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En båge genom tiden - ritualer kring en göteborgshistoria. Om Flickläroverket i Artisten
- 2024
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- 1929 bildades Göteborgs första Högre allmänna läroverk för Flickor – Flickläroverket som fick en byggnad 1935 i det kulturella centrumet, Götaplatsen. Efter några år som Kjellbergska gymnasiet, sedan Komvux, blev byggnaden del av Artisten, Högskolan för scen och musik, HSM 1992. Byggnaden har burit kvinnors utbildning, konst och kultur över många generationer, en minneskedja som nu är bruten. Boken - En båge genom tiden – ritualer kring en göteborgshistoria – en konst- och forskningsantologi – är resultatet av de offentliga minnesdagar där de deltagande drygt 200 kvinnorna (70– 97 år) som varit elever på Flickläroverket, studenter vid Artisten, konstnärer och forskare – bidrog till och deltog i gestaltande ritualer, minnesrum, dans, utställningar och samtal som gav liv åt en utbildningskultur och konst som berört samhället i generationer. I boken bidrar ett 20-tal Göteborgsbaserade konstnärer och forskare med olika perspektiv på byggnadens poetiska, sociala och konstnärliga dimensioner. Bland annat beskrivs återskapandet av Bågdansen, som dansades varje år vid Lucia mellan 1934-1972. Här beskrivs även den medie-debatt som ledde till räddningen av målningen Dansen av Nils Nilsson från 1935 och hur nedtagningen gick till. Tillsammans med ett rikt foto- och bildmaterial, filmdokumentationer och ett ljudarkiv utgör boken ett tidsdokument där konst fungerar som minnesbärare över tid och rum.
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- Herrmann, Jan, et al.
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Hornsjöns biologi 2004-2005
- 2006
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Det kan troligen sägas att en höjning av vattenståndet med ca 10 cm bör inte ha allvarligare konsekvenser för sjöns biologi. Möjligen kan erhållas viss positiv effekt; igenväxning kanske kan bromsas något, se avsnittet om Vegetation. Men det bör också framhållas att gäddans situation i sjön och dess vandringsmöjligheter och leksituation bör beaktas och utvecklas i samband med planerade åtgärder.Vissa av de biologiska parametrar som nu studerats i Hornsjön har förut gjorts studier av, nämligen vegetation (Wallsten 1979), plankton och bottenfauna (Berggren 1979), fåglar (Rodebrand 1979) samt fisk och plankton (Aspengren 1985, Troschke 1987). För dessa organismgrupper görs vissa jämförelser mellan 70-talet och 2004/2005, dvs oftast knappt 30 år. Vissa jämförelser har gjorts med nämnda publikationer. En mer omfattande analys avses göras i en planerad rapport om sjöns biologi. Där skall alla kända biologiska fakta sammanfattas och kommenteras.
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- Li, Xiaonan, et al.
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Adiponectin and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma expression in subcutaneous and omental adipose tissue in children
- 2008
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica. - : Wiley. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 97:5, s. 630-5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIM: To compare the expression levels of the adiponectin and peroxisome proliferator -activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) genes in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SC) and omental adipose tissue (OM) in children with relation to age and anthropometric variables. METHODS: Paired biopsies (SC and OM) were obtained from 53 children (age 0.2-14 years, BMI 12.5-25.8 kg/m(2)). Adiponectin and PPARgamma mRNA levels in adipose tissue were measured by real-time PCR. RESULTS: In overweight, but not in normal weight children, the median adiponectin mRNA level was significantly lower in OM [0.51 (0.1-2.17)] compared to SC [1.29 (0.16-5.08)], (p = 0.03). Adiponectin mRNA levels were strongly associated with PPARgamma mRNA levels in both SC (r = 0.73, p < 0.001) and OM (r = 0.78, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The lower adiponectin expression in OM relative to SC in overweight children indicates that metabolic-endocrine alterations begin already in childhood. The close association between adiponectin and PPARgamma expression supports the hypothesis this transcription factor is involved in adiponectin gene regulation.
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- Li, X., et al.
