| 1. |
|
|
| 2. |
- Eriksson, Göran, 1964-, et al.
(författare)
-
Managing political crisis : an interactional approach to "image repair"
- 2012
-
Ingår i: Journal of Communication Management. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1363-254X .- 1478-0852. ; 16:3, s. 264-279
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to extend the image repair theory by focusing on the largely ignored context of the face-to-face communication. The paper offers an exploratory study of how image repair work is carried out in interviews with politicians in the context of press conferences.Design/methodology/approach - The paper combines theoretical reflections with two qualitative case studies of press conferences of Swedish politicians. These press conferences were held to manage the challenge posed to the politicians’ public image by the media criticism. The analytical frame employed in this study is Conversation Analysis (CA).Findings - The way journalists act during interviews and how they pose questions have noticeable consequences for the accused actor´s image repair work. Image repair strategies like "apologizing" and "mortification" during the speech section of a press conference tend to be more effective as they give the accused greater opportunities to take control of the interaction.Research limitations/implications - Due to the exploratory nature of this interactional approach and the fact that the analysis involves only two cases, the findings must be seen as provisional.Practical implications - The knowledge of how journalists construct question is of high relevance for crisis communication and image repair work, and therefore of high value of public relations practitioners.Originality/value - The interactional approach to image repair offers a new theoretical frame for the understanding of crisis management in interview situations. The approach especially highlights the importance of journalists' questions in image repair work.
|
|
| 3. |
|
|
| 4. |
- Kindgren, Peter, et al.
(författare)
-
A novel proteomic approach reveals a role for Mg-protoporphyrin IX in response to oxidative stress
- 2011
-
Ingår i: Physiologia Plantarum. - : Wiley. - 0031-9317 .- 1399-3054. ; 141:4, s. 310-320
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The presence of genes encoding organellar proteins in different cellular compartments necessitates a tight coordination of expression by the different genomes of the eukaryotic cell. This coordination of gene expression is achieved by organelle-to-nucleus communication. Stress-induced perturbations of the tetrapyrrole pathway trigger large changes in nuclear gene expression. In order to investigate whether the tetrapyrrole Mg-ProtoIX itself is an important part of plastid-to-nucleus communication, we used an affinity column containing Mg-ProtoIX covalently linked to an Affi-Gel matrix. The proteins that bound to Mg-ProtoIX were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis combined with nano liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (MS)/MS. Thus, we present a novel proteomic approach to address the mechanisms involved in cellular signaling and we identified interactions between Mg-ProtoIX and a large number of proteins associated with oxidative stress responses. Our approach revealed an interaction between Mg-ProtoIX and the heat shock protein 90-type protein, HSP81-2 suggesting that a regulatory complex including HSP90 proteins and tetrapyrroles controlling gene expression is evolutionarily conserved between yeast and plants. In addition, our list of putative Mg-ProtoIX-binding proteins demonstrated that binding of tetrapyrroles does not depend on a specific amino acid motif but possibly on a specific fold of the protein.
|
|
| 5. |
- Lind, Lars, et al.
(författare)
-
Obesity is associated with coronary artery stenosis independently of metabolic risk factors : the population-based SCAPIS study
- 2022
-
Ingår i: Atherosclerosis. - : Elsevier. - 0021-9150 .- 1879-1484. ; 362, s. 1-10
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background and aims: Previous studies reported divergent results on whether metabolically healthy obesity is associated with increased coronary artery calcium and carotid plaques. We investigated this in a cross-sectional fashion in a large, well-defined, middle-aged population using coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and carotid ultrasound. Methods: In the SCAPIS study (50–65 years, 51% female), CCTA and carotid artery ultrasound were performed in 23,674 individuals without clinical atherosclerotic disease. These subjects were divided into six groups according to BMI (normal weight, overweight, obese) and the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) according to the NCEP consensus criteria. Results: The severity of coronary artery stenosis was increased in individuals with obesity without MetS compared to normal-weight individuals without MetS (OR 1.47, 95%CI 1.34–1.62; p < 0.0001), even after adjusting for non-HDL-cholesterol and several lifestyle factors. Such difference was not observed for the presence of carotid artery plaques (OR 0.94, 95%CI 0.87–1.02; p = 0.11). Obese or overweight individuals without any MetS criteria (except the waist criterion) showed significantly more pronounced stenosis in the coronary arteries as compared to the normal-weight individuals, while one criterion was needed to show increased plaque prevalence in the carotid arteries. High blood pressure was the most important single criterion for increased atherosclerosis in this respect. Conclusions: Individuals with obesity without MetS showed increased severity of coronary artery stenosis, but no increased occurrence of carotid artery plaques compared to normal-weight individuals without MetS, further emphasizing that obesity is not a benign condition even in the absence of MetS.
|
|
| 6. |
- Rääf, Christopher, et al.
