This study presents indoor and outdoor levels of airborne fine particles (PM2.5), particle bound polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) including parent-, alkylated-, nitro-, and oxy-PAHs. Week-long simultaneous measurements were conducted inside and outside 15 occupied homes in southern Sweden during wintertime. The homes were single-family houses or apartments located in urban, semi-urban, and rur

Personality is usually measured by means of self-ratings. Despite some drawbacks, the method is here to stay, and improving on it, particularly regarding social desirability, is essential. One way to do this is evaluative neutralization, that is, to rephrase items such that it is less obvious to the respondent what would be a desirable response. We present a 120-item evaluatively neutralized five-

Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) has primarily been diagnosed with plain radiographs assessed visually by examiners with regard to joint space width and presence of subchondral sclerosis, cysts and osteophytes. The increasing use of artificial intelligence has seen software developed to examine plain radiographs for diagnosing OA, based on observed OA-associated subchondral bone microarchitecture ch

prevalence was reported as 1:3000-4000 worldwide, making it the main reason for blindness in the working population in industrial countries. The mutations of over 70 genes have been related to this genetic disorder, and there is generally no effective treatment, except for gene therapy for the RPE65 mutations. Hence, new molecular targets are required for novel treatment development. The signaling

Although gamification is a popular term, the concept has rarely been applied to political studies. Therefore, this chapter provides an overview of the key features of gamification and offers an adapted definition of gamification suited to the study of electoral politics. To help illustrate this definition, two examples of gamification from recent campaigns are discussed: the uCampaign mobile appli

Osteosarcoma is a malignant cancer of the bone mainly affecting adolescents. Despite progress, the clinical management of osteosarcoma is still challenging. With the current chemotherapy protocol being used for more than 30 years, the number of poor responders is increasing. Although new treatments have been explored since then, no improved tumor eradication effect have been found. In the present

Three decades ago, systematic research on possible acute and long-term aftereffects of peritraumatic dissociation (PD) was partly spurred by the proposal of a Brief Reactive Dissociative Disorder (BRDD) and the associated literature reviews and analyses of datasets (Cardeña, Lewis-Fernández, Beahr, Pakianathan & Spiegel, 1996; Cardeña et al., 1998; Spiegel & Cardeña, 1991). The goal was to

The experience of one’s identity being substituted by that of some entity from within or without challenges basic Western premises about the self. One of them is that we have a single, discrete identity or self that cannot be replaced by external influences, spiritual or otherwise. A related premise is that our conscious self owns and controls our body and mental life. A myriad of perspectives can

Minna Lerner, Joakim Medin, Christian Jamtheim Gustafsson, Sara Alkner and Lars E. Olsson.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally, impacted by both extrinsic and intrinsic factors. The disease at the molecular level, however, is governed by inflammation and characterized by endothelial dysfunction. Over the last decade extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as crucial mediators of intercellular communication especially under varied pathophysiological cond

Streptococcus bovis/Streptococcus equinus complex (SBSEC) is a common cause of infective endocarditis (IE). For IE-pathogens, the capacity to activate and aggregate platelets is believed to be an important virulence mechanism. While the interactions between bacteria and platelets have been described in detail for many Gram-positive pathogens, little research has been carried out with SBSEC in this

Att den fria världen avbryter sina diplomatiska relationer med Irans totalitära regim är avgörande för att begränsa islamiska regimens terror och flyktingsspionage, skriver Arvin Khoshnood och Ardavan Khoshnood, Irankännare.The free world's severance of diplomatic relations with Iran's totalitarian regime is crucial to curbing the Islamic regime's terror and espionage, write Arvin Khoshnood and Ardavan Khoshnood, Iran experts.