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INTRODUCTION: Early detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is critical for timely intervention as disease-modifying treatments emerge. Speech-based digital biomarkers offer scalable options for remotely capturing speech-derived functional changes associated with early cognitive decline, but validation across real-world populations remains limited.METHODS: We evaluated the speech biomarker for cogni

PurposeCombination treatments—thermal ablation (TA) and transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE) have been suggested for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). After TA a transient hyperemic zone appears around the ablated area, a potential target for TACE. The aim was to determine when this peri-ablational hyperemia is at its widest and most intensely perfused.Materials and methodsThis prospective study e

Climate change is intensifying short-duration rainfall extremes, increasing urban pluvial flood risk across Swedish municipalities. This study develops a novel spatial statistical framework for basement flood risk assessment using Log-Gaussian Cox Process (LGCP) models on metric graphs, applied to 17 years of flood records from Trelleborg, southern Sweden.Unlike conventional approaches that treat

BACKGROUND: Secondary peritonitis is a severe condition with a 20-32% reported mortality. The accepted treatment modalities are vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) or primary closure with relaparotomy on-demand (ROD). However, no randomised controlled trial has been completed to compare the two methods potential benefits and disadvantages.METHODS: This study will be a randomised controlled multicentre t

The thesis examines the truth and reconciliation commission in South Africa and its possibilities to act as a vehicle in the process of consolidating democracy. The norms and values that can be found in the principles and practices of the commission are scrutinized, and the means of presenting this norms to the public is also looked into. The issue of how to deal with the human rights violations o

This research approaches public administration reform in China from a domestic perspective. Whereas recognizing that the mechanisms behind the nature differ from the principle of New Public Management (NPM) of Anglo-Saxon tradition, the reform initiatives are similar. Municipal governments were encouraged to carry out NPM Reform towards governance model since 1998 to serve dual-purpose. That is st

Our main purpose has been to describe and compare two community's ways of organising and executing the social welfare sectors drug and alcohol abuse programs. We also wanted to explain the similarities and differences we found with the help of an organisations theoretical perspective. A second purpose has been to try to find out if the difference affects the clients possibility to receive equa

Utförandet av radikal prostatektomi, det vill säga borttagande av prostatakörteln vid prostatacancer, har tills nyligen utförts antingen med traditionell öppen kirurgi eller med laparoskopisk kirurgi, så kallad titthålskirurgi. I slutet av 1990-talet introducerades emellertid ett tredje alternativ för utförande av detta ingrepp, nämligen den robotassisterade kirurgin. Användandet av denna typ av k

As the observer of international peace and security, the UNSC has the power to decide upon what constitutes of a threat to world peace. By adopting Resolutions, the UNSC creates binding decisions that must be pursued by all members of the UN. Article 103 UN states that the UN Charter prevail over any other treaty obligation, why the EU must follow the decisions of the UNSC due to the obligations o

The notion of corporate violations of human rights is gaining ground. Using an inductive method, this report explores the level of responsibility of multinational enterprise for violations of human rights law committed by business partners and affiliates, i.e. the ''imputability''. The topic is important as the ability to reconstruct the organizational structure provides corporate

Following the Bosman verdict from the ECJ in 1995, FIFA, the governing body of football, had to change its rules for the status and transfer of players to bring them in line with EC law. With the threat of an outright prohibition decision against the international transfer system under the EC Competition rules, FIFA reached an agreement with the Commission, in March 2001, on the principles for the

Barn som far illa, eller riskerar att fara illa, kan i Sverige tvångsomhändertas och beredas vård enligt lag (1990:52) med särskilda bestämmelser om vård av unga (LVU). I lagstiftningen skiljer man på så kallade miljöfall och beteendefall. Med miljöfall avses fall där problemen och omständigheterna som föranleder ett ingripande finns i barnets omgivning, såsom att barnet blivit utsatt för misshand

The purpose of this essay is to describe infiltration in terms of applicable laws and legal usage. Another purpose is to discuss the ethical problems concerning the method. An effort has been made to unite the theoretical and legal disscussions with an approache that can be considered in real police work. In Sweden there are no laws which in fact either permitts or forbidds infiltration. The legal

Uppsatsen handlar om hur nya ägare kan bli efterbehandlingsansvariga för föroreningar som har skett innan företagsförvärvet. I bedömningen om ett ansvar kan åläggas nya ägare blir tolkningen av verksamhetsbegreppet och vem som kan betraktas som verksamhetsutövare en viktig del. Dessutom har övergångsbestämmelserna till miljöbalken en viktig roll för att kunna ålägga ett ansvar bakåt i tiden. Det n

A shipyards' right of retention is somewhat of a phenomenon, enabling the shipyard to retain property and secure credit accordingly. The right of retention has a character that is similar to a so-called legal lien. The current regulation in the MC governing retention has its roots in the 1967 Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages. There are several kinds of retention rights. The one prima

The small car manufacturer Saab has over the past 20 years been incorporated in the MNC GM. GM has until resent years been the biggest car company in the world. The crisis in the American economic system and worldwide, has changed the prerequisite for the complete industry. To avoid bankruptcy GM had to divorce Saab from the parent company. Looking at a pertinent buyer, the Swedish government was

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Examensarbetet fokuserar på pentatoniken, som på många sätt är utgångspunkten i afroamerikanskt gitarrspel. Underlaget till denna studie består av intervjuer med professionella musiker och lärare, samt en student. Utgångspunkt tas även i den egna förförståelsen, litteratur, videodokumentärer och CD-skivor. Resultatet av studien visar på stor samstämmighet hos de intervjuade gitarristerna i studienThis dissertation examines one of the basic elements of Afro-American guitar playing, namely pentatonics. The background material consists of interviews with professional guitar players as well as teachers and one student. Literature, recorded audio (CD:s), as well as video and audio documentaries, have also played an important role. The results show a consensus between the majority of the intervi