The project "Silent Timber Build" will develop new prediction tools for timber structures. There are several challenges that have to be overcome to provide a full prediction tool. The differences in weight, stiffness and density for wooden structures compared to traditional, heavy and more homogeneous structural material have repercussions on how the sound propagates throughout the structures, aff

Study Design: Qualitative study. Introduction: An amputation injury to the hand may lead to not only impaired hand function but also psychosocial consequences. Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study was to explore personal experiences of social participation for persons provided with an esthetic prosthesis after acquired upper limb amputation. Methods: Thirteen persons with acquired upper

Mixed phenotype acute leukemias (MPALs) represent a rare subgroup of acute leukemias with a poor prognosis. Proper diagnosis and classification of MPAL is extremely important for patients' outcome. Morphology and flow cytometry recognize two types of MPAL: the “bilineal” MPAL with the coexistence of two blast populations of different lineage and truly “biphenotypic” MPAL coexpressing markers of mo

cDNA coding for alpha 1-microglobulin, an immunoregulatory plasmaprotein, was isolated from bovine liver. The sequence of a total of 1258 nucleotides revealed an open reading frame of 352 amino acids. This included alpha 1-microglobulin, 182 amino acids, and bikunin, the light chain of the plasmaprotein inter-alpha-inhibitor, 147 amino acids. The two proteins were connected by a basic tetrapeptide

The precursor protein alpha 1-microglobulin-bikunin was cleaved to the same degree whether expressed in CHO cells or in mutated CHO cells, RPE.40 cells, suggested to lack a functional form of the intracellular protease furin. Thus, alpha 1-microglobulin-bikunin probably is not cleaved in vivo by furin. However, simultaneous overexpression of the precursor and furin in COS, CHO and RPE.40 cells inc

Introduction: The Visual Ergonomics Risk Assessment Method (VERAM) is a newly developed and validated method to assess visual ergonomics at workplaces. VERAM consists of a questionnaire and an objective evaluation. Objective: To evaluate reliability of VERAM by assessing test-retest reliability of the questionnaire, and intra- and inter-rater reliability of the objective evaluation. Methods: Forty

Rationale: Smoking is a primary risk factor for chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but since not all smokers develop disease, it has been suggested that some individuals may be more susceptible to exogenous factors, such as smoking, and that this susceptibility could be genetically determined. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to assess, in a popul

The broad utilisation of imidacloprid (IMI)in agriculture poses an increasing risk to aquatic organisms. However, the potential impacts on commercially important shellfish and chemical residues after exposure, are yet to be assessed. We investigated the levels of IMI in Sydney rock oyster (SRO)tissue during a three-day uptake and four-day depuration cycle using liquid chromatography-mass spectrome

From the 1880s until the ban of this practice in the 1970s, German vacationers built sandcastles, some of which were artfully decorated and awarded prizes in competitions by the spa administrations. Research regards this as a manifestation of a ‘typical German’ national character. The article counters this approach with an interpretation that understands sandcastles as metaphors for typical charac

We study 3-dimensional SU(2) lattice gauge theory with respect to dimensional reduction. By Monte Carlo calculations we find that this reduction is valid to a good approximation (within ≈10%). The adjoint string tension is found to scale approximately. We also compare the adjoint string tension with a string theory.

AbstractBlind, I. 2015. Essays on Urban Economics. Economic studies 153. xii+199 pp. Uppsala:Department of Economics. ISBN 978-91-85519-60-6.This thesis consists of four self-contained essays.Essay 1 (with Olof Åslund and Matz Dahlberg): In this essay we investigate the impact ofcommuter train access on individual labor market outcomes. Our study considers the exogenousintroduction of a commuter t

Efficient and accurate numerical tools for predicting the vibroacoustic behaviour of wooden multi-storey buildings are lacking nowadays. The variability that a natural material as wood possesses, makes it difficult to accurately predict and model its behaviour. Likewise, construction details such as junctions and connections between structural elements play an important role in the dynamic respons