We all need to contribute to a more sustainable development – a fact that has become quite clear observing extreme weathers and diminishing fossil fuel sources. In line with the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry [1], (recommending the use of safer solvents, catalysed reactions, energy efficient processes and renewable feedstocks), research within the SuReTech program aims at developing technologies

Sulbutiamine is a thiamine derivative developed in Japan in the mid-60's as a beriberi treatment drug. Since then, different potential applications have been described. For instance, there is some evidence that sulbutiamine can have anti-fatigue, nootropic, and antioxidant effects, which led to its use as a sport supplement (although some authors argue it is actually a masking doping strategy). Mo

Background: Evidence for the effect of minimal acupuncture in infants with colic is limited. Aim: To compare the effect of standardized minimal acupuncture, individualized acupuncture (where traditional acupuncture points were chosen according to the infant’s symptoms) and no acupuncture on objective measures of stooling, feeding and sleeping in infants with colic (based on diaries) and perceived

Moth wings are densely covered by wing scales that are assumed to specifically function to camouflage nocturnally active species during day time. Generally, moth wing scales are built according to the basic lepidopteran Bauplan, where the upper lamina consists of an array of parallel ridges and the lower lamina is a thin plane. The lower lamina hence acts as a thin film reflector having distinct rMoth wings are densely covered by wing scales that are assumed to specifically function to camouflage nocturnally active species during day time. Generally, moth wing scales are built according to the basic lepidopteran Bauplan, where the upper lamina consists of an array of parallel ridges and the lower lamina is a thin plane. The lower lamina hence acts as a thin film reflector having distinct reflec

As the galactoside binding family of galectin proteins is involved in many physiological and pathological processes, the inhibitors of these proteins are considered to be of significant interest in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and fibrosis. Herein, fused tricyclic carbohydrate-benzene hybrid core structures are reported to be the selective inhibitors of galectin-1 and the N-terminal do

This article explores the perception of societal influence of civil society leaders based on a survey study conducted in 2017 among leaders of Swedish civil society organizations. Civil society leaders represent organizations that are often based on and guided by religious, political, or cultural values and that often strive to achieve some sort of social change. To exercise influence on society i

One of the functional proteins in rapeseed-the amphiphilic protein oleosin-could be used to stabilize emulsions. The objectives of this study were to extract oleosins from cold-pressed rapeseed press-cake, optimize the extraction process, and investigate their emulsifying and anti-oxidative capacity. The proteins were recovered from industrially cold-pressed rapeseed press-cake at different alkali

Ray-Triangle intersection is a fundamental computation in most ray tracing algorithms. The prohibitive cost of the ray-triangle test algorithms, however, limits the utilization of these algorithms in settings with low power budgets, such as mobile systems. In this work, we analyze the precision requirements for ray-triangle intersection and observe that for most of the rays a low-precision is suff