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- Berthelsen, A., et al.
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Recording marine airgun shots at offsets between 300 and 700 km
- 1991
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Ingår i: Geophysical Research Letters. - 0094-8276 .- 1944-8007. ; 18:4, s. 645-648
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper demonstrates that - under favorable conditions - by using multichannel recording and subsequent stacking of adjacent records marine airgun shots have been detected at offset distances up to 700 km, the maximum offset at which the authors attempted to record data.^Besides a powerful airgun array, a low noise environment at the recording site and the elimination of static shifts are the prerequisites to obtain refracted and reflected arrivals from the crust and upper mantle at such large offsets.^Primary arrivals detected at offsets between 400 and 700 km image the upper mantle from 70 to about 120 km depth.^Stacking of neighboring shots and/or receivers successfully increases the signal-to-noise ratio, if the traces have been corrected for offset differences, which requires knowledge of the apparent phase velocities.^The data presented here were collected in autumn 1989 during the BABEL Project on the Baltic Shield.
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- Hobbs, R. W., et al.
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Integrated seismic studies of the Baltic shield using data in the Gulf of Bothnia region
- 1993
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Ingår i: Geophysical Journal International. - 0956-540X .- 1365-246X. ; 112:3, s. 305-324
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the autumn of 1989 a co-operative experiment involving 12 research institutions in northwestern Europe collected 2268 km of deep seismic reflection profiles in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea. the 121 litre airgun array used for this profiling was also recorded by 62 muiticomponent land stations to provide coincident refraction surveys, fan-spreads, and 3-D seismic coverage of much of the Gulf of Bothnia. We thus have potentially both high-resolution impedance contrast images as well as more regional 3-D velocity models in both P- and S-waves. In the Bothnian Bay a south-dipping, non-reflective zone coincides with the conductive Archaean-Proterozoic boundary onshore in Finland. Between the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea observed reflectivity geometries and velocity models at Moho depths suggest structures inherited from a 1.9Ga subduction zone; the upper crust here appears to have anomalously low velocity. Within the Bothnian Sea, reflectivity varies considerably beneath the metasedimentary/granitoid rocks of the Central Svecofennian Province (CSP) and the surrounding metavolcanic-arc rocks. Numerous dipping reflectors appear throughout the metavolcanic crust, whereas the CSP has little reflectivity. Wide-angle reflections indicate that the metasedimentary crust of the Bothnian Basin is 10 km thicker than the neighbouring Svecofennian subprovinces. Near the Åland archipelago Rapakivi granite plutons exhibit bright reflections, a contrast to the usual non-reflective plutons elsewhere in western Europe. Additional dipping reflections deep in the crust of this area may support models of rifting and crustal thinning during emplacement of the 1.70-1.54 Ga Rapakivi granites. Coeval gabbroic/anorthositic magmatism may explain the high reflectivity and high velocity of these plutons. the c. 1.25 Ga mafic sills and feeder dykes of the Central Scandinavian Dolerite Group also produce clear reflections on both near- and far-offset seismic sections. Continued modelling will produce better velocity models of the crust and better constrained contour maps of crustal thickness in this part of the Baltic shield.
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- Anne, R., et al.
(författare)
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Dissociation Reactions of the Be-11 One-Neutron Halo - the Interplay between Structure and Reaction-Mechanism
- 1993
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Ingår i: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. - 0370-2693. ; 304:1-2, s. 55-59
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The angular distributions of the forward neutrons in the exclusive (Be-10 + n) channel have been measured. They can be accounted for quantitatively and without free parameters in terms of Coulomb and diffraction dissociation. The results show that the transverse momentum distributions result from an interplay between the tail of the wave function (the halo) and the reaction mechanism.
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- Anne, R., et al.
