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- Gaines, Hans, et al.
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Six-week follow-up after HIV-1 exposure: a position statement from the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy
- 2016
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Ingår i: Infectious Diseases. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2374-4235 .- 2374-4243. ; 48:2, s. 93-98
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 2014 the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Swedish Reference Group for Antiviral Therapy (RAV) conducted a review and analysis of the state of knowledge on the duration of follow-up after exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Up until then a follow-up of 12 weeks after exposure had been recommended, but improved tests and new information on early diagnosis motivated a re-evaluation of the national recommendations by experts representing infectious diseases and microbiology, county medical officers, the RAV, the Public Health Agency, and other national authorities. Based on the current state of knowledge the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the RAV recommend, starting in April 2015, a follow-up period of 6 weeks after possible HIV-1 exposure, if HIV testing is performed using laboratory-based combination tests detecting both HIV antibody and antigen. If point-of-care rapid HIV tests are used, a follow-up period of 8 weeks is recommended, because currently available rapid tests have insufficient sensitivity for detection of HIV-1 antigen. A follow-up period of 12 weeks is recommended after a possible exposure for HIV-2, since presently used assays do not include HIV-2 antigens and only limited information is available on the development of HIV antibodies during early HIV-2 infection. If pre- or post-exposure prophylaxis is administered, the follow-up period is recommended to begin after completion of prophylaxis. Even if infection cannot be reliably excluded before the end of the recommended follow-up period, HIV testing should be performed at first contact for persons who seek such testing.
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- Henning, Georg, 1989, et al.
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Preretirement Work Motivation and Subsequent Retirement Adjustment: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
- 2019
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Ingår i: Work, Aging and Retirement. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 2054-4642 .- 2054-4650.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research grounded in self-determination theory confirms the importance of different types of work motivation for well-being and job performance. Less is known about the role of work motivation at the end of one’s working life and its association with adjustment to retirement. We investigated the association between preretirement work motivation and retirement adjustment in a subsample of the Health, Aging and Retirement Transitions in Sweden (HEARTS) study. We included participants (n = 572) who retired between two annual waves in this longitudinal study. Retirement adjustment was operationalized as change between waves in satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness). The association between preretirement work motivation and retirement adjustment varied depending on the subdimension of motivation (intrinsic, identified, introjected, external, or amotivation), type of transition (full vs. partial), and the particular need (autonomy, competence, and relatedness). In line with our expectations, low intrinsic work motivation was associated with gains in autonomy satisfaction for full-time retirees, which may be interpreted as a relief from dissatisfying jobs. Among those who continued to work, high intrinsic motivation was related to increases in relatedness satisfaction, that is, retirees who were intrinsically motivated for their work seem to benefit from continuing to work in retirement. In contrast to our expectations, amotivation before retirement was associated with gains in relatedness satisfaction for those continuing to work. Our results highlight the complexity of retirement and the need to study postretirement adjustment as a multifaceted and multidirectional process.
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- Meza, Eugenio, 1975, et al.
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Development of a method for heat shock stress assessment in yeast based on transcription of specific genes
- 2021
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Ingår i: Yeast. - : Wiley. - 1097-0061 .- 0749-503X. ; 38:10, s. 549-565
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- All living cells, including yeast cells, are challenged by different types of stresses in their environments and must cope with challenges such as heat, chemical stress, or oxidative damage. By reversibly adjusting the physiology while maintaining structural and genetic integrity, cells can achieve a competitive advantage and adapt environmental fluctuations. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been extensively used as a model for study of stress responses due to the strong conservation of many essential cellular processes between yeast and human cells. We focused here on developing a tool to detect and quantify early responses using specific transcriptional responses. We analyzed the published transcriptional data on S. cerevisiae DBY strain responses to 10 different stresses in different time points. The principal component analysis (PCA) and the Pearson analysis were used to assess the stress response genes that are highly expressed in each individual stress condition. Except for these stress response genes, we also identified the reference genes in each stress condition, which would not be induced under stress condition and show stable transcriptional expression over time. We then tested our candidates experimentally in the CEN.PK strain. After data analysis, we identified two stress response genes (UBI4 and RRP) and two reference genes (MEX67 and SSY1) under heat shock (HS) condition. These genes were further verified by real-time PCR at mild (42°C), severe (46°C), to lethal temperature (50°C), respectively.
