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Insurance contracts with guarantees have been issued by insurance companies for a long time. For example, in the 1970s and the 1980s, when the interest rate in the UK was as high as 15-20%, these contracts were issued with guaranteed rates of as high as 10%, thinking the interest rate levels would stay around the same. However, the interest rate decreased and, as of today, interest rate levels are
This paper is written by Alice Myringer and Johanna Ottosson at Lund University. The title is “Who is next to be thrown into the lion’s den?” - A qualitative content analysis of the role of the creative director in a changing fashion system. The study aims to examine how journalists describe Alexander Wang’s, Raf Simons’s, Alber Elbaz’s and Hedi Slimane’s exits from their respective fashion houses
Denna uppsats syftar till att utreda hur den varumärkesrättsliga konsumtionsprincipen påverkar möjligheten för en varumärkesinnehavare att hindra parallellimport av varor som redan har satts på marknaden inom Europeiska ekonomiska samarbetsområdet (EES). Enligt artikel 15 i varumärkesdirektivet (EU) 2015/2436 anses varumärkesrätten i regel förbrukad när en vara har introducerats i EES med innehavaThis thesis examines how the principle of trademark exhaustion influences a trademark owner’s capacity to block parallel imports of goods already released on the market within the European Economic Area (EEA). Under Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2015/2436, once a product has been legitimately placed on the EEA market with the trademark owner’s consent, the right is generally regarded as exhausted,
Allogeneic transplantation after reduced intensity conditioning (allo-RIC) is a treatment option for patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) relapsing after autologous transplantation. In all, 23 adult patients with HL underwent allo-RIC in Sweden between 2000 and 2007. The median number of previous treatment lines was five and 20 patients (87%) were previously autografted. TRM at 100 days and at 1
Chronic GVHD (cGVHD) associated bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is a serious complication after allo-SCT, and lung transplantation (LTx) may be the ultimate treatment option. To evaluate this treatment, data on all patients with LTx after allo-SCT ever performed in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland were recorded and compared with survival data from the Scandiatransplant registry. In tota
Future mobile terminals are expected to support an ever increasing number of Radio Access Technologies (RAT) concurrently. This imposes a challenge to terminal designers already today. Software Defined Radio (SDR) solutions are a compelling alternative to address this issue in the digital baseband, given its high flexibility and low Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) cost. However, the challenge stil
Background: Data on the survival of individuals with hereditary thrombophilia are rare and only come from retrospective studies. Objective: We aimed to assess mortality in individuals with known thrombophilia with and without a history of thrombosis in comparison to a control group. Patients/Methods: The European Prospective Cohort on Thrombophilia (EPCOT) study is a prospective multi-centre obser
Acoustic emission generated in deep drawing processes gives information about the friction and the forming processes between tool and workpiece. This information can be used to supervise or improve the forming process. Measurements of acoustic emission in manufacturing machines in production lines shows that different events such as, galling, tool wear, lubricating failure, different viscosity of
Objective. Growth arrest specific protein 6 (GAS6) is a newly discovered antiapoptotic protein related to cell survival. We hypothesized that GAS6 might be involved in the fetal adaptation to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Design. A nested case-control study. Setting. A retrospective study of 25 small-for-gestational age and 36 appropriate-for-gestational age pregnancies. Sample. Frozen s
Since the 1990s, vigorous debate concerning a number of key issues has taken place within the study of Chinese nationalism. Scholars have tended to differentiate between diverse types of nationalism. For example, many studies distinguish between a malign nationalism on the one hand and a benign patriotism on the other. The strongest evidence for such a distinction can be found in survey research,
This is the third volume in a serial of books focusing on the concept of mystical death and related ideas, as described within the Christian mystical tradition and its Jewish and Greek roots. In the succeeding chapters these mystical elements and their development are followed up, both within the Western and Eastern Christian traditions. In the final chapters the author presents the German and Dut
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the outcome of selective management of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms, the expansion patterns of the aneurysms, and the factors that influenced the rate of rupture. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Malmo General Hospital, Lund University, Malmo, Sweden. SUBJECTS: 155 patients (96 men and 59 women) with abdominal aortic aneurysms who were not selected for operat
Background: Recent evidence supports an association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Objectives: To describe demographic factors, subtypes, and survival of patients with SLE who develop NHL. Methods: A multi-site cohort of 9547 subjects with definite SLE was assembled. Subjects at each centre were linked to regional tumour registries to determine cancer
Previous research has shown that most transitions into abstinence happens in the stages of the drug career quickly after the first treatment episode. Mortality is somewhat reduced for patients who become abstinent, but remains high for patients who remain addicted. However, even among substance abusers who become abstinent, mortality is often higher than in the general population. A consecutive sa
Background: Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy has emerged as a recognized operative method for inguinal hernia repair. This study compared the short-term results of two tension-free methods of repair: totally extraperitoneal (TEP) laparoscopic patch repair and the open Lichtenstein mesh technique. Methods: A total of 1513 men from 11 hospitals who presented with a primary unilateral inguinal hernia were
Tumor cells are dependent on glutamine metabolism and acivicin, which is a selective glutamine antagonist, has been shown to effectively retard tumor growth in several malignancies. However, systemic treatment with acivicin is associated with significant side effects. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether use of an in vivo isolated liver perfusion model may allow administration o
Little has been published about specific problems that may occur during long-distance transports of newborn cardiac patients. During a 4-year period after centralization of pediatric heart surgery in Sweden, 286 transports were prospectively investigated. A majority (77.3%) of the transports were carried out by nonspecialized teams. Ten severe adverse events, including the death of 1 infant, occur
