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- Ejlertsson, Jörgen, et al.
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Effects of co-disposal of wastes containing organic pollutants with municipal solid waste : a landfill simulation reactor study
- 2003
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Ingår i: Advances in Environmental Research. - 1093-0191 .- 1093-7927. ; 7:4, s. 949-960
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Different phases of the life cycle of a landfill receiving municipal solid waste (MSW) were monitored in landfill simulation reactors (LSRs) with the aim of investigating the effects of co-disposal of wastes containing organic pollutants (OPs) with MSW. Two LSRs out of four filled with well-characterised MSW received waste materials containing OPs. These included two types of plasticised PVC flooring materials, freon-blown insulation and phosphorus- and nitrogen-based flame-protected materials. Each of the two LSRs was operated under acid fermentative and neutral methanogenic conditions, respectively as were their corresponding controls, i.e. without extra OP. The methanogenic consortia degrading MSW were hampered by the addition of wastes containing OPs, probably due to the presence of Freon R11 and its degradation product, R21. The concentrations of R11 and R21 ranged between 0.1 and 1800 mg m super(-3) depending on the biogas production rate in the OP-amended LSRs. Losses of butylbenzyl- (26%) and bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (15%) from one of two flooring materials was observed, whereas the other remained unaffected. Methanogenic conditions favoured the loss of plasticisers as compared to acidogenic conditions. Total phosphorus was significantly higher in the OP-spiked LSRs, which indicated a transformation of the non-halogenated flame-retardants.
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- Karlsson, Jenny, 1969-, et al.
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Energioptimala godstransporter ur ett nationellt systemperspektiv : en metod för utvärdering av potential för minskad energianvändning
- 2022
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Målet med rapporten är att bidra till ett energieffektivt transportsystem genom att presentera en ny approach för analys av energianvändning i godstransportsystemet som kan komplettera konventionella metoder och bidra till bättre beslutsunderlag. Energianvändningen i transportsektorn är central för Sveriges möjligheter att nå uppsatta mål om minskad klimatpåverkan. Här presenteras en metod för att skatta minimal energianvändning i ett godstransportsystem från ett nationellt systemperspektiv. Detta problem definieras här som Minimalenergiproblemet (MEP). Rapporten presenterar en metod för MEP och tillämpar metoden för en analys av det svenska godstransportsystemet. Analys av MEP möjliggör skattning av en teoretisk potential för minskad energianvändning i godstransportsystemet och ger en referens för att kvantitativt utvärdera olika typer av åtgärder.Grundidén är att använda en befintlig nationell godstransportmodell som bygger på kostnads[1]minimerande principer som ett optimeringsverktyg och ersätta kostnadsparametrar med värden för energianvändning. Metoden tillämpas för analys av det svenska godstransportsystemet genom att använda Samgods. Samgods är Trafikverkets nationella godsmodell som används för analyser av godstransportsystemet och framtagning av beslutsunderlag för till exempel infrastrukturinvesteringar, policyåtgärder och prognoser.Det svenska godstransportsystemet studeras med avseende på minimal energianvändning med fokus på scenarier som beskriver dagens förutsättningar med befintlig infrastruktur, fordonsflotta, energibärare och transportefterfrågan, enligt Samgodsmodellen. Resultaten jämförs med scenarier för ett kostnadsminimalt system som kan antas simulera godstransportsystemet i praktiken. Rapporten illustrerar även möjliga tillämpningar genom scenarioanalyser där förändrade förutsättningar för vägtransporter simuleras samt fall för minimering med avseende på koldioxidutsläpp.
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- Brorsson, Annelie, 1963, et al.
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Development and evaluation of a new seated heel-rise test in the early stages of rehabilitation after an acute Achilles tendon rupture.
