This paper presents the ongoing design and evaluation of an audio-haptic drawing program that allows visually impaired users to create and access graphical images. The application is developed in close collaboration with a user reference group of five blind/low vision school children. The objective of the application is twofold. It is used as a research vehicle to investigate user interaction tech

Autoimmune (type 1) diabetes (AI-DM) is a multistage disorder. Children are born genetically predisposed to putative environmental exposures. These trigger an aggressive, selective and chronic autoimmune response against the pancreatic islet beta cells. This stage is marked by autoantibodies against insulin, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), IA-2 and the ZnT8 transporter. Progression to clinica

Kampen för att resa monument och minnesmärken som en kamp om rummet i staden - om rätten till historien. Sverige och Ådalshändelserna 1931 som också blivit en del av berättelsen om det fredliga folkhemmet, samt USA och Haymarket 1886 som blivit en dela av traditionen om första majfirandet världen över.

Popular Abstract in Swedish Elektrocochleografi (ECoG) är en metod som mäter de elektriska signaler som uppstår i innerörat när örat stimuleras med ljud. Signalerna uppstår i snäckans sinnesceller, de så kallade hårcellerna, och i nervcellerna som utgår från snäckan. Snäckan är det organ som omvandlar ljudets mekaniska energi till elektriska signaler i hörselnerven. Hörselnerven förmedlar signalerElectrocochleography (ECoG) is an objective method to evaluate cochlear electrophysiology. The recordings are considered to reflect the mechano-electric processes of the cochlea, and can indicate the presence of suspected endolymphatic hydrops. The aim of the present thesis was to investigate the value of transtympanic (TT) ECoG in the clinical diagnosis and management of Menière´s disease. The tr

Dialogue or governance? The relationship between the state and the voluntary organizations, with particular focus on Överenskommelsen (the compact) and the Church of Sweden Government-voluntary sector compacts have emerged in the recent years, as a nonprofit policy practice in many industrialized countries. The compact – in Sweden signed by the government in 2008 – is by some researchers regarded

I understand patronage principally as a work of cultural and material support - the support shich was necessary to stage the performance of a piece of music in mayn different contexts. I focus on the fate of an opera, Richard Wagner's Parsifal, a work which was not performed at the Bayreuth festival between 1939 and 1944 because of its emphasis on reconciliation, non-violence and faith, but which

Tolerances, including geometry, dimension, and surface roughness, are an important part of production where the desire to manufacture quality products have to be weighed against the increase of manufacturing costs. The desired tolerance will influence the choice of both manufacturing method and machine tool. Given that machining is an adequate production method, variation of the required tolerance

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The aims were to study the biological, socio-demographic and psychosocial health profile in a geographically defined population of middle-aged women, with focus on features of the metabolic syndrome and diabetes, and to study the efficiency of a screening method for high-risk individuals and the outcome of baseline lifestyle advices on the diabetes incidence. All women aged 50-59 years (n=10766)

Boken handlar om nordiska korståg och korsfarare från sent 1000-tal till början av 1500-talet. Vi får följa korstågsidéns utveckling och se hur den omsattes i praktik i medelhavsområdet och längs både södra och östra östersjökusten, mot vender och balter. Ett stort avsnitt ägnas även åt de svenska korstågen mot Ryssland på 1200-, 1300- och 1400-talen. Boken är försedd med en omfattande käll- och

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