(författare)
-
Restoring areas after a radioactive fallout : A multidisciplinary study on decontamination
- 2023
-
Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. - : Elsevier. - 0265-931X .- 1879-1700. ; 270
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Land remediation is an important part of restoration measures after a radioactive fallout containing long-lived fission products such as 137Cs. In this multidisciplinary study, we focused on three main issues related to remediation of contaminated urban areas. First, we assessed how much decontamination contributes to reducing resident radiation exposure and how much this reduction depends on the timing of implemented measures. Second, we calculated direct and indirect costs of decontamination in an industrialized country such as Sweden. Finally, in a survey study, we considered reactions of Swedish citizens to being given the hypothetical option of moving to a site decontaminated after radioactive fallout and how this predicted response might influence the design of contingency plans. The main findings are that clean-up operations must be done within the first few years after a fallout to contribute significantly to reducing residual dose. If conducted within 1-2 years, large-scale decontamination can, on average, avert 20-200 manSv per km2 residential area and unit ground deposition of 137Cs (1 MBq). The estimated direct costs (in 2020 purchasing power) would amount to 100 million Euro per km2 decontaminated residential area (comparable to Japanese estimates after the Fukushima accident), generating 39,000 m3 of radioactive waste on average, mainly in the form of 137Cs-contaminated topsoil. In our survey study of 2291 Swedish respondents about their willingness to return to decontaminated homes, women, families with resident children, and high-income earners exhibited more skepticism about returning, even if authorities were to deem it safe. The demographic pattern in attitudes was similar to that found among evacuees in the Fukushima prefecture after 2011. We conclude that predefined ranges of measured 137Cs ground deposition can be used as guidance for rescue leaders in the early post-accident phase in long-term planning for affected areas. This planning should include timing and intensity of decontamination measures, duration of evacuation, and risk communication to citizens. Because some citizens expressed both high risk perception and risk aversion, however, timely and dialogic communication is unlikely to limit a shift after the incident to an older and more male-dominated population composition. There is a risk that those who can afford to do so will move away, whereas people whose wealth is locked in property (houses or businesses) will feel stuck. Perceptions of unfairness may fray the social fabric and complicate resettlement, which in some cases may mean inefficient outlay of decontamination costs. We believe that the issue of monetary compensation to affected residents requires priority in future work.
|
|
| 7. |
|
|
| 8. |
- Adman, Per, et al.
(författare)
-
171 forskare: ”Vi vuxna bör också klimatprotestera”
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Dagens nyheter (DN debatt). - Stockholm. - 1101-2447.
-
Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- DN DEBATT 26/9. Vuxna bör följa uppmaningen från ungdomarna i Fridays for future-rörelsen och protestera eftersom det politiska ledarskapet är otillräckligt. Omfattande och långvariga påtryckningar från hela samhället behövs för att få de politiskt ansvariga att utöva det ledarskap som klimatkrisen kräver, skriver 171 forskare i samhällsvetenskap och humaniora.
|
|
| 9. |
- Ahrentorp, Fredrik, et al.
(författare)
-
Sensitive magnetic biodetection using magnetic multi-core nanoparticles and RCA coils
- 2017
-
Ingår i: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. - : Elsevier BV. - 0304-8853 .- 1873-4766. ; 427, s. 14-18
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We use functionalized iron oxide magnetic multi-core particles of 100 nm in size (hydrodynamic particle diameter) and AC susceptometry (ACS) methods to measure the binding reactions between the magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and bio-analyte products produced from DNA segments using the rolling circle amplification (RCA) method. We use sensitive induction detection techniques in order to measure the ACS response. The DNA is amplified via RCA to generate RCA coils with a specific size that is dependent on the amplification time. After about 75 min of amplification we obtain an average RCA coil diameter of about 1 mu m. We determine a theoretical limit of detection (LOD) in the range of 11 attomole (corresponding to an analyte concentration of 55 fM for a sample volume of 200 mu L) from the ACS dynamic response after the MNPs have bound to the RCA coils and the measured ACS readout noise. We also discuss further possible improvements of the LOD.
|
|
| 10. |
- Anderzén-Carlsson, Agneta, 1966-, et al.
(författare)
-
Parental experiences of providing skin-to-skin care to their newborn infant : Part 2: A qualitative meta-synthesis
- 2014
-
Ingår i: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. - Järfälla, Sweden : Co-Action Publishing. - 1748-2623 .- 1748-2631. ; 9
-
Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim: To synthesize and interpret qualitative research findings focusing on parental experiences of skin-to-skin care (SSC) for newborn infants.Background: SSC induces many benefits for newborn infants and their parents. Three meta-analyses have been conducted on physiological outcomes, but no previous qualitative meta-synthesis on parental experiences of SSC has been identified.Design: The present meta-synthesis was guided by the methodology described by Paterson and co-workers.Data sources: Four databases were searched, without year or language limitations, up until December 2013. Manual searches were also performed. The searches and subsequent quality appraisal resulted in the inclusion of 29 original qualitative papers from 9 countries, reporting experiences from 401 mothers and 94 fathers.Review methods: The meta-synthesis entails a meta-data analysis, analysis of meta-method, and meta-theory in the included primary studies. Based on the three analyses, the meta-synthesis represents a new interpretation of a phenomenon. The results of the meta-data analysis have been presented as a qualitative systematic review in a separate paper.Results: When synthesizing and interpreting the findings from the included analyses, a theoretical model of Becoming a parent under unfamiliar circumstances emerged. Providing SSC seems to be a restorative as well as an energy-draining experience. A supportive environment has been described as facilitating the restorative experience, whereas obstacles in the environment seem to make the provision of SSC energy-draining for parents. When the process is experienced as positive, it facilitates the growth of parental self-esteem and makes the parents ready to assume full responsibility for their child.Conclusion: The results show that SSC can be interpreted not only as a family-including and important health care intervention but also in terms of actually becoming a parent. The process of becoming a parent in this specific situation is influenced by external factors in three different levels; family and friends, community, and society at large. The descriptions of providing SSC are similar to what has previously been described as the natural process of becoming a mother or a father.
|
|
| 11. |
- Aydogdu, Canan, 1978, et al.
