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Assessment of indoor air quality in terms of microbial flora is important since inhalation of air-borne microorganisms has been associated e.g. with asthma and allergy. We focus on certain unique microbial markers: muramic acid, marker of bacterial peptidoglycan/biomass; 3-hydroxy fatty acids with 10-18 carbon chains, markers of lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin) of Gram-negative bacteria; and er

BACKGROUND: The gene encoding carboxyl-terminal PDZ ligand of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS1AP) is located on chromosome 1q23.3, a candidate region for schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Previous genetic and functional studies explored the role of NOS1AP in these psychiatric conditions, but only a limited number explored the sequence varia

The chapter focuses on European women who visited Jerusalem during the British Mandate period trying to prevent violence and build peace in civil society in times of violent conflict. Some of them were connected to the Anglican missionary schools, others were occasional visitors sent out by international peace organisations. Especially the informal role of women for peace building is emphasised. I

Entrepreneurship matters. In modern open economies, entrepreneurship is one of the key aspects for economic growth and is often thought of as the act of commercializing on an innovation. Teaching and learning entrepreneurship is therefore of importance and schools, colleges and universities can play an important role by including entrepreneurship and innovation in their curricula. Governments and

Popular Abstract in Swedish En emulsion är en blandning av två vätskor som ej löser sig i varandra. Oftast så är det små oljedroppar som omges av vatten, alltså en olja-i-vatten emulsion. För att få en stabil emulsion måste man även tillsätta en emulgator. En emulgator har en del som trivs i olja, en hydrofob del, och en del som trivs i vatten, en hydrofil del. Den kan alltså sätta sig på oljedropEmulsions find a variety of applications in for example food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical preparations. In order to obtain emulsions with desired properties it is important to understand how different factors, such as the properties of the emulsifier and the emulsification procedure, impact the final emulsion properties. The studies performed in relation to this thesis have mainly been focused

This paper examines the major trends unravelling the long-term gender division of family support and care structure that reached its peak in the middle of the twentieth century, often called the “worker-carer” or the “separate spheres” model. The unraveling of the “separate spheres” began with the increase in the labor force participation of married women and continues with the increase in men’s i

Speech recognition is available on ordinary personal computers and is starting to appear in standard software applications. A known problem with speech interfaces is their integration into current graphical user interfaces. This paper reports on a prototype developed for studying integration of speech into graphical interfaces aimed towards programming of industrial robot arms. The aim of the prot

Hälsopsykologi är ett ungt, dynamiskt och snabbt växande forsknings-, utbildnings- och tillämpningsområde. Hälsopsykologin är relevant för praktiskt taget allt som har med hälsa och sjukdom att göra. I flera ämnesområden, som medicin, rehabiliterings- och vårdvetenskap, har hälsopsykologiska teorier, t.ex. om stress och stresshantering, integrerats och praktiserats. Hälsopsykologen som forskare stPresents the first unified account of health psychology in Swedish. Topics treated include: What is health psychology? The “classical definition”. “Body” and “soul”. Psychosomatic medicine, behavioural medicine, behavioural health, medical psychology, clinical psychology, clinical health psychology, public and community health psychology, critical health psychology; Models of health and health beh

Abstrakt Studiens frågeställning var: Hur samverkar funktionshinder och genus när fysiskt funktionshindrade barn och ungdomar väljer att mer långsiktigt ta del i idrott? Med kvalitativa intervjuer, observation och videoupptagning undersöktes hur unga med fysiska funktionshinder talar om sig själva, sin kropp och sin fysiska förmåga som funktionshindrade och som idrottande tjejer och killar. De pos

Kan romaner ge själavård? Det kan även svåra och långt ifrån kristna romaner göra, men aldrig ensamma. I en tid som strävar efter individuellt avpassade svar på allting, har romanen emellertid en märklig förmåga att ge just mina frågor, min längtan och mina tillkortakommanden ett inre sammanhang och en plats i ett större mönster, som jag annars kan ha svårt att finna. I bästa fall kan romanen ocks