was assessed in a population-based Swedish cohort (N=3,220,628) using longitudinal timedependent survival and co-relative designs. Results:

Background For consistent reporting and better comparison of data in research the revised Atlanta classification (RAC) proposes new computed tomography (CT) criteria to describe the morphology of acute pancreatitis (AP). The aim of this study was to analyse the interobserver agreement among radiologists in evaluating CT morphology by using the new RAC criteria in patients with AP. Methods Patients

Systemic inflammation causes malaise and general feelings of discomfort. This fundamental aspect of the sickness response reduces the quality of life for people suffering from chronic inflammatory diseases and is a nuisance during mild infections like common colds or the flu. To investigate how inflammation is perceived as unpleasant and causes negative affect, we used a behavioral test in which m