Background: Bariatric surgery is a standard treatment for severe obesity, but little is known about patients’ perceptions about the long-term impact of such surgery. Objective: The aim of this study was to explore patients’ experiences of living with a bariatric procedure for more than a decade. Setting: University hospital. Methods: At the 10-year follow-up after undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypa

BACKGROUND: Preoperative radiological assessment of meningioma characteristics is of value for pre- and post-operative patient management, counselling, and surgical approach.PURPOSE: To investigate whether tensor-valued diffusion MRI can add to the preoperative prediction of meningioma consistency, grade and type.MATERIALS AND METHODS: 30 patients with intracranial meningiomas (22 WHO grade I, 8 W

Cycling of water quality constituents in lakes is affected by thermal stratification and homo-thermal conditions and other factors such as oligotrophication, eutrophication, and microbial activities. In addition, hydrological variability can cause greater differences in water residence time and cycling of constituents in man-made lakes (reservoirs) than in natural lakes. Thus, investigations are n

The tick-transmitted bacterium Borrelia afzelii consists of a number of antigenically different strains — often defined by outer surface protein C (OspC) genotype — that coexist at stable frequencies in host populations. To investigate how host antibody responses affect strain coexistence, we measured antibody cross-reactivity to three different OspC types (OspC 2, 3 and 9) in three different stra

The two-dimensional nature of mammography makes estimation of the overall breast density challenging, and estimation of the true patient-specific radiation dose impossible. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), a pseudo-3D technique, is now commonly used in breast cancer screening and diagnostics. Still, the severely limited 3rd dimension information in DBT has not been used, until now, to estimate

Magnetic fields can alter the growth of nanomaterials and, in some cases, ultimately lead to room temperature ferromagnetism (RTF). One promising approach for the growth of nanomaterials is thermal oxidation with both academic and industrial relevance. In this study, we evaluate the growth of copper oxide (CuO) nanowires by thermal oxidation method in a furnace adapted with a static magnetic field

The comprehensive prehistoric settlement Uppåkra, lasting over a millennium,raises questions on how food supplies and local communities were agricultu­rally organized. Recent investigations of archaeobotanical remains from theregional center Uppåkra and several surrounding settlements have contribu­ted to new aspects of their agricultural relations. New patterns in consump­tion show that through i

The Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a standard communication protocol for resource-constrained devices in the Internet of Things (IoT). Many IoT deployments require proxies to support asynchronous communication between edge devices and the back-end. This allows (non-trusted) proxies to access sensitive parts of CoAP messages. Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments (OSCORE)

This article studies the relationship between ‘fugitive receptions’ and excessive audience engagement with the cult television series Utopia (Channel Four, 2013-2014). ‘Fugitive receptions’ are centrifugal and unpredictable and thus this research offers an unusual perspective on our normative understanding of media engagement as predictable and measurable. The research relies on audience-fan inter

The aim of this study is to explore the effects of fathers’ experience of parental leave on their attitudes towards existing gender roles and division. Many studies have claimed that fathers’ parental leave may hardly eradicate deep-rooted gender divisions between men and women, and fathers’ care-giving is a temporary phenomenon during their parental leave. However, this study demonstrates that ge

X-ray scintillation detectors based on metal halide perovskites have shown excellent light yield, but they mostly target applications with spatial resolution at the tens of micrometers level. Here, we use a one-step solution method to grow arrays of 15-μm-long single-crystalline CsPbBr3 nanowires (NWs) in an AAO (anodized aluminum oxide) membrane template, with nanowire diameters ranging from 30 t

Smart cities are enthusiastically promoted around the world by industry and governments alike as a desirable means to achieve urban sustainability. This chapter contributes empirical evidence on how projects reflecting qualities of a Smart City 2.0 model can play out on the ground. It examines two Japanese smart cities addressing the interconnected challenges of an ageing society and preventative

The existing housing stock in the UK will make a significant contribution to national carbon emissions for many decades to come. Existing houses present a significant challenge to systemic upgrades because they are influenced by a disparate set of regulations, incentives, and stakeholders. Unlike the new build industry, there is no single set of standards to regulate and steer the energy performan

Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen har i HFD 2021 ref. 33 återigen bekräftatdomstolens restriktiva tillämpning av skatteflyktslagen. I skiljelinjen mellanvad som utgör lagstiftningens syfte och dess övergripande mål framträderemellertid en nyansskillnad i majoritetens och minoritetens argumentationsom kan ha betydelse för hur skatteflyktslagen i framtiden kommer att tolkasi ljuset av unionsrätten. Med s

Objective: To examine the prevalence of sleep disturbances 10 years after Wenchuan earthquake, and to explore whether comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms could predict sleep disturbances and whether such effects were modified by gender. Methods: Participants were 1357 adolescents in the Wenchuan Earthquake Adolescent Health Cohort Study (WEAHC). 799 of the partic