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- Hansen, Bjarne H, et al.
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The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Skeletal Metastasis Registry Functional outcome and pain after surgery for bone metastases in the pelvis and extremities
- 2009
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Ingår i: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA. - : Medical Journals Sweden AB. - 1745-3674 .- 1745-3682. ; 80, s. 85-90
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Few authors have investigated function and pain after surgical treatment of patients with bone metastases. In 1999 the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) initiated the Skeletal Metastasis Registry as a multi-centric, prospective study to provide a scientific basis for recommendations of treatment. Patients and methods We have analyzed function and pain in 530 patients (mean age 65 yr) operated on (599 operations) for non-spinal skeletal metastases at 9 SSG centres. 7% were operated for more than 1 metastasis. Carcinoma of the breast, prostate, kidney, and lung were the dominating sites for primary tumors. Results 25% of the patients died within 6 weeks after operation. 11% of the patients had complications. 6% had reoperation. In patients surviving more than 1 year the reoperation rate was 12%. 92% of the patients had no, light or moderate pain from metastasis at 6 weeks (first control) and 6 months follow-up. Patients using opioids were reduced from 40% preoperative to 30% at 6 months after surgery. In patients with metastases in pelvis or lower extremity 79% were walking with or without crutches, 6 weeks and 88%, 6 months after surgery. More patients with metastases; in proximal femur were mobile at 6 weeks and 6 months when treated with prosthetic replacement compared to internal fixation. Interpretation Palliative surgery for bone metastases improves function and reduce pain. Mobility is improved by surgery in patients with metastases in the pelvis or lower extremity. Prosthetic replacement seems to do better than internal fixation for metastases in the proximal femur. We need to analyze function and pain earlier than 6 weeks postoperative to investigate the benefit of surgery in patients with short time survival.
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- Johannesson, Tomas, 1975-
(musiker, creator_code:sds_t, creator_code:cre_t)
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Norrbotten blues : CD-produktion av Ronny Eriksson och Ramblin' Minds
- 2019
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Konstnärligt arbeteabstract
- CD-inspelning: Norrbotten blues - Ronny Eriksson & Ramblin' MindsLåtlista1. Norrbotten Blues2. Gråtvals3. På kanten av en grop4. Flyktingarna5. Då tänker jag på Syrien6. Låt mig gå, jag har inte tid att stanna7. Tröstvals8. Blues för ingen alls9. Brorsan10. Den officiella versionen11. Blues under fullmånenMusikerRonny Eriksson - sångMikael Bäckman - munspelLeo Holmberg - gitarr/körAnders Wedin - gitarrAnna Wedin - bas/körKatarina Pettersson - trummorMathias Lundqvist - piano/orgelTomas Johannesson - barytonsaxStefan Tjerngren - tenorsaxTomas Johannesson - Ljudtekniker (inspelning, redigering och mix)Stockholm Mastering - masteringRootsy Music - bolagInspelat på musikhögskolan i Piteå 7-9 september 2018.Publicerad 9 mars 2019.
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- Wedin, Rikard, et al.
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Complications and survival after surgical treatment of 214 metastatic lesions of the humerus
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. - : Elsevier BV. - 1058-2746 .- 1532-6500. ; 21:8, s. 1049-1055
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: The humerus is the second most common long-bone site of metastatic bone disease. We report complications, risk factors for failure, and survival of a large series of patients operated on for skeletal metastases of the humerus. Materials and methods: This study was based on 208 patients treated surgically for 214 metastatic lesions of the humerus. Reconstructions were achieved by intramedullary nails in 148, endoprostheses in 35, plate fixation in 21, and by other methods in 10. Results: The median age at surgery was 67 years (range, 29-87 years). Breast cancer was the primary tumor in 31%. The overall failure rate of the surgical reconstructions was 9%. The reoperation rate was 7% in the proximal humerus, 8% in the diaphysis, and 33% in the distal part of the bone. Among 36 operations involving an endoprosthesis, 2 were failures (6%) compared with 18 of 178 osteosynthetic devices (10%). In the osteosynthesis group, intramedullary nails failed in 7% and plate fixation failed in 22%. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that prostate cancer was associated with an increased risk of failure after surgery (hazard ratio, 7; P < 0.033). The cumulative survival after surgery was 40% (95% confidence interval [CI] 34-47) at 1 year, 21% (95% CI, 15-26) at 2 years, and 16% (95% CI, 12-19) at 3 years. Conclusions: Our method of choice is the cemented hemiprosthesis for pathologic proximal humeral fractures and interlocked intramedullary nail for lesions in the diaphysis. Pathologic fractures in the distal humerus are uncommon and associated with a very high reoperation rate. Level of evidence: Level IV, Case Series, Treatment Study. (C) 2012 Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Board of Trustees.