- 2014
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Ingår i: 16th ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) Congress, 14-17 May 2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The early stages of rehabilitation appear to be of great importance for outcome after an Achilles tendon rupture. It is a challenge to evaluate the patients’ calf muscle endurance at this stage in a safe and adequate way. The aim of our study was to develop a seated heel-rise test suitable for evaluating calf muscle endurance three months after an Achilles tendon rupture. Furthermore we wanted to evaluate how the seated heel-rise test correlated to the ability to perform one-legged standing heel-rise and patient-reported symptoms. Method: Ninety-three patients, 79 men and 14 women, mean age of 40 (20-63) years, were included from a cohort of 100 patients participating in a prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing non-surgical and surgical treatment after Achilles tendon rupture. Forty-seven were treated with surgery and 46 with non-surgery. They were evaluated after 3, 6 and 12 months. Patient reported outcome was evaluated with Achilles Tendon Rupture Score (ATRS) and functional outcome with seated and standing heel-rise test. The seated heel-rise test was performed with the patient sitting with hip and knee in 90°. A leg extension weight-training machine was used to provide load onto the patient’s thigh at 50% body weight. The limb symmetry index (LSI=injured/healthy x 100) was calculated in order to compare the results from the seated and standing heel-rise test. Results: Ninety-one patients out of 93 (98%) could perform the seated heel-rise test. At the 3-month follow-up there was a significant difference (p<0.01) in the seated heel-rise test between the injured and the healthy side. There were no significant differences between the surgical and non-surgical treatment groups. There were significant differences in the seated heel-rise test and in ATRS (p<0.01) when comparing the group who could perform a standing heel-rise test at the 3-months follow-up, with the group who could not. There were significant correlations between the LSI-values in the seated heel-rise height at the 3-month follow-up and the standing heel-rise height at the 6-month (r=0.36, p<0.001, n= 91) and the 12-month follow-up (r=0.35, p=0.001, n=85). There were also significant correlations (r=0.22-0.37, p=<0.04) between the seated heel-rise test and ATRS. Conclusions: The seated heel-rise-test has the capacity to identify differences between the injured and the healthy side three months after injury. This test also correlates with patient reported outcomes and the heel-rise ability at 6 and 12 months. This test appears to be a safe and suitable test for evaluating calf muscle endurance and function in the early stages of rehabilitation after an Achilles tendon rupture.
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- Brorsson, Annelie, 1963, et al.
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Injury Prevention in Basketball
- 2020
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Ingår i: Basketball Sports Medicine and Science. Laver L., Kocaoglu B., Cole B., Arundale A.J.H., Bytomski J., Amendola A. (eds). - Berlin, Tyskland : Springer-Verlag. - 9783662610695 ; , s. 657-663
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- Brorsson, Annelie, 1963, et al.
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Long-term follow up after acute Achilles tendon rupture.
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Ingår i: Danish Sports Medicine Congress, Copenhagen, January 22-24, 2015. - : Danish Association of Sports Medicine.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- It is still unknown why many patients never fully recover after an Achilles tendon rupture (ATR). The aim of this study was to perform a long-term follow-up (5-9 years) of patients treated either surgically or non-surgically after an ATR. Furthermore, we wanted to examine if the patients had a tendon elongation on the injured side and evaluate if this correlated to function, symptoms and foot structure. Material and Method Sixty-seven patients (13 women) mean age of 50 years were evaluated 5-9 years after injury. Thirty-five patients were treated with surgery and 32 with non-surgery. Patient reported outcome and activity level, lower leg function, tendon length, and foot-structure were evaluated. Both the healthy and the injured side were examined and the limb symmetry index (LSI=injured/healthy x 100) was calculated. Results There were significant differences between the healthy and injured side in all function tests (p<0.001-0.015) and the tendon was significantly longer on the injured side (p<0.001) independent of treatment. There were no significant correlations between tendon length and patient reported outcome, function or foot structure. The heel-rise height increased significantly (p<0.000) from the 1 year- to the 5-9-years-follow up. The mean Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS) was 91/100, indicating minor symptoms. Conclusion: Patients with an Achilles tendon rupture continues to have significant deficits in tendon structure and function 5-9 years after injury. There is, however continued improvement between the 1 and 5-9 year follow-up.
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- Brorsson, Annelie, 1963, et al.
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Recovery of calf muscle endurance 3 months after an Achilles tendon rupture.
