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- Andersson, Helena M, et al.
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Elite football on artificial turf versus natural grass : movement patterns, technical standards, and player impressions
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Sports Sciences. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0264-0414 .- 1466-447X. ; 26:2, s. 113-22
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the present study was to examine the movement patterns, ball skills, and the impressions of Swedish elite football players during competitive games on artificial turf and natural grass. Time - motion analyses (36 observations) and technical analyses (16 team observations) were performed and 72 male and 21 female players completed a questionnaire. No differences were observed between artificial turf and natural grass in terms of total distance covered (mean 10.19 km, s = 0.19 vs. 10.33 km, s = 0.23), high-intensity running (1.86 km, s = 0.10 vs. 1.87 km, s = 0.14), number of sprints (21, s = 1 vs. 22, s = 2), standing tackles (10, s = 1 vs. 11, s = 1) or headers per game (8, s = 1 vs. 8, s = 1), whereas there were fewer sliding tackles (P < 0.05) on artificial turf than natural grass (2.1, s = 0.5 vs. 4.3, s = 0.6). There were more short passes (218, s = 14 vs. 167, s = 12) and midfield-to-midfield passes (148, s = 11 vs. 107, s = 8) (both P < 0.05) on artificial turf than natural grass. On a scale of 0-10, where 0 = "better than", 5 = "equal to", and 10 = "worse than", the male players reported a negative overall impression (8.3, s = 0.2), poorer ball control (7.3, s = 0.3), and greater physical effort (7.2, s = 0.2) on artificial turf than natural grass. In conclusion, the running activities and technical standard were similar during games on artificial turf and natural grass. However, fewer sliding tackles and more short passes were performed during games on artificial turf. The observed change in playing style could partly explain the male players' negative impression of artificial turf.
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- Mohr, Magni, et al.
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Match activities of elite women soccer players at different performance levels
- 2008
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Ingår i: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. - : Wolters Kluwer. - 1064-8011 .- 1533-4287. ; 22:2, s. 341-349
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We sought to study the physical demands and match performance of women soccer players. Nineteen top-class and 15 high-level players were individually videotaped in competitive matches, and time-motion analysis were performed. The players changed locomotor activity >1,300 times in a game corresponding to every ~4 seconds and covered 9-11 km in total. The top-class players ran 28% longer (P < 0.05) at high intensities than high-level players (1.68 +/- 0.09 and 1.33 +/- 0.10 km, respectively) and sprinted 24% longer (P < 0.05). The top-class group had a decrease (P < 0.05) of 25-57% in high intensity running in the final 15 minutes compared with the first four 15-minutes intervals, whereas the high-level group performed less (P < 0.05) high-intensity running in the last 15 minutes of each half in comparison with the 2 previous 15-minute periods in the respective half. Peak distance covered by high intensity running in a 5-minute interval was 33% longer (P < 0.05) for the top-class players than the high-level players. In the following 5 minutes immediately after the peak interval top-class players covered 17% less (P < 0.05) high-intensity running than the game average. Defenders performed fewer (P < 0.05) intervals of high-intensity running than midfielders and attackers, as well as fewer (P < 0.05) sprints than the attackers. In conclusion, for women soccer players (1) top-class international players perform more intervals of high-intensity running than elite players at a lower level, (2) fatigue develops temporarily during and towards the end of a game, and (3) defenders have lower work rates than midfielders and attackers. The difference in high-intensity running between the 2 levels demonstrates the importance of intense intermittent exercise for match performance in women soccer. Thus, these aspects should be trained intensively in women soccer.
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- Streng, T., et al.
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Distribution and Function of the Hydrogen Sulfide-Sensitive TRPA1 Ion Channel in Rat Urinary Bladder
- 2008
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Ingår i: European Urology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0302-2838 .- 1873-7560. ; 53:2, s. 391-400
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: To investigate the distribution of the transient receptor potential (TRP) A1 ion channel in the rat urinary bladder, and to study the effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and known TRPA1 activators on micturition in conscious rats and on heterologously expressed ion channels. Methods: The expression of TRPA1 in urinary bladder was studied with fluorescence immunohistochemistry and real-time PCR in female Sprague-Dawley rats. Cystometric investigations were performed in conscious animals subjected to intravesical administration of sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS, donor of H2S), allyl isothiocyanate (AI), and cinnamaldehyde (CA). Fluorometric calcium imaging was used to study the effect of NaHS on human and mouse TRPA1 expressed in CHO cells. Results: TRPA1 immunoreactivity was found on unmyelinated nerve fibres within the urothelium, suburothelial space, and muscle layer as well as around blood vessels throughout the bladder. All TRPA1 immunoreactive nerves fibres also expressed TRPV1 immunoreactivity and vice versa. TRPA1 was also detected in urothelial cells at both transcriptional and protein levels. AI increased micturition frequency and reduced voiding volume. CA and NaHS produced similar changes in urodynamic parameters after disruption of the urothelial barrier with protamine sulfate. NaHS also induced calcium responses in TRPA1-expressing CHO cells, but not in untransfected cells. Conclusions: The expression of TRPA1 on C-fibre bladder afferents and urothelial cells together with the finding that intravesical TRPA1 activators initiate detrusor overactivity indicate that TRPA1 may have a role in sensory transduction in this organ. The study also highlights H2S as a TRPA1 activator potentially involved in inflammatory bladder disease. © 2007.
