| 1. |
|
|
| 2. |
- Engberg, Alva Vilpi, et al.
(författare)
-
Prevalence of Dysphagia and Risk of Malnutrition in Elderly Living in Nursing Homes
- 2024
-
Ingår i: DYSPHAGIA. - 0179-051X .- 1432-0460.
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Swallowing difficulties commonly co-occur with malnutrition in the elderly. However, there is no consensus on which assessment tools to use, and thus reported prevalence varies. The aim of this study was to survey the prevalence of dysphagia and risk of malnutrition in elderly people in nursing homes, evaluate the possible associations between swallowing function and malnutrition and survey whether there were associations between self-perceived function and the results of a screening of dysphagia. A total of 35 residents (aged 67-100 years old) without serious cognitive impairment in the general wards of two nursing homes in Gothenburg were investigated. Swallowing ability was assessed with the Gugging Swallowing Screen (GUSS) test, self-rated swallowing ability with the 4QT and the Swedish Eating Assessment Tool-10 (S-EAT-10) and risk of malnutrition with the Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form-Version 2 (MEONF-II). Eleven participants (31.4%) exhibited dysphagia according to the GUSS and 10 participants (29.4%) showed moderate or high risk of malnutrition. In total 16 (46%) participants reported abnormal swallowing on 4QT and 14 (40%) participants reported abnormal swallowing on S-EAT-10. However, less than half of these had dysphagia according to the GUSS. No association was found between swallowing ability measured by the GUSS and risk of malnutrition, although a tendency towards a weak association was noted, or self-rated swallowing ability measured by the 4QT and S-EAT-10. The study found that approximately one-third of the tested participants presented with signs of dysphagia as measured with the screening instrument GUSS, even though only a few were known to have any difficulties prior to testing. This highlights that dysphagia is probably more prevalent than patients themselves and caregivers are aware of, thus, screening is of importance, to enable safer nutritional intake.
|
|
| 3. |
- Hassanpoor, Arman, et al.
(författare)
-
Tolerance band modulation methods for modular multilevel converters
- 2015
-
Ingår i: IEEE transactions on power electronics. - : IEEE. - 0885-8993 .- 1941-0107. ; 30:1, s. 311-326
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Modular multilevel converters (M2Cs) are increasingly used in high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems. The efficiency of M2Cs is influenced by the modulation and cell selecting methods, which determines the switching frequency and capacitor voltage ripple in the converter station. A new approach to modulation of the M2C is presented in this paper. Tolerance band methods are employed to obtain the switching instants, and also cell selection. The proposed methods overcome the modulation problem for converters with few cells on one hand and also reduce the sorting efforts for cell balancing purposes of many cells converter on the other hand. Three different algorithms are also proposed to balance the cell capacitor voltages. The evaluation is done in time-domain simulation by which the performance of each method is studied in both the steady-state and transient cases. It is observed that using tolerance band methods not only reduces the switching frequency but also allows for handling severe fault cases in a grid-connected system. Eventually, the most promising tolerance band method has been implemented and verified in a real-time digital simulator, RTDS®. The average switching frequency of 70 Hz has been achieved for the system under study, while the capacitor voltage ripple is limited to 10% of the nominal cell voltage.
|
|
| 4. |
- Herrmann, Eberhard
(författare)
-
Religion, Reality, and a Good Life. A Philosophical Approach to Religion
- 2004
-
Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The book deals with what is one of the central issues in the philosophy of religion, namely the problem of realism: do we human beings have access to a reality in itself, assuming that such an idea makes sense at all, or only to reality as it is conceptua
|
|
| 5. |
|
|
| 6. |
- Iversen, Clara, 1981-
(författare)
-
Moraliska subjekt i polisförhör om sexualbrott mot barn
- 2008
-
Ingår i: Policing in Scandinavia. - Växjö : Växjö Universitet. ; , s. 197-214
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sexualbrott mot barn är ett av de mest stigmatiserande brott som finns. Hur är det då möjligt att tala om skuld och ansvar i polisförhör om dessa brott? I artikeln analyseras förhörsprotokoll med fyra män dömda för sexualbrott mot barn. Resultatet är ett förslag till en stadiemodell där den misstänktes förnekande och erkännande sker i förhållande till tre faser av distansering: först från anklagelsen, sedan från den typiske förövaren och till sist från sig själv som den person den misstänkte var när han utförde brottet.
|
|
| 7. |
|
|
| 8. |
|
|
| 9. |
|
|
| 10. |
|
|
