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Objective: To evaluate if remission induced by low-dose prednisolone during the first 2 years of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the BARFOT glucocorticoid (GC) study had a sustained effect on radiological damage for a total of 4 years. Methods: A total of 150 of 211 eligible patients with RA who had been randomised to the 7.5 mg prednisolone group ( P) or no prednisolone group (NoP) in addition to th

Popular Abstract in Swedish Små, trådlösa och portabla apparater utgör idag en stor del av vår uppkopplade värld. Under det senaste decenniet har dock flera teknologiska framsteg lett mot en utveckling där allt från maskiner till kläder kommunicerar med varandra. Detta brukar kallas för "sakernas internet" och uppskattas involvera 50 miljarder enheter år 2020. Genom att förse dessa enheter med småThe modern small devices of today require cheap low power radio frequency (RF) transceivers that can provide reliable connectivity at all times. In an RF transceiver, the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is one of the most important parts and it is also one of the main power consumers. There are several architectures for implementing an ADC, but in the last decade, continuous-time Delta-Sigma mod

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Temperaturdata från de senaste 157 åren visar att jorden genomgår en uppvärmning. Forskare runt om i världen är eniga om att den globala medeltemperaturen även kommer att fortsätta öka de närmsta 100 åren. Dock är temperaturförändringen inte jämt fördelad över jordklotet; den arktiska regionen tros stå inför en snabbare och mer intensiv uppvärmning. Den arktiskaAccording to temperature data for the past 157 years, the global mean temperature is increas-ing with an accelerating rate in the end of the 20th century. Climate models that have been developed on research centers around the world all show a warming trend the next coming 100 years. They also show that the increase in temperature will occur earlier and be more in-tense over the Arctic region. In t

Modern technology has brought opportunities to reach an audience beyond national, cultural and social borders. The intention of the study is to explore how rhetoric can be used as a practical and analytical tool to overcome conflict and create unity between the speakers and their audience. In other words: How can rhetoric be used as a community- and identitybuilding resource to reduce the distance

ABSTRACT The purpose of this essay is that, through a descriptive ethic study, with staff in an asylum accommodation describe the ethical views and difficulties that may arise in work with asylum seekers unaccompanied refugee children. To help investigate, I have used the following questions: • What ethical problems is the staff on asylum accommodation experiencing during the qualitative interview

Title in Swedish: Preventivmedelsrådgivning för vuxna kvinnor med utvecklingsstörning - Ur enhetschefers och god mans perspektiv Title in English: Contraceptive counseling for adult women with mental retardation – From managers and trustees point of view The purpose of this essay was to investigate if there was any guiding principles for how trustees for individuals living in sheltered housings w

A supply chain is often complex in nature. Goods, information, and money shall flow in and between companies in a simple and cost effective manner. There are a number of tools that companies can use to control and manage the supply chain in an efficient manner. In this work, two types of IT-based tools are compared i.e integrated and best-of-breed solutions. The questions this work will try to ans

In a time full of environmental changes the need for understandings of the operational work and services, the control of the business and key figures, and flexibility to adapt to different circumstances is crucial in many organizations. In a time where national borders are getting more and more invisible and where the humans are traveling and moving more than ever it is even more important to have

When it comes to taxation of housing cooperatives there is a difference in the tax law between the cooperatives the tax law regard as true and false respectively. True housing cooperatives have a milder taxation than the false cooperatives. The consequences, depending of which category the cooperative belongs to, will have an effect on the cooperative as well as its shareholders. Because of that,

Due to the development of technology, the value of the IP protected goods increases, and so does the harm done by the infringers. The TRIPS Agreement expressly provides for criminal sanctions for the serious cases of trademark counterfeiting and copyright piracy where the offences are committed willfully and on commercial scale. The TRIPS Agreement also reserves a possibility for introduction of m

Title: The connection between the surroundings environmental demand and the business world’s environmental work link – A study about DHLs environmental conditioning Date: 29 May 2009 Level: Bachelor’s degree in Service Management, 15 points Authors: Nina Lemic, Elaine Wendt and Björn Östman Advisor: Hervé Corvellec, Birgitta Olsson and Filippa Säwe Key words: Environmental work, DHL, contingency t