Globally, the lifespan of populations increases but the healthspan is lagging behind. Previous research showed that survival into extreme ages (longevity) clusters in families as illustrated by the increasing lifespan of study participants with each additional long-lived family member. Here we investigate whether the healthspan in such families follows a similar quantitative pattern using three-ge

A century after the Spanish Flu, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to socioeconomic and occupational differences in mortality in the earlier pandemic. The magnitude of these differences and the pathways between occupation and increased mortality remain unclear, however. In this paper, we explore the relation between occupational characteristics and excess mortality among men duri

This article examines the association of mothers’ income with children’s economic mobility in a period of increased women’s labor market participation in Sweden. I found that whether a mother was economically independent and had an income similar to that of the father during her children’s late childhood and adolescence positively associated with upward mobility. The results show a substantial ass

Background: Adolescent pregnancy and associated neonatal mortality are major global health challenges. In low-income settings where 90% of the 21 million global adolescent pregnancies occur, half are unintended and a fifth experience unsafe abortion. In Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, the survival patterns of neonates born to adolescents are unclear.Objectives: To assess survival patterns among neona

År 1966 publicerade den amerikanske ekonomen Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993) sin inflytelserika essä ”The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth” med ett budskap som skulle landa mitt i en politisk omvälvningsfas, där civilisationskritiska perspektiv skulle låta göra sig alltmer gällande. Bouldings essä är en föregångare till dagens miljödiskussion.

The response to atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment is differing widely among patients, and a better understanding of the factors that contribute to these differences is needed. One important factor may be differences in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity. The atrioventricular (AV) node plays an important role during AF in modulating heart rate. To study the effect of the ANS-induced activ

Overvoltage is becoming increasingly prevalent in distribution networks with high penetration of renewable distributed energy sources (DERs). Local control of converter-based resources is a flexible and scalable method to prevent this growing issue. Reactive power is used for voltage control in many local control schemes. However, the typical range of R/X ratios for distribution power lines indica

We investigate how experiencing parental death in infancy, childhood, or adolescence affected individuals' health using two distinct measures: mortality before age 20 and young adult height. Using two complementary indicators of health enables us to gain more insights into processes of selection and the scarring of health. Employing nationally representative data for the Netherlands for the 1850-1

The object of this paper was to explore the perspective of personal treatment in elderly care. We compared the view of personal treatment between nursing staff and service users in elderly care. Our focus was on the theory “ageism” and “inequality of power”. Through a qualitative study with group interviews and separate interviews we collected our data from nursing staff and service users within h

This is a qualitative, discourse analysis of police interviews with children who have been assaulted by a related. The aim with the study was to investigate how the interviews are conducted by the children investigators within the Police. I examine which kind of norms the investigator act from and that can be identified in the interviews. I also examine if there are any differences between the int

This report contains an evaluation of three different methods for determining smoke filling in high enclosures with small areas. The methods are here called: temperature difference method, first indication of smoke method, and visibility of ten meters method. Through numerical experiments in FDS and analysis in SPSS the three methods are analyzed and compared to see which one is most promising for

Uppsatsen ämnar göra en djupdykning i två kontroversiella uttalanden yttrade av två miljardomsättande företag och vilka båda berör homosexuellas familjebildning. Syftet är att synliggöra de olika kriskommunikativa samt krisretoriska strategier som använts och kunna vidare förklara varför och hur de fungerar. De teorier och metoder vilka appliceras på objekten är Willian Benoits imageupprättelse, K

Varumärkeskonflikter och varumärkesintrång avser främst situationer då en fysisk eller juridisk person försöker registrera eller använda ett märke på marknaden som anses likna ett sedan tidigare skyddat varumärke. Ett registrerat eller inarbetat varumärke innebär en ensamrätt till nyttjandet av varumärket ifråga. Det betyder att ingen annan än innehavaren får, utan dennes tillstånd, använda teckenTrade mark conflicts and trade mark infringement primarily relates to situations where a natural or legal person is trying to register or use a trade mark on the market that is considered similar to an older trademark. A registered or established trade mark means an exclusive use of the trade mark. No one other than the holder may use any sign which is identical or which in any way may be confused