(författare)
-
Radar Interference Mitigation through Active Coordination
- 2021
-
Ingår i: IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings. - : IEEE. - 1097-5659. ; 2021-May, s. 1-6
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Intelligent transportation is heavily reliant on radar, which have unique robustness under heavy rain/fog/snow and poor light conditions. With the rapid increase of the number of radars used on modern vehicles, most operating in the same frequency band, the risk of radar interference becomes an important issue. As in radio communication, interference can be mitigated through coordination. We present and evaluate two approaches for radar interference coordination, one for FMCW and one for OFDM, and highlight their challenges and opportunities.
|
|
| 12. |
|
|
| 13. |
- Bergemalm, Daniel, 1977-, et al.
(författare)
-
Systemic Inflammation in Preclinical Ulcerative Colitis
- 2021
-
Ingår i: Gastroenterology. - : AGA Institute. - 0016-5085 .- 1528-0012. ; 161:5, s. 1526-1539.e9
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background & Aims: Preclinical ulcerative colitis is poorly defined. We aimed to characterize the preclinical systemic inflammation in ulcerative colitis, using a comprehensive set of proteins.Methods: We obtained plasma samples biobanked from individuals who developed ulcerative colitis later in life (n = 72) and matched healthy controls (n = 140) within a population-based screening cohort. We measured 92 proteins related to inflammation using a proximity extension assay. The biologic relevance of these findings was validated in an inception cohort of patients with ulcerative colitis (n = 101) and healthy controls (n = 50). To examine the influence of genetic and environmental factors on these markers, a cohort of healthy twin siblings of patients with ulcerative colitis (n = 41) and matched healthy controls (n = 37) were explored.Results: Six proteins (MMP10, CXCL9, CCL11, SLAMF1, CXCL11 and MCP-1) were up-regulated (P < .05) in preclinical ulcerative colitis compared with controls based on both univariate and multivariable models. Ingenuity Pathway Analyses identified several potential key regulators, including interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor, interferon-gamma, oncostatin M, nuclear factor-κB, interleukin-6, and interleukin-4. For validation, we built a multivariable model to predict disease in the inception cohort. The model discriminated treatment-naïve patients with ulcerative colitis from controls with leave-one-out cross-validation (area under the curve = 0.92). Consistently, MMP10, CXCL9, CXCL11, and MCP-1, but not CCL11 and SLAMF1, were significantly up-regulated among the healthy twin siblings, even though their relative abundances seemed higher in incident ulcerative colitis.Conclusions: A set of inflammatory proteins are up-regulated several years before a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. These proteins were highly predictive of an ulcerative colitis diagnosis, and some seemed to be up-regulated already at exposure to genetic and environmental risk factors.
|
|
| 14. |
|
|
| 15. |
- Blomberg, Karin, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Fifty-year follow-up of childhood epilepsy : Social, psychometric, and occupational outcome
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Epilepsy & Behavior. - : Elsevier. - 1525-5050 .- 1525-5069. ; 96, s. 224-228
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to explore and describe the experience of a childhood diagnosis of epilepsy and its consequences for the experiences of daily life over a span of 50 years.METHODS: A descriptive mixed method design was chosen. Data were collected through a survey returned by 86 persons (59% response rate) who had received diagnoses of epilepsy as children. The survey contained questions about education, vocation, family status, and included the 14-item Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD). Additionally, interviews (n = 11) were conducted and analyzed by interpretative description.RESULTS: Few persons reported that the childhood diagnosis of epilepsy had affected their choice of education, work, or leisure activities. However, 20% reported that the diagnosis had caused problems in school or at work and had restricted their activities of daily living. Sixty-six percent of the participants were married, and 68% had children; of those, 12 (20%) reported that one or more of the children had also had seizures. Almost all reported no anxiety (82%) and no depression (90%). The results of the interviews revealed a balancing act between 'Controlling and managing the situation' and 'Not being restricted by the condition'.SIGNIFICANCE: This long-term follow-up over a 50-year life-span of persons who received childhood diagnoses of epilepsy suggests that the consequences for education, work, and leisure activities were few. Most of the participants had developed strategies to manage their situation.
|
|
| 16. |
- Blomberg, Karin, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Physical touch in nursing and nursing education – an integrative review
- 2020
-
Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Physical touch is a basic need of all people, regardless of age or life situation. It can provide security, well-being and belonging. But negative perceived physical touch can generate emotions such as fear, vulnerability and perceived as violations. As a consequent of the #metoo movement in the fall of 2017, it’s a risk that physical contact and especially physical touch are avoided by professions where it’s central. For example, in the context of education, studies show that sports teachers in many countries have become more cautious and avoid having physical contact with students due not to being misinterpreted as negative touch (Fletcher, 2013; Öhman, 2016; Piper, Garratt & Taylor, 2013). In healthcare, caregivers who use physical touch in their work with disabled and elderly people have also become insecure and worried that they may be misunderstood (Bergstrand, 2018). A review shows that healthcare professionals see physical touch as part of the work but want to be the initiator of the contact, not that it should be initiated by the patients (Kelly et al. 2018).The use of physical touch in healthcare is also affected by the need to avoid contamination and widespread of infections agents, a question with extra relevance in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic.There is currently a lack of knowledge about how physical touch is experienced and used. As a first step is to increase the knowledge and understanding of how physical touch is experienced and used in healthcare by mapping studies explored physical touch both in daily care but also from the perspective of nursing students. With increased knowledge, a basis for developing interventions/teaching modules can be generated.
