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BACKGROUND: Recent studies have reported that reduced-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) may be effective in the treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), but data are lacking for patients with hematologic malignancies.METHODS: This retrospective study included all adult hematologic patients with PJP between 2013 and 2017 at 6 Swedish university hospitals. Treatment with 7.5-1

Anoikis is programmed cell death occurring upon cell detachment from the extracellular matrix. Cancer cells need to evade anoikis to be able to metastasize to distant sites. However, the molecular features and prognostic value of anoikis-related genes (ARGs) in pancreatic cancer remain unclear. In this study, we utilized transcriptome data from the TCGA and GSE102238 databases to identify 64 ARGs

This chapter explores the impact of being statelessness on individuals and communities who are displaced. It starts with an overview of statelessness, the numbers those people affected, the major stateless populations around the world, how statelessness is created and perpetuated and the presentation of two case studies of displaced stateless populations. Following this, it covers the challenges t

INTRODUCTION: Since their emergence, SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 have spread worldwide. We estimated the risk of hospitalisation and admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) for infections with B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 in Norway, compared to infections with non-VOC.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using linked individual-level data from national registries, we conducted a cohort stu

I denna artikel reflekterar jag över användandet av futures cone och expanded futures cone (hämtade ur queer-teori) som verktyg för dialog och planering mellan handledare och doktorand. Detta görs genom att relatera verktyget till tre typer av handledning: ett produktorienterat, ett processorienterat och ett doktorandorienterat förhållningssätt. Jag hävdar att det är ett underanvänt och mångsidigtThis article is a reflection piece on the use of the futures cone and an expanded futures cone (which draws on queer theory) as a tool for dialogue and planning between the supervisor and the doctoral student. I do so by situating the use of this tool in relation to three supervision typologies: the product-orientated,process-orientatedand doctoral student-orientated approaches. I claim that it is

OBJECTIVES: We estimated the length of stay (LoS) in hospital and the intensive care unit (ICU) and risk of admission to ICU and in-hospital death among COVID-19 patients ≥18 years in Norway who had been fully vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine (at least two doses or one dose and previous SARS-CoV-2 infection), compared to unvaccinated patients.METHODS: Using national registry data, we analyzed SARS-

To formally understand cyclicity in innovation and to tie to Schumpeter’s idea about waves of creative destruction, we elaborate upon Thomas Kuhn’s (1962) hypothesis that science evolves through a succession of paradigm life cycles by noting that entrepreneurs recognize the profitability of new scientific theories through a delay. The delay from innovation to entrepreneurship may be due to technol

This short playful piece is a result of my participation in the Collaborative Foresight Cycle on the Futures of AI and Sustainability. Hosted by Media Evolution in Malmö between May and June 2022, the Cycle brought together a broad range of actors to co-create and explore the future possibilities of AI in relation to sustainability. This piece is a response to the hopelessness which has arisen due

In the context of surveillance, radars are used for object detection and classification. This thesis considers a four-step pipeline for radar point cloud analysis: (1) measurement, (2) clustering, (3) tracking, and (4) classification. The clustering step of the pipeline uses only the spatial coordinates of the points to group them together. By performing semantic segmentation before the clustering

Filter är avgörande för att hantera alla typer av signaler i den digitala tidsåldern, inklusive ljud-, bild- och biosignaler. De är mångsidiga och passar ett stort antal problem. Intuitivt sett fungerar ett filter i “signal processing” som vilket filter som helst, så att vi kvarstår med väsen av ingånsgssignalen: ett kaffefilter verkar för att producera väsen i kaffebönorna; en högtalare agerar fö

By increasing the amount of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere because of using fossil fuel and the limitation of non-renewable energy sources, solar photovoltaics technology has been growing steadily and is thought to play an important role in the realm of future energies. The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential of the rooftops for installing PV system on a small scale of 30 mu

Bröd är ett av världens mest konsumerade livsmedel. Med en färskvara som bröd och i så stora mängder uppstår alltid mycket matsvinn. Bara i Sverige är det estimerat att det slängs bröd för 2,4 miljarder kronor varje år. Detta oftast till följd av att brödet inte håller sin kvalitet tillräckligt länge. Dessutom har brödet som många äter blivit mindre nyttigt till följd av dess låga fiberhalter då mIntroduction. Bread is one of the most consumed foods in the world today. It is also the cause for major food waste streams. Most breads have turned into high glycaemic index products with low nutritional value. This master’s thesis investigated whether the soluble oat fiber ß-glucan (BG) would have positive effects on the abovementioned. There are health claims associated with different doses of

Den digital utveckling påverkar ständigt världsekonomin och ordet PropTech blivit ett världsomspännande fenomen. Digitaliseringen påverkar alla led inom fastighetsbranschen från hyresgäst till investerare och ägare. Detta genom att effektivisera och utveckla befintliga processer och lösningar. Fastighetsmarknaden har den senaste tiden haft en historiskt god utveckling vilket har gjort att digitaliDigital development is constantly affecting the world economy and the word PropTech has become a worldwide phenomenon. Digitization affects all aspects of the real estate industry from tenant to investor and owner by increased efficiency and renewing existing processes and solutions. The real estate market has recently had a historically good growth, which has amount to that the digitalization of

This project is about focusing a Gaussian laser beam that has a spatial phase profile applied by a spatial light modulator. The goal is to be able to control the shape, position and phase of the peak at the focus and to split up the peak at the focus into several peaks. Controlling the profile of the beam at the focus has interesting applications for opto-optical modulation. A code was written in

På bara några få år har en mängd gig-företag etablerat sig på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Gig-ekonomin består av företag som förmedlar arbete mellan privatpersoner genom digital infrastruktur där gig-företagen fungerar som en utomstående part och avsäger sig rollen som arbetsgivare. Genom en kvalitativ textanalys baserad på texter hämtade från fyra svenska gig-företag, specialiserade på hushållsn

Flooding is a frequent natural hazard globally that is capable of major damage to society. The hazard is especially prevalent in Mozambique, in which many flood events with negative effects have occurred. Disaster risk management and research is therefore important in the country. However, as a developing country, it is subject to data scarcity. Matola is one of the most populous cities in Mozambi

BACKGROUND: One of the major environmental threats to human health is air pollution. It contributes to premature deaths of millions of people worldwide. Air quality issues are growing exponentially in developing countries (West et al. 2016). More specifically, household air pollution that results from indoor cooking with solid fuels is damaging to the human health in LMIC. About 54% of global popu

Levande celler innehåller så kallade organeller som utför olika uppgifter och är viktiga för cellens överlevnad. Deras roll kan liknas vid organens funktion i våra kroppar. Många utav dessa organeller har en membranvägg, som skyddar dem från resten av cellens inre. Det finns dock även organeller som saknar omgivande membran och istället, likt en vattendroppe, hålls ihop av ytspänning. Dessa membraRecently, a field theory approach, using the Hubbard-Stratonovich transformation, was developed to describe biomolecular droplet formation in cells, through liquid-liquid separation. The approach has the disadvantage of having a complex effective energy function, meaning Monte Carlo simulations become difficult. Therefore, it has been suggested that the complex Langevin equation could be used inst