A consortium of interested parties has conducted an experimental characterization of two Tau parallel kinematic machines which were built as a part of the EU-funded project, SMErobot1. Characteristics such as machine stiffness, work envelope, repeatability and accuracy were considered. This paper will present a brief history of the Tau parallel machine, the results of this testing and some comment

Organizations need to make sure that their level of safety is acceptable. Therefore it is important to know which factors contribute to the level of safety and how to monitor and improve these factors. One method used today to evaluate the level of safety in organizations is safety culture measurements. In different contexts, different models of safety culture are used. Safety culture is often con

Popular Abstract in Swedish Cytokrom P450 är en stor enzymfamilj som finns i alla levande organismer och tar del i både endogen och exogen metabolism. De är primärt mono-oxygenaser och utför en stor mängd reaktioner. Till skillnad från många andra enzymer har de blivit optimerade för att kunna reagera med många olika substrat, istället för att ha höga reaktionshastigheter. I det aktiva sätet har dThe cytochromes P450 are a large enzyme family that is found in all living organisms and takes part in both endogenous and exogenous metabolism. They are primarily mono-oxygenases and perform a wide range of reactions. In contrast to many other enzymes, they have been optimised to react with a wide range of substrates instead of having high reaction rates. In the active site, these enzymes have a

En diskussion kring hur satser av typen "(samma bil) som jag har" skall analyseras: de har ibland uppfattats som attributiva relativsatser men numera vanligen som adverbiella komparativsatser (till det attributiva "samma"). En undersökning av ett par lagtexter på forndanska - där det fanns en lexikal åtskillnad mellan relativt "er" och komparativt "sum" - ger stöd för detta senare, om än inte helt

This manual describes how the Your Employeeship Questionnaire (YEQ) was developed as well as the administration and scoring procedures. It also provides a brief description, taken from the conceptual paper written by Bertlett, Johansson, and Arvidsson (2010), of the Employeeship-Leadership-Relationship (ELR) Model, the employeeship concept, and how a leadership theory is integrated into the ELR Mo

Popular Abstract in Swedish Att behandla hjärtsjukdomar med hjärtkirurgi är en väl prövad behandlingsmetod med goda resultat. Många patienter blir symptomfria och får därigenom en markant ökad livskvalitet. Som vi nästan all andra typer av behandlingar förekommer komplikationer. Den mest fruktade komplikationen inom hjärtkirurgi är en neurologisk skada. Grovt sett indelas denna komplikation i två The brain-derived protein S100B is a 21 Kda dimerand have been used as a serum marker for brain damage of different etiology. The feasability of protein S100B as serum marker for brain damage after cardiac surgery was studied in this thesis. One unexpected finding was made, which changed the basis for interpration of S100B levels. Shed blood collected during surgery with cardiotomy suction contain

Popular Abstract in Swedish Åderförkalkning, eller rättare sagt åderförfettning är den vanligaste dödsorsakerna i västvärlden och frekvensen ökar samtidigt som symptomen går nedåt i åldrarna. Därför är det mycket viktigt för oss att få reda på vad som grundlägger sjukdomen, hur vi skall kunna motverka dess uppkomst och hur vi skall kunna bota den. Vi vet inte med säkerhet varför en individ drabbasInflammation plays an important role in atherosclerosis. One of the most potent pro-inflammatory cytokines is tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a), a cytokine identified to have a pathogenic role in chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The major objectives of this investigation was to establish a role for TNF-a in the development of atherosclerosis and neointimal formati