|
|
| 17. |
- Blomberg, Karin, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Quality of life and trust among young people with narcolepsy and their families, after the Pandemrix® vaccination : Protocol for a case-control study
- 2017
-
Ingår i: BMC Pediatrics. - : BioMed Central. - 1471-2431. ; 17:1
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The extensive vaccination programme against swine flu resulted in an increased incidence of narcolepsy among children and adolescents. There is a need to explore if these young persons' experiences have affected their trust in healthcare, their willingness to participate in future prevention programmes, and their contacts with the healthcare system. The overall aim is to identify factors important for the life-situation of children and adolescents with narcolepsy and their families, and factors that correlate with trust in healthcare.METHODS/DESIGN: Data will be collected via questionnaires from all available children with narcolepsy following the vaccination and their families, as well as a control group of children with diabetes and their families. Longitudinal descriptive interviews will also be conducted with a selection of 20-25 children and their families. Techniques from media research will be used for Internet-based data collection and analysis of information relating to narcolepsy from social media.DISCUSSION: This project will use the situation of young persons with narcolepsy after the swine flu vaccination as a case to build a model that can be used in situations where trust in healthcare is essential. This model will be based on findings from the included studies on how trust is influenced by support, quality of life, burden of disease, impact on family, and use of social media. The model developed in this project will be beneficial in future situations where trust in healthcare is essential, such as new pandemic outbreaks but also for "everyday" adherence to health advice.
|
|
| 18. |
- Blomberg, Karin, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Using a Facebook Forum to Cope With Narcolepsy After Pandemrix Vaccination : Infodemiology Study
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Journal of Medical Internet Research. - : JMIR Publications. - 1438-8871. ; 21:4
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: In 2010, newly diagnosed narcolepsy cases among children and adolescents were seen in several European countries as a consequence of comprehensive national vaccination campaigns with Pandemrix against H1N1 influenza. Since then, a large number of people have had to live with narcolepsy and its consequences in daily life, such as effects on school life, social relationships, and activities. Initially, the adverse effects were not well understood and there was uncertainty about whether there would be any financial compensation. The situation remained unresolved until 2016, and during these years affected people sought various ways to join forces to handle the many issues involved, including setting up a social media forum.Objective: Our aim was to examine how information was shared, and how opinions and beliefs about narcolepsy as a consequence of Pandemrix vaccination were formed through discussions on social media.Methods: We used quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate a series of messages posted in a social media forum for people affected by narcolepsy after vaccination.Results: Group activity was high throughout the years 2010 to 2016, with peaks corresponding to major narcolepsy-related events, such as the appearance of the first cases in 2010, the first payment of compensation in 2011, and passage of a law on compensation in July 2016. Unusually, most (462/774, 59.7%) of the group took part in discussions and only 312 of 774 (40.3%) were lurkers (compared with the usual 90% rule of thumb for participation in an online community). The conversation in the group was largely factual and had a civil tone, even though there was a long struggle for the link between the vaccine and narcolepsy to be acknowledged and regarding the compensation issue. Radical, nonscientific views, such as those expounded by the antivaccination movement, did not shape the discussions in the group but were being actively expressed elsewhere on the internet. At the outset of the pandemic, there were 18 active Swedish discussion groups on the topic, but most dissolved quickly and only one Facebook group remained active throughout the period.Conclusions: The group studied is a good example of social media use for self-help through a difficult situation among people affected by illness and disease. This shows that social media do not by themselves induce trench warfare but, given a good group composition, can provide a necessary forum for managing an emergency situation where health care and government have failed or are mistrusted, and patients have to organize themselves so as to cope.
|
|
| 19. |
- Brodin, Gert, 1963-, et al.
(författare)
-
Interaction between gravitational waves and plasma waves in the Vlasov description
- 2010
-
Ingår i: Journal of Plasma Physics. - : Cambridge University Press. - 0022-3778 .- 1469-7807. ; :76, s. 345-353
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The nonlinear interaction between electromagnetic, electrostatic and gravitational waves in a Vlasov plasma is reconsidered. By using a orthonormal tetrad description the three-wave coupling coefficients are computed. Comparing with previous results, it is found that the present theory leads to algebraic expression that are much reduced, as compared to those computed using a coordinate frame formalism. Furthermore, here we calculate the back reaction on the gravitational waves, and a simple energy conservation law is deduced in the limit of a cold plasma.
|
|
| 20. |
- Brorson, Lars-Olov, et al.
