Fluorescence spectroscopy in two different biomedical applications have been studied. One field has been to explore whether fluorescence spectroscopy can be used to determine the depth of a fluorescent object inside a tissue-like medium. Recorded fluorescence spectra depend on the localisation of the fluorescent inclusion and may provide additional information for optical tomography. The second ma

Previous research has consistently found demographic responses to grain price fluctuations in preindustrial Europe, both at macro and micro level. Grain prices serve as a summary measure of the workings of the preindustrial economy, reflecting not only local harvest conditions but trade patterns and market integration. All over preindustrial Europe the manorial estate was an important institution

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The popular view to understand interaction and communication in service marketing seems to be related to the theatre metaphor. It has been suggested that dramatism and role theory should have an important influence on service theory as well as service performance. Nonetheless, in this text the author draws attention to some unseen limitations of the theatre metaphor in service marketing. The autho

This paper reflects and analyzes upon a research and pedagocial development project “Gender perspectives on university education and academic disciplines - a pedagogic project for the development of teaching – an intersectional approach (financed by the Swediah Council for Renewal of Higher Education). The project aims to further develop pedagogical models for the inclusion and integration of a “g

This chapter introduces the basics of eye anatomy, eye movements and vision. It will explain the concepts behind human vision sufficiently for the reader to understand later chapters in the book on human perception and attention, and their relationship to (and potential measurement with) eye movements. We will first describe the path of light from the environment through the structures of the eye

This paper centers in on the production of the experimental film The Train (1948) and the negotiations between the Swedish filmmaker Gösta Werner and the commissioner, The Swedish State Railways. Although recent developments in film studies show an upsurge of interest in the previously neglected field of the sponsored film, in-depth case studies of the relationship between commissioners and avant-

We present a synchrotron-based XPS investigation on the interface between InAs and Al2O3 or HfO2 layers, deposited by ALD at different temperatures, for InAs substrates with different surface orientations as well as for InAs nanowires. We reveal the composition of the native Oxide and how the high-k layer deposition reduces Oxide components. We demonstrate some of the advantages in using synchrotr

This thesis presents work in several areas relating to Random Matrix Theory and Elasticity. It contains 4 papers presenting work on different issues. Paper I concerns correlations between eigenvalues in random matrices of real symmetric (GOE) or quaternion real (GSE) form. It presents a calculation showing that correlations between arbitrarily many eigenvalues can be obtained from averages of a t

The aim of the present thesis was to study temperament traits and their relationships to psychiatric diagnoses, suicidal behavior and a number of biological measures in a sample of hospitalized suicide attempters. The subjects showed a bimodal distribution on the Validity scale from the Marke-Nyman Temperament (MNT) inventory, with a large subgroup showing low Validity. Cluster analyses of the sc