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Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide and the incidence is increasing. Women in low- and middle-income countries have a high mortality to incidence ratio mainly due to a lack of resources and organized health-care. A cheap and reliable breast diagnostic tool could enable an earlier diagnosis for low-resource countries and contribute to a reduction in breast cancer mortality. We
This study evaluates and compares two different wastewater treatment technologies from a life cycle perspective. The evaluating technologies are Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology with a microfiltration membrane and Iso-Disc technology. Both technologies are gaining market share and are an important step in a wastewater treatment plant to guarantee good effluent quality of water. In this study w
Det svenska socialrättsliga systemet bygger på frivillighet, vilket innebär att socialtjänstens insatser som huvudregel kräver samtycke från både barnet och dess vårdnadshavare. Det kan skapa ett rättsligt mellanläge där barn riskerar att stå utan nödvändigt stöd, när kriterierna för tvångsvård enligt LVU inte är uppfyllda, samtidigt som samtycke till frivilliga insatser saknas. För att åtgärda deThe Swedish social welfare system is based on the principle of voluntariness, meaning that social services interventions generally require the consent of both the child and their guardians. This can create a legal gap where children risk being without necessary support, as the criteria for compulsory care under the Care of Young Persons Act (LVU) are not met, while consent for voluntary interventi
Pharmaceutical manufacturing of parenteral injections must be fine-tuned to yield a stable API through efficient production methods. Assessing a products processability is essential to ensure consistent manufacturing and safe drug administration, of which powder flowability and dissolution both have a direct impact. Spray drying is a particle engineering technique to modify these parameters, howev
Denna uppsats behandlar utredningsskyldigheten i migrationsmål och syftar till att undersöka hur den påverkas av relationen mellan officialprincipen och den enskildes skyldighet att bistå utredningen efter bästa förmåga. Således redogör uppsatsen för utredningsskyldigheten för respektive instans i migrationsprocessen såväl som officialprincipen och den enskildes upplysningsplikt. Officialprincipe
Vräkning är en av de mest ingripande åtgärder och traumatiserande upplevelser som någon, särskilt ett barn, kan vara med om. Under 2017 vräktes enligt Kronofogdemyndighetens statistik 392 barn och hyresskulder utgör den vanligaste orsaken till att en barnfamilj avhyses. I nästan hälften av fallen sker avhysningen för hyresskulder för belopp under 10 000 kronor. Detta trots att det är mer fördelaktEviction is one of the most traumatic experiences anybody experience – a fact which holds especially true for children. According to the statistics of the Swedish Enforcement Authority 392 children were evicted in Sweden during the year of 2017. Rental debt is the most common cause of the eviction of families, and in almost half of all cases the debt amounts to less than 10 000 SEK. That said, it
After the Brexit referendum on the 23rd of June 2016 it is evident that the UK might be leaving the EU. In light of EU law, and the leave-campaign, the question of what will happen to UK merger control post-Brexit is especially riveting due to the internationality of merger control and the high impact of EU-control on competition law. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to examine what would be th
I Sverige finns det idag möjlighet för skattskyldiga att göra skatteavdrag för resor till och från arbetet med den verkliga resekostnaden. I Norge får man göra ett färdmedelsneutralt skatteavdrag baserat på sträckan mellan hemmet och arbetsplatsen. I Frankrike får alla skattskyldiga ett schabloniserat avdrag om 10 % av inkomsten som är tänkt att täcka samtliga utgifter för att förvärva och bibehålIn present day Sweden, taxpayers can make a tax deduction for actual commuting expenses. In Norway the tax deduction for commuting expenses is based purely on distance and therefore independent on mode of transportation. In France every taxpayer receives a standard deduction of 10 % of their salary. In the United Kingdom, no deduction is allowed for commuting expenses. In 2019, the Swedish governm
Sammanfattning De institutionella investerarna utgör en viktig roll på aktiemarknaden, eftersom de står för majoriteten av aktieinnehav på den svenska aktiemarknaden. Det har framkommit att de institutionella investerarna har en restriktiv syn på incitamentsprogram som idag är ett vanligt förekommande fenomen i aktiemarknadsbolag. Med tanke på de institutionella investerarnas omfattande innehav pSummary Institutional investors account for the majority of shareholding on the Swedish stock market; therefore they also have an important role to play in this market. It has emerged that the institutional investors have a restrictive view of incentive programs, which today is a common phenomenon in listed companies. Given the institutional investors' extensive holdings on the stock market,