- 2016
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Ingår i: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports. - : Wiley. - 1600-0838 .- 0905-7188. ; 26:7, s. 844-853
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to evaluate calf muscle endurance in a seated position 3 months after an Achilles tendon rupture and to evaluate how the ability to perform standardized seated heel-rises correlated to the single-leg standing heel-rise test and to patient-reported symptoms evaluated with the Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS) 3 and 6 months after the injury. Ninety-three patients were included from a cohort of 101 patients participating in a prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing surgical and nonsurgical treatment after Achilles tendon rupture. Forty-seven patients were treated surgically and 46 nonsurgically. Ninety-one patients out of 93 (98%) could perform the standardized seated heel-rises. At the 3-month follow-up, there was a significant difference (P<0.001) between the injured and the healthy side performing standardized seated heel-rises. There were also significant correlations (r=0.29-0.37, P=<0.05) between the standardized seated heel-rises and ATRS 3 and 6 months after injury in the group who could not perform single-leg standing heel-rises. There were no significant differences between the surgical and nonsurgical treatment groups. The evaluation of standardized seated heel-rises appears to be a useful tool to quantify progress and predict future functional performance and patient-reported symptoms.
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- Brorsson, Annelie, 1963, et al.
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Återhämtning av vadmuskelfunktion tre månader efter hälseneruptur -utvärdering av standardiserade sittande tåhävningar
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Ingår i: Vägen till Framgång. Idrottsmedicinskt Vårmöte. Linköping 7-9 maj 2015. - Linköping : Svensk Förening För Fysisk Aktivitet och Idrottsmedicin.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Bakgrund/syfte: Hälseneruptur drabbar ofta medelålders, fysiskt aktiva kvinnor och män och har ökat de senaste decennierna. Skador i senor läker oftast långsamt och det är inte klarlagt hur rehabiliteringen efter denna skada kan optimeras. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vadmuskelns uthållighet i en sittande position och att utvärdera hur förmågan att utföra standardiserade sittande tåhävningar korrelerade med förmågan att utföra stående enbenta tåhävningar tre månader efter skadan samt med patientrapporterade symtom tre och sex månader efter skadan. Metod: Nittiotre patienter inkluderades från en kohort av 101 patienter som deltog i en prospektiv, randomiserad kontrollerad studie där behandling med kirurgi jämfördes med behandling med icke kirurgi efter akut hälseneruptur. Fyrtiosju patienter behandlades med kirurgi och 46 med icke-kirurgi. Vadmuskelfunktion utvärderades med standardiserade sittande tåhävningar samt enbenta stående tåhävningar tre månader efter hälsenerupturen. Patientrapporterade symptom utvärderades med Achilles tendon Total Rupture Score (ATRS) tre och sex månader efter hälsenerupturen. Resultat: Nittioen patienter av 93 (98 %) kunde utföra standardiserade sittande tåhävningar och 46 av 93 patienter (49 %) kunde utför enbenta stående tåhävningar tre månader efter hälsenerupturen. Det var signifikant skillnad mellan den skadade och den friska sidan i tåhävningshöjd (6,1 cm respektive 8,9 cm, p<0.000) och i antal repetitioner (58 st respektive 90 st, p<0.000) vid utförandet av de sittande tåhävningarna tre månader efter skadan. Det var också signifikant skillnad i tåhävningshöjd samt antal repetitioner (p<0.001 resp. p=0.011) i de standardiserade sittande tåhävningarna på den skadade sidan vid jämförelse mellan de som kunde utföra enbenta stående tåhävningar tre månader efter skadan och de som inte klarade det. Det förelåg signifikanta korrelationer (r=0.29-0.37, p=<0.05) mellan standardiserade sittande tåhävningar och ATRS tre och sex månader efter skadan i gruppen som inte klarade att utföra enbenta stående tåhävningar tre månader efter hälsenerupturen. Det fanns inga signifikanta skillnader mellan de två behandlingsgrupperna som behandlades med kirurgi respektive icke kirurgi. Konklusion: Standardiserade sittande tåhävningar verkar vara ett kliniskt användbart verktyg i det tidiga skedet efter hälseneruptur för att kunna utvärdera vadmuskelfunktionen och förutsäga framtida funktion och patientrapporterade symptom.
