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We have theoretically studied potential bubble nuclei (20,22O, 34,36Si, and 46Ar), which are experimentally accessible and have attracted several studies in the recent past. Relativistic mean field is employed in conjunction with the NL–SH parameter set. Our results show that among the possible candidates, 22Oand 34Si may be the most prominent candidates, showing significant depletion of density a

BackgroundChild mortality differed greatly within rural regions in Europe before and during the mortality decline. Not much is known about the role of nutrition in such geographic differences, and about the factors affecting the nutritional level and hence the resistance to diseases.ObjectiveFocusing on nutrition, we analyse the effects of soil type, used as an indicator of the farm-level agricult

Objective: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are autoimmune diseases that have similar clinical and immunologic characteristics. To date, several shared SSc–RA genetic loci have been identified independently. The aim of the current study was to systematically search for new common SSc–RA loci through an interdisease meta–genome-wide association (meta-GWAS) strategy. Methods: T

In this study, the adiabatic film cooling effectiveness and conjugate heat transfer characteristics for a circular hole are investigated numerically. Seven turbulator ribs are located on the internal wall, and a film cooling hole between two adjacent ribs has an inclination angle of 30°. The secondary flow rate is affected by the internal channel flow velocity, and the external film cooling is com

Background: The survival time in nursing homes (NHs) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) might be affected by sociodemographic/clinical characteristics, rate of disease progression, and use of specific medications and community-based services. Whether different aspects of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) therapy modify time spent in NHs is unclear. Therefore, we examined the relationship between these pote

Denna rapport vänder sig i huvudsak till arbetsterapeuter och arbetsstuderande som arbetar eller kommer att arbeta med personer med psykiskt funktionshinder och deras aktivitetsproblematik. I början av rapporten beskrivs kortfattat vad psykiskt funktionshinder innebär och vad det kan betyda för en person att leva med psykiskt funktionshinder, främst gällande aktiviteter i vardagen utifrån aktuell FSA anser att det ligger ett stort värde i att arbeten av väsentlig betydelse för arbetsterapins och arbetsterapeuters utveckling, presenteras på ett lätttillgängligt sätt. Mot denna bakgrund har förbundet beslutat att ge ut FoU-rapporter. I denna FoU-rapport delger författaren Christel Leufstadius (Leg. Arbetsterapeut, Dr. med.vet.) oss information om att leva med psykiskt funktionshinder samt te

Making decisions between alternatives are challenging when there is weak or unreliable knowledge about the risks and benefits of the alternatives. This requires a trade-off between risks (and benefits). Here, we comment on a recent paper on risk–risk trade-offs and highlight the difficulties of making such trade-offs when the available evidence is of different strength. One current example of a ri

Efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysis can be achieved over conventional wide band gap semiconductor, in which iodinated SnO2 quantum dots (QDs) are synthesized via hydrolysis of crystalline SnI4 in the absence of any additives or templates. The formation of SnO2 QDs reveals a wide preparation window and a very fast growth rate in minute scale. The iodine species may only exist on the surfa

A few central transcription factors inside mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are believed to control the cells' pluripotency. Characterizations of pluripotent state were put forward on both transcription factor and epigenetic levels. Whereas core players have been identified, it is desirable to map out gene regulatory networks which govern the reprogramming o

We used temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) and reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) to characterize the adsorption of NO on crystalline iron oxide films grown on Ag(111), including a Fe3O4(111) layer, an FeO(111) monolayer, and an intermediate FeOx multilayer structure. TPD shows that the NO binding energies vary significantly among the Fe cation sites present on these FeOx sur

Accumulation of intraneuronal inclusions, containing mainly a protein called alpha-synuclein (asyn), is thought to play a critical role in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD). In these so called Lewy bodies, the majority of asyn is phosphorylated at serine 129 (pS129) suggesting that post-translational modifications may play a critical role in the process of aggregate form

The combination of complementary measurement techniques has become a frequent approach to improve scientific knowledge. Pairing of the high lateral resolution scanning force microscopy (SFM) with the spectroscopic information accessible through scanning transmission soft x-ray microscopy (STXM) permits assessing physical and chemical material properties with high spatial resolution. We present pro

Children of immigrants inherit human capital attainment from their parents that impact on their innovative performance. Some of this stem from their migrant parents’ positive and negative selection traits, part from their physical or cognitive proximity of country of origin to the host society. In this paper, I examine how second-generation immigrants (with at least one foreign-born parent), takin

Disaster risk management (DRM) requires the collaboration of a variety of stakeholders working in different sectors. They depend on each other to share risk information, and effective collaboration requires efficient communication. Clearly, the communication of risk descriptions is a key issue for the success of DRM activities. This study investigated the communication of risk-related information