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Exclusive and Restricted-Inclusive Reactions Involving the Be-11 One-Neutron Halo
- 1994
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Ingår i: Nuclear Physics A. - : Elsevier BV. - 0375-9474. ; 575:1, s. 125-154
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Reactions of a 41 MeV/u beam of the radioactive halo nucleus Be-11 have been studied with a counter telescope coupled to an array of neutron detectors covering angles up to 97-degrees. The technique allows to determine single-neutron inclusive and exclusive angular distributions. The targets (Be, Ti and Au) were chosen to illustrate the relative roles played by nuclear and Coulomb mechanisms. The channels leading to Be-10, the dissociation channels, correspond to impact parameters larger than the sum of the radii of the target and the Be-10 core. It is shown that for the dissociation process it is possible to account almost quantitatively for the integral, single- and double-differential cross sections from models without free parameters including the Coulomb, Serber and Glauber (diffraction-dissociation) mechanisms. The neutron distributions from the nondissociative reaction channels show little individuality and it is convenient to group them together as the channel ''neutron plus anything different from Be-10''. We refer to these as ''restricted-inclusive'' reactions. These seem to be a promising tool for obtaining accurate information on the halo wave function in momentum coordinates.
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- Bergqvist, D, et al.
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The cost-effectiveness of prevention of post-operative thromboembolism
- 1990
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Ingår i: Acta chirurgica Scandinavica. Supplementum. - 0301-1860. ; 556, s. 36-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In recent years, value for money in health care has become of increasing concern. There are various ways to perform an economic evaluation, the most simple being a cost-effectiveness analysis, where differences in costs will influence the choice between methods. Cost-utility and cost-benefit analyses represent more advanced forms of economic evaluations. In this cost-effectiveness analysis, the following three strategies aimed at solving the problem of post-operative thromboembolic complications were compared: (a) no prophylaxis but treatment of occurring complications, (b) general prophylaxis with low-dose heparin for patients over 40 years of age and (c) selective treatment based on post-operative surveillance with a fibrinogen uptake test. Moreover, these alternatives were evaluated for three types of surgery: general abdominal surgery, cholecystectomy and elective hip surgery. Costs for thromboembolic and haemorrhagic complications were estimated from data available for patients hospitalized in Malmo. A sensitivity analysis was made with regard to the frequency of thrombosis, prophylactic effect and treatment costs. Health care costs would be minimized with general prophylaxis in hip and general surgery, whereas no prophylaxis is the most cost-effective alternative in cholecystectomy patients, i.e. with a frequency of thrombosis below 8%. General prophylaxis minimized the duration of patients' health losses due to thromboembolic disease in general, as well as in elective hip surgery. After cholecystectomy, no difference in health loss for the individual was found between the alternative of no prophylaxis and general prophylaxis. Selective treatment was always the least satisfactory alternative in all categories and always the most expensive.
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- Bergqvist, D, et al.
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Thromboprophylactic effect of low molecular weight heparin started in the evening before elective general abdominal surgery: a comparison with low-dose heparin
- 1990
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Ingår i: Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. - 1098-9064. ; 16:Suppl., s. 19-24
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A prospective randomized double-blind trial was performed comparing conventional low-dose heparin with a LMWH fragment (Kabi 2165, Fragmin) for thromboprophylaxis in elective general abdominal surgical patients. The first dose of the fragment was given in the evening before surgery, and thereafter every evening. There were 1002 analyzable patients, 826 having received correct prophylaxis. Sixty three percent of the patients were operated on for malignant diseases. The frequency of DVT was significantly reduced among patients with correct prophylaxis with the heparin fragment (9.2 to 5.0%, p = 0.02). In patients with malignancies the reduction was from 11.2 to 6.4% (p = 0.06). The frequency of bleeding was 6.7% among the heparin fragment patients and 2.7% among the patients given conventional heparin (p = 0.01). The corresponding frequencies for patients with malignancies were 3.2 and 2.8%, respectively (p = 0.28). All bleedings were minor and of no clinical significance. Local pain at the injection site was reported significantly less often among patients with the fragment. Twenty patients died, 13 with malignant disease, mortality being the same in the two groups. It is concluded that heparin fragment administered in the evening before surgery and then every evening is a practically acceptable alternative to prevent postoperative DVT in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery, also when the histology shows malignancy. Thus, the advantages of using LMWH compared with conventional low-dose heparin are simplified administration routines, better thromboprophylactic effect, and less local pain at injection sites. A disadvantage is the slight increase in hemorrhagic side effects, all of minor clinical importance and not seen in patients undergoing surgery for malignancy.
