The use of ETEM in oxidation studies of carbon nanostructures such as CB has revealed new, and confirmed previously suggested, oxidation mechanisms. However, the influence of the electron beam on the dynamic oxidation processes must be well understood in order to connect the results to the real world. To date, there are few studies reporting any quantification of the effect1,2. To better understan

This paper suggests that dystopian fiction should receive more attention within the environmental advocacy space. Despite the genre’s ability to provoke the reader, it is rarely interpreted in an environmental context. This paper aims to fill this research gap through an ecocritical analysis of two of the most famous dystopian novels: George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four and Aldous Huxley’s Brave

Lung-resident mesenchymal stem cells (LR-MSC) are thought to participate in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) by differentiating into myofibroblasts. On the other hand, LR-MSC in IPF patients present senescence-related features. It is unclear how they respond to a profibrotic environment. Here, we investigated the profibrotic response of LR-MSC isolated from IPF and control (CON) patients. LR-MS

BACKGROUND: It is well-known that infectious complications after central venous catheterisation are associated with increased mortality, length of hospital stay and costs. However, there are limited data regarding such associations for immediate insertion-related complications. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether major immediate insertion-related complications are associate

Phosphate plays a crucial role in biology because of the stability of the phosphate ester bond. To overcome this inherent stability, enzymes that catalyze phosphoryl transfer reactions achieve enormous rate accelerations to operate on biologically relevant time scales, and the mechanisms that underpin catalysis have been the subject of extensive debate. In an archetypal system, β-phosphoglucomutas

The formation of platoons, where groups of vehicles follow each other at close distances, has the potential to increase road capacity. In this paper, a decentralized control approach is presented that extends the well-known constant headway vehicle following approach to the two-dimensional case, i.e., lateral control is included in addition to the longitudinal control. The presented control scheme

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Systolic blood pressure (SBP) drops recorded by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring (ABPM) identify patients with susceptibility to reflex syncope and orthostatic intolerance. We tested the hypothesis that treatments aimed to increase BP (reassurance, education & life-style measures plus pharmacological strategies) can reduce SBP drops.METHODS: Multicentre, o

Despite the importance of SMEs for innovation activity, questions remain concerning the determinants of their innovative performance and the role of different types of collaboration and partners. The present paper empirically analyzes the role played by different types of R&D collaborations in the persistence of SME innovative performance. We used a longitudinal database to identify all the Sw

The reactivity of oxide surfaces is often attributed to formation and annihilation of oxygen deficient sites, which undergo complex structural rearrangements in the process. A prototypical example is VOx/TiO2 catalysts, widely used for e.g. selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx emissions, where the possible effect of the supporting TiO2 surface structure has been much debated. Here, we presen

Världen behöver ställa om till en cirkulär ekonomi och asfalt är en produkt som är 100 procent återvinningsbar. Hanteringen börjar redan när beläggningen skall fräsas eller rivas. Genom att optimera denna process, kan asfalten återvinnas mer effektivt. Syftet med denna studie är att studera vad som förekommer med returasfalten när den fräses och vilka styrparametrar som asfaltfräsen kan påverka föThe world needs to move to a circular economy and asphalt is a 100 percent recyclable product. Recycling begins when the pavement is milled or demolished. By doing this process in the best possible way, asphalt can be recycled more efficiently. The purpose of this study is to study what happens to the recycled asphalt when it is milled and which parameters that the asphalt milling machine can cont

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Den juridiska regleringen av den svenska kommersiella byggnads- och anläggningsbranschen domineras av standardavtal framtagna av Byggandets Kontraktskommitté (BKK). AB 04 utgör de allmänna bestämmelserna för utförandeentreprenader och ABT 06 för totalentreprenader. Den grundläggande skillnaden mellan entreprenadformerna är ansvarsfördelningen av entreprenadens projektering och därav också objektetThe legal regulation of the Swedish commercial building and construction industry is dominated by standard contracts drawn up by the organisation Byggandets Kontraktskommitté (BKK). AB 04 constitutes the general provisions for construction contracts where design is the client's responsibility and ABT 06 for design-build contracts. The fundamental difference between the two types of standard co

The US-Japan alliance established over seventy years ago is typically described by leaders on both sides as the ‘cornerstone of peace and security in East Asia.’ While China and North Korea may not share this positive view of the impact of the alliance on the region, the fact is that few alliances in modern international relations rival the US-Japan one in terms of durability, integration and infl

In this paper, using tools from graph theory we provide verifiable necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a unique hydraulic equilibrium in district heating systems of meshed topology and containing multiple heat sources. Even though numerous publications have addressed the design of efficient algorithms for numerically finding hydraulic equilibria in the general context of water

Lysostaphin is a bacteriolytic enzyme targeting peptidoglycan, the essential component of the bacterial cell envelope. It displays a very potent and specific activity toward staphylococci, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Lysostaphin causes rapid cell lysis and disrupts biofilms, and is therefore a therapeutic agent of choice to eradicate staphylococcal infections. The C-term