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- Hegarty, Peter, 1971, et al.
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The Hegselmann-Krause dynamics on the circle converge
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of difference equations and applications. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1023-6198 .- 1563-5120. ; 22:11, s. 1720-1731
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We consider the Hegselmann-Krause dynamics on a one-dimensional torus and provide the first proof of convergence of this system. The proof requires only fairly minor modifications of existing methods for proving convergence in Euclidean space.
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- Hegarty, Peter, 1971, et al.
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The "No Justice in the Universe" phenomenon: why honesty of effort may not be rewarded in tournaments
- 2018
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In 2000 Allen Schwenk, using a well-known mathematical model of matchplay tournaments in which the probability of one player beating another in a single match is fixed for each pair of players, showed that the classical single-elimination, seeded format can be "unfair" in the sense that situations can arise where an indisputibly better (and thus higher seeded) player may have a smaller probability of winning the tournament than a worse one. This in turn implies that, if the players are able to influence their seeding in some preliminary competition, situations can arise where it is in a player's interest to behave "dishonestly", by deliberately trying to lose a match. This motivated us to ask whether it is possible for a tournament to be both honest, meaning that it is impossible for a situation to arise where a rational player throws a match, and "symmetric" - meaning basically that the rules treat everyone the same - yet unfair, in the sense that an objectively better player has a smaller probability of winning than a worse one. After rigorously defining our terms, our main result is that such tournaments exist and we construct explicit examples for any number n >= 3 of players. For n=3, we show (Theorem 3.6) that the collection of win-probability vectors for such tournaments form a 5-vertex convex polygon in R^3, minus some boundary points. We conjecture a similar result for any n >= 4 and prove some partial results towards it.
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- Onerup, Aron, 1983, et al.
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Effect of Short-Term Homebased Pre- and Postoperative Exercise on Recovery after Colorectal Cancer Surgery (PHYSSURG-C): A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- 2022
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Ingår i: Annals of surgery. - 1528-1140. ; 275:3, s. 448-455
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To determine the effect of a short-term, unsupervised exercise intervention before and after colorectal cancer surgery on self-assessed physical recovery.Preoperative exercise interventions could help improve recovery after colorectal cancer surgery and is currently recommended.A randomized, parallel, open-label trial in six university or regional hospitals in Sweden. Inclusion criteria were age ≥20years and planned elective colorectal cancer surgery. Participants were randomised to either a physical activity intervention with aerobic activity and inspiratory muscle training two weeks pre- and four weeks postoperatively or usual care. The primary outcome measure was self-assessed physical recovery four weeks postoperatively. Analyses were performed according to intention to treat. Outcome assessors were masked regarding the intervention while both participants and physiotherapists were informed due to the nature of the intervention.Between Jan 22, 2015, and May 28, 2020, 761 participants were recruited and assigned to either intervention (I) (n = 379) or control (C) (n = 382). After exclusions 668 participants (I = 317, C = 351) were included in the primary analysis. There was no effect from the intervention on the primary outcome measure (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 0.84, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.62 - 1.15) with 13% and 15% of participants feeling fully physically recovered in I and C respectively. There were no reported adverse events.There was no effect from a physical activity intervention before and after colorectal cancer surgery on short-term self-assessed physical recovery. The results from this study call for reconsiderations regarding current recommendations for preoperative physical activity interventions.
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- Ratasvuori, Maire, et al.
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Insight opinion to surgically treated metastatic bone disease: Scandinavian Sarcoma Group Skeletal Metastasis Registry report of 1195 operated skeletal metastasis
- 2013
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Ingår i: Surgical Oncology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0960-7404 .- 1879-3320. ; 22:2, s. 132-138
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- The number of cancer patients living with metastatic disease is growing. The increased survival has led to an increase in the number of cancer-induced complications, such as pathologic fractures due to bone metastases. Surgery is most commonly needed for mechanical complications, such as fractures and intractable pain. We determined survival, disease free interval and complications in surgically treated bone metastasis. Data were collected from the Scandinavian Skeletal Metastasis Registry for patients with extremity skeletal metastases surgically treated at eight major Scandinavian referral centres between 1999 and 2009 covering a total of 1195 skeletal metastases in 1107 patients. Primary breast, prostate, renal, lung, and myeloma tumors make up 78% of the tumors. Number of complications is tolerable and is affected by methods of surgery as well as preoperative radiation therapy. Overall 1-year patient survival was 36%; however, mean survival was influenced by the primary tumor type and the presence of additional visceral metastases. Patients with impending fracture had more systemic complications than those with complete fracture. Although surgery is usually only a palliative treatment, patients can survive for years after surgery. We developed a simple, useful and reliable scoring system to predict survival among these patients. This scoring system gives good aid in predicting the prognosis when selecting the surgical method. While it is important to avoid unnecessary operations, operating when necessary can provide benefit. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Ratasvuori, Maire, et al.
