INTRODUCTION: Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by bilateral calcification in the brain, especially in the basal ganglia, leading to neurological and neuropsychiatric manifestations. White matter hyperintensities (WMH) have been described in patients with PFBC and pathogenic variants in the gene for platelet-derived growth factor beta polypept

In this work, we present cavity ring-down transient absorption spectroscopy (CRD-TAS) as a novel technique to temporally resolve transient signals of two-dimensional samples with an increased sensitivity. The successful detection of coherent artifact signals in transparent materials is hereby demonstrated as an initial proof of concept of the singular CRD-TAS method. These experimental results are

It is widely interpreted that there is a significant link between climate cooling at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition(EOT; ~34 Ma) and subsequent diatom proliferation in the world’s oceans during the mid to late Cenozoic. Yet,our understanding of biogenic silica flux through the EOT interval is based on limited data from a few sites, andthere are many complications in making a meaningful comparison

This research aims to investigate the motivational aspects of gamification elements on the in-ter-organizational knowledge-sharing platform, Stack Overflow. The study addresses the gaps in existing research by providing an in-depth analysis of gamification elements' effects and exploring top contributors' motivation to share knowledge. It follows a qualitative approach, conducting semi-str

There has been a substantial rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases after adjusting the dynamic zero-COVID policy in China. We conducted a survey to investigate the self-perceived symptom profile and its association with vaccination status during this outbreak. There were 552 individuals in this survey. The infected individuals displayed various symptoms associated with different factor

BackgroundPrevious studies have suggested that Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection might be associated with fatty liver disease. However, the relationship between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and T. gondii infection has not been investigated in a large population. We aimed to study the relationship between those two diseases using a population-based dataset from the United States.

Female dominated work remains significantly disadvantaged in comparison to male dominated ocucpations statistically. What remains unclear is what this looks like in practice, how this is felt by the individuals conducting the work and what this reflects about female-dominated work. In this light this thesis explores the nature of female-dominated occuaptions through nursing to understand where thi

This project aims to develop a time-resolved spectroscopic method that can resolve and characterize transient processes of optically thin samples. With that purpose, we investigate the combination of the pump-probe technique with cavity ring-down spectroscopy.

Industrial society is the reason for the rising global ecological crisis, and companies are a primary contributor to this trend. To change this course, companies must transform along with society’s green transition. In the academic debate of economics and sustainability, various competing economic paradigms suggest how to steer society towards a sustainable transformation. Based on theoretical his

Sveriges alkoholmonopol, som instiftades för att reglera alkoholförsäljningen för att främja folkhälsan, förändrades efter EU-inträdet 1995, vilket ökade tillgängligheten av alkohol och möjliggjorde fler leverantörer på marknaden. Efter ändringar i alkohollagen 2008 uppkom flera webbplatser för alkoholbeställningar med hemleverans. Rättsliga åtgärder från Systembolaget mot e-handelsföretaget WinefSweden's alcohol monopoly, established to regulate alcohol sales and promote public health, underwent changes following its entry into the EU in 1995, increasing alcohol accessibility and permitting more suppliers in the market. Amendments to The Alcohol Act in 2008 resulted in the emergence of various websites for alcohol orders with home delivery. Legal actions by Systembolaget against t