(författare)
-
Fifty years' follow-up of childhood epilepsy : Medical outcome, morbidity, and medication
- 2019
-
Ingår i: Epilepsia. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0013-9580 .- 1528-1167. ; 60:3, s. 381-392
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: To describe the long‐term prognosis of childhood epilepsy, with special emphasis on seizure remission, relapse, medication, associated neurologic impairment, mortality rate, and cause of death.Methods: A prospective longitudinal study on a population‐based total cohort of 195 children with epileptic seizures in 1962‐1964. Data were collected from medical records and a questionnaire.Results: Follow‐up data from 94% of the initial cohort showed the best long‐term prognosis for seizure freedom for children with no intellectual or neurologic impairment. These children had later seizure onset, shorter total duration of epilepsy, and were more often medication free. Only a few of them had isolated relapses. Generalized, rather than focal, epilepsy was associated with fewer relapses and less ongoing medication. The “true incidence” group, with onsets during the inclusion period of 1962‐1964, had the best long‐term prognosis for seizure freedom, with 90% seizure‐free after 50 years. Although only 10% of this group had ongoing seizures at follow‐up, 22% still used anticonvulsive medication, often with old drugs, that is, phenobarbital or phenytoin, as one of the anticonvulsive drugs. The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was 2.61 for the whole group, with no difference between those with or without other neurodeficits. Those who died young either had neurologic impairment or died from epilepsy‐related conditions; later deaths often followed non–epilepsy‐related conditions. No one in the incidence group died of SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy).Significance: This 50‐year, long‐term follow‐up of a cohort of persons with childhood epilepsy in general demonstrates a better outcome for seizure freedom compared to our follow‐up after 12 years and to previous reports. We also report a low incidence of seizure relapses. Remission of seizures does not automatically lead to termination of medication. The mortality rate associated with SUDEP was lower than previously reported.
|
|
| 21. |
- Brorson, Lars-Olov, et al.
(författare)
-
Fifty years’ follow up of childhood epilepsy - medical and psycho-social outcomes
- 2020
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: To describe the long-term prognosis of childhood epilepsy in general, with special emphasis on seizure remission, relapse, medication, associated neurological impairment, mortality rate, cause of death, the experience of a childhood diagnosis of epilepsy and its consequences for the experiences of daily life.Methods: A prospective longitudinal study on a population-based total cohort of 195 children with epilepsy in 1962-1964. Data were collected from medical records, questionnaires and additional interviews were conducted. Results: Follow-up data from 94% of the initial cohort showed the best long-term prognosis for seizure freedom for children with no intellectual or neurological impairment. These children had later seizure onset, shorter total duration of epilepsy and, they were more often medication free. Generalized, rather than focal, epilepsy had a better outcome. Ninety per cent, with onset during the inclusion period 1962-1964, were seizure-free after 50 years. No one in this group died in SUDEP. The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was 2. 61. Death at young age was due to neurological impairment or epilepsy-related conditions whereas later deaths often followed non–epilepsy-related conditions. Few persons reported that the childhood diagnosis of epilepsy had affected their choice of education, work or leisure activities. However, 20% reported that the diagnosis had caused problems in school or at work and had restricted their activities of daily living. Almost all reported no anxiety (82%) and no depression (90%). The interviews revealed a good balance between ‘Controlling and managing the situation’ and ‘Not being restricted by the condition’.Conclusion: This 50-year, long-term, follow-up of a cohort of persons with childhood epilepsy in general demonstrates a better outcome for seizure freedom, relapses and minor consequences for education, work and leisure activities than earlier reported. Most of the participants had developed strategies to manage their situation.
|
|
| 22. |
|
|
| 23. |
- Chaplin, John, et al.
(författare)
-
Varför ska du använda PROMIS? : Nytt system för patientrapporterad utfallsmått
- 2018
-
Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- PROMIS är ett itembanksystem för hälso- och sjukvården. Syftet är att erbjuda moderna, patientrapporterade mått som kan användas för flertalet patientgrupper till en mycket låg kostnad och med ett nationellt supportsystem.En itembankär en modern form av elektronisk enkät som kan innehålla ett stort antal enkätfrågor. Ett datorprogram väljer ut de mest lämpade frågorna till varje person utifrån dennes svar på föregående frågor, på så sätt enkäten individanpassas.
|
|
| 24. |
- de-Wahl Granelli, Anne, 1970, et al.
(författare)
-
Impact of pulse oximetry screening on the detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease: a Swedish prospective screening study in 39,821 newborns.
- 2009
-
Ingår i: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). - 1468-5833. ; 338
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of pulse oximetry to screen for early detection of life threatening congenital heart disease. DESIGN: Prospective screening study with a new generation pulse oximeter before discharge from well baby nurseries in West Götaland. Cohort study comparing the detection rate of duct dependent circulation in West Götaland with that in other regions not using pulse oximetry screening. Deaths at home with undetected duct dependent circulation were included. SETTING: All 5 maternity units in West Götaland and the supraregional referral centre for neonatal cardiac surgery. PARTICIPANTS: 39,821 screened babies born between 1 July 2004 and 31 March 2007. Total duct dependent circulation cohorts: West Götaland n=60, other referring regions n=100. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and likelihood ratio for pulse oximetry screening and for neonatal physical examination alone. RESULTS: In West Götaland 29 babies in well baby nurseries had duct dependent circulation undetected before neonatal discharge examination. In 13 cases, pulse oximetry showed oxygen saturations
|
|
| 25. |
|
|
| 26. |
- Eriksson, Carl, 1981-, et al.