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Prognostic role of en-bloc resection and late onset of bone metastasis in patients with bone-seeking carcinomas of the kidney, breast, lung, and prostate: SSG study on 672 operated skeletal metastases
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Surgical Oncology. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0022-4790 .- 1096-9098. ; 110:4, s. 360-365
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background and Objectives In metastatic disease, decisions regarding potential surgery require reliable data about the patients survival. In this study, we evaluated different prognostic factors and their impact in four common primary tumors causing bone metastases. Methods Data were acquired from the Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) metastasis registry. The patients underwent surgery between July 1999 and July 2009. This study included breast, prostate, lung, and kidney cancer cases, with a total of 672 operated non-spinal metastases. Differences in prognostic factors were evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier method with long-rank test. Cox regression multivariate analysis was performed to identify statistically independent prognostic factors. Results Significant factors affecting survival were the presence of organ metastases, overall heath status, and disease load. In kidney cancer, en bloc resection of solitary metastases was associated with a significant fourfold longer survival compared to intralesional surgery. Preoperative radiotherapy was associated with higher complication and reoperation rates. Conclusions This data summary is important tool for clinicians to evaluate survival and choose treatment options for patients suffering from metastatic bone disease. J. Surg. Oncol. 2014; 110:360-365.
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- Wedin, Johan O., et al.
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Impact of training specificity on exercise-induced cardiac troponin elevation in professional athletes : A pilot study
- 2020
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Ingår i: World Journal of Cardiology. - : Baishideng Publishing Group Inc.. - 1949-8462. ; 12:1, s. 35-43
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND Release of cardiac biomarkers is common after strenuous endurance exercise, but data on intermittent exercise are scarce. It has not been investigated whether cardiac troponin elevation is influenced depending on the type of exercise that an athlete is adapted to perform. We hypothesized that intermittent but not continuous exercise induces cardiac troponin elevation in professional athletes adapted to high-intensity intermittent exercise. AIM To examine how training specificity impacts high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) release. METHODS Nine professional floorball players participated in the study, which comprised two different exercise tests: a continuous incremental cycle ergometer test and a Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery 2 (Yo-Yo IR2) test. Serial assessment of hs-cTnT was performed after the cycle ergometer test and the Yo-Yo IR2 test (baseline, 0, 2, 6, and 24 h). RESULTS No hs-cTnT elevation above the myocardial damage cutoff (>= 14 ng/L) was shown after the cycle ergometer test, whereas hs-cTnT levels rose over the cutoff in three of nine participants after the Yo-Yo IR2 test. The hs-cTnT levels peaked at 6 h after both tests, but were significantly higher after the Yo-Yo IR2 test compared to the cycle ergometer test (median hs-cTnT concentration 10.6 ng/L vs 7.8 ng/L, P = 0.038). All levels returned to baseline within 24 h. CONCLUSION In professional athletes adapted to high-intensity intermittent exercise, hs-cTnT was significantly elevated after intermittent but not continuous exercise. This principle of specificity training should be considered when designing future studies to avoid misinterpretation of hs-cTnT elevation.
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- Wedin, J. O., et al.
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Postgame elevation of cardiac markers among elite floorball players
- 2015
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. - : Wiley. - 0905-7188 .- 1600-0838. ; 25:4, s. 495-500
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cardiac biomarker release after exercise is well documented in endurance sports, but neither the impact of intermittent high-intensity exercise nor the reproducibility has yet been established. Floorball, a popular sport in Scandinavia, involves intermittent periods of high-intensity exercise. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and reproducibility of elevated cardiac marker levels among elite floorball players after two games. Twenty-three healthy male elite floorball players of median age 19 years (range 16-34 years) participated in two standard games. Blood was drawn at three time points: pregame, immediately after, and 2h after the game. Creatine kinase MB (CK-MB), myoglobin, and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) were measured. The results showed significantly elevated median postgame values in all markers. In both games, hs-cTnT exceeded the cutoff for myocardial damage (14ng/L) 2h postgame in the same six players. The major findings were that postgame cardiac hs-cTnT values among elite floorball players were significantly elevated and reproducible. The findings imply that extended investigations should incorporate evaluation of myocardial function and myocardial perfusion during exercise to seek the clinical significance and underlying mechanisms of elevated cardiac troponin after high-intensity exercise.
