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The Partisan Impact on Local Government Dissemination of COVID-19 Information : Assessing U.S. County Government Websites

This study explores the relationship between local government dissemination of COVID-19 information and partisanship. The unit of analysis is all official county government websites in the United States. In particular, we investigate if there is a correlation between the overall partisanship of a county and whether a county government's website 1) mentions COVID-19, and 2) provides safety instruct

Older person’s experiences of benefits gained from the support and advice given during preventive home visits

Background: Life expectancy is increasing all over the world. To be able to support this positive development, health interventions focusing on promotion and prevention are crucial. Preventive home visits represent one example of a health intervention which addresses both promotion through a supportive dialogue and prevention by giving advice. However, to give support and advice that older persons

Human rights and the 1980 U.S. presidential election

Due to dramatic developments in international affairs and the starkly diverging foreign policy visions of the two candidates, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, foreign policy occupied a usually prominent role in the 1980 U.S. presidential election. A central component of the foreign policy debate was the appropriate role for human rights concerns in American foreign relations. Nevertheless, neither

Leadership perspectives in multidisciplinary team meetings; observational assessment based on the ATLAS instrument in cancer care

Objectives: High-quality leadership and chairing skills are central components in team performance during multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings. We hypothesized that the recently developed A Tumor Leadership Assessment inStrument (ATLAS) could provide relevant information to support more detailed insights into MDT chairing and leadership aspects of relevance for team feedback and targeted improvem

Water retention value predicts biomass recalcitrance for pretreated biomass : biomass water interactions vary based on pretreatment chemistry and reflect composition

Processing of lignocellulosic biomass is complex due to the heterogeneity of the substrate, but also due to lengthy unit operations, which complicates process control including for enzymatic saccharification. Methods for predicting enzymatic saccharification yield based on the properties of the pretreated biomass would be advantageous to process optimization and control. Biomass-water interaction

Movement of agricultural products in the Scandinavian Iron Age during the first millennium AD : 87Sr/86Sr values of archaeological crops and animals in southern Sweden

In this paper, we examine the exchange of crops and livestock through the application of strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope analysis on cereal grains and faunal tooth enamel from the regional center of Uppåkra and three nearby settlements in Scania, southern Sweden, dating to the first millennium AD. Around a third of the fauna have non-local 87Sr/86Sr values, indicating the import of livestock from se

Environmental Profile and Technological Validation of New High-Tg Unsaturated Polyesters from Fully Bio-Based Monomers and Reactive Diluents

This study was focused on the synthesis and characterization of a fully bio-based unsaturated polyester resin (UPR) with good thermal properties suitable for the commercial production of composite polymers. UPRs based on different ratios of bio-based furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA), itaconic acid, and diols were synthesized. The unsaturated polymers prepared were evaluated by differential scanning

Indexing haemodynamic variables in young children

Background: Haemodynamic studies in children are rare and most studies have included few subjects in the youngest age group. Haemodynamic variables need to be indexed to establish a reference of normality that is valid in all populations. The traditional way to index haemodynamic variables with body surface area (BSA) is complicated in young children due to its non-linear relationship with body we

Three-dimensional reconstruction of human interactions

Understanding 3d human interactions is fundamental for fine grained scene analysis and behavioural modeling. However, most of the existing models focus on analyzing a single person in isolation, and those who process several people focus largely on resolving multi-person data association, rather than inferring interactions. This may lead to incorrect, lifeless 3d estimates, that miss the subtle hu

Ubl4A is critical for mitochondrial fusion process under nutrient deprivation stress

Mitochondrial fusion and fission are dynamic processes regulated by the cellular microenvironment. Under nutrient starvation conditions, mitochondrial fusion is strengthened for energy conservation. We have previously shown that newborns of Ubl4A-deficient mice were more sensitive to starvation stress with a higher rate of mortality than their wild-type littermates. Ubl4A binds with the actin-rela

Development of high intensity neutron source at the European Spallation Source

The European Spallation Source being constructed in Lund, Sweden will provide the user community with a neutron source of unprecedented brightness. By 2025, a suite of 15 instruments will be served by a high-brightness moderator system placed above the spallation target. The ESS infrastructure, consisting of the proton linac, the target station, and the instrument halls, allows for implementation

Family caregivers’ support needs during allo-HSCT—a longitudinal study

Purpose: The study aimed to explore family caregivers’ support needs prior to allo-HSCT, how these change over time and whether they are associated with demographic factors and caregiver outcome. Methods: This longitudinal repeated measure study included 87 family caregivers of allo-HSCT recipients: 63% were partners, 74% women, 65% lived with the recipient, and their mean age was 54 years. They c

A unified optimization framework for low-rank inducing penalties

In this paper we study the convex envelopes of a new class of functions. Using this approach, we are able to unify two important classes of regularizers from unbiased non-convex formulations and weighted nuclear norm penalties. This opens up for possibilities of combining the best of both worlds, and to leverage each method’s contribution to cases where simply enforcing one of the regularizers are

Improving pandemic preparedness and management : Lessons learned and ways forward : independent expert report

Epidemics and pandemics have shaped human history and will continue to do so. The COVID-19 crisis has shown that there is need to understand how Europe can ensure better management of and preparedness for them. This joint advice builds on lessons learned from the current and from previous pandemics. It analyses their complexity, drawing on insights from research and scholarship and taking European

Hyponatraemia despite isotonic maintenance fluid therapy : A time series intervention study

Objective: To examine the prevalence of dysnatraemias among children admitted for paediatric surgery before and after a change from hypotonic to isotonic intravenous maintenance fluid therapy. Design: Retrospective consecutive time series intervention study. Setting: Paediatric surgery ward at the Children's Hospital in Lund, during a 7-year period, 2010-2017. Patients: All children with a blood s

Management and risk of mortality in patients hospitalised due to a first severe COPD exacerbation

Background: Reducing the need for hospitalisation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important goal in COPD management. The aim of this study was to evaluate re-hospitalisation, treatment, comorbidities and mortality in patients with COPD who were hospitalised for the first time due to a COPD exacerbation. Methods: This was a retrospective, population-based observa

Impacts of land use and land cover change in response to different driving forces in Uganda : evidence from a review

This reviewe of Land Use Land Cover Change (LULCC) studies in Uganda indicate agriculture, forest, grassland, and woodland as the major land use and land cover types. Central Uganda is the most studied region (15%), followed by western (14), eastern (10), and northern Uganda (3). District scale studies were (48%), catchment (19%), forest (17%), national (10%), and park (7%). Landsat 30 m and remot

Preserving mobile insects in semi-natural grasslands : Minding the Matrix

För att mildra förlusten av biologisk mångfald i jordbruksmarker, inklusive dess pollinatörer, har många ansträngningar ägnats åt att bevara naturbetesmarker och slåtterängar. Dock är redan förlorade naturbetesmarker och slåtterängar svåra att återställa och kostsamma att hantera för ökade fördelar för biologisk mångfald. Dessutom är idag många marker som tidigare användes till slåtterängar nu betTo mitigate loss of farmland biodiversity, including insect pollinators, much effort has been spent on preserving semi-natural grasslands. However, already lost grasslands are difficult to restore and costly to manage for increased benefits to biodiversity. Previously often mowed semi-natural grasslands are today mostly managed by grazing, resulting in a lack of critical floral resources for many