1 ABSTRACT Colorectal tumors are responsible for more than 600 000 deaths per year worldwide and thereby constitute the second most common cause of cancer related mortality. Early detection is related to improved prognosis and identification of genetic biomarkers would meliorate available diagnostic tools. Existing tumor classification systems lack precise monitoring within individual tumor sta...

Test data is needed to test any database application, but of extra importance when testing business intelligence/data warehousing systems, since they often require a larger volume of data and also often lack a user interface for entering data. This thesis describes Le Generator—a prototype of a framework for test data synthesis implemented in the Python programming language. I describe backgrou...

Domestication, the process when animals adapt to captivity, tends to modify a whole array of traits towards what has been termed “the domesticated phenotype”, where the domesticated animal differs from its wild ancestor in morphology, physiology, development and behaviour. Physiological traits and behaviours are controlled by genes. One single gene can control several different traits (pleiotro...

Conjugated polymers have been found useful in a wide range of applications such as sensors, electrochemical transistors, solar cells, and printed electronics due to their mechanical, optical and electronic properties. An amazing research field has grown during the last three decades since the discovery of conducting polymers in 1976. Since the materials can be made from solutions, different pro...

This study is part of the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative (STI) one of the most ambitious all taxa biodiversity inventories in the world. One of the pillars in STI is to support taxonomic research on the most neglected taxonomic groups with the aim to lift the level of knowledge of biodiversity in the country. There is still a lot to be discovered, especially in the microscopic world, and this incl...

The microcirculation, involving the smallest vessels in the body, is where the oxygen transport to all tissue occurs. Evaluating microcirculatory parameters is, therefore, important and involves the quantification of oxygen content of red blood cells (RBCs), the amount of RBCs and their speed. Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) can be used to estimate blood oxygen saturation and fraction of...

The prevalence of obesity is increasing in most parts of the world and is a strong risk factor for the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Adipose tissue is mainly composed of adipocytes which store energy in the form of triglycerides and release it as free fatty acids. Adipose tissue is one of the major regulators of energy homeostasis in the body. Adipose tiss...

Ö Övningsuppgifter 11 Ö.1 Cykliska binära följder, del 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ö.2 Par av hörn i en kvadrat med fyra löv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ö.3 Kantfärgningar av kuben, del 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ö.4 Samband mellan färgningar och urvalsproblem . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ö.5 Omärkta färgningar av tomma grafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ö...

English Abstract There is a need to raise the educational level within the European glass industry in order to strengthen the potential of development and competitiveness. The aim of the present paper is to describe the phases of planning and implementing the pilot project the Virtual Glass Academy, the results, and to discuss the evaluation. Included in the aim is also to discuss the three asp...

Norovirus (NoV) orsakar den s.k. vinterkräksjukan vilken är den vanligaste formen av akut mag-tarm inflammation i världen. Symptomen kan variera men består oftast av våldsamma kräkningar och diarré. Årligen infekteras över 250 miljoner människor med NoV vilket leder till att ungefär 200 000 barn dör, de flesta i utvecklingsländer. NoV orsakar ofta stora sjukdomsutbrott i slutna miljöer som sjuk...