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Universities and industrial transformation: An interpretative and selective literature study with special emphasis on Sweden
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to make a selective and interpretative review of the literature on university-industry relations, with the aim of identifying questions for further research. We provide the 'bare bones' of an analytical framework for approaching university-industry relations, where we conceptualise the role of universities in the innovation and diffusion process as one of the providers of a range of functions in an innovation system. We proceed by addressing three themes with a strong bearing on science and educational policy, focussing on Sweden. These are: (1) how to measure the size and performance of academic research, (2) how to assess the value of academic R&D, and (3) how to improve the value of the academic sector where we deal with the issue of 'responsiveness'. We conclude by specifying a set of questions that need further research.university-industry relations, innovation, diffusion, R&D, Sweden
Norberg (D.), Au seuil du Moyen Age II. Études linguistiques, métriques et littéraires 1975- 1995, publiées en sa mémoire par R. Jacobsson et F. Sandgren, Filologiskt arkiv, ISSN : 0083.6745 ; 40, 1995
No full textDolbeau François. Norberg (D.), Au seuil du Moyen Age II. Études linguistiques, métriques et littéraires 1975- 1995, publiées en sa mémoire par R. Jacobsson et F. Sandgren, Filologiskt arkiv, ISSN : 0083.6745 ; 40, 1995. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 102, 2000, n°3-4. pp. 577-579
Norberg (D.), Au seuil du Moyen Age II. Études linguistiques, métriques et littéraires 1975- 1995, publiées en sa mémoire par R. Jacobsson et F. Sandgren, Filologiskt arkiv, ISSN : 0083.6745 ; 40, 1995
No full textDolbeau François. Norberg (D.), Au seuil du Moyen Age II. Études linguistiques, métriques et littéraires 1975- 1995, publiées en sa mémoire par R. Jacobsson et F. Sandgren, Filologiskt arkiv, ISSN : 0083.6745 ; 40, 1995. In: Revue des Études Anciennes. Tome 102, 2000, n°3-4. pp. 577-579
Invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections
No full textStaphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of septicaemia-related death.
The aims of this thesis were to describe the epidemiology of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections (ISA), the clinical course, and serological response in ISA in a prospective, population-based study. The antibody response was compared with the serological findings in healthy individuals.
During two years 170 episodes of ISA were registered, with an incidence of 33.9 cases/100,000/year. Haemodialysis (relative risk 291) and peritoneal dialysis (relative risk 204) patients were at the highest risk. Soft tissue infections, bacteraemia without focus, infections of intravenous lines, and joint/bone infections were the most common diagnoses. The spectrum of signs and symptoms was wide, with nearly a quarter of the patients being afebrile.
The mortality rate was 19.1% (28-day mortality), with an annual population mortality of 5.9/100,000. Patients with complicated bacteraemia (32% of all episodes) had a mortality rate of 32%, and patients with severe sepsis (30% of all episodes) 54%. Patients with bacteraemia without focus, patients with respiratory infections, and patients with endovascular infections had the highest mortality figures .
Only severe sepsis and low systolic blood pressure were independent factors for mortality in a multivariable regression model. We found a relapse rate of 9.3%, and a rate of remaining symptoms after the antibiotic treatment had ended of 34%. Sequelae were seen among 60% of the patients with arthritis.
The frequency of different agr, accessory gene regulator, groups was not correlated to the disease entities.
The antibody response in ISA showed a great variability. Patients with a fatal outcome produced lower amounts of antibodies to all antigens, and significantly to four antigens (teichoic acid, lipase, enterotoxin A, and scalded skin syndrome toxin). The same trend was noted for patients with a complicated course of infection.
