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A comment on the physiological basis for longitudinal motion of the arterial wall

The longitudinal motion and the intramural shear strain of the arterial wall increase dramatically in response to blood pressure, thereby impacting the vascular wall microenvironment. Exposure to a sedentary lifestyle has been identified as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but it has been shown that intermittent physical activity embedded into everyday life is enough to impro

Laminarins and their derivatives affect dendritic cell activation and their crosstalk with T cells

This research explores the impact of structural variations in laminarins derived from seaweed on their immunomodulatory properties. Laminarins from Laminaria digitata, L. hyperborea, and Saccharina latissima, were obtained using a two-step water extraction protocol, followed by structural characterization by FT-IR spectroscopy, 1H NMR, and MALDI-TOF MS. The laminarin backbones were confirmed as β–

”Kraftringen har blivit en belastning för Lundaborna.”

Sveriges högsta elkostnader är resultatet av Kraftringens spretighet och dess historiskt höga benägenhet att investera i allsköns misslyckade projekt långt utanför Lunds kommungräns, skriver Lars Jonung, professor emeritus i nationalekonomi på Lunds universitet och Jan Rydenfelt, tidigare finansdirektör.

Using a Theory of Change Approach for Inclusive and Resilient Urban Food Systems in Uganda

We explore how the Resilient Urban Food Systems (RUFS) project applied a theory of change approach to raise awareness of the importance of smallholder farmers and to bring them into decision making processes, as key players working towards a sustainable and resilient food system in Kasese Municipality and Mbale City in Uganda. Critical inputs from using a theory of change approach included: consta

Did Grandmothers Enhance Reproductive Success in Historic Populations? : Testing Evolutionary Theories on Historical Demographic Data in Scandinavia and North America

Human reproductive success requires both producing children and making investments in the development of offspring. To a large extent these investments are made by the parents of the child, but researchers are now looking beyond the nuclear family to understand how extended kin, notably grandmothers, enhance reproductive success by making transfers to progeny of different kinds. The extent to whic

Microbial acidification by N, S, Fe and Mn oxidation as a key mechanism for deterioration of subsea tunnel sprayed concrete

The deterioration of fibre-reinforced sprayed concrete was studied in the Oslofjord subsea tunnel (Norway). At sites with intrusion of saline groundwater resulting in biofilm growth, the concrete exhibited significant concrete deterioration and steel fibre corrosion. Using amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomics, the microbial taxa and surveyed potential microbial mechanisms of concrete degra

Så funkar regnbågen

Efter regn kommer sol – och har man tur får man se en vackert lysande regnbåge. I Bibeln skapar Gud den som ett löfte om att inga fler syndafloder ska komma. I irländsk folktro finns en skatt vid regnbågens slut, och i den nordiska mytologin förbinder den människornas värld med Asgård. Men vad är regnbågen egentligen, och hur funkar den?

Pressure enabled organic reactions via confinement between layers of 2D materials

Confinement of reactants within nanoscale spaces of low-dimensional materials has been shown to provide reorientation of strained reactants or stabilization of unstable reactants for synthesis of molecules and tuning of chemical reactivity. While few studies have reported chemistry within zero-dimensional pores and one-dimensional nanotubes, organic reactions in confined spaces between two-dimensi

Direct band gap white light emission from charge carrier diffusion induced nanowire light-emitting diodes

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been investigated during the past decades, for which a major challenge is total internal reflection that limits the light extraction efficiency. ‘Nanotree’ LEDs elegantly solve this bottleneck. Lower band gap nanowire branches are grown on higher band gap core wires. Charge carriers diffuse into the branches and recombine there. Total internal reflection is impede

Characterization of n-doped branches in nanotree LEDs

We present processed light emitting diodes (LED) devices based on GaInP core-branch nanowire (NW) structures. The LEDs rely on the charge carrier diffusion induced light emitting diode concept. The GaInP core has a higher Ga content than the branches to induce diffusion of carriers from the cores into the branches. The branches play the role of the active region in the structure, where charge carr

Insights into the morphology of Sphenothallus (Cnidaria): new features identified in an old genus from the Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian, Bashkirian) of western Ireland

The recent discovery of well-preserved fragments of Sphenothallus in the Central Clare Group (Pennsylvanian) of western Ireland provides new insights into the morphology of this enigmatic, putative cnidarian. The specimens demonstrate a morphological plasticity, including features not previously described for Sphenothallus, such as the presence of flat sides and angular lateral margins, non-bilate

Whole-channel acoustic energy and acoustophoretic efficiency frequency spectrum by the in-flow focusing method

The in-flow focusing method, introduced herein, enables rapid and straightforward measurements of the whole-channel acoustic energy of acoustic flow-through devices. The method is applied to assess the whole-channel acoustic energy and acoustophoretic efficiency frequency spectra of a bottom-actuated silicon-glass and a side-actuated glass chip. The input variables are the time-independent geometr

High-Performance and Environmentally-Friendly Bulk-Wave-Acoustofluidic Devices Driven by Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials

Bulk-wave-acoustofluidic devices provide strong acoustic fields and high device efficiency, thereby offering high-throughput capability when processing biological samples. Such devices are typically driven by lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducers, which contain a high content of lead, inevitably resulting in environmental and biocompatibility issues. Replacing PZT with lead-free piezoelectric

Quantitative mass spectrometry analysis of the injured proximal and distal human digital nerve ends

Introduction: Proteomic analysis of injured human peripheral nerves, particularly focusing on events occurring in the proximal and distal nerve ends, remains relatively underexplored. This study aimed to investigate the molecular patterns underlying a digital nerve injury, focusing on differences in protein expression between the proximal and distal nerve ends. Methods: A total of 26 human injured

A Smorgasbord of Print : The Development of Scholarly Publishing in the Swedish humanities, c. 1840–1880

This article traces publishing patterns in the Swedish humanities between 1840 and 1880; a period characterized by a new publishing regime yet bridging two dominant publication forms, the dissertation, and the disciplinary journal. Using the prominent historian Wilhelm Erik Svedelius as an entry point, the article charts how scholars in the humanities navigated the publishing landscape in a more d