(författare)
-
Real-world effectiveness of vedolizumab in inflammatory bowel disease : week 52 results from the Swedish prospective multicentre SVEAH study
- 2021
-
Ingår i: Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. - : Sage Publications. - 1756-283X .- 1756-2848. ; 14
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Prospectively and systematically collected real-world data on vedolizumab are scarce. We aimed to assess the long-term clinical effectiveness of vedolizumab in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).Methods: This study was a prospective, observational, multicentre study. Overall, 286 patients with active IBD were included (Crohn's disease, n = 169; ulcerative colitis, n = 117). The primary outcomes were clinical response at week 12 and clinical remission at week 52, based on the Harvey Bradshaw Index and the partial Mayo Clinic score. Secondary outcomes included clinical remission at week 12, clinical response at week 52, corticosteroid-free clinical remission at week 52, changes in biochemical measures, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).Results: At baseline, 88% of the patients were exposed to anti-TNF and 41% of the patients with Crohn's disease had undergone ⩾1 surgical resection. At week 12, clinical response was 27% and remission 47% in Crohn's disease; corresponding figures in ulcerative colitis were 52% and 34%. Clinical response, remission and corticosteroid-free remission at week 52 were 22%, 41% and 40% in Crohn's disease and 49%, 47% and 46% in ulcerative colitis, respectively. A statistically significant decrease in median faecal-calprotectin and C-reactive protein was observed at 12 and 52 weeks in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The HRQoL measures Short Health Scale and EuroQol 5-Dimensions improved in both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients (p < 0.001). Clinical disease activity at baseline was inversely associated with clinical remission at week 52.Conclusion: Vedolizumab proved effective for the treatment of refractory IBD in clinical practice.
|
|
| 27. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
A Multi-motive Risk Communication Model for “Making” Crisis Preparedness
- 2024. - 1
-
Ingår i: Risk and Crisis Communication in Europe. - New York : Routledge. - 9781003375296 - 9781032437132 - 9781032450803
-
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This chapter introduces a mixed-motive model for the practice of risk communication for preparedness in a pre-crisis and pre-disaster phase. Rather than describing how research is done or presenting research results from a single study, this chapter focuses on how communication practitioners can integrate the extensive, but not always congruent, body of existing communication-related risk and preparedness research, in order to understand and reflect on their risk communication practice. The model especially aims to support practitioners in creating a holistic understanding of their own ongoing or future “communication practice” with the goal of increasing society’s level of crisis preparedness and resilience.
|
|
| 28. |
|
|
| 29. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
Att skapa och driva en kriswebborganisation
- 2006
-
Ingår i: Handbok i kriskommunikation. - Karlstad : Krisberedskapsmyndigheten. - 9185053341 ; , s. 1-31
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 30. |
- Eriksson, Martin, 1970, et al.
(författare)
-
Community-Level Analysis of psbA Gene Sequences and Irgarol Tolerance in Marine Periphyton
- 2009
-
Ingår i: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. - Washington, D.C. : American Society for Microbiology. - 0099-2240 .- 1098-5336. ; 75:4, s. 897-906
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study analyzes psbA gene sequences, predicted D1 protein sequences, species relative abundance, and pollution-induced community tolerance in marine periphyton communities exposed to the antifouling compound Irgarol 1051. The mechanism of action of Irgarol is the inhibition of photosynthetic electron transport at photosystem II by binding to the D1 protein. The metagenome of the communities was used to produce clone libraries containing fragments of the psbA gene encoding the D1 protein. Community tolerance was quantified with a short-term test for the inhibition of photosynthesis. The communities were established in a continuous flow of natural seawater through microcosms with or without added Irgarol. The selection pressure from Irgarol resulted in an altered species composition and an inducted community tolerance to Irgarol. Moreover, there was a very high diversity in the psbA gene sequences in the periphyton, and the composition of psbA and D1 fragments within the communities was dramatically altered by increased Irgarol exposure. Even though tolerance to this type of compound in land plants often depends on a single amino acid substitution (Ser(264)-> Gly) in the D1 protein, this was not the case for marine periphyton species. Instead, the tolerance mechanism likely involves increased degradation of D1. When we compared sequences from low and high Irgarol exposure, differences in nonconserved amino acids were found only in the so-called PEST region of D1, which is involved in regulating its degradation. Our results suggest that environmental contamination with Irgarol has led to selection for high-turnover D1 proteins in marine periphyton communities at the west coast of Sweden.
|
|
| 31. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
Crisis Communication and Improvisation in a Digital Age
- 2014. - 1
-
Ingår i: The Routledge handbook of strategic communication. - : Routledge. - 9780415530019 - 9780203094440
-
Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the network landscape, ICT and social media have become an increasingly important tool in the strategic crisis communicator’s toolbox. Through the possibilities presented by communication technology, new work methods for and approaches to crisis communication are also being developed (Eriksson 2009, 2011). The modern strategic crisis manager and communicator are told to look to the work models within improvisational theater for the ideal logic (see, e.g., Finch and Welker 2004). Without direction, the theater ensemble often solves a challenging task and then takes the stage with success:”Improvisation expands participants’ abilities to perceive and reduces the need for intense and specific scripted preparation” (2004:192). The idea is that the organization’s and the crisis communicator’s ability to improvise and to take action in a crisis can be trained much like the abilities of a theater ensemble – all in the name of finding the best work methods for a particular situation rather than following the rules, directions and plans that characterized the classic crisis communication logic. Here, instead, prevails a greater need to dare to abandon controlling plans and understand the need for a crisis organization and communication that develops in symbiosis with the particular crisis at hand (see e.g. Czarniavska 2009; Gilpin & Murphy 2006, 2008; Holder 2004; McConnell & Drennan 2006). Due to this development, the significance of the concept of strategy can be expected to undergo certain changes within the field of crisis communication. Perhaps strategy as a tool has even played out its role? Or is the meaning of concept simply changing? Via social media, many organizations today communicate with their surroundings in an undirected, improvisation- and situation-oriented way through which the perception of a crisis is developed in interaction with the user. Watchwords like control and steering have tended to become passé, or are at least changing. The question is how communicators’ attitudes toward previously developed crisis management plans and strategies change in such situations. What happens to the strategy logic – with its roots in the military sphere – that has so long characterized the field of crisis management when the communicator is forced to improvise to an ever-increasing degree? The aim of this chapter is to examine the role of strategy in a digital landscape of crisis communication, where all too rigid plans and guidelines are said to risk tying the hands of the communicator. The concept of strategy and as well as its meaning are discussed (see, e.g., Gilbert et al. 1988; Liddell Hart 1967), followed by a discussion of theories concerning the phenomenon of improvisation within crisis management and communication (e.g., Carniavska 2009; Gilpin & Murphy 2006, 2008; Weick 1988, 1993; Weick & Sutcliff 2007). The study’s empirical material is from qualitative interviews with 12-16 public relations officers, marketing managers and other strategic communicators who have worked with social media in their crisis communication. The study’s main research questions are: (1) How do the fields’ communicators combine today’s possibilities for improvisation (via social media) in relation to drilled strategies, tactics, action patterns and routines? (2) How can we understand the concept of strategy in this crisis communication context?
