The application of decision analytical methods to the evaluation of investments in fire safety was investigated, particularly with the aim of being able to suggest a method for analysing a specific investment in fire safety for a specific factory. Attention was directed above all at the handling of cases of large epistemic uncertainty regarding both probabilities and utilities, Bayesian decision t

Several types of systems have been put forward during the past few decades to show that there exist isospectral systems which are metrically different. One important class consists of Laplace-Beltrami operators for pairs of flat tori in R-n with n >= 4. We propose that the spectral ambiguity can be resolved by comparing the nodal sequences (the numbers of nodal domains of eigenfunctions, arranged

We have recently shown that there is a previous unknown longitudinal movement present in the arterial wall. The aim is now to investigate whether the longitudinal movement is associated with longitudinal strain of the arterial wall. The objective of this paper was to describe a new non-invasive ultrasonic technique that measures the longitudinal strain of arteries in human in-vivo. Results indicat

Objective: The aim was to investigate the role that municipalities and out-patient health care centres (HCCs) have in understanding adherence to official guidelines on statin prescribing. Our hypothesis was that after guideline publication, adherence to recommended statin prescription would increase and variance among HCCs and municipalities would decrease. Since multi-level regression analysis (M

Hur påverkas livssituationen för äldre som drabbas av cancer? Oftast blir sjukdomen ytterligare en belastning i en redan komplex situation. I denna artikel sammanfattas resultat från en undersökning av en grupp äldre (över 75 år) personer med cancer. Livskvaliteten påverkades mest hos yngre äldre, men gruppen är heterogen och personerna kräver ett individuellt bemötande.

The objective of this study was to describe incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy in relation to medical risk indicators as well as visual acuity outcome after a continuous follow-up period of 10 years in a Type 1 diabetic population treated under routine care. The incidence and progression of retinopathy and their association to HbA(1c), blood pressure, urinary albumin, serum creatini

Syftet med denna avhandling är att analysera hur berättelser om skyldiga och oskyldiga mödrar konstruerades under perioden ca. 1680-1800. De två brottskategorierna barnamord och barnkvävning har undersökts. Källmaterialet har huvudsakligen bestått av protokoll från hovrätten, underrätter och sockenstämmor. Jag har klarlagt vilka omständigheter som utreddes vid brottsutredningarna och fick betydelsThe objective of this thesis is to analyse how judicial texts concerning guilty and innocent mothers were constructed during the period of c. 1680-1800. The two crimes of infanticide and overlaying have been examined. Source materials have primarily consisted of proceedings from the appeals court, courts of first instance, and parish meetings. The aim has been to survey the judicial discourse, tha

The model presented in this paper has been used for predicting the slab core temperature in several applications at The Danish Steel Works Ltd. The model has the advantages that it is simple and only contains a minimum of physical parameters, which makes it easy use and adapt to slab temperature measurements. The model has been verified using 11 data sets covering three different slab thicknesses

The association between baseline levels of eleven bone turnover markers and 5-year rate of bone density change was prospectively studied in a population-based sample of 601 75-year-old women. Several bone formation and resorption markers as well as urinary osteocalcin were modestly correlated to rate of bone density change. Introduction Prediction of bone loss by bone turnover markers (BTMs) has b

This thesis is focused on natural killer (NK) T cells. NKT cells recognize lipids and glycolipids, rather than peptides, in the contents of the antigen presenting molecule CD1d. NKT cells have a surface phenotype reminiscent of memory cells, and have been shown to rapidly produce large amounts of cytokines, such as IL-4 and IFN-gamma, upon activation. Because of their rapid response to activation,

Applications of nanoparticles are of rising interest in separation science, due to their favorable surface-to-volume ratio as well as their applicability in miniaturization. A stationary phase with large surface area in combination with an electroosmotic flow-driven system has great potential in a highly efficient separation system. This review covers the use of various nanoparticles as stationary

Objective: To examine the test-retest repeatability of pressure pain thresholds in the shoulder muscles of healthy women. Design: Four experimental sessions (days 1, 3, 28, 30), each including 4 consecutive pressure pain threshold measurements at 10-minute intervals. Subjects: Twenty-four healthy female volunteers, mean age 42 years. Methods: Two examiners measured pressure pain thresholds bilater