BACKGROUND: Hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) is expressed predominantly in adipose tissue, where it plays an important role in catecholamine-stimulated hydrolysis of stored tri- and diglycerides, thus mobilizing fatty acids. HSL exhibits broad substrate specificity and besides acylglycerides it hydrolyzes cholesteryl esters, retinyl esters and lipoidal esters. Despite its role in fatty acid mobiliza

Popular Abstract in Swedish En burk målarfärg som har lämnats bortglömd, en senapsflaska som länge har stått upprätt i ett kylskåp eller ett nyinköpt filmjölkspaket som precis ska öppnas. Det finns många vardagliga situationer där vi stöter på separation av fasta partiklar från vätskan i så kallade suspensioner. Separationsprocessen kallas sedimentering och är den tillämpning som genomgående motivA consistent theme throughout this thesis is quasilinear partial differential equations (PDEs) appearing in one-dimensional models of sedimentation for solid-liquid separation of suspensions. We mainly focus on continuous sedimentation in so-called clarifier-thickeners (CTs), which are found in mineral processing and wastewater treatment. In addition to complications with shocks and non-unique sol

An interpretation is given of the threshold photoelectron spectrum of Ar between the P-3 and D-1 double-ionization thresholds. In this region the observed spectrum is less cluttered than below the P-3 thresholds and the interpretation is more straightforward. One of the characteristic features of the spectrum is the excitation to Rydberg orbitals with high angular momentum l in agreement with the

The present study reports the reliability of the Swedish versions of Brief COPE (Carver, 1997) and LOT-R (Scheir, Carver & Bridges, 1994). Brief COPE consists of 28 items measuring 14 different coping strategies. LOT-R consists of sex items assessing generalized optimism. Altogether 332 undergraduate students (236 women and 93 men) participated in the study. The reliability coefficients indica

This study analyses the development of natural philosophy in Scandinavia in the 16th and 17th century. Rather than dealing with individual natural philosophers and ideas, it evolves around groups of natural philsophers - the Bartholin family and the former assistants of Tycho Brahe in Denmark, the Rudbeck family in Sweden. The study of nature is put into a cultural, religious, social, and politica

Poor communication between surgical and anesthesia unit personnel may jeopardize patient safety. Review reports from a national survey on patient safety performed at 17 units 2011-2013 were analyzed in order to identify strategies to reduce risks related to the interaction between surgery and anesthesia. The reports were reviewed in this study by an independent group in order to extract findings r

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The goal of this paper is to discuss current problems of education for sustainable development, i.e. a global educational innovation that is actively growing in the new century. In Sweden, which has extensive experience in ecological education, education for sustainable development is considered a national model for the creation of the foundation for SD. In Russia, difficulties exist in defining a

Obituary over American poet Mark Strand (1934 - 2014)

Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling undersöker hur vi använder visuell kontextinformation i samtal. Alla modeller över språkprocessning och kommunikation är ense om att visuell kontextinformation har en positiv nettoeffekt på förståelse och kommunikation. Trots detta är det inte klart genom vilka mekanismer denna kontextinformation verkar, eller om dessa mekanismer fungerar i situationer This dissertation is about the role of visual context information in communication. All accounts of language processing and communication agree that visual context is beneficial for understanding. Despite this, it is not clear through which mechanisms visual context works and whether these mechanisms also work in communication outside the lab setting. This dissertation aims to provide answers to t

The article is a study of politicians’ views on literature based on motions and debates in Swedish parliament 2000–2010. The aim is to investigate the political agenda for literature and the functions ascribed to literature, reading and books during the period. The first part examines the uses of the concepts literature, reading and books and these notions are traced into ideology as well as theor

Landfilling is the most commonly used method for solid waste disposal in Jordan. It is an important source of pollution, which can be displayed through analysis of data for climatic conditions, hydrology and geology of the country. The migration of gas and leachate from the landfill body into the surrounding environment present a serious environmental concern, which include groundwater pollution,