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- Svensson, Erik, 1959, et al.
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Cutaneous melioidosis in a Swedish tourist after the tsunami in 2004.
- 2006
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Ingår i: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0036-5548 .- 1651-1980. ; 38:1, s. 71-4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A tourist from Sweden developed cutaneous melioidosis after the tsunami in Thailand on 26 December 2004. Melioidosis is a severe, chronic infection which is endemic in Thailand and is caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. Persons with traumatic injuries inflicted by the tsunami have increased risks of being infected by B. pseudomallei and melioidosis should be suspected if abscesses of the skin or inner organs develop in the months or years after the trauma.
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- Carlsson, Henrik, 1979-, et al.
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A General Virtual Manufacturing Concept for Programming, Verification and Optimisation of Complex Control Functions
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2008: June 30th - July 2nd, 2008, University of Skövde, Sweden. - Skövde. - 9789163327575 ; , s. 668-675
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper describes a general virtual manufacturing concept for industrial control systems. Our virtual manufacturing concept provides a distinct advantage; programming, verification and optimisation of complex real-time dependent control functions described by real control code, which can be directly transferred to the real manufacturing system. To achieve this distinct advantage, a time synchronised virtual manufacturing system is a necessity. The aim of this paper is thus to present and to describe in detail, our proposed virtual manufacturing concept. To the authors’ knowledge no such general virtual manufacturing concept, i.e. one that can correctly handle complex real-time dependent control functions, currently exists. To summarise previous work related to virtual manufacturing and industrial control systems, several critical issues have been identified. The virtual manufacturing concept proposed in this paper addresses these issues. To verify that our concept can manage these critical issues found and further is suitable in industrial applications a virtual manufacturing test case is also presented. The test case, that includes motion control (i.e. servo), complex control functions, real control systems etc., was carried out with success.
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- Larsson, Anna, 1973, et al.
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Voluntary ethanol intake increases extracellular acetylcholine levels in the ventral tegmental area in the rat.
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Ingår i: Alcohol and Alcoholism. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0735-0414 .- 1464-3502. ; 40:5, s. 349-358
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- AIMS: Concurrent use of ethanol and nicotine (tobacco) is often seen in human beings. In previous animal experiments, we have demonstrated that nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, especially alpha-conotoxin MII and mecamylamine sensitive receptors located in the ventral tegmental area may be involved in the stimulatory, dopamine enhancing, and rewarding effects of ethanol in rodents. Ethanol may exert these effects via direct interaction with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and/or indirectly via enhancement of extracellular acetylcholine levels in the ventral tegmental area. The present experiments investigated a possible indirect effect of ethanol in stimulating the mesoaccumbal dopamine system. METHODS: Neurochemical effects of voluntary ethanol intake on extracellular ventral tegmental acetylcholine and accumbal dopamine levels were measured by means of in vivo microdialysis with a two-probe approach in freely moving rats. RESULTS: Obtained data indicate that voluntary ethanol intake ( approximately 0.7 g/kg/h) leads to an increase of extracellular acetylcholine levels in the ventral tegmental area, and an almost time-locked increase of dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens. A positive correlation between the ventral tegmental acetylcholine levels and ethanol intake as well as preference was also observed. CONCLUSION: The present results suggest that voluntary ethanol intake enhances extracellular ventral tegmental acetylcholine that may interact with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, possibly alpha-conotoxin MII sensitive receptors, localized in the ventral tegmental area that subsequently may stimulate dopamine overflow in the nucleus accumbens.
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- Spokes, L., et al.
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MEAD: An interdisciplinary study of the marine effects of atmospheric deposition in the Kattegat
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Ingår i: Environmental Pollution. - : Elsevier BV. - 0269-7491. ; 140:3, s. 453-462
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper summarises the results of the EU funded MEAD project, an interdisciplinary study of the effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on the Kattegat Sea between Denmark and Sweden. The study considers emissions of reactive nitrogen gases, their transport, transformations, deposition and effects on algal growth together with management options to reduce these effects. We conclude that atmospheric deposition is an important source of fixed nitrogen to the region particularly in summer, when nitrogen is the limiting nutrient for phytoplankton growth, and contributes to the overall eutrophication pressures in this region. However, we also conclude that it is unlikely that atmospheric deposition can, on its own, induce algal blooms in this region. A reduction of atmospheric nitrogen loads to this region will require strategies to reduce emissions of ammonia from local agriculture and Europe wide reductions in nitrous oxide emissions. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Svensson, Bo, 1959-, et al.
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Off-Line Optimisation of Complex Automated Production Lines : Applied on a Sheet-Metal Press Line
- 2007
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing. - : IEEE. - 1424405637 ; , s. 82-87
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a successful off-lineoptimisation case study of a sheet-metal press line for theautomotive industry. The proposed off-line optimisationmethod results not only in increased production rate but also inobtaining smoother material handling motions. The off-lineoptimisation method contains two parts. The first part is aparameter study, combining factorial design with productionline simulation including emulated control systems andresulting in a simplified performance model based on multiplelinear regression. The second part is an optimisation on thesimplified performance model using the Nelder Mead simplexmethod aiming at production optimisation. Due to thecomplexity in a modern production line, it is not possible tocreate a useful model representation of the entire controlsystem code/function. Therefore, the proposed optimisationmethod is based on using production line simulation includingemulated control systems with the real IEC 61131-3 controlcode. Our approach in this work is a parameter variationstrategy for optimisation, i.e. adjusting the control systemparameters in the same way as the line operators do, and notchanging any control strategy.
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- Svensson, Bo, 1959-, et al.
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Simulation based optimization of a sheet-metal press line
- 2009
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Ingår i: IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, ETFA 2009. - 9781424427277 - 9781424427284 ; , s. 1-8
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- An off-line optimization of a sheet-metal press line is performed with improved production performances, both in terms of increased production rate and smoother robot motions. Smooth motions prevent the sheet-metal to slide out of position or even fall out, thereby causing lengthy down times. The simulation based method use a process optimizer connected to a time synchronized virtual manufacturing model including real industrial control systems, e.g. PLC. The key benefit herein is that all tuned control system parameters can be directly downloaded to the real press line without any post-processing or transformations. The challenge to find suitable optimization algorithms for a press line that handle highly nonlinear, discontinuous functions; considerable number of parameters; and long evaluation times is reached.
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- Svensson, Bo, 1959-, et al.
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Virtual Real-Time Model : a Tool for Increased Production
- 2005
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Ingår i: Mekatronikmöte 2005.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Increasing the total number of produced components in a pre-existing production line, which is a large-scale mechatronic system, is a continuous and never-ending story in industry. There is a need for tools and methods to develop the control software off-line, i.e. to manage programming, verification, validation, optimisation, training new operators, etc. without using the real production line. Therefore a general Virtual Real-Time Model, VRTM, for simulating industrial production lines is proposed. The VRTM is intended to be used for off-line control software development and is aimed at increase the throughput in highly automated production lines. The main features of the VRTM are that the same control software is used as in the real production line and that virtual real-time is used, implying that everything is time-synchronised and works in the same way as in the real production line (including security functions). An applied VRTM simulating a sheet-metal press line is implemented and validated. A comparison test with the press line at Volvo Car Manufacturing in Göteborg is performed with a satisfactory agreement. This shows that the VRTM can be used for off-line control software development.
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