The sector for private domestic services in Sweden has grown rapidly since the RUT tax deduction was introduced in 2007. Already in the government proposition (2006/07:94) it was suggested that services provided by the expanding market would come to replace parts of the publicly funded elderly care, thus marking a shift in the organisation of care in the welfare state. Today we begin to see the ef

The article surveys the ways in which the peoples of Greco-Roman antiquity reacted to natural disasters of their time. The focus is on earthquakes, and particularly one major event, viz. the destruction of Helike in 373/2 B.C. Mainly three themes are discussed: (i) The hypotheses on the causes of natural disasters: had they natural causes or were they thought to be the result of divine intervent

Measures of physical growth, such as weight and height have long been the predominant outcomes for monitoring child health and evaluating interventional outcomes in public health studies, including those that may impact neurodevelopment. While physical growth generally reflects overall health and nutritional status, it lacks sensitivity and specificity to brain growth and developing cognitive skil

Allt eftersom behandlingar för neurodegenerativa sjukdomar utvecklas, har tidig identifiering av kognitiv försämring blivit allt viktigare för att kunna påbörja en snabb intervention och bedöma behandlingens effektivitet. Denna avhandling undersöker olika aspekter av kognitiv testning relaterad till neurokognitiva störningar.Introduction: It is important to understand how to interpret and utilize cognitiveassessment results for diagnosis, treatment, and inclusion in clinical studies. Astreatments for neurodegenerative diseases advance, the need to identify cognitivedecline in its earliest stages is becoming increasingly important, both for the timelyinitiation of treatment and for assessing the efficacy of interventio

Background: It has been suggested that carbidopa at high blood concentrations may counter the therapeutic effect of levodopa in Parkinson's disease by entering the brain and blocking central levodopa conversion to dopamine. We previously demonstrated equivalent plasma levodopa concentration in patients with Parkinson's disease during 16 h of (1) intravenous carbidopa/levodopa (DIZ101) infusion, (2

Purpose: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) occurs in 1-1.5% of the general population and possibly in up to 20% of psychiatric outpatients. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) occurs at some point in life in 4% of the general population and in 14–20% of psychiatric outpatients. Knowledge about how PTSD manifests in people with ASD is important in order for it to be correctly diagnosed and intervene

Micromilling is a subtractive manufacturing process that presents challenges due to scale effects and rapid tool wear. To understand the evolution of surface quality when increasing the machined length during the micromilling process, this study assessed the surface roughness, topography, and defects of slots micromilled on Ti-6Al-4V. For the experiments, 1 mm diameter flat end mills were employed

The functional properties of Andean grain starches of two species, amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus) and canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule), three cultivars each, were studied. The study focused on chemical composition, pasting properties, thermal properties, water solubility index (WSI), swelling power (SP), and granule morphology. All amaranth starches were waxy starches, with amylose content le

Accurate monitoring of daily precipitation is essential for many applications, such as simulation and prediction of watershed water-related disasters. However, precipitation data from satellite and gauge-based precipitation products face challenges in capturing true observations because of their large uncertainties. To improve daily precipitation estimates, this study proposed a new merging framew

Values have been discussed both in relation to the normative character of Ecological Economics and, albeit implicitly, in conceptions of human beings. Nevertheless, a conceptualisation of individually-held values remains underdeveloped. Scholars who do engage on a conceptual level tend to focus on the values of nature in the context of ecosystem services, with less emphasis on: (a) more generally-

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains, despite intense research, the most common cause of death world-wide. The main underlying cause of CVD is atherosclerosis, which is characterised by chronic inflammation. CVD and atherosclerosis have a complex aetiology, which necessitates research into multiple areas in order to gain insight into the pathogenesis and find novel markers that could aid in identi