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Depot-specific messenger RNA expression of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and leptin in adipose tissue of children and adults
- 2007
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Ingår i: International Journal of Obesity. - London : Macmillan. - 0307-0565 .- 1476-5497. ; 31:5, s. 820-828
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To compare expression of messenger RNA (mRNA) coding for the cortisol regenerating enzyme 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11-HSD1), and the adipocytokines leptin and resistin in paired biopsies of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SC) and omental adipose tissue (OM) from children. Design: Paired biopsies (SC and OM) were obtained from 54 children (age 0.17–16 years, body mass index (BMI) 12.5–28.3 kg/m2, BMI standard deviation score (SDS) -2.5–4.5) and 16 adults (age 27–79 years, BMI 19–46 kg/m2) undergoing open abdominal surgery. mRNA levels of 11-HSD1, leptin and resistin were measured using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results: 11-HSD1 mRNA level was higher in OM than in SC (P<0.05), whereas leptin mRNA was higher in SC than in OM (P<0.001). There was no difference in the resistin mRNA level between SC and OM. These results were consistent in children and adults. In children, 11-HSD1 mRNA in SC was positively associated with BMI SDS (P<0.05), whereas in OM it was positively associated with age (P<0.05). The association between 11-HSD1 expression and age remained significant after adjustment for BMI SDS and gender. Leptin mRNA was positively associated with BMI SDS (SC:P<0.001, OM: P<0.001) but not with age in children. In multiple regression analyses, including anthropometric variables and age, BMI SDS was independently associated with mRNA levels of 11-HSD1 (P<0.05) and leptin (P<0.001) in SC. When normal weight and overweight children were analyzed separately, 11-HSD1 mRNA levels were positively associated with leptin in OM in the overweight group (P<0.05). Conclusion: There are depot-specific differences in mRNA levels of 11-HSD1 and leptin in children and adults. The positive association of 11-HSD1 mRNA in OM with age may reflect a causal role in visceral fat accumulation during growth. Increasing 11-HSD1 and leptin mRNA in SC with increasing BMI SDS could suggest that the risk of metabolic consequences of obesity may be established early in life.
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- Löfdahl, Elisabet, et al.
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Compromised quality of life in adult patients who have received a radiation dose towards the basal part of the brain. A case-control study in long-term survivors from cancer in the head and neck region.
- 2012
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Ingår i: Radiation oncology (London, England). - 1748-717X. ; 7:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Adult patients with hypothalamic-pituitary disorders have compromised quality of life (QoL). Whether this is due to their endocrine consequences (hypopituitarism), their underlying hypothalamic-pituitary disorder or both is still under debate. The aim of this trial was to measure quality of life (QoL) in long-term cancer survivors who have received a radiation dose to the basal part of the brain and the pituitary. METHODS: Consecutive patients (n=101) treated for oropharyngeal or epipharyngeal cancer with radiotherapy followed free of cancer for a period of 4 to10 years were identified. Fifteen patients (median age 56 years) with no concomitant illness and no hypopituitarism after careful endocrine evaluation were included in a case-control study with matched healthy controls. Doses to the hypothalamic-pituitary region were calculated. QoL was assessed using the Symptom check list (SCL)-90, Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), and Psychological Well Being (PGWB) questionnaires. Level of physical activity was assessed using the Baecke questionnaire. RESULTS: The median accumulated dose was 1.9 Gy (1.5--2.2 Gy) to the hypothalamus and 2.4 Gy (1.8--3.3 Gy) to the pituitary gland in patients with oropharyngeal cancer and 6.0--9.3 Gy and 33.5--46.1 Gy, respectively in patients with epipharyngeal cancer (n=2). The patients showed significantly more anxiety and depressiveness, and lower vitality, than their matched controls. CONCLUSION: In a group of long time survivors of head and neck cancer who hade received a low radiation dose to the hypothalamic-pituitary region and who had no endocrine consequences of disease or its treatment QoL was compromised as compared with well matched healthy controls.
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- Milakovic, Mille, 1967, et al.
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Determination of intrathyroidal iodine by X-ray fluorescence analysis in 60- to 65-year olds living in an iodine-sufficient area.
- 2006
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Ingår i: Journal of internal medicine. - : Wiley. - 0954-6820 .- 1365-2796. ; 260:1, s. 69-75
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVES: X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is a non-invasive method for determining the iodine content of the thyroid gland in vivo. In spite of the obvious clinical value of such a method in situations of iodine deficiency or iodine overload, the method has not so far been widely used. The objective was to investigate the applicability of the XRF method in a larger number of subjects. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: The study comprised 37 individuals, aged 60-65 years, who had spent their entire life with iodine supplementation through iodinated table salt. Individuals with (previous) thyroid disease were excluded. The individual thyroid function had previously been evaluated by measurements of thyroid-related hormones, thyroid volume and 131-Iodine (131I) uptake which indicated a sufficient iodine intake of the population in the area. Iodine in the right thyroid lobe in each subject was examined using XRF. RESULTS: The mean thyroid iodine concentration was 0.4 mg mL(-1), corresponding to a mean total iodine content of 5.2 mg (range 0.9-20.2). There was a pronounced difference between individuals. No correlation was found between iodine concentration and 131I uptake or thyroid volume. Neither was iodine content and 131I uptake correlated. CONCLUSIONS: In a population living under iodine-sufficient conditions, a large variation of iodine stored in the thyroid is compatible with euthyroidism. Determination of the iodine pool by XRF investigation is feasible in a clinical setting and the method offers a unique possibility to study the intrathyroidal iodine pool in subjects with thyroid disease. The low radiation dose enables the use of the method in pregnant women and also in young individuals.
