The issue of this article is how disability and gender intersect when physically disabled children and youth choose to take long-term part in sports. The data has been derived from participant observations on a sport camp for youth with disabilities, and open-ended interviews with five physically disabled youngster, between 10 and 15 years old, and two table tennis coaches, 19 and 31 years old. Th

We have used transient photoinduced absorption on femtosecond to nanosecond time scales as well as delayed fluorescence up to microseconds to study the photogeneration and recombination of charges in thin films of the alternating polyfluorene copolymer poly[2,7-(9,9-dioctylfluorene)-alt-5,5-(4('),7(')-di-2-thienyl-2('),1(') ,3(')-benzothiadiazole)]. We interpret the results using a coupled rate eq

Popular Abstract in Swedish I flexibla realtidssystem leder begränsningarna i processorkraft och minne till resurshanteringsproblem som måste hanteras väl för att både maximera systemets prestanda och undvika överlast. Problemet att tilldela processortid -- schemaläggning -- är väl undersökt och dynamisk schemaläggning är allmänt accepterad i industrin. För att göra säkra högnivåspråk, som Java, pIn a flexible real-time system, the constraints in available CPU time and memory lead to resource management problems, which must be handled carefully in order to maximize quality of service while avoiding overload. Managing CPU time -- scheduling -- is well studied and dynamic scheduling is widely accepted in the real-time industry. In order to make safe high-level languages, like Java, practical

To evaluate the accuracy of bone mineral composition determination by electron microprobe analysis (EDX) the measurements have been compared to instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and chemical analysis (ICPES). Bone specimens from five femoral heads were used. The trabecular content of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) was analyzed by the three different methods. The EDX method allows fo

A method for detecting body position changes that uses the surface vectorcardiogram (VCG) is presented. Such changes are often manifested as sudden shifts in the electrical axis of the heart and can erroneously be interpreted as acute ischaemic events. Axis shifts were detected by analysing the rotation angles obtained from the alignment of successive VCG loops to a reference loop. Following the r

We report on "safe" Coulomb excitation of neutron-rich (138,140,142) Xe nuclei. The radioactive nuclei have been produced by ISOLDE at CERN and post-accelerated by the REX-ISOLDE facility. The gamma-rays emitted by the decay of excited states have been detected by the MINIBALL array. Recent results are presented.

Popular Abstract in Swedish S:t Germer och s:t Josse var två helgon som levde i norra Frankrike på 600-talet. Deras liv nedtecknades ganska kort tid efter deras död i tre olika versioner av författare som skrev på latin. I början av 1200-talet sammanställde Pierre de Beauvais detta material till två diktverk på franska, skrivna på åttastavig vers, 874 respektive 820 versar. Avhandlingen är en kritThe Life of Saint Germer and the Life of Saint Josse are two poems consisting of 874 and 820 octosyllabic verses respectively. They were written in the beginning of the 13th century by Pierre de Beauvais. The two poems are preserved in one manuscript only, the Grand recueil la Clayette, Paris, Bibl. nat. Nouv. acq. fr. 13521, written in the latter half of the 13th century by a scribe who was from

Objectives. To study the combined effects of a low birth weight and a pronounced weight increase up to early adulthood on the presence of cardiovascular risk factors constituting the metabolic syndrome in late middle age. Design and setting. A structured sample of 396 men, 58 years old from the general population. Birth weight and weight at 18 years were obtained from medical records and registers

A new PCR kit (AMPLICOR CT/NG; Roche Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Branchburg, N.J.) was used as a screening tool for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in first-void urine (FVU) specimens from 3,340 asymptomatic women attending European health care units for contraceptive advice or pregnancy termination. All samples were kept frozen (-20 degrees C) prior to testing. Chla

Digital systems are integrated in our environment and have become a natural part of our every day life. As we rely more on these systems our expectations on them increases. We expect them to perform new tasks, communicate and cooperate. The complexity of these systems are increasing. The increasing complexity and the requirement for flexibility, which allows the system to adapt and evolve over tim

Stora summor omsätts i skol- och barnomsorgen. År 2004 stod barnomsorgen för 13 % och skolan för 32 % av kommunerna bruttokostnader på 375 miljarder kronor (SKL, 2005). Tillsammans är verksamheterna de största kommunala kostnadsposterna, följt av vård och omsorg som förbrukar 40 % av bruttokostnaderna. Naturligtvis blir skolans ekonomistyrning viktig i ett sådant sammanhang. I denna artikel beskri

AIM: To assess the prognostic value of amplitude integrated EEG (aEEG) 3 and 6 hours after birth. METHODS: Seventy three term, asphyxiated infants were studied (from two different centres), using the Cerebral Function Monitor (CFM Lectromed). The different aEEG tracings were compared using pattern recognition (flat tracing mainly isoelectric (FT); continuous extremely low voltage (CLV); burst-supp

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is involved in brain plasticity and neuronal survival. Generally, BDNF enhances synaptic activity and neurite growth, although the effect of BDNF on neuronal survival and brain plasticity following injury is equivocal. Housing rats in an enriched environment after experimental stroke enhances recovery of sensory-motor function, which is associated with a de

Dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) have been shown to broadly reproduce seasonal and interannual patterns of carbon exchange, as well as realistic vegetation dynamics. To assess the uncertainties in these results associated with model parameterization, the Lund-Potsdam-Jena-DGVM (LPJ-DGVM) is analyzed in terms of model robustness and key sensitive parameters. Present-day global land-atmosphe