|
|
| 32. |
- Eriksson, Mats, Professor, 1959-, et al.
(författare)
-
Did the organization of primary care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic influence quality and safety? an international survey
- 2024
-
Ingår i: BMC Health Services Research. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1472-6963. ; 24
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Changes in demographics with an older population, the illness panorama with increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases, and the shift from hospital care to home-based care place demand on primary health care, which requires multiprofessional collaboration and team-based organization of work. The COVID-19 pandemic affected health care in various ways, such as heightened infection control measures, changing work practices, and increased workload.Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between primary care practices’ organization, and quality and safety changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design: Data were collected from 38 countries in a large online survey, the PRICOV-19 study. For this paper, the participating practices were categorized as “Only GPs”, comprising practices with solely general practitioners (GPs) and/or GP trainees, without any other health care professionals (n = 1,544), and “Multiprofessional,” comprising practices with at least one GP or GP trainee and one or more other health professionals (n = 3,936).Results: Both categories of practices improved in infection control routines when compared before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A larger proportion of the multiprofessional practices changed their routines to protect vulnerable patients. Telephone triage was used in more “Multiprofessional” practices, whereas “Only GPs” were more likely to perform video consultations as an alternative to physical visits. Both types of practices reported that the time to review new guidelines and scientific literature decreased during the pandemic. However, both had more meetings to discuss directives than before the pandemic.Conclusions: Multiprofessional teams were keener to introduce changes to the care organization to protect vulnerable patients. However, practices with only GPs were found to be more aligned with video consultations, perhaps reflecting the close patient-doctor relationship. In contrast, telephone triage was used more in multiprofessional teams.
|
|
| 33. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
Digitaliserade kriskommunikatörer
- 2021. - 1
-
Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Kommunikatörer har idag tillgång till ett allt frodigare utbud av webb, sociala medier, appar, e-tjänster och andra digitala kontaktytor som skapar nya möjligheter men också utmaningar i kriskommunikationen. Sedan tidigare finns vedertagna logiker för effektiv kriskommunikation – den ska vara snabb, korrekt, öppen, lättförståelig, samstämmig och empatisk. I denna skrift får vi följa samspelet mellan nya digitala verktyg och de vedertagna logikerna för kriskommunikation vid en kraftig explosion i ett bostadsområde i Linköping, Kriminalvårdens hantering av häktningen av artisten ASAP-Rocky, bakterier i dricksvatten i Vretstorp i Hallsbergs kommun samt coronavirus i Örebro kommun. I skriften presenteras även en arbetsmetodik för digitala kriskommunikatörer före, under och efter kriser.
|
|
| 34. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Diskussion och slutsatser
- 2004. - 1
-
Ingår i: Ministermordet. - Stockholm : Krisberedskapsmyndigheten. - 9185053546 ; , s. 115-123
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 35. |
|
|
| 36. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
En studie av hemberedskapsengagemang i kampanj- och kristider
- 2024
-
Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Denna rapport undersöker vad som utmärker medborgarengagemanget i hemberedskap efter inledningen av Rysslands fullskaliga anfallskrig, samt hur ett aktivt förhållningsätt till hemberedskapsfrågor i kampanjsammanhang formas i de oroliga tiderna. Rapporten är en del av avrapporteringen från forskningsprojekt Nya förutsättningar för hemberedskapskampanjer? Projektet har genomförts vid Örebro universitet.
|
|
| 37. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Facebook and Twitter in Crisis Communication : A Comparative Study of Crisis Communication Professionals and Citizens
- 2016
-
Ingår i: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0966-0879 .- 1468-5973. ; 24:4, s. 198-208
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This mixed-methods study presents a comparative analysis of the use and perceived usefulness of Facebook and Twitter, among Swedish citizens and crisis communication professionals, as crisis communication tools and information sources. The use and per-ceived usefulness of Facebook and Twitter are not congruent and consistent betweenthe two different groups, according to the overall study. Communication professionals, for example, report higher levels of perceived usefulness regarding Facebook’s potential as a crisis communication tool than do the citizens. Taken together, the results show that researchers (within social media and crisis communication) and crisis managers both need to deal with the fact that social media is not a homogenous phenome non with a single coherent role in crisis management and communication research and practice.