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- Måsbäck, Anna, et al.
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Problems in assessing multiple cutaneous melanoma. A review on the accuracy of a population based cancer registry.
- 2010
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Ingår i: Cancer Epidemiology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1877-7821. ; 34, s. 262-266
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Databases with information on malignant tumors are of great value for epidemiologic studies. From the Regional South Swedish Tumour Registry, which is of documented high quality, 24 patients out of 8008 with reported melanoma diagnosis 1973-2003 were reported as having multiple (>/=3) primary, invasive cutaneous malignant melanomas (CMM). Of the 76 tumours identified in these patients, 7 (9%) were found not to be invasive melanomas. Additional cases could be put into question since the lesions could be interpreted as epidermotropic metastases, a diagnosis which can be difficult to establish reliably by microscopic examination. Among the 24 patients we could also identify 8 (10%) additional lesions representing invasive CMM, not included in the Tumour Registry database. Thorough information concerning an earlier melanoma diagnosis and its site of presentation is needed from the clinician and the pathologist for optimal assessment of the histology and the prognostication of the patient, as well as proper reporting to a tumour registry. Identifying multiple primary malignant melanomas is also of special importance for counselling patients belonging to families with hereditary disease. In this study it is shown that diagnosing and reporting multiple malignant melanomas can be problematic due to insufficient communication and to the rare and deceptive capability of cutaneous metastases to imitate primary tumours.
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- Olsson, Erik, 1960, et al.
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Hippocampal volumes in patients exposed to low-dose radiation to the basal brain. A case--control study in long-term survivors from cancer in the head and neck region.
- 2012
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Ingår i: Radiation oncology (London, England). - 1748-717X. ; 7:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: An earlier study from our group of long time survivors of head and neck cancer who had received a low radiation dose to the hypothalamic-pituitary region, with no signs of recurrence or pituitary dysfunction, had their quality of life (QoL) compromised as compared with matched healthy controls. Hippocampal changes have been shown to accompany several psychiatric conditions and the aim of the present study was to test whether the patients' lowered QoL was coupled to a reduction in hippocampal volume. METHODS: Patients (11 men and 4 women, age 31--65) treated for head and neck cancer 4--10 years earlier and with no sign of recurrence or pituitary dysfunction, and 15 matched controls were included. The estimated radiation doses to the basal brain including the hippocampus (1.5 -- 9.3 Gy) had been calculated in the earlier study. The hippocampal volumetry was done on coronal sections from a 1.5 T MRI scanner. Measurements were done by two independent raters, blinded to patients and controls, using a custom method for computer assisted manual segmentation. The volumes were normalized for intracranial volume which was also measured manually. The paired t test and Wilcoxon's signed rank test were used for the main statistical analysis. RESULTS: There was no significant difference with respect to left, right or total hippocampal volume between patients and controls. All mean differences were close to zero, and the two-tailed 95% confidence interval for the difference in total, normalized volume does not include a larger than 8% deficit in the patients. CONCLUSION: The study gives solid evidence against the hypothesis that the patients' lowered quality of life was due to a major reduction of hippocampal volume.
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- Olsson, Gertrud
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Asmaras färger – att läsa Asmaras arkitektur utifrån byggmaterial och färg
- 2019
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Ingår i: Romhorisont. Tidskrift för Föreningen Svenska Rominstitutets Vänner och Svenska Institutet i Rom. - 0349-5590. ; :70
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Staden Asmara i Eritrea blev 2017 uppsatt på UNESCOs lista för Världsarv för sin unika modernistiska arkitektur byggd på 1930–50-talen. I motiveringen framhålls att Asmara “is an exceptional example of early modernist urbanism at the beginning of the 20th century and its application in an African context”. Staden och byggnaderna är väl bevarade. De står kvar, brukade alltsedan byggtiden, och nästan orörda utan ingrepp, som om endast tiden gått vidare. Asmaras arkitektur består av möten; mellan olika kulturer, skilda traditioner, byggmaterial från flera kontinenter, samarbeten mellan arkitekter och hantverkare, samt föreningen mellan två länder med skiljaktig bakgrund och kontrasterande förutsättningar – Italien och Eritrea. Södra Europa sammanträffar med Östra Afrika. Artikeln diskuterar något om vad detta möte innebär i ett arkitektoniskt avseende.
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