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- Bergqvist, D, et al.
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Thromboprophylaxis in emergency surgery
- 1993
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Ingår i: Haemostasis. - 0301-0147. ; 23:Suppl. 1, s. 51-56
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Except for hip fracture surgery, emergency surgery has been only exceptionally studied concerning thromboprophylaxis. There are, however, several reasons to believe the frequency to be fairly high and that the patient group would be in need of prophylaxis. This paper discusses various emergency situations and also gives the design for an ongoing controlled study on the effect of postoperative start of thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin in emergency abdominal surgery.
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- Börjesson, Thomas S., et al.
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Off-odorous compounds produced by molds on oatmeal agar : Identification and relation to other growth characteristics
- 1993
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Ingår i: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. - Washington : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0021-8561 .- 1520-5118. ; 41:11, s. 2104-2111
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ten Penicillium and Aspergillus species, four with a strong musty off-odor and six reference fungi without any characteristic odor, were cultivated on oatmeal agar for 5 days in cultivation vessels provided with an inlet and an outlet for air. Samples of volatile metabolites were collected on a porous polymer adsorbent attached to the outlet from day 2 through day 5 after inoculation. Adsorbed compounds were desorbed thermally and analyzed with GC/MS and a combined GC and sensory analysis, the GC sniff technique. Multivariate analysis of GC/MS and fungal odor data revealed strong associations between 6 of 65 volatile compounds and musty off-odor. The GC sniff technique showed that five of these, dimethyl disulfide, 1-octen-3-ol, 2-methylisoborneol, and two C11H18 compounds, had prominent off-odors. In addition, geosmin, 1-methoxy-3-methylbenzene, and methylphenol were produced in large amounts by some off-odorous fungi and contributed to their unpleasant odor. 3-Methylfuran, 2-methyl-1-propanol, and 3-methyl-1-butanol were much more commonly produced than the off-odorous compounds. Both odorous and other volatile metabolites could be detected after 2 days of fungal growth. The production of odorous metabolites was enhanced at the time of sporulation.
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- Fu, Michael, 1963, et al.
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Autoantibodies against cardiac G-protein-coupled receptors define different populations with cardiomyopathies but not with hypertension.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Clinical immunology and immunopathology. - 0090-1229. ; 72:1, s. 15-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It was previously shown that the second extracellular loop of cardiovascular G-protein-coupled receptors is an antigenic target for pharmacologically active autoantibodies in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. To extend these observations to cover patients with the same disease from different geographical origins or to patients with other cardiac diseases, peptides corresponding to the sequences of the second extracellular loops of the human M2 muscarinic receptors and beta adrenoceptors were used as antigens in an enzyme immunoassay. Sera from patients from Sweden and Japan with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM, n = 32), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM, n = 23), malignant essential hypertension (MEH, n = 11), malignant secondary hypertension (MSH, n = 10), and sera from healthy blood donors (HBD, n = 49) were tested. Sera from patients with DCM recognized the muscarinic receptor peptide in 38% of cases and the beta 1 adrenoceptor peptide in 31% of cases. In 50% of the positive patients, autoantibodies against both peptides coexisted as shown by competition experiments using both peptides as inhibitors. In HCM patients, there was a lower frequency of autoantibodies but with a higher but not significant predominance against the M2 peptide. No autoantibodies were detected in sera from patients with MEH or MSH. Autoantibodies against the M2 muscarinic receptors, affinity-purified from positive patients, displayed pharmacological activity as demonstrated by changes in the affinity and number of radioligand binding sites. In contrast, antibodies purified from positive HBD had no effect. These results confirm that autoantibodies displaying pharmacological activity against G-protein-coupled cardiovascular receptors are mainly restricted to patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and that different autoantibody populations are responsible for the recognition of the different receptors.
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