The aim of this study is to evaluate if two different physical activity (PA) questionnaires have similar ability to rank individuals, and to examine associations with cardiovascular-metabolic risk factors, compared to an objective measure. In a random sample (n=369, age: 65+/-6 years) from the population-based 'Malmö Diet and Cancer' (MDC) cohort, PA was measured by a leisure-time comprehensive qu

Mycotoxins are toxic, secondary metabolites frequently produced by molds in water-damaged indoor environments. We studied the prevalence of selected, potent mycotoxins and levels of fungal biomass in samples collected from water-damaged indoor environments in Sweden during a 1-year period. One hundred samples of building materials, 18 samples of settled dust, and 37 samples of cultured dust were a

The World Health Organization strongly recommends regular screening for tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-positive individuals.

In the article, the author discusses possible trends in Medieval archaeology which may emerge in the next decade in Sweden. They include a demand for better publications regarding artefacts, research on relations of power at low levels in society, studies on ethnicily and local identity, everyday life within the frame of the large structures in society and a wider participation in historical educa

I Sverige har kommunen ansvar för äldreomsorgen. Den omsorg som utförs av anhöriga är dock en betydande och, till följd av nedskärningar, växande del av äldreomsorgen i Sverige.Denna artikel undersöker på vilket sätt en (re-)privatisering av ansvaret för att tillgodose äldre människors behov har skett, genom att studera och analysera den diskurs som omgärdar frågan om anhörigomsorg för äldre. En ö

Follow-up of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with life-long computed tomography angiography (CTA) surveillance exposes patients with impaired renal function to repeated risks of contrast medium-induced nephropathy (CIN).

AIM: To describe the self-reported fluid intake and its effects on body weight, signs and symptoms of heart failure, quality of life, physical capacity and thirst, in patients with stabilised chronic heart failure. BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic heart failure are often recommended a fluid restriction of 1.5 l/day but there is no evidence in the literature for this recommendation and little is k

There are many spectrum balancing algorithms to combat the deleterious impact of crosstalk interference in digital subscriber lines (DSL) networks. These algorithms aim to find a unique operating point by optimizing the power spectral densities (PSDs) of the modems. Typically, the figure of merit of this optimization is the bit rate, power consumption or margin. This work poses and solves a differ

Myxoid sarcoma (MLS) is one of the most common types of malignant soft tissue tumors. MLS is characterized by the FUS-DDIT3 or EWSR1-DDIT3 fusion oncogenes that encode abnormal transcription factors. The receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) encoding RET was previously identified as a putative downstream target gene to FUS-DDIT3 and here we show that cultured MLS cells expressed phosphorylated RET togeth

Automatic control systems rely on models to predict the near future and identification algorithms to adapt the models to changing process behaviour. The traditionally highly complex models of the activated sludge process developed for scientific purposes cannot be identified from on-line measurements and are not suited for process control purposes in their present form. Model decoupling based on t