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Background Oral contraceptives were introduced almost 50 years ago, and over 100 million women currently use them. Oral contraceptives can reduce the risk of ovarian cancer, but the eventual public-health effects of this reduction will depend on how long the protection lasts after use ceases. We aimed to assess these effects. Methods Individual data for 23 257 women with ovarian cancer (cases) a

In concrete most cracks start from an uncracked surface and grow through a large portion of the depth of the specimen. Both formation and growth are influenced by stresses from imposed deformations, shrinkage, temperature etc. Thus fracture mechanics, when applied to concrete, should be able to analyse the following: 1. The formation of a crack in a specimen which is not notched or precracked. 2.

Levulinic acid (LA) is considered to be one of the promising organic bio-platform chemicals and intermediates for the synthesis of fuels, chemicals, and polymers. In the present study, heterogeneous catalytic dehydration of hexose sugars, fructose and glucose, using a strong cation exchange resin (hydrogen form) as an acid catalyst, was performed to produce LA in an aqueous medium. The effect of s

Zone plates are diffractive optics commonly used in X-ray microscopes. Here, we present a wet-chemical approach for fabricating high aspect ratio Pd/Si zone plate optics aimed at the hard X-ray regime. A Si zone plate mold is fabricated via metal-assisted chemical etching (MACE) and further metalized with Pd via electroless deposition (ELD). MACE results in vertical Si zones with high aspect ratio

We describe a NOVel form of Adaptive softening (NOVA) for collisionless N-body simulations, implemented in the RAMSES adaptive mesh refinement code. In RAMSES - that we refer to as a 'standard N-body method' - cells are only split if they containmore than eight particles (amass refinement criterion). Here, we introduce an additional criterion that the particle distribution within each cell be suff

BackgroundElbow strength ratios in relation to performance level, in male and female climbers, are scarcely documented. The aim of this study was to investigate elbow muscle strength, strength ratio and hand grip strength in climbers and its potential relationship to performance level.HypothesisWe hypothesized that there is a relationship between performance level and various strength variables an

Precarious employment (PE) has been linked to adverse health effects, possibly mediated through psychosocial hazards. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to explore if higher levels of PE are associated with psychosocial hazards (experiences of violence, sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination, high demands, and low control) and to explore gender differences in these patterns. The study i

BACKGROUND: Triage is widely used in the emergency department (ED) in order to identify the patient's level of urgency and often based on the patient's chief complaint and vital signs. Age has been shown to be independently associated with short term mortality following an ED visit. However, the most commonly used ED triage tools do not include age as an independent core variable. The aim of this

Sensitivity analysis consists of an integral and important validatory check of a computer simulation model before the code is used in performing any kind of analysis operation. The present paper demonstrates the use of a relatively new method and tool for conducting global sensitivity analysis (GSA) for environmental models, providing simultaneously the first GSA study of the widely used 1d soil-v

Members of the order Haemosporida are protist parasites that infect mammals, reptiles and birds. This group includes the causal agents of malaria, Plasmodium parasites, the genera Leucocytozoon and Fallisia, as well as the species rich genus Haemoproteus with its two subgenera Haemoproteus and Parahaemoproteus. Some species of Haemoproteus cause severe disease in avian hosts, and these parasites d

Background: Persons with clinical onset of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) before 65 years of age are diagnosed with early-onset AD (EOAD). The prevalence of EOAD is low, but varies among studies from 6% to 16%. Most individuals with EOAD are still working, have an active social life, and might have children living at home. Therefore, the consequences of being diagnosed early with a disease that implies

Background: Overuse injuries in sports seem to be 1.5 to 2.5 times more common than traumatic injuries in the lower extremity (LE) in children and adolescents. Floorball is the most popular indoor sport in Sweden and is associated with many potential risks of injuries. However, to our knowledge, no previous studies have examined the appearance of injury in young floorball players. Objective: The a

OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: The objective was to determine the association between serum IgE levels and the infiltration order of T lymphocytes and macrophages in pancreatic islets in relation to the loss of insulin and glucagon cells in presymptomatic congenic BB Gimap5-DP (Diabetes Prone) rats.MATERIAL: Congenic prediabetes BB Gimap5-DP and control Gimap5-DR (Diabetes Resistant) rats were followed eve

Flooding of urban areas is a worldwide problem as cities grow and the amount of impermeable surfaces increase generating more surface runoff. In the Zambian city of Ndola, the capital of the Copperbelt Province, flooding occurs in some parts of the city especially on Dag Hammarskjöld Drive at the underbridge, which has been flooding every rainy season consecutively for 8 years now. The main object

Brevmall Postadress Lunds universitet, Box 117, 221 00 Lund Besöksadress Medicon Village, hus 301 Telefon 0730 683 698, 046-2220305 E-post sara.naurin@fs.lu.se, johanna.mellgren@fs.lu.se Webbadress www.fs.lu.se Research Serv ices Lund University’s management rules for project applications – including special grants aimed at a sustainable society – to the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation and

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1 Nyhetsbrev - Öresundsnätverket för kønshistorisk forskning Våren 2016. Öresundsnätverket för kønshistorisk forskning samlar forskare från olika discipliner i syfte att utveckla och stärka kønshistorisk forskning på båda sidor om Öresund. Kalendarium på båda sidor av sundet Film og debat om Maskulinitet: 'Mand dig op!' Hvad vil det sige at være mand i det moderne samfund? Hvordan har manden det e

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Vol 05 Feedback 105104 Inflection Christine Wamsler is Professor of Sustainability Science at the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Sweden, former Co-director of the Lund University Centre for Societal Resilience, Research Fellow at the Centre of Natural Disaster Science, and Honorary Research Fellow of the Global Urbanism Research Group at the Global Development Institute of the

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Disjoined action in a conjoined world: An analysis of human development governance in rural KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Prepared by, Kent Buchanan Kent1018@gmail.com A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Lund University International Master’s Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science For the degree of Master of Science Lund University Centre for Susta

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fågelåret 2017188 LUVRE 2017 År 2017 var det 55:e verksamhetsåret och samtliga basprojekt genomfördes i full omfattning. Det feno­ logiskt tidiga året 2016 följdes av ett mer normalt 2017. De djurgrupper som tydligt påverkar fåglarna i form av att vara deras föda, alltså lämlar och björk­ mätarlarver, hade båda ett bottenår. Fjällbjörkskogen I fjällbjörkskogens inventeringar var antalet par måttli

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1 Postal address PO Box 7080, 220 07 Lund / Visiting address Ole Römers väg 6, Lund Telephone +46 46 222 80 19 / Website https://www.ics.lu.se/ Department of Informatics RESEARCH STRATEGY 2022-12-05 STYR2022/2705 Research strategy for the Department of Informatics, Lund University School of Economics and Management Decided by the Board of the Department of Informatics on 5 December 2022. The strat

https://www.ehl.lu.se/sites/ehl.lu.se/files/2023-11/ics-research-strategy-221205.pdf - 2026-05-08