Bakgrund: Att minska risken för aspiration genom att patienter fastar inför generell anestesi är praxis. Detta motiveras genom att fasta minskar mängden innehåll i ventrikeln. Tidsintervallen för hur länge och vad som ska inkluderas i fastan har genom åren varierat. Fasta har en rad negativa fysiologiska konsekvenser och riskerar att orsaka ett vårdlidande. Syfte: Att granska evidensen för riktlin

Idag är en stor del av hushållen i storstäder singelhushåll. Det privata boendet har blivit ett mått på välfärd. I många fall väljer vi de privata boendeformerna av rena bekvämlighetsskäl vilket i längden kan leda till ensamhet. För att motverka ensamheten behöver vi gemenskap i den vardagliga miljön. Vi behöver lättillgänglig kontakt och samvaro med människor runt omkring oss. Hur kan stadsbyggna

This paper presents research and implementation of a high frequency Integer-N phase-locked loop for digital beamforming in mobile devices. Multiple topologies investigated whereof two were implemented. The transient phase noise of the PLL is -104dB/-95dB @1MHz. The output frequency range is from 8G-10G. Reference signal is 163.84MHz, reference-spurs is -80dBc/-98dBc lower than main frequency. RMS

The purpose of this Thesis is to investigate the Mexican religious phenomenon of Santa Muerte and the mediatization that both simplifies and sensationalizes her. By investigating public Santa Muerte shrines and prayer cards in Guadalajara and Mexico City, by interviewing devotees in both cities, and by looking at media depictions of Santa Muerte, this project will explore how mediatization affects

Previous research has analysed the relationship between women’s labour market outcomes and family policies in the general context of the European Union or among OECD countries. The current dissertation investigates the effect of a set of family policy’s instruments on women’s labour market participation and maternal employment in the countries of Southern Europe – Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal

The recent tightening of the Danish Aliens Act in 2019 has brought about an emphasized notion of temporality to temporary residence permits for refugees in Denmark. Temporality, in the eyes of the Danish government, is a sign to refugees, that their stay in Denmark should only be considered temporary, and that they should one day return to their countries of origin. But for refugees who have no no

The purpose of the present study is to investigate whether there is any relationship between job satisfaction and the view of the organization's rules for social workers in Sweden. By using Michel Oakeshott's theory of nomocracy and telocracy an online survey was conducted with 87 social workers working in adult social service. The study uses correlational analysis to measure the relations

Over 150 local communities in California have implemented plastic product bans as a way to decrease stress on landfills, reduce non-recyclable materials, and manage litter. Plastic product bans such as plastic bags, polystyrene, or single-use plastics, are used to address both local (e.g. litter reduction or community aesthetics), and global (e.g. microplastic pollution or wildlife entanglement) p

Transitioning to a circular economy requires designing products that are meant to remain within and cycle through economic systems. While circular product design principles have been applied across industries, the medical industry presents unique challenges with its complex regulatory requirements and the high-risk nature of innovating with medical products. This thesis aims to contribute to the i

Aesthetic medicine is a unique medical arena with great economic benefits, but it is also full of controversy. Whether the doctors in the field could enjoy the same degree of autonomy as in the therapeutic medical field, and retain the self- regulating management of the medical profession, has always been the focus of debate. Although various scholars have proposed arguments on this issue from the

Money laundering is the act of concealing the origin of illegal proceeds and it occurs due to deregulated economies and insufficient legal security. The European Union has recognized the importance of combating this crime by developing Directive (EU) 2015/849 on antimoney laundering and counter-terrorist financing, which applies to financial and credit institutions. They are obligated to work prev

The TRPV1 receptor (transient receptor potential vanilloid 1) is a nonspecific membrane-bound cation channel, which plays an important role in nociception and pain transmission, the nerve-response to possibly dangerous stimuli. It is known that TRPV1 can be modulated by a variety of stimuli, amongst which heat, protons and chemical compounds, such as capsaicin, are the most known activators. This

The purpose of this study was to examine how turning points manifest themselves during the life course of people that have substance abuse. We collected our data through a qualitative method, by reading four autobiographies written by authors who describe in detail how they encountered substances, and how they managed to turn their life around for the better. The chosen material was written in Swe

This essay complements the monetary literature by estimation and simulation of a New-Keynesian macro model featuring financial market frictions and long bond portfolio policy. The model is an extended version of the canonical three-equation New-Keynesian model with segmented financial markets distinguishing the short-term money market from the long-term bond market. Our data is U.S. quarterly data

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been increasingly recognized as a key enabler in discovering scientific knowledge. Due to the current momentum, researchers from various fields try to incorporate AI to their research work. However, research to be truly identified as scientific research it requires to bring in new knowledge adhering to a scientific method. This study attempts to explore how AI affe

Dikade skogsmarker skapar stora växthusgasutsläpp - är återvätning en lösning? Skogen tar upp väsentliga mängder koldioxid vilket spelar en betydande roll för att mildra den pågående globala uppvärmningen. Dock har det visat sig att vissa skogsmarker kan ge upphov till stora växthusgasutsläpp - det finns ungefär 1 miljon hektar skogsmark på dikade torvmarker i Sverige som släpper ut 7-10 miljonePeatlands store substantial amounts of carbon. When drainage of these areas occurs in order to use for practices such as forestry, greenhouse gases (GHG) will be emitted which will enhance climate change. The aim of this study was to explore whether rewetting of drained forest covered peatlands can reduce its impact on climate and which conflicts with forestry this can lead to. As a case study, th

Syns inte, finns inte – eller? Gamla synder kan ibland vara allt för lätta att glömma. Det gör dock tyvärr inte att de försvinner. Ett exempel är gamla deponier, platser där människor tidigare slängt sina sopor och förmodligen inte visste vad det kunde komma att ha för konsekvenser. I Sverige finns det ungefär 85 000 förorenade områden, alltså platser som är så pass förorenade att skada eller oIn Sweden, it is every municipality’s responsibility to identify and risk evaluate disused landfills located within the municipality. The purpose of this study is to risk evaluate four disused landfills in Åstorps kommun, Scania, for which a risk evaluation hasn’t previously been done. In this study, the risk evaluation has been done by using a revised version of MIFO (Method of Surveying Contamin

Problemformulering: Forskningsfältet inom reserelaterade risker, specifikt gällande smittsamma sjukdomar, uppvisar ett samförstånd kring att individer tenderar att undvika resor vid tillfällen då risk för smitta anses vara stor. Under den rådande covid-19-pandemin är det relevant att bidra till befintlig forskning genom att erbjuda en ögonblicksbild och därmed öka förståelsen för individers förhål

This study examines narratives of Self- and Other-identification in social media content of actors, directly and indirectly involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The aim is to shed light on how social media can be instrumentalised as a means of constructing Self and Other in the context of ongoing conflict. The analysed actors are Ukrainian and Russian political elites, representatives from