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- Wedin, Johan O., et al.
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The Influence of Floorball on Hematological Parameters : Consequences in Health Assessment and Antidoping Testing
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Sports Medicine. - : Hindawi Limited. - 2356-7651 .- 2314-6176.
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Assessment of hematological parameters is common in sports medicine. Although physical exercise is an important preanalytical variable, data about acute hematological changes after high-intensity intermittent exercise are scarce. This study aimed to examine floorball as a potential preanalytical variable for hematological parameters used in health assessment and antidoping testing. Twenty-three professional male floorball players participated in a floorball game. Hematological parameters including hemoglobin, erythrocyte count and erythrocyte indices, reticulocytes, white blood cells (WBC), platelets, reticulocytes, and OFF-hr score were assessed at baseline, immediately postgame, and at 2 h postgame. Median hemoglobin concentration decreased significantly from 146 g/L pregame to 141 g/L immediately postgame (). WBC count increased from 7.2 × 109/L pregame to 10.1 × 109/L 2 h postgame (). The median OFF-hr score decreased from 99.5 to 94.2 immediately postgame and remained significantly lower than baseline at 2 h postgame (94.4, ). Looking at individual results, the highest OFF-hr score increased from 120 at baseline to 124 at 2 h postgame. Our findings suggest that participation in a floorball game affects several hematological parameters and consequently can affect health assessment and antidoping testing.
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- Wedin, Kevin, et al.
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Automating nut tightening using Machine Learning
- 2020
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Ingår i: IFAC-PapersOnLine. - : Elsevier BV. - 2405-8963.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- At the Volvo Truck assembly plant the repetitive task of nut tightening is not ideal regarding quality and ergonomic. The solution to both these issues would be to significantly increase the level of automation. However, automating this specific station requires solutions to two specific problems. The first problem is to find and identify what nuts that need to be tightened, since they are not always on the same position for this highly customized product. The second problem is that the automated solution needs to accommodate the working space which is a moving assembly line with human operators. This paper investigates how these two problems ban be solved using machine learning and collaborative robots. A realistic mockup of the assembly station has been created at Stena Industry Innovation Laboratory (SII-Lab) where all the testing has been done. The problem to identify the nuts to tighten is further complicated by the fact that some nuts are placed backwards for future further assembly which must be avoided. Therefore, the selected solution is to use supervised machine learning for object recognition. This way, the system can be trained to recognize both nuts that need to be tightened and those mounted backwards, and possible other objects needed. Tests have been conducted with different types of CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) algorithms. Results have been very successful, and the test setup has successfully managed to connect the whole task of identifying the correct nuts and move the collaborative robot to that specific position.
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- Wedin, Maria, 1977-, et al.
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Prevalence of metastases outside the liver and abdominal lymph nodes on 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET/CT in patients with small intestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
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Ingår i: Journal of neuroendocrinology. - : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.. - 0953-8194 .- 1365-2826. ; 36:5
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- Metastases outside the liver and abdominal/retroperitoneal lymph nodes are nowadays detected frequently in patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), owing to the high sensitivity of positron emission tomography (PET) with Gallium-68-DOTA-somatostatin analogues (68Ga-SSA) and concomitant diagnostic computed tomography (CT). Our aim was to determine the prevalence of extra-abdominal metastases on 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET/CT in a cohort of patients with small intestinal (Si-NET) and pancreatic NET (Pan-NET), as well as that of pancreatic metastasis in patients with Si-NET. Among 2090 patients examined by 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET/CT at two tertiary referral centres, a total of 1177 patients with a history of Si- or Pan-NET, were identified. The most recent 68Ga-DOTATOC-PET/CT report for each patient was reviewed, and the location and number of metastases of interest were recorded. Lesions outside the liver and abdominal nodes were found in 26% of patients (n = 310/1177), of whom 21.5% (255/1177) were diagnosed with Si-NET and 4.5% (55/1177) Pan-NET. Bone metastases were found in 18.4% (215/1177), metastases to Virchow's lymph node in 7.1% (83/1177), and lung/pleura in 4.8% (56/1177). In the subset of 255 Si-NET patients, 5.4% (41/255) manifested lesions in the pancreas, 1.5% in the breast (18/255), 1.3% in the heart (15/255) and 1% in the orbita (12/255). In Si-NET patients, the Ki-67 proliferation index was higher in those with ≥2 metastatic sites of interest, than with 1 metastatic site, (p <0.001). Overall, extra-abdominal or pancreatic metastases were more often found in patients with Si-NET (34%) than in those with Pan-NET (13%) (p <0.001). Bone metastases were 2.6 times more frequent in patients with Si-NET compared to Pan-NET patients (p <0.001). Lesions to the breast and orbita were encountered in almost only Si-NET patients. In conclusion, lesions outside the liver and abdominal nodes were detected in as many as 26% of the patients, with different prevalence and metastatic patterns in patients with Si-NET compared to Pan-NET. The impact of such metastases on overall survival and clinical decision-making needs further evaluation.