|
|
| 38. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Framtid och utvecklingsbehov
- 2014. - 1
-
Ingår i: Lägesbilder. - Stockholm : MSB (Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap). - 9789173835039 ; , s. 119-126
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 39. |
|
|
| 40. |
|
|
| 41. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Inledning
- 2004. - 1
-
Ingår i: Ministermordet. - Stockholm : Krisberedskapsmyndigheten. - 9185053546 ; , s. 7-14
-
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
|
|
| 42. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
Is improvisation a strategy? : Strategic crisis communication in a digital age
- 2011
-
Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigated the role of social media in crisis management and crisis communication in an age where late modern, crisis management approaches argue that crisis managers have to improve their ability to improvise. A qualitative case study of Scandinavian Airlines’ use of social media highlights (1) important tensions between the classical and new approaches for the understanding and practice of crisis management and crisis communication in that context; (2) the need for new metaphors for the understanding and practice of future crisis communication within social media; (3) the need to redefine the concepts strategy in digital crisis management and crisis communication. The study suggests that the digital age, crisis manager can, metaphorically speaking, be described as an improvising real-time director. Another concluding suggestion is that effective strategy in today’s digital crisis communication landscape is more about crafting strategy, than implementing strategy.
|
|
| 43. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
Kommunala kommunikatörers beredskap för kriskommunikation via sociala medier
- 2014
-
Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I denna studie undersöks kommunala kommunikatörers föreställningar om sociala medier som ett verktyg i kriskommunikation. Undersökningen genomfördes med hjälp av en webbenkät som distribuerades via e-post till samtliga svenska kommuners informations- och kommunikationsansvariga i januari 2012. Enkäten innehöll 32 frågor varav 18 hade en 5 punkts s.k. linkert-skala med olika påståenden att ta ställning till rörande kriskommunikation och sociala medier. Undersökningens svarsfrekvens var 58 procent (n=169).Studiens resultat visar att beredskapen för kriskommunikation via sociala medier bland de svenska kommunala kommunikatörerna är under stark utveckling. De sociala medierna är dock inte ännu inarbetade i majoriteten av kommunernas krisberedskaps- och kriskommunikationsplaner, men diskussionerna om en framtida eventuell användning är intensiv bland kommunikatörerna. Resultaten visar även att det är de större kommunerna som främst har arbetat in de sociala medierna i sina kriskommunikationsplaner. Trots att de sociala medierna vanligtvis betraktas som ett potentiellt dialogverktyg så ser stora delar av kommunikatörerna dem främst som ett verktyg för enkelriktad snabb spridning av krisinformation, likt ett massmedium. Tilltron till sociala medier som verktyg i kriskommunikation bland kommunikatörerna skiljer sig dock relativt tydligt åt beroende på kön och ålder. Störst tilltro till mediets potential i krissammanhang har de kvinnliga kommunikatörerna i åldern 40-50 år. Den största problematiken med att kriskommunicera via sociala medier upplevs vara det stora behovet av personalresurser.
|
|
| 44. |
|
|
| 45. |
|
|
| 46. |
|
|
| 47. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-, et al.
(författare)
-
Kristider
- 2023
-
Ingår i: Snabbtänkt. Eftertänkt. En vänbok till Lars Nord. - Sundsvall : Demicom. - 9789189786400 ; , s. 26-27
-
Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
|
|
| 48. |
|
|
| 49. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
Lessons for Crisis Communication on Social Media : A Systematic Review of What Research Tells the Practice
- 2018
-
Ingår i: International Journal of Strategic Communication. - : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. - 1553-118X .- 1553-1198. ; 12:5, s. 526-551
-
Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study analyzes explicit pieces of advice for effective social media crisis communication given by researchers in various sub-disciplines of strategic communication. The themes are identified by a systematic content analysis of peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers (n = 104) published between 2004 and 2017. Five overall thematic "lessons" are identified and critically discussed. These are that effective social media crisis communication is about: (1) exploiting social media’s potential to create dialogue and to choose the right message, source and timing; (2) performing pre-crisis work and developing an understanding of the social media logic; (3) using social media monitoring; (4) continuing to prioritize traditional media in crisis situations; and finally (5) just using social media in strategic crisis communication. These guidelines mainly emerged from quantitative research conducted in the context of the United Stated and on Twitter. There is need for more research focusing on other platforms and other empirical material. There is also a future need for an in-depth methodological discussion of how to further bridge the gap between research and practice on a global scale, and how to develop more evidence-based recommendations for strategic crisis communication practitioners.
|
|
| 50. |
- Eriksson, Mats, 1970-
(författare)
-
Living a “Digital Life” and Ready to Cope with Crises? Highlighting Young Adults’ Conceptions of Crisis and Emergency Preparedness
- 2024
-
Ingår i: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0966-0879 .- 1468-5973. ; 32:1
-
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Increasing numbers of people are spending more and more time in digital landscapes, with many still unknown consequences for crisis and emergency management. This exploratory, in-depth, qualitative interview study (N=14) explores conceptions about local and individual crisis and emergency preparedness among a small group of young adults representing the most digitally savvy generation in Sweden. The results show that the respondents exhibit a complex and ambivalent attitude to crisis and emergency preparedness issues. Considering their digital habits and skills, the respondents emphasize their own responsibility, social ties, and expectations of help from the authorities and the local community when describing how they intend to face and manage a crisis in practice. This exploratory study contributes preliminary and tentative theoretical knowledge to a highly limited body of work specifically addressing citizens’ crisis and emergency preparedness in a digitalized world.
|
|
