Although there is no biblical account of the 'Rest on the Flight into Egypt', the story is well known in the Christian world. In pseudo-Matthew the story has developed into legend form. He tells about the Christ-Child commanding the date palm Mary is resting beneath to bend down so that she can eat the fruit. It is found in literary sources from the twelfth century onwards. 'The Rest on the Flight

Conditions for the introduction of terminal alkynes into the 2- and 8-positions of the Troger's base core via Sonogashira reaction of 2,8-diiodo-4,10-dimethyl-6H,12H-5,11-methanodibenzo[b,f][1,5]diazocine were established. Only the use of the bulky and electron-rich phosphine P(t-Bu)(3) as a ligand for the palladium catalyst allowed for the Sonogashira reaction to proceed effectively. In addition,

Background: Impaired nasal breathing is a risk factor for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether atopy to perennial allergens and existence of perennial allergic rhinitis was a risk factor for OSAS. Methods: In a case-control study, we compared the proportions of OSAS patients with atopy to perennial allergens and perennial allergic rhin

We propose a sophisticated framework for high-energy hadronic collisions, wherein different QCD physics processes are interleaved in a common sequence of falling transverse-momentum values. Thereby phase-space competition is introduced between multiple parton-parton interactions and initial-state radiation. As a first step we develop new transverse-momentum-ordered showers for initial- and final-s

Antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) were determined in Chinese blood donors from the city of Wuhan by ELISA screening tests and confirmatory recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA). 281 and 222 sera were sampled under similar conditions in 1989 and 1990, respectively. The first collection of sera was sent to Sweden in lyophilized form, the second directly as fresh, unfrozen sera. A high proport

In this article I focus on some of Joseph Margolis's contributions to medical ethics. I first discuss some of Margolis's normative and metaphysical views on death and abortion, particularly in his early work Negativities, as well as some of his metaphysical assumptions. Then these views and assumptions are related to his theory of persons and, by implication, his theory of culture, set forth in a

Aims: The increasing number of people on disability pension in Sweden is of concern for Swedish policy-makers, and there is a need for a better understanding of the mechanisms behind disability pension. We investigated ( i) whether women living in the same neighborhood have a similar propensity for disability pension that relates to neighborhood social participation, and ( ii) whether there is an

Volatile organic compounds (VOC) cause odour problems and constitute a significant part of the chemical oxygen demand (COD) emissions from the kraft mill. Most of these are found in the cooking and evaporation condensates. The design of efficient methods for the removal of the VOC requires knowledge of the vapour-liquid (VLE) and liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE). In the present study VLE for the mo

Nils Månsson Mandelgren levde mellan 1813-1899. Han skaffade sig en konstnärlig utbildning på konstakademierna i Stockholm och Köpenhamn. Genomförde flera forskningsresor i Sverige och dokumenterade allmogekultur, fornminnen samt kyrklig och profan konst och arkitektur. Han deltog bland annat i grundandet av nuvarande Konstfack 1844 och Svensk form året därpå. Mandelgrens forskningsmaterial förvar

Stadens påverkan på vattenmiljön diskuteras utifrån ett avrinningsområdesperspektiv med i huvudsak Höje å som tillämpningsexempel. Staden påverkar tungmetall- och fosforkoncentrationer i avrinnande åar om staden motsvarar ungefär 100 000 personer i ett 300 km2 stort vrinningsområde.The influence of the city on the water environment on river basin scale is discussed with mainly the Höje River as an example. The city significantly influence the phosphorous and heavy metal conditions if the city is larger than about 100 000 people in an agricultural river basin smaller than 300 km2.

Aims: This cohort study on urban middle-aged men investigates the association between the use of analgesics and hypnotics, self-rated health (SRI-I) and disability pension. Methods: Five birth-year cohorts of middle-aged, urban, Swedish men were invited to a screening programme and were followed for approximately 11 years. Results: Out of all the subjects (n = 5798), 12.4% received a disability pe

The spin Hall conductivity of a disordered two-dimensional electron gas has been investigated for a general spin-orbit interaction. We have found that in the diffusive regime of electron transport, the dc spin-Hall conductivity of a homogeneous system is zero due to impurity scattering when the spin-orbit coupling contains only the Rashba interaction, in agreement with existing results. However, w

Matrilins are putative adaptor proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM) which can form both collagen-dependent and collagen-independent filamentous networks. While all known matrilins (matrilin-1, -2, -3, and -4) are expressed in cartilage, only matrilin-2 and matrilin-4 are abundant in non-skeletal tissues. To clarify the biological role of matrilin-2, we have developed a matrilin-2-deficient m

Gamma-ray lines from Sn-103 have been identified for the first time using EUROBALL and ancillary detectors. The level scheme of Sn-103 has been established by means of particle-gated gamma gamma coincidences. The energy spacing between the g(7/2) and d(5/2) neutron single-particle orbitals is determined from the excited states in Sn-103.

In a randomized, double-blind study (n = 58) with parallel groups, the effects of diltiazem (mean dose 329 mg/day) and atenolol (mean dose 67 mg/day) on carbohydrate and lipoprotein metabolism in hypertensive patients were compared. The mean systolic blood pressure (SBP)/diastolic blood pressure (DBP) reductions in the supine position were similar and satisfactory, 9/11 and 11/9 mmHg during atenol

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The purpose of this review is to present what is known about capillary phenomena in wood and discuss how it should be measured and modelled.