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- Rydén, Magnus, 1975, et al.
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Fe2O3 on Ce-, Ca- or Mg-stabilized ZrO2 as oxygen carrier for chemical-looping combustion using NiO as additive
- 2010
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Ingår i: AICHE Journal. - : Wiley. - 1547-5905 .- 0001-1541. ; 56:8, s. 2211-2220
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Oxygen-carrier particles for chemical-looping combustion have been manufactured by freeze granulation. The particles consisted of 60 wt % Fe2O3 as active phase and 40 wt % stabilized ZrO2 as support material. Ce, Ca, or Mg was used to stabilize the ZrO2. The hardness and porosity of the particles were altered by varying the sintering temperature. The oxygen carriers were examined by redox experiments in a batch fluidized- bed reactor at 800–950°C, using CH4 as fuel. The experiments showed good reactivity between the particles and CH4. NiO was used as an additive and was found to reduce the fraction of unconverted CH4 with up to 80%. The combustion efficiency was 95.9% at best and was achieved using 57 kg oxygen carrier per MW fuel. Most produced oxygen carriers appear to have been decently stable, but using Ca as stabilizer resulting in uneven results. Further, particles sintered at high temperatures had a tendency to defluidize.
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- Rydén, Magnus, 1975, et al.
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Ilmenite with addition of NiO as oxygen carrier for chemical-looping combustion
- 2010
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Ingår i: Fuel. - : Elsevier BV. - 0016-2361. ; 89:11, s. 3523-3533
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The naturally occurring mineral ilmenite, FeTiO3, has been examined as oxygen carrier for chemical-loopingcombustion. NiO-based particles have been used as an additive, in order to examine if it is possible toutilize the catalytic properties of metallic Ni to facilitate decomposition of hydrocarbons into more reactivecombustion intermediates such as CO and H2. Firstly, ilmenite was examined by oxidation and reductionexperiments in a batch fluidized-bed reactor. These experiments indicated moderate reactivitybetween ilmenite and CH4, which was used as reducing gas. However, adding 5 wt.% of NiO-based particlesto the ilmenite improved the conversion of CH4 greatly, resulting in an increase in combustion efficiencywith a factor of 3. Secondly, 83 h of chemical-looping combustion experiments were conducted ina small circulating fluidized-bed reactor, using ilmenite as oxygen carrier and natural gas as fuel. A widerange of process parameters and different levels of NiO addition were examined. Occasionally, there wereproblems with the circulation of solids between the air reactor and fuel reactor, but most of the time theexperiments worked well. The products were mostly CO2, H2O and unconverted CH4. Adding smallamounts of NiO-based particles to the reactor increased the conversion of the fuel considerably. Forthe base case conducted at 900, the combustion efficiency was 76% for pure ilmenite and 90% for thecorresponding experiments with 1 wt.% NiO-based particles added to the reactor. The properties ofilmenite were found to change considerably during operation. Used particles had lower density, weremore reactive and more porous than fresh particles. These changes appear to have been physical, andno unexpected chemical phases could be identified.
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- Rydén, Magnus, 1975, et al.
