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BackgroundEndostatin is a promising biomarker for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI) and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). We investigated plasma endostatin levels at ICU admission as predictors of new-onset AKI within 48 h after ICU admission, renal replacement therapy (RRT) within 7 days after ICU admission, and 30-day mortality.MethodsA retrospective multicentre study was performed
Text. Images. Audio of Der Rufer for percussion quartet.NOTE: Der RuferDer Rufer, for percussion quartet was written for and dedicated to Olaf Tzschoppe and the Bremer Schlagzeugensemble and is the first result of a planned, long-term collaboration between Lund University/Malmö Academy of Music and the European Spallation Source, a multi-disciplinary research facility based on the world’s most pow
This paper examines the track record of private financial mechanisms aimed at funding conservation of biological diversity. It finds that, due to lack of rigorous and consistent benchmarks and monitoring, these investments may not necessarily safeguard biodiversity and could even, in some cases, have adverse impacts. Further, despite decades of attempts to draw private capital to biodiversity prot
BackgroundPrevious cross-sectional transcriptomics studies on diabetic kidney disease (DKD) kidney tissue have shown correlations between gene expression and both disease status and kidney function at the time of biopsy; however, longitudinal data are scarce.MethodsWe utilized clinical follow-up data up to five years post-biopsy, linking the transcriptomes of diagnostic kidney biopsies to progress
This article describes some of the findings from the ongoing Swedish research project “System Integrity Protection Schemes for added transfer capacity” (SPS4SE). The focus of the SPS4SE project has been to gather knowledge on how System Integrity Protection Schemes (SIPS) can be utilized to support a sustainable development of the Swedish power grid and the Nordic power system.
Today the Unified Glare Rating (UGR) tabular method according to CIE 117-195 and CIE 190-210 is practically the only one used for evaluation of discomfort glare in the lighting design process but it is unknown if the method is in line with the subjective perception of glare (SGI). We investigated whether UGR calculation method currently used in lighting design is in agreement with the perceived di
The interaction between Extreme UltraViolet (XUV) Attosecond Pulse Trains (APT) and matter enables real-time investigation of electron dynamics on their natural time-scale. This is achieved by the addition of a weak InfraRed(IR) field, which probes the ionization process. However, achieving the required temporal and spectral precision for such studies imposes stringent demands on the experimental
IntroductionSwedish statecraft is increasingly utilizing domestic state feminist policy as a means of promoting humanitarian ideals transnationally. One policy that has been promoted by the Swedish government is Sexköpslagen, a first-of-its-kind legal framework that criminalizes the purchase of sex while not criminalizing its sale. As the Swedish government works to export the law transnationally,
Between 2014 and 2022 Sweden operated the world’s first feminist foreign policy (FFP), which has drawn strong reactions from academics and activists alike. The overarching aim of this article is to analyze how economic objectives within Sweden’s deployment of FFP were framed and rationalized in policy programming, which has to this point received little scholarly attention. Drawing from empirical
The Swedish state has consistently used feminism as a grounding point in domestic and foreign policy frameworks. Gender equality considerations are central in structuring Sweden’s public sector, and figure as a key component of its exceptionalist self-image. However, minority groups have critiqued the ways that their lived experiences fail to be accounted for in policy processes. This points to te
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the role of logistics and packaging in home-delivery of food and groceries and identify opportunities for sustainable packaging logistics innovations that can enable competitive advantages for retail actors. Design/methodology/approach: This research is based on a case study of a novel home-delivery concept for food and groceries, together with a
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma has one of the worst survival rates among adult cancers, with only 11% in the United States surviving five years after diagnosis. The majority of patients are diagnosed with late-stage disease, since early-stage pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is typically either asymptomatic or presents with non-specific symptoms. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma thus remains a h
Amidst processes of (uneven) dispossession and displacement of coastal populations—often termed ‘ocean grabbing’—scholar-activists, NGOs and the leadership of different social movements invoke, so-called, ‘fisher people’ as the political subjects of resistance. These ‘fisher people’ are often cast as capital's other as part of a normative and moral critique of ocean grabbing and purportedly the ag
Advances in electron microscopy, image segmentation and computational infrastructure have given rise to large-scale and richly annotated connectomic datasets, which are increasingly shared across communities. To enable collaboration, users need to be able to concurrently create annotations and correct errors in the automated segmentation by proofreading. In large datasets, every proofreading edit
We have studied excitation energy transfer in the photosynthetic antenna systems LH1 and LH2 of purple bacteria. Femtosecond pump-probe experiments were combined with computer simulations using the recently established structure of these systems to assess the nature of electronic excitation. We have measured the transient absorption kinetics and spectra of the LH1 and LH2 complexes in the temp
When Sweden adopted its carbon tax in 1990, it was as one of the first of its kind worldwide. While the adoption of the tax has been attributed to its inclusion in the Swedish tax reform, undoubtedly playing a crucial role, the reform does not in itself explain how the Swedish carbon tax came about or why it became part of the reform package in the first place. In this article, we present a case s
