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Public health surveillance and response to disease outbreaks is still a hurdle in many developing countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Pivotal in disease surveillance and response is the reliance on valid information, hence, the need for information which has high Information Quality (IQ) characteristics. A key issue with disease surveillance systems, stem from the diverse range of data sources wi

Since the finishing of the Human Genome Project, many next-generation (NGS) or high-throughput sequencing platforms have emerged. One of the applications of NGS technology, variant discovery, can serve as a basis for precision medicine. Large sequencing projects are generating huge amounts of genetic variation data, which are stored in databases, either large central databases such as dbSNP, or ge

BACKGROUND: A department of forensic medicine (DFM) can be a valuable source for tissue donation, but logistics can prove difficult to overcome as it pertains to obtaining tissues for donation. This article describes the potential of tissues that can be procured for transplantation.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sweden has 9.7 million inhabitants, with an annual mortality rate of 90 000 and 5500 medicoleg

ObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of physical aggression among patients with dementia of different types and to analyze potential differences in clinical traits, in terms of singular or repetitive behavior and occurrence in early or late stage of the disease. We also aimed at examining against whom the physical aggression was exerted.MethodsWe included 281 cases with a neuropathological demen

Among all the different ways used by the social State to promote higher labour standards the public procurements have always played an important role. Exploiting them economic attractiveness, in fact, most Countries used to insert in them several types of social clauses, so to oblige the awarded tenderer to grant a broad series of rights to the employees involved in the execution of the procuremen

The global extraction of minerals is commonly located in areas populated by indigenous people; and while conflicts between multinational corporations and local activists and indigenous people are widespread today, the understanding of their dynamics are lacking. The Swedish government’s encouragement to an expanding mining industry has caused resistance due to environmental and social implications

Samtidigt som alltfler drabbas av cancer ökar överlevnaden. Det betyder att fler lever med en cancerdiagnos. De närstående ökar i antal och deras insatser för samhället och den enskilde är stora medan behoven i liten grad står utforskade. Genom kvalitativa utforskande intervjuer av närstående till cancersjuka har vi sökt förstå de närståendes upplevelser av sin roll. Berättelserna har visat en spr

Nudging är ett användbart verktyg för att påverka beteenden. Vi bör dra nytta av dess möjligheter att uppnå resultat utan de tvång och begränsningar för individen som traditionella metoder medför, skriver sex experter på beteendepåverkan.

This research responds to the need for an increased understanding of brand orientation and its impact on financial performance. Since brand orientation is often perceived as a somewhat elusive concept we here present a theoretical framework for the purpose of identifying the underlying dimensions of brand orientation from a holistic perspective. Based on this framework we have performed a study onThis research responds to the need for an increased understanding of brand orientation and its impact on financial performance. Since brand orientation is often perceived as a somewhat elusive concept we here present a theoretical framework for the purpose of identifying the underlying dimensions of brand orientation from a holistic perspective. Based on this framework we have performed a study on

This conceptual article examines brand orientation as an alternative to market orientation in the public sector. The problem with market orientation is that the focus on customers is too great; it is myopic, and lacks true interaction; it is mechanistic, and the emphasis on economic values is too strong. In this light, brand orientation becomes an interesting alternative. Brand orientation is more

Globalisering av ekonomin, människors rörelser över nationsgränser såväl som ett ökat fokus på gränskontroller och säkerhet, har utmanat och delvis destabiliserat idéer om nationell tillhörighet och solidaritet. En sådan utveckling bidrar till att nya gränser skapas, den separerar medborgare från icke-medborgare och skapar hierarkier av “värdiga”/”icke-värdiga”. Denna avhandling bidrar till analysGlobalisation of the economy, as well as movement of people and increasing securitisation of borders, have challenged and to different degrees destabilised forms of national belonging and solidarity. Such developments produce new borders and boundaries, separate citizens from non-citizens and create hierarchies of “deservingness”. This dissertation contributes to the analysis of these developments

The non-enzymatic browning known as the Maillard reaction has been the subject of extensive investigation for decades. Studies have focused on areas such as changes in flavour, colour, texture, and the nutritional properties of food materials as a result of this reaction. However, this complex reaction between the amino acids in proteins and reducing sugars in carbohydrates, is still not fully und

Massive MIMO (MaMI) is often promoted as a technology that will enable the use of low-quality, cheap hardware. One particular component that has been in the focus of MaMI-related research is the analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and use of very low-resolution ADCs has been proposed. However, studies about whether this strategy is justified from an energy-efficiency point of view have largely been

Inom nuklearmedicinen utnyttjas radioaktiva läkemedel och strålningen som sänds ut från dessa för att diagnosticera och behandla ett flertal olika sjukdomar. Det radioaktiva läkemedlet ges ofta till patienten som en intravenös injektion, och läkemedlets egenskaper i kombination med patientens fysiologi och eventuella sjukdom avgör hur läkemedlet sedan fördelas, omsätts och utsöndras från kroppen. Many nuclear medicine investigations rely on gamma-camera imaging to study and quantify the distribution of radiopharmaceuticals or radionuclides in the patient as a function of time. This is typically used for diagnostic studies of physiological functions or for calculation of absorbed doses following radionuclide therapy. In this work, computational patient models (phantoms) have been developed

Många beteenden hos djur kan vara oflexibla och mer eller mindre ”hard-wired” i hjärnan. Sådana beteenden kan vara ändamålsenliga för regelbundna och rytmiska förändringar i naturen, såsom dag och natt, årstider, etc. Men många faktorer är naturligtvis oförutsägbara i naturen. För sådana oförutsägbara förändringar är det bättre för djur att vara flexibla i sitt beteende. Kognition är en process soThe Paridae (tits, titmice and chickadees) is a bird family consisting of both food hoarding and non-hoarding species. Many studies have been conducted on birds that are considered to be cognitively advanced, such as parrots and corvids, whereas much less is known about these small passerines. In this thesis, I have investigated the cognitive abilities of two members of the Paridae family; marsh t