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This paper characterizes the impact of the adoption of the euro on Swedish export pattern. Present papers present a new method in order to analyze trade patterns by empirically analyze the effects on trade by estimating the changes via the trade margins. In this paper I also use this method in order to analyze if the export of Swedish products has generated new trade in new goods or increased trad
Purpose To investigate the effect of an individual celebrity athlete’s personality on the consumer behavior facets of perceived quality and purchase intention. Methodology A quantitative survey with 257 respondents all over the world to deductively test hypotheses. Theories The theoretical foundation of this thesis is the customer-based brand equity theory with a strong emphasis on brand personali
Obesity is one of the most important public health concerns around the world. Research suggests that obesity has potentially important effects on labour market outcomes. Using longitudinal data, the thesis aims to study the effect of obesity on wage earnings in Sweden. The data set used in this study is the Swedish level-of-living Survey (LNU) from the year 1991 and 2000. Different estimation proc
För att uppskatta risker av joniserande strålning används begreppet absorberad dos, som är den absorberade energin per massenhet i ett organ. För radioaktiva läkemedel är absorberad dos inte direkt översättbart till risk, bland annat pga heterogena fördelningar av aktivitet på både vävnads- och cellnivå. Denna heterogenitet kan inte mätas med dagens scintillationskamera, då denna har en upplösningThe purpose of this thesis has been to learn the MCNP-code, its theory and limitations, and how to use it in the field of small-scale dosimetry. In order to evaluate the applicability of the code for future dosimetry studies it was applied on a novel small-intestinal dosimetry model. For some radiopharmaceuticals a significant amount of activity is excreted through the gastrointestinal tract. It h
The purpose is to examine the relationship between the rates of vacant houses with the price of housing in different regions within the United States; the Northeast region, the Midwest region, the South region and the West region. Results are analyzed through economic theory on vacancy and house prices developed by (Wheaton, 1990). The model proposed examines annual GDP, Interest-rates and vacancy
During the last two decades a new administrative level between municipality and national has occurred, most referred as regions. Regions should work as a tool for intergrading and achieve growth in the concept of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental sustainable) in a specific area. In order to attain this and to integrate a whole region, even the areas in the periphery, it
45 % av Sveriges energi produceras av vattenkraft. Forskning har visat att det finns en positiv korrelation mellan den naturlig förekommande klimatvariationen Nord Atlantiska Oscillationen (NAO) och vattenkraftproduktionen i Norge och norra Sverige under vintertid. Sambandet är dock svagare i södra Sverige, vilket visar på att skulle kunna finnas andra storskaliga klimatvariationer som påverkar va45 % of the Swedish energy is produced by hydropower. Previous researches have shown a positive correlation between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the hydropower production in Norway and northern Sweden during winter time. The correlation is weak in southern Sweden, which indicates that there might be other climate patterns affecting this area. A Spearman correlation was made between the
The present study aimed to investigate if celebrity (knowledge/semantic memory) can have protective functions against memory errors. We examined if famous faces, based on an interaction of semantic and episodic memory can lead to a deeper encoding, and if attractive faces, based on familiarity can lead to more confusion. Participants' ability to distinguish between studied and nonstudied faces
The influence of the co-solutes TMAO, urea, and NaCl on the hydration repulsion between lipid membranes is investigated in a combined experimental/simulation approach. Pressure-hydration curves obtained via sorption experiments reveal that the repulsion significantly increases when the membranes are loaded with co-solutes, most strongly for TMAO. As a result, the co-solutes retain additional water
Purpose: Traumatic brain injury causes morbidity and mortality worldwide. S100B is the most documented emergency brain biomarker and its urine-assay might be advantageous because of easier sampling. The primary aim was to evaluate urine S100B’s ability to rule out intracranial hemorrhage. Secondary aims included S100B temporal pattern for 48 h post-trauma and chemical properties of urine that affe
Study Objective: To understand young women's experiences of receiving a diagnosis related to diverse sex development.Design: A qualitative narrative analysis of interviews.Setting: Karolinska University Hospital.Participants: Nine women (aged 20-26 years) with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, XY or XX gonadal dysgenesis.Interventions: Semistructured interviews.Main Outcome Measures: A nar
Eight hundred thirty-nine clinical stage I endometrial carcinoma patients diagnosed between 1979 and 1988 were treated at the University Hospital in Linköping. Forty-two (5%) had uterine papillary serous carcinoma of which 52% died of their disease. The recurrence rate, defined as new evidence of disease 6 months or more after termination of the initial treatment, was 31% among the UPSC patients c
This thesis is concerned with the nature of information processing in the nervous system. This issue has been investigated with animal experiments, using male Sprague–Dawley rats, and simulated touch generated by an artificial fingertip with neuromorphic tactile sensors. The processing of the tactile input from the artificial touch system has been analyzed in light of two opposing theories on info
