The effects of crossbreed and of RN phenotype on pork and its eating quality were evaluated in four different pig crossbreeds [involving Swedish Landrace (L) × Yorkshire (Y) sows and Hampshire (H), Duroc (D), Yorkshire (Y) or Hampshire × Yorkshire (HY) as the terminal sire]. Pigs from the LYH crossbreed were also classified as either carriers or non-carriers of the RN− allele. In the crossbreeds i

Lipid-filled macrophages (foam cells) are a defining feature of atherosclerotic plaques. Foam cells contain lipid dro plet- associated proteins that in other cell types regulate lipid turnover. In foam cell such proteins may directly affect lipid droplet formation and lipid efflux. Differentiated primary human monocytes or THP-1 cells were lipid loaded by incubation with aggregated low density lip

Popular Abstract in Swedish Universitet och högskolor har i kölvattnet av ett framväxande kunskapssamhället hamnat under kraftig institutionell press från en förändrad nationell forskningspolitik, de forskningsfinansierande aktörernas förändrade strategier och en snabb och omvälvande vetenskaplig dynamik. Avhandlingen handlar om hur Lunds universitet har reagerat på och hanterat dessa förändringspIn the wake of an emerging knowledge society, universities around the world have come under severe institutional pressure from changing national research policies, financing organizations´ new strategies and turbulent research dynamics. This study examines how Lund University in Sweden manages these institutional pressures. The study explores how the university leadership ? rector and the governin

Today, cognitive impairment can be successfully treated with acetylcholine esterase inhibitors (AChE-I) in many, but not all, patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). To investigate the relation between tacrine treatment, inheritance of ApoE epsilon4 alleles, and rate of progression, the differences in MMSE and CIBIC scores (efficacy parameters) after 6 and 12 months of tacrine (an AChE-I) treatmen

Deep brain stimulation is an accepted technique for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Deep brain stimulation affects the electrical functions of neurons and several explanations are available to describe this treatment modality. Such as depolarization blockade, synaptic inhibition, synaptic depression and stimulation induced modulation of pathological network activity. An electrical impedance

Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a cutaneous tumour of borderline malignancy, the cytogenetic features of which include the translocation t(17;22)(q22;q13) or, more commonly, supernumerary ring chromosomes containing material from 17q22 and 22q13. These rearrangements result in the COL1A1/PDGFB fusion gene. Here, we describe a case of DFSP displaying a ring chromosome 5 together with a la

Health promotion has become a widespread concept, although little empirical research as to its importance and outcome has been performed in the mental health field. The aim of the present study was to investigate the construct validity of a newly developed Health Promotion Intervention Questionnaire, intended to measure patients' subjectively experienced health-promoting interventions within menta

Background: Little is known regarding vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in African populations and in tuberculosis (TB) patients. VDD has been shown to be associated with TB. Objective: We aimed to compare the degree of vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) and VDD in TB patients and healthy adult controls in a West African population. Design: An unmatched case-control study was performed at a Demographic Survei

The importance of wound classification and site of ulceration was evaluated in 314 consecutive diabetic patients with foot ulcers. The ulcers were classified as superficial (through the full thickness of the dermis; n = 150), deep (n = 50), osteomyelitis and/or abscess (n = 46), minor gangrene (n = 39) or major gangrene (n = 29). Wound healing was defined as intact skin for at least 6 months. In p

The thesis comprises the following reports: 1. Bankvall, C.G., Heat transfer in fibrous materials. National Swedish Building Research, Document D:4, 1972. 2. Bankvall, C.G., Natural convective heat transfer in insulated structures. Lund Institute of Technnology, Building Technology, Report 38, 1972. Detailed information on the theoretical and experimental investigations, as well as information

The aim of this study is to examine the characteristics of the Argentine writer Juan Jose Saer’s Nadie nada nunca (1980) and how literary perception is explored in this novel. The first part of the thesis deals with Saer’s works in general, and includes a short overview of his novels, his short stories, his poems and his essays, with special emphasis on his theoretical discussions about literature

Popular Abstract in Swedish Avhandlingen behandlar en hinduisk, framför allt sydindisk form av divination vid namn nadi-läsning, uppbyggd efter astrologiskt mönster men med vissa utmärkande särdrag, framför allt uppläsandet av föregivet färdigskrivna texter, tillskrivna gudomliga eller övermänskliga författare, i vilka klientens levnadsöde skall ha nedtecknats långt före dennes födelse. Efter en sLike all divination, Hindu astrology (jyotisa) is concerned with central religious issues such as man’s relation to the world, moral responsibility, and the revelation of a coherent divine order underlying human experience. Comprising a descriptive as well as a prescriptive aspect, jyotisa allows for both prediction and the exercise of free will. This double nature enables a seamless union of astr

The article analyses the common ancient history and remaining cultural closeness of Sweden and Finland and discusses the differences concerning historical consciousness in Sweden and Finland today and common views of contemporary Swedes and Finns on the security policy challenge, which has emerged after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the recent rise of Russia as a regional Great P