Healthy carriers of S. aureus in the nares had higher levels of antibodies to all eleven tested antigens, and significantly to five, than non-carriers. Ages over 65y showed only slightly lower levels
Transforming the Energy Sector : The evolution of technological systems in renewable energy technology
No full textThis paper analyses the development and diffusion of technologies that utilize renewable energy sources in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.The analysis enlarges the life cycle model of industry evolution to one where the focus is on the formation and evolution of new technological systems. Particular focus is on explaining success and failures in shifting from a formative phase into one characterized by positive feedbacks. A set of challenges is identified for policy makers attempting to influence the process of transforming the energy sector.This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Industrial and corporate change following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version:Staffan Jacobsson and Anna Bergek, Transforming the Energy Sector: The evolution of technological systems in renewable energy technology, 2004, Industrial and corporate change, (13), No. 5, 815-849.is available on-line at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dth032Copyright: Oxford University Pres
The structural design of the decay volume for the Search for Hidden Particles (SHIP) project
No full textThe Search for Hidden Particles (SHiP) experiment is a new general-purpose fixed target facility proposed at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) accelerator to search for long-lived exotic particles associated with Hidden Sectors and Dark Matter. This paper reports on the structural design of SHiP’s decay volume, a > 2000 m3 conical vessel under vacuum that should host several large particle physics detector systems. In the field of structural and seismic engineering, the design study in a very multidisciplinary international collaboration has represented a stimulating research challenge. The goal of the design of the decay is to produce a structure as light and as slim as possible to stay within the geometrical envelop determined in the physics simulations. A complete study has been performed with all the steps from the conceptual design, including the interaction with other components and the plant systems, to the assembly procedures for the decay volume realization. The complexity of the case study has been driven by the need of finding the appropriate compromise between the physics performance, the structural aspects, the executive, constructive and operational issues, and the economical constraints. The assembly strategy, the welding techniques, and the expected construction time are discussed in view of the extremely complex installation phase. Building Integrated Model (BIM) methodology is also proposed as an essential tool to coordinate the entire process of designing and managing not only the decay volume but the entire project
Embedded controllers for local board-control
No full textThe LHCb experiment at CERN has a large number of custom electronic boards performing high-speed data-processing. Like in any large experiment the control and monitoring of these crate-mounted boards must be integrated into the overall control-system. Traditionally this has been done by using buses like VME on the back-plane of the crates. LHCb has chosen to equip every board with an embedded micro-controller and connecting them in a large Local Area Network. The intelligence of these devices allows complex (soft) real-time control and monitoring, required for modern powerful FPGA driven electronics. Moreover each board has its own, isolated control access path, which increases the robustness of the entire system. The system is now in pre-production at several sites and will go into full production during next year. The hardware and software will be discussed and experiences from the R&D and pre-production will be reviewed, with an emphasis on advantages and difficulties of this approach to board-control
Correction to: Trans-ancestral dissection of urate- and gout-associated major loci SLC2A9 and ABCG2 reveals primate-specific regulatory effects
No full text© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Japan Society of Human Genetics. The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. One of members of Eurogout consortium wasn’t included. The corrected version is given below. Eurogout consortium A. Abhishek, M. Andres, T. Crisan, N. Dalbeth, M. Doherty, L. Jacobsson, M. Janssen, T.L. Jansen, L.A. Joosten, M. Kapetanovic, F. Lioté, H. Matsuo, G. McCarthy, T. Merriman, F. Perez-Ruiz, P.L. Riches, P. Richette, P.C. Robinson, E. Roddy, B. Stiburkova, A. So, L.K. Stamp, A.K. Tausche, R. Torres-Jiminez, T. Uhlig
Incidences of community onset severe sepsis, Sepsis-3 sepsis, and bacteremia in Sweden – a prospective population-based study.
No full textSepsis epidemiology study 2011-2012 Sweden
Ljungström, Lars; Andersson, Rune; Jacobsson, Gunnar
Data collected during the prospective "Sepsis Skaraborg study" performed 2011-2012 in the western region of Sweden. Adult patients admitted to the emergency department for suspicion of a community-onset sepsis were evaluated. The study was approved by the Regional Ethical Review Board of Gothenburg (376-11). The file includes data for patient characteristics, vital signs, biomarker measurements, cases of bacteremia, and patient classifications using Sepsis-2 and Sepsis-3 criteria.</p
Comparative Analysis of European Examples of Freight Electric Vehicles Schemes—A Systematic Case Study Approach with Examples from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK.
No full textE-Mobility is a hot topic, in the public policy area as well as in business and scientific communities. Literature on electric freight transport is still relatively scarce. Urban freight transport is considered as one of the most promising fields of application of vehicle electrification, and there are on-going demonstration projects. This paper will discuss case study examples of electric freight vehicle initiatives in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK and identify enablers and barriers for common trends
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