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Depth distribution of alkali metal ions on supported graphene in the presence of water

The interaction of alkali ions with multilayer graphene is critical in many applications, for example in energy storage devices. This requires a detailed understanding of ion interactions with carbonaceous layers. The mechanism of ion intercalation into graphene can be different from that observed for hard graphite. In this paper, we present an investigation of the vertical alkali ion (Na, K, Cs)

Challenges and opportunities in increasing public participation through Community-Based Water Resource Management in Integrated Water Resource Management projects

Vi lever i en värld där många människor inte har tillgång till rent vatten och faktorer som torka, föroreningar och ett dåligt vattenförvaltningssystem påverkar detta. På grund av sociala, politiska och ekonomiska faktorer, så är det också komplicerat för dessa människor att vara med i beslutsprocesser som kan påverkar deras tillgång till vatten. Men vad skulle hända om man kombinerade två olika vWater-related issues such as drought and water scarcity are problems that many countries around the world are facing. To solve this, multiple efforts have been made to combat these problems such as adopting Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) as a management approach. IWRM is a holistic approach that links different water systems and has therefore been popularized and conceptualized by man

Two-Tailed RT-qPCR for the Quantification of A-to-I-Edited microRNA Isoforms

MicroRNAs are short non-coding RNAs with important functions in the regulation of gene expression in healthy and diseased tissues. To optimally utilize the biological and clinical information that is contained in microRNA expression levels, tools for their accurate and cost-effective quantification are needed. While the standard method, qPCR, allows for quick and cheap microRNA quantification, spe

Transcalar Activism Contesting the Liberal International Order: The Case of the World Congress of Families

This article explores transnational anti-gender networking promoting “the natural family.” We focus on the World Congress of Families (WCF) and investigate how it is organized transnationally. We draw on international relations theory on challenges to the liberal international order as well as on theories on transcalar activism. The empirical material includes observations from two conferences and

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When Gomułka came to power, cruises to the West, mainly on the Baltic Sea, were allowed on the "Mazowsze" tourist ship. It usually passed Bornholm and moored at a safe distance from the island, so that cruisers could see the hostile West, but they did not taste it. In August 1957, on the first day of the layover, two young men jumped off the ship and swam a few hundred meters to Snogebaek south of

A new route to produce efficient surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates : Gold-decorated CdSe nanowires

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is a popular tool for the detection of extremely small quantities of target molecules. Au nanoparticles have been very successful in this respect due to local enhancement of the light intensity caused by their plasmon resonance. Furthermore, Au nanoparticles are biocompatible, and target substances can be easily attached to their surface. Here, we demonstrate th

Deep Learning on Ultrasound Images Visualizes the Femoral Nerve with Good Precision

The number of hip fractures per year worldwide is estimated to reach 6 million by the year 2050. Despite the many advantages of regional blockades when managing pain from such a fracture, these are used to a lesser extent than general analgesia. One reason is that the opportunities for training and obtaining clinical experience in applying nerve blocks can be a challenge in many clinical settings.

Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Experience and Phobia toward Corticosteroids Use among the General Public in the Era of COVID-19 : A Multinational Study

Background: Corticosteroids play a significant role in managing the vast majority of inflammatory and immunologic conditions. To date, population-based studies on knowledge and attitudes concerning corticosteroids are scarce. This study aims to comprehensively assess knowledge, perception, experience and phobia toward corticosteroid use among the general population in the era of COVID-19. Methods:

Exploring the potential of transmittance vegetation indices for leaf functional traits retrieval

Leaf functional traits are key indicators of plant functions useful for inferring complex plant processes, including their responses to environmental changes. Vegetation indices (VIs) composed of a few reflectance wavelengths hold the advantages of being relatively simple and effective and have been widely used within remote sensing to estimate leaf traits. However, the difference between the refl

Enterococcus faecalis NADH Peroxidase-Defective Mutants Stain Falsely in Colony Zymogram Assay for Extracellular Electron Transfer to Ferric Ions

Enterococcus faecalis cells can reduce ferric ions and other electron acceptors by extracellular electron transfer (EET). To find mutants with enhanced or defective EET, strain OG1RF with random transposon insertions in the chromosome was screened for ferric reductase activity by colony zymogram staining using the chromogenic ferrous-chelating compound Ferrozine. The screen revealed npr, eetB, and

Should Militaries Teach IHL and Ethics Together? : Comparing the attitudes of educators internationally

This chapter is based on responses from 147 IHL and military ethics educators from around the world to a survey designed to elicit their views on the relationship between the teaching of IHL and ethics in military education. The study was initiated in response to discussions with colleagues teaching law and ethics which highlighted perceived gaps between the teaching of the subjects. The responses

CEO incentive plans in the Nordic region

This thesis examines the development of the incentive plans of large Nordic firms over time using annual reports of each company to examine the CEO remuneration plans and policies based on relevant theoretical frameworks. The paper gives structured reasoning on the CEO incentive plans change based on agency theory, crowding out theory, financial and non-financial incentives, long and short-term in

Screening over Speech in Unselected Populations for Clinical Trials in AD (PROSPECT-AD) : Study Design and Protocol

Background: Speech impairments are an early feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and consequently, analysing speech performance is a promising new digital biomarker for AD screening. Future clinical AD trials on disease modifying drugs will require a shift to very early identification of individuals at risk of dementia. Hence, digital markers of language and speech may offer a method for screening

Broad spectral photocurrent enhancement in Au-decorated CdSe nanowires

Metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures promise improved photoconductive performance due to plasmonic properties of the metal portions and intrinsic electric fields at the metal-semiconductor interface that possibly enhance charge separation. Here we report gold decorated CdSe nanowires as a novel functional material and investigate the influence of gold decoration on the lateral facets on the p

Increased Galectin-9 Levels Correlate with Disease Activity in Patients with DMARD-Naïve Rheumatoid Arthritis and Modulate the Secretion of MCP-1 and IL-6 from Synovial Fibroblasts

Background: Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) are essential mediators in the expansive growth and invasiveness of rheumatoid synovitis, and patients with a fibroblastic-rich pauci-immune pathotype respond poorly to currently approved antirheumatic drugs. Galectin-9 (Gal-9) has been reported to directly modulate rheumatoid arthritis (RA) FLSs and to hold both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties

Jakten på ansvar : hur fördelas ansvaret när en skandal inträffar?

Denna uppsats studerar fallet Benny Fredriksson, en kulturprofil i Stockholm, som utsattes för ett kraftigt mediedrev, vilket i sin tur ledde till ett uppmärksammat självmord. Detta utspelade sig i ljuset av #metoo-rörelsen. Fokuset i uppsatsen kommer att ligga på frågan om ansvar. Med dagens digitaliserade nyhetsmedia utvecklas händelser snabbt till större mediedrev med många inblandade. Detta re

Fältstudie av värmepumpens tillämpning för återvinning av restvärme från industrin i fjärde generationens fjärrvärmenät

Restvärme skapas i olika industriella processer och energin återvinns sällan. Detta beror till stor del på att investeringen i den teknik som omhändertar restvärmen samt infrastrukturen som är nödvändig för att sälja restvärmen kräver stora ekonomiska satsningar. I fjärde generationens fjärrvärme system kommer temperaturerna i nätet bli lägre vilket lättare möjliggör implementeringen av mer prisvä

Learning Optimal Team-Decisions

In this paper, we linear quadratic team decision problems, where a team of agents minimizes a convex quadratic cost function over T time steps subject to possibly distinct linear measurements of the state of nature. We assume that the state of nature is a Gaussian random variable and that the agents do not know the cost function nor the linear functions mapping the state of nature to their measure