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- Carlson, Annelie, 1969-, et al.
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Energy use due to traffic and pavement maintenance : the cost effectiveness of reducing rolling resistance
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- There is a potential to reduce energy use of traffic by performing maintenance measures that lower the rolling resistance. However, the overall aim should be to decrease the total energy use in a life cycle perspective, including energy for both traffic and maintenance. When choosing maintenance alternative, it is also of importance to consider the costs involved. Pavement management is focused on keeping wide spread road networks in acceptable condition given certain budget constraints. Therefore, the economic constraints need to be addressed and in the case of choosing a maintenance alternative that reduces total energy, it also has to be cost-efficient in order for it to be performed. The main scope of the research presented in this report is to investigate how road management should act to reduce total energy use of roads, including traffic and maintenance induced energy use, while also taking cost efficiency and the aspect of uncertainty into consideration. The purpose is to enable a better consideration of the total energy used and maintenance cost when managing the road network. The objective is to derive a meaningful instrument for decision making situations such as when selecting and designing maintenance treatments, in which total energy use and maintenance cost is considered. A general method is developed and presented. A criterion, CR, has been identified for how to choose a pavement maintenance strategy in regards to cost and energy efficiency. A cost benefit analysis approach using Benefit to Cost Ratio, BCR, has been adopted. The study indicates that it is difficult to establish a simple rule of thumb. However, the CR-value may be a useful criterion in some circumstances and it is important to have guidelines as decision support where assessments are made of the road surface characteristics, total energy use and maintenance cost and where the different aspects are valued. This is especially important on an object level.
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- Carlsson, Annelie, et al.
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Low risk HLA-DQ and increased body mass index in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes children in the Better Diabetes Diagnosis study in Sweden
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Ingår i: International Journal of Obesity. - : Nature Publishing Group. - 0307-0565 .- 1476-5497. ; 36:5, s. 718-724
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: Type 1 diabetes and obesity has increased in childhood. We therefore tested the hypothesis that type 1 diabetes human leukocyte antigen DQ (HLA-DQ) risk genotypes may be associated with increased body mass index (BMI). less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanDesign: The type 1 diabetes high-risk HLA-DQ A1*05:01-B1*02:01/A1*03:01-B1*03:02 genotype along with lower risk DQ genotypes were determined at the time of clinical onset by PCR and hybridization with allele-specific probes. BMI was determined after diabetes was stabilized. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanSubjects: A total of 2403 incident type 1 diabetes children below 18 years of age were ascertained in the Swedish national Better Diabetes Diagnosis (BDD) study between May 2005 to September 2009. All children classified with type 1 diabetes, including positivity for at least one islet autoantibody, were investigated. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanResults: Overall, type 1 diabetes HLA-DQ risk was negatively associated with BMI (Pandlt;0.0008). The proportion of the highest risk A1*05:01-B1*02:01/A1*03:01-B1*03:02 genotype decreased with increasing BMI (Pandlt;0.0004). However, lower risk type 1 diabetes DQ genotypes were associated with an increased proportion of patients who were overweight or obese (Pandlt;0.0001). Indeed, the proportion of patients with the low-risk A1*05:01-B1*02:01/A1*05:01-B1*02:01 genotype increased with increasing BMI (Pandlt;0.003). The magnitude of association on the multiplicative scale between the A1*05:01-B1*02:01/A1*05:01-B1*02:01 genotype and increased BMI was significant (Pandlt;0.006). The odds ratio in patients with this genotype of being obese was 1.80 (95% confidence interval 1.21-2.61; Pandlt;0.006). The increased proportion of overweight type 1 diabetes children with the A1*05:01-B1*02:01 haplotype was most pronounced in children diagnosed between 5 and 9 years of age. less thanbrgreater than less thanbrgreater thanConclusions: Susceptibility for childhood type 1 diabetes was unexpectedly found to be associated with the A1*05:01-B1*02:01/A1*05:01-B1*02:01 genotype and an increased BMI. These results support the hypothesis that overweight may contribute to the risk of type 1 diabetes in children positive for HLA-DQ A1*05:01-B1*02:01.
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