Semen quality has been reported to vary markedly between different regions. To properly assess the differences among countries a minimization of the variation among centres in the assessments of sperm quality is essential. We here report on the training and two subsequent follow-up workshops on assessments of sperm concentration and motility. A total of 26 fresh ejaculates were analysed by four pe

The material in Swedish herbaria previously identified as Hieracium sublividum (Dahlst.) Johanss. was revised using both the traditional taxonomical approach and PCA analysis based on 44 morphological characters. Only about half of the specimens did belong to H. sublividum s. stricto (known from the provinces Småland, Öland and Östergötland). Three new species were revealed and are described anew

The BhMIR32 xyn11A gene, encoding an extracellular endoxylanase of potential interest in bio-bleaching applications, was amplified from Bacillus halodurans MIR32 genomic DNA. The protein encoded is an endo-1,4-beta-xylanase belonging to family 11 of glycosyl hydrolases. Its nucleotide sequence was analysed and the mature peptide was subcloned into pET22b(+) expression vector. The enzyme was over-e

Recension av Ralph Milibands bok "Marxism and Politics" (Oxford University Press 1977)

We study the simulation of stochastic processes defined as stochastic integrals with respect to type G Levy processes for the case where it is not possible to simulate the type G process exactly. The type G Levy process as well as the stochastic integral can on compact intervals be represented as an infinite series. In a practical simulation we must truncate this representation. We examine the app

Background: Recent evidence supports an association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Objectives: To describe demographic factors, subtypes, and survival of patients with SLE who develop NHL. Methods: A multi-site cohort of 9547 subjects with definite SLE was assembled. Subjects at each centre were linked to regional tumour registries to determine cancer

Yearbook of the Swedish Linnaeus Society. Articles on Linnaues and history of biology.

The internal velocity structure in the Hyades cluster as seen byHipparcos is compared with realistic N-body simulations using the NBODY6code, which includes binary interaction, stellar evolution and theGalactic tidal field. The model allows to estimate reliably the accuracyof astrometric radial velocities in the Hyades as derived by Lindegrenet al. (cite{lindegren00}) and Madsen et al. (cite{madse

Analays av Oliver Stones film JFK (1991) och den följande debatten om film som historisk studie.

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A microstructural study of mortars prepared with a low-alkali, low-C3A cement and a Class F fly ash, both of Swedish origin, was carried out using the scanning electron microscopy - energy-dispersive X-ray analytical technique. Supplementary phase analyses were made by X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry -differential thermal analysis. Normally, CH crystals in the transition zone grow with thei

Local vibrational mode (LVM) spectroscopy has been used to study the evolution of vacancy-oxygen-related defects (VOn) in the temperature range 300-700 degrees C in carbon-lean Cz-Si samples irradiated with MeV electrons or neutrons. New experimental data confirming an attribution of the absorption bands at 910, 976 and 1105 cm(-1) to the VO3 complex are obtained. In particular, a correlated gener

What makes a headmaster successful? And what does a successful headmaster do? This article presents some results from a research project – Successful school leadership in different school cultures – that aims to provide answers to these questions. The results derive from interviews, questionnaires, observations and pupils’ essays, and comprise the criteria by which different parties involved in sc

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingens syfte är att kartlägga och analysera hur geografiska visioner utgjort diskursiva redskap i en specifik framtidsorienterad process, institutionaliseringen av Öresundsregionen.This thesis is about how geographical visions worked as discursive tools in the institutionalisation of the Öresund Region. The geographical vision is defined as a cognitive set of imagined and material pictures of the future structured as a spatial whole. The geographical vision is, in addition to this, a spaceconfiguration-, power-, and disciplinary - instrument, and, the product of a discursiv