1) Toxic algal blooms widely affect our use of water resources both with respect to drinking water and recreation. However, it is not only humans, but also organisms living in freshwater and marine ecosystems, that may be affected by algal toxins. 2) In order to assess if cyanobacterial toxins affect the composition of natural zooplankton communities, we quantified the temporal fluctuations in mi

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Recension av Hans Medelius, Bengt Nyström & Elisabet Stavenow-Hidemark (red.), Nordiska museet under 125 år.

Popular Abstract in Swedish Svensk sammanfattning (Swedish Summary) Inflammatoriska sjukdomar i luftvägarna tillhör ett av de vanligaste skälen till ohälsa. Astma, både allergisk och icke allergisk, kan debutera redan under de första levnadsåren och kan på lång sikt ge kroniskt nedsatt lungfunktion. Bland medelålder's och äldre personer är kronisk obstruktiv lungsjukdom (KOL) vanligast, oftast etEndothelin-1 (ET-1) is an extremely potent smooth muscle spasmogen well known from the vascular system but also active within the airways. The importance of its proinflammatory and co-mitogenic properties has become increasingly evident, the endothelin system also having been shown to mimic the signal features of asthma, COPD and other pulmonary diseases. The present thesis concerns the role of th

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the functions of the word "tot" 'whole; each; all' in old and modern Romanian, by studying the syntax, morphology and semantics of this word as part of or in combination with a noun phrase (NP). An attempt is made to find out the status of "tot" in a classification of numerals, articles and adjectives. The present work consists of four separate studies (i.

This dissertation is about men as a minority in a female profession, that of university- trained social worker. The aim is to illuminate the relationship between work and gender on the basis of career, minority, and masculinity in the profession of social work. By means of questionnaires sent to all the men who trained as social workers in Lund 1980–1985 (the 1980s generation) and 1993–2003 (the 1

Overwhelming Clostridium septicum infection in 2 children, 1 and 4 yr old, with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and B-cell non-Hodgkin malignant lymphoma, respectively, as well as fatal C. perfringens infection in a 3-yr-old child with histiocytosis-X are reported. A neutropenic patient with fever, abdominal symptoms and hypotension--but otherwise being well--must be suspected of having clostridial d

The objective of the present study was to adapt and develop suitable methods to study the occurrence metabolites in the nutrient solution of hydroponically grown tomato. The organic-chemical nature of the nutrient solution from tomato grown in closed hydroponic systems was studied by supported liquid membrane technique (SLM) and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Further, w

Pretreatment of mixed softwoods with SO2 impregnation and steam for production of ethanol has been investigated. The optimal conditions, both for sugar yield and ethanol yield, to assess the effect of inhibitors formed in the pretreatment, have been determined. The parameters investigated were: SO2 concentration (1-6% (w/w) dry matter), temperature (190-230 degrees C) and residence time (2-15 min)

Recensionen diskuterar svårigheterna med att koppla en teologisk världsbild till musikaliska verk.

A study on the catalytic behaviour of a copper and a platinum titania based monolithic catalyst in the reduction of nitrogen oxides with hydrocarbons in real diesel conditions was carried out. A Volvo TD 7.31 engine was used as gas source, and diesel fuel was the reductant. In these conditions, both catalysts were active in the reduction reaction. The influence of various operating parameters on t

Objective The aim of this study was to estimate the rate of fetal loss in dichorionic (DC) and monochorionic (MC) twin pregnancies stratified according to zygosity and method of conception. Methods In a prospective multicenter observational study women with a twin pregnancy bad an ultrasound scan before 14 + 6 weeks' gestation in order to determine chorionicity. The fetal loss rate, the perinatal,

Objective. To compare antibody responses to 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine (Pneumovax (R)) in controls and patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with TNF blockers, methotrexate (MTX) or a combination of both. Methods. Patients with RA (n = 149) and healthy controls (n = 47) were vaccinated. Treatment with TNF blockers (etanercept or infliximab) and MTX was given to 50 patient

Artikeln uppmärksammar hur fotografiet på grund av sin speciella relation till tiden och rummet är förankrat dels i en livsbevarande praxis och dels i en dödsbringande frysning av tid och rum. Artikeln prövar om den mystik som omgärdar den fotografiska praxisen kan spåras till en sådan "dubbel identitet".

There is an increasing use of distributed computer systems to provide services in both traditional telephony as well as in the Internet. Two main technologies are Distributed Object Computing (DOC) and Web based services. One common DOC architecture investigated in this thesis is the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), specified by the Object Management Group. CORBA applications con

Differences have been observed in the relationship between leptin and metabolic perturbations in glucose homeostasis. Because no information is available from indigenous African populations with diabetes, the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible associations between leptin and different clinical and biochemical characteristics of a large group of subjects with type 2 diabetes mell