Background: Logistics and distribution of sold goods have traditionally been individually handled by each company in the Wanxingda Group with minimal coordination on group level. The strong relationships between the companies within the group and their close geographical proximity to each other indicate that there might exist potential for closer collaboration in this area. Furthermore, many of th
Collaboration between academia and industry is believed important for innovation: industry needs academic expertise and know-how and academics need empirical data, test beds and more. So what needs to be improved? A pilot study conducted for BillerudKorsnäs confirms findings in previous research: the main challenge to industry-academia collaboration is the lack of mutual understanding of each oth
Background: There are at least three broad conceptual models for the impact of the social environment on adult disease: the critical period, social mobility, and cumulative life course models. Several studies have shown an association between each of these models and mortality. However, few studies have investigated the importance of the different models within the same setting and none has been p
Objective. To evaluate the Cockcroft - Gault (CG) equation, using various body weight expressions, and the Sawyer equation in predicting glomerular filtration rate (GFR) using an enzymatic and zero-calibrated Jaffe plasma-creatinine assay, and to derive a new robust equation in adults. Material and methods. The CG weight measures included total, ideal and adjusted body weight (ABW; lowest of total
Background: Predicting future risk for oral diseases, treatment need and prognosis are tasks performed daily in clinical practice. A large variety of methods have been reported, ranging from clinical judgement or "gut feeling" or even patient interviewing, to complex assessments of combinations of known risk factors. In clinical practice, there is an ongoing continuous search for less complicated
Popular Abstract in Swedish Esofagektomi (kirurgiskt avlägsnande av matstrupen) är ett omfattande ingrepp som främst utförs pga cancer, men som även utförs vid vissa godartade sjukdomar. Matstrupen sträcker sig från svalget, via bakre delen av bröstkorgen ned till övre delen av buken. Det anatomiska läget gör att man ur kirurgisk synpunkt oftast måste avlägsna matstrupen via en kombination av inciIn a prospective randomised study following oesophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction patients with hand-sutured neck anastomoses were compared with patients with circular stapled chest anastomoses. The two groups had equal rates of anastomotic or conduit leaks of 7.3 % (3/41) and 7.1 % (3/42) and of benign anastomotic strictures of 19.5 % (8/41) and 28.6 % (12/42). Another prospective random
This thesis concerns assessment of acoustic comfort in apartment buildings. A new approach is followed, beyond noise annoyance investigation, which was the typical path so far. The latter involved acoustic descriptors, which characterize the structural components, being associated to self-reported noise annoyance.A socio-acoustic survey was conducted in 34 Swedish and Danish structures including 1
Purpose: To analyse characteristics from the SMR to explore the risk factors for visual acuity (VA) below ≤ 35 letters of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) due to nAMD during a two-year follow-up. Methods: This study evaluates 6142 treatment-naïve eyes, with focus on a subgroup of 780 eyes with final VA outcome of ≤ 35 letters, regarding differences of baseline characteristics
In Sweden and elsewhere in the world the construction industry has encountered criticism due to its lower productivity gains in comparison to other industries. This is why continual improvement of processes and forms of cooperation are important, as is utilisation of technologies giving greater efficiencies. The focus in Sweden has mainly been on the construction of multifamily buildings, both bec
OBJECTIVE: Trauma is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity globally, disproportionately affecting low/middle-income countries (LMICs). Understanding the factors determining implementation success for in-hospital Trauma Quality Improvement Programs (TQIPs) is critical to reducing the global trauma burden. We synthesised topical literature to identify key facilitators and barriers to in-hospita
ObjectiveEstablish proportions of patients reporting important improvement, acceptable symptoms and treatment failure and define interpretation threshold values for pain, patient-reported function and quality-of-life after participating in digital first-line treatment including education and exercise for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA).MethodsObservational study. Responses to the pain Numeric Rat
