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1. The combination of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-4 reduces the inhibitory effects of glucocorticoids on granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) production, in agreement with the hypothesis that this combination causes glucocorticoid resistance. Whether a general cytokine resistance to glucocorticoids is induced by IL-2 and IL-4 has not been reported. 2. Mononuclear blood cells f
Silicone tubes of appropriate sizes were used to enclose the injured zone of transsected ulnar and median nerves in the human forearm as an alternative to conventional microsurgical repair of the nerve trunk. A gap measuring 3-5 mm was left intentionally between the nerve ends inside the tube. The clinical early results from a prospective randomised study that compared these two principles have re
Since many years, life charting has been used to describe the life course and life events of psychiatric patients. The aim of the present study was to describe and evaluate time geographic life. charts of 11 former psychiatric patients in order to promote systematic descriptions of their life events over time. Information on all events which was gathered from the life charts was analysed by manife
Pseudoneurological symptoms (i.e., conversion disorder), historically subsumed within the "hysteria" concept alongside phenomena such as psychogenic amnesia and multiple personality disorder have been classified as somatoform disorders since DSM-III. Since then, there have been repeated calls to reclassify conversion disorder with the dissociative disorders, as in ICD-10. The authors review issues
Popular Abstract in Swedish Allt fler marknads- och teknikdrivna programvarutvecklingsföretag ställs inför utmaningen att hantera tusentals krav som uttrycks i vanlig textuell form. Det stora antalet krav orsakar flaskhalsar i kravhanteringsprocessen vilket påkallar en mer effektiv kravhantering. Denna avhandling presenterar resultaten från empiriska undersökningar av att använda språkvetenskapliAn increasing number of market- and technology-driven software development companies face the challenge of managing several thousands of requirements written in natural language. The large number of requirements causes bottlenecks in the requirements management process and calls for increased efficiency in requirements engineering. This thesis presents results from empirical investigations of usi
The "European Guidelines on Quality Criteria for Diagnostic Radiographic Images" do not address the choice of the film characteristic (H&D) curve, which is an important parameter for the description of a radiographic screen–film system. The image contrast of clinical lumbar spine and chest radiographs was altered by digital image processing techniques, simulating images with different H&D
The titration properties of a fatty acid solubilized in different types of micelles, cationic, anionic and nonionic, have been investigated experimentally and theoretically. The solution containing micelles, counterions, and added salt was treated as a dielectric continuum in the Monte Carlo simulations. The dielectric permittivity of the interior of the micelle can have a profound effect on the c
We present a case of hematogenous dissemination of transitional cell carcinoma in the bladder to the prostate in a 36-year-old male in whom cystoprostatectomy was performed and an orthotopic bladder substitute constructed.
OBJECTIVES: Cord entanglement is a severe complication in monoamniotic multiple pregnancies. Three cases were reviewed to determine how early ultrasound diagnosis might improve counselling and management. METHODS: In two monoamniotic twin and one dichorionic diamniotic triplet pregnancies, cord entanglement was detected between 10 and 18 gestational weeks by color Doppler and pulsed Doppler veloci
Nocturnal bees, wasps and ants have considerably larger ocelli than their diurnal relatives, suggesting an active role in vision at night. In a first step to understanding what this role might be, the morphology and physiological optics of ocelli were investigated in three tropical rainforest species – the nocturnal sweat bee Megalopta genalis, the nocturnal paper wasp Apoica pallens and the diurn
In this study, a dilute mixture of volatile organic compounds in aqueous solution was separated by means of hydrophobic pervaporation, using three different poly(octylmethyl siloxane) membranes of various thicknesses. The permeabilities were determined for homologous series of compounds from the chemical groups of alcohols, esters, and aldehydes, and they were then related to some characteristic p