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NiO supported on Mg-ZrO2 as oxygen carrier for chemical-looping combustion and chemical-looping reforming
- 2009
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Ingår i: Energy and Environmental Sciences. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1754-5692 .- 1754-5706. ; 2:9, s. 970-981
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Oxygen-carrier particles consisting of 40 wt% NiO supported on 60 wt% Mg-stabilized ZrO2 were produced by freeze granulation and examined as oxygen carrier for chemical-looping applications. Firstly, the particles were examined by oxidation and reduction experiments in a batch fluidized-bed reactor. These experiments indicated very high reactivity with CH4 and low affinity for carbon formation. For highly oxidized particles the products were CO2 and H2O, while for reduced particles they were CO and H2. Secondly, the particles were examined by 40 hours of operation in a small circulating fluidized-bed reactor, using natural gas as fuel. For chemical-looping combustion, there was complete conversion of fuel into products with high selectivity towards CO2 and H2O. At 950ºC, a combustion efficiency of 99.3% was achieved, which is only 0.1%-point below the theoretical maximum, i.e. thermodynamic equilibrium. For chemical-looping reforming, the conversion of fuel was 99.9% or higher, with high selectivity towards CO and H2. Operating at the desired process parameters, which was a fuel reactor temperature of 950ºC and an air ratio of 0.30, worked flawlessly. When only natural gas was used as fuel there was slight formation of solid carbon in the fuel reactor. Adding 30 vol% steam to the fuel removed the carbon formation. The particles retained their physical and chemical structure reasonably well during operation. Approximately 5% of the particles added to the reactor were lost as fines during the first hours of operation. Further, the porosity of the particles increased somewhat during operation. The density was 10% lower for used particles, compared to fresh.
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- Zhang, Renyun, et al.
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Soap-film coating : High-speed deposition of multilayer nanofilms
- 2013
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Ingår i: Scientific Reports. - Nature Publishing Group : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2045-2322. ; 3, s. Art. no. 1477-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The coating of thin films is applied in numerous fields and many methods are employed for the deposition of these films. Some coating techniques may deposit films at high speed; for example, ordinary printing paper is coated with micrometre-thick layers of clay at a speed of tens of meters per second. However, to coat nanometre thin films at high speed, vacuum techniques are typically required, which increases the complexity of the process. Here, we report a simple wet chemical method for the high-speed coating of films with thicknesses at the nanometre level. This soap-film coating technique is based on forcing a substrate through a soap film that contains nanomaterials. Molecules and nanomaterials can be deposited at a thickness ranging from less than a monolayer to several layers at speeds up to meters per second. We believe that the soap-film coating method is potentially important for industrial-scale nanotechnology.
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- Öberg, Rasmus, et al.
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UV-induced spectral and morphological changes in bacterial spores for inactivation assessment
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Physical Chemistry B. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-6106 .- 1520-5207. ; 128:7, s. 1638-1646
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The ability to detect and inactivate spore-forming bacteria is of significance within, for example, industrial, healthcare, and defense sectors. Not only are stringent protocols necessary for the inactivation of spores but robust procedures are also required to detect viable spores after an inactivation assay to evaluate the procedure’s success. UV radiation is a standard procedure to inactivate spores. However, there is limited understanding regarding its impact on spores’ spectral and morphological characteristics. A further insight into these UV-induced changes can significantly improve the design of spore decontamination procedures and verification assays. This work investigates the spectral and morphological changes to Bacillus thuringiensis spores after UV exposure. Using absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy, we observe an exponential decay in the spectral intensity of amino acids and protein structures, as well as a logistic increase in dimerized DPA with increased UV exposure on bulk spore suspensions. Additionally, using micro-Raman spectroscopy, we observe DPA release and protein degradation with increased UV exposure. More specifically, the protein backbone’s 1600–1700 cm–1 amide I band decays slower than other amino acid-based structures. Last, using electron microscopy and light scattering measurements, we observe shriveling of the spore bodies with increased UV radiation, alongside the leaking of core content and disruption of proteinaceous coat and exosporium layers. Overall, this work utilized spectroscopy and electron microscopy techniques to gain new understanding of UV-induced spore inactivation relating to spore degradation and CaDPA release. The study also identified spectroscopic indicators that can be used to determine spore viability after inactivation. These findings have practical applications in the development of new spore decontamination and inactivation validation methods.
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