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Background Studies from low-income countries have suggested that diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine provided after Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination may have a negative effect on female survival. The authors examined the effect of DTP in a cohort of low birthweight (LBW) infants. Methods 2320 LBW newborns were visited at 2, 6 and 12 months of age to assess nutritional and vaccinati

Objective: To explore experiences with supervised group exercise during pregnancy in women with depression or low psychological well-being. Design: A qualitative descriptive study based on semi-structured, individual, in-depth interviews analyzed by means of thematic analysis. Setting: The Department of Obstetrics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark. Participants: Through a pu

Semiconductor nanowire lasers can produce guided coherent light emission with miniaturized geometry, bringing about new possibilities for a variety of applications including nanophotonic circuits, optical sensing, and on-chip and chip-to-chip optical communications. Here, we report on the realization of single-mode and room-temperature lasing from 890 to 990 nm, utilizing a novel design of single

Immunoglobulin A (IgA) is the dominant antibody isotype in the gut and has been shown to regulate microbiota. Mucosal IgA is also widely believed to prevent food allergens from penetrating the gut lining. Even though recent work has elucidated how bacteria-reactive IgA is induced, little is known about how IgA to food antigens is regulated. Although IgA is presumed to be induced in a healthy gut a

Background: Earlier research regarding immigrants has shown that lifestyle and environmental factors are of importance for the risk of developing certain diseases. Food habits are one of these factors. As there is little research concerning immigrants and food habits, the aim of the present paper was to explore food habits operationalised as meal frequency and vegetable intake among a group of old

We consider the problem of variable selection in high-dimensional settings with missing observations among the covariates. To address this relatively understudied problem, we propose a new synergistic procedure—adaptive Bayesian SLOPE with missing values—which effectively combines SLOPE (sorted l 1 regularization) with the spike-and-slab LASSO (SSL) and is accompanied by an efficient stochastic ap

Our current view of the evolutionary history, coding and adaptive capacities of Apicomplexa, protozoan parasites of a wide range of metazoan, is currently strongly biased toward species infecting humans, as data on early diverging apicomplexan lineages infecting invertebrates is extremely limited. Here, we characterized the genome of the marine eugregarine Porospora gigantea, intestinal parasite o

Human aquaporin 10 (hAQP10) is an aquaglyceroporin that assists in maintaining glycerol flux in adipocytes during lipolysis at low pH. Hence, a molecular understanding of the pH-sensitive glycerol conductance may open up for drug development in obesity and metabolically related disorders. Control of hAQP10-mediated glycerol flux has been linked to the cytoplasmic end of the channel, where a unique

Background: The clinical meaningfulness of the effects of recently approved disease-modifying treatments (DMT) in Alzheimer’s disease is under debate. Available evidence is limited to short-term effects on clinical rating scales which may be difficult to interpret and have limited intrinsic meaning to patients. The main value of DMTs accrues over the long term as they are expected to cause a delay

The first of July 2021 several changes of the Swedish parental code came into force. One of the changes regarded what the court should pay special attention to in custody disputes when deciding if the custody should be sole or joint. According to 6 Ch. section 5 second paragraph in the Swedish pa-rental code, the courts must especially consider the parents’ ability to put the child's needs fir

A corporate fine is a financial sanction that was introduced on 1 July 1986 with the aim of more efficiently combating crimes committed in the operations of corporations. The sanction typically functions as a complement to other criminal sanctions. The provisions on corporate fines are found mainly in Chapter 36 of the Swedish Penal Code, of which Sections 7 to 10 a are the most essential. Section

The Swedish government decided on the 1st of July 2014 to establish a new sanction charge system in the Work Environment Act, to improve the efficiency and prevent unhealth and accidents at the workplace. The new regulations that are focused on the sanction charges, gives the Swedish Work Environment Authority an extended power to penalize employers and employers’ representatives when they have vi

Denna uppsats syftar till att utreda om de lagändringar som skett förstärkt det berusade våldtäktsoffrets rättsställning. Uppsatsen gör därför nedslag i de olika förändringar som skett fram till dagens ”samtyckeslagstiftning” som varit ämnade att skydda det berusade våldtäktsoffret. Uppsatsen utreder hur rekvisiten hjälplöst tillstånd och särskilt utsatt situation ska tolkas enligt dess förarbetenThe purpose of this essay is to examine whether the legal position of an intoxicated rape victim has been strengthened. The thesis explores the different changes that have been made on behalf of the victim, before and after the “law of consent”. This thesis aims to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts helpless state and particularly vulnerable situation. These concepts accompanied with cu

In order to harmonize the protection of sensitive information in business and academic settings, the European Parliament in 2016 adopted a directive on the protection of trade secrets. Sweden already had a law since 1990 to similar effect, but in order to implement the directive, Swedish legislators introduced a new law that entered into force on 1 July 2018. The new law retains many of the legal

Våra öden förändrades 2015. Vi stod på gator, på tågstationer, i föreningslokaler och fanns där för våra medmänniskor. Vi kom från olika bakgrunder och politiska läger men förenades av en tro på ett bättre Sverige och på rätten att söka en fristad från förtryck, förföljelse och krig. Och det gör vi fortfarande.Den här antologin samlar olika sorters röster – aktivister, flyktingar, jurister och for

(1) Background: Water scarcity is a pressing global issue, impacting food security, health, and economic stability in many regions. In Yemen, the challenges related to water resources are particularly acute, exacerbated by climate change, overuse, and a lack of sustainable management strategies. (2) Objective: this paper assesses water resources and demands under two shared socioeconomic pathways,

This research touches upon the influence of the museum as a media and the scepticist political framing of climate change in a U.S. context. By use of a two-step methodological approach, the thesis attempts to create a framework by which to understand the inner workings of the scepticist framing from a qualitative perspective. The thesis approaches the case from the onset that the case is the resul