BACKGROUND:: Heel ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are hard to heal. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the difference in amputation-free survival (AFS) between open and endovascular revascularization in patients with DM, PAD, and heel ulcers.METHODS:: Retrospective comparative study of results of open versus endovascular surgery in pat

The current study demonstrates through experiment, the effect of solid lubricant assisted minimum quantity cooling lubrication (MQCL) when turning tempered (~60 HRC) alloyed steel Uddeholm Caldie with cemented carbide tools on the process performance. In MQCL application, nanosized graphite nanoplatelets (GnP) solid lubricant powder was dispersed (0.2% vol.) in rapeseed oil based lubricant “ECOLUB

A new approach to the constrained function optimization problem is presented. It is shown that the ordinary Lagrange multiplier method and the penalty function method may be generalized and combined, and the new concept ofmultiplier function is introduced. The problem may then be converted into an unconstrained well-conditioned optimization problem. Methods for numerical solution are discussed, an

In this paper, we propose a novel 1-D spectralestimator for signals with mixed spectra. The proposed methodis partly based on the recently introduced smooth spectralestimator LIMES, in which the smoothness is accounted for byassuming linearity within predefined segments of the spectrum.The proposed method utilizes this formulation but also allowssegments to change size to better estimate the spect

En artikel om läroverkslektorn och docenten i zoologi vid Lunds universitet Peter Olsson, och hans försök att vetenskapligt förklara Storsjöodjuret.

Social works’ relationship with the environment and the role of social workers in addressing environmental issues under climate change are usually neglected in mainstream practice. I begin this chapter by discussing the importance of social work as a field of research and practice that needs to actively carve out a position of expertise and engagement with emerging environmental issues at the micr

Background Recent policy in Sweden states that patients in every part of health care are to be presented with health counselling concerning living habits: tobacco, alcohol, an inactive lifestyle and eating habits. This review aims to investigate experiences and preferences of counselling about living habits from the patient’s perspective. Method A literature review of six major databases using a

Rökare drabbas oftare av post­­operativa komplikationer än icke-rökare. Framför allt inom sår­läk­nings­­området är dokumentationen omfattande. Detta gäller även efter mindre rutiningrepp som bråckoperation eller ­appendektomi. De studier som undersökt snus har inte påvisat någon ökad risk för postoperativa komplikationer hos snusare. Intensivt rökstoppsprogram på 4–8 veckor inför operation medför

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:- To assess the effect of preoperative alcohol cessation interventions on the rate of postoperative complications in hazardous drinkers- To assess the effect of preoperative alcohol cessation interventions for hazardous drinkers on alcohol use in the postoperative period and longer term

AIM: To describe how women smokers with newly diagnosed breast cancer experienced brief preoperative smoking cessation intervention in relation to breast cancer surgery. BACKGROUND: Preoperative smoking cessation intervention is relevant for short- and long-term risk reduction in newly diagnosed cancer patients. Our knowledge of how patients with malignant diagnoses experience preoperative smoking