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- Andersson, Ann-Catrin, et al.
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Analysis of protein expression in cell microarrays : A tool for antibody-based proteomics
- 2006
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Ingår i: Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry. - 0022-1554 .- 1551-5044. ; 54:12, s. 1413-1423
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Tissue microarray (TMA) technology provides a possibility to explore protein expression patterns in a multitude of normal and disease tissues in a high-throughput setting. Although TMAs have been used for analysis of tissue samples, robust methods for studying in vitro cultured cell lines and cell aspirates in a TMA format have been lacking. We have adopted a technique to homogeneously distribute cells in an agarose gel matrix, creating an artificial tissue. This enables simultaneous profiling of protein expression in suspension- and adherent-grown cell samples assembled in a microarray. In addition, the present study provides an optimized strategy for the basic laboratory steps to efficiently produce TMAs. Presented modifications resulted in an improved quality of specimens and a higher section yield compared with standard TMA production protocols. Sections from the generated cell TMAs were tested for immunohistochemical staining properties using 20 well-characterized antibodies. Comparison of immunoreactivity in cultured dispersed cells and corresponding cells in tissue samples showed congruent results for all tested antibodies. We conclude that a modified TIVIA technique, including cell samples, provides a valuable tool for high-throughput analysis of protein expression, and that this technique can be used for global approaches to explore the human proteome.
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- Andersson, Claes-Henrik, et al.
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Reproducibility and efficiency of carbon nanotube end-group generation and functionalization
- 2009
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Ingår i: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. - : Wiley. - 1434-193X .- 1099-0690. ; 26, s. 4421-4428
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In a systematic fashion, several methods for esterification and amidation of single-walled carbon nanotubes have been evaluated with focus on efficiency and reproducibility in forming covalently functionalized products soluble in organic media. The outcome of transformations was determined using IR, Raman and NMR spectroscopy and by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Amidation proceeding via a SWNT-(COCl)(n) intermediate yielded the expected covalent product, whereas carboxylate salt formation dominated with other attempted methods. Esterification was achieved via the acyl chloride method and via alkylation of SWNT-(COO-)(n), the latter being the more efficient method. A non-covalent solubilizing interaction was obtained for RNH2 but not for ROH (R = octadecyl), proving that the most important non-covalent interaction between oxidatively cleaned SWNTs and octadecylamine is a salt formation. The outcome of the secondary functionalization of carboxyl units is highly reproducible for experiments carried out on the same batch of SWNT-(COOH)(n). Normalization of the outcome of the secondary functionalization to the composition of the different batches of starting materials reveals an overall high reproducibility of the secondary function alizations. The differences in outcome related to different commercial SWNT batches from the same synthetic procedure is negligible compared to that resulting from differences in overall carboxyl content after the primary HNO3 oxidative cleaning step. Hence, the composition of purified SWNT starting materials always needs to be assessed, in particular before drawing any conclusions concerning differences in outcome from reaction systems involving different sources of SWNT material.
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- Andersson, Claes-Henrik, et al.
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Reversible Non-Covalent Derivatisation of Carbon Nanotubes with Glycosides
- 2009
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Ingår i: Soft Matter. - 1744-683X. ; 5:14, s. 2713-2716
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- SWNTs and MWNTs have been non-covalently functionalized with glycosides in a reversible manner, and fluorescence titrations have been used to quantify the formed supramolecular assemblies which for SWNTs exhibits increased water solubility.
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- Andersson, Claes-Henrik, et al.
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Reversible non-covalent derivatisation of carbon nanotubes with glycosides
- 2009
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Ingår i: Soft Matter. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1744-683X .- 1744-6848. ; 5:14, s. 2713-2716
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- SWNTs and MWNTs have been non-covalently functionalized with glycosides in a reversible manner, and fluorescence titrations have been used to quantify the formed supramolecular assemblies which for SWNTs exhibits increased water solubility.
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- Andersson, Helena, et al.
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Communication at work : The communicative situation of immigrants at Swedish workplaces
- 2005
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Ingår i: The immigrant and the workplace. - Uppsala : FUMS, Institutionen för nordiska språk vid Uppsala universitet. ; , s. 20-
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Genom intervjuer och fallstudier kartläggs och analyseras ett antal invandrares kommunikativa arbetsvardag med avseende på såväl muntlig som skriftlig produktion. Syftet med analyserna är att finna kommunikativa faktorer som har en positiv inverkan på invandrares integration på arbetsplatsen och med sina kolleger.
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- Andersson, Helena
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Interkulturell kommunikation inom sjukvården : Den kommunikativa situationen för invandrare på svenska arbetsplatser
- 2007
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I rapporten presenteras en intervjuundersökning med 21 personer som har svenska som andraspråk. Alla har en fast anställning inom landstinget. Tyngdpunkten i intervjuerna ligger på kommunikativa aspekter av informanternas arbetsvardag, till exempel hur mycket de talar, med vilka de talar, vilket eller vilka språk de använder och om det uppstår problem på grund av att de har ett annat modersmål än svenska. Intervjuerna utgör den första delen i projektet "Den kommunikativa situationen för invandrare på svenska arbetsplatser". Syftet med studien är att finna kommunikativa faktorer som har en positiv inverkan på informanternas integration i arbetslivet.
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