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Selecting antonyms for dictionary entries: methodological aspects

This paper investigates the treatment of antonymy in Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary (2003) in order to find out what kinds of headwords are provided with antonyms as part of their definitions and also discusses the principles for antonym inclusion in the entries. CCALED includes canonical antonyms such as good/bad and dead/alive, as well as more contextually restricted pairi

Product-service systems for office furniture: barriers and opportunities on the European market

The environmental problems associated with office furniture consumption call for a more efficient use of office furniture that can decrease emissions and,volume of waste. The author discusses the opportunities and barriers for the implementation of a PSS for office furniture. In addition, the paper identifies possibilities to overcome these barriers. The article is based on interviews with Europea

Förhandlingsparlamentarism: en jämförande studie av riksdagen och folketinget

This thesis is about bargaining in the Swedish Riksdag and the Danish Folketing. It departs from the propositions, forwarded by Swedish and Danish scholars. (1) that the level of conflict in the parliaments have increased and (2) that minority governments are weak and unable to pursue a consequent and responsible economic policy. It examines the function of bargaining between political parties (em

Age- and serogroup-related differences in observed durations of nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-resistant pneumococci

Using data from an ongoing Swedish intervention project, the observed durations of nasopharyngeal carriage of penicillin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae (PNSP) (MIC of penicillin G of >= 0.5 mu g/ml) stratified by both pneumococcal serogroup and age of the carrier were compared. The means and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated by fitting a gamma distribution to the observed dura

Blood pressure and drug treatment in clinically diagnosed Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease

The aim of the study was to investigate arterial blood pressure (BP) and the use of pharmacological treatment in patients with Lewy body dementia (cLBD) and Alzheimer's disease (cAD) diagnosed on clinical grounds. BP and pharmacological treatment was analysed based on the medical records of 200 deceased dementia patients. Forty-eight cases with LBD and 45 AD were diagnosed using clinical criteria.

Resultatredovisning av BFR-finansierad forskning : 1994-1996

Rapporten utgör en sammanfattning av verksamheten som bedrivits av institutionen för Byggnadskonstruktionslära, LTH, under perioden 1994-01-01 - 1996-12-31 med forskningsanslag från Byggforskningsrådet i ämnena Byggnadskonstruktion (BFR-projekt nr 930930-7) och Installationsteknik (BFR-projekt nr 930958-3). Redovisningen koncentreras på resultatredovisning från delprojekten.

Family history of breast and ovarian cancers and BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in a population-based series of early-onset breast cancer

BACKGROUND: BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the two major susceptibility genes involved in hereditary breast cancer. This study was undertaken to provide reliable population-based estimates of genetic influence and to characterize the nature and prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutations in early-onset breast cancer.METHODS: In a series comprising all women diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of

Microbial dustiness and particle release of different biofuels

Exposure to organic dust originating from biofuels can cause adverse health effects. In the present study we have assessed the dustiness in terms of microbial components and particles of various biofuels by using a rotating drum as a dust generator. Microbial components from straw, wood chips, wood pellets and wood briquettes were quantified by several methods. Excellent correllations (r greater t

Sperm competition in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris): An experimental study of mate switching

In apparently monogamous or polygynous birds, sperm from several males may compete to fertilize the eggs laid by one female. In this study we evaluate sperm competition in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) by means of a mate-switching experiment. Already-mated males were removed between 1-7 d before their mates started egg-laying, resulting in the female remating with a new male. The origin

Neuroendocrine pathogenesis in adenocarcinoma of the prostate

BACKGROUND: In the prostate, the importance of sex hormones for its normal development and function is well known. However, it has been proposed that various neuroendocrine (NE) hormones and growth factors may be involved in the pathogenesis of prostatic carcinoma (CaP). Neuroendocrine differentiation appears to be associated with tumour progression and the androgen-independent state, for which th

Multichannel broadband Fano theory for arbitrary lossless antennas with applications in DOA estimation

In this paper, we consider fundamental limitations for DOA estimation with arbitrary lossless antennas or antenna arrays inserted inside a sphere. Spherical vector modes and their associated equivalent circuits and Q factor approximations are employed as a general framework for the analysis. The classical broadband matching theory by Fano is extended to a general multiport S-parameter model of the

Regularity and chaos in interacting two-body systems

We study classical and quantum chaos for two interacting particles on the plane. This is the simplest nontrivial case which sheds light on chaos in interacting many-body systems. The system consists of a confining one-body potential, assumed to be a deformed harmonic oscillator, and a two-body interaction of Coulomb type. In general, the dynamics is mixed with regular and chaotic trajectories. The

Who the Hell Is in It?

Discussion about Director/Actor/Film Historian Peter Bogdanovich with regard to his book Who the hell is it? (In Swedish)

Ion-exchange chromatographic purification and quantitative analysis of Trichoderma reesei cellulases cellobiohydrolase I, II and endoglucanase II by fast protein liquid chromatography

Trichoderma cellulases appear in several isoforms which makes their purification and analysis difficult. We used fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) to purify three major cellulases and to quantitate these enzymes in reconstituted mixtures during cellulose hydrolysis studies (in lack of specific substrates and because of the synergism between the enzymes such analysis is very difficult, if a