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- Wedin, Mats, et al.
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Species delimitation and evolution of metal bioaccumulation in the lichenized Acarospora smaragdula (Ascomycota, Fungi) complex
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Ingår i: Cladistics. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0748-3007 .- 1096-0031. ; 25:2, s. 161-172
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- The crustose lichenized fungi in the Acarosporaceae are splendid examples of organisms managing to survive in extremely harsh environments, such as highly mineralized rocks and low-pH habitats. Some representatives of the Acarospora smaragdula complex are known to accumulate substantial amounts of potentially toxic metals including iron and copper, resulting in populations with highly divergent coloration and morphology. These populations have often been treated as distinct species by lichen taxonomists. Parsimony and parsimony jackknifing analyses of beta-tubulin, nuclear ITS rDNA, and mtSSU rDNA sequence data sets was used to investigate the evolution of iron and copper accumulation and the production of the secondary compound norstictic acid in populations within the A. smaragdula species complex in Sweden, with additional samples mainly from Norway and the UK. Phylogenetic species recognition (concordance of single-gene phylogenies) was used to investigate species delimitations. Seven species are recognized in the complex. Atypically green, copper-accumulating samples, often given species rank, do not form a distinct group but are nested within A. smaragdula s. str., indicating that this ability is widespread in this species. Rust-coloured, iron-accumulating samples form two well supported separate groups, indicating that two morphologically distinct, obligate, iron-accumulating species are present, but facultatively iron-accumulating populations occur in at least one additional species. Norstictic acid, sometimes claimed to characterize the whole A. smaragdula complex, is only present in A. smaragdula s. str. The evolutionary significance of metal accumulation in Acarospora is discussed, as is the significance of our results for the application of phylogenetic species recognition/gene tree concordance-based species recognition, and DNA barcoding.
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- Wedin, R., et al.
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On the transport of small bubbles under developing channel flow in a buoyant gas-evolving electrochemical cell
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Ingår i: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0888-5885 .- 1520-5045. ; 40:23, s. 5228-5233
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- A gas-evolving electrochemical cell with natural convection due to buoyancy is modeled using a hydrodynamic two-phase mixture model. Physical parameters are taken from the chlorate process, where hydrogen is evolved at the cathode. Constitutive closure laws, based on empirical relations developed for sedimenting particles, give the motion of the monodisperse gas phase relative to the mixture. Typical results display the effect of bubble size, channel width, and current density on the buoyant flow rate of the electrolyte through the channel. Results from the numerical simulations are also compared to data measured by Boissonneau and Byrne(1) on a cell with gas evolution on both the anode and the cathode. Qualitatively good agreement was found.
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- Zamora, Juan Carlos, et al.
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Considerations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa
- 2018
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Ingår i: IMA Fungus. - : INT MYCOLOGICAL ASSOC. - 2210-6340 .- 2210-6359. ; 9:1, s. 167-185
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- Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artificial agreement to classify biological diversity) with nomenclature (an artificial agreement to name biological diversity). Two proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), allowing DNA sequences alone (of any region and extent) to serve as types of taxon names for voucherless fungi (mainly putative taxa from environmental DNA sequences), have been submitted to be voted on at the 11th International Mycological Congress (Puerto Rico, July 2018). We consider various genetic processes affecting the distribution of alleles among taxa and find that alleles may not consistently and uniquely represent the species within which they are contained. Should the proposals be accepted, the meaning of nomenclatural types would change in a fundamental way from physical objects as sources of data to the data themselves. Such changes are conducive to irreproducible science, the potential typification on artefactual data, and massive creation of names with low information content, ultimately causing nomenclatural instability and unnecessary work for future researchers that would stall future explorations of fungal diversity. We conclude that the acceptance of DNA sequences alone as types of names of taxa, under the terms used in the current proposals, is unnecessary and would not solve the problem of naming putative taxa known only from DNA sequences in a scientifically defensible way. As an alternative, we highlight the use of formulas for naming putative taxa (candidate taxa) that do not require any modification of the ICN.
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